1000%Plans to free up 12,000 properties for long-term rental in disarray as new Airbnb register delayed by EU
The Government’s plans to free up an additional 12,000 rental properties have been hit with a fresh blow as the EU last night delayed plans for a new Airbnb register until the end of the year.www.independent.ie
What planet are they living on? There may be valid reasons to require permission / registration to run an AirBnB rental.
But by what stretch of the imagination do our politicians believe that if you are stopped from running an AirBnB you will move to long term rental? Much more likely you'd either shut up shop or just sell.
Unless you are in an RPZ, there's no permission required; and at present it's not being monitored or enforced.the majority of Airbnb hosts are knowningly continuing to operate short-term letting, without proper permission?
Ridiculous response.Am I reading this correctly... the majority of Airbnb hosts are knowningly continuing to operate short-term letting, without proper permission?
The fines need to be far higher, and collected by Revenue at source.
Ridiculous response.
The reason short term lets are a thing at all is because in most or almost all cases either the property itself or the owners situation mean that residential letting is not at all feasible.
The idea that owners should not only be punished but pursued by Revenue, who by way of comparison have no function whatsoever in collecting court- or local authority-mandated fines, is risible.
Airbnb lets are contributing to the country by giving tourists a place to stay. Remove that and where do tourists stay? If tourists don't come here, they'll go elsewhere and our local business will lose out. Hotels are expensive and have less availability due to the current issues occurring in other parts of the world. Also anyone with an airbnb is already paying up to 52% rent. Do you want them to pay more?Am I reading this correctly... the majority of Airbnb hosts are knowningly continuing to operate short-term letting, without proper permission?
The fines need to be far higher, and collected by Revenue at source.
Can you point to any politician who has made that claim?The problem is that the "attention-seeking" headline gets repeated by our politicians and then becomes policy.
Yes, they are breaking the law, either wilfully or through ignorance. There have been a small number of cases that were widely reported where the LAs took enforcement action, but many are still just chancing their arm.Am I reading this correctly... the majority of Airbnb hosts are knowningly continuing to operate short-term letting, without proper permission?
The fines need to be far higher, and collected by Revenue at source.
When the law is an ass, of course people will disrespect it, as they should.Yes, they are breaking the law, either wilfully or through ignorance. There have been a small number of cases that were widely reported where the LAs took enforcement action, but many are still just chancing their arm.
What's that phrase about willing the ends but not the means... the Government are bringing in all these rules etc without regard to how they can be or will be implemented.Maybe the law is an ass, but with no enforcement even the best drafter laws or regulations are also an ass.
Planning enforcement and compliance in this country is really poor. I know of a case of PP granted which specifically stated a garage conversion could not be let out and it was immediately let out as an airbnb. 4 yrs later the garage is still let out. No inspection of the finished build which does no match plans submitted for approval was ever performed.
You obviously don't live in a development where your quality of life has been severely impacted by constant parties and noisy guests.When the law is an ass, of course people will disrespect it, as they should.
Aren't there existing laws against that? If your long term renter or owner-occupier neighbour is causing you a nuisance of that nature, don't you have recourse?You obviously don't live in a development where your quality of life has been severely impacted by constant parties and noisy guests.
Ironically, there is a meat and bonemeal rendering facility within a kilometre of my house. During the BSE scares, it was also used to burn suspected infected carcasses - without additional planning permission.Would you be OK if I disregarded that same law and opened an abattoir or landfill right beside your house?
Because everyone knows that the reason for requiring permission in the first place is to make it uneconomic and burdensome for owners to offer Airbnb services in the first instance.If a property is suitable for use as a short term let, what's the big deal with just getting planning to do so?
In theory yes, in reality no. the Gardai eventually say it's a civil matter and the local authorities generally have no interest.Aren't there existing laws against that? If your long term renter or owner-occupier neighbour is causing you a nuisance of that nature, don't you have recourse?
The cost of submitting a change of use is dwarfed by AirBnB's fees.Because everyone knows that the reason for requiring permission in the first place is to make it uneconomic and burdensome for owners to offer Airbnb services in the first instance.
Well try fixing that then. Don't demand that every two-bit gouger needs planning permission if they want to move in next door to you or I.In theory yes, in reality no. the Gardai eventually say it's a civil matter and the local authorities generally have no interest.
Come on, you know full well that obtaining planning permission for anything costs far more than the pittance they charge as submission fee.The cost of submitting a change of use is dwarfed by AirBnB's fees.
So you think people should be allowed do what they like with a property and to hell with their neighbours? You would be absolutely fine if that rendering facility moved right beside you?Well try fixing that then. Don't demand that every two-bit gouger needs planning permission if they want to move in next door to you or I.
What costs do you think are involved in preparing the submission of what is a pretty straight forward form?Come on, you know full well that obtaining planning permission for anything costs far more than the pittance they charge as submission fee.
So you think people should be allowed do what they like with a property and to hell with their neighbours? You would be absolutely fine if that rendering facility moved right beside you?
What costs do you think are involved in preparing the submission of what is a pretty straight forward form?
Is it mobile? If it was right beside you then how could someone build even closer?It is right beside me. And one of my closest neighbours is currently building a house even closer to it.
We get on with it.
A tax return is a far more complex matter. Planning isn't that complex and change of use is the simplest form. You have the benefit of being able to see everyone else's homework and all related correspondence, all published online for anyone to view for free. You don't get to do that with a tax return.Ah the old "how on earth can you justify charging a thousand euro for completing a tax return. You'd do it in 5 minutes" argument.
We all know that negotiating any planning process is much more than filling a straightforward form
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