I’m writing this review due to a poor experience with the host.
Summary: host is trying to charge me $200 for a broken wine glass that she left in the sink. Apartment was old and trashed and wayyy overpriced for what it is. But good location.
Longer version: in the house rules, it is clearly stated to keep the sink clean and not leave any dishes there. The morning of check out, I went to clean a glass I had used for water. The sink was full of glasses and dishes so it was difficult to clean the water glass in the full/small sink. But still, wanting to abide by the rules, I began washing it. While doing this, I nicked a wine glass causing a crack. This was one of many wine glasses and other dishes just laying in the sink, likely left by the owner or one of the many friends she had over the night prior.
I told some other girl in the apartment - not the owner, I have no idea who this person is but some random person hanging out around the apartment. The friend said it was no problem as she got these glasses at a flea market.
A few hours later I receive a message from the host saying that I broke some fancy $200 wine glass and that I have to pay her for this. She said I should pay her outside of Airbnb and not to get them involved because it’s “easier”. First, if you’re going to make a rule that guests should clean their own dishes, then create an environment where they can do that without risk of breaking something in the sink, and if not, take ownership for not allowing that. Second, who leaves $200 wine glasses in the sink? Third, I highly doubt anything in that apartment is worth more than $20.
Also - I asked if I could leave my luggage in the apartment for the day until my flight in the evening. She said yes, which I appreciated but she said to leave the keys in the apartment because she’d be around all day. When I got a message later that afternoon that I owed her $200 more, I wanted to get my things earlier because I was skeptical of her at this point. When asking if I could come earlier for my things she said that she wasn’t going to be around until later that day, and kept repeating this adding that I should have kept the keys. You just said in the message prior to leave the keys since you’d be around. Anyway, just overall sketchy vibes from her.
Besides the really negative experience with the host, the apartment is old and falling apart. Cockroaches, bathroom door doesn’t close, garbage just sitting in the kitchen. For a whole day there was no toilet paper so she just put a roll of paper towels there instead. There is no bed as indicated in the previous reviews so I’m wondering if she’s changed the room since those previously positive reviews. I just paid >$200 a night to sleep on an uncomfortable Walmart fouton. But honestly I wasn’t even going to leave a bad review until this girl tried to charge me $200 for an old wine glass that she left in the sink.
Location was nice though.