The most concerning issue [inside the Airbnb] was the bathroom; it smelled horrendous. Terrible enough that I smelled it in the room as it was essentially right outside the room I was in.
The room did look like photos, but that was hardly comforting with the slight smell of sewage wafting under the door.
I arrived at 4pm, and from 4pm to approximately 1am (well past the so-called “quiet time”) when I finally went out to my vehicle for actual earplugs there was some manner of terrible jazz music playing the first day. It could be heard CLEARLY upstairs with closed door.
There was no music when I woke up initially at around 6am the next day, but sure enough at around 10am, the music was back, this time a soft rock playlist that seemed to be on shuffle, I spent almost the whole day in headphones to combat hearing the same songs repeatedly. Again, the music didn’t stop at “quiet time.”
Not the final straw, but simply a bolster to my opinion that no reasonable person should stay here. I received this message from Jessica, who advised that she was the Host, in one of what I consider too many messages for my very short stay:
“Good afternoon guests we have had a complaint on the bathroom. Please make sure you're cleaning after yourselves in the Common Areas especially the bathrooms. Please make sure everything goes down in the toilet. We want all of our guests to have a Great Experience. Thank you in Advance and let us know if you have any questions. 🙂”
I had also received unnecessary/unwanted messages about a “pancake breakfast with us” prior to the above, which Jessica doubled down on in person as I was coming in later, inviting me the next morning. I was polite both in reply both via message and in person, but eating food with strangers isn’t appealing. Getting unwanted messages, of which there were several, also didn’t rate highly.
Even if the environment were more appealing, and IT. WAS. NOT, I had already declined once, it no longer felt like an attempt at hospitality. It was awkward.
The neighborhood was/is rough. I would not bring a partner, kids, pet, loved one here kind of situation. Heck, I wish I hadn’t had the experience.