Millionaire Sues Decades-Old Dog Hotel Over Noise

MALIBU—On June 29, new reports circulated of millionaire, Kamran Razavi filing a $500,000 lawsuit against the Malibu Dog Hotel. According to Razavi’s complaint the noise coming from the luxury canine hotel, and daycare is an “nuisance,” and disturbs his peace at his newly purchased $16 million property. Reports indicate that after the millionaire, CEO, and founder of ReKlaim, lost his home in the Palisades fire, he purchased a new home just above the 80-year-old luxury dog Hotel. Malibu Dog Hotel has been in operation since 1948. The original name of the now, Malibu Dog Hotel, was Sandpiper Kennels. Razavi claims that, “The loud annoying noise interferes with he and his guests comfortable use of the property and violates Malibu’s noise ordinance.” The verbiage of the complaint is as follows. “In the operation of its business, defendant permits the dogs to remain in or around the exterior of the facility to bark loudly and incessantly, creating sustained and excessive noise that is audible to the Plaintiff in and around the Plaintiff’s residence such that it creates a nuisance affecting the Plaintiff, his guests and other neighbors who live in the immediate periphery. As a consequence of, the Defendant’s behavior and chronic manner of allowing the dogs they are caring for in this manner, [the] Plaintiff is interfered in his ability to use and enjoy his property.” The Malibu Dog Hotel charges $65 a night per dog, and they have the acreage to accommodate large dogs, and all their four-legged clients are welcome to stay long-term, if needed. In January 2026, a year after the Palisades fire, Forbes Magazine featured Kamran Razavi in an article entitled, “How the Founder of Reklaim Developed a Clearer Vision for Modern Luxury Resale. Forbes quoted the millionaire who stated; “When I lost my home, I chose to rebuild in every sense of the word; my life, my mindset, and my company. The fire stripped everything down to the essentials and that kind of loss gives you a rare clarity.” And “When you’ve lost everything, you stop fearing risk in the same way. You start building from a place of clarity, driven not only by ambition, but by purpose,” Razavi continued. He purchased his luxury home in a star-studded neighborhood. Cher is one of his neighbors who lives close by. There is no record of complaints by Cher or the other neighbors regarding what Razavi referred to as, the “incessant barking,” coming from the decades-old dog kennel. By Sharon