Airbnb tenant has spent more than 2 years at home and refuses to leave, host says

[Bluebillies]

LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) - What started as a short-term Airbnb rental
has turned into a two-year nightmare, a Los Angeles homeowner said.

He said he can’t get her out of his property.

“It’s just like ... you see the door where she’s in like every
single day. We just keep all the curtains closed,” said homeowner
Sascha Jovanovic.

He said he has been living a nightmare with an unwanted house guest
for more than two years.

Jovanovic had listed his modern studio guest house with stunning
views on Airbnb when 55-year-old Elizabeth Hirschhorn booked a stay
in September of 2021.

Jovanovic said it was fine for the first four months until February
of 2022, when he discovered water damage in the guesthouse and she
suddenly prevented him from making any repairs.

“And then from one day to the other day, everything changed so,
like, you know, she didn’t want to allow anybody in anymore,” he
said.

But he extended her stay through April of 2022.

“I even said to her, like, ‘OK, you can stay another two weeks, you
know, at no cost, just so you can relocate yourself,’ and she just
then squatted and ... and has never left.” Jovanovic said, and he
hasn’t gotten any rent since then.

In one email from that same month, Hirschhorn writes she doesn’t
feel safe being forced to vacate with a housing disability and the
high risks of COVID-19 complications.

She also cited the city’s tenant protection policies.

Hirschhorn didn’t respond to a request for comment.

“When we can get to trial, she can stand up and tell a jury all
these stuff about why she has the right to stay there for free and
to get paid to leave, which is crazy,” said Sebastian Rucci,
Jovanovic’s attorney.



Airbnb said that the reservation made on its platform ended in March
of 2022 and now this is a third-party matter between two
individuals.

“So I just hope that this story can be stopped as quickly as
possible, and we can go back to normal life,” Jovanovic said.

https://www.kmov.com/2023/10/06/airbnb-tenant-has-spent-more-than-2
-years-home-refuses-leave-host-says/

[super70s]

On 2023-10-07 11:38:51 +0000, Bluebillies said:

> He said he has been living a nightmare with an unwanted house guest
> for more than two years.
>
> Jovanovic had listed his modern studio guest house with stunning
> views on Airbnb when 55-year-old Elizabeth Hirschhorn booked a stay
> in September of 2021.
>
> Jovanovic said it was fine for the first four months until February
> of 2022, when he discovered water damage in the guesthouse and she
> suddenly prevented him from making any repairs.
>

> "АЬAnd then from one day to the other day, everything changed so,

> like, you know, she didn't want to allow anybody in anymore,"he
> said.
>
> But he extended her stay through April of 2022.
>

> "АЬI even said to her, like, 'АШOK, you can stay another two weeks, you

> know, at no cost, just so you can relocate yourself,' and she just

> then squatted and ... and has never left," Jovanovic said, and he

> hasn't gotten any rent since then.
>

> In one email from that same month, Hirschhorn writes she doesn'АЩt

> feel safe being forced to vacate with a housing disability and the
> high risks of COVID-19 complications.
>
> She also cited the city's tenant protection policies.

Anyone considering Airbnb-ing their house out should be required to
watch that old movie Pacific Heights as a cautionary tale.