No. From the article:
> I found used condom wrappers under the bed, I found the bin was overflowing with tissues and condoms.
Not sure what "overflowing" means exactly in this context, but you can't read in the article that there were used condoms all over the apartment.
A condom wrapper is just a piece of clean plastic, very different from a used condom.
Also, what's the difference when people are having sex in your bed, whether they're married, friends, or engaged in pay-for-sex?
In the grand scheme of things there isn't but I suppose the plaintiff worried about being criminally associated with unlawful behaviour.
People aren't machines, they have feelings and sometimes they project those on their belongings. I consider it normal to feel something upon learning you have been deceived by people not coming upfront about what they really were going to use your home for.
I believe this has nothing to do with one's stance on prostitution.
This is a crime?
If a prostitute brings a john back to a hotel room, the police can arrest the hotel owner?
But you are misquoting me a little bit.
Probably best not to comment then?
This thread is already full of people making the inaccurate assumption that prostitution is illegal in the UK.
> Probably best not to comment then?
Quite the contrary.
Yes, most places where either prostitution or brothel-keeping is a crime, the owner of a property used in it is potentially (mental state is an issue) committing a crime as well.
> If a prostitute brings a john back to a hotel room, the police can arrest the hotel owner?
In the US, Aside from that risk (which is real but attenuated by the low probability of a conviction because of the high criminal burden of proof) prostitution-related offenses are second only to drug-related offenses in the eagerness of law enforcement to use civil asset forfeiture against properties, including real property, used in the offense.
For a regular commercial hotel, law enforcement would probably just use the possibility of such action as one among many tools to get the owner to actively cooperate with law enforcement, and it probably wouldn't get to actual seizure in a normal case.
Whether similar technically noncriminal consequences associated with criminal activity apply to this situation (in the UK), I'm not sure, though I wouldn't be surprised.
Seems odd that they wouldn't have made an effort to clean-up since having a good profile is more or less essential to being able to rent another airbnb appt?
Why don't you throw them into the trash bin that every hotel room has?
Given the enthusiastic response I got from my last host when my partner and I took the time to give the apartment a once-over when we left, I'm guessing that this is a persistent problem where guests just leave a place trashed. Some cleaning is obviously anticipated by the cleaning fees; you wash the linens, still give the place a good scrubbing between guests, etc., but I think it's fair to expect the guests to tidy up a little if you're upfront that this is part of the agreement on the listing.
Likewise, even hotels will charge for outrageous damage or messes to their properties. Security deposits in the US for even really cheap hotels are pretty common, usually requiring a credit card with a $100 charge that is cancelled/returned later.
It's not just about the initial money - really bad messes can affect more than just the host and cause problems you can't just solve with money. Too high of a deposit and no one will rent, but if someone's mess disrupts, then the deposit isn't enough to cover losses.
1) Hire a professional cleaner, set cleaning fee, lose some short-term customers.
2) Do not set the cleaning fee, expect to do cleaning yourself, complain loudly in public when this turns up to be the case.
I agree with your points, but consider reading TFA at least.