My 2 roommates and I stayed at Nina’s apartment for 9 weeks during a summer internship. We had no major issues during the first 3-4 weeks, but there was a strong gas smell whenever we used the stove (which we would 8 weeks later find out was a gas leak). We didn’t think this was an issue because we assumed there was a carbon monoxide / smoke detector installed, as described in the listing. 3-4 weeks later, we noticed there was not actually a carbon monoxide / smoke detector installed. We called Nina, who changed it within a few days.
A few days later when we used the stove, the gas smell was very strong. We tried to test our CO detector / smoke alarm to make sure it was working, but there was no beep or light when we tested it. We asked Nina to come in and check it out but she did not until we called Airbnb about the issue.
A week or so later, we woke up one morning and the apartment smelled like gas but we had not used the stove the previous day. We called Nina and asked her to check the stove because we were concerned there was a gas leak. During the call, she immediately dismissed our concern and said there was no leak; she said the gas smell was because of the old “pilot light”. After she came to the apartment that day, she said she smelled nothing and was exhausted with hearing our complaints about the apartment.
We proceeded to call Airbnb because of the gas issue and the fact that Nina’s responses to us on the phone were rude. (When we told her that the absence of a CO detector / smoke alarm was a safety issue, she said sometimes “things slip through the cracks” and she was "exhausted" every time we called about the apartment.) When we were on the phone with Airbnb from 8pm-1am on Sunday night, Nina had her father call us as well. He asked us what was wrong with the apartment, and we listed our concerns, he cut us off and said he has “no patience” to listen to us. He also lectured us and kept telling us we are “young girls” who don’t understand the consequences of calling Airbnb about an issue with our host.
That night, Nina finally sent a gas technician to our apartment. The gas technician in fact confirmed that there was a gas leak and an illegal connection with the washer / dryer unit. We moved out a week early.
We would NOT recommend the apartment because of our experience explained above.