'Frightening' £9-a-night party house locals fear will change their town forever

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Others are worried they are taking away vital business from established B&B's which are already fighting for the same pound from tourists, and say they can't compete with the' stupid prices' offered by some Airbnbs. Craig Gilmour owns The Beeches on Hull Road. He has 17 years experience of guesthouse management in Blackpool, and he says that it's unfair that Airbnb's are just popping up and aren't following regulations.

Gerard Flynn is the chairman of the Central Blackpool Business forum. He also runs the Lindum Hotel. He's concerned with the level of disruption these lets would add to the streets of Blackpool. One of the residents of the street was Esther Mellor who wrote: "All other businesses on the road are B&Bs so having an unmanned party house right in the middle of the terraced row could very well cause problems with noise and bad behaviour. Problems such as these would have a detrimental effect on the surrounding businesses as well as causing extra work for the police who would have to sort out any problems.

Next door to Gerald is the Winslow hotel, run by Tony Moran and Sylvia Broadhurst. They've run the hotel for 22 years, and had run another one for two decades before that. They are now at the point where they haven't had to advertise their hotel for the past 15 years, operating solely on word of mouth and returning customers.

"There's too many places that are opening up without being inspected to make sure they're fit for use. Before a place is allowed to open, it should inspected by someone to make sure its alright." Director of Stay Blackpool, Ian White says he's pleased that the council are actively taking steps to crack down on the number of Airbnbs, but it worried that there are larger, unaddressed problems.

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