The couch cushions were scattered all over, along with a bevy of cigarette butts and ash. Almost anything breakable was broken. Rancid mayonnaise and barbecue sauce were smeared upon various surfaces, including the ceiling. And, according to TIME, the toilets were clogged with condoms.
"We were almost knocked over by the fumes, the smell," Mark told CTV Calgary "I mean this is our home, this is our sanctuary, we’ve got a five-year-old and a one-year-old and the sense of violation, the lie that was told, and the trust that I had in somebody and this happens, it was just beyond my imagination ... When we came in, one of the police said this isn’t a party, this was a drug-induced orgy.”
The Kings are unable to stay in their home until a hazmat team comes through and cleans. Which, based on the descriptions of the damage, is not totally surprising.
“We don’t want to touch anything," says the family. "We can’t sleep in these beds again, we can’t walk on these carpets in bare feet, ever again. There’s broken glass everywhere, there’s barbecue sauce on the ceiling, there’s mayonnaise covering our sofa cushions that are piled on the couch, piles of garbage, the floor has a film of all sorts of fluid and guck. Everything’s contaminated."
Airbnb spokesman Jakob Kerr responded to the debacle in a statement:
“We have zero tolerance for this kind of behavior and our team is working quickly to make this right. We have banned this guest from Airbnb, and our Trust and Safety team will offer its full assistance to law enforcement in any investigation of this incident. We have been in very close contact with these hosts and we are working quickly to reimburse them under our $1 Million Host Guarantee, which covers a host’s property in the rare event of damages. Over 35 million guests have stayed on Airbnb, and property damage is extremely rare.”Airbnb is expected to cover the damages, which are estimated to be more than $50,000. [wp_scm_comment]