May 1, 2023
YELP REVIEW
Kacey the owner pulled a classic bait and switch maneuver on me when I contacted Premium Rentals and asked to add one extra night to our Airbnb reservation. He literally instructed me to "cancel" the Airbnb reservation rather than "modify" it, and texted me a link, for me to re-book my stay.
Having never booked through Airbnb before (as I usually stay in hotels) I didn't realize in the moment, what was actually happening! I was simply following his instructions and once I'd cancelled the booking through Airbnb, I was stressed I could lose the reservation to someone else if I did not move quickly and rebook the dates immediately, so I did as Kacey instructed me and re-booked the reservation but right after making payment and seeing the invoice, I realized I had not paid Airbnb but Premium Rentals.
Clearly, Kacey got out of having to pay a commission to Airbnb, but more importantly he also took total control of the situation. From the moment I paid for the rental, that left me with no support or recourse to make a cancellation without penalty, whereas the booking with Airbnb provided me a no-penalty cancellation. Moreover, I would have had Airbnb as an alley in the event of any problems.
And what happened? Problems happened!
When we first entered the house, we had rented, it was obvious it was not as advertised! It was in disrepair and dilapidated, so we called Premium Rentals immediately and told them we would like a refund and would like to leave. They said we were welcome to leave but there would be no refund. So, we were stuck! We called around to hotels and most of them were full.
The next day, we asked Premium Rentals for immediate repairs to be done for our safety, but were told the maintenance guy is out of town. We had bi-fold doors in the kitchen that had fallen off the railings and was not attached to the door-jam /railings and was just left sitting on the floor.
The garage door opener did not work, so we couldn't use the garage, and our groceries to which should have been offloaded from the garage directly into the kitchen was not an option, so we had to park outside, walk down the driveway, and carry, load after load, lugging it through the living room, around into the kitchen. In summary, things were broken, not working, in disrepair, and our safety was compromised! At one stage I fell into a floor vent because they were not attached to the floor. There were holes in the balcony deck as well. Suffice to say there were so many issues, it's going to take me at least 5 hours just to write a full accounting of our experience.
In the end, we were basically stuck in this decrepit home, because Premium Rentals would not provide us a refund of any kind and allow us to leave. This will be the first and last time I ever rent a house through a company like this, as we had absolutely no power but to suck it up and suffer in the said conditions or just say goodbye to the sum of $4000.00. read more