PLEASE READ BEFORE BOOKING!! I was VERY upset and utterly shocked with how things turned out at Elizabeth’s place. My friends and I booked 2 rooms and were so excited about the rooms and location, but unfortunately we were completely disrespected by the property manager Allison. She stayed in the building next to ours. We checked in later around 5:30PM, and spent all of 1 hour in the room, then we went out to the street fair nearby. We returned back to the air bnb with a few of our friends at a later point in the night to grab cupcakes/candles for a birthday celebration, drinks, and use the bathroom. We were also very excited about showing the rooms to our friends because we visit Jersey City often and wanted our friends to check out the place quickly for possible future stays. Once we stepped onto the stoop, Allison came charging out of her building accusing us of having a party in the building while using a very aggressive tone. She did not kindly introduce herself, ask any of us questions, or let us speak. She did not care about anything that we had to say. She rudely scolded us and told us that only 4 guests were allowed in since we had booked 2 rooms. (Nowhere in the description of the air bnb posting, did it say that guests were not allowed so we were completely unaware of this rule. Once I messaged Elizabeth about the whole situation, she told me there was a sign inside the building that says there’s no guests allowed. However, when we walked in and out of the building prior to the altercation, we never once noticed this sign until Elizabeth told us that it was there). Allison continued to tell us that she has cameras and had been watching us have people over (which was completely false). She also questioned if we were all 21 and over. She threatened to CALL THE POLICE on us for doing absolutely nothing wrong.
Once Allison told us the no guests rule, my friends waited outside immediately. So I thought everything was over and settled because we abided by her rules. However, after my friends stayed outside and waited for us, Allison proceeded to FOLLOW ME into the building. I quietly walked up to the room that I PAID for to use the bathroom and grab a couple of things. I didn’t realize that she had followed me until I heard banging on my door. I was literally on the toilet and on the phone with my boyfriend at the same time asking him if he was coming up, so I couldn’t answer the door right away. I said, “one second”. Then she continued to bang on the door loudly 2 more times. When I was off the toilet, washed my hands and ready to open the door, she was standing there and immediately scolded me. She asked me, “Why didn’t you open the door sooner?!”. I was then honest with her and told her that I was using the bathroom. Then she essentially told me I was lying by saying, “No you weren’t you were talking on the phone”!!!!! So she was also listening to what I was doing through the door. A COMPLETE INVASION OF PRIVACY! She then kept telling me to get all of my friends out of the building and that I couldn’t have people over. Mind you, I was the only person in the room at the time. My other 2 friends were in their room that they PAID for. No one was having a party. Allison then referred to the cameras again saying that she could watch us and saw us have people over. The entire interaction with her outside of my room door was horrifying. I felt attacked the entire time. Allison never once let me speak or defend myself. She kept talking over me and did not care to listen to what I had to say. I was almost in tears because of the frustration that was building up due to her attacking demeanor. I’m a very kind and caring person who hates confrontation, and I know that I did not do anything wrong during my stay.
If you stay here, just know that you will be watched like a hawk by Allison. We were extremely uncomfortable sleeping there thinking that she was watching us and that she was going to come up to our room at any moment. The room itself is cute and location is great, but the property manager was extremely rude, disrespectful and accusatory. My friends and I visit Jersey City frequently and were planning on using Elizabeth’s place every time we came. However, after the unnecessary chaos that occurred with Allison, and solely because of her actions and disrespect, we will never stay here again and we will not recommend this place to any of our friends.