@Tom41
And that is where the problem comes in Tom! Michael lives on the property!
Guests who have some sort of a get together on their mind will (in general) look for remote hosted listings to book, were they know they will have the property to themselves.
That immediately puts you in the high risk category!
Guests who simply want to have a drink or an hour or two with family members or a friend are not concerned if the host is adjacent. They do not intend to 'push the choke'.
If you host remotely you need a much firmer set of house rules and stronger party deterents than hosts who live on the property and can monitor what is going on.
If you are going to remote host Tom you do need to say in your listing description...'For the coverage of potential insurance issues only the Airbnb guests registered on the reservation will be allowed access to the property and external entry serveilance monitoring will be enforced. Put in a dummie camera showing the front entrance to the property!
I know that sounds hard Tom but, this is your property and someone has to keep an eye on what is going on with it. It's not like these are your friends coming to housesit for you...these people are strangers! You can't depend on full support or compensation from Airbnb in the event of a mishap, so why take the risk.....Those cigarette burns in the carpet, that knife blade that ended up buried in the kitchen bench top, that hole in the passage wall can wipe out a year of hosting profit. 20/20 vision is always great in hindsight but you must be resolute here Tom, you don't live there so you have no control over what goes on.....don't allow it!
Cheers....Rob