In previous times you didn't just rip everything out to a bare shell to then do what an Airbnb person does and put some modern IKEA junk in.
You can't restore doors, tiles, fireplaces and other items of character if some rent seeking airbnb clown has sent it all to the landfill to replace it all with items of fake or non-existent character.
Character is important, imagine if you are in Glasgow and you have a property that really does have Charles Rennie Mackintosh beauty to it, beauty that has served generations with an occasional lick of paint. Now imagine some rent seeker with no values rips out the interior so they can make two airbnb apartments. They don't care for Charles Rennie Mackintosh but they have destroyed a little bit of what makes Glasgow special.
Imagine they also own another Airbnb in the Cotswolds where the property has character that goes back to the cottage industry that started the industrial revolution. They do an Airbnb IKEA job on it the same as they did in Glasgow, a little bit of the Cotswolds dies too.
Eventually when some locals get to buy the property which could happen if they win the lottery then they can't just 'paint in' what was ripped out. Maybe you live in somewhere like America where you don't have houses that have been lived in for hundreds of years and character is anathema to you. Perhaps you already live in Airbnb theme-park world and have no appreciation for heritage.
You can't restore doors, tiles, fireplaces and other items of character if some rent seeking airbnb clown has sent it all to the landfill to replace it all with items of fake or non-existent character.
Character is important, imagine if you are in Glasgow and you have a property that really does have Charles Rennie Mackintosh beauty to it, beauty that has served generations with an occasional lick of paint. Now imagine some rent seeker with no values rips out the interior so they can make two airbnb apartments. They don't care for Charles Rennie Mackintosh but they have destroyed a little bit of what makes Glasgow special.
Imagine they also own another Airbnb in the Cotswolds where the property has character that goes back to the cottage industry that started the industrial revolution. They do an Airbnb IKEA job on it the same as they did in Glasgow, a little bit of the Cotswolds dies too.
Eventually when some locals get to buy the property which could happen if they win the lottery then they can't just 'paint in' what was ripped out. Maybe you live in somewhere like America where you don't have houses that have been lived in for hundreds of years and character is anathema to you. Perhaps you already live in Airbnb theme-park world and have no appreciation for heritage.