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This afternoon there are six cars at one overnight rental house. This is the problem with nightly motels in a neighborhood. We will continue to report every time there is an issue from the tenants. Please shut down this short-term illegal rental.
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Love St Pete (Registered User)
Freedom of enterprise (Registered User)
Airbnb has generated 31 billion for the state of Florida last year alone. It's only a matter of time before it gets passed.
At the end of the day, if the mortgage is paid and the taxes are current, why should the homeowner get harassed? Is the house in disrepair? Are they loud throughout the night?
People like the plaintiff belong in deed restricted communities. Roser Park is imperfect, that's its charm. How do six parked cars irk you exactly? Live a little and you'd be much happier and more productive if you channeled that anxiety and energy into a good cause that makes a positive difference in a life rather than counting cars in driveways.
Look up St. Pete on Airbnb; it's thriving. Leave this homeowner alone.
Love St Pete (Registered User)
Freedom of enterprise (Registered User)
Not nosy (Registered User)
Beth Harris and Tim Bloch (Registered User)
Not nosy (Registered User)
Beth and Tim...I've taken the time to research that house. The attorney that owned it for many years before this current owner maybe didn't value his investment. I will agree with you that Roser is charming...and the fact that it is a DIVERSE collection of shacks is what makes it cool. Stop trying to uniform everything. Tell you what...drive down every Alley in Roser and the fences and carriage house and limbs....and weeds are a mess. At least agree with that because you know its true. A few home owners keep their one area tidy, but for the most part....its just the truth. You and the other complainers are bullying this home owner. Have you left her a note and offered a chat? Have you licked a stamp and put a letter in the mail? You people just run to Code Officers now because you are just policing the neighborhood. She purchased a house from a local attorney...she painted it...had the trees trimmed...the yard shelled and other improvements when I come photos off the internet. Our states economy is driven by international and national dollars coming in here in a constant flux. Its call tourism and if you don't want that flux....get out of 20-50 miles away from the heart of a city as eclectic, progressive, diverse, tattooed, and transient as St. Pete. THAT IS THE ELEPHANT in the room. If you want what you are portraying then you chose the wrong neighborhood and area and city. So don't...now that you are here try to make it something it never was and never was intended to be. Airbnb, Netflix, VRBO, Uber, and Amazon are progressive innovative business models...so catch the wave. How about ask The City why they wontshut all of the Airbnb's down? You don't have to...I know why. Its not because they don't know which homes are on Airbnb...its because the revenue stream that landed in their lap without doing any work might give them the resources to fix those bad roads in Roser, get those tree limbs off the power lines in the Alley's, get the weeds from growing through the side walks, or how about in Roser all of those stem walls that line some of the homes that the roots have pushed over. How about REVIVE THAT MESS. Beth and Tim....how about leave Elvira a note. I looked her name up and sent her a letter. How about invite her over for coffee...and encourage your other bully neighbors to stop running to Code Enforcement.
Not nosy (Registered User)
Love St Pete (Registered User)
And...what about Elvira's property rights? She purchased a home. She fixed it up. She contributed to the upkeep of the neighborhood and if it's renting, she must be keeping it in good condition or it wouldn't continue to rent. She pays property taxes and tourism taxes! What's the problem? Doesn't she have rights to do with her investment what she chooses?
Short term rentals maintained far better than annual rentals BECAUSE of the transient nature of the guests. Annual renters have no pride of ownership. Most short term guests own properties themselves. They come to spend their dollars and boost our economy. They are looking for a clean, well kept home to lay their head. Owners of short term rentals maintain their properties to far higher standards than owners of annual rentals!!!
Not Nosy is quite correct about the revenue stream generated by short term rentals and the City's interest in keeping them running. Why do you think the City only acts on complaints? Because they don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water. The City of St Pete is making a boat load of money off the backs of short term rentals and they know it.
And Beth, have you reached out to your neighbor directly without hiding behind an anonymous complaint system? Have you ASKED the owner to work with you on your parking concerns? This anonymous nonsense is a cowards way of pitting neighbor against neighbor. I've never seen anything like it where I'm from. Everyone in everyone else's business. It's an epidemic in St Pete. People who do this kind of thing have obviously never suffered any real tragedy in their lives. Lost a child, suffered illness, experienced a tragic loss. If they knew what true heart ache is, they wouldn't waste their time with these petty complaints. There would be more compassion and understanding for their fellow man.
Closed Mayor's Action Center 5 (Registered User)
This location already has a case and a SeeClickFix report tied to it. Please refer to the original report for case information:
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/3528775
Due to the activity on this page we aren't duplicating it, but we are closing this particular report as it is covered in the previous SeeClickFix above.
Mayor's Action Center 5 (Registered User)
Not Nosy-- your comment was caught by SeeClickFix's filter, it wasn't edited or deleted by staff. Sometimes a seemingly innocuous combination of words can trigger it to be withheld. We apologize for this happening if your comment was not threatening or otherwise inappropriate, but we don't even see the comment as it is held from being posted. For more information please see their Terms of Use blow:
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Love St Pete (Registered User)
Are you pursuing legal action?
Not nosy (Registered User)
Jeff (Registered User)
Not nosy (Registered User)
Reopened Fix it! (Registered User)
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Display Name Blocked (562936) (Registered User)
Closed St. Pete PROD integration (Verified Official)
Not nosy (Registered User)
The City of St. Pete won't turn that $75,000-$125,000 down per month Jeff and Fix It. That revenue is coming from an innovative idea that even Rick Scott loves and I'm not a Rick Scott fan, but we sure as hell agree on this. Too much happening in the city and needs to happen to the city to not accept the revenue they don't have to lift a finger to generate.
http://www.floridatrend.com/article/21221/floridas-airbnb-hosts-earned-273-million-welcomed-15-million-people-in-2016