EufemiaEudoxia
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I had a chance to live there for a month and it is only because I needed a room in Bs As very urgently. It is about the attitude of its owners, that I find absolutely unacceptable.
Just before going to Bs As when I was on the phone with them, they were like: call us when you land on Ezeiza, so that we can come and give you the key. The first thing I did when I landed was to call Piso Compartido. I called and called and called and nobody responded. Imagine the situation you are in Argentina for the first time in your life, you have not slept for 36 hours and you practically have no place to go as the people you agreed to contact simply do not answer their cell phone! The good thing is I knew the exact address ( the website does not show it), so I took the chance and just went there. People who lived there ( other foreigners), who opened me the door were absolutely surprised, but helpful enough to offer me their own bed so that I could stretch my legs and take a nap waiting for somebody from Piso Compartido to appear.
Javier, the guy from Piso Compartido appeared with a slight delay of 5 hours and his explanation to this situation was like: Sorry but I was sleeping(!). As I did not have the local currency, he asked me to pay in Euros even if I insisted on a partial payment till I would exchange the money on the following day. He made me pay in Euros calculating the lowest posssible exchange rate, so that I would pay as much Euros as possible. He earned about 100 pesos to his pocket on this " transaction"!
There was the same problem with communication when I was leaving the house. He would not respond to my emails nor calls for three days before my scheduled moving out, which was important because of paid and refundable deposit. Luckily, I did not have that tight schedule with flights etc and I could have waited. Yet, I cannot imagine having such an attitude to people who move out and are about to head to the airport! When he eventually appeared, his explanation was the same: Sorry, I was sleeping(!)
Last but not least, there were also other minor downsides of living there, like constant parties, missing food in the fridge and a room that would not lock at all.
Concluding, I just hope this post will help other expats to think twice before they decide to have something to do with Piso Compartido.
Just before going to Bs As when I was on the phone with them, they were like: call us when you land on Ezeiza, so that we can come and give you the key. The first thing I did when I landed was to call Piso Compartido. I called and called and called and nobody responded. Imagine the situation you are in Argentina for the first time in your life, you have not slept for 36 hours and you practically have no place to go as the people you agreed to contact simply do not answer their cell phone! The good thing is I knew the exact address ( the website does not show it), so I took the chance and just went there. People who lived there ( other foreigners), who opened me the door were absolutely surprised, but helpful enough to offer me their own bed so that I could stretch my legs and take a nap waiting for somebody from Piso Compartido to appear.
Javier, the guy from Piso Compartido appeared with a slight delay of 5 hours and his explanation to this situation was like: Sorry but I was sleeping(!). As I did not have the local currency, he asked me to pay in Euros even if I insisted on a partial payment till I would exchange the money on the following day. He made me pay in Euros calculating the lowest posssible exchange rate, so that I would pay as much Euros as possible. He earned about 100 pesos to his pocket on this " transaction"!
There was the same problem with communication when I was leaving the house. He would not respond to my emails nor calls for three days before my scheduled moving out, which was important because of paid and refundable deposit. Luckily, I did not have that tight schedule with flights etc and I could have waited. Yet, I cannot imagine having such an attitude to people who move out and are about to head to the airport! When he eventually appeared, his explanation was the same: Sorry, I was sleeping(!)
Last but not least, there were also other minor downsides of living there, like constant parties, missing food in the fridge and a room that would not lock at all.
Concluding, I just hope this post will help other expats to think twice before they decide to have something to do with Piso Compartido.