For the 40 days I stayed at Jingbin’s house, I had issues with my roommates regarding them not picking up after themselves. I didn’t really know how to go about this issue, so I contacted Jingbin about it two days before I left. Respectively, she essentially told me that I should work that out with my roommates myself. Because the mess got so bad, I decided to leave a few weeks earlier than expected, two days after I sent my concerns to Jingbin.
A few days later after I was completely moved out, Jingbin requested $600 in payment with a message that said:
“TJ left the kitche sink damaged by hot pot, the kitchen trash can piled up with his trash, dirty dishes in kitchen sink, right kitch sink clogged by him, bed room was a mess. He left his food in fridge. I spent 4 hours to clean his mess! I took pictures for kitchen trash and his food. I forgot to take picture for dirty dishes and his bedroom.”
Only two of these things were true. I did slightly damage the sink with a hot pot, and I did accidentally leave my food. I owned up those claims, but rest of her claims are not true.
Before I left, I made sure to clean my room by sweeping, dusting, tidying up, etc.
The kitchen trash was not all mine like she said. The first two and a half weeks I stayed here, I was the only one taking out the trash. When I realized that I was the only one doing so, I decided to stop to see if anyone else is doing their part. Two to three more weeks go by, and the trash is overfilling. I refused to take the trash out since I was the only one doing it. The kitchen sink already had clogging issues when I showed up to this Airbnb. Most of the dishes were mine, but the dishwasher would cause the right sink to overflow with murky water once ran.
I tried explaining all of this to Jingbin, and tried explaining that she’s accusing me of things that I didn’t do, and in return she deceived me and insulted me. This is the first part of her response:
“All the trash in the kitchen and dirty
dishes are from you. I already
investigated and talked to your
roommates. 2 roommates are neat
and clean. You are the messy one. You
need to change your life style. Be
clean! As so many years host, you are
the only one left trash like a mountain!
You should tell the truth, do not try to
cover it up. Lies can not cover up the truth”
The second part of her response when I told her that I want half of my rent money back because of the way she was handling this and saying that I might leave a “bad” review if she kept accusing me of things I didn’t do:
“I have the right to review you too. And I can ask airbnb to delete your false review just because of hatred; Your review will not be based on truth.
Your review will be based on hatred
and lies; I will not refund you anything. You have the responsibility to pay me for the damage and mess you made.”
Her third response when I told her again that I didn’t do what she’s accused me of doing, and that she doesn’t have evidence to back it up:
“You are a liar. Definitely”
When she asked me how much I’ll pay for the sink, I told her that I won’t pay for it until she apologizes to me for deceiving me. This was her final response:
“I do not owe apology. You should apologize to me, and your roommates for what you did.”
Overall, I’m dumbfounded. My roommates turned the situation around onto me, and Jingbin held me accountable for those things and other things that she completely made up. I’m an extremely tidy and clean person (no offense to the other roommates, but more tidy than them) and I’ve never been this gaslit before. Jingbin doesn’t have any proof of any of these claims, except the ones that I’ve genuinely owned up to. I don’t appreciate the way she handled this situation, accused me of being a liar, accused me of things Im not responsible for, and attempting to over charge me $600 for a broken sink that was already broken to begin with. If you still plan on staying at one of Jingbin’s properties, make sure to have clear evidence if you ever have an issue there, or else she could deceive you.