EXCLUSIVE: Locksmith is noticed at LA house which serial Airbnb squatter Elizabeth Hirschhorn has refused to go away

Locksmiths have been seen on Thursday on the Los Angeles house the place a ‘serial squatter’ who first moved into the guesthouse in 2021 is camped out, refusing to go away.

Elizabeth Hirschhorn, a 55-year-old script author, moved into the guesthouse of Sascha Jovanovic’s Brentwood house in September 2021.

She initially rented the property via Airbnb for six months, paying $20,793 for 187 nights.

Jovanovic agreed with Hirschhorn to increase her tenancy for one month, however Hirschhorn has since refused to maneuver out. They made the deal straight, which Airbnb says means they aren’t legally chargeable for the dispute.

The pair have been battling via the courts, with Hirschhorn insisting that it was unsafe to maneuver out throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and saying that the rental property was less than LA metropolis rules.

Her newest salvo, via her attorneys, is to hunt $100,000 from Jovanovic, in return for her transferring out.

On Thursday, locksmiths have been seen on the Brentwood property – although it is unclear why they have been referred to as. 

Hirschhorn (proper) has now been dubbed ‘America’s worst Airbnb renter’ after it emerged she was demanding $100,000 to vacate the house of host Sascha  Jovanovic (left)

Airbnb host Sascha Jovanovic authorized a six-month keep for Hirschhorn from September 13, 2021 to March 19, 2022 – a complete of 187 nights that she later prolonged to April 12, 2022. She is but to maneuver out

Jovanovic informed The Los Angeles Instances final month that he was scared in his own residence, with a ‘hostile’ Hirschhorn residing on the property.

‘I can by no means go into my house and know that I am secure when a probably hostile individual resides there,’ he mentioned.

‘I am occupied with it always.’

He added: ‘I attempted to be a form host. I had no thought she would change into what she has change into.’

Hirschhorn has referred to as the police to complain about noise from Joavnovic’s adolescent youngsters, and accused him in her lawsuit of blocking entry to her mail, as a result of he refused to share the mailbox.

‘It is like a conflict the place no bullets are flying. Each time I open the door, I am afraid she’ll be leaving on the similar time,’ he mentioned.

‘Her door is a couple of ft from my daughter’s bed room. We do not sleep effectively anymore.

‘Psychologically, it impacts you. It by no means leaves my thoughts.’

A locksmith is seen on the Brentwood home on Thursday, although its unclear why they have been referred to as

The house proprietor has been making an attempt to get his tenant evicted since April 2022

Locksmiths are seen at work on Thursday outdoors the Brentwood house

Locksmiths are pictured on the Brentwood house the place the lady dubbed dubbed ‘America’s worst Airbnb renter’ resides

An unknown lady was noticed speaking to the locksmith crews because the visited the California house

One in all Hirschorn’s attorneys, Colin Walshok, informed the paper: ‘The owner broke the regulation and tried to become profitable by renting out an unlawful bootleg unit.

‘After he was caught, as a substitute of doing the best factor, he has resorted to bullying, harassment and the submitting of frivolous lawsuits containing elaborate false tales, all in try and cowl his tracks.’

Sebastian Rucci, an legal professional representing Jovanovic, referred to as Hirschhorn ‘the tenant from hell’.

He added: ‘If she’s proper, the speculation is that if a landlord has one thing that is not permitted, then you possibly can keep in it rent-free endlessly.’

Two months earlier than transferring to the Brentwood property, Hirschhorn was kicked out of a $2.6million rental in Oakland, California.

She cited Covid-19 in that case as effectively, earlier than finally settling in July 2021.

Hirschhorn beforehand lived in Pasadena, California, and in Tucson, Arizona, along with her aged dad and mom.    

Courtroom filings reveal the present Brentwood tenant-landlord dispute is strikingly just like the Oakland case, which additionally noticed Hirschhorn embroiled in a dispute over cleansing, with the person from whom she initially sublet the property transferring out as a consequence of her ‘hostile habits’, leaving her alone in the home the place she continued to remain regardless of having no tenancy settlement and paying no lease.

Oakland property: Courtroom filings obtained by DailyMail.com reveal Hirschhorn was concerned in an analogous squatting dispute at this cottage she sublet in 2019. The case was settled simply two months earlier than she moved into her present rental 

Hirschhorn additionally just lately settled one other dispute – this time over an unpaid $19,000 American Categorical bank card invoice.

As within the different instances, she countersued claiming she wasn’t answerable for the complete quantity.

She was ordered to pay each the invoice and AMEX’s authorized prices by a Los Angeles choose in April.

Calls, texts and emails to Hirschhorn by DailyMail.com relating to each her present state of affairs and her earlier property dispute went unanswered.