Bedroom- sheets looked used. Pillows smelled dirty. Couch smelled terrible. Dirt on the tables. Chair had brown stuff on the seat. Kitchen- the refrigerator was packed with rotten food, we had no room to put our food. We counted 6 flies around the overflowing garbage, leaving the kitchen/dining area smelling terrible. Splattered food all over the walls by the stove. Bathroom- downstairs was ok, upstairs had hair all over the sink. Common area had dirty chair seats at the dining room table. It was not a livable area, it was disgusting. And the wall with the long couch against it- is literally made of cardboard, so we couldn’t sleep all night because people were constantly walking by, talking loud and dragging suitcases up the stairs. You could literally push the wall with your finger.
The hosts said no loud noises/parties/leaving messes. Yet it was loud the entire night, every night, and the space was almost so disgusting we almost left but were scared we wouldn’t find another place that last minute. It was really close to unlivable.
They responded fairly quickly, however, the wife was really rude. Called me a liar about flies and I have the picture of all of them. She said her husband said hi to us, he didn’t say hi or introduce himself, and we never saw her either.... our door was shut the entire time. We were constantly guessing with each other who is the host and who lived here
We looked into info about Newark after getting there, and it has the highest crime rate. We heard police all night and someone fighting outside our window multiple times. We didn’t feel safe at all. It’s just a really bad part of jersey, considering there’s bars on part of the windows and cops constantly flying down the street