She charged me $1,200 in “cleaning fees.” So I cleaned her reviews.

I rented a small event space for a surprise party. The place looked nice online, decent price, and the host seemed polite enough, until after the event.

Out of nowhere, she hits me with a $1,200 “deep cleaning” bill. Said we left the place “unusable.” Which was wild, because we barely used the kitchen and left it cleaner than we found it.

I asked for proof. She sent blurry photos of trash…not even ours. I appealed through the booking platform. Denied.

She was clearly running a side hustle: scam a few hundred off each booking and hope no one fights too hard.

So I did my own cleaning.

I found her business on every platform I could (Yelp, Google, Facebook, event site) and left detailed, calm, 1-star reviews with photos from our event showing how spotless the place was when we left.

Turns out, I wasn’t the only one. My reviews picked up traction. Others came forward with the same scam. Within weeks, her rating dropped from 4.8 to 2.9.

Last I checked?

She’s offering 50% off all bookings. Guess someone’s trying to clean up her reputation.