Airbnb Tenant Refuses To Leave After Being There For 500 Days And Now Refuses To Pay For His Stay

Nobody would have guessed that this man would have refused to leave his Airbnb after 500 days.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• December 13, 2024

Airbnb has become a popular way to find places to stay whether you're just traveling or if you're going on vacation. They're increasingly popular because it's a platform that allows people who are renting out their properties to list them for rent easily.

They make vacationing fun and they've completely changed the way that people vacation before they usually would find and pay for a hotel. However, Airbnb has changed it to where now people can find actual homes with space to stay in while they are away from home.

In Airbnb's history, there have not been many stories as crazy as this one, so this one definitely takes the cake. We're going to be looking into this story of a tenant who was at his Airbnb and literally refused to leave it.

If you are someone who rents out homes like this, then this story might enlighten you a bit on what exactly could happen in these situations. We're going to dive in and give you the full story of what happened with this man and why she refused to leave.

She now owes the Airbnb owner money from staying there for over 500 days and not paying, but let's take a look at whether the owner will ever see this money.

This story starts off with a pair who decide to stay in an Airbnb.

Elizabeth Hirschhorn rented out a $3.8 million home in Los Angeles from a dentist, Sascha Jovanovic. The tenant originally rented out the home for 6 months when she needed a place to stay, but that turned into longer than 6 months.

The woman clearly was happy living in this dentist's home.

The woman paid $20,793 for the first chunk of rent, but she has refused to pay since April 2022, which means she still owes thousands to the dentist for staying there. Jovanovic filed an eviction notice, but the judge ruled in the tenant's favor.

Hirschhorn's lawyers argued the guesthouse was violating the Department of Building and Safety's code after the dentist built a shower that wasn't approved. Following this, Jovanovic sued the tenant in two different cases. One for damages to recoup almost $60k and an appeal to the judge's decision to dismiss the eviction case.

This is insane to us.

She squatted in his home for 575 days until November 2023. It was an original fee of $105 per night and the total that she would have owed Jovanovic was $60,375.

The tenant was asking him for $100,000 even though she owed him money for staying in his Airbnb. She accused him of over 15 violations including negligence and nuisance in her countersuit.

This story is absolutely wild, and it's hard to believe she actually stayed there for nearly two whole years. It's the kind of tale that sounds more like the plot of a TV drama than a real-life event.

Stories like this don't come around often, and it definitely stands out as one of the most bizarre Airbnb experiences we've ever come across. From unexpected twists to jaw-dropping decisions, it’s a situation that leaves you questioning how and why it all unfolded the way it did.

It’s the kind of scenario that makes you wonder — what would you do if you found yourself in a similar position? Would you have stayed as long as she did, or would you have packed up and left at the first sign of trouble?

Let us know your thoughts because, honestly, this one has us stunned.

Daphnie