Airbnb Statistics and Legal Issues: Edinburgh

Edinburgh Airbnb Statistics

The Rooms

Airbnb hosts can rent out entire properties, private or shared rooms.

17,788 – Airbnb listings in total
7,876 (60.5%) – entire properties
5,095 (39.2%) – private rooms
40 (0.3%) – shared rooms

Guest Activity

Airbnb guests may leave a review after their stay, and these can be used to estimate Airbnb guests activity. However not all guests leave a review, so the actual activity could be higher.

An average income per month has been calculated by using the minimum stay, the average price per night and the total number of reviews.

120 – approximate nights per year
387,681 – reviews in total
€95 – average price per night
34.5% – estimated occupancy
€720 – estimated average income generated per month

Host Activity

It is possible for a host to list multiple properties that they have available or different rooms which are available on the same property.

5,420 – number of multi-listings
7,591 – number of single listings

Property Availability

Airbnb hosts have full freedom when it comes to selecting how available their property or rooms are. For instance, by utilizing the calendar tool, a host can set their property to be available for just one week in a year. Alternatively, another example is a host setting their rooms to be available for 11-months out of the 12.

Airbnb Legal Issues Edinburgh

Edinburgh is an extremely popular destination – being the capital of Scotland – which means authorities needed to put laws in place to ensure tourism doesn’t get out of control. In terms of Airbnb, Edinburgh has empowered citizens to make nuisance complaints against short-term stays or ‘party flats’. Additionally, there are also regulations which must be adhered to when renting your property out to 3 unrelated people at the same time.

Other than that individuals have near-enough free rein when it comes to letting out their property. Back in 2012, the Health, Social Care and Housing Committee conducted a review into it, and stated the following:

“The current planning position is that short-term holiday lets are residential uses within the authorized use of residential properties. A planning authority has no power to change the situation set out in the legislation, or more specifically in the Use Classes Order. Any such change would be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.”

As of yet, the Scottish Government is not looking to change anything.

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