I really hate to write a negative review but I am hoping this will help someone make a better choice than I did. I ended up going to a hotel and cutting my trip short rather than stay a full night here.
The address didn’t show up on the app once I was confirmed, and I asked the host for it the night before my scheduled arrival so I wouldn’t have to be texting and navigating while driving. I didn’t get the address until 1 pm. I didn’t receive my check in instructions until 15 minutes after my scheduled check in time. When I went to get my key, the door to my area was already unlocked which is pretty disturbing when you’re traveling alone in an unfamiliar place.
The place is advertised as “Entire Home” and says you’ll have the whole villa to yourself. The “Villa” is actually a bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette combo in 1 house with several other “Villas.” Again, not what you’re expecting and off-putting to have people wandering around when you expected to be secure and by yourself, not in a small room with curtains covering the flimsy glass doors to the outside.
Cleanliness was a huge issue. Floors were grimy, towels stained and dingy, one of the washcloths was folded and placed on the shower floor, pubic hair in the shower and a clump of long, brown hair that couldn’t be mine. The “soap” provided in the shower is actually about 70% water. There’s a big whole in the ceiling where the showerhead comes out and that is held up by a rubber strap. The pillow shams were clearly not washed and smelled like body odor. I put the dirty pillows far away from me and tried to make do for at least one night.
Then, around 11:30 pm I could hear someone singing and someone else opening and closing drawers and moving furniture. This was my biggest issue with the space not being as advertised. Paper thin walls. I decided enough was enough and left around midnight to get a hotel and just cut my entire trip short. The host was unhelpful, told me it was quiet when he woke up, and does not take my concerns seriously. He offered no solution and ignored all issues until about 10am the next day, the day I would have checked out if I’d lasted longer than 10 hours in this space. I am currently attempting to work with Air BnB to resolve this issue and hopefully get any part of my payment back.
Save your money and book anywhere else.