I live in an apartment block in central London. There must be around 200 apartments, of which I would estimate based on who I see coming in and out of the building, that around 50% of those are rented out to tourists on Air BnB.
So that is 100 apartments that would otherwise be either rented or bought by London residents, ultimately driving up rent prices in the building. And that is 100 fewer families per week using the local B and B's/hotels so screwing local business and jobs over.
Air BnB landlords don't have to follow the same legislation (i.e. fire safety rules) that actual BnB's/hotels have to, so those businesses can't afford to compete in the market.
In addition, it is all arranged online, so the Air BnB landlords have no idea who they are renting to. In the case of where I live, they leave their keys with the concierge so may never even meet the people that they are renting to. A few months back there was a party thrown in my building by some Air BnB tenants which was so large the police couldn't control it.
I really feel that if BTL is considered dodgy territory morally, then those landlords making a profit out of Air BnB are far far worse.
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to think that BTL landlords are morally dubious...but Air BnB landlords are worse
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vulgarbunting · 03/09/2015 19:52
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