DIRTY KITCHEN, NOISY BUILDING, RUDE/SCARY HOST
Paid top dollar for this place, 3k a month. However, every day, new issues arose. When I told the host that half the dishes and all the glasses were dirty, she took it personally, telling me she cleaned them herself and that I was the problem. From then on she grew more hostile. “Yeah right! I cleaned that apartment. No one complains like you have…”
I turned over the cutting boards to find food smeared on the back side of them. Blender greasy with long hairs hanging out. Food found on every other plate in cupboard. Glasses were greasy as though they’d only been rinsed. Using the half-sized dishwasher, it took hours to run all the dishes through. Had to clean kitchen thoroughly and wipe down shelves, clean up food stuck to stovetop.
Something thick and sticky was all over the shelf in the dining room hutch where I was about to put some books, so I had to clean that up. All pots and pans and kitchen implements were dirty. Toaster (food smeared on), blender(feast and long hair hanging out), hand blender(sticky). When I told the host that the upstairs neighbors woke me up late at night repeatedly, she said “cheers to the couple upstairs.”
When I told the host a package had gone missing, she needed to know what was in it and told me she’d check the security camera. I didn’t hear back for 2 days then found out the camera was off. Was in town for work, and lost a ton of sleep here due to building noises, even with earplugs on.
I definitely don’t recommend this for a long term rental. Especially because the host can be suddenly hostile, and as a baseline, doesn’t seem to care about guests. She insisted on removing the air conditioning on a hot and humid day and simultaneously turned on the heat. It was 80 degrees inside that night and humid even with windows open. Very uncomfortable.
Unfortunately, the host refused to let me out of the agreement when I first discovered multiple issues. My healthcare job requires me to be fully functional mentally. Anything less could adversely affect patient outcomes. I was finally forced to evacuate the premises due to noise coming from inside the building waking me up frequently.
When the host found out I was in the process of evacuating, she started sending threatening and intimidating text messages to me directly and not through the Airbnb app. The barrage of frantic messages threatened to call police, etc. I was working in patient rooms all day and have no time nor the desire to get into a verbal back and forth with her, as it seemed like she wanted a fight. She then entered my apartment for a “welfare check” while I was at work, even though my car wasn’t there and not sure why a welfare check was warranted when I was in the process of moving out. Apparently my evacuating the apartment upset her.
I stay at Airbnb about 70 nights a year, hotels 2-3 times that. I travel 10-11 months out of the year. I felt confident booking this place due to past reviews, but none of the them mentions any of this. Many of the cleanliness issues were documented.
PROS: cutesy decor; close proximity to Powderhorn Park and George Floyd square
CONS: rude, scary and unpredictable host; dirty kitchen; mouse droppings; small tv; cheap uncomfortable mattresses; large area of paint peeling off the ceiling above bed (all old paint contains lead); weak/tiny microwave; coin-op laundry (should be no charge); gang tagging on-site; parking not secure (found out area is known for break-ins); weak water pressure with cheap flow reducer/water saver shower head attached makes it extra work to rinse off; lots of spiders (may bother some guests more than others); kitchen floors worn down to the bare wood, so no sanitizing them; tiny dishwasher; no disposal in kitchen sink; dusty couch (could benefit from a washable slipcover).
UNPLEASANT SMELLS: musty/moldy (near built-in hutch and wash machine); litter-box smells (kitchen); sour, wet dog smells (blowing out of vacuum); dusty couch needed desperately to be vacuumed.
SOUND: carries in from units above/below doing nighttime activities. At night in the back bedroom you can hear all activities in the bedrooms above and below even with earplugs on sometimes the extraordinary level of passionate love-making really made the decibel levels spike; in the front bedroom there is traffic noise even with earplugs; creaky floors throughout. Didn’t sleep well here mostly due to noise from within building, even with ear plugs on. Would have tried sleeping on the large couch but it was super dusty. First 2 nights here there was a party at a neighboring house that went well past midnight playing loud music.