Rapid response law to curb holiday let horrors
Noosa Shire Council is about to become the first council in Queensland, if not Australia, to insist on holiday letting landlords having a rapid response system in place to deal…
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How to handle the holiday let threat to your homes
Next to airlines and restaurants, one of the businesses hit hardest by Covid-19 restrictions has been Airbnb and its imitators. The online holiday letting agency has apparently suffered an 85…
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…
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. …
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…
Flat Chat Wrap #39 – Loopholes and pitfalls in new Airbnb regs
Just when you thought it was safe to dip your toe into the Airbnb discussion, it turns out the proposed new laws are not what they seem. The 180-day cap…