CAUTION!!! ALERT!!!
Things aren't always what they seem at first glance!!!!
THE STAGED PHOTOS are just that! The photos appear very appealing. What seemed perfectly great in the pictures, descriptions and some reviews turns out, upon our arrival, we discovered to be a little off — or maybe a lot off.
As we approached the property trash was found all over the area. Several people were hanging outside in the highly dense neighborhood and occupied cars were parked in front of the property. We parked over a block away as we didn’t feel comfortable parking in front of the property. However, we truly wanted to make it work at this point…. It was late, around 10pm when we arrived. When we entered the property it was clearly not what we expected. It was old and run down as well.
We immediately contacted the host and respectfully advised him that the house was not acceptable for us and we would be booking a hotel for the two nights. We informed him that we were not interested in property that night or the next night.
The host was not required to clean and immediately had the opportunity to open the property.
TIME TO MAKE IT RIGHT!
We respectfully waited for some type of refund for sure. Subsequently the host Refused to refund us anything. Nothing. No refund! Not even a refund for the second night… no refund for the cleaning. Nothing. No amount of my pleading or logic would get me any further. Frustrated! Be very careful with this SPECIFIC Airbnb rental.
SHAME ON ME for not reading the following prior to me booking this:
DEC 2021 GUEST SAID THIS: absolutely horrible!! I suggest you stay far away from this property if you are concerned about your safety. broken window. people parting throughout the night got a beer bottle smashed next to me when I went outside. tenants up and down stairs ALL NIGHT LONG. very bad area and host and airb&b won't do anything. getting a lawyer
The fact is, most people don’t leave negative reviews out of fear that the other person is potentially going to retaliate and escalate. It becomes this battle that, unless you’re ready for it, isn’t worth it!