Balcony
15-12-2013, 10:53
As you are all aware there are rental restrictions already in Tenerife. I didn't know, but it seems Catalonia and the Balearics also have severe restrictions.
There was a news item in the Mail yesterday (Sat) that suggest that by next spring Spain, as a whole, will also place severe restrictions (and penalties), broadly, to outlaw the private rental market. Apparently the hotel lobby is responsible.
France too is also looking to place similar restriction next year and has already banned some rentals of second properties in key cities, like Paris. Germany too is looking to introduce restrictions and may vote on it within the next fortnight.
I can envisage further restrictions in the Canaries and a racking up of action against illegal rentals once the mainland introduce legisation. Either way, it will impact severely on property owners.
It's time poeple took a stand and starting barracking their local politicians and also writing to their MEPs to protest the unfairness of the legislation proposed. Yes, have a regulated market, but make it a fair market and not so restrictive that it encourages malpractices by so called rental agents.
It is also time holiday makers started to take legal action against hotels in appropriate cases, not just whimper off home and forget it! Target hotels and report the mistakes (and tricks) discovered.
There was a news item in the Mail yesterday (Sat) that suggest that by next spring Spain, as a whole, will also place severe restrictions (and penalties), broadly, to outlaw the private rental market. Apparently the hotel lobby is responsible.
France too is also looking to place similar restriction next year and has already banned some rentals of second properties in key cities, like Paris. Germany too is looking to introduce restrictions and may vote on it within the next fortnight.
I can envisage further restrictions in the Canaries and a racking up of action against illegal rentals once the mainland introduce legisation. Either way, it will impact severely on property owners.
It's time poeple took a stand and starting barracking their local politicians and also writing to their MEPs to protest the unfairness of the legislation proposed. Yes, have a regulated market, but make it a fair market and not so restrictive that it encourages malpractices by so called rental agents.
It is also time holiday makers started to take legal action against hotels in appropriate cases, not just whimper off home and forget it! Target hotels and report the mistakes (and tricks) discovered.