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    "title": "Switching from Silkhaus? Move your Dubai home to YOLO STAY",
    "description": "Silkhaus stops operating at the end of November 2026. YOLO STAY takes over short-let management of your Dubai apartment: AED 0 to switch, fees from 15%…",
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    "updated": "2026-11-04",
    "headings": [
        "Moving on from Silkhaus?",
        "Homes we already run",
        "Your listing and your bookings",
        "The listing is in your own Airbnb or Booking account",
        "The listing is in the management company’s account",
        "Guests already booked for dates after 11 November",
        "How the switch goes",
        "Our terms",
        "Your home, in your pocket",
        "Get a takeover plan",
        "Questions owners ask",
        "What does it cost to switch?",
        "What is the management fee?",
        "What happens to bookings already made for after 11 November?",
        "Do I keep my reviews?",
        "Do you charge a fee in a month with a loss?",
        "How do I see my income and costs?",
        "Prefer to talk?"
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    "content_markdown": "# Moving on from Silkhaus?\n\nSilkhaus has announced it stops operating at the end of November 2026, with 11 November as its last bookable day. YOLO STAY takes over the running of your Dubai apartment so it keeps earning, and the switch costs AED 0.\n\nGet a takeover plan [Or message us on WhatsApp](https://wa.me/971559522341?text=Hi%21%20My%20apartment%20is%20managed%20by%20Silkhaus%20and%20I%20would%20like%20to%20switch.)\n\n![Living room of La Rive apartment, Port de La Mer](https://yolostay.ae/wp-content/themes/yolostay/assets/stays/la-mer-designer-home/01-800.webp)\n\nLa Rive, Port de La Mer — one of the homes we run.\n\n- **11** homes we run in JVC, JBR, JLT, Business Bay, La Mer, Sobha Hartland and Sports City\n- **4.85** average from 68 guest reviews on Airbnb\n- **AED 0** to switch: photos, listings and launch\n\n## Homes we already run\n\n-![](https://yolostay.ae/wp-content/themes/yolostay/assets/stays/binghatti-orchid-apartment/02-800.webp) Binghatti Orchid apartmentJVC · 5.0 → https://yolostay.ae/stays/binghatti-orchid-apartment/\n-![](https://yolostay.ae/wp-content/themes/yolostay/assets/stays/binghatti-venus-apartment/03-800.webp) Binghatti Venus apartmentJVC · 5.0 → https://yolostay.ae/stays/binghatti-venus-apartment/\n-![](https://yolostay.ae/wp-content/themes/yolostay/assets/stays/me-do-re-tower-apartment/02-800.webp) Me Do Re Tower apartmentJLT · 5.0 → https://yolostay.ae/stays/me-do-re-tower-apartment/\n-![](https://yolostay.ae/wp-content/themes/yolostay/assets/stays/sobha-hartland-premium-home/02-800.webp) Sobha Hartland premium homeSobha Hartland · 5.0 → https://yolostay.ae/stays/sobha-hartland-premium-home/\n\n[All homes](https://yolostay.ae/stays/)\n\n## Your listing and your bookings\n\n### The listing is in your own Airbnb or Booking account\n\nWe connect it to our system: the reviews, rating and history stay with you. Only the team running the home changes.\n\n### The listing is in the management company’s account\n\nIt closes with the company. We publish a new listing on Airbnb, Booking.com and our own site.\n\n### Guests already booked for dates after 11 November\n\nSend us the list. We block those dates in our calendar so nothing is double-booked, and agree with the guests and the previous manager how each stay goes ahead.\n\n## How the switch goes\n\n1. ### A call and a handover list Keys and access cards, the DET permit, the furniture and appliance inventory, utility accounts.\n2. ### Inspection We check the home and prepare the listings.\n3. ### Listings and pricing We publish the home and price every night by demand.\n4. ### First guests Guest messaging around the clock, check-in, cleaning and maintenance.\n5. ### A statement every month Income, costs with receipts and your payout — in the statement and in the app.\n\n![Dining and living room, Sobha Hartland](https://yolostay.ae/wp-content/themes/yolostay/assets/stays/sobha-hartland-premium-home/02-800.webp)\n\n## Our terms\n\n- Short stays **20%** Bookings under 30 nights.\n- Two homes or more **17%** Short stays in each of them.\n- Stays of 30 nights or more **15%** Fewer turnovers, a lower fee.\n- Onboarding **AED 0** Photos, listings and launch.\n- A month with a loss **0%** The fee is a share of the month’s result, not of gross bookings.\n- Statement **monthly** Every expense with its receipt in the app.\n\n[All fees and what they cover](https://yolostay.ae/fees/)\n\n## Your home, in your pocket\n\nThe YOLO STAY app for iPhone shows what is happening with your home today, not at the end of the quarter.\n\n- Bookings and the calendar, live\n- Income, occupancy and average price per night\n- Every expense with a photo of its receipt\n- Monthly statements, protected by Face ID\n\n[Download on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ae/app/yolo-stay/id6814894905)\n\n![Owner home screen in the YOLO STAY app](https://yolostay.ae/wp-content/yolostay-assets/app-owner-en.webp)\n\n## Get a takeover plan\n\nTell us about the apartment. We reply within one working day with the next steps and an income estimate for your building, short stays only.\n\n## Questions owners ask\n\n### What does it cost to switch?\n\nNothing. Photos, listings and launching your home cost AED 0.\n\n### What is the management fee?\n\n20% for short stays, 17% when we manage two or more of your homes, 15% for bookings of 30 nights or more. Your rate is written in your contract.\n\n### What happens to bookings already made for after 11 November?\n\nSend us the list. We block those dates in our calendar so nothing is double-booked, and agree with the guests and the previous manager how each stay goes ahead.\n\n### Do I keep my reviews?\n\nIf the Airbnb listing is in your own account, we connect it and the reviews stay. If it sits in the management company’s account, we publish a new listing.\n\n### Do you charge a fee in a month with a loss?\n\nNo. The fee is a share of the month’s result: income minus that month’s running costs. If a month ends below zero, there is no fee.\n\n### How do I see my income and costs?\n\nA statement every month, and the YOLO STAY app shows your bookings, income and every expense with a photo of its receipt.\n\n## Prefer to talk?\n\nCall or write to us. We answer owners within one working day.\n\n[WhatsApp](https://wa.me/971559522341) [+971 55 952 23 41](tel:+971559522341) [mail@yolostay.ae](mailto:mail@yolostay.ae)\n\nYOLO STAY is an independent company and is not connected with Silkhaus. Silkhaus is a trademark of its owner; we use the name only to describe the switch. Dates as published by Silkhaus on its website on 4 November 2026.",
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                        "text": "20% for short stays, 17% when we manage two or more of your homes, 15% for bookings of 30 nights or more. Your rate is written in your contract."
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