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Property owners renting out vacation homes might consider themselves lucky if renters leave them with just a broken window or clogged sink, as opposed to a brothel or an abattoir.
U.K.-based vacation and second home insurer Schofields Ltd. reportedly detailed some of the most unusual claims the company has investigated, including an Italian vacation property that was used as a brothel during a four-week rental and an English cottage that needed to be completely refurbished after the vacationers renting it decided to hold an indoor barbeque on the flagstone floor.
Renters vacationing in a home in Spain also tried to bring the outdoors inside by building an indoor beach, according to the report, while renters at another Spanish property chose to redecorate their vacation home, moving various items of furniture into the swimming pool.
The topper, perhaps, was a claim from one vacation homeowner who reported discovering that renters had left the walls and carpets of his property covered in blood.
According to the report, a look around subsequently revealed a pig’s head in the trash.