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In Amsterdam you can only AirBnB your house for 30 days a year. So normal residents can rent out their house when they go on holiday, but you can't buy up livin
by apexalpha 7y ago
In Amsterdam you can only AirBnB your house for 30 days a year. So normal residents can rent out their house when they go on holiday, but you can't buy up living space for only renting it out on AirBnB.
- pentae 7y agoOf course the Dutch come up with a very fair and reasonable compromise.
- StavrosK 7y agoIsn't it like this in many places in Europe now? Barcelona does 60 days and Greece does 90 that I know, as well. Maybe I'm mistaken on Barcelona.
- danielbln 7y agoI believe in Berlin it's 6 Months out of the year or something (with caveats attached).
- pintxo 7y agoThere is no time, but a space limit in Berlin. You can rent out as much as you like if it's less than 50% of the space of your apartment you're actually living. If it's over 50% or you are not living there at all, you need a permit.
- orcdork 7y agoThe 90 day limit in Greece is related to how income from the properties is taxed iirc.
- StavrosK 7y agoNot exactly: http://www.haniotika-nea.gr/90-meres-to-chrono-i-enikiasi-meso-airbnb/ http://www.haniotika-nea.gr/90-meres-to-chrono-i-enikiasi-me... It's 90 days, 60 days on small islands and you can only go over that limit if you're low-income. Compliance is a different issue, because Greece, but hopefully AirBnB and the other platforms will help police this.
- codfrantic 7y agoWhich then in turn isn't really enforced and the commercial guys running multiple appartments as full time rentals find intricate ways around the rules...
- SeanDav 7y agoThere will always be people that find ways around rules, but if the rules exist and are reasonably well enforced, then that is really what is required. This assumes the rule is reasonable, which does appear to be the case here.
- ulfw 7y agoHow is that enforced?
- gibagger 7y agoThe owner of the property must get a permit number from the municipality. Airbnb and other similar sites are obliged to require that permit number and limits the amount of nights per year for Amsterdam properties.
- ulfw 7y agoThat's a cool way of doing it. I wonder if there is a central database for those number of stays. Otherwise you could feasibly rent it out 30 days on AirBnB and then 30 more days on booking.com and then 30 on other platforms etc
- SenHeng 7y agoSimilarly, in Japan, if any of your neighbours complain to the council and they begin an investigation, it's likely that you'll get pushed off the platform.
- petra 7y ago>> Of course the Dutch come up with a very fair and reasonable compromise. Why ? what's different about dutch culture?
- jermy 7y agoI think it might have been a pun relating to the phrase "Going Dutch"
- rags2riches 7y agoI associate the Netherlands with pragmatic and sensible, live and let live kind of policies for things like sex, drugs, traffic, squatting. In my mind it's similar to Denmark. I think it's a common association but I don't know how it would hold up to scrutiny.
- nizmow 7y agoSadly this rule seems to be frequently broken.
- ineedasername 7y agoAirBnb should be responsible for providing a framework for complying with regional regulations of this sort. Why isn't AirBnb liable for facilitating users to break the law?
- gpvos 7y agoEnforcement is difficult though, and not effective enough.
- Scoundreller 7y agoI like that system because it increases housing supply. Instead of a new hotel or hostel getting built, there won’t be demand for it and an apartment will be built instead (or some other structure).