The Victorian government has stopped short of recommending that the state’s Owners Corporations be able to limit short-term holiday letting in apartment buildings. Instead it says the proposals for fines…
Finally, the mainstream media is not buying the Airbnb BS. Have a listen to the the $30 billion global letting agency’s talking head Brent Thomas squirm as ABC Melbourne’s Jon…
It’s a funny old world when convincing enough people that they can make money by breaking the law persuades the lawmakers to change it. Uber is the most obvious example,…
Are you sick of reading about Airbnb? Me too. I for one will be so glad when the whole online holiday letting debate is put to bed. That said, unfettered…
Flat Chat was on a panel at a conference of barristers in Sydney last week, talking about the “sharing” economy and how new technologies are changing or lives. One of…
What happens when you complain? How many homes have been taken out of the residential market? What’s an “astroturfing” campaign?If you don’t know already, it’s time you took our fun…
Want to have your say about short-term holiday letting in apartment blocks but feel your voice isn’t being heard? Not sure what to say in a submission to to state…
The Owners Corporation Network has postponed its Savvy Strata seminar planned for Saturday week (Oct 14), citing a series of major challenges to strata owners as the reason for the late change of…
Hold on to your sun-hats! The NSW strata tribunal has overturned a by-law that attempted to ban Airbnb-style holiday lets in a Sydney Eastern Suburbs apartment block. In what’s thought…
Well, I finaly got round to writing my response to the Short Term Holiday Letting Positions paper. However, my intended short and pithy one-pager turned out to be six pages…
It’s not exactly a U-turn but City of Sydney seem likely to make a significant shift in their thinking about short-term holiday letting in apartment buildings. And it’s all because…
With a Sydney University report out last week claiming that holiday rentals are having a significant and negative impact on the residential housing market, whether you are a resident owner…