Expectations vs. Reality

When I selected the program, it looked like there are some killer apartments.  I asked my contact person about them, saying I couldn't believe these were reality.  Oh, the actual apartments are much better I was told.  We just don't want expectations to be let down.

See Oranim Accomodations website for Community Involvement

Complete lie!

We arrived at something completely different (pictures pending).

However, I was not willing to be pushed around - I am the consumer here (I know Nick is laughing at this point).  Hence, there are currently two cleaning people paid for by Oranim attacking the kitchen.  The living room is next, then the floors of the whole apartment.  I agree that maintaining the place is our responsibility, but it needs to start at an acceptable level - aesthetics aren't important, sanitary hygienic conditions are however.  Oranim's logic that the prior tenants were young and therefore irresponsible is simply not ok.  It's not our problem if two old ladies lived here or an entire fraternity was crashing prior to our arrival.  Between uses, the place should have been cleaned and made spotless.  All the crap that people left should have been removed before we even saw the place.