Hoosie

25/01/2023

Hoosie founder Willie MacLean breaks down what makes up the whole cost of the Short Term Let Licence and where our savings are made...

You may be an established Bed & Breakfast or Guest House or let Secondary Properties through Airbnb or you may even rent your spare room out for extra i ...

19/01/2023

When intelligent software is married with process and risk experts then costs are saved - simple. Highland applicants to date could have saved 75% on their application fees! Find out how below.

Host and operators who have already applied to Highland Council have lost out. Highland Council’s own figures show, that up to 23rd December 2022, the Counc ...

18/01/2023

We have benchmarked our application fee against the average fee each Council is charging for the same service. The results are in, Hoosie’s average fee is £89.20 or 13.9% of the average Council fee! Find out more about our fees in our latest post.

Hoosie’s average fee is £89.20 or 13.9% of the average Council fee. Home Share - £65.95 Home Let - £72.95 Home Let & Home Share - £72.95 Secondary Let - ...

09/12/2022

MAJOR UPDATE📢❗️The Scottish Government have announced that existing hosts and operators now have until 30 September 2023 to prepare and submit their application. Find out more below.

The Scottish Government has announced an extension to the application date to 1st October 2023 from 1st April 2023. This means all existing hosts and operators have until 30 September 2023

08/12/2022

Curious about the background of the Short Term Let Licensing Scheme? Read our latest post below on the Scottish Government timeline

So how did this all come about? The Scottish Government have posted a helpful background to the Short Term Let Licensing Scheme on their website here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/short-term-lets/ or you can read the summary below. Early Timeline April 2017 - The Scottish Government set up ...

28/11/2022

We believe great tech can be used to take care of the everyday tasks that take excess time and cause anxiety. We believe we can make it easy without folks having to fret...read more below

Ok, we could say the idea is all about not letting the lawyers get their hands on your money, for another law that isn’t your fault. We could say the same about the property agents, who tell you, after you’ve heard it from your lawyer – that you need experts because it’s so…(you’ll know ...

25/11/2022

So what is Hoosie all about? Read our latest blog👇

We have built an online application for the new, short term licence (STL) scheme, brought in by the Scottish Government via a law in 2022. The running of the scheme is local, which means it’s being handed down to each of the 32 Councils in Scotland to run, administer and do as they see fit for t ....

12/10/2022

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It is now the law to have a licence if you operate a let or host paying guests in a property in Scotland, the deadline for applications is 31st March 2023!