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Cortile Stays: who we are and how we work
Our Italian project, the Australian experience supporting it, and how we prepare guides for owners and agents. Check our sources, distinguish the commercial proposal from worked examples, and contact us about a correction.
Who we are
- Cortile Stays is a short-stay accommodation operator launching in Italy.
- Cortile Stays is the brand the project presents under; the Italian company name has not yet been announced.
- The project comes out of the Australian business Sydney Short Term Rentals, which reports operating in Sydney since 2015.
- The main service pages are available in Italian and English; the guides are in Italian.
Australian credentials and sources
The following figures refer to Sydney Short Term Rentals, the Australian business supporting the Cortile Stays launch.
- Airbnb · Claire’s host profile
- 4.9/5
- Booking.com · company review score
- 9.1/10
- Sydney history · business-reported
- Since 2015
- Airbnb Superhost (business-reported)
- Since 2019
Australian credentials of Sydney Short Term Rentals. Airbnb: Claire’s host-profile average, rounded to one decimal place. Booking.com: the company review score, separate from the individual apartment’s score. Ratings can change. Sources checked on .
The host section of the linked Airbnb listing shows 4.88/5 for Claire, rounded here to one decimal place, and identifies the profile as a Superhost. The indexed Booking.com page shows 9.1/10 for the company Sydney Short Term Rentals; the individual apartment has a separate rating. The Australian company website reports 9.2 instead. The sources consulted include indexed content: this page is not a live ratings feed. Operating and Superhost start dates are business-reported; the platform pages do not verify continuous Superhost status since 2019.
The offer to owners
- We take a lease of the property for 5 years or more and operate it as short-stay accommodation.
- The starting rent is 10% above the market rent agreed using comparable local rentals.
- The rent is reviewed annually against a consumer price index agreed in the lease.
- The rent is a contractual obligation and does not depend on bookings or occupancy.
- Agreed works needed to reach our standards are funded by us, approved in writing by the owner, and stay with the owner at handback at no cost.
- Maintenance and repairs are at our cost, as set out in the lease.
- Repainting at the end of the lease is guaranteed and at our cost.
Where we operate
- The first portfolio is being built in Rome and Milan.
- We assess properties in other Italian cities case by case.
- We accept introductions from private owners and from real estate agents.
Who carries which obligations
- The obligations of running short-stay accommodation sit with us as operator, on the terms set out in the lease and under applicable law.
- These include the CIN, the regional identification code where required, guest reporting through Alloggiati Web, collection and payment of the tourist tax, and safety equipment.
- Tax obligations relating to rental income remain the owner’s responsibility. Applicable treatment and reportable amounts, including any unpaid rent, must be checked with their own accountant.
- We do not give tax advice and do not promise any preferential regime.
How a lease comes about
- The owner or agent introduces the property with its city and area, type, condition and availability.
- We check suitability and agree the starting market rent using comparable local rentals.
- We put the rent, term, reviews, renovation scope and approvals, maintenance, repainting and guarantees in writing.
- We record the condition with photographs and an inventory, complete the approved works and begin operating.
What we do not claim
- We claim no properties already in portfolio in Italy.
- We publish no expected returns, reviews or completed registrations in Italy.
- Ratings refer to the Australian Airbnb host profile and Booking.com company review score identified in the sources and can change. Operating and Superhost history are reported by the Australian business.
- The website does not itself constitute a guarantee: the guarantor, the obligations covered and the duration of any guarantee are set out in the signed lease documents.
- Blog content is informational, current as at the date shown on each article, and is not legal or tax advice.
How we prepare our owner guides
Cortile Stays publishes the guides to help owners and agents compare rent, costs, works and responsibilities. Cortile Stays also offers its own leasing proposal; that commercial interest is separate from the information in public sources.
- Sources: for rules and reference data, we link to the responsible authorities, such as ISTAT, Agenzia delle Entrate, the Ministry of Tourism and local administrations. Citations beside relevant passages help readers check the claim; each guide also has a complete source list.
- Examples: calculations identify their assumptions, period and exclusions. Illustrative figures are not market valuations, expected returns or an offer for a particular property.
- Credentials: we distinguish platform information from statements by the Australian business. Sydney reviews are not reviews of the Italian project.
- Preparation: we use AI tools to assist research, organisation and writing. The guides are not presented as opinions from a licensed professional and do not replace advice on an individual situation.
- Dates: each article shows its publication date and, where relevant, its content update date. A design change or a new technical deployment does not make a rule or statistic more recent.
Report a correction
Found an outdated figure or a passage that needs correcting? Email the address below with the guide URL, the passage and, if available, an updated official source.
info@cortilestays.it