Rethink this AirBnB after reading this review.
The Airbnb was very clearly just a motel room. That’s what you’re paying for, and that’s what you’re going to get. Below are the pros and cons of the stay per our trip:
PROS:
- incredibly close to the beach (1 block away, 3 blocks from restaurants and pier)
- Lauderdale-By-The-Sea was much quieter and less busy than Ft Lauderdale, even during 4th of July
- there is a pool that is nice to relax in during the day (so long as it is skimmed, there doesn’t seem to be a daily maintenance crew so it’s up to those staying in the rooms to skim the cigarette butts and scum)
CONS:
- none of the dishes were clean, we had to hand wash every dish before use due to dried food or just plan ignored dirtiness.
- The AirBnB was not as nice as advertised. It was much dingier, with scuffs on the doors, corroded and rusted door hinges and shower curtain, moldy/grimy floor tiles, and a pee-stained toilet seat. All of these items would take about $50 to fix and make the room so much nicer but it was obviously overlooked.
- the walls are paper thin, you can hear your neighbors and even loud tenants at the pool through your walls.
- the toilet works horribly, a day into our stay the toilet stopped working properly and despite contacting the host we didn’t get any assistance with the issue and had to resort to using a public restroom at a local store every time we needed to use one. In the end we had to go out of our way and buy a plunger ourselves for a motel room that absolutely should have had one and we’ve yet to get a refund from the host who has since stopped replying to our messages.
- poor response time from the host. The host was contacted in the morning about the toilet, responded at 10PM at night saying a handyman would be coming ASAP. We contacted him multiple times throughout the next day after no one had come to fix our toilet and he responded the following day saying he was still reaching out to handymen for help. He offered no intermediary solution for us despite us making it absolutely clear that we couldn’t use our toilet for half of our stay.
If you’re strapped for cash and want a spot right next to the beach, this might just be all you need. If you want a nice, clean AirBnB where the host will respond to your issues in a timely manner, just get a hotel room they’re not much more expensive.