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by Casscat
Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:42 pm
Forum: Spain
Topic: Spain-Holiday: No licence = no listing
Replies: 17
Views: 5497

Claus I just wish that everyone would follow your lead. The likes of HomeAway, Airbnb, Holiday Lettings etc. are motivated by pure, unadulterated greed. They can absorb the fines they incur for listing illegal (unregistered) properties because for them the fines are small beer in relation to their e...
by Casscat
Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:31 pm
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: Duvets - microfibre or hollowfibre
Replies: 1
Views: 1040

No difference whatsoever if I'm honest. I did pay extra for trademarked goods when I was in the UK, but that was probably snob value more than anything else. Now I have feather & down (don't have to worry about guest allergies any more :D ) but I can say that the John Lewis hollowfibre duvets we...
by Casscat
Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:39 pm
Forum: Spain
Topic: Spain-Holiday: No licence = no listing
Replies: 17
Views: 5497

I think ALL listing sites should be compelled by law to verify that the properties they are advertising are legal. The big boys bang on about how all the ridiculous control measures they have put in place are there to protect the owner and guest, but these are weasel words. There is no money in it f...
by Casscat
Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:59 pm
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: unwelcome pets
Replies: 37
Views: 10655

rebecca278 wrote:no but he did ring me a few weeks later asking me if he could bring his Mistress. :D
:oops: :lol:
by Casscat
Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:47 pm
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Shane Sanderson.
Replies: 3
Views: 1563

I'd definitely be probing. Three months over the peak holiday season is very unusual. Respond and quote the price, then see if some sort of obviously scammy thing comes back - which the cynic in me suspects it will.
by Casscat
Thu Jun 08, 2017 7:57 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Sykes accused of offering fake discounts
Replies: 1
Views: 861

Pathetic shysters aren't they?
by Casscat
Wed Jun 07, 2017 9:05 pm
Forum: Spain
Topic: Apportioning expences for tax - non resident
Replies: 9
Views: 2600

My rental income was taxed on a remitted basis. That kind of makes sense because income is income, and that is generally based on when you receive it in your hot little hand. If I was a freelancer and got paid for a job before I actually did it (unlikely I agree), I'd be taxed on the money I'd recei...
by Casscat
Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:32 pm
Forum: Spain
Topic: Disability access and registering holiday home
Replies: 1
Views: 1735

As far as I am aware disabled access is not a requirement unless you specifically refer to your accommodation as being accessible in which case your claim will be verified.
by Casscat
Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:30 pm
Forum: Spain
Topic: Apportioning expences for tax - non resident
Replies: 9
Views: 2600

As far as I am aware the answer to that is no. Just one of the ways non resident owners are penalised in Spain :D
by Casscat
Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:27 pm
Forum: Spain
Topic: Apportioning expences for tax - non resident
Replies: 9
Views: 2600

I think income is reported on an 'as and when received' basis. You have the cash so that's when tax is payable. I used to submit my quarterly non-res schedules to my accountant on that basis.
by Casscat
Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:49 am
Forum: Spain
Topic: Spanish villa rental tax - residence certificate?
Replies: 7
Views: 3025

Hi Atlantico. I am no longer in the holiday rentals business as I have moved to Spain permanently and into the property previously rented out. For three seasons, however, I was UK tax resident so I have been in your position. I just telephoned my tax office and they then mailed me the required state...
by Casscat
Thu May 25, 2017 8:08 pm
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: Keysafe Headache
Replies: 17
Views: 4251

I've had no problems whatsoever with the Supra C500 (apart from the front cover dropping down when the Andalusian sun shines too strongly on it!) I guess all devices can have their issues, but the fact that this one is such high spec and approved by insurance companies is reassuring. Have you contac...
by Casscat
Sat May 20, 2017 7:54 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Barn Conversion North Cornwall
Replies: 9
Views: 2479

These are not names that crop up here. How did you chance upon them?
by Casscat
Thu May 18, 2017 7:20 pm
Forum: Spain
Topic: Rural internet Andalucía
Replies: 3
Views: 2019

Sounds like a good deal if you are actually using the non-optional add-ins. I've had endless problems with internet providers here (campo). Line of sight systems don't work for me so mobile internet is the only option. I now have Movistar, because it is currently the only package with unlimited data...
by Casscat
Wed May 10, 2017 9:44 am
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: Potty?
Replies: 13
Views: 3096

Baby bath, high chair, travel cot, 'step' for little ones to reach the sink, but definitely no potty! Surely parents travel with one?