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Property tycoon sues Airbnb for £723,000 after his luxury mansion is trashed by 500 party goers

  • Tom Wells
  • Published: 23:04, 30 Dec 2019
  • Updated: 11:01, 31 Dec 2019

    A PROPERTY tycoon is suing Airbnb for £723,000 after his luxury mansion was trashed by party guests.

    Developer Michael Harold, 67, let out his posh pad in Chelsea, South West London, to what he thought was a family of four.

     A property tycoon is suing Airbnb for £723,000 after his luxury mansion was trashed by 500 party guests
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    A property tycoon is suing Airbnb for £723,000 after his luxury mansion was trashed by 500 party guests

    Instead it was used for a bash for 500 people and suffered almost £445,000 of damage.

    Repairs took 2½ months — but in papers filed at London’s High Court, Mr Harold’s lawyers accuse the home-sharing site of offering only £102,586.

    The writ also says that following the party in April 2017 Airbnb cancelled bookings before removing his property from its platform without notice in August 2018.

     Developer Michael Harold, 67, let out his posh pad in Chelsea, South West London, to what he thought was a family of four
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    Developer Michael Harold, 67, let out his posh pad in Chelsea, South West London, to what he thought was a family of four
     Little did he know, his luxury pad was used for a bash for 500 people
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    Little did he know, his luxury pad was used for a bash for 500 people

    The mansion is now rented out for £5,5000 a night.

    A second home nearby was also delisted, costing Mr Harold and his business partner Patricia Artega, 37, an estimated £9,490 a night in lost bookings.

    The company has yet to file a defence.

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    In April, an Airbnb in Manchester was trashed as 200 revellers gatecrashed a guest’s 18th birthday do.

    • Do you know what happened? Have you been affected by a similar incident? Call the news desk on 0207 782 4368 or email tips@the-sun.co.uk

    In January Elizabeth Sterling found her £2.5million London flat wrecked by drug-fuelled ravers after renting it out for a “baby shower”.

    Airbnb said it would cover up to £780,000 of damage.

     The property suffered almost £445,000 of damage
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    The property suffered almost £445,000 of damage
     After 2 and a half months of repair, the mansion is now rented out for £5,5000 a night
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    After 2 and a half months of repair, the mansion is now rented out for £5,5000 a night
    The Great Escape's Lakeside game-themed airbnb in Florida includes Cluedo and Monopoly rooms as well as human foosball and laser mazes


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