Homes Can Be Offered for Both Exchange and Rental

Q: Just found your website, the best of those I´ve seen so far! I have an apartment in Cádiz, Spain, and I´m planning to spend most of the next few years abroad, only returning in July/August each year. Apart from looking for a home exchange in London for the time I´ll be there seeing family, I´d like to make my apartment available for short/medium term holiday lets. I´m not looking for top dollar prices, it just seems a waste not to make it available to help with my expenses. If this would be an appropriate way to use your services please let me know. Thanks. - Steve

A: Home Base Holidays is primarily a home exchange service but there are a number of other options members can choose as well, including rental offered, so yes, you could certainly offer your apartment in Cádiz for rental at times it would otherwise be empty. Although members will be looking for a home swap in the first instance, if unable to arrange an exchange for the dates they want, most would be amenable to looking at a rental offer at a reasonable rate.

One member, listing an apartment in Spain, indicates that, although primarily interested in exchanges (they also have a home in Derbyshire, England, HE12064, available for exchange), as their flat in Spain is a second home, it could be available at certain times of the year for rental - at a reduced rate to other Home Base Holidays members. That is a great idea to offer special rates to other members!

Details of this exchange/rental offer:

Marina del Este, Andalucia, SPAIN (HE17147) - Penthouse flat with spectacular views over the sea from a large terrace. One hours drive from Malaga, or Granada. On a headland between the fishing village of La Herradura, and the ancient town of Almunecar. In peaceful quiet area, but only 20 mins from Nerja.

Comments

[Adrienne]

We bought the flat with the idea of renting it part of the time, but now love it so much that we cannot bear to hand it over to strangers. However, our experience of exchangers makes us feel that they are people that we can trust, so we would be very happy to rent to them without worry. The flat has already had exchangers from Vancouver, Sydney and Cornwall!