Our family gathers in the Pocono's each year for the past 10 years, renting a VRBO home. I have never left a bad review, and I find no pleasure in writing this, but do it to warn future renters. The house was cozy, the lakefront and kayaks were nice and the additional separate apartment was good with the 3 different families. This house has so much possibility but the level of disrepair and dirt made it so unenjoyable that we left without the homeowner giving us a consideration of a refund. Some highlights are that they allow dogs and there was dog hair everywhere, bedding smelled like a dog, our socks turned black after walking on the floors for 15 minutes from the dirt, cobwebs in all the corners of rooms inside the house. there were multiple safety concerns, including burners on the gas stove that hit the wooden backsplash, creating a fire hazard, exposed electrical wires, exposed nails from the wall, slats on the deck loose where a child could easily fall through (we were traveling with a 2 & 6 year old), the gate on the deck had no latch and there was metal flashing exposed where a child could cut themselves. I could go on, but I won't. Given all these factors, we wanted to leave right away, but the homeowner would not agree to a refund and so we stayed and tried to clean the place to make it useable for us but left early. Needless to say, I would not recommend staying here and I am surprised this place is rentable, giving the unsafe conditions.