Then when a small window hope has crept in. It was soon taken away from me by Asia Affinity who manages the building management. Can you believe it, initially they blame it on Covid, now they say the House Rules doesn't allow short term stay as it is construed as commercial undertakings. No matter what angle I see, the reasoning is flawed.
Anyway, they did allow to honour guest that have booked in the next few months. So all is good. So it seems...
Then this Russian bloke who appears to have angelic face 🙄 completely is the exact opposite. They were being Supremely pedantic about the way the condo was cleaned. To be fair, I talked to her pinay girlfriend who talks with a fake accent whilst still has Filo passport (go figure!) And she was utterly frustrated as they travelled like 24hours+ only to see stains in the sink faucet and toilet that is not sparkling clean. Totally understand their concern. As gesture of goodwill, I told them they can leave and I will provide full refund. Also refunded them the cleaning fee charged, too easy! But thats not the end of the story.
They went on and on about how the internet was slow and they couldn't work remotely. For crying out loud, they should have told me that before so I could have warned them about the internet speed. Hey you guys are in the Philippines so what do you expect? Also refunded them the internect cost, too easy! They were not too happy and told me that £1.50 doesn't help at all.
They then took other photos of the premises that were "not clean" even when it was obviously fault finding. Oven stains, really? No one touched those ever since. And fridge moisted stains, far out! are they for real?
Again, I told them to leave and will provide them with refund after deducting consumed nights. But they said that it was unacceptable that they move because the prices elsewhere now are too expensive for them. (Only means that my place is low value but great location, proves ny point that they have "5-star hotel expectation" since the onset...)
The way I see it. They were just being too rude, condescending and lacking respect in the manner they took the issue. Had they been courteous, calm and collected, I would have been generous to them and even offer to fix all their issues right then and there. It just shows that some people lacks empathy and nobility that they choose to take low blows.
Nuff said. Now its cold war. They still are staying as we speak. Beggers can't be choosers, right? So hopefully, the days passby quickly and... let them eat cake!
