A bunch 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 acquired a “sketchy” request from an individual who needed to e book her 3-bedroom, 5-bath dwelling for a spooky rager on the Massachusetts island for Oct. 28.
“My daughter wants to throw a little Halloween party for her and her friends and I was wondering if that’s possible,” in keeping with the mid-October inquiry obtained by the Nantucket Present.
The 14- and 15-year-olds deliberate to “do a fun dress-up get-together to take some pictures” on the dwelling, which is listed for $810 per evening.
“It wouldn’t even really be a party. I will leave the house spotless and I’m sure nothing will be ruined,” the message concluded.
The Airbnb host was thrown off by the ending of the bizarre 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 in regards to the suspicious gathering till she obtained a cellphone name from the Nantucket Police Division on Nov. 1 simply after 10 p.m.
An officer requested her if she knew one thing a few celebration on her property, which she denied.
“I said, ‘No, there should not be’,” she mentioned. “They said, ‘Well, there’s a house party going on.’ And I said, ‘Oh my God!’ They said, ‘Let us call you back.’”
The native misfits had entered the house by way of 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 fact she staggered the grades!” Lentini mentioned. “But knowing my house was not wrecked, I can take humor from it and say she should really become a party planner. I would hate for this to hinder her in her future.”
The lady who initially contacted Lentini had posted a video to Snapchat capturing her establishing 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 stunned that the partygoers took care of her belongings.
“They took all the pictures and mirrors off the walls,” Lentini mentioned. “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 much as I’m upset about this, they did take care of the house. The most damage was just sticky floors. They even put ‘do not enter’ tape around the TV stand,” she added
Police had been solely clued in in regards to the celebration due to a noise criticism within the space.
“I want to thank my neighbors that they knew enough to call. If I wasn’t in a year-round neighborhood, I don’t know what would have happened,” Lentini mentioned.
The colonial dwelling – inbuilt 1999 – was valued at $2.34 million in 2023, in keeping with on-line data.
It sits beneath 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 keeping with the Airbnb itemizing.
No expenses have been filed but however police are conducting an “extensive investigation,” Nantucket Police Lt. Angus MacVicar advised the outlet.
