Another year in Strata Land; and may it be as fascinating and full of camaraderie as possible with good cheer to all.
I’m saddened that those ‘pro’ short-term letting didn’t answer any – not even one – of the questions put to them below.
Living right next to Sydney’s wonderful NYE display, there’s certainly a hangover of sorts here today in our building.
A note left behind on the Caretaker’s desk by the ‘security guard’ employed to keep the peace on the night reads – and this is a chappie who wouldn’t know a Resident of the building if one crashed into him: “The night went very well nothing happen (sic) all ok so nothing to report.”
The decorations from the Christmas tree are strewn all through the foyer. Some of them are broken and have been ground into/all through the carpet.
No ‘Care’taking staff working here today. And not a single EC Member who emphatically supports short-term lets lives here. Did they let so-called ‘residents’ who booked for the night plus their 49 partygoers stay in the buildings in which they actually live? And let’s multiply those ’50-to-an-apartment’ by 55 x short-term let apartments in our block. But how dare I!!
One of these ‘residents’ who’d come for a night warned me: “Careful of this lift – lots of bad vibrations….we had 50 people stay in our apartment last night.” This was on leaving @ 12:25 pm New Year’s Day, with open beer bottle still in hand and crunching through the debris. No wonder our lift has got the jitters. Resident Lot Owners possibly have a touch more than a dose of the jitters to start 2014.
Onwards and upwards and here’s to an interesting year ahead!