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Cornwall is being ruined by second homes and Airbnbs – here’s how holidaymakers can helpMarch 4, 2023 7:00 amIn the summer of 2020, stories abounded about Cornwall being “sold out” for holidaymakers, and of train tickets to the county becoming more expensive than a flight to
We’ve trawled estate agent listings, applied for multiple tenancies – and got no further. We’ve shared business accounts, forwarded references, written personal statements – no luck. The competition’s fierce. Every property has dozens of applicants. There are too few places, and too many people looking. Where did it go so wrong?. At the time of writing, the site has 551 active listings in Falmouth.
There are countless holiday properties available through other companies across Cornwall: no one knows exactly how many, because there’s no registration system. Then, of course, there are the: 12,776 of them, according to Cornwall Council. Anecdotally, the actual number is far higher. Most depressingly, 349 properties are designated “long-term empty” as 20,317 applicants languish on social housing waiting lists.
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