After work, I made my way to the VRBO home booked through expedia. I had already asked and confirmed with the merchant that there was available off street parking but when I arrived to park, there was another car blocking the entrance so I drove to the curb to message the property owner. Not only that but I saw a lot of homeless people walking around the neighborhood and so my family and I did not feel safe to enter nor stay the night.
Based on the photos it looked like a safe accommodation, but seeing the area, having another car in the lot whom we did not know and was not the owner's car we did not feel comfortable even stopping there.
I kindly messaged the property owner if we could have a refund since we did not utilize his property but he kept trying to convince me that it was fine and that I was lying after all that I saw. We ended up booking a hotel in a safer area.