Like many people, we were lulled into a sense of complacency knowing the new letting law was meandering it’s way through the Canarian Parliament. We were looking forward to property owners being able to legally holiday let their apartments and villas on the island. We carried a piece which explained the draft legislation, and we liked that people would register their properties, pay their taxes and be able to fix a plaque to the outside showing they were a “legal” let.
And then last Friday, just two days before the election here, the draft came into law. But the legislators threw in a last minute curve ball that nobody saw coming:
Properties in “tourist areas” are specifically excluded from the new legislation.
What does that mean? It means that almost all the properties actually located in Puerto del Carmen, Costa Teguise and Playa Blanca cannot apply for the new licence.
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