Upon entering the room, I was hit with a stale, musty odor. I initially thought it was coming from the drains, but after checking, it turned out to be the bedding. There were a lot of hairs on the duvet, and the pillows smelled the worst; one even had a slightly yellowed pillow core. I wanted to sit down to contact the host, but when I pulled out a chair, I discovered it was broken. So I stood and messaged the host, who only apologized and said they had cleaned it, with no further follow-up.
Since I had a set itinerary and couldn't find any other accommodation nearby, I had no choice but to remove all the pillowcases, sheets, and duvet covers myself and take them for washing, which took up an entire afternoon.
When I returned to the room and went to turn on the air conditioning, I was shocked by how dirty the inside of the unit was.
The room has a door and a French window, leading to two small balconies. One held a medium-sized refrigerator, a microwave, and a wooden wardrobe, while the other had a drying rack. It's nice to have balconies, but the indoor space is quite small; opening my 28-inch suitcase blocked the walking path.
I usually clean the washing machine with a washing machine cleaner before using it at accommodations. However, this washing machine still produced large black foreign objects after three cycles with the cleaner, so I had to handwash my clothes.
The bathroom space is very small, but the drainage is excellent. The warm water was a bit difficult to adjust.
The location is quite good, about a 6-minute walk to the airport bus stop and a 10-minute walk to Gyeongbokgung subway station.
I guess only this room type on the 4th floor is like this...
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