The rental by season - to teleworkers, families looking for a few months in the field - uses a seasonal contract (article 3 of the LAU) and gives a more stable income than the tourist but without price flexibility per night. The managed tourist rental better captures demand for weekend and high season with more management and variable income. The fixed income with an enterprise removes the risk of employment completely, in exchange for a closed income ceiling. No one's better at abstract: depends how much own use you want to preserve and how much income variability you're willing to assume.
Three models for a saw house
The same rural house - in Sierra Oeste de Madrid, Gredos, Valle del Tiétar or Segovia - can be rented in three ways that do not suit each other and at risk: rental by season to those looking for a long stay (telework, families that have been established a few months), rental with an airport run by nights, or rent with a company that exploits and pays you the same thing every months. To choose well depends how much own use you want to preserve from the housing and how much income variability you are willing to assume in exchange for a higher roof.
Season rental: actual demand and season contract
Seasonal rental uses a concrete contractual figure: Section 3 of Act 29 / 1994 of Urban Retirement expressly includes leases "held after season, whether this summer or any other" within leases for non-housing use, meaning that they do not apply the rules of obligatory extension of habitual rental: the duration is freely agreed between the parties. That makes it useful for those who telework and seek several months in the countryside, or for a family that wants to prove living outside the town without compromising to a regular rental of housing. The demand exists in well-connected saw areas, but it's more seasonal and lower in volume than the demand for sightseeing rental per nights, so it's best to check with seasonal portals of your area before excluding other options.
Tourist rental: license and management
Night rental is usually the best catching for high season: higher prices per night at weekends, bridges and summer with the possibility of adjusting prices with demand daily. In exchange it requires more management - reserves, interstay cleanliness, guest care - and almost always requires housing license for tourist use or responsible declaration as required by your autonomous community's regulations. It's the best income ceiling model but also the best variability model: in low season income can fall quite if housing doesn't have good demand throughout the year.
Fixed income with company: free income
A company rents housing by contract and takes the risk of employment: you get the same rent every month, full or empty the house, without managing reserves and maintenance from day to day. The entrance ceiling will be closed - don't catch high season peaks as at the tourist level - but don't get low season valleys. That model was most likely to be a traditional rental of habitual housing, although the bottom contract was of different use from that of housing for activity at home.
Comparison table by income, effort and risk
| Season | Management of tourism | Fixed income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of contract | Season (art. 3 LAU) | Do not apply to a tenant and conduct by commission | Non-housing use (art. 3 Lau) |
| Employment risk | The owner, in his term of office | Owner's care and management | The lease undertaking |
| Retirement | Medium, with no high season peaks per night | Stop, capture weekends and summer | Closed, with no surprises up and down |
| Tourist leave | Not normally required | Required in most communities | The person who exploits, as agreed |
| Management efforts | Low, a tenant for months | Constant stop, maintenance and cleaning | None, while the contract expires |
| Home use | None while the contract expires | Free date blocks | Compact before signing |
If what you're after is to get rid of the full risk of employment and the job of managing reserves, fixed income is the most direct option: you can see how it works at alquiler fijo de casas en Segovia.
FAQ
What's a season contract and what's different from a regular one?
Section 3 of Act 29 / 1994 of Urban Leases (LAU) expressly includes leases from urban farms held every season - summer or any other - within leases for non-housing use. That means that they do not apply the minimum duration and compulsory extension of rental of habitual housing: the duration is established by the parties, normally linked to the specific months that last.
Is there a real demand for rental for months in rural areas of Madrid, Ávila or Segovia?
A demand for several months of stay in saw areas, especially since the rise of telework, but less and more seasonal than a demand for tourist rental per nights. Before betting about this model you have to look at the seaport rental portals of your particular area with current dates rather than a generic demand for all of Spain.
The tourist rental needs a license and the season rental doesn't?
Tourist rental most often requires a housing license for tourist use or a declaration with responsibility under the autonomous regulations. Seasonal rental, as it isn't a regulated tourist housing activity, normally does not require them, but it should be checked in your autonomous community if there are doubts about the concrete use to be given to the housing.
Can I combine the three models in the same house with the time of year?
In practice they are difficult to combine well with at the same place: each model involves a different type of contract and management and changes from one to another several times a year complicate both the operation and, in some cases, the tourist license itself. The usual thing is to choose a main model and maintain it, and not to alternate every quarter.
What's more income, season, tourist or rent?
The run tourist usually have the highest income ceiling because it captures high season at night price but with more variability; the fixed income gives the most predictable income but with a closed roof. The season remains at an intermediate point with less management and more stability than it but without the high season price per night.
Can I change the model later if the one I choose doesn't work?
Yeah, but not from one month to another: each model involves a contract with its own time and notice, so actual change from one to another usually takes weeks or months to complete. It's better to choose a model that best suits your current situation with a calm choice than to start with one thinking about changing soon if it doesn't suit.
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