Now do AirBNB's. They're a bigger problem than second homes.
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Aren't those all second homes?
Usually, yes.
Yeah I mean if it's a literal BnB with a live-in owner, I wouldn't necessarily object to that.
Well yeah, but 'second home' is usually someone who lives in - say - London and flies up twice a year for a wee holiday. Loads more of then since covid.
By 'airbnb' I mean people who buy up several wee flats or small houses in a rural community. Or do that with a flat they used to rent out. Even in bigger towns like Inverness rented accommodation has dried up cos of that.
Oh I see. "Second home" is a legal designation.
But we need to keep feeding the Boomers
So they only get 2 hols to Tenerife this year instead of 3. They'll live.
G'day from an aussie who's grampa was from Edinburgh. Same shit here. Fuck these property hoarders.
Mr Taylor sounds like a twat.
"But Colin Taylor, from the newly-established Second Home Owners for Fair Treatment (SHOFT)..."
Sorry but shoft is really fucking funny... It's giving poob.