Where to start…
At first, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. The house had many cleaning and maintenance issues. When I spoke to the host, he agreed to refund half of the cleaning fee to try to make things right (which he never did). At check out is when I realized he knew of these issues - based on the note saying DO NOT strip the beds. So we did anyways and found excessive staining on the mattresses (appeared to be blood and urine both).
The list of issues:
The toilet was loose.
The fridge and freezer was dirty.
Around all of the duct vents was excessive built up dirt.
The couch was stained and dirty.
The rugs were stained and dirty.
The streaming device didn’t work at all - so we ended up buying our own.
There was no garage door opener.
The light for the back steps was broken so it flashed on and off 3-4 times every second (very dangerous on the slippery steps).
There was excessive ice on the sidewalks and it was not addressed at all during our 3 night stay.
There was additional issues but these were the most important ones.
The neighborhood did seem fairly safe. The host was very responsive. He just did not follow through. The house worked for what we needed but next time we will just do a hotel instead of risking another bad stay.