We checked in and were met by an active construction zone. Debris was on the ground and in the beds and the furniture was pushed away from the wall. We called the host's number and were met by, I assume, their secretary. We explained the situation and, after several minutes of hold, they told us that there was some emergency electrical work that needed to have been done, but the work was finished and the room was safe to stay in. They told us housekeeping would be in to clean up the mess when they finished in the room next door (the guests in that room were in the hallway when we checked in because there room was being cleaned), so we left for a few hours. It should be noted that shortly after our initial call, the host texted us the message "The room is ready."
When we came back, nothing had been done in the room. We called again, and after another hold, the secretary told us that the housekeeping manager said the person coming in to clean our room had been in a car accident. We found this hard to believe since they were literally next door when we left. They called the owner and then offered us a room in another property, but it wasn't close to where we wanted to stay, and our experience with this host didn't give us much hope that the other property would be much better.
The room would have been charming had it been in the condition advertised, and we might not have been as upset if we had been alerted about the electrical work when we got in. If housekeeping would have cleaned the room when we were gone, we would have stayed there without further complaint. Unfortunately, the best they could do for us was a refund.