Homeowner Has Neighbor's Airbnb Guests' Car Towed After Asking Them to Move: 'Ensuring Our Peace and Safety'

A homeowner sparked an online debate after a neighbor’s Airbnb guests’ car was towed in the middle of their stay.

In a Reddit post “Am I A——?” forum, a person with the username Samshine75 described having “a lot of problems with Airbnbs in my neighborhood in the past.”

Highlighting one case from earlier this year when a user said their home was “hit by 20 bullets during a shooting at a neighbor’s Airbnb party,” they then said another aggravating event occurred recently when “guests from the neighboring Airbnb blocked our shared driveway. ”

Stating that they “politely asked” those renting the neighbor’s home “to move their car,” the Redditor claimed they “responded rudely, saying, ‘I don’t have the keys. NO,’ and then drove off in another car.”

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The user said things took a turn for the worse when they contacted the homeowner, who they explained in their post “hasn’t gotten back to me since May.”

“Given her track record of ignoring my messages, I assumed she wouldn’t do anything this time either. So I sent her a short text and called the non-emergency police line, explained the situation, and they said they’d do the guests move,” they wrote.

However, the user said authorities “towed the car away instead,” leaving the Airbnb host “furious.”

The homeowner, the Redditor also claimed, said they were particularly upset that the renters weren’t given enough time to move their vehicle, but, as the user pointed out in the following message on the thread, “I think it’s important. I realize it could make us worse things if she completely stops caring what her guests are doing, so I try to keep things up as much as possible.”

The Reddit user further described that if a similar event were to happen in the future, he “won’t bother” texting the homeowner, but will instead “go straight to the authorities,” adding, “I think that’s the best way to handle things moving forward while ensuring our peace and security.”

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In the comments section of the post, many agreed with the original author’s actions.

“You gave them a chance to move it AND you sent a message to the owner who then didn’t get back to you,” wrote one user.

They added: “The non-emergency line was an option and you chose it. I expect the owner will be a much better fit for you in the future.”

Another user said: “You gave* the guests a chance to move it and they refused,” while another wrote: “They had a chance to fix it but didn’t. That’s how the biscuit crumbles.”

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