Why lazy landlords end up with terrible tenants
If you are a landlord – or the less feudal term ‘property investor’ – do you think of your tenants as assets or liabilities? You might worry about getting bad…
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It’s Byron Airbn-Bay as holiday town “gutted” by online lets
A newspaper interview by our good mate Mark Dapin reveals that online holiday letting is “gutting” Byron Bay. Meanwhile the State government snuggles up to Airbnb with a plan to…
Madecomfy spruiks Airbnb profits on ABC radio
Property investors – especially in strata buildings – should switch to holiday rentals instead of long-term tenancies if they want to maximise their profits, says the founder of a company…
Investors make more on Airbnb, says new report
Property investors – especially in strata buildings – should switch to holiday rentals instead of long-term tenancies if they want to maximise their profits, says the founder of a…
‘Astroturf’ submissions flood holiday letting inquiry
Apologies first up to everyone who is sick of reading about short-term holiday letting in this website. If it’s any consolation, we’re sick of writing about it. However, the online…
Roundup: Book now for the fun and factual Strata Matters owners day
Over here at Flat Chat we’re getting very excited about the Strata Matters owners’ day seminar thingy in a couple of weeks. Yes, we will be talking about cladding, yes…
Hypothetical: Are Airbnb by-laws worth a legal battle?
Things had gone quiet on the Airbnb front, with both NSW and Victorian policy wonks scribbling away on new legislation to deal with online short-term letting. But thanks to one…
Roundup: Who pays when a party trashes your Airbnb let?
Toilet blockages, carpet burns and broken bed legs; these are just some of the accidents hitting holiday rental hosts according to new data released this week. And many hosts are…
Roundup: Why the Law Lords’ ruling on Airbnb really matters
Just when I thought I was going to get to 2018 without mentioning Airbnb again, the Privy Council in London goes and stuffs things up – but in a good…
Airbnb: ‘It’s about planning – not by-laws’
DR Cathy Sherry of the Law department of UNSW was quoted in the Privy Council findings. Ironically, she doesn’t think allowing by-laws to restrict holiday lets is not the answer.…
Law Lords’ ruling a major blow for holiday lets
A legal ruling in London could bolster legal defences against court challenges to anti-holiday letting by-laws. Strata lawyer Tom Bacon explains … Britain’s Privy Council has unanimously ruled that owners…
Holiday letting threat to MPs who vote for restrictions
As NSW edges towards changing its planning laws to accommodate Airbnb, and other states wait to see what form that takes, are we finally seeing shark teeth behind the online…