The City's draft By-Law will let it check your listing's occupancy against a 50% threshold — and re-rate your property as commercial if you're over it. Commercial rates are more than double residential. Find out where you stand in under a minute.
Properties let short-term for more than 50% of annual room-night capacity will be rated commercial, not residential — and platforms will be required to share occupancy data with the City.
Any owner listing a property on Airbnb, Booking.com, or a similar platform in Cape Town — including part-time hosts who let a room or a granny flat.
Check your occupancy against the threshold now, understand your rates exposure, and submit comment before the window closes on 4–5 October 2026.
Enter your property's details below. Everything you need is on your latest municipal rates account and your booking platform's occupancy report — we'll show you exactly where to look.
We'll email a one-page PDF with your numbers, the key dates, and what to do next — including whether it's worth submitting comment before 4 October.