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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Utilities bills can triple for the time that someone is using your second home. I am not subsidizing their vacations. If they wanna go that bad, they would get a hotel or rent a home. And I bet they don’t.[/quote]

This X10000. The moocher relatives all get giddy at thinking about an empty house! They are doing you a favor by making you get more value for it! They are checking on it!

Well no. They are having you pay for the cleaning, pay for their utilities, pay for their with the wear and tear, and my favorite when they “book” early for the next free vacation you have to schedule around them. One of the perks of a vacation home is being able to be spontaneous. If the relatives feel entitled to stay every year this goes out the window.

SIL ran into this and what’s even worse was when she told the relative no as her adult kid may be back but they weren’t sure of the dates the relative insisted that they wouldn’t mind squeezing everyone together. No consideration that the owner wouldn’t want to squeeze together.

The other problem that comes up is that they will want to host other people with them. They’ll bring along kids’ friends or another couple if the house is large. They’ll be very generous with your property. Watched my SIL go through this with an aunt. Aunt told SIL “ Is the house free this week? I hope so as that’s usually my week. I need a week for my friend’s family because they are hosting me later this year.” I thought SIL was going to cry. I’m blunt so I butted in and said “What? You are demanding to use their house to pay someone else back? That’s crazy!”. SIL loves me, aunt hates me.[/quote]

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