Kelvin Grove is an inner suburb on the northern part of Brisbane, located around 3 km from the central business district (CBD). It is a hilly residential suburb with tree-lined streets and a small area for commercial and light industrial activities along Kelvin Grove Road. Like other inner suburbs, the residences are a mix of older Queenslander homes, post-war worker’s cottages and modern apartment blocks.

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Kelvin Grove is best known as a university village, but not an ordinary one. It boasts of a modern and contemporary urban vibe that naturally attracts the creativity community. It also helps tremendously that locals and visitors alike are well served by an array of cages, restaurants and bars, busy weekend Farmers Markets, and a popular theater for the performing arts.

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Property Market Data (as of November 2019)

Demographics (2016 Census)

• Population: 7,927
• Median age: 26
• Families: 1,519
• Average children per family: 1.7
• All private dwellings: 3.422
• Average people per household: 2.4
• Median weekly household income: $1,422
• Median weekly rent: $425

Dwelling structure

• Separate house: 47.5%
• Flat, unit or apartment: 42.2%
• Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse: 10.2%

Tenure Type

• Rented: 61.4%
• Being purchased: 24.1%
• Fully owned: 14.2%

Recommended for

• Parking
• Gym and Fitness
• Internet Access
• Parks and Recreation
• Schools

People who live here

• Singles
• Professionals
• Families with kids
• Retirees
• Students

Location and Transportation

Kelvin Grove is very close to everything – The CBD, The Valley, Paddington’s shopping laneways, schools, parks, walking paths, bus stops, and more. It has easy access to any part of Brisbane through the many new roads and tunnels, making it easy to get around.

Being a hilly suburb, many homes offer gorgeous views and cooling breezes are a life saver during summer.

The suburb is not on any train lines, but people can easily go around via local buses, and is accessible via the inner city bypass heading west out of the city, and connecting to the M1 heading north and south.

People

Kelvin Grove boasts of excellent schools and an array of entertainment options, making it an ideal address for professionals with children. Families choose this suburb because of Kelvin Grove State College’s school of excellence, and university students can easily find share-housing accommodations among its many post-war houses.

Lifestyle

Kelvin Grove College, which has established links with the Queensland University of Technology Kelvin Grove campus, offers courses for students from prep to grade 12. KGSC has several schools of excellence, including dance, art and design, music, aviation, engineering and sport. Exceptionally talented students (and their families) come from across the State to attend these great schools.

The Creative Industries Precinct, which is part of QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus, is the first location in Australia to be used for experimentation and commercial development activities in the creative industries. You will find galleries, performance spaces and the biggest billboard in Australia, which displays amazing public art. You will also find in the suburb the La Boite Theatre Company, Queensland’s second biggest theater company.

Homes

Kelvin Road Grove is home to a light industrial and commercial strip of development runs and a large state school campus. Except for this, the suburb is virtually dominated by residences.

On the eastern border is the qldtoria Park Golf Course. On the southern edge (close to Brisbane) is where the mixed-used urban development, Kelvin Grove Urban Village, is located.

Kelvin Grove is at the top of the rankings for family fun and inner-city convenience, thanks to its lovely homes, leafy streets, and educational and entertainment options.

Enjoy the laid-back atmosphere at Kelvin Grove, with a relaxed pace of life while still within reach of city living and amenities.

Airbnb is a platform, accessible through its website or app, where people can find short or long-term accommodation for their travels. It offers millions of properties in cities across the globe. It is where you can find all sorts of properties, even castles and tree houses.

The arrival of Airbnb has disrupted the hospitality industry, with a new generation of “casual hoteliers” now sharing their homes to strangers for profit. Established hotels are now paying attention as Airbnb continues with its aim to revolutionise and enhance the guest experience.

Here are the things that make Airbnb different and how staying with it will improve your holiday experience:

1. Property for every traveller type

With millions of properties, of various types, all over the world, there is an ideal property whatever type of traveller you are.

For example, if you are travelling with a large group or with family, Airbnb offers whole apartments or holiday villas with enough facilities and amenities to cater to all your needs.

Here are the types of properties you can find in Airbnb listings:

• Entire place: These are properties where guests can have the entire place to themselves, and include at least one bedroom, at least one bathroom and a kitchen.
• Private room: These are properties where guests can occupy one bedroom and share the rest of the home, including the kitchen and bathroom.
• Shared room: These are properties where guests sleep in a bedroom or a common area and share it with other guests.

Recently, Airbnb added the following property types to their listings:

• Vacation Home
• Unique Space
• B&B
• Boutiques

These new property types give guests a broader choice of accommodation, and help hosts better showcase what is unique about their property to accommodate every guest’s preferences.

Airbnb Collections

The Airbnb Collections feature properties that appeal to all types of travel, from families who want lots of bedrooms and bathrooms, and a kitchen to cook, to travellers with adventurous spirits who prefer to stay somewhere off the beaten path. Airbnb for Family and Airbnb for Work with collections for properties that are perfect for every occasion, including weddings, honeymoons, group holidays, and business travel.

Constant business travel can be exhausting and stressful. One of the ways to make business travel more comfortable is to stay in a quiet accommodation. Airbnb for Work makes sure business travellers stay in a place where they can balance work and fun.

Airbnb Plus

To further expand its reach and attract hosts who go above and beyond when it comes to hospitality, Airbnb offers homes that have been officially vetted for quality and comfort. These properties are aimed at guests who are looking for gorgeous homes and superb hosts.

Beyond by Airbnb

This property category is for guests who are looking for personalised trips, including a stay in the most luxurious homes in the world, personalised holiday experiences and world-class hospitality.

2. More space, less price

If you are travelling with four or more people, you can find a two- or 3-bedroom apartment for a much lower rate than if you book two rooms in a hotel.

There are Airbnb properties that are run by a host management service like Air-rive. Though not affiliated with Airbnb, these services are held to the same standards and responsibilities like other Airbnb hosts.

3. Discount for longer stay.

Guests that book longer stays can snag a weekly or monthly Airbnb discount. The offer is used by hosts to entice guests to book longer stays. It is easy to see if this offer is enabled as it will automatically show up once you choose your preferred dates in the listing’s calendar.

4. Amenities

What Airbnb lacks in free breakfast it makes up for other amenities like free Wi-fi, welcome basket with cookies, fruits, and bottled water, and even streaming services like Netflix. If you like a property with a swimming pool and a hot tub for days when you and the gang don’t want to venture outside, Airbnb has definitely got something for you.

Even the tiniest of spaces listed on Airbnb offer the basic small appliances such as toasters, coffeemakers, and microwaves. The kitchen is well-stocked, complete with plates, mugs, and utensils.

5. Flexibility

There is no strict check-in and check-out times at Airbnb properties. You can work out a time with your host that is most convenient for both you and your host.

6. Local knowledge

Your host can be your source of which tourist destinations are worth exploring and which restaurants, coffee shops, and bars are the best in town. But remember your host is not your personal tourist guide. Part of being a good guest is not bombarding your host with too many tourist-related questions. It is also fun to explore on your own, meeting new people and experiencing a different culture.

This is not to say that Airbnb doesn’t have its drawbacks. But if you are looking for accommodation that doesn’t fit the typical hotel requirements, why not try an Airbnb? At best, you will have a great holiday experience, at worst, it’ll be a lesson learned and a story to regale your friends and family at reunions. Or something you can write a critical review about as a consolation for your ruined holiday.

Airbnb Australia has been quick to rebut a new report on how the short-term rental industry is unhinging the Australian housing market, the latest in a long list of them, calling it “deeply” flawed.

Airbnb Australia has been quick to rebut a new report on how the short-term rental industry is unhinging the Australian housing market, the latest in a long list of them, calling it “deeply” flawed.

As detailed in the Technological Disruption in Private Housing Markets: The Case of Airbnb by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), inner-city areas that rely on tourism are seeing a decline in rental properties.

In Sydney, these include the suburbs of Darlinghurst and Manly, with Airbnb-listed properties making up between 11.2 per cent and 14.8 per cent of the suburbs’ rental stock.

This is also being felt in Melbourne, including central Melbourne, Docklands, Southbank, Fitzroy and St Kilda, which account from between 8.6 per cent and 15.3 per cent of the suburbs’ rental stock.

In these suburbs, the trends of decreasing bond lodgement rates and increasing property vacancy indicate to AHURI that there is a likelihood of short-term letting properties removing long-term rental properties away from the market.

“The findings suggest that STL is contributing to the challenges already confronted by long-term renters in these local markets,” the report noted.

“While the city-wide affordability impact may be limited, those seeking long-term housing will face a market that is at best more complex and uncertain, and may also be moderately less affordable in some local areas.”

Besides the direct influence, the report stated that there is also an indirect influence on the property market being noticed, shaping “how we think about and deal with property” — the nature of fluid property and financial attitudes.

With properties bouncing between short-term lets and long-term rentals, the report noted that property owners using their houses for short-term letting can allow for these investors to find an alternative income opportunity, with some investors specifically changing their properties to accommodate short-term letting.

However, the report showed that there were others likely to return back to renting out the property in the long term due to the instability of letting out short-term as a long-term plan. But as the report noted, “this reinforces the conclusion that [short-term letting] is contributing to greater fluidity of property use, where the competing benefits of different monetisation strategies are regularly weighed up”.

This then, in turn, is changing how housing is culturally thought about, with the holidaying aspect of short-term let properties seriously being considered.

“While many hosts may not be earning significant incomes, hosting is nonetheless reshaping their perceptions of the value of their housing,” the report stated.

However, Airbnb has come out and denied the findings in the report, claiming that it was “deeply flawed” [and] “relies on unreliable data and an unrepresentative survey to make inaccurate claims”.

“As the researchers themselves identified but chose to ignore, Airbnb is simply not a primary factor in the housing market,” a spokesperson for Airbnb said in a statement provided to REB sister publication Smart Property Investment.

“The Airbnb community represents less than 1 per cent of the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets.

“Holding less than 1 per cent of the market responsible just isn’t credible, and more seriously distracts from the big causes, like the planning system, population growth and taxation.”

The statement continued, claiming that it was wrong and unfair “to malign the working and middle-class families who rely on home-sharing”.

“At a time when the cost of living is high, the report even casts aspersions on families wanting to [earn] extra income.

“The typical Airbnb host in Australia earns a modest $107 a week or $5,600 a year, which we know helps them make ends meet and pay the bills.”

Peter Koulizos, chairman of the Property Investment Professionals of Australia, did not disagree with the report’s initial findings, but he did disagree with the report on the basis that it does not pose any issue Australia-wide.

“In the city suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne and the beachside suburbs of Sydney, there obviously is an issue, but in 95 per cent of Australian suburbs and country towns and regional areas, there isn’t an issue,” Mr Koulizos told Smart Property Investment.

“There is no need for any sort of regulation.

“Where there is high demand for short-term lets, there may need to be some sort of restriction, but it’s all supply and demand. If lots of people want to holiday in Manly and then they’re going to look for Airbnb in Manly, they’re not going to look for Airbnb in Rooty Hills, are they?”

 

Article republished from Real Estate Business