On the first morning we woke up to the smell of natural gas in the living room. I texted the host immediately who I found who I found out was on vacation. The situation was not handled as considerately or quickly as it needed to be especially since it was a safety issue. The host did not have a clear person in charge while they were away. After a friend dropped off a gas key and it wouldn’t turn off the gas to the fireplace I was called by the host’s son. I did not have a pleasant interaction with him and felt gaslit by his tone and dismissive questions regarding my ability to detect what was an obvious gas leak. He also balked at coming to check out the smell himself because it “was too far to drive”. After this unpleasant call took place, I moved the conversation back to Airbnb messaging and almost immediately the host took responsibility, calling a plumber to make the repair, and the gas leak was fixed by that evening. However, the hot water was left off (due to the plumber or gas company turning it off to make the repair). This was an additional hassle and inconvenience which I feel could have been addressed properly if the host had hired an actual property manager to handle things while they were gone. Overall we did enjoy the location but will not be returning to this property in the future due to these issues.