Comments on: The Love Shack… Just Groovy, Airbnb

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 08:13:53 +0000

Ah, I am in New Zealand. A few years ago the local council gave permission to a developer to build 9 townhouses at the end of an already crowded cul de sac. He did not conform to the terms of the building consent and has been unable to sell the dwellings. So for the last 4 years the neighbourhood has suffered the Airbnb experience. Constant traffic, ubers racing up and down, loud parties and drunk idiots in the middle of the night fighting and arguing outside our house. During 2020 the tourist and wedding market disappeared and the “host” knowingly rented to a group of criminal gang members and drug dealers leading to months of noise control complaints tothe local authorities and multiple visits from the police. Some arrests were made and drugs and other items discovered. Neighbours have been threatened in the street. I wonder if the current guests know they are staying in a meth house. We have tried to engage with AirBNB but they dont respond or give arbitrary deadlines for more information before blocking further attempts to provide feedback.I think they should be banned. Air BNB are bad neighbours and bad global citizens. Prior to this the area was friendly and a good place for a family. I dont think there is any point trying to engage with Airbnb. Just alert your community and local authority and try to get the Airbnb shut down or fined into insolvency.

By: wtf melissa f

wtf melissa f — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 08:59:42 +0000

In reply to melissa H.

“So you’re racist. Got it.”

???

By: calinas

calinas — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:59:08 +0000

In reply to Dirk. Completely agree.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 15:14:59 +0000

In reply to BSuze. Why do the tax payers have to police their house? They should be charged by the police each time they get called.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:44:05 +0000

In reply to Dirk. For those in TX, Please join our coalition & help us fight back against the AirBnB-ification of Texas neighborhoods. You can follow @txneighbors on Twitter for info & updates on how we’re working to protect local control of zoning & short term rental regulations in TX. Use this link to join the coalition: propertyrightsandsafety.com/join-us

By: paul revere

paul revere — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 23:10:31 +0000

In reply to Dirk. These type of hosts are criminals and should be sued and put in prison for robbing the rest the citizens that actually comply and obey city laws and rules and pay taxes and work legally. God better come do something before i have a cow that kicks over a lantern in the shed and causes a hot time in the old town tonight

By: justice

justice — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:45:02 +0000

I feel for you. Living next to a damn hotel run by a convicted drug dealer who lives offsite whos whole ad is a huge lie and makes me constantly on alert as to what is really going on because it was a nice peacetul quiet neighborhood until renegade bought the house with drug money but has mummy listed as owner with family revokable trust to protect his assets.
Btw im curious to know if any of you having this issue are democrats or republicans

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:39:09 +0000

Ugh – we’re having a similar problem in our Dallas neighborhood and are looking to getting some laws put in place. The noise, the trash, the cars, the drag racing, the loud music, it’s ridiculous. We too live in a quiet, residential neighborhood and have chosen it for that reason. I found this site while doing research about our problem house and am disheartened to hear how many other people are dealing with the same thing. We’ve been working with our city council rep, code compliance, DCAD (they have a homestead and veterans exemption on it and are paying $0 in property taxes!), and AirBnb (who has done nothing), but I think the next step is going to be getting some short-term rental laws passed. I was looking at what L.A. did and in the process, found this site. Maybe it can help all of us. https://hostcompliance.com/

By: melissa H

melissa H — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 06:02:59 +0000

“We see thug and hooker parties.”

So you’re racist. Got it.

By: Dirk

Dirk — Wed, 08 May 2019 18:07:01 +0000

Thanks for the info. It looks like “The Love Shack” is still listed on Airbnb. I am sorry that this moron has decided to ruin the peace of your neighborhood. It’s funny these dirtbags wouldn’t throw these kinds of parties in a hotel because they would be kicked out and charged restitution and criminally prosecuted for their damage.

I feel that ALL short-term rental companies should be made illegal. Period. End of story. There is a reason why hotels are zoned and regulated heavily. Hotels are always built away from residential areas.

It is time the people fight back and destroy Airbnb. They will IPO soon so you should ruin their party. Shareholders making their profits off the backs of the misery of their communities. A truly rotten company.