I have utilized VRBO for over 14 years and this is the first time I have ever encountered a property owner like this! Initially check in seemed to be smooth with a message sent through VRBO with all details for accessing the property. However, at 8:30pm Doug texted me asking about my arrival and that he wanted to go over the "amenities". I informed him our arrival would be 10:30 pm. When we arrived Doug spent 45 minutes walking us over the 2 bd 1ba duplex. He explained how the blinds worked and emphasized how past renters had messed them up, then the garbage can (motion activiated) and how past renters had messed it up, then on to asking where my children would sleep (weird and alarming), to showing us how the tub and steam shower worked (informing us also of how previous renters had messed those up also). He also informs us for check out that all we need to do is "LEAVE LINENS ON BED AND TOWELS CAN BE LEFT ON RACKS". At this point my family is exhausted we are still functioning on central time zone so its like 1 am for us however we were all cordial and smiling just wanting to go to bed. So much for the "no contact check in that is described in his posting" He went on to tell us that he actually lives upstairs. I later realized (our last night) that the bedroom my children were in had a keyed deadbolt lock on the door (which goes to the part of the house he lives in). There is NOT an additional exit in case of a fire you can only enter and leave through the front door. We were only at the home for one meal (breakfast) and to sleep at night. We were busy seeing Alaska. When we checked out on our departure date, we loaded dishwasher with what could fit turned it on, left linens on bed and towels in their place just as we were told and just a few items in the sink. However, that afternoon Doug sends me a text telling me we left the home a complete mess with a sink full of dishes (per the picture he sent me there was two coffee cups, a bowl, three spoons, a knife and a fork) , DRIED cranberries on the floor and "smashed" in the carpet(in the picture the dried cranberries are sitting on the carpet) . He said he would charge me extra cleaning fee because of the "hours" it took to clean. I refuted his charges. He expects you to sweep, mop, clean all the dishes, put them away! You are better off not staying there you'd be better off in a tent. He is money hungry and will probably make up reasons to keep your deposit or charge you more.