To begin with, we arrived to the strong smell of weed in the hallway. Luckily, there was a fan in the apartment that helped slightly. Around 11pm, Friday night, we arrived and entered the apartment without an issue. The room temp set at 61 degrees and it was 40 something outside, so naturally, we immediately turn on the heat. Apparently the heating system hadn’t been used,so that caused a “burn off of dirt” and smoke & dust out of the furnace- which in turn set off the smoke alarms. We then spent 30 minutes fanning it & calming the dogs from the screeching alarms. This could be prevented had the system been cleaned and/or ran recently. Next, we go down for our luggage and meet our neighbor at our door. He was friendly, but has a tear drop tattoo under his right eye… Hmm…not off to a good start… so next we decide to order delivery food. Because of the odd alleyway, I had to walk out to the street to meet the driver, this is when I discovered the “gated parking” isn’t ever shut but I suppose thats more convenient for Airbnb neighbor to meet his multiple business associates as they stop by. We finally get to bed around 1:30am.
The next morning, we woke up, made coffee and sat on the green (uncomfortable & stained) futon to watch the Roku TV only to discover that it doesn’t work properly (white contrast on everything). Messaged the owners, they offered to send someone to look at it. We denied that since we had to leave and didn’t want anyone inside the apartment with out things. So around 11am, we leave to site see, then stop back by around 3pm to change clothes for a Broadway show. Then came back around around 10pm for a few minutes, and that is when we hear about 10-20 rounds of GUN FIRE! It sounded like it was right outside! We both hit the floor and remained there for the next hour. We text our friends to cancel plans as we were to scared to go outside, we sat there and listened to the loud neighbors in the hallway (right at our door), we hear police sirens arriving down the road, and debated on leaving early as we feared for our safety. Between the loud neighbors, the drug deals, the multiple gun fire, the strong smell of smell of marijuana through-out the entire building, and I didn’t even mention the floors being dirty inside and outside of the apartment, the used razor in the shower, the sink that’s water pressure causes the water to spray out all over the room…..for our anniversary trip- we had enough!!! I believe in to each their own- however, I personally saw the neighbor who’s door was right beside mine, complete at least 8 drug deals over the weekend. The safety of my family is the MOST IMPORTANT thing to me and I questioned this throughout our entire stay here. The shower system is a very nice upgrade and it is what sold us on the stay, however that’s just not enough when safety is an issue. Had there not been obvious drug dealing, things could have been different. Had the gates been shut at night, we could have felt safer. Had the apartment been cleaned thoroughly (the futon & floors) $178.00 per night may have seemed sensible.
I’m definitely not one for leaving negative reviews, but I would want someone to let me know these things, as the safety of another family staying in my home is highly important to me. I hope you can use this to help improve your listing.