If you run an AirBnB what do you do with it after 90 days?

[LitCrit]

Hi there
I'm going to be managing the letting of a flat on behalf of my dad.
It's in an area of London that's now quite cool and I think it would make a good AirBnB.

I've got no idea how to work out whether there is the demand to get you your full 90 days occupancy allowance over, say, 4 months, which is what I'd need to do to make it worthwhile I think. I've tried to look at comparable listings nearby, but it's not possible to tell from Air BnB listings how popular they are, I don't think? Do I have to just suck it and see?

Also, is there a secret to how to rent it once you've had the 90 days allowed in the UK? I wouldn't want to do a standard SHT without telling people that they'd have to be out after 7-8 months. Is there a market for short-ish leases? Or another way to rent, by the month, say?

Soeak to your local authority

Google

90 day rule Airbnb
Plenty of advice on getting permission from local authorities

keynest.com/blog/airbnb-regulations-london

I don't airbnb, but read that post with interest.

So, if you have a three bed flat you want toilet out on airbnb, you can circumvent the rules by always only letting out 2 of the bedrooms to airbnb? In other words, 'only a portion'?

That can't be right it's too obvious a loophole, right?!

to let, not toilet - sorry!

The ninety-day limit doesn’t apply to a portion of a home, so you can rent out a room for longer than ninety days without needing planning permission.

I guess.
But realistically that meaNs either less money as a room not whole flat eaCh booking

Or guests crossing over who don't know each other.risky. would you rent room no host not knowing who other people are?

Let's say it really is just 2/3 the sum you could charge, but you have the potential to let the place for 275 days longer than otherwise. More than worth it.

You could just say they can't use the second WC, whatever.

Anyway, as I say, I don't airbnb. This just seems an obvious one to me.

Just set up a business and run it as a holiday let? Pay tax, but make more money?

Unfortunately it's a 1-bed, so no chance of letting it out only partially. And I'm pretty sure that to run it as a business I need planning change of use from residential to holiday-let.