#24711
CBD3000
Flatchatter

    Other reasons in most residential buildings ( Class 2 ) Rather than short-term accommodation ( Class 3) are that the building has lower safety requirements than Class 3.

    In Class 2 the Building Code of Australia allows independent smoke detectors and smoke doors to apartments.  For a Class 3 building smoke detectors have to be hard wired into the building system (burning your toast could be a $3000+ charge from the fire brigade) and apartments have to have fire rated doors.  

    Obviously (to me at least) short term rentals are non compliant with the BCA and owners should, if they allow short term rentals, have to comply with Class 3 standards.

    Like you Jimmy, we choose to live in the CBD for the convenience of being close to everything.  Noisy parties are a long way back in my life-span!  Our building has many owner occupiers and tenants are mainly head down bum up hard working Asian students who cause very few problems.