If I could give negative stars I would. Evolve Rentals is truly the worst company I have ever booked a vacation through. Please do yourself a favor and STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS.
We showed up at our property and it was downright filthy. There were human excrements caked on the toilet, mold and food residue through out the kitchen, pubic hair on the sheets, mice in the home, dead and alive insects in most rooms, and dirt/crumbs everywhere. It was evident that the home had not been cleaned not only from the last visit, but not for months prior. When I called the homeowner and Evolve neither was able to send a cleaner and so with no where to go in this rural town, my party was on our hands and knees scrubbing toilets and every other surface in the house. A stellar way to kick off a vacation. We were initially only offered back half of the $250 cleaning fee. After 5 hours of calls and being berated by the Evolve team, being told the property was "livable" and we should get over it, we were offered a refund for the first night and cleaning fee only. Mind you, this was all in the the midst of the pandemic in which Evolve purports on its website to uphold high levels of cleanliness to adhere to CDC guidelines. An absolute joke.
Other issues persisted. The reviews online noted that cleanliness was an ongoing issue and that there were structural issues with the house (e.g., a multi-hundred pound sliding door not being attached to the frame which took 3 adults to struggle to lift back into place). The owner lied responding to these complaints feigning unawareness and claiming that all had been resolved. The same door collapsed into the house when we went to open it. On the porch outside was the hardware that should have been used to attach the door, but clearly the owner did not care to complete the job (and then lied about fixing it when confronted). When I told the owner of the issue he sent me a video of how to open a door. The lack of responsibility to provide a safe, clean, structurally sound home was remarkable. Even more unbelievable that this property is sold at $550+/night including fees.
The cherry on the cake was the customer service team at Evolve. The owner stopped responding and the Evolve team would put me on 30+ minute waits to ever speak to a human. Instead of reimbursing my credit card 50% as promised in writing, they charged me again, effectively billing me for 150% of my stay. I emailed them to let them know of the issue, and no one responded. I then called twice, waiting on the phone for 1+ hours to address the improper billing. I was told that the reimbursement should come through on my card, but the fact that the second charge went through and the reimbursement did not seems highly suspicious.
All said and done, please for all that is good in the world do not book from Evolve Rentals. This company deserves to go out of business for the way they treat their customers.