Apartment owners battling with short-term accommodation hosts
High-rise apartment buildings with hotel-like facilities, such as lounges and guest rooms, are growing increasingly popular in urban centres such as Tokyo and Osaka. However, these buildings are also proving popular with hosts providing illegal overnight accommodation through booking sites similar to AirBnb. The increasing number of foreign tourists coming to stay in these residential buildings is creating unintentional problems with building residents.
Facing complaints from residents, condominium management associations are scrambling to introduce building bylaws to ban short-term rentals.
Since new bylaws were introduced in The Tokyo Towers complex in Kachidoki, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, residents have found it easier to book the on-site guest suites. The two-tower complex has approximately 2,800 households. Residents can book the 11 guest suites at low rates for when family members or friends come to visit.Read more