Well assuming the camera thing would have shown me when I arrived and the landlord called me on my work number having correctly recognised me from my ad, I would have packed up and left. I don't really see what else you could have done; running a business from the property is almost certainly in breach of the terms and if it was my apartment I wouldn't be refunding you either?

As far as the hotel goes, it sounds as if you made a bad choice and/or were very unlucky. Had you been there before?

Segirl  it happened to me in Bridgewater,  cctv over the entry door and no buzz entry so had to go down to let clients in, while going down for my last client I bumped into the cleaner as well  ,   at the end of my first full day and I had a call from the landlord,  very aggressive and shouting abuse down the phone at me.

I waited for him to finish then told him politely he could piss off as he had no proof I was charging just that I had more that one male acquaintance,  I was done for the day and eating my dinner anyhow and that it was too late to go anywhere that evening and I would vacate the next morning,  thankfully I had more than covered my costs as I'd had 3 long bookings that day.

I then finished cooking, packed all my stuff and drove out to a days Inn on the motorway as he was threatening to be there at 7am to make sure I left and I didn't want conflict.

I was actually only working that day and 1 booking the next morning as I was there for a wedding and decided to do an extra day to pay for the cost of going to the wedding so it was no big deal but very unpleasant,  I booked a little B&B closer to the venue for the following 2 nights 🙂

All you can do is walk away and stay safe, it's a very unpleasant experience, just be more vigilant when booking accommodation in future and don't beat yourself up about it x

When l go to a new apartment l book no more than 2 days just to suss it out then if all fine l book longer next time and if l get caught l won’t lose too much.

I think if i saw a ring door bell when checked in i would try to black out the camera with some paper and tape and if the owner said anything i would say it's uncomfortable being spied on and i am in my right to not feel uncomfortable. I would also just tell clients not to ring the bell when they arrived but call me.

When l go to a new apartment l book no more than 2 days just to suss it out then if all fine l book longer next time and if l get caught l won’t lose too much.

I've learnt that the safest bet is an hotel with so many rooms and an elevator that isn't key card. But the downside to that is that I have to stop working by 12am since that's when the door usually gets shut

I had a similar case in Glasgow 2 years ago.  The camera was inside the apartment above the front door.  I covered it because I didn't want them to observe.  After 1 hour, the owner called me to take the cover off the camera.  I didn't do it.  He call and sent the police to the apartment.  I showed the police that I did not agree to surveillance suitable for private video recording.  The police did nothing.  I left the property the next morning.

Am surprised the cops showed up and surely it’s not legal to film inside!!