Are hotels better than villa rentals
Posted in News on 21. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
Hot on the heels of this survey which highlighted ten things people hate about staying in hotels (inspired by a holidaylettings.co.uk survey) and this post from bargain villas saying why villa rentals are better than hotel stays, Travel Rants gives five reasons not to rent a villa including a highlight of the Morairaway scam. Travel Rants five [...]
Things left behind in holiday homes
Posted in News on 16. Oct, 2009 | 4 Comments
Flip Flops in the fridge, an entire room filled with pink balloons and and a twenty four inch machete are just a few of the belongings left in holiday home rental properties by punters guests according to a survey amongst Holidaylettings.co.uk members.
Holiday Home Owners and agents : I’m interested to know – What’s the strangest, [...]
Granny Flat Tax Risk
Posted in News on 18. May, 2009 | No Comments
UK home owners whose property includes a self-contained annexe could soon face an extra council tax bill. ‘Granny flats’ could soon end up being banded for the tax in their own right.
According to The Times, there are plans to revalue every property in the country, but this is not likely to happen until after the [...]
How demand shifts to the UK during credit crisis.
Posted in News on 13. May, 2009 | No Comments
As holidays at home become more popular this year due to the credit crunch, the UK has jumped from 7th to 5th most popular country searched for on Holiday-Rentals.co.uk, overtaking the Canary Islands and Portugal, with the number of booking enquiries up some 90% year on year.
Based on booking enquiries received via the popular holiday [...]
Second Home Occupancy
Posted in News on 10. May, 2009 | 1 Comment
According to various sources recently, on average holiday home owners are leaving their properties vacant for something like 70% of the year. I have read a range of comments from 50 weeks to 9 months.
Apart from the obvious potential for a burglary and thus the need for adequate insurance this reflects the huge potential of [...]
Change to UK tax law on holiday lettings
Posted in News on 25. Apr, 2009 | No Comments
A tax break designed to boost investment in grass roots UK tourism will soon be taken away as it was deemed in breach of European Union common market rules.
From the start of the 2010 / 2011 tax year furnished properties in the UK available as holiday lettings will no longer be able to be classed [...]
Buckingham Palace holiday letting
Posted in News on 26. Mar, 2009 | 5 Comments
Seems as if the credit crunch is hitting the highest in British society !
A new listing on holidaylettings is described as follows :
“A gated property with secure parking and armed guards, this is the perfect property to relax in complete luxury. Exquisitely furnished with many priceless antiques, royal collections and rare artefacts. 400 people work [...]
Surge in holiday home rentals continues
Posted in News on 09. Mar, 2009 | No Comments
Over 1,500 new holiday homes were added to holidaylettings.co.uk in February 2009 with around 20% of those new villas and apartments being located in Spain according to a report for holiday home rental
The increase in the number of homes advertised with holidaylettings suggests to me that
People are having difficult selling their holiday homes
People are [...]
Advice for British expats in Alicante
Posted in News on 06. Feb, 2009 | No Comments
Over 1 million Britons have bought a house in Spain over the last decade
Some are not prepared for when the “dream turns sour” according to a report in yesterday’s Telegraph. To remedy this British citizens that have gone the whole hog and moved to Spain will be able to take advantage of free advice surgeries [...]
Surge in holiday rentals
Posted in News on 23. Jan, 2009 | No Comments
Rentals increase out of necessity
Interesting article from the New York Times about the holiday home rental market in Europe.
“Basically it was something we had to do” to cover the mortgage, says Mrs. Pearson who bought and renovated a house in the Lake District hoping for a profit. “We didn’t have a choice.” She adds.
The article [...]
