The place is great!! From the decor, to the location to the rooftop views... it is definitely a stunner!! And the hosts are very communicative. We booked this place to celebrate my husbands 40th birthday and we informed the host that we would be having guests over for our celebration/party (covid style). Immediately the host informed me that the neighbor was a bit of a tattle tell when it came to noise and she warned me that she would most likely be an issue. The fact that we had been in quarantine for the past 6 months though... we weren't going to let a little noise complaint stop us from taking the risk!!
We proceeded to have our 'party' and sure enough the complaints started almost immediately. We had covered the video camera on the roof top (because Privacy) and when the host called us to check in and asked us to turn it down, we were asked to remove the cover. Reluctantly, we removed the cover (but I think a camera peeping into a private space is a complete lack of privacy), so they could see we weren't being rowdy or irresponsible. We turned the music down and STILL continued to get complaints from the neighbor... even when we turned the music OFF, we STILL got complaints. It was definitely the worst possible situation for a group of adults to be scolded continuously... not only did we get multiple calls and text, eventually the owner showed up at the front door and asked to 'look around'. Again, reluctantly... I let him walk through the house and up to the roof top to check things out. I have never rented a house before and had this much invasion of privacy. Its one thing to continue to call and text... but to show up at the front door?? I was shocked.
I would have understood if the neighbor called the cops to file a complaint; we were 100% prepared to deal with that and get a noise citation if it came to that. We rented this house specifically to have a rooftop party and I was VERY clear that 'we like our music' and explained that we would most likely get in trouble and we would deal with it. However, I was not prepared to deal with the amount of disruption throughout the entire night (or until 9pm when we had to take it inside).
Overall, the place is still great. The owners seemed to be equally as frustrated with the neighbors as I was... but they need to work out the pre-existing issues with the neighbor before they ever rent the space for another party. ***OR keep the party inside, because they couldn't hear a thing once we moved in!!!