It was one of the more affordable Airbnb’s in the area and since I had almost a week long stay, it was a good bang for the price. However, there were some mishap and there was no key in the lockbox to enter the building when checking in. We were stuck outside for a bit in the cold with our luggages. We were only able to enter the Airbnb when someone else just so happen to exit the building and we used that opportunity to go inside. We weren’t given a key till later on, which resulted us in losing half a day of our trip since we couldn’t leave the building without a key to get back inside.
A big red flag was we were woken up in the first morning with someone entering the code and coming into our room. I messaged Ella right away and she said it was her cleaner. Ella mentioned her cleaner was a women but it was a man who entered our room. I immediately felt unsafe and requested for Ella to change the door code.
There are a lot of exterior noises from people entering the building, neighbour’s above and beside, and we hear people in the common area. You will hear periodic knocks/water running from neighbours. The laundry room is close and so lots of people walk by our door. The heater was also not very responsive and is locked at a certain max temperature. It was quite cold majority of our stay as the heater didn’t turn on and we couldn’t seem to manually turn it on.
There is no sink in the washroom or stove in the kitchen. It’s a small, dormitory-like place and very minimalistic. Parking is street parking so it’s luck of the draw on how close you will be by the door.
Overall, it did the job as a roof over our head, but was not an ideal Airbnb for us due to reasons above.