The stay at this airbnb came with many pros and cons but unfortunately for us, the cons outweigh the pros. The location was great, although that was why we chose it. The Airbnb itself was indescribable.
I will give you a detailed visual and mental tour:
The front patio entrance of the space is decorated in an ensemble of trash such as a random pile up of cardboard boxes, a rusty old bike, and trashbags scattered about. As you step into the unit, you are welcomed by hardwood floors tattered in months of built up dirt and crust remains. It had a stench of old water and wood which I imagine can’t be good. The stairway leading up to the second floor is in the same shape and aesthetic as the wood floors, except slightly worse. When you find your way to the top of the staircase there is, for lack of a better word and I mean quite literally, an abstruse garbage dump of dozens of pizza boxes, a couch flipped upside down and to the side, and other unknown items at the top. There is a couch fragilely leaning up against the overhead banister, as if one of us could bump it slightly and it could topple down onto the floor below. That’s enough to look at to go back down stairs and take a shower. You enter the unit through a questionable door that is in desperate need of either being replaced or sprayed down with a pressure washer. Just to be clear, almost everything in this house was filthy except the bathroom and bed. Entering the actual unit, it is a nice set up with kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. However, you can’t help but notice that almost every wall in this unit has been tattered in years with mysterious scuff marks, residuals of dirt, random grime. The dirt build-up on the walls and doors would make you think that whoever stayed in this unit walked on walls with muddy shoes. Not to mention the overwhelming amount of large house flies buzzing throughout the space and little gnats lingering around. The bathroom is somewhat tidy and clean, minus the dead cockroach waiting for us on the floor upon arrival. It also did lose some points as there was only two clean towels waiting for us and a third used one hung on the door. We had to wash the third towel in the host's washer and dryer downstairs in the basement, which was currently filled with a mix of his own personal laundry. Yum! The laundry was in the basement of the unit, which had the appearance that it was undergoing a renovation but had a lot of random clutter scattered throughout. The kitchen also lost some points. When we opened the fridge, I began to wonder if someone occupied this unit full-time because there was an array of different condiments and other food products that were outside of the standard Airbnb expectations. The silverware was nowhere to be found, there was no microwave, and the swarming gnats were unpleasant. Overall, the space felt a little too lived in especially when you considered all of the dog hair that laid on all the furniture and floors. Sadly, we couldn’t walk around the unit barefoot without picking up dirt and hair. Lastly, the host was pretty responsive until we asked for the wifi password. We ate up most of our cellular data that weekend and couldn't utilize our laptops because of it. On the plus side, the AC units worked well, as did the faucets and shower head. But that is about it. Considering how unpleasant and uncomfortable the stay was, I am politely asking for a refund. Airbnb should promote better quality stays and experiences. With this being a representation of Airbnb, it is not a good look.