FACING UP to the complex licensing legislation affecting holiday rental properties which, to date shows no signs of being altered, one Algarve villa rental agency has launched a service to prepare licence applications for its clients.
Lack of progress on holiday property licensing
By CAROLINE CUNHA
caroline@portugalresident.com
DESPITE THE efforts of various organisations in the Algarve and the lobbying of MPs and business groups, no progress has been made in relation to solving the licensing problem concerning the rental of private properties to holidaymakers.
Are you renting your property to vacationers?
By PEDRO MIGUEL
IN THE previous article, I wrote about the New Urban Rentals Law. It was dedicated to those renting property for permanent living. This article is dedicated to those renting to vacationers, a very common practice in the Algarve and one that is normally in the mind of those who buy an apartment or villa in the region. These rentals are known as “parallel beds” by the bigger and more formal tourism operators (i.e. hotels, guesthouses).
Commission formed to solve tourist property rental…
Commission formed to solve tourist property rental licensing problems
AS A result of a meeting to discuss the current situation affecting the tourist property rental sector, held last Friday at Vilamoura’s Hotel Ampalius and organised by Portuguese local newspaper, Região Sul, a special commission has now been formed to meet with the government concerning this issue.
151-E Rentals Info as publiced in AFPOP magazine April issue. Rental Licences Recently there have been many press articles on the subject of Letting Licences and many members affected by the issue are in a panic. Because of the lack of coordination between Inspectors, Tourist Office and Câmaras, many owners rightfully fear a Catch 22. Members have asked what to do in their particular area; what the law actually says and how it affects their particular circumstances. Obviously individual situations must be judged on their circumstances, but basically if you earn income from renting out property in Portugal, that property must be licensed. There are different types of licences, based on size, number of rooms and frequency and type of occupation, but all property must be registered with the Câmara and licensed accordingly.
150-E Rental licenses again.
Disappointed but not defeated: property rental licensing row continues
ACCORDING TO those who attended the meeting on March 15 at the Direcção-Geral de Turismo (DGT), the general directorate for tourism, to debate the application of legislation responsible for regulating the licensing of properties for tourism purposes, “it was nothing but a bad joke”.
Dear Rental Algarve client,
**In addition to my earlier letters please find press releases from Algarve News papers indicating that it does not seems to be all good news. **
Dear client,
As promised I will try to keep you up-dated on the situation on the rental issue. We have several indications that the authorities are taken our fight seriously.
Dear property owner,
We have recently informed you about the problem arisen as a result of inspections carried out by the Min. of Economics. Rental agents as well as property owners have been fined, for which reason we had to decide to postpone our rental activities through our agency. The last couple of weeks meetings have taken place at the highest regional level in order to make the authorities aware of the enormous impact these action can have on Algarves economy, nearly totally depending on tourism.Recently during a forum organised by Network the authorities have been questioned about this urgent matter. You will find a report on this meeting below. Furthermore other organisations have asked the authorities to look urgently into this matter and we have been promised that we can expect a first briefing from the council of Presidents of the Algarve early March.
