{"id":20921,"date":"2016-07-11T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T02:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rising-tensions-over-airbnb-rentals\/"},"modified":"2016-07-26T15:41:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T08:41:29","slug":"rising-tensions-over-airbnb-rentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rising-tensions-over-airbnb-rentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising tensions over Airbnb rentals"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt is illegal for homeowners in Singapore to sublet their houses to tourists.
\nThere appears to be growing tensions over users of short-term rental services like Airbnb, with the latest case involving a woman who went to great lengths just to take her neighbour to task for accommodating guests via the popular home-sharing website, reported TODAYonline.
\nMadam Wendy Ng, Managing Director of an air-conditioning company, said the frequent comings-and-goings of guests at the four-storey terraced house next to hers made her feel insecure over the neighbourhood\u2019s security.
\nNg, who lives in a terraced house at Penaga Place in Sembawang, revealed that she had postponed or cancelled all of her company\u2019s jobs over the past two months in order to deal with the problem, which started two years ago.
\n\u201cEvery time, (there are) different faces, that means their faces are not local \u2026 so we feel insecure,\u201d she said, adding that some guests left or returned to the house in the middle of the night.
\nLast August, Ng raised the issue with the Member of Parliament of her constituency, Khaw Boon Wan, who also serves as Transport Minister.
\nThereafter, officers from the URA\u2019s appointed agent, Certis Cisco, tried to inspect her neighbour\u2019s place, but the house was locked.
\nTaking a different course of action, Ng hired a private investigator in May to gather photographic and videographic evidence of what was really going on in the property for a week. She submitted the investigator\u2019s report to the URA on 8 July.
\nAlthough the assignment cost her \u201ca few thousand\u201d dollars, Ng said she was willing to spend this \u201cexpensive\u201d sum.
\nNg also filed a petition asking the authorities to take \u201cimmediate action against the errant owner\u201d.
\nWhile the petition has been signed by 37 residents, some said they were not affected by the guests.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s part and parcel of living in a community. The complaint has no standing,\u201d said Raymond Lee, who lives across from Ng.
\nUrging for mutual respect, 31-year-old housewife Fadilah Ishak said her family\u2019s safety and security were not compromised.
\nNotably, complaints by disgruntled homeowners like Ng have been growing steadily in the last three years.
\nIn the first half of this year alone, the URA said it received 259 complaints on short-term stays. It also received 231, 375 and 377 complaints in 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively.
\nA public consultation exercise was conducted last year in order to seek feedback on whether to allow short-term stays in private homes. The URA, however, noted that the exercise did not bring about a \u201cclear consensus\u201d.
\nWhile the public acknowledged the need to accommodate the growing demand for short-term rentals, they also strongly endorsed the existing rules of the URA, which are meant \u201cpreserve the privacy and sanctity valued by the vast majority of homeowners\u201d.
\nAs such, the agency said it needs more time to study the matter and reiterated that the six-month rule for private home stays \u201cmust be observed\u201d.
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\nRomesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact him about this or other stories, email romesh@propertyguru.com.sg
\n
\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market
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