Re: Short-Term Letting – the Real Costs

Thanks for your reply Just Get On With It.  You’re correct:  the Land & Environment Court is the Place for it and it is Council’s DA so Council is the one who needs to get on with it, if I may borrow from you.  We prefer to work with Council rather than muscle them.  

Here’s an interesting quote, and one of these days I’ll add more to this story:  

We will continue to investigate how councils could be mandated to enforce residential planning, zoning or approval to prevent unauthorised short-term commercial letting of accommodation.  The proliferation of illegal serviced apartments is a huge problem…and there remains insufficient scrutiny of this damaging practice.

If only the main protagonist in our building who is hunting me in his attempt to sue would read and take note of this.  It’s a funny old world.  The problem of short-term letting is pretty much everywhere.  If/when the day comes and we have this all behind us I’ll write a guidebook so others can zero in on what to do to resolve the issue.

Cheers