LEE CATALUNA / LCATALUNA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Racks of lock boxes hang just outside the front door of the Waikiki Lanais residential condo building. Inside are fobs to unlock the security door to the building as well as keys to individual vacation rentals. Longtime residents of the area say their daily lives are being disrupted by short-term vacation rentals.
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Once again, Lee Cataluna is right on the money, pointing out another repercussion of the illegal short-term vacation rentals — those of us owner/occupiers in residential condo and apartment buildings in Waikiki (“Trash in the hall, no one to call; condo folks chafe at vacation rentals,” Star-Advertiser, June 14).
Our building, for which we pay significant maintenance fees, is suffering from wear-and-tear of constant ins-and-outs of strangers. They don’t care about making noise, slamming doors or disregarding our house rules — they are on vacation and will be gone in a week.
There also are the constant contractor cleaning carts in our hallways and the elevators are working overtime.
If they arrive before check-in time or have a late afternoon or evening flight, they and their luggage set up camp in our lobby for hours on end.
It feels more and more like I live in a hotel. And the fact that these illegal operators are so blatant about it is a reflection on our useless city leaders who have allowed it to proliferate so badly over so many years.
Carolyn Reid
Waikiki
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