Airbnb concerns

[Anonymous]

I am so annoyed. We're in quiet burb of a generally touristy region (beaches 30 mins away) Our neighbors just sold their house. Had they sold in the spring, they would have had tons of families interested. The house sat and then was finally bought by a guy planning to rent it out. He says he will go for yearly rentals, but I checked with our town and there are NO restrictions on Airbnbs. We left the beach town we were in partly because the airbnb issue was out of control, and this area is all families and so much quieter. Anyone btdt with this situation? I really hope they find yearly tenants but I think they will be tempted by airbnb if they don't find someone quick.

[Anonymous]

Looks like you’ll be moving again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like you’ll be moving again.

We definitely cannot move locally: between interest rates and home prices, it would make absolutely zero sense financially. We'd need a smaller/crappy house and pay as much/more for it! But I am really annoyed.

[Anonymous]

Welcome to reality where you have to deal with people that have different lifestyles and priorities than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to reality where you have to deal with people that have different lifestyles and priorities than you.

I had to deal with it already and it sucked. The whole street is pretty pissed off. Some people are renting long term and that's fine, but if it becomes a party pad it's going to be awful.

[Anonymous]

I don't think people are going to seek an AirBNB 30 minutes from the beach for their weekly summer rentals... you likely will get long-term tenants. WHich could be worse, just FYI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to reality where you have to deal with people that have different lifestyles and priorities than you.

I had to deal with it already and it sucked. The whole street is pretty pissed off. Some people are renting long term and that's fine, but if it becomes a party pad it's going to be awful.

You dealt with it by moving. Sounds like you should start packing, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to reality where you have to deal with people that have different lifestyles and priorities than you.

I had to deal with it already and it sucked. The whole street is pretty pissed off. Some people are renting long term and that's fine, but if it becomes a party pad it's going to be awful.

You have no control over what your neighbors do unless there are actual regulations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to reality where you have to deal with people that have different lifestyles and priorities than you.

I had to deal with it already and it sucked. The whole street is pretty pissed off. Some people are renting long term and that's fine, but if it becomes a party pad it's going to be awful.

You have no control over what your neighbors do unless there are actual regulations.

Obviously. This is a venting post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to reality where you have to deal with people that have different lifestyles and priorities than you.

I had to deal with it already and it sucked. The whole street is pretty pissed off. Some people are renting long term and that's fine, but if it becomes a party pad it's going to be awful.

I definitely get your concerns, OP. But you could end up with lousy neighbors either way – so odds are that any turnover increases your odds of some decent people. Fingers crossed it becomes a long term rental.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to reality where you have to deal with people that have different lifestyles and priorities than you.

I had to deal with it already and it sucked. The whole street is pretty pissed off. Some people are renting long term and that's fine, but if it becomes a party pad it's going to be awful.

I definitely get your concerns, OP. But you could end up with lousy neighbors either way – so odds are that any turnover increases your odds of some decent people. Fingers crossed it becomes a long term rental.

I can relate. The house next door to me is an AirBnB. I hate it personally, in part because we're not on huge lots and I don't love the idea that there is a rotating cast of strangers within a few yards of my front door. I didn't buy a house in a commercial area and I would never have expected a boarding house right outside my window. And there have been occasional issues. We caught one of the "guests" going through our mailbox (which is attached to our house, not on the curb) to see if their mail had been misdelivered! And another one literally drove across my front lawn rather than back out of the driveway. Also the house is not nearly as well maintained as it would be if FT residents were there.

Realistically though, most of the time it's a non-issue. I scowl at the "guests" and put up a row of hedges to reinforce the boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Lobby your town for zoning restrictions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lobby your town for zoning restrictions.

This is the only real answer. Restrictions on short term rentals are becoming pretty common. A common one is that an owner must live on the property being rented.

[Anonymous]

I mean ... he said he wants a year-long lease.

We have this issue in the small development where our weekend house is, on the Shenandoah River. There are about 100 houses and not all are on the river. About 2/3 or so are year round residents, and many of these properties are not waterfront. Over the last 4 years or so 7 or 8 airbnbs have sprung up on the waterfront. My DH is on the board and there is constant rage over the airbnbs. The people staying there are disrespectful to the community in multiple ways, but the biggest problem is the speeding on our dirt roads that have a speed limit of 15mph. There are parties/noise problems as well, often during the week when neighbors have to be at work early in the morning.

One of these days there is going to be a big fight. The tension is quite bad.

You can lobby your hoa for restrictions, or town for zoning, but you want to be careful about decisions that affect people's ability to sell their property. We did manage to ban recreational ATV's (or whatever you call them) in our development, which were a big problem with the airbnb people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean ... he said he wants a year-long lease.

We have this issue in the small development where our weekend house is, on the Shenandoah River. There are about 100 houses and not all are on the river. About 2/3 or so are year round residents, and many of these properties are not waterfront. Over the last 4 years or so 7 or 8 airbnbs have sprung up on the waterfront. My DH is on the board and there is constant rage over the airbnbs. The people staying there are disrespectful to the community in multiple ways, but the biggest problem is the speeding on our dirt roads that have a speed limit of 15mph. There are parties/noise problems as well, often during the week when neighbors have to be at work early in the morning.

One of these days there is going to be a big fight. The tension is quite bad.

You can lobby your hoa for restrictions, or town for zoning, but you want to be careful about decisions that affect people's ability to sell their property. We did manage to ban recreational ATV's (or whatever you call them) in our development, which were a big problem with the airbnb people.

You need to take your ire on the absentee owners- the real "neighbors" who have peaced out and left the community with difficulties.