A private pool expands the high season and increases the price a guest can pay - and thus the fixed rental that a company can offer you - but requires constant maintenance throughout the summer and a proper innmost for the rest of the year. The maintenance and liability for his or her use are paid by his or her person who operates his or her place and his or her property, and his or her guest standards have to be put into writing before his or her first reservation.
Why the pool changes demand and season
In a rural house or a saw villa, the pool isn't an extra decorative: it's what decides if a group of friends or family with children choose your house in front of another in the same area and in what months. Expand high season beyond strict summer - spring and early autumn in areas such as the Tietar Valley and Sierra West of Madrid - and usually with other similar price levers: barbecue, closed garden, fireplace for the rest of the year. The more demand a house generates, the more margin a company has to offer you a higher fixed income, because its own low employment risk.
Who pays and does maintenance
A pool requires constant maintenance while in use - water treatment, cleaning, monitoring of the purifier - and a correct inlet for the rest of the year to avoid reaching the next season with damage. In a well-thought-out fixed rental contract, that maintenance from day to day takes care of the person who operates the house while the contract lasts, as does the rest of the house's current maintenance. What remains of the owner is structural, as a repair of the glass or filtering system. That should be explicit in the contract with the same logic as other maintenance clauses: give nothing of course.
Security and civil liability for using the pool
A pool's also the most at risk for an accident, so insurance matters as much as maintenance. When passing the tourist operation at the hands of the rental company, that company should have contracted the civil liability policy of the activity and it should be requested, before signing, to expressly cover the use of the pool by the guests housed. The insurance of the continent of the property - damage to the housing structure itself - remains with the owner as with any lease but that's an insurance other than that of civil liability vis-à-vis third parties.
User standards for guests
A pool with no clear standards is the most common source of incidents at a tourist accommodation: hours of use, a glass ban near the glass, monitoring of children and a marked depth. The good operators leave these standards in writing in their own housing and at home, and with words and words as they surrender the keys. If you are going to rent your villa to a company, it's reasonable to ask how you manage this point at other houses that already operates before signing.
How much adds up to fixed income
There's no public formula that adds up to "so many dollars to have a pool": the fixed income a company can offer to you is computed with real comparable of similar houses that already operates in your area, but with a generic table of amenities. What's consistent with all the areas we have been operating - Sierra Oeste de Madrid, Gredos, Valle del Tiétar and Segovia - is that a house with a good pool goes into high demand profile and that translates into an income higher than an equivalent house with a pool in the same area.
Indoor or heated pool: Do something change?
A heated or covered pool expands the use season beyond strict summer, and this theoretically also lengthen high booking season. In practice, for a company that will exploit the housing, that advantage is compensated with a higher maintenance and energy cost throughout the year, so it does not always translate into a proportionally higher income: it depends on how much actual demand exists in your area beyond the warmer months. Before investing in an air conditioning pool with an intention to get up his or her flat income, we have to ask directly to whoever's going to exploit his or her housing if his or her concrete investment makes up for his or her place.
If your villa or rural house in the Tietar Valley has a pool and you want to know what rent we can offer you, you can propose with rental houses in the tietar.
FAQ
The pool goes up a lot with a villa for tourist rental?
It's one of the amenities that moves demand and price most in rural houses, especially in the warmest months. There isn't a single figure applicable to all of Spain because it depends on the size, environment and area, but it's systematically one of the most sought after by group and family guests in the saw.
Who keeps the pool if I rent the house to a company?
At a fixed rental, day-to-day maintenance - including the swimming pool - takes care of the person who operates his or her place while his or her contract lasts, as does his or her other regular maintenance. The structural repairs of the glass or installation are still the responsibility of the owner, as are any building elements.
What sure does an accident cover at the pool?
The civil liability insurance of the tourist activity, which for rent should be in the name of the operator because it is she who operates the accommodation. It should be requested in writing before signing that this policy expressly cover the use of the pool by the guests, and do not give them of course.
Do you have to have a special permission to have a pool for tourist rental?
There is no unique response for all of Spain: it depends on whether the pool is considered as an exclusive or collective use of that housing and that is determined by the autonomous regulations and, if necessary, by the local order. Before announcing the house with a swimming pool we have to check with your town hall or with whoever will manage the house.
Can I close the pool out of season to save maintenance?
Yeah, and that's what's usual: it's been put into operation during the bathing season and a right inversion is made for the rest of the year, that reduces maintenance costs and prevents frost damage. A person who exploits his or her housing for his or her rent will have his or her own schedule.
Can you fenced the pool to separate guests's access?
Yes, and in houses with small children in the family or neighborhood it's usually a reasonable measure, both for security and to clear what area corresponds to the exclusive use of rental housing. It's an improvement that we should discuss with whoever's going to blow up the house, because it can also influence how the house looks at the announcement.
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