Clara was an okay host.
When we arrived, my group was greeted by 5 people, which was strange, considering this was supposed to be a contactless check in. I guess all of them were just leaving from cleaning the place up.
Upon entering, things seemed fine as a laid down feeling jet lagged. Upon further inspection of the house, I noticed it was not what it seemed. I wouldn’t say the place was filthy, but there were hairs everywhere in the bathrooms, urine under the toilet seat, the inside of the microwave was dirty, as well as the refrigerator. The outside was fine I guess considering it rains a lot. The biggest nightmare was sleeping. These have to be the most uncomfortable beds I have ever tried to sleep on. There are also urine-shields on the mattresses so I don’t even want to know what it looks like under them. Of course under normal circumstances my group would’ve packed their things and left to go to one of the local hotels closer to Fort Lauderdale, but that was impossible due to it being Spring Break, the busiest time of the year here. There was no vacancy.
One of her tables was broken and fell apart after setting a phone down onto it. It was small, in-between the bedrooms. Clara accused me of breaking it when it was obvious it had already been broken and put back together. I got splinters in my feet while cleaning it up and disposing of it for her. She was nasty and accusatory when I tried to explain what happened.
On the last day of my trip I requested half of what I paid back from Clara, because all in all, that is what I thought the place was worth. Clara claims I did this as a response to her accusing me of breaking her table, when the request was before my group even left the place. I wish I knew what the Airbnb guidelines for requesting money back were sooner, because Clara obviously declined my request, as it was the last day of my trip.
Don’t even get me started about some of the neighbors and the area, I’m pretty sure I heard a gunshot after some arguing. There is a shady motel across the street and a boarding house to the right of the place (which is where I think the shots went down).
All in all, I was simply just recommend looking for a different place.