My family arrived to a dirty rental. So dirty that we had to clean it before we felt comfortable unpacking our belongings, which we learned was a mistake a couple days into the stay. There were countless red flags from the door not closing completely (we believed this is how the roaches got in), pet hair everywhere that it shouldn’t be(kitchen counters, water dispenser), windows didn’t lock, grime and dead bugs all over the window seals and any corner that your eye could meet, potential mold/mildew(not sure which it was,but it made the air very stuffy and hard to breath to the point that we had to buy multiple buckets of damp-rid to alleviate the odor/air quality issue). When we asked the host if she had a dehumidifier, she told us that she’d see if she has one laying around despite not even being in the state at the time. After 2 days of cleaning and making the rental breathable, we were surprised to come back from the beach to be greeted by roaches galore. I kid you not. They were everywhere!! The mattress,pillows,counter tops, glasses, you name it. I can’t tell you how many we killed but it was more than anyone should have to worry about on vacation. After mentioning the issue to the host, she got defensive and suggested that we leave,despite the money and time we lost making the place decent enough for our family in our first 2 days of our vacation. She dismissed the issue as ”This is the cheapest vrbo in the area,so there might be some things to deal with, you’re in the woods after all!” I’m generally not bothered by much,but when you spend money on a rental, it should be clean and presentable. As we were packing our belongings we noticed that a couple of roaches slipped into our bags, which means we could be taking them back to our home!! Now we have to spend time,effort,and money on an issue that we shouldn’t have had to deal with from the start. This was not the vacation my family planned for and we are extremely dissatisfied with how things were handled.