Thanks to a change of rating by the Geelong Council, bed and breakfast accommodation on the Bellarine Peninsula will now be scarce. The Council has decided to change the rating on properties from residential to mixed use.
As a consequence, many b&b places are shutting their doors.
The Bellarine Times last week and this week has reported that many venues simply can't afford the rate increase and the amount of income earned did not warrant the effort to cover the rate rise.
Views End in Scotchman's Road is one bed & breakfast place affected. They were advised by Council when they opened that they would not have to register as a commercial enterprise. Seems like the times are a changing.
You can read more in this week's Bellarine times article on page 3 entitled: Local B&B's facing closure.
