FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

If you’re new or looking for answers to your questions, this guide will help you learn more about our services and their features.

We go far beyond the basic traditional property management, including:

  • Property Listing Optimisation – to enable guests to find your property through our website and improve bookings with competitive pricing versus other Online Travel Portals such as Airbnb and VRBO
  • Compelling property descriptions – to make your property stand out
  • Dynamic pricing – we continually review the local market, trends, seasonality and any external matters to adjust pricing to maximise your bookings and returns
  • Maintenance Management – we identify, recommend and organise qualified local tradespeople for any repair works to your property
  • Guest Screening – we obtain photo ID from guests and issue stringent terms and conditions to ensure your property is looked after during guest stays.
  • Trust Accounting – as a licensed real estate agency we are able to operate trust accounts and software so you receive detailed income and expense reporting on a monthly basis.
  • Fast local issue response – as locals we are able to quickly respond to issues faced by guests to ensure their holiday experiences are positive

We regularly attend and review properties to ensure your property is in good standing – after all we understand how important this is to satisfied guests and reviews, as well as owners. Should we encounter issues, we will quickly advise you with recommended remediation, and where required obtain quotes for works. Where works are minor (eg. leaking tap or toilet, with expected costs of less than $300) we instruct one of our local qualified tradespeople to repair quickly to avoid damage, and deduct costs from your monthly income and expenses.

We issue an income and expense report using our Trust Accounting software on a monthly basis shortly after the end of each calendar month where you will receive net income to a bank account of your designation. Our reporting also includes GST reporting if this is relevant for your particular situation. It is important to understand that only licensed agents are able to operate Trust Accounts in Queensland.
 

Standard landlord homes and contents insurance is essential and mandatory for us to manage your property. Most insurers will not include damages caused by short term holiday lets so we recommend you consider additional holiday home insurance cover as well. We can suggest companies to provide this.

Queensland has smoke alarm and pool fence requirements which need to be periodically inspected. We use local tradespeople for these inspections and can assist you in staying compliant as part of our management service to you.

Most online travel portals such as Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com charge between 17-20% on top of the base nightly rates charged by property owners and managers. As an asset light company with lower overheads, we are able to offer our properties closer to the base nightly rate – ensuring you will always see the cheapest rate on our website. If you ever find our prices higher then please contact us.

Contact us via email or phone from the contact page and we will be happy to discuss your requirements.

We understand the biggest charges incurred by owners are Management fees and cleaning/linen supply. For a limited period we are offering a rate of 15% + GST for property management. Importantly we outsource cleaning and linen to third parties and pass the cost to you without loading (except a small administration charge for billing). This results in more income to your bottom line.

Simply select the dates you wish to book and the total price will be shown followed by a further window where you make your 20% deposit payment via Stripe (plus a non refundable merchant fee of 1.7%). Following this you will receive a confirmation email with all your booking details.

Before paying your final balance we will request Photo ID (such as your driving license or passport) which corresponds with the individual making the booking. We will also ask you to sign a copy of our Terms & Conditions to return to us before arrival.

Guests can cancel free of charge up to 21 days prior to arrival and receive a full refund of their deposit. We ask for a full balance of payment no less than 21 days before your arrival date. We recommend all guests take out holiday insurance with cancellation cover should anything unforeseen occur and they are unable to take their holiday at short notice.

We have a strict policy of no parties or events at any of our properties and ask guests to be mindful of loud noise after 10pm in the evening and before 8am in the morning

Our normal minimum stay is 5 days however depending on vacant dates and season times we do occasionally offer shorter durations. If you have a specific requirement please contact us to discuss.

All properties have free wi-fi included

Any booking guest must be at least 18 years of age and is responsible for any guests under the age of 18.

Check in is at 2pm and Check Out is at 10am. For earlier/later times contact us for availability.

We live locally ourselves and provide contact details to all our guests so we can be contacted immediately.

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