A MAN who listed his home on Airbnb for one night had to deal with a guest who allegedly wrecked the place, stayed for three months, and rented it out to other people.

Joseph Foresta is a landlord in South Philadelphia, who filed a lawsuit in March of 2020 against Airbnb.

The lawsuit stated that the person who booked an evening at his property ended up staying there for three months.

It also said that they caused significant damage to the property, the Pennsylvania Record reported.

The reservation was made by an adult named Lawrence H. Jackson, who planned to stay in the home for one night in June.

The suit stated that Jackson refused to leave the property and stayed there until Foresta got a court order to remove him.

“After June 14, 2020 Lawrence H. Jackson took possession of the entire 1514 Christian Street property, he: A) Changed the locks on the outside door to the building so plaintiff could not gain access to the property.”

“B) Proceeded to rent out the other two apartments to four to six people per apartment, and collected rent from his ‘tenants,'” the suit read.

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The court order to remove Jackson was granted in September of that year.

The suit explained that Jackson did plenty of damage to the home over the course of his stay, including, “damaging the furniture and piling up to five feet of trash on the sidewalk outside the front and back of the property.”

Foresta claimed Jackson defaced the walls of the place, broke doors, windows, and water pipes, and more.

He said that when he tried to regain control of the property, one of the people who was staying in his place attacked him, “striking him with a baseball bat to his head and to his stomach and threatened to kill him if he ever returned to the property.”

As of September 2020, the damage done to the property was over $75,000.

Foresta is seeking $170,000 in loss rental income and repair costs, plus attorney’s fees.

He said Airbnb didn’t provide the support he needed and that it should be responsible for his property.

When asked about the lawsuit, Airbnb claimed they can’t comment on ongoing legal matters but made it clear that Foresta was banned from the app after “frequent violations of our community standards and policies,” The Daily Mail reported.

Airbnb has been reached out for comment by The U.S. Sun.