It is that time of the year again when short-term holidaymakers descend on what was built to for permanent residential owners (Standard Module). But as we all know, we seem to be stuck with short-term guests, many of whom disrupt our lives with noise and no care for our property.
Can a body corporate in Queensland introduce an extra levy for unit owners who are using their unit for short-term letting like Airbnb?
Brisbane City Council charge people who use their property for short-term letting additional rates. Can we do something similar?
I am the chairperson of a strata titled building in Qld. The building includes a shop within the strata boundary. I recently went into the shop and saw some key lock boxes on a shelf. A customer asked the shop attendant for a room key, and the attendant passed over a key.
I asked the attendant why they held so many key lock boxes. Owners who rent out their lots on Airbnb have arranged with the shop to serve as the designated location for their guests to pick up the keys.
We live in a residential six unit strata scheme. A new owner permanently lets their unit as Airbnb, with all the pitfalls. We've been told there is nothing we can do to stop this. We were hoping the new reforms would support permanent rentals and owner occupiers. Has this been overlooked?
Several units in our scheme have applied to Brisbane City Council for their unit's DA to be changed to short-term accommodation.
The council granted the DA change, stipulating that the units must now be used for STA only. However, not all units that changed their DA are being used for STA. Some rent long-term and some are owner-occupied, which breaches council DA regulations.
As a lot owner, we've been informed that fire safety checks will be carried out in our building on a particular day. We cannot refuse entry to our apartment or change the date or time. They will knock before entering but will enter, whether we are at home or not.
Most owners were surprised to find that the body corporate has keys and supposedly the right to access our properties without our permission when we are away. Is this legal?
We have an apartment in Noosa in a block of 25 units. The onsite managers manage the holiday let of our unit and we holiday in the lot every Christmas. The onsite managers have informed us that, in future, we will not have access to a set of keys to our own unit! All keys must be kept in their key safe and we need to ask for access when we arrive. They claim it is now legislation. Is this correct?