Fantastic location and proximity to CBD, shopping, restaurants, cafes and bars, as well as both the bridge and opera house.
While I was initially impressed by the communication by this host, and allowed me to leave my suitcases in the apartment before official check in, I am rarely disappointed in Airbnb’s. However, this one did not live up to the just above basic expectations of comfort and cleanliness.
On check in there were 4 of the previous guests washed towels still drying in the dryer. The FLOORS were DIRTY and had food crumbs on the floor around the living room coffee table. The bathroom shower curtain was SLIMY and old, and there was a lid off a razor in the bathtub.
The CIGARETTE SMELL from the apartment next door is migraine-triggering. The walls are extremely thin and you can hear and smell almost everything cooked and spoken from the neighbor.
For a period of ~2 hours on Saturday evening, there was high pitched female squealing from the floor above that actually had me concerned for her safety. I reached out to the host, who was unable to assist in this extremely weird situation. Towards the end of the 2-hour squealing session, a male voice was yelling “f*****ck” which seemed to indicate the finale.
The AIRCON switches off at desired temperature and you wake up hot and sweaty in the middle of the night to turn it back on again.