Yes, but the house won't be just so if I rent it for a day or two. We ended up buying a house so that we can use it for eight weeks every year when we're back

Yes, but the house won't be just so if I rent it for a day or two. We ended up buying a house so that we can use it for eight weeks every year when we're back in the US so that we can feel like we're in a home for the duration of our stay and not interloping on someone else's home. From our point of view, it's a valid use case.