Why we chose foreverKey moment44:53 in the full recording
“It's not a vacation home you go to without us”
Why she'll never Airbnb it, and what that means for family and friends.
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Transcript
- MichelleSo we intend to… and this is why I don't want to do
- Airbnb. I've basically said to our family too, it's not a vacation home that you're going to go to
- without us. It's our home, and you can come over and stay with us. So we intend to leave
- all of our snowboarding gear and all of the stuff over there. So, Yubari feels so safe
- to me that I would have no issue leaving our car in our garage, and leaving the house just ready
- for us to come and go whenever we can get time to. And it's in the main street, and the
- post office is behind it. So it's very, you know, someone will be watching it all the time.
Transcribed from the recording. Lightly punctuated for reading.
The house will not be an Airbnb, and Michelle has told the family it is not a holiday home to use without them. It is their home. Family come and stay with them.
The snowboarding gear stays in Yubari. The town feels safe enough to leave the car in the garage and the house ready to walk back into whenever they can get the time. It sits on the main street with the post office behind it, so it is never unwatched.
It's our home, and you can come over and stay with us.
What this may mean for you
Decide what the home is for before you decide what it costs. A place that is never let out is looked after, used and insured differently from one that is.
Your remote ownership checklistMichelle’s experience, told in her words. Not a cost promise, legal advice or a general claim about risk.