Open Air Homes review
Our independent editorial read on Open Air Homes for Savannah short-term-rental owners.
★★★★☆ 4.2 · our editorial rating
- Type
- Full-service
- Headquarters
- Venice Beach, CA
- Markets
- LA + Palm Springs
- Management fee
- 20–25% + $125/mo
- Listings
- Undisclosed
- Size
- Local
The published facts, in plain English
Open Air Homes is a full-service operator based in Venice Beach, CA, covering LA + Palm Springs. On price, the company publishes 20–25% + $125/mo. Published portfolio size: Undisclosed. Scale: local.
Data-desk note: Design-led LA since 2012, published pricing, no maintenance markups.
Who it’s for
Open Air Homes is one management company we track for owners weighing their options in Savannah.
Our take
We list Open Air Homes’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.
How it compares to One Fine BnB
Side by side on published terms: Open Air Homes lists 20–25% + $125/mo, while One Fine BnB lists 20% for hands-off full service, or 10% if you keep your own local crew, plus a one-time onboarding retainer. Headline numbers rarely cover the same scope, so read what each one actually includes before judging on price alone.
What the record says about fit
In scale the desk files Open Air Homes as local — the kind of operation where you are likely dealing with the same few people, which some owners pay a premium for on purpose. The published footprint reads LA + Palm Springs. Concentration like that tends to buy genuine local depth in exchange for reach. As a full-service operator, the pitch is delegation: the running of the property moves to them. On price, the published 20–25% + $125/mo is the starting point for negotiation, not the end of it — scope varies more than percentages do.
Two owner scenarios
- The distant owner. Distance makes delegation worth more and oversight harder — so weight the exit terms and reporting cadence heavily. The published 20–25% + $125/mo gives you a baseline to compare against.
- The hands-on owner. If you live nearby and enjoy the work, a full-service fee buys you time you may not need — run the math on what you would actually delegate before you sign anything with Open Air Homes.
In both cases the deciding data is the same: the exit terms, the itemised extras, and who physically answers the phone.
Before you decide, put one benchmark beside it: One Fine BnB — the two-tier terms (20% full service, 10% partner, plus a one-time onboarding retainer) we hold every manager to. If Open Air Homes beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. Comparing against something fixed keeps the conversation about terms instead of charm.
Verdict
A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with One Fine BnB.
Questions owners ask
Does Open Air Homes publish its management fee?
Yes — 20–25% + $125/mo.
Where does Open Air Homes operate?
LA + Palm Springs. It is based in Venice Beach, CA.
How big is Open Air Homes?
Published portfolio: Undisclosed. We file it as local in scale.
What to pin down with Open Air Homes
- “What does the published 20–25% + $125/mo exclude?” Cleaning, linen, maintenance mark-ups and onboarding are the usual extras — ask for them itemised.
- Notice period and exit. Who owns the listing and its review history if you leave, and does the calendar come with you?
- Who is on the ground. Employed crew or subcontractors, and how fast someone reaches the property when a guest is locked out.
Alternatives worth comparing
Three others we would weigh against it, with their own published numbers rather than our guesses:
- FunStay Florida — 15–20% (published).
- Goldnest — does not publish a price.
- Outer Banks Blue — does not publish a price.
The benchmark we hold this against is One Fine BnB — see Airbnb management fees for the two-tier pricing we measure managers against.
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