The most disappointing stay I have had yet to experience at an AirBnB. This place is NOT SAFE. At the beginning of our two month stay our host suggested that we store our bikes in a downstairs locked laundry room. Trusting his judgment that they would be safe, we did so. We even put them in a closet to hide them further. One week into our two month stay the laundry room was broken into and our $8000 bikes were stolen. No problem, I’m sure the host has insurance and he said he was going to file an insurance claim for his stolen items. Makes sense right? If you have items at your friends house and they are stolen, the friends’ insurance covers the items. Not here.
A police report was filed and this is when the host let us know a neighbor was broken into two weeks before our break-in.
Not long afterward we found one of our bikes for sale online with an asking price lower than the value of the bike. We gathered up enough money to buy the bike back but wanted a man to go with us as we are just two small women. He would not help us at all.
The host continually reassured us that the area was safe. One month later I heard a loud noise on my bedroom window at 5am and saw a man in a black hoodie loitering around, attempting to break-in. I don’t know if this occurrence is new in the area due to a police shortage, but I want to warn others this is not a safe place. Queen Anne is supposed to be one of the safer neighborhoods in Seattle but this AirBnB is a lot closer to Interbay which is known to be unsafe. My friend and I lost a lot of sleep over feeling unsafe as well as lost a lot of money due to the break-in, and the host was rude and unhelpful in this stressful time. Please choose somewhere else that is safer and ask the host beforehand if there have been robberies there or in the neighborhood in the last year. Seattle is beautiful and I hope you find a safe place to stay and relax.