This could have been a great stay, but the lack of cleanliness is what ruined it for us.
I have what I believe to be standard expectations (i.e. I don’t expect perfection), but this home didn’t meet the bare minimum, especially when it came to 1) the bathrooms and 2) the kitchenware.
Bathrooms: It was very clear that the showers weren’t even rinsed down with water, let alone cleaned. For such a high cleaning fee, you’d expect there to be some effort in this area. There was quite a bit of body hair left behind… it was pretty gross. So if the cleaners didn’t even do a water rinse, I can’t imagine they put the effort to use any sort of cleaning products on things like the countertops, toilet seat, etc. We were grossed out by that idea and even left a day early. We booked Friday to Monday but left Sunday morning.
It was especially unfortunate because I brought my crawling baby, and I couldn’t trust that she was touching a recently cleaned floor. Again, I didn’t expect it to be so clean you could eat off of it, but my basic expectation was that perhaps it was mopped before our arrival. I couldn’t trust that it was.
Kitchen: Again, a lack of basic cleanliness. The fridge/freezer hadn’t been wiped down. We pulled mugs from the cabinet that were not clean. I’m not talking about a single little missed drop but like half a mug being covered in dried coffee. This meant we had to rewash kitchen items before using them. Having to do extra dishes on vacation - not great.