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Hi All, property near us is like a revolving door, people in and out, noisy etc, all types, not seen the owner for sum time, and very much doubt they hold a tourist license, if u provide the town hall with address details are they able to advise if a license is held on the property. Cheers.
The property should be showing a plaque with the tourist licence number on it if they have one. If you are in a Community your Administrator should know if the owner has asked permission from the Community for short lets.
Hello
Tourist Licence owners have to register with the Guardia Civil & notify them of arrival/departure details, names etc...that might be a good place to start.
Cheers
Elinspain
Oxonia wrote on Thu Oct 27, 2022 5:30pm:
The property should be showing a plaque with the tourist licence number on it if they have one. If you are in a Community your Administrator should know if the owner has asked permission from the Community for short lets.
Thank You
elinspain wrote on Thu Oct 27, 2022 5:59pm:
Hello
Tourist Licence owners have to register with the Guardia Civil & notify them of arrival/departure details, names etc...that might be a good place to start.
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Cheers
Elinspain
Thank You
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:23pm
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The License is issued by the office for tourism in Alicante. They kerp a register. Your community administrator should know if the property is Licensed and will have the owners details to ask them if they are unsure. If not Licensed they should inform the owners that any future holiday letting will be reported to the police and they will deal with the matter. The fines are big. The complaint to the police should be filed when holiday makers are there.
Davebev1 wrote on Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:23pm:
The License is issued by the office for tourism in Alicante. They kerp a register. Your community administrator should know if the property is Licensed and will have the owners details to ask them if they are unsure. If not Licensed they should inform the owners that any future holiday lett...
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...ing will be reported to the police and they will deal with the matter. The fines are big. The complaint to the police should be filed when holiday makers are there.
Thank you
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:17am
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Davebev1 wrote on Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:23pm:
The License is issued by the office for tourism in Alicante. They kerp a register. Your community administrator should know if the property is Licensed and will have the owners details to ask them if they are unsure. If not Licensed they should inform the owners that any future holiday lett...
Read more...
...ing will be reported to the police and they will deal with the matter. The fines are big. The complaint to the police should be filed when holiday makers are there.
We have a similar situation. Mostly in summer the place is like a Picadilly Cirkus. I spoke to the administrator, they have no idea about Tourist licensing, no one in urbanisation have one. We had a crime committed, perpetrator was cought in act by police. They found out he was foreign, possibly on holidays, maybe even renting on urbanisation. There is no way to control the residents on urbanisation. The tourists could be all "friends and family". I am a big supporter of Tourist licensing but a very sceptical one. I would like to hear, if anybody on forum achieved a resolution to similar problem. Thank you.
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:32am
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Ann212 wrote on Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:17am:
We have a similar situation. Mostly in summer the place is like a Picadilly Cirkus. I spoke to the administrator, they have no idea about Tourist licensing, no one in urbanisation have one. We had a crime committed, perpetrator was cought in act by police. They found out he was foreign, possibly ...
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...on holidays, maybe even renting on urbanisation. There is no way to control the residents on urbanisation. The tourists could be all "friends and family". I am a big supporter of Tourist licensing but a very sceptical one. I would like to hear, if anybody on forum achieved a resolution to similar problem. Thank you.
If you have properties being rented out then report them to the police when renters are there. Yes, I am only too aware that there is still a black market in people claiming to be 'friends and family staying for free' when they are paying to be there, but unless neighbours/presidents/admins take action against such owners nothing will really change. Licenses have been compulsory since 2015 so for an admin to claim they know nothing about them is ridiculous, it is part of their job to understand the laws relating to communities, so hold them to account; you pay admins to work for yu so get them to do their job!
If you suspect a property is being used as an unlicensed rental then first contact the owners asking for the license details, or ask the president or admin to do so, but if none is forthcoming then report it to the authorities. The law states that a License is required (and tax payable) if ANY remuneration is received for use of a property for holiday or leisure purposes, so even friends and family paying 'mates rates' to cover utilities means a License is required, the guests must be registered on arrival and tax is payable on the amount paid - friends/family can only legally use the house for free. Without meaning to sound rude, complaining to the wrong people achieves nothing, you have to complain to the authorities yourself if the admin or president won't do their job. If you prefer not to do that then nothing will change and you will have to just put up with it.
Unlicensed means illegal, and illegal means insurance companies can refuse to pay out if there is a claim that results from the actions of an illegal rental. So effectively doing nothing to stop illegal lets could be invalidating your community's insurance, as insurance company can claim that by not acting to at least try and prevent it, or not reporting it, the community is consenting to known illegal activity, which can have consequences for other owners.
Davebev1 wrote on Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:32am:
If you have properties being rented out then report them to the police when renters are there. Yes, I am only too aware that there is still a black market in people claiming to be 'friends and family staying for free' when they are paying to be there, but unless neighbours/presidents/admins...
Read more...
... take action against such owners nothing will really change. Licenses have been compulsory since 2015 so for an admin to claim they know nothing about them is ridiculous, it is part of their job to understand the laws relating to communities, so hold them to account; you pay admins to work for yu so get them to do their job!
If you suspect a property is being used as an unlicensed rental then first contact the owners asking for the license details, or ask the president or admin to do so, but if none is forthcoming then report it to the authorities. The law states that a License is required (and tax payable) if ANY remuneration is received for use of a property for holiday or leisure purposes, so even friends and family paying 'mates rates' to cover utilities means a License is required, the guests must be registered on arrival and tax is payable on the amount paid - friends/family can only legally use the house for free. Without meaning to sound rude, complaining to the wrong people achieves nothing, you have to complain to the authorities yourself if the admin or president won't do their job. If you prefer not to do that then nothing will change and you will have to just put up with it.
Unlicensed means illegal, and illegal means insurance companies can refuse to pay out if there is a claim that results from the actions of an illegal rental. So effectively doing nothing to stop illegal lets could be invalidating your community's insurance, as insurance company can claim that by not acting to at least try and prevent it, or not reporting it, the community is consenting to known illegal activity, which can have consequences for other owners.
Thank you
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