Evergreen Airbnb left trashed after renters host a large party at the home

DENVER (KDVR) — The owner of an Airbnb in Evergreen is feeling devastated after renters over the weekend left her home trashed following a large party.

Karen Martiz has operated an Airbnb for the last few years, a secluded space in the mountains she never thought would be treated the way it was recently. This weekend, a renter checked in to stay from Saturday to Sunday.

Martiz says she heard them talking on a security camera in the back of the home, hearing a much larger group than she expected.

“I just had a feeling in my gut that it wasn’t going to be good,” she said.

When she got to the home after they left, walking up the stairs to the front door left her speechless.

“There was alcohol everywhere,” said Martiz. “We probably put away easily 300, 400 bottles.”

Trash everywhere, her furniture stacked in one room she believes to make room for a rave in her living room. And alcohol wasn’t the only substance left behind.

“Small bags with a pink powder in it,” said Martiz.

The smell of cigarettes still lingers a day later, with cigarette butts even thrown into a tree outside.

“We have signs all over the house that no smoking is allowed,” said Martiz.

And the gum. Everywhere you step, there is gum in the carpets, even on the walls and ceiling.

“I mean, I’ve never seen so much gum in my life,” said Martiz. “So we scraped gum from my kitchen, from my living room. We have to change the entire carpet.”

Martiz said her Airbnb listing only allows for a handful of people to stay at a time. The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office estimates that 80 to 100 people were there.

“I just feel so disrespected, so violated,” said Martiz.

The sheriff’s office is investigating and thinks gang activity was involved. The office told FOX31 it believes members of a Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, were present but did not share why. Martiz has contacted Airbnb for help, hoping the company will reimburse her.

“We’re just trying to share our homes, make a decent living and just, you know, have a normal life,” said Martiz.

She says with all the clean-up effort that has to be put into the homes, she’s unsure if she’ll ever be able to rent it out as an Airbnb again.