Positives: The only reason I'm giving this property 2 stars is for the manager accommodating us at the last minute to rent the place the same night in addition to the following three nights. Washing machine available and grocery store closeby. However...
Negatives: The doors to the building are heavy, narrow, and swinging. Not a great combination for small kids who struggled to navigate the doors smashing into them or the people around them.
The furniture is cheap including a rug in the living room that was overall dirty but also included a spot about 6 inches in diameter of dried food mashed into. From my guess it looked like cheerios. The wood floor was grimy, seemingly only swept but not mopped. I proved it by wiping a wet wash cloth across the floor and it came up black.
There are signs everywhere of major wear and tear despite efforts on the owners' part to refinish the place as cheaply as possible.
Not a single roll of toilet paper in the place. I understand needing to buy your own supplies and how a VRBO is different from a hotel, but we arrived in the evening and realized after settling in for an hour that we HAD to go to the grocery store for toilet paper/paper towels. Thankfully it was just down the block, but it was raining that night and my husband got soaked. One courtesy roll would have saved us the hassle of rushing out to do get it that same night which, without a car, meant walking to the grocery store. On a related note we also had to buy salt and pepper from the grocery store when we realized the following day that there were no basic condiments/spices provided. Again, understandable but annoying and another cost.
Having a washing machine was nice. We did a ton of laundry, mostly because the machine is small and can't handle much and we were washing towels constantly, which was loud. The dryer lint catcher was severely rusted and hadn't been cleaned out in who knows how many loads.
The TV remote in the living room had at least 3 broken buttons that we knew of: the "Up" button, the number "2" button and one other.
We had requested a move into a different apartment or at least a cleaning of the rug/floor. They offered to clean and only got the rug done.
No follow-up when we asked for a credit and the property manager said they would get back to us.