Dear All,
I encourage you to read my experiences after renting 4 months of airbnb in Laura's and Tony's apartment.
Overall, my stay was very uncomfortable and unpleasant, Tony is the person with whom you have direct contact and generally responds very aggressively regarding your requests and comments. Laura is very nice, however, unfortunately she is not there to attend your requests.
The first impression when arriving at the apartment is that it is very dirty (I had to clean the bathroom and the bedroom before I started using it). The kitchen is full of grease, the microwave looks like it has never been cleaned in its life, there's no refrigerator (you have the right to use a small space in a mini fridge that is in the kitchen), the apartment has an old and dirty smell, the carpeting and floors weren't cleaned during my stay.
The location of the place is not bad since you are 5 minutes from the bus station, 20 minutes walking to epping station and 40 minutes walking to Macquarie center (it is a heavy walk so it is preferable to take the bus, I chose to ride my bike and arrived in 12 minutes at Macquarie University, which is 5 minutes before Macquarie center). However it is far from the downtown.
The gym, pool and sauna area are available. The equipment in the gym is old and rusty, but some of the equipment still works; It was my favorite place to be at since it was very uncomfortable to be in the apartment.
I will give you some examples of my bad experiences during my stay, so you can think before booking your stay there:
When I was cooking, Tony began to smash doors and windows showing disgust at the smell of food, however, he never to expressed his attitude.
Tony usually washed his clothes daily, so if you want to wash your clothes you must wake up very early to use the washing machine; the dryer does not work and it does not appear to be a priority to be fixed, so you must hang your clothes on the balcony, which is always very dusty and dirty, but I wouldn't recommend even taking a break out there and take a "fresh air."
In the bathroom, the air extractor does not work so moisture accumulates and fungus forms (an issue that does not seem to be fixed during my whole stay) and is very unpleasant. They also sent me a cleaning fee for the mold that was already growing in their bathrooms. I took pictures and videos so they were not able to prove it was my doing.
One day I arrived at the apartment in the early morning and I had to make a 5-minute phone call. Not even 2 minutes had passed when Tony kicked the door of my room very hard, to the degree that I thought my safety was threatened. The next day he acted as if nothing had happened and I did not receive any comments on that subject, until one day that I told him about that incident and he told me that I was an idiot, and it was very infuriating.
Unfortunately, I made my reservation for 4 months and if I canceled, airbnb would penalize me with 1 month's rent for what I had to endure (I hope that airbnb modifies or makes that clause more flexible).
Anything that I asked (comments and petitions) to Tony, he always ended up screaming and arguing with me.
For these reasons "I DO NOT" recommend this apartment if you wish to have a good experience and time in Sydney.
Estimados todos:
Les comento mi experiencia después de rentar 4 meses airbnb en el departamento de Laura y Tony.
Mi estancia fue muy incomoda y desagradable, Tony es la persona con la que tienes contacto directo y generalmente responde muy agresivo en cuanto a tus peticiones y comentarios, Laura es muy agradable, lamentablemente no esta ahí para atender tus peticiones por lo que el trato directo es con Tony.
La primera impresión al llegar al departamento es que es un lugar muy sucio (tuve que lavar el baño y el cuarto antes de empezar a usarlo). La cocina esta llena de grasa, el microondas aparenta que jamas en la vida lo han limpiado, no tiene refrigerador (tienes derecho a usar un pequeño espacio en un frigobar que esta en la cocina), el departamento tiene un olor a viejo y sucio, el alfombrado y los pisos jamas vi que los limpiaran.
La ubicación del lugar no es del todo mala ya que estas a 5 minutos de la estación de camion, 20 minutos caminando a epping station y 40 minutos caminando a Macquarie center (es una caminata pesada por lo que lo preferible es tomar el camión, yo optaba por manejar mi bicicleta y llegaba en 12 minutos a Macquarie University, que esta 5 minutos antes que Macquarie center). Sin embargo esta lejos de la ciudad.
El area de gimnasio, alberca y sauna estan conservados, los aparatos en el gimnasio son viejos y están oxidados, sin embargo, algunos funcionan; era mi lugar favorito para estar ya que me era muy incomodo estar en el departamento.
Algunos ejemplos de malas experiencias ppr las que pase se las expresaré para que reflexionen bien si realmente desean hospedarse ahí:
Cuando concinaba, Tony empezaba a azotar puertas y ventanas mostrando disgusto por el olor de la comida, sin embargo, nunca fue para expresarme su desagrado.
Tony procura lavar su ropa diario por lo que si desean lavar se deberán parar muy temprano para poder utilizar la lavadora, la secadora no funciona y no se ve que tengan interes por repararla, por lo que deberás colgar tu ropa en el balcón, el cual siempre se encuentra muy sucio y no podrás usarlo si deseas tomar aire fresco.
En el baño, el estractor de aire no funciona por lo que se acumula la humedad y se forma