Tourist license for renting

Link to the information you want.

http://www.talkquesada.com/property-villas-houses-apartments-to-rent-in-quesada-spain-f41/rental-licence-t27281.html#p118917

Thank you. What about obtaining the epc and plaque? I was hoping to rent out my villa in the next couple of weeks. If it takes approx 5 months how do we go about this. I assume because the appliction has been sent off to be processed can we still go ahead rentung the property?

There's a lot of confusion and misinformation on this new Tourist Licence! It's been introduced with no notice. If you want to advertise your property on a website you need to have the Licence number. If you currently have an advert you are likely to be taken offline. My ad on Holiday Lettings has been removed without notice.

 We can do the process for you but there is a lot that you that you have to do yourself to gather up the paperwork needed.

www.costablancavillamanagement.com

Thank you. If you were to rent out the villa on my behalf do we still need one? I have been advised it takes up to three months to register which means i miss the summer rentals. Please advise

I'm afraid there's no way around this to bypass the need for a Tourist Licence! It was taking around a month to gather all the documents required then another two months  for it to be processed. So basically Summer will be over before you can obtain one. As more people realise they need a Licence there will be a log jam as I'm sure there is no plan to deal with a high volume of applications!!

Clearly introducing this just before the summer is a stroke of incompetence and the result could be thousands of villas are not available for rental and all those tourists taking their holiday and the money they spend to a different region or country!

If you are just renting to friends and family you don't need a Licence. Obtaining an EPC. Energy certificate @ around 300 euros is costly but my understanding is that one is not required!! As always there's a lot of false information around mainly because this has taken owners completely by surprise and are panicking!

Very understandable as in some cases owners rely on the rental income to pay a mortgage. For further information on the process and documents required contact me.

Thank you ken and thank you for making it so transparent to everyone!....basically we are all done for this summer and spains economy will suffer even more. Welldone Spain

The tourist license was introduced 3 years ago for those with just one property.  Up until then it was only compulsory if you owned multiple properties, but you could still get a license voluntarily if you only had one property.  No, it was not the case that there was no notice!  There were articles in the Spanish English press, the Spanish press, on-line articles and on the rental advertising sites about the requirement.  It seems, however, that many people either ignored it or thought it didn't apply to them, so since the clamp-down happened a lot of owners have been caught out.  

Here are two guides - the first is how to get it (pretty much a step by step guide) and the second contains lots of supplementary information.  

https://www.spain-holiday.com/rentalbuzz/holiday-rental-licences-in-the-valencian-community

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NyaF_5EzDIaN-zMZnuXGBefMItgw9xEz/view

Once you get the license you need to display a plaque at the property and register with the Guardia Civil to file your guests' details.  

As you are in the UK you need to file a tax return every quarter for your rental income as well as your annual non-residents tax return (that hasn't changed, same requirement as always).  And of course you will still need to file details of your rental income on your UK tax return - again no change in rules.

The fines now are pretty large if you are caught letting without being registered.  Also your keyholder/cleaner must be working legally in Spain - either a registered business or registered self-employed.  You will find a lot of rental sites will refuse your property if you don't have a license number (as they can be fined for advertising non-legal lets too!)

You will need a CÉDULA or certificate from the Town Hall in order to complete the forms. If you have purchased recently you probably have one. Some old properties do not meet the requirements eg for an up to date septic tank (EU standard) etc. With the CÉDULA number you can fill in the forms that can be downloaded from THE GENERALITAT   and have them submitted for you - you can apparently do it through the post office. Many people ask a lawyer to do it for them. Best of luck!

Val White

Such an interesting thread - and, thank you, everyone for the information/links.  We are about to buy a property that we will need to rent out for at least part of the year (next summer as a minimum) to give us some extra income - and we will ensure that we get the licence.  We have stayed in a few different holidays lets in the past year - and not one of them was licensed!  I imagine there is quite a panic going on with those sort of property owners.