Strata Community Australia (NSW) has welcomed news that the City of Sydney is planning to take action against the owners of a building in Sydney’s CBD who have been allowing short-term lets of their apartments.
SCA (NSW) President Greg Haywood said the action sent signals to other owners in other buildings who are also illegally allowing short-term lettings of their properties.
“Short-term leasing, unless specifically allowed and catered for, is quite frankly a pain for long-term residents who have to put up with the comings and goings essentially of holiday-makers who have no regard for the peace and quiet of the other residents,” Mr Haywood said.
“Our members are sick and tired of having to deal with the issues that short-term lettings bring and action by authorities is long overdue and we will support the City of Sydney in dealing with this.”
Recent reports in the media say that the disharmony in the building in question is so bad that even conveyancers are talking people out of buying there.
“The irony is that some of our elected officials are caught up in this with some MP’s reportedly having apartments in the building. Let’s hope the Minister for Fair Trading speaks to some of his colleagues about their behaviour and the laws concerning residential strata and tenancies.”
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