Victoria landlords, please add bike-specific info to your listings 🚲🙏

I'm searching for a new rental in Victoria and I've noticed it's pretty rare to find a listing that mentions whether there is any bike storage (just some of the large apartments/condos tend to include that info). Meanwhile, every listing mentions if there is (or isn't) parking for cars, with few exceptions.

I've been looking through a lot of listings over the past month and it's been a bit of a frustrating and depressing experience. As a household that depends on bikes for transportation, it's pretty difficult for me to identify suitable housing.

So, if any of you landlord redditors are offering housing that allows for the secure storage of bike(s), please make sure to include that information in your ad. It will set you apart from the other listings and could make the difference for someone like me deciding whether or not to follow up!

And if you're one of the landlords who **does not** want bikes stored in the unit, and you have no other secure storage, please make that explicit as well to save us both time 🙏

Considering the popularity of biking and active transportation in Victoria, this feels like an oversight and I think it is actually a big competitive advantage for some local landlords who happen to have housing that can provide secure bike storage. Even if you're fine with someone bringing a regular bike or two into the unit, that would be great to know upfront!

According to 2021 census data, 10% of all households in Victoria commute by bike. And that doesn't include other uses of a bike, like recreational riding, shopping, running errands and household that don't commute but use a bike to partially replace their vehicle needs. There's a pretty significant market that you could differentiate yourself to with just a bit more text in your ad!

And another thing. If you have a place that doesn't currently offer bike storage, but your space has the flexibility to be adapted to that, consider that there are people like me scrolling through listing after listing who would be pretty excited to see something that offers that amenity. Especially among the small scale landlord categories like housing suites/plexes/etc...

Thanks for reading!