Not sure where to start on this one, but I’ll get to the point to prevent ambiguity in this review. Blake is by far the WORST airbnb host I have come across. He is an overt racist, an unapologetic bigot and quite simply a dishonest person.
Initially I had tried to cancel the reservation citing Covid-19 fears as my reason as the cases were spiking up in Texas but he denied my request claiming I should have already known about it before booking the airbnb.
First day we checked-in the harassment started, a white lady shows up at the door with Blake on the phone, we asked what the issue was they said we had too many cars parked on the drive way. If I recall, we paid $4000 for this house, why are you worried about how many cars we have on the driveway? Then they start asking questions like how many people are in the house, and making assumptions about the number of people in the house and requesting extra money. Mind you the house isn’t even as they listed. A couple things weren’t working like the hot tub, the pool was dirty, roaches around the house, ping pong table was broken, towel handles in the bathroom were broken. But they saw 10 black people staying in the house and decided they were going to harass us.
Blake is an egotistic individual who has no regard for people of color and only cared about extorting us as much as possible. He never came to talk to us in person, kept sending other people to house with him on the phone disrespecting us, calling us ignorant and cheap. All because we wouldn’t give in to his harassment demands.
His EXACT words once we asked to have a mother come visit on one of the occasions was “I don’t care if your mother wants to visit you, you cannot have any guest over”. THIS WAS THE LINE IN THE SAND FOR ME. I was over his overtly racist persona and couldn’t take it any more. I asked to be refunded for my unused nights that day but his need to scam and extort us would not let him and he refused to cancel. Instead he said we should leave his house and he was calling the cops. We reported this to Airbnb from the first day until the day we left stating we felt unsafe and wanted our money back but nothing was done, he wouldn’t refund us. He has also refused to return and seized a device worth over $500 which we left at the property and went on to request $4000 stating we damaged the comforters. Jokes
Check my Airbnb reviews I’ve rented better and nicer houses, my reviews are perfect. It’s really sad we had to encounter and individual like this. I’ll advise all people of color to stay away from this rental I don’t care how many reviews he has or properties. This man is a RACIST!