More than 100 party-goers hold noisy ‘all-night rave’ at Airbnb flat in posh London street ‘with a BOUNCER on the door’
MORE than 100 party-goers held a noisy 'all-night rave' at an Airbnb flat in a posh London street – even bringing their own sound system and a bouncer to guard the door, neighbours have claimed.
The posh maisonette in Maida Vale in North-west London is in a street where flats go for more than a million pounds and a house will set you back £3million.
Boozed-up revellers blasted reggae and hip-hop from a sound system through the night on Saturday while the owner was on holiday, residents said.
Ravers were reportedly seen arriving in posh cars – including a 2017 BMW and a Porsche 4x4 – and were greeted at the door by a minder who showed them inside.
The exclusive event is said to have started late on Saturday night and did not finish until after 7am on Sunday morning.
People were seen spilling out onto the street and shouting on the balcony, but Westminster Council claimed the party was "too big" to be shut down.
One mum, who did not want to be named, said: "We complained to the council at about 3am and they told us it had been rented through Airbnb and that the landlord knew about it and was coming back to deal with it.
"It started at around midnight and went on until about 7am. The music was reggae and hip-hop – it sounded like Notting Hill Carnival."
She continued: "I had no sleep at all and neither did my baby. I complained to the council at 3am, they said there were too many people and it was too big a party for the noise pollution team to shut down on their own.
"They called the police but they were not interested.
"I looked out my window and there were more than 100 people at the first floor flat with the balcony doors open.
"I was really frustrated, I didn't think there could be anything this loud or this big around here."
Today expensive bottles of alcohol including Luc Belaire Rose worth £172 each were spotted outside the terraced block.
A cleaner for the apartment who declined to be named said: "It is not very bad, they did not damage anything particularly."
Several hours after the party finished on Sunday morning, Westminster had a team of street cleaners begin clearing up dozens of bottles and broken glass.
Another resident complained to the landlady after being woken up shortly after midnight on Saturday night.
He said: "There were some beautiful girls going in, some of them were amazing.
"I think they had a bouncer too, or at least a minder who was showing people where to go.
"People were pulling up in really fancy cars all night and shouting 'this is it, this must be the place'.
"They weren't bad kids, they were just having a party.
He continued: "But on Sunday morning when the council arrived to clean up the mess some of the organisers were waiting around for an Uber to take the sound system away.
"I saw people turn up in a 2017 BMW and a Porsche 4x4 and this woman was going up to them and showing them inside.
"I think it was a professional job. The flat costs around £300-a-night so maybe people were paying at the door."
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The resident added: "I texted her (the landlady) and said look this is just not on."
A spokesperson for Westminster City Council said: "Our noise team responded to a number of complaints in the early hours of Sunday morning at Warrington Crescent.
"Due to the number of people present and nature of activity our officers reported the incident to the police.
"We will be in contact with the landlord and Airbnb to highlight our concerns. Local residents should not have to put up with this level of disruption."
A spokesperson for Airbnb told the Standard: "We have zero tolerance for this kind of behaviour.
"We are supporting the host and have removed the guest from Airbnb.
"There have been over 180 million guest arrivals in Airbnb listings and negative incidents like this are incredibly rare."
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