The neighborhood is not governed by an incorporated homeowners association, but it does have a Declaration of Restrictions established in 1955 to outline rules for the neighborhood. Royal Crest Villa was established in 1955 as part of a historic home-building challenge called the Parade of Homes. Knapper could not be reached for comment. The owner "wants no hard feelings to exist in the neighborhood," attorney David Knapper wrote. "It is, and will be, where he lives, too."
The owner took down the Airbnb listing after the pushback from neighbors, according to a letter from his attorney forwarded over by Keeble.
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The neighbors sent the homeowner a cease and desist letter, telling him he needed a business license to operate his Airbnb in the neighborhood. "I don’t think that every neighborhood is the right neighborhood for it," Keeble said. Keeble said she is not inherently opposed to Airbnb, but that with children playing in the street and neighbors barbecuing in driveways, she didn't think Royal Crest Villa was a good fit for short-term rentals. The neighbors were initially advised by a lawyer that their only recourse was to call the police if there was a disturbance, which they were reluctant to do. Keeble began reaching out to neighborhood advocates and lawyers to see what could be done to stop the short-term rentals on their street. The four-bedroom home was being rented for $459 a night for up to 12 guests, according to an Airbnb listing for the property that Keeble forwarded to The Arizona Republic. Keeble wants residents around the Valley who are grappling with the consequences of the new law to know their options when an Airbnb moves in. She and her neighbors joined together to change the neighborhood rules to ban short-term rentals. "It was taking away our quiet enjoyment of living." "We were all on edge," neighbor Holly Keeble said. Soon after came the renters, who brought an increase in noise, traffic and even recreational use of marijuana, according to the neighbors. The neighbors, on a quiet street with perfectly manicured green lawns and children playing in the street, were immediately skeptical. People can rent out their homes on occasion, but some investors turn their properties into year-round vacation rentals.
Airbnb and VRBO are two popular websites for people to rent homes for short-term stays that can be for a couple days or up to a week. Neighbors say the new owner was renting the property out as an Airbnb, after a state law passed in 2016 expanded protections for short-term rentals. Judi Murphy had lived in the north Phoenix neighborhood of Royal Crest Villa for 48 years when an Airbnb moved in earlier this year.
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