Probably the worst stay in Airbnb. Totally negative. It fails in all aspects.
You will not get enough sleep and will be miserable the following day.
Dirty place. If you cancel no refund. For the days you do not stay there you will lose all that money.
I communicated my arrival time a few days ahead of time to the host as sometime in the evening with a more close update on the day of check in.
She sent a message on the day of check in that she will not be there when I came by letting me know where I can find the keys.
I thought that was odd since I did not specify a certain time yet.
Later in the day I updated her about my arrival time.
She seemed to be fine with the times as she said "see you later."
I also asked her where I can park and how I can find the place in the dark. She did not respond to those questions.
It was around 9:30 PM when I arrived.
I was trying to figure out which house, since it was dark.
A gang of thugs, as can be described, circled my car and asked what I was doing there.
I told them where I can find the house with that address.
They said something like "They ain't no house here yo. You need to move on Bro! You need to go. Look on it somewhere else."
At that time, you will have the sinking feeling of "Did I take the wrong turn and ended up in the wrong side of the town?"
Most people would have bolted out after that incident.
Instead, I called the host and asked her where the house was. She described it as I was apparently in front of the house.
As soon as you enter the building, a musty old bad smell grabs your nose and will not let go until you leave the property.
The whole building stinks, as if it has not been cleaned in the last 50 years.
You still try to get over those, because you are tired and want to get some sleep.
Apparently there is a railroad very close to the house.
The freight trains pass by at random times throughout the night waking you up every time.
When the trains pass by the whole building shakes.
Then 2 AM in the morning, a long term non-Airbnb renter that lives on the other room, shows up whistling and singing and cooking in the kitchen which is adjacent to the room.
All that noise keeps you up, even if you are able to sleep with the passing trains.
The bathroom is not very clean.
The pillows and cases smelled really bad.
Heard some small creature walking above the ceiling at night and in the morning. I can only guess it was a rat.
The title said "nice neighborhood". Based on my experience, it was a lie.
It says "Free parking on premises". It is another lie. There is only street parking, if you are not nervous about the neighborhood.
The listing did not say anything about freight trains and noise issues. That was false advertising and another form of lies.
Due to not getting enough sleep and cleanliness issues, I wanted to cancel the rest of the days after one night.
Dealing with Airbnb was a long several hours process.
They told me to talk to the Host first.
I called the Host and explained the problems.
She said she did not care and she is not cancelling the reservation.
She refused that there was any problem, all the while yelling and screaming on the phone.
So communication was another problem.
She even accused me of waking her up when I arrived at 9:30 PM, although she agreed to meet me.
I am not even sure if she lives in the same building, definitely not living in the sectioned off side of the house.
I am thinking this is a scam, unless you are willing to live under these conditions.
Having been in 5 star homes and stayed with 5 star hosts, this does not even measure up.
I decided to cancel the rest of the days, and found another place to stay in the area.
I did not get any refund from Airbnb on the days that I cancelled.
I wonder how Airbnb allows this type of property be listed.
I am also curious how can this type of host can get Superhost status.
I am more curious how can the ratings be so high on this property.
Looking at the definition, host status, and the ratings, I did not see any red flags.
Obviously something is horribly wrong on this one.
I wonder if this is a big scam orchestrated by all perpetrators under the nose of Airbnb.
After I cancelled the rest of the days, the place was back on the list in Airbnb available for all unsuspecting victims, even though I paid for all the days that I did not even stay.