What is Boarding House?

‘Boarding House’ definition: The following definition is taken from the Standard Instrument – Principal Local Environmental Plan. It is a building that:

(a)  is wholly or partly let in lodgings, and (b)  provides lodgers with a principal place of residence for 3 months or more, and (c)  may have shared facilities, such as a communal living room, bathroom, kitchen or laundry, and (d)  has rooms, some or all of which may have private kitchen and bathroom facilities, that accommodate one or more lodgers,

but does not include backpackers’ accommodation, a group home, hotel or motel accommodation, seniors housing or a serviced apartment. Note. Boarding houses are a type of residential accommodation.