Rented a house in Venice from Globe Homes for my son's wedding weekend. It was advertised as "fully renovated" and the pictures showed a beautifully sparkling home. This was not the case. The place was filthy and run down. The furniture and curtains were heavily stained and torn. There was a pile of beach sand on one of the chairs. Counters were sticky and there was even dirt on one of the beds. One of the master bedroom's had a 12 x 12 hole in the wall that went clear through to the closet of the adjacent bedroom. Anyone in that room could look straight through to the bed. No privacy. There were also 4 full pails of garbage outside the bedroom window, covered in flies. I called Globe immediately upon arrival at 1pm. They told me the house had been cleaned. I explained the situation and they said they would send someone right over. At 3pm, I called again as no one came and I wanted to speak to a manager because the house had other "issues"....peeling paint, a shower curtain so old that the pattern was mostly rubbed off and the rings were rusted, and 2 tv's were not working. Still no word. Finally at 4:30, I called again and got the manager, Nicole. I told her the issues and said this was unacceptable. This was not what I paid for. She asked me if the house was "uninhabitable". She reminded me that I signed a contract. (Which was sent to me 2 days before arrival and my credit card has already been charged weeks before) She also said she wanted to come over to see the place. At this point, we had to cancel our dinner plans and put my elderly parents into a hotel for $500 a night as it was the last room in town. We needed 2 more rooms but every place we called was sold out. At 5pm, a handyman showed up to patch the wall. Still no cleaners. And no manager. At 8pm, a woman arrived to clean and couldnt believe the condition of the place. She actually called another woman to come and help her. They took pictures. So did I. They cleaned until after 9:30 pm. This was not how I wanted to start was should have been a wonderful weekend. We had to wash our own linens as it looked like the sheets were never changed. The pillows underneath and the mattress cover were also heavily stained. Nicole never called back to see if the cleaners showed up or if the situation was taken care of. We made the best of it as we now had no choice for other accommodations. As the house wasnt air conditioned, we had the windows opened and the smell of garbage was overwhelming. We were there from Wednesday to Sunday. The pails were full when we got there and they certainly werent picked up during that time. Also found at on the last night that the dishwasher didnt work and I had to handwash all the dishes. When we got home, I got on their website and the house we rented, aside from all the nice, shiny pictures, was now advertised as $138 less a night than they charged me. I tried again to call them and sent an email. No response to either. So I got overcharged for staying in a dump. They refunded about half of what I paid. I tried to leave a review on their website and it kept saying "error". I also put one on VRBO.com, but after 4 days, the review is still not up. Seems like they only keep the 5 star reviews up and take down the honest ones. Stay away from any of Globes properties. This is not the way you want to be treated! read more