Beautiful and sunny Ft. Lauderdale. My stay consisted of working in this lovely paradise for three weeks. I needed a place to stay with my dog and was pleased to find a location that was suitable for my canine friend and I. Located directly next to a larger intersection, I found it to be a great place to commute to the shipyards and other places around town I was to do business. When I arrived early (my 12 hour drive went quicker than expected), I informed the host that I was going to be stopping in earlier than my check-in time (4pm). They ensured me that it was okay for me to place my belongings inside the apartment during the continued cleaning operation that was going to be going on. At around 3pm I dropped off some bags, locked the door, and went on my way (didn’t see any cleaning personnel). Being that I did not want to be walking on top of them as they were cleaning, I went ahead and waited til 45 minutes after my check in time to come back to give a buffer and allow them to finish. When I came back, the door was left unlocked with my belongings right inside. I proceeded to make myself at home until I heard a frantic knock at the door. I opened it to find one of the housemaids, who informed me that they had still yet to clean the bathroom or the bedroom. Since it was a nice and hot day out, I decided I’d go to the beach for the remainder of the afternoon and hopefully by then the room would be done. I turned on the small a/c unit for my dog, put her in her kennel, and locked the door and went out. I returned an hour later. Door left unlocked again. Air that was obviously left on for the dog adjacent to it, was turned off. I informed the host of my awry start, to which they did not acknowledge. I was literally was sent the exact same as previous, automated message in response stating “if I had any issues, please contact” etc. the other issues were that the coffee table was so close to falling over that I could not use it to write any documents or anything on. Bedroom had dirty tissues under it. The lamp to the side of the bed had a broken switch and would not turn on, rather you’d have to plug it in and out if you wanted it on. The a/c system filter was hanging on with scotch tape and lacked the ability to cool the large space on very hot days. Finally, the front gate (adjacent to my room) had a latch that was out of alignment and would make a horrible smacking noise when other guests would come in and out. I truly enjoyed my stay in Ft. Lauderdale despite all this, but could not fathom to write a positive review in light of the unresponsive host. I’ve stayed in multiple super host properties (just finished a stay in Breckenridge, Colorado) and have never sustained lesser treatment than expected until this one.