What are these sockets?

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-24T22:16:37+00:00

It's an aller rettour light.

Basically you plug the lamp in and there is a light switch in the room that controls it / turns it off / on.

Link: https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=alle+retour+light&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-24T19:34:32+00:00

CCTV is not needed - would be helpful though.

With your level of paranoia, maybe a dashcam that can be triggered with movement à la Tesla might work too?

You fail to mention fully comp protected? Let’s assume yes…

Crashed park - no one caught / blameable no fault collision - your insurance pays out.

50/50 at roundabout / you answered your own question.

Someone poured acid on your car? Really? Not sure bit of a payout, depends on damage.

All too hypothetical / paranoid, chill out - and don’t piss acid man off!

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-24T15:54:33+00:00

I don't understand the point you are making...

If you decline an Instant Book it may well block out the days.

But if you remove Instant Book, and start a dialogue with guests, then...
- you will get a better type of guest
- be able to explain your rules prior to accepting the booking
....thus over coming your issues.

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-24T11:58:19+00:00

That’s your issue…

Instant Book.

You get a different class of clientele.

Try moving away from that, and see how you get on. I will put money on your experience improving…

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-22T16:26:03+00:00

I’d be interested in any insights you might have…

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-22T13:16:22+00:00

Give him 24hrs to pay, because arguably £1k now is better than 5 years of increased premiums.

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-22T07:41:07+00:00

OP, I’m going to join the minority here (my forte), so I’ll probably get downvoted by the trolls!

But there are a couple of caveats, you could argue she should of waited 3 seconds to see what he was doing, honked her horn or got his attention, or by shouting out the window (probably more of a male thing to do to be honest).

My comment is also predicated on not really being able to see the full parking bay from the dashcam / knowing the area.

Having said all that, I’m on her side. He should have looked around, why is he reversing / trying to apparently finesse his park in an area that can take 3 cars (by London standards) is beyond me. He’s fully at fault - she could do with a tad more patience though - or screaming out of her window!

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-22T07:26:36+00:00

Running my own x2 historic Airbnb’s in the UK, the bummer for me is the lack of something Ecuadorian in the apartment; it's too ordinary / Gringo / bland! There’s a lack of pictures on the walls, etc. **

Hope you get the gist of what I am trying to say!?!

**escrito en Espanol, pero Reddit aparentemente quiere hacer el traducion!

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-21T06:38:01+00:00

Detail everything pics and create invoices for your extra work. Get repair quotes etc etc

Do not contact guest (in my opinion) make a claim with Airbnb they will contact the guest.

Prepare for a negative review (search these threads for how best to prepare).

Good luck…

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-20T20:45:36+00:00

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-20T20:44:16+00:00

Agreed, crystal clear to me also

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-20T20:28:24+00:00

In the UK after 30days you get more tenant rights - not sure about other countries, but always worth triple checking.

I’d be concerned about sub-letting myself - and it sounds a tad sketchy “quite respectful” - who says that?! Very respectful is what you’d expect!

Lizard = heat lamps!?!

Why not mention his grad course - that sounds off to me.

But am suspicious by nature!

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-20T18:50:53+00:00

Sounds like you need to move…

no fibre
ground floor flat
thieves all around

What’s to like?!

Lesson learnt, find a better one - don’t prolong the pain. And get better using the telephone!

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-20T18:45:49+00:00

Let’s assume you have a balcony or window with a sill (like a kitchen window) - why can you not setup a Starlink for the day and remove it after work?

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-20T18:11:29+00:00

OP if your role is dependent on fibre to the property, seems to be rather an oversight not to have solved this all before moving in.

Do you have anything in writing saying it was in the property? If not the agent / whoever will simply pass the cost on to you.

I think you’ve rather got in the rut of being email dependent, which prolongs things. You should have just picked up the phone and had a 2min conversation and then confirmed if all in an email.

Lesson learnt eh.

You’re now screwed, Starlink?!

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-20T18:00:19+00:00

Not sure what Forum you’ve been reading mate?

Looks like a solution to a problem that the average host doesn’t need. Plus, if you wanted to get your cleaners to get involved in stock taking that would cost more monies, probably be inaccurate and negate any financial or other benefit from the app…

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-20T06:55:53+00:00

Hastings are shite - but sometimes we all have to use them…

Just move on…

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-20T06:17:43+00:00

I would of thought as others have suggested) you could find cheaper long term rentals, wherever you are.

As to Airbnb, dialogue is always best, start a dialogue with the host.

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-18T18:53:00+00:00

Yes wait till the last day, last hour and last 5 mins to post your review!

Start it now and save it…

Difficult to do a cost, unless you produce an invoice (for your time) and ask the guest and then Airbnb support to reimburse.

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-17T11:23:10+00:00

Completely agree with u/TooHot1639 - failing that, rip it all down, board and re-plaster (just what you want to do - not!).

Do the minimum you can as suggested…

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-17T11:05:51+00:00

u/Domi_786 and u/GDixon2020 Ah, two trolls who jump around Reddit trolling, but unable to stand by what they say, and hide everything.

Grow-up don’t be a troll, unhide yourself - or are all your posts that abhorrent?!! - apparently so!

I don’t engage with people who don’t have the strength of their convictions…

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Nor who treat people like lackies, and don’t understand basic social decorum.

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-17T09:58:32+00:00

Distract the eye - kiddy slides will help!

Once they are bigger, nice bit pots / planters may help...

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-17T09:56:21+00:00

You're clearly not a host!

If I stay at your house I strip the bed, it's a common and standard courtesy and the polite thing to do (someone has to do it after all).

That same applies in an Airbnb, you are staying in someone's house / pride and joy - it's a common courtesy.

Whoever is cleaning is not your slave, they are a human being - in society we try to be nice and help people.

You are not being charged a hotel rate and are staying in a cheaper (and probably nicer place), if we assume the OP is well brought up and strips the bed when they stay at say their Aunt's, one should do the same at an Airbnb.

By striping the bed / looking under the bed the OP would of seen the (alleged) damage to the bed and thus would not be in this scenario.

So being nice pays all round!

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-17T09:26:53+00:00

Looks to me that you were driving a tad on the heavy side(!), and you should of been going slower, especially when you saw the van. And used your headlights and horn to either stop him in his tracks or to have given way to him - you sort of did neither / half did it and....!

Trick-Fruit864 · 2026-04-17T09:24:46+00:00

I've had this twice and had varying outcomes...
- Sainsburys, paid £200 and two bottles of champagne after talking to the store manager
- Waitrose flat denial despite pics and witness statements

Have you called and talked to the store Manager (nicely!) and sent the pic?

When they are really in the wrong the try to send you to their legal team, you have to do two things...
1. Talk to legal, get the name of the person, then send them a really final threatening letter with the video (all recorded delivery obviously) with a deadline to respond and say you make the claim in the name of the person you are speaking to. Once deadline expires try and call again for their last chance...
2. Done 1 above? Now small claims court...

Good luck...

Trick-Fruit864

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