Holiday let firm exposed by Flat Chat goes bust owing $3.6m
A company exposed by Flat Chat three years ago for encouraging Chinese investors to get around proposed “ghost apartment” taxes by letting their properties on Airbnb, has gone bust, owning…
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PODCAST: Airbnb curbs, pet ban by-law bounced and free money
We cover a lot of ground in this week’s chat with journalist and author Sue Williams, including two old favourites – Airbnb and pet bans – and a brand new…
Flat Chat Wrap #43 – Airbnb under pump, pet ban lifted and free money
We cover a lot of ground in this week’s chat with journalist and author Sue Williams, including two old favourites – Airbnb and pet bans – and a brand new…
How Airbnb’s figures on rentals have been fudged
Airbnb, with a few minor self-interested exceptions, seem to be going it alone with their objections to the holiday letting registries proposed for NSW and now WA. And they are…
More curbs on way for Airbnb hosts as WA plans register and by-laws
Barriers are going up across Australia in an effort to curb the out-of-control spread of illegal holiday lets, with both NSW and now WA considering strata scheme by-law bans, mandatory…
From the Forum: Airbnb budget by-law and four reno posers
We’re taking moment before our Forum questions this week to urge you not to miss the opportunity to get a cut-price, off-the-peg by-law to prevent Airbnb and other short-term holiday…
Holiday letting register – new rules need real teeth
Last Wednesday (September 11) saw the closing date for submissons to Planning NSW regarding the propsed Code of Coduct, Holiday Letting Register and Fire Safety Regulations for short-term holiday lets. …
PODCAST: The death of parking and student flats for grown-ups
This week the Flat Chat Wrap podders look at the ridiculous cost of parking spaces, the new forms of flat-sharing and we finish off our chat with Jane Hearn about…
Flat Chat Wrap #40 – the end of parking as we know it
This week the Flat Chat Wrap podders look at the ridiculous cost of parking spaces, the new forms of flat-sharing and we finish off our chat with Jane Hearn about…
Stayz and Airbnb in war of words on register
Do you think online holiday letting agencies Airbnb and Stayz are different sides of the same coin? Well settle in for a verbal joust between the main players in the…
From the Forum: fake grassroots campaign fails to catch fire
Our post on the short-term letting fire regulations sparked a fiery discussion (oops, sorry!). And that was before we even discovered that Airbnb hosts had already swamped Planning NSW with…
PODCAST: Loopholes and pitfalls in new holiday letting rules
Just when you thought it was safe to dip your toe into the Airbnb discussion, it turns out the new laws are not what they seem. The 180-day cap on…