<div v-if="this.userlist" class="neo-chat-title">
          <div  id="upped">{{this.updatedHN}}</div>
          <span id="occ">{{ this.userlist}}</span>
</div>

<input class="ckbox" type="checkbox" v-model="statusbox" @change="this.updateHereNow">

 methods: {
    updateHereNow() {
      if (!this.statusbox) {
        this.updatedHN = "Refreshing Occupancy";
        document.getElementById("occ").style.display = "none";
        document.getElementById("upped").style.display = "block";
        this.getHereNow();

        setTimeout(function() {
          document.getElementById("occ").style.display = "block";
          document.getElementById("upped").style.display = "none";
        }, 3000);
      }
    }

   // .....

}