Short-stay accommodation is picking up in Logan as more owner-occupiers flock to the city.
“We are seeing it everywhere now,” Caitlyn Scott from Ray White Logan Central said.
“People who have a granny flat or even the underside of a house are renting them out as an Airbnb or a holiday rental so they have that bit of extra income, but they don’t need someone locked in there.”
Dual-dwelling properties like Kingston’s 38 Anthony Street are becoming increasingly popular Airbnb locations, according to Ms Scott.
“People are starting to look to AirBNB and other platforms for these kinds of properties.
“You can live in the main house and then get an income from the second house but not on a permanent basis.
“The biggest highlight for this one is that it is offering two separate dwellings on the one title.”
The 640sqm property’s original house is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom Queenslander.
The second dwelling also contains two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and was built at the rear of the property.
“For this size of a property, the standard you’ll generally see is the existing home with a granny flat – that is all the rage in the last couple of years,” Ms Scott said.
“To actually have a full, second house-sized dwelling is quite unusual.”
She said there was potential to build a third dwelling beneath one of the houses, further boosting the property’s short-stay attraction.
The Anthony Street block catches the afternoon breezes and has “quite a nice outlook”, according to Ms Scott, and is a standout in the area.
“Average homes in the Kingston area are the highset, three-bedroom properties upstairs,” she said.
“This property exceeds that by having an additional dwelling that is not connected to the main house.
“It is beautifully landscaped and laid out really thoughtfully to make the two properties work together.”
Ms Scott said it was too hard to put a price on the property, but it would likey go for more than $1.5 million.
While renting the two dwellings could see a return of up to $1000 a week, Ms Scott said the Kingston market was moving to mostly owner-occupiers.
“We are seeing a very strong shift to the owner-occupier market,” she said.
“A lot of people are getting to the point where they are priced out of Brisbane City Council – cause you really can’t buy anything from Underwood towards the city for under $1 million now
“We are finding Logan City Council is getting a lot more owner occupers who are shifting from those outer council areas.”
Multiple agents have this year reported similar trends across Logan, with several expressing concern for the city’s renters.
In July this year, Logan City Council called on the previous state government to allow body corporates to ban short-stay accommodation.
Cr Lisa Bradley, whose division covers Priestdale, Springwood, Rochedale South, and part of Daisy Hill, in July said she received multiple reports of “security issues” at complexes in the city.
She also expressed concern about the impacts short-stay accommodation would have on renters, particular as short-stay numbers boost ahead of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
“One may say this is a periodic problem likely to level out, but the pressures are acute and hardest felt for our most vulnerable residents – like over 55s, those with disabilities – and there is no robust solution around the corner,” Cr Bradley said.
