South Brisbane
Short term rental management in South Brisbane
Laurea Stays is a licensed Queensland agency offering Airbnb and short term rental management in South Brisbane, right across the river from the Queens Wharf apartments we already run.
Guaranteed:10%+ above long-term in your first 3 months, or you don't pay us. First 20 clients, eligible properties onlyWhat could your South Brisbane apartment earn?
Free, personalised income estimate, no obligation.
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What actually matters here
Four things that decide a South Brisbane apartment's result
Location gets a South Brisbane apartment noticed. The result comes down to how the building, the calendar and the arrival have been handled.
Demand comes from what's around you
South Bank Parklands, the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, QPAC, the galleries and the Mater hospitals bring in very different guests: conference delegates, theatre weekends, families visiting a patient. A listing and a price calendar should be built around those reasons to stay.
You're competing with a lot of apartments
South Brisbane is dense with similar towers, so an average listing ends up competing on price. Photography, styling and a title that says what the apartment actually offers are what make a guest choose yours.
Your by-laws decide this, not your agent
The first question for any South Brisbane apartment is whether the scheme permits short stays, and on what terms. We read the by-laws before you commit, because a manager who waves that question away is handing you the risk.
Check-in has to work without a concierge
High-rise arrivals fail in specific ways: a guest at the wrong lobby, a fob that doesn't open the right lift, a late arrival with nobody on the desk. We build the access path deliberately, because check-in friction quietly drags a listing's rating down.
Just over the bridge
We already run apartments across the river
Our apartments at Queens Wharf sit across the river from South Bank, and most of our portfolio is inner-city high-rise. South Brisbane is part of our service area, so the lift bookings, access fobs and event weekends that come with these towers are work we already do every week.
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What we handle
End to end, including the building
South Brisbane owner questions
Short term rental management in South Brisbane, answered
Does Laurea Stays manage short term rentals in South Brisbane?
South Brisbane is inside our service area and we take on apartments there. Our nearest managed apartments are at Queens Wharf, directly across the river, and most of our portfolio is inner-city high-rise, so the building access, lift bookings and event weekends that come with a South Brisbane tower are work we already do. Laurea Stays is a licensed Queensland real estate agency and there is no lock-in contract.
Can my South Brisbane apartment be used for short stays?
That depends on your building's by-laws and approvals, not on the manager. Some schemes permit short stays, some restrict them and some set conditions. We read the by-laws and check with building management before you commit, so you know where you stand before a listing goes live.
What does short term rental management in South Brisbane include?
Everything from the by-law check to the monthly statement: listing creation, professional photography and styling, dynamic nightly pricing tuned to Brisbane's event calendar, listing across Airbnb, Booking.com, Stayz and VRBO, guest screening, 24/7 guest communication, cleaning, linen and maintenance coordination, and trust accounting with owner reporting.
The Laurea Stays Uplift Guarantee
Earn 10%+ more than long-term leasing in your first 3 months, or you don't pay us
If your average weekly payout over your first three months isn't at least 10% higher than what your property would have paid you as a long-term rental, we'll refund every management fee we've collected, or keep managing your property for free until we get you there.
Available to the first 20 owners who claim it, on eligible properties.
Get My Income Estimate* Comparison baseline is your property's assessed market long-term weekly rent less standard agency management fees, a like-for-like owner-payout comparison. Applies to your first three months of management. Available to the first 20 owners who claim it, on eligible properties only.