[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

The State of Florida has a statute (509.032 perhaps) that limits what localities can do to limit short term rentals. It may not be possible for the Villages to do anything about short term rentals.

I believe Florida prohibits towns from adopted regulations that would prohibit STR's.

I think you also need a "License" to operate an STR.

Whether the state or municipality has applicable regulations, shouldn't be relevant when it comes to enforcing Deed Restrictions. Restrictions and Covenants are entirely different issue than zoning.

Florida Short Term Rental Laws: AirBnB & Vacation Rental Regulations.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

OP, tends to start threads with a question at the end…………..

I believe this is more commonly known as "simply asking questions"...

Forgive me for having a question at the end of my post, but is this against the rules?

[Michael 61]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I believe this is more commonly known as "simply asking questions"...

Forgive me for having a question at the end of my post, but is this against the rules?

I’ve got Bogie on ignore, but saw you copied his post _ - he seems to enjoy calling me out for some reason, I don’t get it, I’ve never addressed him directly, I guess I annoy him somehow, but he loves to spend time reading my posts anyway. I come here in good faith to ask questions, if bogie doesn’t like to read my posts, he is free to put me on “ignore”.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

As far as two families in the same house, are you telling me I cannot have my friends from MD or NY come to stay with me?.

Of course you can, having friends and family occasionally visit is totally different than having a revolving door of strangers paying a fee to rent a room in your home while you are living there.

[olliesnorth@aol.com]

To be so concerned what others do
Airbnb
Yet our gov has wide open borders 🙃

[westernrider75]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

I live across the street from an Airbnb - people coming and going every week - most are under the age of 55.

Are there any violations here?

Just curious, what makes it an AIRbnb? We rented a courtyard villa for a one week stay on our first visit to The Villages in 2018 or 2019, not sure if that qualifies as an AIRbnb because of the length of stay?

Originally Posted by rustyp

Again all one needs do is call

Community Standards
Phone: 352-751-3912 • Fax: 352-751-6707

The Villages issue temporary resident IDs to renters every day of the week. They know the criteria.

The funny "kicker" in T V is that you CANNOT get a guest pass for ANY visitor who resides within certain close proximity to T V; ie Lady Lake or Wildwood etc.

For instance you have a close friend just outside of "The Bubble" and want to invite them to swim, play P B or shuffleboard... nope! I have family about 1.5 hrs from T V. Was ALMOST told no on a visitor pass because the pass giver THOUGHT I meant Lady Lake not Lake Mary.

Soooo it's OK to A B n B and grant passes to God knows who but God forbid a guest be tainted by too close a locality.

T V will gladly take locals' $$ in the entertainment arena but don't swim in our pools or play on our pickleball courts and for sure, don't fall in love with that person you meet sitting next to you in the bar if they have an id from certain zip codes!

Some things in T V are just wonkie.

Originally Posted by Michael 61

I live across the street from an Airbnb - people coming and going every week - most are under the age of 55.

Are there any violations here?

The A B n B phenomenon started around 2007. The Villages was most likely fairly unheard of nationwide unlike it is now. T V seems to be exploding as some type world reknowned Golf Eutopia.

T V founders could not predict the phenomenon. It would be nice IF there were some means of cracking down on hotel-ing out T V. Villagers have rules on WHO THEY can befriend locally but NOT rent to daily.

Rules on nightly rentals won't happen. The almighty $$ is all that is on the minds of those too lazy to look for and sign on sign 6 mos to yearly leasers. It's sad.

[3105boy]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

I agree with you, 100%, although I'd have to check my Deed Restrictions for that language, I understand not all Villages have the same Deed Restrictions.

STR's seem to be a big issue in The Villages (as well as in many cities), why haven't folks gotten together and formed a coalition to do something about it?

If that general language is in most everyone's deed, then most everyone is a 3rd Party Beneficiary of the Restriction and would certainly have standing to file an action for enforcement, in court.

We should get the city governments to create an ordinance that owners in 55+ communities can only rent those who are 55+ in age. Also, the cumulative annual time restriction for minors should be included in the ordinance. This issue will get worse as TV grows closer to Disney.

[Ele201]

Originally Posted by westernrider75

Just curious, what makes it an AIRbnb? We rented a courtyard villa for a one week stay on our first visit to The Villages in 2018 or 2019, not sure if that qualifies as an AIRbnb because of the length of stay?

AIRbnb is a website, and people go on it to book stays at homes all across America, and elsewhere. I’m quite familiar with it, and I’ve used it for short stays (usually one week) in The Villages. It has a close competitor too, btw, and both of these websites have extensive listings in TV.

I was a bit surprised though that the original OP of this post stated he sees a lot of under-55 folks staying across the street. I thought you needed to be over-55, but apparently you don’t. However, being in this age range is required in order to get a guest pass to use the amenities. I’ve had to show proof of age via a passport or driver’s license to get a visitor’s pass.

[Michael 61]

Thanks everyone for posting info on this subject - I’m still relatively new here, so still learning and sorting through all this and learning the rules and Regs - thank you for your patience with me and your kindness in answering questions.

[retiredguy123]

If you have an online ad to rent a room in your house, you are operating a business, which is a violation. The problem is that The Villages will not enforce the rule. Rules without enforcement are worthless.

[Travelhunter123]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

I did, see post #5. For an AIRBnB deed restriction violation Community Standards will transfer you to a representative of the developer, who theoretically enforces internal deed restriction violations. They acknowledged that the two deed restriction violations stated in post #5 were in fact being violated. They noted my reporting the issue and proceeded to do absolutely nothing about it, claiming internal deed violations are very difficult to enforce! Why so difficult, all they had to do was go to the AIRBnB website and look at the listing for that address and they would have proof of said violations? They very obviously have made a conscious and calculated decision to look the other way regarding said deed restriction violations. This totally discredits the whole deed restriction system in the Villages, very sad : )

Is there a “next level” to bring this matter to

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

Thanks everyone for posting info on this subject - I’m still relatively new here, so still learning and sorting through all this and learning the rules and Regs - thank you for your patience with me and your kindness in answering questions.

You should also lodge a complaint. This will eventually affect our property values as some of these rentals are cheaper than Motel 6. Word will get around and then no one is going to want to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a house next to a cheap hotel.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by olliesnorth@aol.com

To be so concerned what others do
Airbnb
Yet our gov has wide open borders 🙃

All politics are local...