From my husband:
Unwelcome Late Night Visitor....
My family and I stayed at this house the week of April 4th. The first few nights were nice, but on the night of April 6th, just after 9:30pm there was a loud knock at the front door. We had just gotten the kids to sleep and were all getting ready to settle in for the night. I heard a load knock at the door and I looked at my wife and confirmed she heard the same thing. Then suddenly the doorbell rang multiple times along with banging on the door. I started walking down the stairs as my brother-in-law opened the door. As he cracked the door open there was a man who looked very strung out wearing a dark hoodie who was acting erratically and demanding entry to the house. I instantly walked back up to the second floor and asked my wife to call the police. I headed back towards the front door. The man in the hoodie was yelling and demanding entry to the house as my brother-in-law was trying to explain that we were just renting the house. The man at the door became increasingly angry and yelling and was telling us that we were staying in “Larry’s house” and that we needed to call Larry. The man said he had been in the house not that long ago with Larry. Again we rented the house through air b&b, and did not know what or who he was talking about. My brother-in-law kept explaining this to him. The unexpected visitor became more and more irate and moved closer and closer to the front door demanding that we call Larry and let him in the house to get his “stuff”. He stated he had driven from San Jose and was not leaving without his “stuff” and again loudly demanded that we call Larry because he was not leaving. I then said to man in the hoodie “why don’t you call Larry?” I am not sure he had seen me standing there, he moved his head closer to the door entry, he responded with wild eyes that he had been trying to call Larry all day. My brother-in-law said we were going to call the cops, I informed him we already had. This made the man leave the porch and return to his black Chevy Silverado truck. My wife was on the phone with the police, we gave a description of the man and his truck, unfortunately we could not get the license plate number. Later we notified the property manager, and she was helpful enough to provide security photos, but unfortunately the quality of the security images were of no use to the police. It did look like there were possibly more people in the truck. We were also told that the manager did not know Larry and the owners did not know any people like the hooded man. I slept in the third story loft the rest of the trip in order to keep watch for a return of the Silverado truck.
The next day my brother-in-law went to speak to the neighbors and let them know what had happened. We had originally come to the conclusion that this might just be criminals targeting vacation homes in the ares. But to our surprise one of the neighbors confirmed that Larry was a real person who’s family owned the house and they had stayed at the house during the COVID pandemic. Apparently, according to neighbors, Larry has a checkered past. Looking into public records, it appears that Larry (Lawrence) is an owner of the house.
While the idea of a potential random home invasion is unsettling, the idea that my family was put in a dangerous situation because one of the home owners is much worse. Whatever “stuff” the man in the hoodie had in the garage was important enough to demand entry to the house late at night. I’m afraid of what may have happened if one of the kids had opened the door or we had not called the police quickly. Essentially we paid to stay in a house where the owner put us in danger. Rent at your own risk.