VACATION RENTALS WATCHDOG

Beware! This house is in a high-crime area and is not secure. The owner, Keith Briggs, refused to divulge the address until the rent and deposit had been paid knowing that I was from Omaha and could identify the location. Also not divulged on his VRBO listing is a tenant who lives in the basement of the house and is very strange. He lurks around and made me feel very nervous with my young children around. The house itself is not secure as sliding glass doors have no curtains and are only made secure by a wooden stick in the gliders. The door handle of the door used to go into the house from outside is hanging by a screw and it seems as if the house has already been broken into. The patio furniture you see in the pictures on VRBO is all broken and filthy. The pictures of the interior of the house are pretty accurate and it was clearly a lovely home in its day, but Keith Briggs lives in Evergreen, Colorado and could not care less about this property. Mr. Briggs also does not provide a rental agreement and will not refund you your deposit. I had reserved and paid for the rental of his house more than 3 months in advance. He double-booked the house and then asked us the day before our vacation began to help him out by finding another place to stay. When I told him we couldn't do that he punished us by keeping our deposit on a bogus excuse. We left this house in better condition than the way we found it but Mr. Briggs now refuses to refund our deposit. I would like to warn anyone considering renting any properties from Keith Briggs to look elsewhere. He also rents properties in Evergreen, Colorado. This guy is a liar and a cheat.