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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did before but don't do it anymore. Our beach house is not a rental so it is only used by us and a few times over the years by my parents.  In the past we've let friends use it but it always ended up awkward - friends leaving food in the refrigerator so I would have to have our cleaners go deal with it or I would have to make the drive. Also, people started having an expectation that they could use it the same weeks every year. Finally, we just said no consistently until everyone has stopped asking.[/quote]

That is just it, and exactly how you can tell one or two of the PP's do not actually have a rental house - because if they are so familiar and so "generous" - any little thing that is left behind, or not closed up properly, could end up being a big deal.  We don't need to spell every possibility out for you - if you have a second home, you are supposedly already familiar.

Unless that second home is literally next door to your first home (and even then), then yes, it is time and money and travel and time off that the owner has to factor in, or you have to pay the caretaker to go in and make sure that (random thing that friend did not deem "important" enough, because lazy) is taken care of. Your benefit of using the house does not nearly offset our costs of you doing so - so there is no reason to take on the extra time, effort, expense, etc.  The place has to have a professional clean - that is how we do things. Actually, the one person I know who would ask also has cleaners at their house, so they of all people should know. LOL.

+1. I will add on: Did people secure the outdoor furniture so it doesn't blow away into the water when the storms come. Did they remember to turn up or down the air so we don't get a huge bill. Did they make arrangements for the trash cans to be returned after pick up....etc..

You are not owed anything by anyone, and by the time you are a grown adult, especially one with a family, you should certainly know and abide by this simple fact of life. [/quote][/quote]

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