If I could give this place and Gg a negative 10 I would. I was not given proper check in instructions, the unit was dirty, not just not in conformance with Covid safe cleaning but truly filthy. It was not as pictured, with a broken intercom hanging off the wall and previous tenants’ belongings strewn around. The kitchen was full of bags of garbage and recycling (the latter was still there when I left and she tried to tell me it was my responsibility to get rid of it). The stove top was swimming in grease. There was no fire extinguisher or CO detector as listed (when I asked she said it was because I’m ‘old’ that I was worried). Gg was feuding with the current tenant because she had refused for months to fix his toilet, and she had thrown the last tenants out.
She claimed to be unwilling to come to clean because of the remaining tenant (who was always neat and considerate to me) and told me the other tenants might come back as she hadn’t changed the locks to keep them out.
Any time I asked for something that should have been there to begin with, like a clean mop and broom or simple kitchen utensils. she argued with and insulted me, filled my message box with *over 200* increasingly abusive messages. When I asked her to stop, she’d send half a dozen more.
All this is documented by time and date stamped photos from the moment I walked in til I left.
Why did I stay? I was waiting on a visa decision and did not want to have to move again, or argue with Airbnb for a refund. As noted above, the tenant was a cooperative person. I also at first believed her ongoing excuses about how ‘busy’ she was. I still thought when the other tenant left she would come and clean, but she did not. She rented the room out to mostly young men who came for one night, often showing up as late as 10 pm and sometimes didn’t tell me they were coming. One walked in on me when I was in bed because she gave him incorrect check in instructions, then she called me a ‘nut’ for objecting. She made them come to a dirty room and change the dirty sheets themselves, justifying it by saying it was a ‘hostel.’ For $50/night I’ve stayed in Airbnbs that were spotless and with wonderful hosts.
I could go on, but the point is the place is a nightmare and she is the worst host I really had in 7 years using Airbnb. She is a disgrace to the Airbnb brand. Avoid this place like the plague or you will be very sorry—unless you want to crash in a dirty room late at night. I’ve stayed in hostels for half her price that were well kept up and had rules. And never had to deal with someone who was insulting and had zero respect for boundaries or even basic human decency.