Do you want to rent your accommodation during your vacation to relieve your bank account? It is possible but we must respect these 2 approaches.
Do you want to rent your accommodation as a furnished tourist furnished during the summer in order to replenish your bank account a little or pay for your own vacation? Not everything is so simple. You have to take into account several elements before you can embark on this activity … But, do not panic, it is not the sea to drink either!
Summer has arrived and you have surely planned to go on vacation, maybe for a few weeks. If you are co-owner in a building, you may want to rent your property during your absence. In 2024, the Court of Cassation had decided in this direction by declaring that seasonal rentals did not constitute a commercial activity and were therefore a priori authorized in the settlement of condominiums.
However, certain conditions must be respected (for example, if the reception of customers is not ensured or if breakfast is not served). In addition, renting your apartment for a short duration should in no case disturb the tranquility of the neighbors. You must therefore make sure that the tenants will not organize a noisy party and that they will not create a concern within the building. Good to know: some municipalities limit seasonal rental to 120 days per calendar year. This is particularly the case if you go through the platform Airbnb.
Despite everything, the condominium can choose to prohibit this type of practice in its regulations. In this case, you can try to have it changed so that this activity is authorized, but it may well be an arduous task. To obtain this change in the regulations, this decision must be voted unanimously in general meeting.
In any case, before you embark on seasonal rental, via a platform like Airbnb Or other, you must respect a first step: the declaration in town hall to rent your property as a furnished tourist furnished. Then follows the second step: it is then recommended to inform the trustee. This will confirm to you if the activity is well authorized in the building and will register on the agenda the subject at the next general meeting of co-owners so that an information point is given, indicates The private real estate.
The trustee may thus give you all the information relating to the regulations of the co -ownership and the terms in the event of authorization of the seasonal rentals. So everything should be without a hitch!
