When Shayne La Rosa's cabins were ruled non-compliant he brought caravans in for Adele fans instead.

A hotel proprietor selling accommodation for the Adele concert came up with a trail-blazing way to get around council regulations - a trailer park.

Shayne La Rosa, proprietor of Shooters Saloon Hotel, Bar and Cabins was selling accommodation for Adele fans at 11 furnished cabins on the section next to his Kingsland bar when Auckland council ruled the cabins non-compliant, only a month before her concert.

"I didn't want to let people down," La Rosa said.

DILEEPA FONSEKA/FAIRFAX One caravan space was sold within hours of being put up online on the final day of Adele's concert.

So he offered a refund to those who wanted one, and a more council-compliant choice to the others - caravans.

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"The council turned up and, you know, I thought they'd just go ballistic," La Rosa said.

DILEEPA FONSEKA\FAIRFAX Adele fans paid $75-100 per night to stay in one of these caravans.

"But they said 'when we saw the caravans we thought good on ya Shayne for finding another way to get around it'."

He hired four caravans for the weekend and dropped the price of accommodation to $75-100 a night which he thought was "quite dear for a caravan" then refunded people the difference between their previously booked accommodation and their new trailer park digs.

La Rosa said it cost him $300 per caravan, $1200 in total, to hire four for the weekend of the Adele concert

DILEEPA FONSEKA/FAIRFAX Shayne La Rosa says his future plans for accommodation on the site don't involve caravans or cabins.

"There was one couple they wouldn't let me refund them, they said 'nope you've helped us out, this is what we want'."

But there were plenty of others to take their place, right up to Adele's final day, three people cancelled their caravan bookings on the day of the concert so La Rosa put them back up online at 11.00am in the morning and they were snapped up within hours.

He even had three or four people walk in and express interest in staying in the caravans long-term.

La Rosa's hired caravans were hauled off Monday afternoon and says he'll be selling his cabins off but hasn't abandoned plans for building accommodation at two sites neighbouring his existing hotel.