Victoria’s Secret Model’s Airbnb Listing Deceived Lawyer

This place is a dump!

That’s what California lawyer Christian Pugaczewski says about the “fashionable” apartment he thought he was renting on Roosevelt Island this summer from a Victoria’s Secret model.

In papers filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, Pugaczewski said the apartment offered on Airbnb was so dreadful that he fled immediately to a relative’s couch in the suburbs before finding an alternative one-bedroom — for twice the money — on the Upper East Side.

A lawyer accused Lyndsey Scott of fradulently luring him to rent her apartment on Airbnb.

The lawyer, from New Jersey, is suing Airbnb and landlord, Lyndsey Scott, charging they fraudulently lured him into renting the one-bedroom unit by advertising it with good reviews, misleading photos and describing it as having a “fashionable decor” and a “comfy yet modern vibe.”

Pugaczewski said as a former Manhattanite, he was familiar with Roosevelt Island and thought from the “verified” photos on Airbnb he was getting a one-bedroom unit in a new building called Riverwalk. He signed up for June, July and August.

“I thought I was getting a good deal because it’s Roosevelt Island,” he said of the monthly rent of $3,075.

“I thought I was getting a good deal because it’s Roosevelt Island,” Pugaczewski said of the monthly rent of $3,075.

He also said he’d used Airbnb before with much success.

However, he said, this bargain one bedroom was down the street from Riverwalk in what used to be low-income housing called Eastwood. It’s now been rebranded Roosevelt Landings.

“I was pretty surprised when I showed up,” he said.

Court papers describe trash in the hallways, a foul odor of drugs in common areas, and inside the unit, damaged floors, dingy walls, broken furniture, dirty windows, exposed roach traps in the kitchen and dilapidated rugs.

“I felt really betrayed,” he said, referring to the good reviews on the Airbnb website.

Pugaczewski, 38, said he cancelled the reservation immediately — but Airbnb wouldn’t give him a refund for the one month that he’d paid and refused to let him post a negative review.

Scott could not be reached for comment through calls.

Pugaczewski said the last time they communicated by text in June, she was in Paris.

Peter Schottenfels, a spokesman for Airbnb, said it’s “not our policy to comment on pending litigation.”

He added: “In the very rare instances that complaints like this are made, we review the listing and promptly take action,” although he refused to elaborate.

Source: www.nydailynews.com www.nydailynews.com

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