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Post by trafalgar on Jul 22, 2016 22:18:49 GMT
Just to contrast with all the threads about Airbnb prohibitions in the US and elsewhere.
Short/holiday lets are legal throughout the United Kingdom, year round, except in London, where we're only allowed to conduct short lets up to a maximum cap of 90 nights per year (which we ignore, and which rarely gets enforced).
Airbnb London stats say there are 30,000 listings overall and half of those are entire homes. This is a drop in the ocean in a city with a population of nearly 9 million people.
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Post by High Priestess on Jul 22, 2016 23:00:02 GMT
That's interesting Trafalgar. I wonder why the restrictions in London when there are no restrictions elsewhere? And I am glad that the 90 day cap is being generally ignored by hosts. IMHO there's no good reason for that kind of restriction.
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Post by maria on Jul 23, 2016 3:28:52 GMT
Better than the 89 minimum nights in order to do STR, in this part of South Carolina.
Note: Deborah, you look HOT! Nice picture! (CC, you got competition).
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Post by High Priestess on Jul 23, 2016 4:57:08 GMT
Thanks Maria -- looking HOT --- oh yes I recall it now....it's a fond old memory, hmmm?? ... Those were the days to be hot...libido running full steam, Barbies in my shoulderbag, dressed zany at my brother's wedding...sneaking into church with the dolls....ah the days of youth!!
Now at this "new" age I find myself -- it's wisdom I love instead of hotness ...and to tell you truthfully, it's a big relief!! You never realize how difficult is a strong libido until it calms down some and you finally get some peace and quiet! Geesh!
Yes me and CC we can make a team in our old selves...does CC look a little more "70's" than I do...??
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Post by trafalgar on Jul 25, 2016 2:34:06 GMT
That's interesting Trafalgar. I wonder why the restrictions in London when there are no restrictions elsewhere? And I am glad that the 90 day cap is being generally ignored by hosts. IMHO there's no good reason for that kind of restriction. It's a completely baffling law, dating back to the 1970s, when London was a wasteland (I know, I lived here then). Well, not a wasteland but really quiet compared to now, and property was really cheap and plentiful. It wasn't strange, in 1985, if you were alone in a tube carriage at 11pm on a Friday night (and you could smoke in two of the carriages, that's how long ago it was). Anyway, the old law said you couldn't do short lets of less than 90 days in London without getting permission from the planning department of the council. Last year, they 'updated' the law in recognition of the sharing economy. Now we're allowed, in London, to do short lets up to a max of 90 nights per year. It remains a mystery why the 70s restriction was ever introduced. Save
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Post by trafalgar on Jul 25, 2016 2:45:51 GMT
I'm very surprised at the anti-Airbnb in the US, when you seem to have so much more space compared to us!
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Post by trafalgar on Jul 25, 2016 2:47:58 GMT
Anyway, the old law said you couldn't do short lets of less than 90 days in London without getting permission from the planning department of the council. P.S. You don't get planning permission if you apply, they never give it, and no-one applies. Save
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Post by High Priestess on Jul 25, 2016 3:31:03 GMT
I'm very surprised at the anti-Airbnb in the US, when you seem to have so much more space compared to us! I think it's in part because we have more of an entrenched politics of entitlement here -- which has a number of grievances and "sacred cows" such as rent control, and an entrenched "tenants vs landlords" politics. In spite of the fact that 95% of economists are clear that rent control causes higher housing prices, people have their blindfolds on and want to blame Airbnb for this. Also, we have a lot of NIMBYism in many areas -- What's really ironic and surprising to me is that we in the USA were the nation founded on principles of liberty and freedom, but we've gotten so turned around and bogged down by a bloated government -- modern day liberalism has moved pretty far away from the Classical or Jeffersonian LIberalism that characterized the earlier period of this nation -- and toward much more of a Socialist Liberal orientation that seems to invite more government regulation and intrusion into our lives, rather than to push back against this.
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