Airbnb unit in a neighbourhood
There is one semi-detached house in our neighbourhood. Investors got the house and tried flipping into a “two-unit” house by creating “upper” and “main” unit by adding walls and creating rooms.
They failed to sell and are now using it as Airbnb. They have not been able to rent it out as apparently they were bad landlords.
It appears that their “corporation” owns multiple properties throughout Ontario.
Some Airbnb guests come in late at night and are quite disruptive. It also is not a secure environment for the kids with random people coming in. In addition, what they are doing is clearly illegal (not primary residence) and they are taking advantage of the system.
We have tried reporting to 311 but the owners are claiming that it is their “primary residence” and just showing pictures of them “dwelling” in it. The city inspector is saying that they can’t really do much.
Are there any options?