A devastated homeowner who rented her Parisian studio apartment on Airbnb returned to find it reduced to a ‘squat’ strewn with faeces, urine and rubbish.
Horrifying pictures posted on social media show the property littered with empty alcohol bottles, damaged furniture and soiled bed sheets.
The homeowner, identified on the site as Laurie S, is now seeking compensation after the tenant caused some £10,000 worth of damage following the three-week stay.
She also says her flat is now infested with insects, with a pungent smell leaving it uninhabitable.
Disgusting photographs posted on social media show the damaged Airbnb property with soiled bed sheets
The homeowner, identified on the site as Laurie S, is now seeking compensation after the tenant caused some £10,000 worth of damage following the three-week stay
Empty alcohol bottles are strewn across the floor of the Parisian apartment, which the owner says has been reduced to a ‘squat’
Laurie (pictured), who works as a dancer, says she rented her home out in a bid to make some extra cash
Laurie claims she did not meet the Canadian woman who rented her flat, but her neighbours said she appeared ‘nice’.
The beleaguered homeowner claims she later learned the woman was suffering from alcoholism.
She has been told by a building firm the estimated damage will cost around €10,000 (£9,100) to repair.
Laurie, who works as a dancer, says she rented her home out in a bid to make some extra cash. She has since taken to Facebook in a bid to seek compensation from Airbnb.
The beleaguered homeowner says her home in now completely uninhabitable, and her post has amassed thousands of shares
Accompanying the photos, she wrote: ‘[My] charming new studio has literally transformed itself into a vulgar ‘squat’ filled with excrement, urine and an impressive quantity of alcohol bottles’
The owner added: ‘I was really shocked and devastated when I came back [to find] my studio in that state’
Accompanying the photos, she wrote: ‘[My] charming new studio has literally transformed itself into a vulgar ‘squat’ filled with excrement, urine and an impressive quantity of alcohol bottles.
‘The urine has taken possession of the charming studio from the floor to the ceiling; the plancher floor, the entrance door which hardly closes, the bed which has served as a toilet.
‘I was really shocked and devastated when I came back [to find] my studio in that state.
‘The profile of the individual did not show any suspicion, having a positive comment from a previous host who had received it.
‘The costs are enormous. The cleaning of the apartment requires the intervention of professionals who necessarily charge disinfection and excreta removal.’