My elderly parents flew in from Asia to spend the end of the year with me and they had expected a cozy, warm 4 nights at Marc’s one-bedroom. But due to the issues below, we had to leave less than 20 minutes after checking in and canceled the reservation. 1. Lease violation When I called Marc to arrange check in, he told me that check in is only available after 6PM because the cleaning lady would be there. I asked when we should meet up and that we might get to his place around 10-30 minutes early and that I would call him as we walked to his place. That is when he asked how many bags we have, and he told me that he didn’t want us to be around there with our baggage carriers because the neighbors would become suspicious. He asked for a heads up before we got there, so I agreed to call him. Then, when we were 10 minutes away, we called him and he said he was on his way and would be there soon. When we arrived at the front door promptly at 6, he said he was on his way and he would be there quickly. 5 minutes later, when I called to ask where he is, he said he was actually in his place trying to clean up a bit because the cleaning lady left some things. He wouldn’t come down so we had to go up to his place and knock. That is when he finally came out. (There does not seem to be any other entrance. We went around to the back and there wasn't an entrance so we know that we was in the house before we arrived.) When we got in and he was introducing the place to us, he told us that he is not allowed to rent the place out to us unless he was there with us. He said be careful of the neighbors and please do not make too much noise. We were never notified of this arrangement and we realized that we may become liable if there was a legal problem regarding his lease with the homeowner. This was completely unexpected and the whole situation made us very uncomfortable. We were not planning on being loud, but we certainly did not expect to have to keep our Airbnb a secret from anybody. We believed we should notify Airbnb about this problem as soon as possible since Airbnb also has potential to be directly or vicariously liable. This is not an environment where airbnb travelers can comfortably enjoy their stay nor is it legitimate. 2. Sanitation issues The host told us that a cleaning lady would clean the whole place. However, when we arrived we instantly noticed the stained rug and stained sofa that was supposed to be the sofa bed. There was leftover food in the sink and the fridge was full of half-eaten or old food. The freezer had an ice...