At a rally against short term vacation rentals in Ocean Beach, the OB Rag led protesters on a “Walk of Shame” down Abbott Street where vacation rentals were pointed out along the 4-block tour. It was called the “heart of the Airbnb Empire.”
Here is the text of that tour and photos of the short term rentals highlighted along the way.
Voltaire & Abbott – The Poster child for STVR redevelopment. 3 homes lifted in as modular units have been turned into vacation rentals here. It is reported the units have upstairs “offices” which can be turned into their own rental. When the project appeared before the OB Planning Board, the owner promised he would live in one unit and his mother in another. They now go for $299 a night. The owners live in Poway.
5052-5056 Muir. The owner does have an address on site. Property purchased in 1994, and owner rents out 3 other units on airbnb.
2101 – 07 Abbott, 4 units recently rehabbed and are now vacation rentals. The building is owned Briarcliff Investments LLC, based out of Turlock, CA. ; Oral Surgeon Victor Pak just bought the place in April for $1.3 million and turned title in September 2017 to Briarcliff, with no sale price disclosed. Pak is member of Briarcliff. Work done recently include exterior paint job; interior paint; fancy railings, french doors; a fancy patio. AC units. Reportedly, the units were occupied then in April and renting for $1450-$1850 a month. All residents were evicted.
From the corner at Abbott and Brighton, the first 3 lots to the east on the north side of Brighton are vacation rentals. The 2nd one has 4 on one lot.
5080-5086 Brighton. Purchased in 2004. The owner lives in Point Loma. 4 stvrs here.
5070-5078 Brighton Another to the right, duplex with owner in front.
5117-5119 Brighton. Purchased Dec 2015. The owner has 11 properties in San Diego and 5 airbnbs, lives in Ramona.
5132-5134 Brighton 2 airbnbs – purchased 2014. Owner lives in North Park.
5140-5142 Brighton on the left has 2 vrbos, purchased in 2017 but was still a stvr before that. Owner is in Ramona, has 10 other investment properties and 5 airbnbs.
5112 Saratoga Property purchased in 2014, has 4 Airbnbs here. Owned by real estate company in Reno.
Abbott and Saratoga Condos The million dollar condos, VEER, is across the street, at Abbott and Saratoga; has 6 of its 10 units listed on STVR sites.
5058-5066 Saratoga 3 lots, 3 different owners (Northern Calif, Point Loma, unknown). 2 where purchased in 2016, 2017. 5 of the 6 homes are full time STVRs.
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