Avis Ponchatoula Historic Home away from Home

We had to evict Mr. Dominic Graphia. We tried to communicate with him through vrbo messaging and on his cellphone a few days prior to check in and the day of check in to confirm his guest count party of 2. No response. Mr.Graphia became threatening when requesting to update his guest count, complaining about issues such as AC not working, Termites are in the house, it worried us as we never had these issues and didn’t tell us anything the prior night. We told him we were on our way to address the issue but Mr. Graphia decided to threaten us, erratic behavior letting us know he will ruin our lives if we should charge him for extra guest upon which he punched a hole through the floor in a room that had a bit of a sunken in slat that indeed needed to be fixed but was in no way a danger of tripping or falling but he then said he was going to lawyer up because he’s big company. We called law enforcement as we did not feel safe dealing with him alone. We were informed that Mr. Dominic Graphia from Shreveport and Lafayette had been arrested in the past for Fraud and Theft so we decided to remove him from our property promptly. Stayed at the house ourselves to assure ourselves and our future guests that the AC is working and blowing at 59 which my AC guy says is impressive for it being 98 outdoors and no termites are in the house. Timed and dated proof with videos. Not 1 bad review in 5 years. We have happy repeated visitors. Mr. Graphia was a very unreasonable guest who could not just listen and talked over us including the vrbo agent. Mr. Graphia wanted to host other people at the house without having to pay for it and this seems to be a pattern of Mr. Graphia business and home improvement, taking money from clients and lending companies and not paying them back. Do not trust this persons word. It is clear that regardless where you book you always communicate and enter the correct amount of guests on your booking inquiry and this will always be the final quote. No surprises. Should anyone be worried please read the many positive online reviews and rest assured that we love our home, old bones require a bit more TLC and are always on to the next project whenever time, weather and money permits but which homeowner has no care to give, it’s history and our little small town where word travels fast can speak of it. Our reputation in the area speaks for itself and hope we get to keep this beauty to enjoy for the next generations to come.