I’m usually low maintenance and have never left a negative review like this, but this trip was truly unforgettable in the worst way.
I booked this room partially because it offers an extra air mattress. Initially my reservation was two guests but it ended up being three of us, and I gladly paid extra when the host requested it.
The first major issue was that this room does not have an AC. Maybe due to the location or layout of the building, our room was actually hotter than outside. The only thing that could cool us down a tiny bit was a small floor fan, and it was absolutely impossible to sleep on the loft bed with the heat so the three of us had to squeeze in that queen bed to get a little breeze from the floor fan. With 350 USD paid for two nights and having to squeeze in one queen bed, we could’ve booked a much better hotel room (and I have done that many times). Throughout the whole trip we tried our best to spend as little time in our room as we could because this room was indeed boiling.
However, that wasn’t even the worst part of our stay. The front door of the house was also broken. We knew that it took a firm push to open the door and managed to open it a few times on the first day. But last night when we came home at 2am, we couldn’t open it no matter how hard we pushed. Call it perseverance but we really tried for a whole hour before we gave up. At 3am we had no option but to call 911 for a wellness check as the other tenants inside were not answering the door either. When the firefighters came, they also tried with the key for a while and couldn’t open without using a tool. After we got in, the door didn’t seem to be locked from inside, meaning that it has to be broken.
Oh and the firefighters checked every room before they left. I was a little surprised that they didn’t find any fire in our room since the heat really felt like there was one.