This situation was the most uncomfortable and unprofessional rental experience I've ever had. It was clear from the day before check in that there was something amiss. First, someone named John texted me to coordinate check in. I did not know that someone would be contacting me outside of the app and had to verify him myself by asking the true host on the VRBO app. This was a first flag, but I try to be flexible. Then, John texted me a different address than the one on VRBO, another flag, but this was hours before my departure and so I, again, tried to be flexible. There are other comments on this listing that verify that they are giving out a different address.Then, when we got to the property, John told us not to tell anyone that we were there as part of a short term rental. He insisted that we shouldn't tell anyone, "not even the president." Another flag, but again, our options are to completely uproot our plans and find something last minute, spend hours dealing with the host and/or VRBO. Needless to say, the start was already a bad sign.Then, we realized that the window in the front room was broken. An opening, about 4 inches, that let air and noise in completely from the street. We notified John casually and he said he would try to come look at it, but didn't. Then, the next day, the window had broken even further and was wide open when we came home from a day out in the city. At this, we firmly notified John and he came to "repair" it with duct tape.