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I'm living in one of these hostels right now (the landlord has half a dozen buildings and probably ~50 rooms available in the area on AirBNB) and I posted about
by laxatives 13y ago
I'm living in one of these hostels right now (the landlord has half a dozen buildings and probably ~50 rooms available in the area on AirBNB) and I posted about it before. In brief, its a shithole (ffs the showerhead is held up by electrical tape). From before:
"I'm living in one of these places now and I could not say enough negative things about the place or AirBNB. Its a mess, most of the rooms are either filled with beds or used entirely for furniture/tool storage. There were no shared trashbins until about 4-6 weeks after I had arrived. One of the guests had a severe breakdown and would spend hours in the middle of the night rapping or shouting at the top of the lungs, forcing his roommates to move to the permanent tents in the backyard. Eventually the guy left during one of his rants and disappeared for a few days, during which the landlord had us avoid calling the police because he did not want to have them involved. Worst of all, I feel like none of us are in a position to do anything. I complained within a few hours of arrival on my first day because the place is a mess, but AirBNB charges a months rent to leave early on a long term stay and there's nothing to gain in destroying our relatioships with the landlord. The rating system also makes it so that taking any action would probably result in an open flame war so that I'd probably get rejected by future landlords. I'll probably never use AirBNB again regardless."
I'm sure AirBNB is great for a night or two if you're backpacking and just need a matress to crash on before you move on, but if you're expecting anything more than that, I would highly recommend against using it.
- rtpg 13y agoif you've been there long enough and it's not a licensed hotel, you might be under an implicit lease agreement and could force his hand for not maintaining the property correctly.
- jacalata 13y agoI'd guess that airbnb is pretty heavily invested in not getting the cops called to any of these clearly-professional places in New York right now. Have you tried doing the whole executive email bomb requesting a refund for yourself/anyone else you can get together with there? Edit: and if that doesn't work, you should absolutely report the landlord to all relevant authorities when you leave, probably including the NY attorney general currently chasing airbnb.
- laxatives 13y agoI don't know about an executive email bomb, but I requested a refund and was basically told I was free to cancel at any time, but they'd bill me a fat cancellation fee equal to a month of rent. I complained the first night I was here and I spoke to a bunch of residents who also complained. I heard an AirBNB representative was supposed to come check out the place due to the number of complaints, but from what I gathered he never showed up. Also this is in California, not NY.
- xixi77 13y agoLooks like the landlord is really quite worried about getting authorities involved in anything, and surely he is much more worried about getting a negative review than you do (read a recent post here from a guy in LV for the landlord's perspective). You have a lot of leverage over him, use it, get a refund, move out and find a better one. Unless of course you can't find a better one for the same money that you are paying now -- in which case you are getting what you are paying for, so relax and enjoy the savings :)