Does Landlord law/responsibilities apply to Holiday home lets?

Bart1

I'm in the process of buying a holiday home and considering letting it out by the week when not using.

Will I have to Jump through the same hoops as if I was letting a perminent home?

Owain_Moneysaver

Yes, either because the law specifically requires you to (eg gas safety) or because you owe the holidaymaker a general duty of care and it is unlikely that duty would be satisfied by a lower standard.

Bart1

Cheers....

eddddy

Holiday lets are very, very different from residential lets.

You might say you still have to jump through hoops, but it is a completely different set of hoops.

Examples include...

You don't have 'tenants' (you have paying guests), so you don't need court orders to get them out if they won't leave etc.

If you are doing it 'officially', you should have planning consent, pay business rates, have the correct insurance, commercial mortgage etc.

If you just let it to friends, family, etc, occasionally - perhaps you don't need to bother with all of that.

G_M

'Landlord Law'?

There are various laws that apply to landlords. Some apply only to ASTs, some to other types of tenancies, Excluded Occupiers, etc.

There are also other laws that apply to businesses in general including LLs.

You need to research in depth the leglislative framework relating to Holiday Letting. Personally I'd start with a visit to the local library, or a search of Amazon/Waterstones websites for appopriate guides/books etc.

A general Google search might help too. But most posters here are famiiar with ASTs.

Madmel

The local Tourist Board guidelines for their star ratings would be a good place to start. Also look at what is required by your insurance company. We have no gas here, so I don't need a Gas Safety Certificate. However, my insurance company requires actions such as heating systems being drained down if the cottage is unoccupied for more than 30 days (not relevant to us as the heating is electric) and the water being shut off, something we do routinely unless we have consecutive lettings.