Superhost, the apartment – now it's getting more difficult to rent out on Airbnb

if you are renting out an apartment at least ten times per year, get a high score, hardly ever cancel, and the quick response in getting the award of ”superhost” on Airbnb. It was the man in Gothenburg, sweden.

As a Home and Rent to be the first to report, he had rented out to her in the past and in the present residence for at least 65 times in 2014. Most of the time the lease was in his one-room apartment in the centre of Gothenburg, sweden, he graduated close to 900 dollars per night.

the Guests were able to check-in themselves, in that there was a code lock to the apartment.

on the operations of the last year, and cancelled the contract. The man then decided to pursue the matter before the rent tribunal. He had to admit that he had, in average, have rented out the mansion for a weekend, a month, and said that he had not understood that it would require the permission of the host, when you are renting out for shorter periods of time.

the rent tribunal concluded in its decision that the man is likely to be in the hotel business. The ruling gave particular attention to the man considered to be a 'superhost', and at a high price.

he hadn't realised that it was not permissible to rent it out to a large number of unknown people, he said, to the rent tribunal was unlikely.

the Decision was appealed, but the Svea court of appeal went on to hyresnämndens of the line.

”When an apartment is leased for residential purposes, the aim is that the apartment must be the tenant's home and the accommodation,” the court of appeal's ruling.

in the court of appeal has taken in the last couple of weeks. The Swedish union of tenants will see this as a clear signal of how this kind of increase.

" It's been a little bit unclear in the past. We will see what the court of appeal has now put her foot down against this kind of activity, " he says Candler, legal advisor at the Swedish union of tenants who have been through all three of them. < / p>

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" What's unique about this case is that the landlords have remained living in the apartment, which they rented out. As long as you stay in the apartment, you have the right to the residents. However, it is to be clarified now: if you are engaged in a business similar to that of the hotel operations prior to a breach of their obligations as a tenant, " he said.
Johan, Candler, förbundsjurist of the Swedish union of tenants. Photo Private < / span>

– the platform Itself is not a decisive factor. It is still possible to have the intrinsic, but the intrinsic must have this apartment to live in and to pay a reasonable rent. However, on Airbnb, it is often temporary visitors who are staying there at your leisure, and pay a price that the market is similar to the hotellpris. What we are going to talk away.

Whether or not it's a matter of how often you rent it out are, according to Johan, the Candler is unclear.

" You would think that it would be okay to rent for a weekend, but there's really nothing to go on. In the three cases that we looked at, there has been quite a lot of rentals, but we also don't know if there's any bottom line, " he said. < / p>

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and, as going away for a few weeks and would like to rent out an apartment, it is, according to him there is no difference in how well it has worked in the past.

" Then you would still need permission from their landlord with any sublease. However, in many of these cases, the tenant is seen as a chance to bring in extra money and to supplement their funds. What we mean is that we should be cautious about it.

the residents ' association have, by reason of the court of appeal's decision introduced a new, clearer guidelines on Airbnb.

" If you want to stay out of the way and take it to a higher rent, in which case you will have to have the written consent of the landlord, and then you have to be clear about the terms and conditions that apply. As a general rule, the condition of the apartment is a home, and is not to be used for the hotel business.