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Good point, but I prefer to look at this the other way. If you have someone doing illegal short-term lets in a building, you gather your evidence and make a complaint to Fair Trading for each of the times that they don’t let the Owners Corp know that they have let the unit. Thos $550 fines will soon add up.
I wonder, however, how diligent Fair Trading will be if the people handling the case are inclined to favour the individual – the rogue landlord – over the big nasty ‘corporation’ – the neighbours who have to put up with their selfish crap.
By the way, if the short-term landlord does notify the Owners Corp, you have great evidence to show that this is a commercial operation in a residential building. Don’t miss next week’s Flat Chat column for more on that!