This was our 1st and last time with a VRBO. We were warned by a family member not to use Vrbo, they also had a terrible tale to tell. We needed a place to stay in StLouis because our mother was having an extensive surgery, she needed a place that she could rest and relax before her surgery, she got neither of these! There are dogs on each side of this house. One of the dogs stays out all night and barks at every noise it hears, the other dog is put out at 7am and barks incessantly all day long with few breaks, the owner of the dog never tried to silence it.
We are not familiar with the StLouis area and didn't know good and bad parts of town (my bad for not researching on my own, I just believed the listing) this house is in the ghetto! The beautiful park, the part that was across the street was a grassy knowll that one of the days when we walked the dog we watched a homeless person shooting up! Whoever cleans the place is a swiper, swipe marks on the stainless appliances. The floor made our socks and bare feet black, I was expecting that because I read a review that said their kids socks were dirty. The owner assured me that they are mopped after each stay, maybe they just used water to clean. The owner was very pleasant to text with outside of insulting my intelligence that I didn't know how to use a cable box that had no connection to the tv, he said there was plenty of content to watch on the roku tv.
The main issue with us was the dogs barking, and the neighborhood.