SHORT-TERM LETTING IN NSW

 

How to handle Airbnb-style letting in NSW – all you need know

Airbnb is growing fast in Australia and almost half the properties involved are located in New South Wales. Many would-be hosts are wondering about the legal, tax and insurance implications – and their questions have now been answered.

The answers are given in a new video released by Sydney-based specialist travel and tourism lawyer, Anthony Cordato. The video, which is covers six topics, has been placed on YouTube.

“Airbnb-style short-term letting for apartments, for holiday houses and for spare rooms is growing rapidly in popularity for home owners, investors, and of course leisure and business travellers,” Cordato says.

“The regulatory environment is playing catch-up in NSW, and while it is, the legal framework is a grey area.”

New South Wales is a hotspot for Airbnb. There are 30,000 properties in NSW, 70,000 in Australia and 2 million worldwide.

“These are big figures,” Cordato notes.

This video covers six topics:

  1. What Planning Approvals are required for short-term lettings?
  2. What restrictions are there for strata titles properties?
  3. How does Airbnb work?
  4. Insurance
  5. Tax
  6. Loans using Airbnb income

Filmed at a property investment seminar, the video includes interesting and relevant questions and comments from the audience.

If you are thinking of venturing into the world of Airbnb, or similar letting platforms, this is essential viewing.

Written by Peter Needham, chief travel writer, eGlobal Travel Media

 

 


 

Help the NSW Govt decide on how to deal with Airbnb style short stay letting!

The NSW Government is under pressure from traditional holiday apartment operators, from strata residents, from Airbnb and Stayz, and from property owners who all have a different view about how short-term letting should and should not be regulated in NSW.

After a Parliamentary Committee failed to come up with a politically acceptable compromise, it has issued an Options Paper. It has asked the stakeholders, the general public and the industry to let it know what it should do.

The NSW Government puts forward four options:

  1. Self Regulation: where the industry / operators adhere to a Code of Conduct, which includes complaints management, education and ongoing monitoring and reporting.

  2. Special Rules for Strata Properties: where owners corporations cannot ban short-term letting, but are allowed to make by-laws to make owners liable for breaches by their tenants, to streamline enforcement, to levy extra and to strengthen the powers of the Tribunal.

  3. Regulation through the Planning System: The Government would like to lay down clear planning guidelines for Local Councils, as it sees them as the best gatekeepers.

  4. Registration or Licensing: This is seen a lighter touch than regulation through the Planning System.

This will not be a quick process. In the meantime, the fast growing industry will continue to grow in a legal grey area.

For more information on the NSW Government Policy click: What policy would you recommend to the NSW Govt for short stay traveller accommodation?


 

 

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