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Originally Posted by Euro7r
This seems super complex with Burnaby bylaw regulation. It has a requirement on the application "Property does not contain any suites", and required I initial off. My home is a single dwelling with a basement that has a kitchen, washroom, bedroom (this is pretty standard with all old bungalow style homes). It has a backdoor that leads to a laundry room, and then another door passage that leads this basement area (essentially another man-cave if you put it that way for guys).
If they're saying you can only short term airbnb not a suite and only a room, that doesn't make sense? So the person can only use the same washroom, kitchen etc. as you? As anything "separate" is apparently deemed illegal as it would mean it constitutes a suite?
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So the policy says:
Our framework prohibits short-term rentals in the following types of properties:
- rental units
- secondary suites (legal suites located within a home) and homes which contain secondary suites
- accessory buildings such as a garage or laneway home
- group homes
- units with home-based occupation or childcare facilities
You're only allowed to AirBnB your primary residence (a part or all of it) or a strata property that you own.
In your case you have a basement suite that has a kitchen (I'm guessing it's not a legal secondary suite - not judging here, mine is not legal either) which means you can't legally AirBnB it out. If it didn't have a kitchen it would not be considered a suite even if there's a locked door separating you from the renters. And it's only considered a kitchen if it has a standard stove (220v/gas) AND an exhaust fan - if you were to replace it with a portable hot plate (say a dual burner induction unit) then it'd be ok.
This is all from the two bylaw officers who made me rip out one of my suites after I got reported by a narc neighbour.
So to be legal and retain privacy (locking off the renters) you'd have to remove your stove and exhaust fan and replace it with a portable cooking device. Then you'd have a legal AirBnB by the book.
Does this sound stupid? You bet. I've had to spend thousands ripping stuff out(bathtub, removing 220v outlets) (and lost months of rent) to pass their inspection despite it being extremely obvious to all parties that I would be putting it all back in and going back to renting right after (one of the by-law officers said she would live in the suite she was ordering us to rip out cause it was really nice)
