[tophcfa]

Just wondering what others think? We have a couple of neighbors on our road in Villages that rent their home on a nightly basis. We are really not on board with this as an appropriate home business that should be happening in our residential community. A revolving turnstyle of non-residents who show little respect for our neighborhood certainly does not enhance the Villages lifestyle.

[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?

[JoMar]

You are not alone.....but they own the house and I guess can do what they want as long as it's legal. If you search online you will find there are many houses in TV that are on Airbnb. Everything from patio to premier.

[Schaumburger]

I'm speaking strictly as a guest of Airbnb. i have used Airbnb twice to stay in The Villages during high season. My Airbnb's stays were in January of 2017 for 3 days and in February of this year for 5 days. During high season it is just about impossible to get a rental for less than 3 months. I would have loved to stayed longer during high season, but I still work full time (remember those days when you still worked full time?), and I have to work with the vacation time allotted to me by my employer.

While I was in The Villages during these visits, I broke no laws, did not damage any property and caused injury to no one.

I will be back in The Villages very soon for a visit. This time my visit will be longer. I fully intend to behave myself on this visit also.

Someday I hope to be a resident of The Villages. For the time being I will have to be content with being an occasional visitor.

[Chatbrat]

Just looked @ Airbnb reviews--It appears lots of people are renting out spare rooms/space & most of the rentals include golf carts, IMHO--including a golf cart is insane-from a liability standpoint

[bilcon]

Bad idea. Several years ago, when we lived in a villa, a guy down the street rented his villa for 3 nights. 2 Bedrooms, 7 people staying there. Kids were playing soccer on the golf course at night. Had to call Community watch. I thought this was a retirement community, not a resort. Just my opinion....


" I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong." Charles Schulz

[Bill32]

Many deed restricted communities have a minimum length of stay rule written into their bylaws to prevent this...

[Chatbrat]

This what drove us out of a condo in Palm Coast--the minimum rental was supposed to be 30 days- 4 families would get together & rent a unit for 30 days & they would each get a the unit for a week--kids running thru the hallways , leaving bait buckets out for everyone to smell and bringing huge floats into the pool-- was way to much--

When a residential community becomes a bargain basement resort--its not good

[It's Hot There]

Like everything, there are good and there are bad experiences.

[perrjojo]

I thought it was against our covinents to run a business from your home. To me Air B&b is a business...not just a rental property. I wonder if anyone has brought this up with the powers that be. I sure Schaumburger is a very nice guest but nightly rentals are not a good idea for home values.

[Chatbrat]

Right on--short term and or daily rentals--degrade a community or how about hourly rates for a quickie

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

Right on--short term and or daily rentals--degrade a community or how about hourly rates for a quickie

What's a quickie?

[khtg59]

AB&B has become major issue in San Diego area (I'm looking forward to getting to TV soon). Recent legislation passed to address the issue was very contentious, but necessary for many of the reasons mentioned in this thread. I don't view TV as a vacation hotspot for families...too far from Orlando attractions, but I would see it as something to address because I've seen the ugly side.

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

I thought it was against our covinents to run a business from your home. To me Air B&b is a business...not just a rental property. I wonder if anyone has brought this up with the powers that be. I sure Schaumburger is a very nice guest but nightly rentals are not a good idea for home values.

Agree, there are deed restrictions about running a business from your home. This is unfortunately an internal deed restriction issue so Community Standards department is powerless to enforce. It takes a resident challenging the developer to enforce the deed restriction (possibly in court) to correct this.

Personally, I’m totally against the entire rental idea anymore. Our CYV community has had a lot of renters over the years and most have been great people and many we still call friends. Unfortunately, we’ve had our share of “resorts guest” renters and a few were just jerks that have ruined my opinion of the whole rental idea. One long term renter currently in our neighborhood let’s thei dog run loose in the morning to do their business in neighboring yards. Time for her to go!

The abnb thing is a BAD deal for the residents a whole. I’m sure there’s good renters here through abnb but it’s not the community we agreed to. Too few have ruined a good thing for too many.

[charmed59]

When we first came down here on our Villages Lifestyle visit they put us in their newest section at the time, Alden Bungalows near Brownwood. We were surrounded by construction. The nearby infrastructure was lacking, and I just could not see myself here, and couldn’t imagine what it would be in a few years. My dear hubby then rented someone’s home near Sumter for a week and voila, he had a convert. Before we left we bought our first villages home.

Now that we are on our second home, I couldn’t give up the first. It’s in a great location with a great view and is perfect for one car and golf cart, but not two. We ended up getting a bigger house, but I know someday we will need to downsize, and I want to downsize to there. So in the meantime I rent it out. I keep in mind that some folks are coming to check out the Villages, and want to make it a positive experience for them. I leave them information and little villages gifts. People have given us very positive feed back, we are encouraging people to consider here for their long term retirement.

I see short term rentals as another option to get folks to experience our friendly town.