Post by Maria Lurdes (Milu) on Jun 13, 2016 18:16:30 GMT
I don't normally get requests for long stays, probably because I don't offer much of a discount and also because my calendar is usually full with shorter stays. Also, there is no incentive for me to take long term bookings, as it's more profitable for me to do shorter rentals. My average guest stay is 5 days.
Today I have a young woman from Texas coming for dance training, and she's staying until August first. She's staying in a one bedroom apartment in a building where I have three apartments. The tenant below her is a flight attendant, so home about a week a month (a consideration in case my dancer stomps around). She's already requested, and I've approved, two separate visitors during her stay. Her mom will come for two weeks, and her sister will come for one week. It's going to be odd to have this apartment off our roster for so long and I'm a bit nervous about it. I made sure that the vacuum has a clean filter and works well, I've left her a swiffer mop thing, will show her where the coin operated machines are, and will close the door and wish her well.
I have another guest arriving on the 20th, he'll stay for six weeks. This fellow is coming from Turkey, and he requested help to arrange a bicycle for his stay, and my husband kindly offered him the use of his own bike which he rarely rides. He also asked about having family visit and we agreed on the dates, # of guests, etc. Onkat is staying in a studio basement apartment where there's a kitchenette (everything except a stovetop/oven).
Although much has been written about squatters, tenancy rights, etc. I'm really not worried about that (and hope my nonchalance doesn't bit me in the rear). I plan on doing some casual stop-bys every once in a while, just to get the guest to open the door so I can peek at the state of things, but I certainly don't want to intrude on their space without an emergency, or being welcomed in.
Since long term stays are such a novelty for me, is there anything else that I should be paying attention to?
Today I have a young woman from Texas coming for dance training, and she's staying until August first. She's staying in a one bedroom apartment in a building where I have three apartments. The tenant below her is a flight attendant, so home about a week a month (a consideration in case my dancer stomps around). She's already requested, and I've approved, two separate visitors during her stay. Her mom will come for two weeks, and her sister will come for one week. It's going to be odd to have this apartment off our roster for so long and I'm a bit nervous about it. I made sure that the vacuum has a clean filter and works well, I've left her a swiffer mop thing, will show her where the coin operated machines are, and will close the door and wish her well.
I have another guest arriving on the 20th, he'll stay for six weeks. This fellow is coming from Turkey, and he requested help to arrange a bicycle for his stay, and my husband kindly offered him the use of his own bike which he rarely rides. He also asked about having family visit and we agreed on the dates, # of guests, etc. Onkat is staying in a studio basement apartment where there's a kitchenette (everything except a stovetop/oven).
Although much has been written about squatters, tenancy rights, etc. I'm really not worried about that (and hope my nonchalance doesn't bit me in the rear). I plan on doing some casual stop-bys every once in a while, just to get the guest to open the door so I can peek at the state of things, but I certainly don't want to intrude on their space without an emergency, or being welcomed in.
Since long term stays are such a novelty for me, is there anything else that I should be paying attention to?
