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I live in Soho, London as an owner-occupier in a building with 6 other flats (7 total). Of the 6 others, 3 of them are being used permanantly for AirBnB's, in
by Sholmesy 4y ago
I live in Soho, London as an owner-occupier in a building with 6 other flats (7 total).
Of the 6 others, 3 of them are being used permanantly for AirBnB's, in direct conflict with the Leasehold agreement, which explictly states that the accommodation cannot be used for short-term, hotel-esque businesses and directly against the law (London requires that a flat not be used for more than X days per year). These are operated by a company that manages 10s to 100s of them in the area
Having complained to the building management, they simply don't care/don't do anything. It's on my todo list to take it up with the council/lawyer up against the building management, but I just don't have the time. It seems like AirBnB has just completely outsourced the fraud elements as "not their problem".
Will never use an AirBnB again, and will aggressively advise against it for friends & family.
- dorchadas 4y agoYep. AirBnB is directly responsible for exacerbating housing crises and ruining neighborhoods world wide by making it easy to break the law and providing perverse incentives to do so. A negative externality of society if there ever was one.