Staying at this Catalina’s place was the worst Airbnb experience for over 5 years. I’ll explain why:
1. You don’t get what you see on photos. The couch is different, looking and smelling like it was takes from the street after a homeless person lived on it for a week. Also a small table with a tv/monitor was missing. And other decorative things weren’t there.
2. Cleanness: as I mentioned above, the apartment smells very bad. We stayed there for 1 month and all this time a could sit on the very right corner of the coach.
Also all cleaning supplies were only leftovers on the very bottom of a bottle. We had to buy a lot of staff ourselves. The dishwashing sponge for dirty! Eww
3. We haven’t used the master bedroom at all! There are no lights, window is pointing to a ventilation tube. Also the mattress is super firm. Maybe that’s ok for you… but me and my husband spent a month on the smaller beds.
4. When we asked for sheets for the smaller beds the host said OK and then filed a complaint to Airbnb the same day!! because she thought (!) there are 4 of us staying there. This is unacceptable!
5. Overall the place felt inhospitable. Random smelled furniture, no decorations, empty walls. This place is usually rent for a long term and for Airbnb they put just a few “leftover” things.
Last: this apartment totally ruined my NYC experience. When I unpacked my suitcase in my current Airbnb, I still can smell that smelly apartment :(
Good things:
- the neighborhood is nice, a lot of food around
- the place is mostly quiet (except for 1 party this 1.30 Am)