Some problems with Long term rental

Just want to share a friendly advise to those who intend to rent their properties long term."-( in spain long term rent is around 6 months to 13 months , with a written contract)

please think very hard....- under spanish civil law , in my experience the tenants/renter are more protected than the property owner.

always hire a professional or a lawyer for contracts....better safe than sorry.

Our apartment was new, never lived in, thru good references we rented long term,...

the issues , troubles that goes with long term rent...is not worth The amount of money you get.

i would rather have my place empty, or rented as holiday weekly rent,,,,NEVER ever long term rent again.

Our renter had good references, was a co worker of my friend, paid rent on decent times. Sometimes delayed payment. When we decided not to renew the rental after a year, as we decided to use the apartment ourselves. we could  not force them to leave the apartment on time, until they can find a new home,( took another year us to  wait!) 

Pls be careful and think hard...(.more so if your tenants had children! ) 

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All part of the game. Greed got the better of you. Did you just want to kick them out on the street?.

Brexit, thanks for your polite reply.

 no not At all. We gave 4 months notice as normal...not throw people out! Its 3 months in contract.

I just want to share with good intentions, if you want to rent out long term , be very thorough ( which i was not) specially if your are living outside the country. Its hard to control situations specially more when you are a thousand miles away!

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Jimmychoo1:

Fully agree with you.

1. Rental Act protects home renters so, if you are not careful enough and sign a contract that can be considered a " home rental", you can fall into a 3 years obligatory extension period with the tenant.

2. Eviction process in Courts is slow for solving this type of problems which need a more speedy solution

Maria.  

Im thinking your making a distinction between home rental or holiday rental?   

If so what is the longest holiday rental a landlord can offer in a lease or contract?

Briando:

Criterium for differencing between holiday rental and home rental is not time. It is how the contract is agreed and named by parties.

An example might add clarification: You can have a 12-18 months rental contract which is a seasonal contract as parties have agreed so and therefore not being subjected to obligatory extensions and, you can have the same 12-18 months contract  which has clearly agreed and signed as a home rental and therefore being under obligatory extensions of Urban Rental Act.