There’s not many things more repulsive than a pervasive smell of dog urine throughout a home. While an attempt was made to cover it up with plug in air fresheners, the noxious stink permeated. When brought to the host’s attention, he took days to respond and ultimately did nothing to resolve it.
The pictures must have been taken in the apartment years prior. The unit is beaten down. The mirror in the primary bedroom looks like it had been caught on fire. It was spooky to our children and they would not use the bathroom. The other bathroom has a shower faucet about 10 feet above and it is covered in green mold. It was impossible to clean and absolutely disgusting. It was hard to shower our children in there given the mold but the other bathroom was too scary for them. It also smelled like the drain was a sewer. It was a horrible experience. Nothing was done to fix either of these issues when brought to the host’s attention.
The outside was so cute in the pictures but the furniture was run down, and weeds were all over the garden area. The wood bench had a massive hole in it and risk of splinters was so significant it wasn’t safe for the kids. The door to the bathroom and the secondary closet was not on a track. You had to pick it up and drop it as best as you could to close it somewhat. The refrigerator ceiling is covered in ice and it drips constantly on the food. It doesn’t seem like clean water.
We knew the street noise was going to be loud but it was worse than we thought. We felt like we were sleeping in a bar many nights of the week. People stood outside the window smoking and the smell would come in. We hoped for rain because people wouldn’t be gathering at outdoor tables. We have lived in cities our entire adult lives and this was next level.
The sofa and beds are very uncomfortable and the bath towels smell like mildew. Not too many good things to say other than the check in process was smooth, the location is close to main attractions, the TV/Wi-Fi was fine, and there’s lots of cabinets.
The place may have been decent at one point but been trashed over time as an AirBnB and the host may not be around town so probably doesn’t even understand how terrible it has become. Either way for $5,000 a month you would hope you’d get better communication and assistance in resolving the issues that were brought to his attention after the first couple of days. We paid for the whole month but we moved into a hotel for two of the weeks because it was intolerable. We can’t go to bed and wake up in the morning feeling disgusting for longer than 2 weeks and we cut out losses. Worst money ever spent.