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New Worry for Home Buyers: A Party House Next Door - NYTimes.com Page 2 of 8
<br /> � But then t11e telltale sigils appear, including an electronic toucll pad on the door
<br /> that malces it eas�-for people to get in���ithout a ke��. The ads on HomeA���ay or
<br /> Airbnb eventuall��confirm it: A part��house has come to the neighborhood.
<br /> Solne neighbors have��-armed ii71•ecent years to travelers dragging suitcases
<br /> through their residential neighborhoods, and the}�are happ��t11at the��isitors
<br /> spread their money around. But���hen profit-seel:ing entrepreneurs furnis111�oines
<br /> the�r do not li��e in to make them attracti��e to big groups and then ient out those
<br /> houses as much as possible, pai-ties and noise are nearly inevitable.
<br /> And so it goes here in Austin, �vhere a ��.,rouU of eni•aged and occasionally sleepless
<br /> residents ha��e taken their complaints to the cit5�. Austin made rules in 2oi2 that
<br /> ��-ere meant to keep short-teim rentals under control, but the neighbors argue that
<br /> man�� of tl�e rules are Linenforceable.
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<br /> This ���eek, I rented one of the most notorious Uai•t�� houses in Austin and in��ited
<br /> some of the neighbors over for a chat to ask a fe���questions. Where do the rights of
<br /> propei�ty o���ners to rent out theii• homes end, and ���here do those of quiet-lo�-ing
<br /> neighbors begin? Do all home shoppers no�n�need to be on the lookout for nearbv
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