When Anthony Dunkley travelled to Margate in Kent earlier this year, he wanted to buy a property to stay in occasionally and rent out on Airbnb the rest of the time. After making offers on three flats, he encountered the same problem each time: the lease would not allow it.
While estate agents had assured him that he would be able to rent out the properties for days, weekends and weeks at a time, the paperwork said something different.
