RENTING (2) SEPARATE ROOMS

[Donna1774]

Hi,

I’m fairly new to AIRbnb and initially I was renting out a 1 bedroom with a private bath and the common spaces are the living room, dining room and kitchen. Then we moved and I decided to rent out the master bedroom with the walk-in master bath, with the kitchen, living room, dining room as the common area. Well, this past weekend I had both rooms booked and the people in the master bedroom basically took over the kitchen and living room as if they were there be themselves. My question is should I take the dining room and living room off the listing? So, I would only list the bedroom with the separate baths for each room and the kitchen ONLY?

How do you handle that with multiple listings?

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Donna1774 the set up you have will almost certainly lead to issues as there is no host to arbitrate issues.  I would rent the whole place or just one room at a time.

[Tamara1037]

Take tv or any entertainment out of livinging room.   And state in listing do to respect of other house guest common area is only for preparing food and eating.

[Gordana70]

When guests book the master bedroom, they often assume they’re the “primary” guests, I think they subconsciously treat the home as if they’re the main occupants. (😀

Set your boundaries with them .

yYou need to be clear but polite in what your offering , 

if you choose to not allow access to living and dining say something like this ……

“Since I host multiple rooms, the kitchen is the only shared common area. Living and dining rooms are private. Let me know if you need anything during your stay!”

If you choose to keep it shared 

“Living room, dining room, and kitchen are shared spaces for all guests. Please be mindful of others and avoid occupying the common areas for extended periods so everyone can enjoy them.”  

Perhaps adding a small sign …
That it’s a shared living room and to be considerate of other guests 

[Emilie]

Hi @Donna1774, 

That's an interesting question! Did either of the guests complaint, over that weekend?

Mike, @Tamara1037 and @Gordana70 have shared some suggestions on how you could approach this going forward; I'd love to know what you think of their ideas. 💡

Thanks, 

Emilie

[Marie8425]

@Donna1774 

It isn't the usual but I did this in Hawaii for years.

First step is don't remove the common areas usually things like kitchen, dining laundry available is the plus over a hotel.

Create rules for common areas.  I didn't need to get detailed, I just had like closed 10pm-7 am.  That was enough for Guests to know areas under my control has Host.  Because Laundry room is shared please only average usage so all Guests can enjoy benefit.  

The bad Guest wasn't dumb but seen a loophole and took advantage.

[Emilie]

Thank you Marie for sharing your experience as well, I can see how that would work!

@Donna1774 Let us know if any of the suggestions so far inspire you. 🙂