I have a guest who slams my door with such force that it is breaking the handle. That's because he runs outside to chainsmoke about two dozen times per day. He never bothered to verify whether he could smoke before booking. Well he booked three months with me, is staying on the second floor, so he's zipping up and down the stairs, slamming the back door each time. Of course I've spoken with him but he continues to do this anyway, and told me the wind did it, when the wind was blowing in the exact opposite way.
My main concern is that there are three people who need to access this entry, and he has already broken the lock by slamming it so brutally before. When that happened he took apart the knob and unsuccessfully tried to put it back together, until I arrived and was able to fix it myself. It's a valid concern because he is damaging my property and making it difficult potentially for people to acces the house.
This isn't the only problem I have with him. He also is careless in general, splashing water out of the shower and all over the bathroom, giving me messes to clean up, and has set off the fire alarm by leaving his meals on the stove on high heat til they make a big charred mess on the stovetop, again, not even having the courtesty to clean this up himself very well. This was in the middle of the night.
Overall I'm a very laid back host and I don't even mind cleaning up after him a little, even though he does not work and only hangs out all day. My only concern is what damage he could do to my property, especially my door lock.
He has about five weeks left to stay with me, barely speaks a word of English, and if you can't tell by now, it's a headache. I'd rather not cancel the reservation unless absolutely necessary, but if anyone has advice on how I can cancel it effectively, maybe I will.
