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They know that it is illegal for the building manager to wheel lock a vehicle so this is their answer to the problem?
Actually, it’s illegal to wheel clamp a vehicle without the owner’s permission. This would have the owner’s permission
What guest in their right mind would agree to this and how can owners possibly comply with this by-law?
Okay, but short-term rental parasites (sorry, hosts) can set conditions on their rentals. And owners corps can set by-laws with reasonable conditions on allowing short-term rentals. And there are no strata-kops who will come running round to tell you your by-laws are not valid – someone has to take the scheme to the Tribunal to challenge by-laws that they think are unreasonable.
In the meantime, the short-term rental guests feel very unwelcome, find their keys have been cancelled and there is no access to the pool or gym as advertised in the online listing. Off the host goes to NCAT and quite possibly wins.
But wait, now there’s a new by-law that says your guests have to provide pictures of themselves drunk, so the security guys will recognise them when they rock up at 2am off their faces.
The point is, this sounds like a smart way of keeping short-term rentals out of a building without scaring the horses with a full-blooded ban.
My favourite “go away” tactic (as suggested by other Flatchatters) is to not allow access to the gym or pool to anyone who hasn’t done a facilities safety induction course, which occurs on Thursdays every second week and costs $80 a pop (free to permanent residents, including long-term tenants).
Disrupt the disruptors!