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The sound of people vomiting at 3 a.m., neighbours who open their windows to scream “I love you, Montreal!” at all hours of the night and a frat house atmosphere taking over the building.

This is how Manon Wascher describes the “Airbnb nightmare” she has gone through since the apartment complex she lives in on Guy St. was sold four years ago.

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Wascher says there are between 30 and 50 of the building’s 230 units being rented on the popular travel website.

“Yesterday I saw a band coming out of the elevator with their instruments and gear. … The other day there was a guy in a towel going to the pool,” said Wascher, who has lived in the building for 30 years. “Like, seriously? This is continual and constant. They’ve taken a building meant for residential use and turned it into a hotel.”

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Listings at the building go for about $130 a night and attract groups of three to six people who often stay in one-bedroom units, according to Wascher and two other residents. On Saturday afternoon, young men in bathing suits crowded around a room on the 33rd floor, with one shouting “This is the spot, bro!” as he cracked open a beer.