After our experience, it is hard to believe several guests specifically said the place was clean. I don't think I'll have the chance to post pictures here but I'd love to. Gunther was pretty responsive when we signed up. Gave good instructions and all that. Of course, he did ask us not to mention AirBnB to his neighbors and say we are friends visiting from out of town. ok, fine.
When we arrived for a 6-night stay (my wife, two kids, and me), I noticed the kitchen stovetop was dirty and the counters hadn't been cleaned. Ok, no big deal, these things happen/whatever. I wiped them down really fast with some cleaner... then noticed the refrigerator was cleared out but not wiped down at all. So, I emptied the bins/drawers and wiped it down. We started looking around more closely and taking pictures, though. My wife had started vacuuming and wiping some counters while I tried to call Gunther (call wouldn't go through) and sent a message about how dirty the place was. It was getting late and I had two small kids with me who I needed to get fed and settled in somewhere so I tried the TV so they could be entertained while my wife and cleaned a bit. The TV didn't work.
The place was absolutely dirty; beyond unreasonable. It simply had not been cleaned in a long time -- certainly not since the previous guests or whoever had been there before. Everything (and I mean everything) was really dusty. We made the mistake of looking under the edge of the bed to see just how much dust and dirt the place had (crazy thick dust and huge clumps of dust and whatever). Every surface -- shelves, counters -- had thick dust. There were cobwebs (big ones) on two corners of the living room. Oh, the pillows were old and stained, too (gross).
But, it wasn't just dusty. The straw that really broke the camel's back was when I swiped a finger across a few inches of the bathroom sink top (by the faucet) and came up with white, pasty grime. It just clarified that the place had not been cleaned and was simply filthy. I wasn't even going to bother checking the shower after that.
That's it. MAYBE, if I was there to party with friends I would deal with it but this place was gross. Absolutely, completely unacceptable for a family. We left and called AirBnB support. What was so aggravating is that even after seeing the pictures we took, the host still denied that it was dirty -- basically refused the reality of it -- and refused to refund our money. Oh, sorry, he refunded the $28 cleaning fee. With his attitude, I certainly wouldn't expect him to improve anything after. Fortunately, AirBnB support helped us out.
By leaps and bounds the dirtiest AirBnB I've stayed in.