That makes very interesting reading, thanks for that. I am about to visit my accountant to put in place my accounts for this last year and then look at the impact of the proposed changes, which will be enormous, I have no doubt.
It seems a very workable solution has been put forward of potentially raising the occupancy from 10 weeks to 15 weeks. I wonder if it will be heard - somehow, I doubt it, but I'd love to be proved wrong.
Having just entered the "trade" of self catering in the last year, it is very frustrating to have the rules changed in front of your eyes. As everyone on here will agree I'm sure, the standard of self catering premises and therefore holidays, has to be high and bears no relation to the business of renting a house for 6 months or a year. Having been a tenant in the recent past and now running a self catering business - there can be no comparison between the level of work that the two different types of landlord put in.
If we're not running a business and providing job opportunities to the (mainly) rural economies, then I'm an alien just landed here, and this isn't the country I thought I was coming to.
