PLEASE READ BEFORE RENTING:
Giovanni was an amazing host, he was friendly easy to communicate with, very understanding and kind. As a person he seemed awesome. Although, the unit needs a deep clean and update.
We had some trouble when we first got here. We arrived and the unit was still dirty, we arrived exactly at our check in time.
Once we saw how dirty it was we immediately started taking pictures (the bed was ripped, stripped of sheets, the walls were stained, dirty, the bathroom still had tooth paste spit stains on the mirror and faucet, there was clothes & towels in the washer and dryer). While taking pictures we found out our A/C was leaking pretty badly. As i was texting Giovanni the pictures, the door starts to open. This was TERRIFYING in an unfamiliar city and now the door is opening after the code was put in, i obviously don’t know who it is. Luckily it was just his cleaning service. We had just got done hauling all of our stuff into the unit and she asked if she could have 10-15 minutes to clean(which isn’t long enough in my opinion), which was also awkward, we just got here and now we have to leave. I had reached out to Giovanni and let him know the situation with the cleaning service and let him know his A/C was leaking pretty badly, it may damage his walls in the closet. He was on it immediately he got an A/C tech out the same day and apologized profusely! we both agreed stuff happens and it’s all good. We ended being out and about for over an hour. We did have to purchase a sheet to put over the sofa because it was definitely stained and yucky looking. The air mattress that’s advertised on the listing didn’t have a pump in the box and was still wet from the a/c leaking so we used the hair dryer provided and a cut, empty water bottle. I’m a floridian, i understand rainy season brings in bugs, we did find two palmetto bugs and killed them the first night of us being there. There’s also a two doors (one in the kitchen and one in the bathroom) that lock on either side and are obviously attached to either the house or another unit. you couldn’t see in either of them but having another door in the bathroom was kind of creepy considering the seethrough glass shower door. There also was only half of a shower door so when you shower you kind of flood the bathroom, which isn’t a super big deal just a minor inconvenience. The fridge, freezer and A/C also had a super hard time staying cold. Once the sun came up our unit would rise to 77° and wouldn’t drop until the sun went down. i figured this was because of the issues it was having so again, just a minor inconvenience.
For paying upwards of $700 all these minor inconveniences just weren’t really worth it in my opinion.
Giovanni has an amazing hospitality attitude and should definitely continue being a host, just after there’s some updates and fixes to his unit.