Airbnb managers in Twin Waters

Short-term letting in Twin Waters

Twin Waters is a master-planned estate between the Maroochy River and Mudjimba Beach, built around a lake, a golf course and a resort. The housing stock is almost entirely detached houses on canal or lakefront blocks, plus townhouses and resort apartments within the Novotel precinct. Many streets are governed by a community body corporate or estate covenants that control everything from external colours to signage, and some prohibit or limit short-term letting. Read the community management statement before you assume a house can be let.

Guests are families and golf groups from Brisbane and interstate, plus wedding parties and conference delegates spilling over from the resort. Houses with pontoons, kayaks and space for two or three families book well over Christmas and January, Easter and the June to July school holidays, and the estate's quiet streets appeal to older couples in the shoulder months.

Twin Waters is in Sunshine Coast Council. There is no registration scheme, but a house let for 28 days or less falls into the transitory accommodation rate category, and Council has lifted rates for houses in that category for 2026-27. Under the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme 2014, some parts of the estate are zoned low density residential where a post-2014 house may need development approval.

Sunshine Coast Airport is around five kilometres away, which makes Twin Waters one of the most convenient spots on the coast for flying guests, though flight noise on some streets is worth disclosing. Mudjimba Beach is a short walk or ride. Management fees across the coast generally run 15 to 25 per cent of bookings but vary between managers.