We had a month long booking by a couple waiting to close on their new home. Nearly every day prior to check in, she would message me wanting more info, such as a complete inventory of kitchen utensils, bike paths, etc. All harmless, but so many!
They arrived with 3 cars and wanted to put 1 under cover, so trying to be accommodating, we remove one of our cars from the carport and let her park there, but it was a surprise to see 3 cars for 2 people. After checking in, they still wanted info every day about the town. More work, but still harmless. But then things turned weird. We live upstairs and rent the entire downstairs, as it is an independent apartment. Well, they kept asking about our schedules, and we'd answer vaguely, not wanting them in our business.
One day, I left the house for an errand. My hubby stayed home and was exercising on his indoor bike which has a view of our driveway and host yard (guest yard is on the opposite side of the house). Soon after I left, the man of the couple starts walking around the host yard, inspecting the propane tank, the house siding, the roof (all new), and starts going through our stuff in our open carport. Then the woman shows up with something in her hands and goes to the carport to clean her car.
I return and she greets me in the driveway asking where my husband was. I said he should be around, and she had an odd look on her face. I dont know how they knew I left, but they did. There apartment faces the waterfront, not the driveway, but they apparently assumed both of us were gone that day.
We started getting concerned after discussing the incident and rarely left the house until after they checked out.
Upon check out, they said they lost our door keys (or did they?). A huge black stain was in our white laundry sink that i can't remove, and the most concerning thing is that they broke into our storage closet where I keep extra supplies and our towels were missing. My hubby then realized that she had used the towels to clean her car, that's what she was carrying that day they thought both of us were gone We went to our driveway security camera footage and confirmed it. All in all, creepy, but not horrible. We didnt leave feedback as we are afraid of retaliation. But we had to change all of our locks, which was pricy, and still have a sink that needs to be replaced.
