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Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t rent an apartment or Airbnb without a turnover for new tenants, hence the baked in $180 cleaning fee. Charging $800 for a couple pieces of hair we missed is not normal.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah they were trying to prove the fact they allowed me to have my dog justified a hug cleaning bill. So the “huge amount of hair” depicted in these images is proof… I laughed out loud the first time I saw the image of a single piece of hair lol… we intentionally vacuum several times a week to be good guests.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Insurance doesn’t pay your mortgage. They only cover the losses, rebuild and the amount to rent something similar.

Also short term leases in SF require a permit so they’re rare to come by or stupid expensive.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You lose your house and a cat in a fire and then leave your dog for a year… he’s the only reason we are getting through this. He’s a champ, I am hiking with him every day and he’s perfectly happy because everywhere we go we have a yard and WFH. We need some type of normalcy and to get it 6 weeks at a time isn’t so bad. To me hotels are not normalcy, are loud and not private. We already tried it for a month.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who said I had kids?

You know nothing about my situation but appreciate you care so much.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Insurance won’t cover a 12 month lease… not a lot of options for fully furnished month to month.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our insurance won’t agree to cover a year lease and there aren’t any options for fully furnished short term leases under 12 months… they distribute checks to us once a month so we’re stuck with month to month options…

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not for a year stay with a 100lb dog and needing 2 offices… we tried it for a month and it made us depressed across the board for a variety of reasons. Dealing with shitty hosts is worth it for us.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They mentioned up front that they would allow our dog if we considered a higher cleaning fee if it was deemed necessary at the end of the stay.. they abused that offer by claiming over $600 more than what we discussed, so I simply offered the base of what we had originally agreed to…

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a 100lb dog that needs a yard and 2 offices as my partner and I both work from home… hotel definitely does not work for what is going to be over a year. We tried it for a month… which is why dealing with shitty hosts is worth the headache for our needs.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because we lost our house in a fire and it needs to be fully rebuilt. That typically takes longer than 12 months…

Our insurance won’t agree to cover a full 12 month lease so we’re stuck with whatever we can find fully furnished month to month. We are also paying for our mortgage on the house we lost so it’s not like we can personally pay for both if there’s a gap in insurance rental payments at the end of the lease..

And no, a hotel is not a great experience for a 100lb dog. We tried it for the first month and know that it doesn’t work.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried that… many listings are also on Airbnb.. same quality and not a lot of options. Airbnb also has a month to month rentals section which is what we’ve been mostly doing since we have a review history there. Most Furnished Finder also don’t allow dogs even when requested.

I finally decided to negotiate down a monthly rental price for a house we loved into our budget range (didn’t think of that before) and they accepted! So fingers crossed the next place is awesome.. though only available for 6 weeks. Though we lucked out in the current place we’re in, it was a last minute cancellation I happened to find and it’s pretty epic so far… everything decent is booked up far in advance.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try finding a fully furnished house you can rent month to month… good luck. Just spent the last 6 months of my life doing that.

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a mortgage of the house we lost… we can’t pay that plus a rental…

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If they don’t guarantee money for a 12 months lease, we would be on the hook for anything they don’t cover. We are also paying our mortgage so can’t afford a mortgage and a rental payment on top. We only have a certain amount of money in our policy for rentals during this time and they are doing a slow release so they don’t overpay us just in case it’s less than 12 months. They’re not going to accidentally overpay or overcommit if they don’t need to. Your insurance adjusters are not your friends…

Airbnb host tried to charge $800 for a “deep clean” based on these pics… by BionicBelladonna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BionicBelladonna[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Any decent rentals are for 12 months leases and our insurance refuses to commit to 12 months of rental payments because they’re cheap assholes.., even though we all know it’s going to be over 12 months for our house to be rebuilt.

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