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Shearman & Sterling associate is suing Airbnb and an ex-underwear model because her flat had a dirty windowsill and he couldn't stand to live there for more than one night.
38-year-old Christian Pugaczewski booked the one-bedroom apartment in New York City for three months from Lyndsey Scott, a former Victoria's Secret model.
Listed on Airbnb as a "
Comfortable Spatious Island Retreat", the flat's description boasted of "
fashionable decor for a comfy yet modern vibe", all "
only 10 minutes from Times Square". The listing didn't specify in which building the flat was located and included photos showing the bedroom decked out like a pleather mental asylum, but Pugaczewski booked it anyway.
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Airbnb: letting you make a buck out of your wipe-clean sex dump
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Assuming it was in an exclusive block, he reserved the flat for three months for $9,000 and paid a $3,000 deposit. But the night before arriving he discovered that the property was actually located in a nearby complex of housing which was once federally-subsidised.
Ugh.
“I stayed there one night and left immediately,” said the horrified little prince.
Pugaczewski is now suing AirBnB and Scott for renting him a place which was "
materially different from the property portrayed”. Not only did the apartment once house poor people whose ghastly stink still clings to the walls, but, according to his lawsuit, “
there was paint peeling", cockroach traps, and
"grime and dirt on the window sill and on the air conditioner". There were also holes in the floor,
"covered up by strategically-placed bar stools”.
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Exhibit one: spyholes for one-eyed plebs to stare up Pugaczeski's trouser leg
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Exhibit two: fittings which were not deliberately distressed
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Exhibit four: IS THAT A LITTLE SLIPPER FOR A MOUSE?
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Exhibit three: Pugaczeski in an acceptably furnished room
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The associate claims he had to pay $20,000 for a last minute replacement. He said Airbnb had "
not been very customer friendly", and, "
so I had to file this lawsuit, which has been a total nightmare”.
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