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Airbnb host being petty?

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donewithwinter · 23/01/2019 08:40

We stayed in a Airbnb on Saturday a lovely little cottage. I made sure I cleaned the whole place before I left even though I paid £21 cleaning fee.

Their was a tiny bin in the kitchen which wouldn't fit everything in so we left our McDonald's bag on top of it and put dd's nappy inside the bin in a nappy bag.

She just send me a message asking why I didn't take the nappies with me the whole cottage stinks and why did I leave rubbish on top of the bin. And she found a chocolate stain on the side of the table.

Chocolate stain whatever I must of missed it but honestly who on earth takes nappies home with them?!

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BarbaraofSevillle · 23/01/2019 09:00

That picture looks like a garage conversion. Was there a main house with bins?

I would also be wondering if they had planning permission and had sorted council tax etc - I think you have to pay council tax if a garage conversion/Granny flat type building has a kitchen, bathroom and it's own entrance.

But if you do all this, this should probably entitle the building to a bin collection service, which is why I'm wondering if they have overlooked this aspect.

whiteworld · 23/01/2019 09:01

I wouldn't leave a dirty nappy at a holiday place! But I would not expect to take my rubbish home either! All the holiday cottages we've stayed at have had outside bins.

SleepingStandingUp · 23/01/2019 09:01

and just saw takeaway wrappers, dirty nappy's (both of which would leave a smell for her and next visitors) and the food stain
Well a bin of rubbish, some more rubbish on top of the full bin because there is no outside bin and one small mark which should be covered in the £21 cleaning fee (so 2 hours for a cleaner)

MsSquiz · 23/01/2019 09:03

TBH I would have contacted the owner to ask what to do with regards to rubbish, especially if I had dirty nappies. You didn't know when the cleaners would be going into the property.

I was part of a group of 6 adults at an Airbnb for a weekend stay, and our rubbish was tea bags, crisp packets, a few bottles and cans, etc. And I sent the owner an email to ask if she was happy for us to leave the rubbish in the bin or if there was a bin store/wheelie bin for us to put it in.

ArialAnna · 23/01/2019 09:03

Only in mumsnet world would people take rubbish home with them!

As the nappy was in a nappy bag it wouldn't have smelt that badly. Yanbu

SleepingStandingUp · 23/01/2019 09:04

Does anyone who would take their 10-15 pooey nappies home with them not drive? Just curious about carrying them all home on a train...

BooksAreMyOnlyFriends · 23/01/2019 09:04

With airbnb you have to read all the small print and reviews thoroughly, then read again three times

We were a bit slack the first time we used one and turned up to a place with laminates stuck everywhere reminding us of our cleaning duties and the penalty for not complying with the rules. We had to get up super early on the morning of departure dh was on stripping beds, vacumming and sweeping - including the deck outside - while I scrubbed the kitchen and bathroom and barked at the dcs not to touch anything Shock. Oh and bins were emptied and cleaned Wink.

We aren't disgusting people and always leave holiday homes clean and tidy, but some owners expect it cleaner than when you arrived!

Original poster
donewithwinter · 23/01/2019 09:05

@ArialAnna honestly never heard anything like it taking nappies home 🤣

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Lauren83 · 23/01/2019 09:05

You can't say because you pay £21 its enough for someone to deal with a strangers bodily waste baby or otherwise. The money will cover the costs of stripping the beds, washing etc and she won't be able to presume it's clean as you cleaned it as there could be something left the next guest would find so no doubt had to clean the bathroom, hoover under everywhere etc, it's not for us to judge what the owner has to do to 'earn' her £21

Celebelly · 23/01/2019 09:07

Weird to have no outside bin! Not sure what I'd do in that instance myself. What are you meant to do when the bins are full? Just leave the bags outside the house?

Disfordarkchocolate · 23/01/2019 09:07

I think you were absolutely fine, reply that the facilities to dispose of rubbish were not sufficient and remind them you paid a cleaning fee. I cannot imagine taking dirty nappies home, madness.

RogersVideo · 23/01/2019 09:09

I think it's ridiculous to expect guests to travel home with their rubbish. She should provide an outdoor bin, certainly if she is going to wait 5 days before emptying the indoor bins.

Lauren83 · 23/01/2019 09:09

I'm shocked that people think it's more shocking to take your nappies with you to dispose of them when you can rather than to leave them in a strangers house stinking the place out

reallybadidea · 23/01/2019 09:10

You can't say because you pay £21 its enough for someone to deal with a strangers bodily waste baby or otherwise

It was taking a bin bag outside, not scrubbing shit off the walls!

VanillaSauce · 23/01/2019 09:11

There is no 'dealing with bodily waste'. Its a nappy, presumably wrapped up, inside a nappy bag inside a bin bag. If host doesn't want to deal with strangers using their house they shouldn't be inviting them to hire it especially when they've charged for it.

Gatehouse77 · 23/01/2019 09:11

I wouldn't even consider taking my rubbish home from a venue such as that and don't know anyone else who would.
I'd have bagged up the rubbish and left it outside if that seemed reasonable or I'd have done what you did.
If they don't provide the means for you to dispose of your rubbish outside the property the it's on them.

NewYearHell · 23/01/2019 09:11

Honestly? It is totally unacceptable to leave poo in a bin. Adult or child or baby. I know lots of parents put poo nappies in the bin but it is disgusting. And if you read the instructions on the nappy packet you will see that they always say to remove waste into a toilet. Just like you wouldn't poo straight into a bin.
It is a health hazard and just totally gross. Honestly some people are so freaking lazy and dirty. Grow up a bit and take responsibility for your mess. I would blacklist you too.

Lauren83 · 23/01/2019 09:13

I don't care if it was triple wrapped in bin bags and duct tape I still think it's really rude to do that and clearly some of you think it's fine and that's fair enough we all have different ideas of what's acceptable and what's not, it's my sons shit I wouldn't subject anyone else to it if I could help it especially knowing a double bagged nappy stinks your own house out

Lauren83 · 23/01/2019 09:14

Ah ok I understand the attitude of because I pay you you will deal with it

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donewithwinter · 23/01/2019 09:14

I already stripped the beds done all the washing up wiped the sides and the cooker and windows even though things didn't need doing we was their less than 24hrs.

She is a new host so maybe that is why I have replied and told her to invest in an outside bin if she doesn't want the kitchen bin being used for nappies.

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HerbertDibDab · 23/01/2019 09:17

You have had a bunch of utterly ridiculous responses to this, OP.

If there was an outside bin then yes the nappies should have been put into it along with all other rubbish in the house. However, you say there was no outside bin so of course the rubbish should be left in the inside bin. Taking rubbish with you is ridiculous. Imagine if you'd been there a week or so and had to take a few bin bags full of stinking waste with you on a coach or train?!? Or cram them into a car along with luggage and children?!? Ridiculous suggestion.

The owner griping about rubbish left on top of the bin. Again, ridiculous. She needs to provide a decent sized bin in the kitchen and/or an outside bin.

AlexaAmbidextra · 23/01/2019 09:18

I would also be wondering if they had planning permission and had sorted council tax etc - I think you have to pay council tax if a garage conversion/Granny flat type building has a kitchen, bathroom and it's own entrance.

Why on earth would you consider this to be any of your business?

PlumpSyrianHamster · 23/01/2019 09:19

I'd have texted her to ask where to put rubbish outside the house.

Celebelly · 23/01/2019 09:21

Yeah I think if I was the host, I'd just chalk this one up to experience and buy an outside bin. Also £21 cleaning fee for a one-night stay seems pretty steep to me, but I don't know much about Air BnB. At the end of the day, she's running a business where people are paying to stay; she's not letting them stay out of the goodness of her heart. And if she is running a business, she needs to provide the proper facilities. If she's not checking the property until days after people leave, and offers no way to get rid of rubbish, then it's going to smell whether it's a nappy, leftover chicken, gone off milk, etc.

SleepingStandingUp · 23/01/2019 09:21

You can't say because you pay £21 its enough for someone to deal with a strangers bodily waste baby or otherwise

OP says "it was double bagged in a bin bag"
Everyone reads "I left it unwrapped on top of the cooker"

It is totally unacceptable to leave poo in a bin which is fine once it's solid poo but not so much of its baby poo that you'd literally have to s rape off and then rinse.
If you're seriously saying you'd save up 20 nappies full of sloppy baby poo to then bring back on a train or 6 hours in a car in Summer you're braver than I am

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