Berlin bans Airbnb apartment rentals to protect affordable housing

[coley]

Is it too late to kill all the landlords?

"All landlords"? Strange how certain generalisations are becoming acceptable on here.

 

[8ball]

"All landlords"? Strange how certain generalisations are becoming acceptable on here.

Certain generalisations have always been acceptable on here.

 

[coley]

Certain generalisations have always been acceptable on here.

Death to all Tories/landlords etc?

 

[8ball]

Death to all Tories/landlords etc?

There are many others.

 

[coley]

There are many others.

Please feel free to list them, I'd like to see where I come up on those likely to be placed against the wall

 

[DotCommunist]

be a while before we got to your tribunal, when it comes to the List (more of a database these days) england alone is replete with more priority candidates for show trials. Day release on remand at the Funtime Happy Re-Education Centre (formerly known as Ford Open). With any luck by the time we get round to you it'll be time served!

 

[8ball]

Please feel free to list them, I'd like to see where I come up on those likely to be placed against the wall

I expect listing all of them would require its own thread. Possibly a multi-parter.

 

[ViolentPanda]

"All landlords"? Strange how certain generalisations are becoming acceptable on here.

It'd be foolish to summarily execute all landlords.

Much better to work them to death!

 

[8ball]

It'd be foolish to summarily execute all landlords.

Much better to work them to death!

Your objection has been noted and a discussion opportunity has been scheduled in Re-education Area B. Please report in at 0800 hours.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Please feel free to list them, I'd like to see where I come up on those likely to be placed against the wall

Bailiffs, obviously.
Politicians,definitely.
Oh, and Nicholas "I'd eat the Queen's clinkers if she asked me" Witchell, just because he's a fawning sycophant.

 

[ViolentPanda]

be a while before we got to your tribunal, when it comes to the List (more of a database these days) england alone is replete with more priority candidates for show trials. Day release on remand at the Funtime Happy Re-Education Centre (formerly known as Ford Open). With any luck by the time we get round to you it'll be time served!

That cunt Grosvenor for a start, the Norman cunt!

 

[coley]

I expect listing all of them would require its own thread. Possibly a multi-parter.

Whey, you have me dead to rights as a landlord, three properties and heading towards a grand total of six, given our local LD commissioners total refusal to contemplate a fee increase despite no fee increases since 2010.
Anyone wanting to rent or buy ( at very reasonable prices) a two or three bedroom terraced property with large gardens in a rural setting please contact 'Grasping Coley' evil entrepreneur at large!

 

[coley]

It'd be foolish to summarily execute all landlords.

Much better to work them to death!

Bugger off, the NCB tried their best

 

[coley]

Bailiffs, obviously.
Politicians,definitely.
Oh, and Nicholas "I'd eat the Queen's clinkers if she asked me" Witchell, just because he's a fawning sycophant.

Witchell, bugger, no shame whatsoever after charlies comments, Bailiffs? How many of them chased into the job through threats of DWP sanctions?
And politicians? I imagine there are some decent ones once the whip is removed,IDS is a bit of a surprise, though his motives remain suspect?
I always give people the benefit of the doubt even if that has cost me dearly over the years.

 

[tim]

Bailiffs, obviously.
Politicians,definitely.
Oh, and Nicholas "I'd eat the Queen's clinkers if she asked me" Witchell, just because he's a fawning sycophant.

On the subject of Witchell, at least, you seem to be in agreement with Charlie Windsor

" I can't bear that man. I mean, he's so awful, he really is."

 

[Thimble Queen]

Baliffs and debt collectors go straight to the gulag along with landlords, tories and estate agents.

 

[DotCommunist]

screws are getting some pointed questions also

 

[ViolentPanda]

screws are getting some pointed questions also

Preferably at the end of a stave.

 

[seventh bullet]

It'd be foolish to summarily execute all landlords.

As Mao thought. But nah, kill 'em.

 

[spanglechick]

Just for once, I'm going to be selfish and say that as far as I'm concerned it wouldn't the worst thing which TTIP could allow to happen.

As explained before, finding a suitable hotel anywhere (including the UK) is well nigh impossible, hostels are unsuitable because of VP's need for quiet (because of his ME), caravan parks and similar tend to be even less accessible, and the type of holiday flat VP and I have used before has been the least bad option. The place which we most recently stayed in was on Mowitania, but also on air BnB.

We used the local supermarkets, pharmacies, launderette, offies, newsagents, and bakeries. We didn't make a nuisance of ourselves, and we weren't partying hard on anyone's doorstep. The flat in which we stayed had very limited sunlight on only one side and IMHO you really couldn't live there long term without your health suffering (in deep shade at the bottom of a courtyard) but it was more than good enough for a short stay.

Since the change in rules, it's no longer rentable for less than 62 nights, so we can't go back without either paying well over the odds to leave the place empty for more than half the time booked, or making an arrangement with others to stay in the place for the weeks we won't be there.

The landlady, (who lives in the same block with her children, and has done for several years) suffers, and one more place which was disabled accessible (and suitable for people with allergies) falls out of use. I'm struggling to see who might gain from this change; even refugees would probably not want to be housed for long in somewhere with so little natural light (and no possibility of improving that, because of the type of building).

We lived in a basement flat for five years. It only has natural light in one room and that was only until 11am. You do cope. And so this woman could sell the extra home she owns (or rent it at fair, capped rates) which would benefit people living in Berlin.

I do understand that this is disappointing, and inconvenient. But there are other cities in Germany and elsewhere, where Airbnb is still available.

 

[Greebo]

<snip>I do understand that this is disappointing, and inconvenient. But there are other cities in Germany and elsewhere, where Airbnb is still available.

Yes, there are, but those ones are less disabled accessible, particularly when flying is not an option. I've searched for places to stay in the UK (and other countries) as well. Most of the places which were disabled accessible were a) completely out of my budget and b) often stuck in the middle of nowhere, thus requiring a car once there.

Whoever comes up with a chain of holiday accommodation which is somewhere you'd actually want to stay, disabled accessible while letting others stay there too, near accessible public transport, and affordable will be onto a winner. BTW please don't suggest Butlins or similar holiday camps - there's too much walking required after arriving there if you can't walk far without pain and/or fatigue. </derail>