If you are reading this review please do yourself a favor and DO NOT STAY HERE. You can go to my profile and see where previous hosts have left reviews of me. I always strive to be a great guest and this last experience made that impossible, because the house was UNINHABITABLE.
When I found Ryan’s place at the last minute I thought I had lucked out the photos were beautiful at a very fair price - please don’t be fooled the way I was. The photos are not for the unit I was directed to. The decor is similar in some of the rooms but I repeat the photos were of a different house. When I walked inside the place spelled like smoke so intensely that I got a terrible headache.
I alerted the host immediately and he offered to have ‘his maids’ come by to clean the come again in the morning. This wasn’t a viable option for me because I am strictly observing social distancing as we are in the midst of a global pandemic.
As I explored the house things were worse than I could have possibly imagine. Every single one of the beds had hair from previous guests in them. The walls were filthy, the ones in the kitchen had food particles on them. There were cobwebs in the corners and unidentifiable stains on the couch.
Going up the stairs felt like I was exploring a crime scene. There was a dead roach on the steps and someone had left the contents of a cigar on another.
The hand towel in the bathroom was dirty and the shower was filthy, scum and what looked like pubic hairs left stuck somehow to the shower.
A really striking feature was how dirty the walls were.. I still can’t get over it. Actual handprints - oh! And someone had taken down the smoke detector and removed the batteries.
The most disappointing this is when I took photos and sent them to the host, he refused to give me a refund or do anything other than say ‘I can send my maids in the morning’. I contacted Airbnb support and am still working with them to find resolution. I had to sleep outside in my car because the smell and the general filth was just that bad.
I have never had an experience like this on Airbnb and have been using the platform for work and personal travel since 2017. This host does not care about his guests or his property and I deeply wish I was able to attach photos to the review so people could be aware of what they are in for.
Please. Do yourself a favor and keep looking. Do not stay here - you would be better off at a motel 6.