@Alice-and-Jeff0.....neither @Marit Anne or I are disagreeing with you but we are saying there are legal ways in the framework by working with ABB whereby the new purchaser can.....
Look guys, as I see it, here is the scenario. Someone has looked at @Franca And Anthony's property with an eye to purchase. One of the things that attracted the purchaser was the fact that this particular property has an income on the side....a ready made business, and the purchaser probably paid a premium for the property based on it's ability to produce that bit of income. Any business you purchase is going to have a bit of goodwill that has a dollar value. If you have a barn (as many hosts do) that you have converted at considerable expence to accommodation and you have a steadily booked calendar....... that is going to be reflected in the price you are going to require on the sale of that property. The purchaser does not want to start from scratch and throw aside the good work that @Franca And Anthony has done....In this instance they 'want' to build on it.
Of course there are legal aspects attached to host/co-host which would need to be settled! In the past 24 hours I have seen another post by a co-host asking how future hosting payments can be directed away from the host because they have parted company for one reason or another and the host has moved on and no longer has anything to do with the listing. There will always be that ball out of 'left field' to deal with.
But I would tend to lean with Marit Anne on this....ABB do not want to see a successful listing shut down to establish a totally unknown one, and if both parties get together with ABB, I am 100% certain a way could be worked out to transition the bricks and mortar of this listing to another host. Of course the reviews and the past history and personals remain with the seller but the purchaser gets to carry on the benefit of the sellers good work....which they have no doubt paid for.
I do agree with you totally that every booking needs to be informed that a change of ownership has taken place and the option given for relocation or cancellation from the date of handover!
Cheers....Rob