Short term · no 12-month lease
A short-term rental in Charlotte that is a home, not a lease you are stuck in.
Most Charlotte apartments want twelve months, a credit pull, and a furniture-rental contract on top. This is a furnished three-bedroom townhome you can take for one month, three months, or as long as you need — and leave when you are done.
5.0from 26 stays on AirbnbWhat a short stay costs, by length
The rate is the same whether you take a month or a quarter. What changes is the tax — North Carolina stops charging it entirely at 90 nights.
| Length of stay | Rate | What changes |
|---|---|---|
| 30 – 89 nights | $3,300/mo | NC sales + occupancy tax applies, at 16.25% |
| 90 nights – 6 months | $3,300/mo | No NC lodging tax at all — 16.25% comes off |
| 6 months or longer | $3,100/mo | Lowest rate, and no lodging tax |
Every rate includes electricity, water, gas and wifi. One $250 setup fee at move-in covers the deep clean and linens.
What you are not signing up for
The friction of a normal Charlotte apartment lease, item by item, and what happens here instead.
- A twelve-month term
- Take 30 nights, or 91, or a year. Month-to-month after the initial term.
- An unfurnished shell
- Furniture, cookware, linens, towels and a workspace are already here.
- Four utility accounts
- Electricity, water, gas and wifi are in the rent. Nothing to connect, nothing to cancel.
- A credit-score threshold
- ID verification for every adult and where you are working. No score to clear.
- An early-termination penalty
- Thirty days’ written notice and you are out clean.
- A furniture-rental contract
- None. That cost is not sitting on top of the rent.
Why 30 nights is the floor
Charlotte, like most cities, draws its regulatory line at 30 days: below it a stay is lodging, above it it is a rental. Staying on the right side of that line is what lets this be a straightforward, HOA-clean arrangement with a written agreement rather than a nightly booking.
It also changes what you are legally taking. A stay under 90 days for vacation or leisure falls under North Carolina’s Vacation Rental Act; a stay for work or relocation is a residential tenancy under Chapter 42 instead, with the protections that carries. We paper it accordingly rather than pretending a three-month work assignment is a holiday.
If you need fewer than 30 nights, a hotel is genuinely the better answer and we will say so.
Booking direct, and what that saves
The same house is listed on Airbnb. Booking here instead removes the platform’s guest service fee, which on a multi-month stay is not a rounding error — it is a meaningful share of a month’s rent.
It also removes the platform from the middle of every conversation. The agreement, the invoice your employer needs, the question at nine on a Sunday night — those come to the owners directly.
Questions
- What is the minimum stay?
- Thirty nights. There is no maximum — several months is normal and a year is fine.
- Is it month to month?
- After the initial term, yes. Give thirty days’ written notice whenever you are ready to go.
- Can I hold dates before my plans are confirmed?
- Yes, free, for seven days. Tick the box on the application and those nights come off the calendar while you confirm. No card, no commitment — if it falls through the hold releases itself.
- Do you run a credit check?
- No credit-score threshold. Every adult staying verifies their ID, and we ask where you are working. That is the screen.
- Can two or three of us split it?
- That is what three bedrooms and three and a half baths are for. Everyone eighteen or older is named on one agreement, verifies ID, and gets their own door code.
- How far in advance do I need to book?
- Seven days is the earliest move-in we can take, so the place can be turned over and the paperwork done properly. Further out is easier on the calendar.
See the house
21 photos, the full amenity list, the sleeping arrangements, the interactive commute map and every review are on the main page.
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$3,300/month for the whole house, split 2 ways · utilities and wifi included
September 2026
Due at move-in
$3,300 first month + $0 refundable deposit + $250 setup.
If the dates work we send an agreement and a link to verify ID. Nothing is charged until both are done.