A gaggle of highschool college students broke right into a $2 million Nantucket Airbnb and threw a Halloween home celebration after being denied entry to the holiday rental.
Airbnb host Edith Stone Lentini claimed she obtained a “sketchy” request from an individual who needed to ebook her 3-bedroom, 5-bath house for a spooky rager on the Massachusetts island for Oct. 28.
“My daughter desires to throw somewhat Halloween celebration for her and her pals and I used to be questioning if that’s attainable,” in response to the mid-October inquiry obtained by the Nantucket Present.
The 14- and 15-year-olds deliberate to “do a enjoyable dress-up get-together to take some footage” on the house, which is listed for $810 per evening.
“It wouldn’t even actually be a celebration. I’ll go away the home spotless and I’m certain nothing will likely be ruined,” the message concluded.
The Airbnb host was thrown off by the ending of the weird request and determined to disregard the reserving inquiry altogether.
Lentini, who lives in Armonk, NY, and has owned the house since 2012, didn’t hear concerning the suspicious gathering till she obtained a telephone name from the Nantucket Police Division on Nov. 1 simply after 10 p.m.
An officer requested her if she knew one thing a couple of celebration on her property, which she denied.
“I stated, ‘No, there shouldn’t be’,” she stated. “They stated, ‘Nicely, there’s a home celebration happening.’ And I stated, ‘Oh my God!’ They stated, ‘Allow us to name you again.’”
The native misfits had entered the house by an unlocked window and arrange store to host the frilly celebration.
Officers found the “host” had set the celebration up so the native college students would arrive on the Airbnb in levels — ninth graders arriving at 9 p.m., tenth graders an hour later till the seniors rounded out the scheme.
“The audacity of it and the very fact she staggered the grades!” Lentini stated. “However realizing my home was not wrecked, I can take humor from it and say she ought to actually develop into a celebration planner. I might hate for this to hinder her in her future.”
The woman who initially contacted Lentini had posted a video to Snapchat capturing her organising for the celebration.
Lentini flew out to the getaway island in late November to survey the injury left behind within the aftermath of the celebration however was shocked that the partygoers took care of her belongings.
“They took all the photographs and mirrors off the partitions,” Lentini stated. “They took all of the pillows off the couch and put them within the basement. They moved all of the furnishings apart, rolled up my white carpet and moved it into the screened-in porch, and moved my TV.
“As a lot as I’m upset about this, they did handle the home. Probably the most injury was simply sticky flooring. They even put ‘don’t enter’ tape across the TV stand,” she added
Police have been solely clued in concerning the celebration due to a noise grievance within the space.
“I need to thank my neighbors that they knew sufficient to name. If I wasn’t in a year-round neighborhood, I don’t know what would have occurred,” Lentini stated.
The colonial house – in-built 1999 – was valued at $2.34 million in 2023, in response to on-line data.
It sits below a half-mile from the south shore and features a furnished patio, screened-in porch, a full kitchen, dinning room and 5 beds.
The itemizing, which additionally prices $5,500 per week throughout July and August, confronted a complete renovation in 2024, in response to the Airbnb itemizing.
No costs have been filed but however police are conducting an “intensive investigation,” Nantucket Police Lt. Angus MacVicar informed the outlet.
