My wife and I rented this vacation property in Reggio Di Calabria, Italy for two weeks in April, 2009. The accommodations were filthy and poorly maintained. For example, we had to completely clean out the fridge, kitchen and bathrooms on our first day. The bathtub had been painted and the paint was peeling off so cleaning did not help.
The utility services were deplorable. Specifically, there was no hot water in the kitchen (we had to move the water from the bathroom). There was no heat available (the landlord called a service man who came the next day but was not able to fix). The internet service stopped working.
We departed the accommodation several days early because of the growing problems. The landlord provided no refund for the early departure and then proceeded to block our comments on VRBO. After several edits of our review, VRBO finally accepted our review but the landlord moved on to other websites (only to return to VRBO at a later date).
The landlord proudly displays only the positive reviews and attempts to suppress the negative ones.
Any renter of this accommodation, beware.