The house overall was clean but was not ready for rental. All upstairs smoke alarms had been removed and the owner was more interested in blaming the previous occupants than fixing the situation, making the house not up to code and probably illegal to operate in this state. The television/cable was also not set up correctly (also blamed on previous occupants). It sounded as if this was not the first time wiring was disconnected, so it would help to have some instruction of what boxes need to be hooked up as there was more than one box which caused confusion. Disposable cleaning towels were available for washing dishes which did a poor job of cleaning dishes, so several glasses had thick old disgusting film on them and food on utensils; we had to rewash many before using them. We only found one washcloth for 8 people--later found some more in the dryer along with other towels that had not been put away. An empty can of beer was sitting just outside the back glass door (in clear view). Amazing that all of this was found in our first hour of our stay, which unfortunately set the mood for the rest of our stay. Had the owner been local, the major problems might have been rectified and the other issues minor, but the accumulation of problems made this the worst rental we've ever had.