advice on longer term rentals

Agencies and other headaches, keys and cleaners, running costs and contracts...in short, all the things we spend so much of our time doing behind the scenes.<br>
Readingcorner
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advice on longer term rentals

Post by Readingcorner »

Hi. i have been approached by a friend of the family to let the cottage to his father for 12 weeks next feb. His father is returning from NZ and will then be looking for somewhere to buy here. Does anybody know of the laws regarding this? it would be a week to week letting. we are only starting out in the letting world, and are not sure whether we can do this?
all advice gratefully received.
Thanks
ianh100
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Post by ianh100 »

Hi,
We have taken longer lets like this, it's not a problem but the days don't count towards your FHL total rented nights once you go over something like 30. So as long as you can still meet the minimum number of rented nights excluding this 12 weeks you are OK.
Readingcorner
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Post by Readingcorner »

Thanks.
Do you do contracts week to week? and how did you manage deposits etc?
ianh100
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Post by ianh100 »

We just did a contract for the full term but left all of the wording as for a holiday let and not an assured tenancy.

If in the winter we tend to have a much lower rental cost to reflect that we are not cleaning each week and also get them to pay the energy bills. We charge a larger deposit.

Do you have any planning restrictions for "holiday use only"? These can vary quite a lot around the country so worth reading exactly what the deeds state.
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