CONWAY — A Carroll County Superior Court judge on Tuesday handed the Kearsarge Lighting Precinct a victory against a Massachusetts couple who owns two short-term rentals in the precinct.
So, unless the decision is reversed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court, STRs in the Kearsarge Lighting Precinct must be owner-occupied.
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(2) comments
The courts finally got it right. People and quality of life over greed and profit. STR's should be abolished and the inventory put back in play at market value, not overinflated because of scarcety.
I dont want STR's in my nieghborhood. I dont know about you but i like knowing my nieghbors and feeling safe. Nit dealing with noise, or substance abuse, or roudy unreadonable slobs that only leave dirt and decay behind.
Thank you superior court. Hope it all stands up.
The KLP ban on vacation rentals is an anachronistic law, one which Conway and Bartlett residents should overturn.
It was obviously enacted to prevent "boarding houses" from renting rooms without the owner being present. That is NOT the type of clientele that vacation-home rentals attract. People pay thousands of dollars to be able to take their family to the White Mountains and local homeowners are only shooting themselves in the foot by supporting this ban. It is going to lower the resale value of their homes and deprive those who want to rent their properties to make some extra money the ability to do so.
If a property owner supports "affordable housing," then they can rent their property to long-term tenants. But that should be their decision, not something dictated by local government.
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