Property was awful. Stank of damp and we found damp rot in the skirting boards of main bedroom. Diesel machinery stored on level below so when you tried to air the property and open the windows you were overwhelmed with diesel fumes/smell. No fly wire on the windows so within minutes we had mosquitoes in the property. The smell of the damp, the damp rot and diesel was so bad we didn't last longer than 1 hour in the property before we had to leave and head home again. The host did not agree there was an issue. Tried to blame diesel smell on having grass cut. We got photos of the damp rot which he denied there was any. Both diesel and damp rot we feel pose health risks to anyone staying there. If Stayz had shown there was diesel machinery stored right below the kitchen and lounge windows, or if it had been disclosed that there was diesel machinery right outside the windows, we would never had chosen the property.
The kitchen bench was dirty, coffee splashes on the kettle, crumbs etc on bench, stains on the wall.
Tried to raise the concerns with the host and he said "I've never had anyone complain about this before", & "there's nothing I can do about it" when we tried to ask for a refund due to health concerns we raised.He denied it saying "it was too late to get someone else in". Our answer to this, we feel is, disclose fully what's on the property in first place; the damp rot is evident, in photos. These things should be disclosed/fixed before anyone else comes in to stay.