Weekend party houses in Ventnor have been a nightmare in the recent past. Are these short-term rentals behaving better with stricter rules and regulations?
After growing complaints from neighbors, Ventnor officials tightened up its short-term rental policy for 2024.
To avoid chaotic party houses, a 3-night minimum rental stay is now required and the primary contact must live in Ventnor. Note: 7 night minimum is a Jersey Shore standard.
According to VRBO, Ventnor is not enforcing their 3-night rental minimum ordinance. It’s very easy to rent a Saturday night-only rental. See below.
Very easy to rent a one-night-only party house like this one with 11 bedrooms.
Since Summer 2023, neighbors noted dangerous deck conditions at this property. A local contractor believes this deck is on verge of collapse. Multiple sections of exposed rebar and serious masonry cracking.
Water, ice and salt air intrusion. Amateur patch jobs, etc.
DownbeachBUZZ: Ventnor Mayor Tim Kriebel and Commissioner Lance Landgraf were made aware of this unsafe, short-term rental structure on July 26, 2024.
This property has a past history. 2019 New Years Eve shooting. Over 100 attendees inside this Ventnor short-term rental.
Are Ventnor’s new short-term rental rules working? Leave a comment below.
- Atlantic City has no short-term rental rules.
- Margate has 7 night rental minimum.
- Brigantine has 2 night minimum. Has most neighbor complaints.
Note: STR’s, short term rentals, don’t always transact on AirBnB or VRBO. Many STR landlords bypass those platforms and use their own websites or social media. This reduces their costs.
Note: Ventnor Commissioner Lance Landgraf made clear: these are businesses operating in a residential neighborhood.
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As the economy gets worse from recession to almost depressionary times you will see many of these STRs fail. Costs will go up and profits will fall off the cliff. Oh, we all know that property in the picture, which is a business of many like properties the greedy owner has. Let the dominoes fall and let’s hope they turn into yearly renters for locals.
Disagree. A local STR is STILL more cost-effective than hotels, airfare etc associated with other vacations. As the economy tightens, it may INCREASE the demand for quality rentals is desirable locations. Rents might stabilize or even slightly decline but demand relative to other vacations/locations won’t.
Think logically, not just with emotion.
Ventnor Landgraf allows this property to rent ONE NIGHT ONLY. Ventnor has NO enforcement of new STR law. Landgraf lets the STR owner…RYFE… slide.
Ventnor’s Lance Landgraf not enforcing local short-term rental ordinance. Very EZ to rent ONE NIGHT at this Vassar Square party house. The same property where a New Years Eve shooting took place in 2019. Landgraf is not to be trusted. At all. Front deck looks like it will collapse.
@WRONG If that’s what you believe. Just look at the facts for low occupancy this summer and not to mention the many reports on STRs doing negatively (e.g. search for arbnb crisis). The point Janet is making is legitimate as increased foreclosures, auto defaults, and credit debt. By next summer it will be even less unless the economy turns around. Therefore, instead of STRs have locals have rental opportunities that are year long commitments. Those STR owners can still make a living.
P.S.
Look at Spain and other European countries that are shifting policies away from STRs.
Not disagreeing that it’s better to have long term rentals. But it costs continue as high for air travel, hotels and other vacation, the demand for rentals of all types include short term will remain high – especially for nice units in the best areas.
And many rentals happen without platforma lien Airbnb, VRBO etc and their associated fees.
hotels are much better options. no ridiculous fees and obscene requests like you see with STR owners
You clearly haven’t stayed in a hotel lately, especially in a vacation destination. There are federal, state, and local taxes in addition to environmental surcharges, resport fees, parking and often gratituties are built in. Some even charge a 3% credit fee as well.
So with due respect, you’re totally incorrect.
It is a beach town and this is the beach season which means beach rentals.
I highly doubt they will enforce any short term rental policies.
Too much money to be made.
Unless there is a problem rental, I doubt anybody really cares.
I don’t care.
Who really cares?
People who live on the same block as these party houses care. They take up all the parking, make a lot of noise and leave way more trash than a typical family. If the law is there a 3 day minimum for STRs, it should be enforced.
Very good points.
They should but most likely will not enforce it.
However, enforcing it would serve as a deterrent to others, especially these party houses.
Mr Landgraf ignored every new rule he pushed about short term rentals in Ventnor. Protecting friends?
Several comments here mentioning enforcement of ordinances. Corruption should be considered when discussing when to enforce or not enforce an ordinance.
Only by you. There’s a big difference between slack enforcement and intentional corruption.
Yes corruption should be considered as some ordinance violations result in fines or even incarceration. Ordinances in place for among other reasons the safety and well-being of the residents.