The feel of the place was heavily ladened with squeezing as much profit as possible, and meeting the absolute bare minimum standards to list amenities in the Airbnb app. Perhaps the most egregious complaint concerned the key amenity for which I chose the place, the balcony. There was clearly written on the app a warning that they would be construction and loud noise during business hours. However 48 hours before my trip, I got a message saying that the balcony would actually be closed, conveniently too late for me to cancel the Airbnb to get my money back and for me to find a new place. When I mentioned this to the host, they were unapologetic, made no concessions, and simply referred me back to the warning that they would be construction noise, without acknowledging that they never said balcony would be closed.
In addition, no lamps were plugged in, there was faint but distinct smell of cigarette smoke, no hand or dish towels, comforter that was sandwiched between to flat sheets and did not stay in them, a lot of bare walls and empty space, there was toiletries but the kit was open and missing shampoo and body wash, there was broken glass in the garbage disposal, floor was dirty and would blacken my socks or feet when I walked around, and the bare minimum of furniture what was clearly the cheapest IKEA options available.