I would like to say that this was the worst experience I have ever had in my life while travelling. My car was broken into the windows were smashed for an attempted theft. Bad bad neighbourhood I’m surprised Abode is choosing to run an Airbnb there in the first place. The car next to ours was also an Airbnb guest and their car was broken into as well. A loaded weapon was stolen from that car so I would fear for anyone who would be staying in that place. It is not only unsafe for belongings but for our lives itself. Apart from the safety the apartment was not as pictured. There was a strange smell which lingered in the apartment despite opening the windows for a while. Additionally the sink was clogged and the water would drain extremely slowly.
On calling Abode all I was given was a party line stating it has been escalated to the leadership and there was no other response. We requested a late check out so we could figure out a way to get the car repaired and continue on our road trip and they said they would ‘consider’ it and disabled the access codes for the apartment so we were stranded with luggage and no place to go for at least an hour.
I would strongly urge everyone to please stay elsewhere or even cancel already made bookings given safety concerns and suboptimal support and maintenance.