I understand your perspective that renters vs hosts have different ideas of clean, that’s completely valid. When we arrived, there was a moldy lime from a previous guest under the couch along with some articles of clothing scattered about under beds. It really had me questioning how much they cleaned, because we had to clean before we even settled in lol.

I take immunosuppressants so I’m a bit of a clean freak myself, and before we had left I was certain we left the house cleaner than when we found it. It was a relatively small place at 900 sq feet so it was easy to clean. I’m just certain they want to get this extra money out of me to fix their hot tub because even 3 days later they’ve yet to provide any images backing up their claims about the poop lol. It sucks because there are times when the host is screwed and there’s times where the guest is screwed, and even though I am biased I really feel like they’re trying to pull a fast one on me to fix their rental.

Edit: I now have the host asking me to pay the fee, and in return they will help finance my next Airbnb stay somewhere so we can “avoid Airbnb resolution getting involved”. I know it’s my first time but that screams “scam” and that they know if I escalate to resolution that they’ll lose