Based on the listing and the pictures I had pretty reasonable expectations of this Airbnb. My impression was that I would be staying in a basic/no frills apartment in an old building but that it would be clean. As the host says in the listing: “the place is spotless.”
This was not my experience: floors unswept, grit and grime on windowsills and in the corners of rooms, dried urine on the toilet, mildew on bathroom walls, bathtub dirty, dust on most surfaces etc..
The apartment had clearly not been cleaned in several weeks.
Also noticed co2 detector was missing and smoke detector was dead (I tested it). And while Wifi was advertised there were no instructions in my confirmation or in the apartment about how to get online.
I contacted the host regarding the Wifi. Did not hear back. So after a while I contacted Airbnb to help mediate a resolution of these issues. They set a generous deadline for host to respond. Host did not respond by the deadline. Airbnb cancelled my reservation and refunded me.
If it's not gonna be clean, please don't advertise it as clean.