Holiday Let New Controls

[Ian_and_Sian]

Fortunately, we are in the position where we don't need to rent our apartment for financial stability. What we have done is have friends and family stay two or three times a year, paying a nominal amount to cover things like electricity and water.

By the time I've sorted out and paid for an accountant and for the tiny amounts involved it's just not worth the bother of even charging this nominal fee. Couple this with this new rule of having to log in and update the police every single night, this will be the last year where we'll share our Turkish home with those close to us.

I'm sure other property owners who casually, not commercially rent, will be thinking the same.

Seems just when tourism is back on the up, the powers that be have just  managed to shoot themselves in the foot with a badly implemented scheme.

[stoop]

Fortunately, we are in the position where we don't need to rent our apartment for financial stability. What we have done is have friends and family stay two or three times a year, paying a nominal amount to cover things like electricity and water.

By the time I've sorted out and paid for an accountant and for the tiny amounts involved it's just not worth the bother of even charging this nominal fee. Couple this with this new rule of having to log in and update the police every single night, this will be the last year where we'll share our Turkish home with those close to us.

I'm sure other property owners who casually, not commercially rent, will be thinking the same.

Seems just when tourism is back on the up, the powers that be have just  managed to shoot themselves in the foot with a badly implemented scheme.

Yes - they always seem to manage to find a way

I wonder how many tourists will be lost now due to this? Hopefully if the State of Emergency ends then this might as well but I won't hold my breath.

[KKOB]

One more nail in the Turkish Tourism coffin.

[sadler]

Thing is, if you take this to the enth degree, and I have a lot of friends who still have properties out there, the market could be flooded with "for sale" properties. The obvious result of this will be a drop in property prices. Not only does this have an affect on the vendors, but also on the financial market of the country as a whole (given the importance of house prices on the economy in the U.K. ).

[Scunner]

WHat if you rent your property out, advise the police correctly, and the renters have casual local lovers stay. It has, I believe, been known to happen.

[KKOB]

No !!

[George Warner]

Forgive me if I am being thick,but I really cannot see how this can be completely monitored in the way its intended.
 As Scunner pointed out what happens if your renter brings a friend for the night,I think this rule may be sent back to the drawing board.

[Scunner]

I don't think it can ever be completely monitored - hence the low risk of detection/huge penalty ratio chosen.

I would imagine detection will mainly come from people reporting neighbours and acquaintances. That should bring in plenty in Calis alone.

[Jacqui Harvey]

If there was a brothel in Turkey would the "guests" have to be reported to the Police with full names and addresses. 
This could ruin business.   

[Colwyn]

If there was a brothel in Turkey ...

Unthinkable !!!