More and more people are offering their apartments or tourist houses to third parties in exchange for a temporary rental. If you are an owner and you are interested in entering the world of tourist housing, you are in the right place.
First of all, to carry out rentals for tourist use it is necessary that you legalize the home and the activity so that you can carry out this activity within the legal limits.

Lets start by the beginning. At Inmobiliaria Barneda we have prepared a section of questions and answers that will be interesting for you whether you are wanting to process the tourist use of your home as well as if you are looking to rent a home, in Roses, on the Costa Brava or anywhere. Here we go!


WHAT IS CONSIDERED A PROPERTY FOR TOURIST USE IN ROSES?

A home for tourist use is one whose owner transfers it in its entirety to a third party through a transaction for a period of 31 days or less. In other words, from the beginning it is expected that the stay will not exceed more than a month, hence its name "tourist".

WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE HOUSING FOR TOURIST USE IN ROSES (EL EMPORDÀ)?

The owner of the house for tourist use will always be the owner of the house, who will have to process his municipal authorization. However, the management of the property for tourist use can be carried out by a third party, manager or real estate agency.

WHAT DOES A HOME HAVE TO HAVE TO BE LEGALIZED FOR TOURIST USE?

Four fundamental points to take into account to legalize an apartment for tourist use are:

•Certificate of occupancy. Like any other dwelling, it must have a habitability cell and its occupation with more beds than those indicated in the certificate may not be allowed.

• It must have all the technical and quality conditions required of any home in general to be able to be inhabited.

• It must be sufficiently equipped for its occupation. This refers to having all the necessary furniture, appliances and appliances necessary to be able to be occupied immediately.

• Must be in a perfect state of cleanliness


HOW IS A HOME LEGALIZED SO THAT IT HAS A TOURIST USE PERMIT ON THE COSTA BRAVA AND IN MORE PLACES IN CATALONIA?

Legalizing an apartment for tourist use or HUT is easier and simpler than it seems. The first step is to notify the town hall of the start of the tourist activity through the presentation of the corresponding documentation.
Before carrying out any procedure, it is necessary to consult the town hall to take note if there is any limitation on the qualification of houses or flats for tourist use in this municipality (Roses, for example). This consultation can be done at the electronic headquarters of the town hall, which will be a very easy and fast process.
It must be taken into account that if the procedure is carried out and it is the case that the municipality where the housing for tourist use is located has suspended the qualifications, your communication will lose legal effect.

Next, the General Directorate of Tourism will provide the corresponding documentation and the corresponding fee will be paid.

Finally, the General Directorate of Tourism will be the one who legalizes the activity for tourist use and will grant it a legislation number (HTG-). It is very important to use this number to promote the home.


WHEN DOES THE ACTIVITY BEGIN ONCE ITS TOURIST USE HAS BEEN LEGALIZED?

When the owner submits the Declaration of Responsibility, once the tourist use of the home has been legalized and the registration number has been granted, the apartment, house, flat or villa that you want to allocate for tourist use will be prepared to be promoted with this number. in the ads you want and most interest you.


WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO LEGALIZE A HOME FOR TOURIST USE?

It is very important to carry out all the procedures to legalize an apartment for tourist use since a tourist activity can only be carried out under the protection of the law.
Likewise, the house will be able to benefit from the dissemination and promotion that will be carried out through the Official Tourist Accommodation Guide and the Tourism Promotion Portal of Catalonia.


WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF A HOME FOR TOURIST USE IS NOT LEGALIZED?

It is important to take into account that, if a tourist activity is carried out without having previously carried out the necessary procedures to carry out said activity, it will be considered illegal. The consequences of this activity will put the owners at risk of being penalized by the town council as well as by the Generalitat de Catalunya.


HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THE USER WHO CONTRACTS A HOME HAS THE TOURIST USE PERMIT UP TO DATE?

When hiring a home for tourist use, the registration number in the Tourism Registry of Catalonia or the municipal communication reference must always be visible, as well as the HUTG number.

WHAT ARE THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE OWNER OF THE TOURIST ACCOMMODATION?

The owner of the dwelling for tourist use is responsible for:
- Facilitate to the city council, users and neighbors a contact number to solve immediately any incidence related to the tourist activity of their property.
- To guarantee to the maximum the service of maintenance of the housing.
- In the event that the user does not respect the basic rules of coexistence or violates any municipal ordinance, to require him/her to leave the property.
- To collect the Tourist Tax, the tax for tourist properties (IEET). The user of the housing for tourist use will have to pay this tax, which will be paid at the end of his stay, with previous delivery of the invoice on the part of the owner. This one will have to present in his day, the liquidation before the Tributary Agency of Catalonia.

Other key points to bear in mind are:


-With respect to the limitation of census registration by the regulation of housing for tourist use, this one is neutral in this aspect.

-With regard to the contractual form for the assignment of the tourist housing, there is no predetermined contractual form by the tourist legislation, so that this can be done in any of the admitted forms.

-To consult possible restrictions in order to destine a housing to tourist use, it is possible to consult the Statutes of the community of proprietors registered in the Registry of the Property, as well as to limit this use.

-The only official registry of dwellings for tourist use is the Tourism Registry of Catalonia (RTC), which is attached to the Directorate General of Tourism of the Generalitat de Catalunya.


ARE YOU LOOKING TO RENT OR BUY A PROPERTY OR DO YOU WANT TO SELL YOURS ON THE COSTA BRAVA?

In Barneda Real Estate we have a professional team that will accompany you in this process and in all the procedures you need. We have a wide range of properties for rent in Roses, the Empordà and the Costra Brava. You can make vacation rentals, as well as long term rentals or even buy the house of your dreams in Roses, Empuriabrava.