TRAVELERS BEWARE BAIT & SWITCH — had a very harrowing experience here— it started when Tim the host made a suspicious manipulation of his AirBnB listing from unit 2 to unit 1 on the day my stay here was supposed to start. My friend who was the other guest contacted Tim to see if he could check in early to drop stuff off and that is when Tim sent the altered listing from Unit 2 to Unit 1. Upon arrival it was clear that the entire unit was entirely different from the one in the booking pictures in the app, and not only that but it was rancid, moldy, and smelled of sewage. The door to the unit 1 had a sign that it doesn’t lock. The unit had leftover beverages and was unkempt. To even greater surprise and shock there was a male individual who was passed out in one of the bedrooms with drug paraphernalia nearby and needles. At this point my friend left and contacted Tim to let him know we would not be comfortable staying in this place at all. At first Tim tried to ask us to wait a couple of hours for the unit to be cleaned, but after my friend reiterated we wouldn’t be comfortable staying there (clearly due to the shocking circumstances the bait and switch unit, and lack of safety) Tim became antagonistic and responded that he was trespassing and removed him as a guest from the app. In hindsight this is when we should have just called the police but my friend was just ready to leave Boston entirely and we ended up contacting AirBnB to file a report. We prioritized our safety and wanted to put the whole ordeal behind us and we didn’t even take the free 2 nights of hotel and Uber that AirBnB offered us because we just wanted to go home. AirBnB canceled the booking for us so I was so surprised to see that Tim has actually posted a review on my account and clearly he’s still out to prey on other unassuming travelers so I feel the responsibility to step up and warn others by all the means I can. We survived the situation unscathed but it felt very distressing and ruined our whole Boston trip. Check ALL his listings the one I booked was rated 4.3 and listed as unit 2 but the one I got was unit 1 and the rating was in the 3s and had very similar reviews about the mold and uncleanliness. It’s really shocking how much Tim could manipulate the app and change the listing right before our eyes. AirBnB is now aware so hopefully they’re making updates to the app to prevent this type of bait and witch scam and ordeal others may have to go through unless it’s fixed.