On 23/08/2025 09:25, Edward Bainton wrote:
I do wonder what London will look like if every AirBnB gets added to the map like this. Maybe that’s all good, and renderers can deprioritise the resulting rash. But also wonder if the on the ground rule requires that what looks indistinguishable from any old private door, shouldn’t get a special tag.
One might find a lot of listings being short lived, as councils became aware. You are not allowed more than 90 occupied days a year in London, without planning permission, and I think most do not have permission. The locations on AirBnB's own map are often not accurate enough to identify the property.
I think they should be treated as service area businesses, even though they do have some physical presence (the business itself is not contactable by a chance visit). Typically the host does not live there, and there is a key box for the guests. The guests get told how to get there once the contract has been made.
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