JC – might I add that at 187 Kent Street – the short-term letting operator was again Australuan Executive Apartments of Bridgeport infamy – press reports at the time (written by JimmyT) quoted two owners only at Kent Street who objected to the change of use to mixed use Serviced Apartments/Residential. City of Sydney fought the application brought by Aust Executive Apartments and investor owners – was it on behalf of the two owners who were objecting to short-term lets or did Council want to preserve the Residential status of the building(?) – and the L&E Court judged in Council’s favour.
It was this detail – 2 owners only – that sustained the resident owner at Bridgeport who was seeking to maintain the integrity of residents’ homes whilst frequently receiving pretty horrific threats from certain investor owners in the building.
City of Sydney finally took Bridgeport’s Australian Executive Apartments to the L&E Court and the decision was a foregone conclusion – Aust Executive Apartments didn’t even attempt to defend their short-term letting/ “Illegal Use of Premises”.
I’m not certain of where you stand on the issue but hope this information adds to the overall picture for you and AIDS with decision making.
Cheers