After a long time not being able to travel we were looking forward to our vacation in Miami and even the prices of the rent were on the high end we were determined to spend our winter vacation in Miami.
As a very diligent traveller that plans all vacation in advance we were happy to find this condo which based on the pictures and location looked wonderful and promising and was to justify 5 star hotel price. We arrived safely to Miami and checked in the unit realizing amazing views of Miami but also a very strong unbearable smell has greeted. The smell of cooking was strong that I immediately got headache. We opened all windows and balcony with the hope that smell would go away unfortunately it was not the case. It appeared that the smell was coming from the furniture that looked quite outdated and not very cleaned either. We told ourselves that we should be patient and give it sometime and decided to unpack. As we were unpacking and moving around the condo I almost fell as there was a very significant gap between the floor and room divider. After the fact we have found out that this was a result of hardwood installation mistake that left this gap . Unfortunately no one has warned us about this safety issue and luckily no one got injured.
We decided to contact a host and address our concerns. Host had listened and tried to address both issues however not successful as horrible smell did not go away despite fresheners and additional cleaning that host had arranged. We were informed that floor can not be fixed.
In the next days of our stay we have found dirty dishes, dirt in laundry machine and list goes on. With this being said we appreciated host efforts to try to address issues however there were not fixable. We feel obliged to let public know that this apartment needs to be deep cleaned and furniture need to be changed in order ti justify standards of the luxury Miami Airbnb and asked price. Regards,Julia