We arrived to the property after dark. There are steps to access the unit. They are only lit w solar lights. Dangerous! The carpet is supposed to be off-white. It is filthy! The refrigerator was dirty. There is an egress window near the bathroom, with boards & bricks over the top. Anyone could see right in as you are in the bathroom. Floor boards in the kitchen were filthy with food & grime. The bed is extremely hard. The pillows are only sample pillows from a bed store. They are stuffed with dense fiberfill. The extra blanket in the closet was dirty, had white yuck on it. The chair in the living room was broken and the sofa is very worn and uncomfortable. This unit is located in the basement of the host home. Heavy footsteps started at 430 am. You can hear every conversation, cough, nose blow, shower, toilet, TV, and electronic devices. The floors boards Creek loud! In effort to address the problems, I contacted the host via email the next morning via email. He was prompt in returning my email, and asked if he could come to talk to us. He arrived at our door, and when we open the door, he invited himself in and sat down. He proceeded to tell us how he was a super host, and has never had any issues in the past. When we began to talk about the list of issues, he could not deny the fact that the carpet was dirty, he only kept saying it was vacuumed. He was receptive to putting a curtain on the window which was not covered, but did not agree to take the boards or the bricks off the top for safe exiting in case of an emergency. He told me the bathroom was as clean as it could get, he told me he cleans with bleach and water. I pointed out the baseboards in the kitchen, and he could not deny they were dirty, he helped himself to the refrigerator to see the dirty ick. He then came up with excuses saying that he has used the same company for cleaning for years and has had no problems , however, he could see the issues we were addressing. When we talked about the blanket being filthy, he said he folded it up himself and put it away. He said he does not wash it in between his guests. Disgusting! Ultimately we asked for the ability to exit the property and be refunded. He refused. It was not until we began to identify code violations, such as a nonworking smoke detector, no carbon monoxide detector he let us leave & issued a refund. Very arrogant man! VRBO clearly hasnât inspected this property recently.