Tim Hubbard warns short-term rental hosts that nearby construction noise from neighbors or off-season renovations can drive guests away and tank your reviews. Even if your HOA restricts building during peak season, a neighbor's new home project means daily hammers and drills that guests will hate.
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Another scenario that might come up, that's if your neighbor is doing construction, there's not much we can do about that, right? If you happen to be in an HOA a lot of times, they have times of the year where you can't do construction. So maybe you're in a very touristy area. There are simply times where your HOA will specify you cannot do construction during these times. So that might save you during your busy season. But maybe on the off season, your neighbors doing a complete renovation project, there's hammers and drills going every day that could very easily disturb your guests. And if you have a single family home, maybe your neighbor is building a brand new home in a nice lot right next to yours. So if you're looking to get into a property, you haven't quite acquired it yet and you notice that it's next to construction, this is something you really want to keep in mind because you might have some very unhappy guests or no guests coming in because you don't have good reviews during this construction process. So.