Apology after 200 people party at rental home

The owner of a holiday rental has apologised after hundreds of people turned up for what turned out to be a "wild party" at the house which was booked for eight guests.

One of the owners of the five-bed house on Falcon Close in Rochdale, Greater Manchester said booking was made for what they were told was a gender reveal gathering on Wednesday night.

But he said he and his co-owner began receiving "concerned messages" from neighbours about loud music coming from the house at about 19:00 BST

They arrived at the house and found around 200 people at the property, a live DJ playing and "huge speakers set up".

He said: "We tried our best to shut the party down but our efforts failed due to the sheer amount of people at the house and people continuing to arrive."

Police were called to the house to move on the partygoers, who then carried on into the streets until the early hours of Thursday, the co-owner said.

He apologised for the disturbance, and said the party - believed to have been advertised on social media - was "completely against our house rules" and "not what our [house] was set up for".

"We were lied to and were victims ourselves and received around £2,000 worth of damages to our home carpets and furniture," he said.

Further measures were being put in place to prevent similar incidents in future, he said.

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