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yoonyin
post Jun 19 2018, 11:05 AM

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Have to bring up this post. Recently just turned my newly build serviced apartment for AirBnB for the first time. Got a potential tenant was looking to rent out my place for 5 months stay and i never expect to encounter this incident.

Here are my questions.

1. How much deposit I need to collect for such long terms staying?

2. I know all the utilities are included the booking rate. But, for my case is for 5 months stay, can I request the tenant to pay for the utilities bill monthly as it billed (electricity and water). Reason is the tenant might switch on aircon for 24/7 for 5 months and the fees might very loaded.
yoonyin
post Jun 19 2018, 08:29 PM

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QUOTE(mroys@lyn @ Jun 19 2018, 12:53 PM)
you may waive the deposit if they pay 5 months in advance. if the rate is good, you may absorb the utilities bill.
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Well, the rate isnt very good. Thanks for all the advice!
yoonyin
post Sep 14 2018, 11:05 AM

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Hi guys, another question on payout method. How you guys normally set the method? Bank Transfer? I not sure i doing it right or not while entering the SWIFT Code details for my Maybank account.

Any reference that can enlighten me further?
yoonyin
post Sep 14 2018, 12:19 PM

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QUOTE(mroys@lyn @ Sep 14 2018, 11:47 AM)
are you guest or host?
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Sorry, I'm the host.

QUOTE(gooberhock @ Sep 14 2018, 12:04 PM)
Its via credit card like on booking.com . U pay direct through airbnb itself.
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Sorry, i mean i'm the host, someone already book my apartment, not sure i'm doing it correctly in the payout method to receive the money from the guest.
yoonyin
post Dec 12 2018, 11:03 AM

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Hi guys, i have been into AirBNB hosting for 6 months already. Overall the experience for hosting are quite good. Just share my experience with no racist or any offend mean.

My apartment is newly built this year and after i done my unit renovation, successfully rent out to our first locals tenants which stay for 4 months. Everything was good and nice after they check out. Well, the tenant broke some of our coffee cups BUT they manage to do replacement for us. Everything was in good condition.

Second, an foreigner stay for 3 days, well, they don't really take care of our house. Wet towel throwing everywhere (we prepared a laundry bag in our apartment), damaged our double bed frame rack stand as suspect they OVERPOWER doing the "THING" during the stay. Also, they dragged their opened luggage during the stay and left 4-5 hard scratch marks on the floor tile. Apartment in mess condition when check out, sofa and armchair moved out of place, never wash any plate or pot after 3 days stay, just throw at the sink.

Third, a group of local youngsters which stay our apartment over the SPARTAN race event. They leave our house very tidy and neat, not even any dirt stain on our apartment floor/wall even they doing the hardcore SPARTAN race on rainy day.

NOW, the fourth, foreigner staying for a months with small children and now only the 5th day, broke my cup, personally switched our shower head without giving notice. (They really brought their own shower head all the way from their country and replace ours). Complained no hot water from the shower. As my wife go to check the house this morning and water heater running good and nothing wrong with it. The guests are from a country that English is not frequent in use, so they cant really read or understand the signage/or how to use the equipment.

YET, more problem to come i suspect....I really prefer to host local guest instead of foreigner...

This post has been edited by yoonyin: Dec 12 2018, 11:06 AM
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post Dec 12 2018, 03:00 PM

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QUOTE(AskarPerang @ Dec 12 2018, 11:43 AM)
I wander how did you get a 4 months straight tenant or even a 1 month straight tenant?
Through airbnb platform?
Got that high chance can capture such "long term" tenant using airbnb to book?
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Yea, straight from airbnb platform. All I can say is Luck played the important factor and second was the Area and Seasonal timing. Now is winter month and quite number of tourists flooding here from overseas to have a warm weather getaway! My area was around Johor Bahru.

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post Dec 12 2018, 04:02 PM

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Nope, the guest who broke my bed frame rack is from Australia, and recently was Korean family with small children. I never come across to any China tourist yet.

All I can say hosting AirBnB wont get you a huge extra income. Sometime it has enough to cover your unit monthly installment or worst only enough for maintenance fee after deduct all expenses. Expenses were the utilities bill which cost around Rm100-150 per month. All pillow cover and bed sheet will pass to laundry and cost me around Rm40 (single bed and double bed and this is covered in AirBnB cleaning fees charges). Then I do all cleaning job myself together with my wife every time the guest check out. We prefer do it quickly as we never know when will be the next guest coming in. Few hours before guest check-in, we will do a small round of clean again to keep it dust free and stand by at lobby to meet the guest.
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post Dec 12 2018, 06:38 PM

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QUOTE(potenza10 @ Dec 12 2018, 04:42 PM)
Wow...so many free time u got to do all those cleaning and preparation job.
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Well, mostly the guests booked the stay over the weekend, like Friday night check in and check out at Sunday noon, which the standard 1. And my wife working hour is more flexible than me, so she can help me do the check in-out procedure. For cleaning part, we will do it after office hour

QUOTE(puchongite @ Dec 12 2018, 04:43 PM)
That means he and family stay near by. wink.gif
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Correct, 10 mins driving distance away from the new apartment, actually we bought the apartment for own stay 3 years back. When the apartment VP-ed this year, yet we also bought a landed house near by too, so we decide to stay at the landed house and apartment turn into AirBnB to ease the loan burden.

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post Sep 6 2019, 12:02 PM

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Nowadays AirBnB is kinda hard to do. Guests rent airbnb and though they stay in a hotel. I hosted some guests before, they even requesting for extra towel after few days of staying, like calling the room service macam~ Excuse me, can you give me extra towel as is not enough for us, Excuse me, can give more toilet paper rolls?

What!? As i always prepare 4 towels + 4 Toilet paper rolls in the bathroom. You are staying in a airbnb, not a hotel, which will have a house keeping service! The apartment even got Washing machine + Dryer, wash and clean it yourself man.

Nowadays guests have lost their definition staying in a AirBnB. All they know is airbnb is cheaper accommodation option compare to hotel which can fit large group of people.

This post has been edited by yoonyin: Sep 6 2019, 12:11 PM

 

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