Pictures on VRBO are years old. The website shows a beautiful home that is well furnished and tidy. It is anything but that. It has been neglected. It appears not to have been thoroughly cleaned for ages.
We arrived on August 4 at 4:30 PM; it was in the 90s outside. The central AC is broken. The window unit in the kitchen was set to 68°. Running constantly, the room was 80°, humid, and stunk like mildew. The bedroom adjacent to the kitchen had a cantilevered window that was open. That room was dank and dark with no AC. No one could have slept in that room unless they were unconscious to start with.
The wrought iron deck chairs shown in the VRBO website were not rusty; they are now. The umbrella is gone. There was algae on the deck. The barbecue grills on the patio and the grilling utensils were covered with grease and rust. There were cigarette butts stuffed into the corners of the wrought-iron table.
The living room furniture pictured on VRBO has been replaced with gross, stained, dirty chairs. Despite the AC, the air downstairs was still warm and dank an hour after arrival. The pleated seal around the window unit was dry rotted and Scotch taped. Gaps allowed outside air and bugs to come in (there were live and dead bugs in the house). The window next to the AC had a big rip in the screen. Doors and windows were “insulated” with Scotch tape. The downstairs bathroom had half used toiletries, and was dirty. The bathroom vent was yellowed and dirty.
Upstairs was hot, humid, and dank. Mold was everywhere. AC was in poor shape; tape AND thumbtacks held the pleats. Bugs were coming through the gaps. AC in the master bedroom was adjacent to the head of the bed, which would make sleeping with AC on challenging.
The game room was the grossest. The furniture was old and stained. There were bugs. The adjacent garage had garbage/debris piled up in it.
VRBO was called to say we were leaving. The owner did not answer his phone. Per VRBO, we photographed the things we described above and emailed them. They offered to find us another place, but it was 6 pm, sweltering, and we had the dog, so drove back home. We asked the owner for a refund. He has not responded.
The house is in flagrant violation of State of Rhode Island Property Maintenance codes 304.6, 304.14 and 309.1. We will report the owner, and go to Small Claims