We all want to be generous with family, but no one wants to pay eight grand for a damage they didn’t even do!

This guy had to pay for damage caused by his nephew because his brother refused to accept the problem as his fault.

Find out how this family broke into a fight after he changed the vacation house rules.

AITA for telling all of my friends and family why my vacation home is off limits now unless they rent it?

I rent out my house through a service that includes insurance when it is in use. The insurance does not cover when I lend my house out to friends and family since they are not paying.

I have regular homeowners insurance for that.

Things got bad…

My brother was using my house with his family just after New Year’s. It’s a slow time and I wasn’t going to lose out on much income.

My nephew stayed up late one night and didn’t go out for breakfast with his family. So he decided to make himself some food.

He made a huge MISTAKE!

He started a kitchen fire. And he freaked out and called 911 instead of using the fire extinguisher in the kitchen.

He is 14 so I can’t blame him too much.

The smoke damage will cost about $8,700 to fix. I told my brother he could take his time paying me back.

He said he wasn’t going to pay for an innocent mistake.

I needed the house in order so I just fixed everything. I didn’t go through insurance since I do not want my rates going up.

He had to pay for everything!

I was obviously upset so I posted about the fire and how mad I was at my brother. Pretty much all my friends and family took the side of the innocent angel.

They said it was unfair for me to expect that much money from him when he could have rented a hotel for 1/4 the price.

He decided to make some rules!

So I agreed. I said that from now on my house was off limits unless they rented it out or I was there and they came as my guests.

Since I only use the house with my family that means they can rent it all or use the only empty bedroom. It has a twin bed and a crib.

Now the howling started that I’m being unfair to them for something that wasn’t their fault.

I offered to take up a collection from them to cover the repairs or the increased insurance premiums and most of them shut up.

He knew the brother was at fault.

I directed them all to my brother. He got quite angry at me for blaming him for the situation. I said I wasn’t about to send a mob after my nephew.

I bought the house after I got a settlement from a worksite accident. I use the income to supplement the difference in what I used to earn at my old job and what I do now.

He wants to know if he did the right thing.

So I guess my question is am I TA for telling everyone who has a problem with me charging rent or stuffing a family into a room meant for two small children to talk to my brother about it?

It’s sad the brother refused to take any accountability at all!

Let’s find out what the Reddit community has to say about this.

That’s right! This user knows the brother has to pay for his son’s damage.

This user blames the dad all the way!

This person knows that even hotels would have asked for damage control.

This user finds this story absurd!

Exactly! This user supports the business decision that this guy made.

It’s insane to pay for someone else’s damages, family or not.

This guy had every right to stand up for himself.

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