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Originally Posted by Tweety Bird
This is an interesting post. I have wondered how Airbnb would be viewed in The Villages. But, how are revolving people being disrespectful?
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Lets see, where should I start. Noise, noise, noise, and more noise, people driving very fast and not yielding to walkers or bikers, not enough parking in the driveway so the renters park in the road causing traffic congestion, often in front of our house and on top of our sprinkler heads, renters (many, but not all) generally being much less friendly, at best, compared to residents. In general, we have found that many short term renters just don't display the pride in ownership and neighborhood camaraderie that most residents display. And many short term renters seem to always be in a hurry, and dam to anyone that does not yield to them and possibly slows them down. And did I mention the noise?
I understand that to promote demand for homes from part-time residents and investors, as well as full time residents, the Villages did not put tight rental regulations in the deed restrictions. However, I don't think the developers ever anticipated that short term rentals like Airbnb would grow as it has. Hopefully something can be done to amend the deed restrictions so that short term rentals run out of a residential home, being used as a business, can be stopped.