Unfortunately, this stay had to be canceled due to me not having access to the room and the host not responding after I reached out to him multiple times. I wanted to make this post because due to the dishonest behavior of this host I almost lost my deposit after I was stuck with nowhere to stay after I was stuck with no airbnb room. I had to scramble and find something last minute, which was not as affordable and took more funds to cover.
When I arrived to the home the keypad that the host had on the door did not work. I pressed the pad multiple times but it did not light up or come on at all. Of course, with my hearing about many Airbnb scams I made sure to take not only a photo but a video of the issue. I did finally get a call back and the host was able to open the door remotely from where he was, however that did not help me. And he said that he was unsure of what the problem was. And he didn't know if he could have it fixed that night or the next morning. He then apologized and said that he would provide me with a refund. Of course, I should have gotten that in writing because 3-4 days after I noticed that I had not received the refund confirmation. I realized that he had never planned to provide a refund and of course I had to dispute it with the airbnb platform. Turns out the host told airbnb that I had not experienced any issues. Thankfully I had the evidence and have now been fully refunded. Please beware of scam hosts and always get photo/video evidence.