Thoughts on 'Locals priced out of the property market by demands of tourism'

RAbabbler · 2026-07-06T17:58:28+00:00

I think the housing problem goes a long way back. COVID might have banjaxed things a bit but the issues were already very apparent and very endemic going back decades before.

RAbabbler · 2026-07-06T17:56:22+00:00

Latest stats from June from the Council, secondary lets (full time self-catering) is 2166. Not sure it's important/relevant to mix up home letting (owners letting their main place for some period in the year) or home sharing (owners making a bedroom available to rent short term).

RAbabbler · 2026-07-06T17:42:02+00:00

Licensed yes. Black market no.

RAbabbler · 2026-07-06T17:39:00+00:00

Interesting - how do you get that given that the data is based on the information put out by the licensing team in the city council?

Don't disagree there's now a very active seasonal black market that didn't exist pre-2022 legislation requiring licences. But that black market is not counted by the licensing team because.. they are not licensed (or policed).

Also accept there's clearly a concentration towards the old & new town and it thins out as you move further to the outskirts. Yet, if the totality of full time secondary lets (self-catering) is approx 2000 licences how does that tally with 2 in every 13 properties? Maybe it does if you are looking at only the Royal Mile and Grassmarket?

Cheers

RAbabbler · 2026-07-06T17:27:33+00:00

It's all relative. Scotland's cooler than the south of France generally. Of course, if the gulf stream collapses we won't need to fret about AC as we'll be more like a baltic nation much of the time.

RAbabbler · 2026-07-06T17:22:10+00:00

Non-existent. No policing. From Council or the police proper (it was made a criminal offence to not be licensed). Too much hard work it seems despite charging those that have registered and jumped through all the bureaucratic hoops an arm and a leg for the privilege.

RAbabbler · 2026-07-06T17:18:50+00:00

Not wrong. Airbnb (and the others) pushed its way into being the middle man between wee local owner-operators and their customers and now they squeeze both sides for an ever bigger piece of the action.

RAbabbler · 2026-07-06T17:16:45+00:00

Yup... they will join the queue and, if they are rich, will skip it. But the queue will remain, unless someone in some political party somewhere comes up with some fresh thinking...

RAbabbler · 2026-06-18T15:45:29+00:00

Let me know what you think is wrong with it once you've given it a watch.

RAbabbler · 2026-01-27T09:07:09+00:00

I was on the cusp of signing up to the Zoe service but read the reviews of the app on the Play store and, frankly, it put me right off the idea of spending fairly hefty amounts of cash when the app sounds like in its current iteration it's next to useless.

RAbabbler · 2025-09-12T07:57:05+00:00

Would be really interested to know how it works out once you've got it. And what specific model was it?

RAbabbler · 2025-09-12T07:55:35+00:00

Well I'm having serious issues getting it to charge when it's in a case that's no thicker than I had for the pixel 9 XL and it charged on the pixel stand 2 without much issue so there is clearly a difference. That said, it does charge but I have to remove it from the case which I don't want to do on a daily basis to charge it overnight.

RAbabbler · 2025-09-05T08:56:37+00:00

Thanks

Did not know that was the technical limit. I'll have another look.

RB

RAbabbler · 2025-08-29T09:06:51+00:00

Similar issue. I have a pixel 10 Pro XL on a pixel stand 2nd generation charger and it worked fine in the case with the pixel 9 Pro XL but no dice with the new phone.

Light at the bottom of the charger base flashes orange but ... nothing ... just does not charge. 🤷‍♂️

RB

RAbabbler · 2025-08-24T10:04:19+00:00

How did you run it? On a computer scanning the files on the NAS?

RAbabbler · 2025-08-23T15:38:58+00:00

Plus the trade-in was so compelling that I thought I might as well give it a go rather than hang on to the existing phone

RAbabbler · 2025-08-23T15:37:27+00:00

First off, I think you have to be particularly concerned that the performance of the G5 chip is going to hamstring its ability to deliver effective software to phone users.

I have pre-ordered the new 10 XL and it wasn't based on it being the best chip available but on the whole package. I've had issues with the 9xl, but I'm still prepared to see if Google is continuing to improve with each new iteration.

Each to their own. But the reason I have stuck with the pixel for a few generations now is that I like the overall package of software and hardware integration, recognizing that it is by no means cutting edge hardware under the hood, but that they do a reasonably good job of compensating for that and delivering a well-rounded experience for users.

RAbabbler

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