Our neighborhood has many elderly people and very young children who need to go to sleep early. As far as inside parties go, we live here too and so it is really obvious when guests of guests are coming in. ![]() Everyone saw people coming and going from the loud party in and out of our house. If the official guests thought they were being slick, they weren’t. There are many security cameras on the block. And we have to live next to those same people after you leave and deal with the consequences.) We’re all living right next to other people. (In NYC there is literally no such thing as a whole house available very far from anyone else. And this – obviously – threatens our daily relationships with our neighbors on the block. We could be shut down by our neighborhood Block Association which works so hard to create, keep, and preserve, a quiet family oriented residential block. We could be shut down by the police because, here in NYC, it is illegal to have a street party without getting permits (which are very difficult to get, BTW). Hosting parties like that threatens our ability to make a living! You didn’t think of that, right? You see, we could be shut down by Airbnb because they don’t permit that. Were we happy? No way – it was a nightmare. They left the apartment very clean because they were barely inside. Here's a true story: The last guests we had in our 3 bedroom Airbnb here in Brooklyn, NY used the apartment to host an unauthorized street party, outside on the sidewalk across the street, involving about 30 people, going all night long. ![]() Besides the fact that we don’t know you and we have no reason to believe that you will actually leave it that clean – that is – by far-not the only issue. The potential guests posting here keep asking things like “What’s wrong with us having a party if we absolutely promise to leave it as clean as we found it?” OK, here is your answer – and it’s a long answer. Taking advantage of someone else is not the solution. No, it’s not the same, but you won’t be spreading germs around either. That does NOT make it OK to host a party in someone else’s home without express permission. We are all frustrated with not having our usual social outlets. It’s been interesting to read all the comments here about house parties in Airbnb spaces.
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