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Couldn't you ring the bell of suspect apartments, verify the presence of illicit renters and call the police? Aren't there fines or worse for the owner?
> and call the police But it's just a civil agreement between property owners, isn't it? Is breaking that civil agreement a criminal matter that needs police attention?
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> and call the police But it's just a civil agreement between property owners, isn't it? Is breaking that civil agreement a criminal matter that needs police attention?
At least in the US civil and criminal law are two totally different things.
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I have lived in probably 15 apartments and never ran into one neighbor I couldn't handle, and you somehow have 3 at once? I would say that the problem is probably you. If not, and you have just hit the bad neighbor lottery, you are free to do what I have done so many times and move.
I'm perfectly fine with them. I'm just listing off the things they do that may annoy some people. Personally I like the neighborhood character.
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No but a license requires a regulatory body and that body should be tasks to inspect such things. Of course if the system is corrupt and broken it won't make a difference. Why have companies require FDA approval/inspections if it doesn't guarantee that there isn't some poison in your food?
What regulatory body currently inspects hotel rooms for hidden cameras or listening devices?
If a hotel is required to maintain a standard of privacy, then you better believe the brand tries to maintain some compliance to that standard. If Marriott found out that one of it's hotels was putting recording devices in their rooms, you better believe the corporate office would come down on that hotel. If not for legal reasons, public image and brand reputation.
Or just go to a hotel! I have a condo in a building where most of the units are listed on Airbnb or Booking.com, quality of life for residents like me has been drastically reduced by noisy tourists that come for a weekend trip and have no regard for keeping it quiet or keeping the shared spaces clean. I hope more cities begin to ban Airbnb. Tourists belong in hotels not in buildings where families try to live their d…
This.
I'm sorry but there is something inherently wrong about letting a stranger (that isn't a professional, like CDL/chauffeur license/pilot license at a minimum) drive you around and staying in a stranger's home. I'm not at all shocked when people go "I was recorded in an Airbnb!" as, well, yeah it's someone's house... I wouldn't trust anything about it, I'm actually surprised someone hasn't been caught running a voyeurism pay site for their Airbnb yet.
And as far as the car services, we already have multiple acts of violence to varying levels. A friend in the past few weeks had to report a driver after he offered her lotion upon picking her up and then before dropping her off started telling her how beautiful she was and how he gives massages at which point she cancelled the ride and got out and a co-worker of mine took an older couple home race weekend (May) and they invited her to come in and use their hot tub... I imagine stuff like this, and far far worse, is quite common and largely unreported.
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Isn't it like this in many places in Europe now? Barcelona does 60 days and Greece does 90 that I know, as well. Maybe I'm mistaken on Barcelona.
The 90 day limit in Greece is related to how income from the properties is taxed iirc.
http://www.haniotika-nea.gr/90-meres-to-chrono-i-enikiasi-me...
It's 90 days, 60 days on small islands and you can only go over that limit if you're low-income. Compliance is a different issue, because Greece, but hopefully AirBnB and the other platforms will help police this.
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A lot of people on my floor did that when I lived in a 6000 sek/month 1 room flat outside Stockholm that required me to be an active student and still required 5 years of being in the queue for apartments which you can't sign up for until age 18. It was impossible to study most days because of kids to illicit renters running around screaming and biking in the corridors.
Couldn't you ring the bell of suspect apartments, verify the presence of illicit renters and call the police? Aren't there fines or worse for the owner?
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What regulatory body currently inspects hotel rooms for hidden cameras or listening devices?
If there is a regulation that says you can't do something, it's not there to make sure it doesn't happen, it's there so when when it does happen you have legal recourse to sue the fuck out of them. If a hotel is required to maintain a standard of privacy, then you better believe the brand tries to maintain some compliance to that standard. If Marriott found out that one of it's hotels was putting recording devices in…