My 3 night stay at Jess's place far from met my expectations. The photos listed were quite different to the space that I walked into. Firstly, Jess advertises "free parking" but failed to mention that it was offsite & simply just parking on the street. Surrounding her apartment are 1hr & 2hr on-street parking spots which unless your a resident & have a permit , you need to watch the clock & move your car frequently. Secondly, I walked into an apartment that looked very well lived in, like Jess just walked out & closed the door behind her. The place to be fair looked clean however:
- her stuff filled every cupboard in the kitchen
- there were only two shelves free in the fridge.
- Her office space was filled with her personal things including covering the office chair.
- Her small bedroom had a extra rack of clothes & shoes outside of the wardrobe which didn't leave much space to put a suitcase.
- The bathroom had a big pile of dirty washing thrown in the corner of the room as well as products everywhere including Vagisal on the bath (not something that she needed to share with her guests).
- She left 2 squares of toilet paper on a toilet roll for my 3 night stay.
In essence, the apartment wasn't luxury as advertised. In fact, I felt really quite uncomfortable staying there. I felt like an intruder in someone's house.
On the last evening I put a small load of clothes through her washing machine on the setting that Jess previous used. After the load finished I couldn't open the door of the machine. It appeared to have a flashing red light next to the lock symbol & despite turning the machine off & on again it still flashed & the door remains locked. The door handle itself also came away from the door. I immediately contacted Jess about the issue however, two weeks on I've had minimal contact, nil apology for the inconvenience & still no mention of returning my clothes to me despite asking on a couple of occasions. The fact that she also has a big pile of dirty linen & washing in her bathroom makes me think that the problem was pre-existing.
My airbnb experience have always been positive until this time! Think twice about booking this place! I checked out super early on the Sunday morning as I couldn't stand being there anymore.