March 10th 2011
5 Tips For Finalizing the Lease of Holiday Apartments
1. Have a Set of Questions Ready before the Lease Negotiations for your Spanish Holiday Apartment
The search for holiday apartments in Spain, is never an easy one, just as in the UK but there is a very broad spectrum of apartments for rent in Spain. Even when you think you have found your perfect holiday apartment in Spain, you never quite know what may lay under the surface. It is therefore pertinent to have a set of questions ready to ask the landlord before the lease negotiations.
2. Only Begin Negotiating After Reading the Lease and Asking All Your Questions
It would make no sense for you to negotiate until you have all the information. Make sure that you have read and fully understood the lease, in addition to asking all your pre prepared questions before beginning any kind of negotiation. This is more of a practical exercise, armed with all the information you had from reading the lease and asking all your important questions you will then have a stable platform from which to negotiate. In addition, because you have all the information that you need, landlords can no longer spring any surprises on you that would have a detrimental effect on your negotiations.
3. Make Sure Any Negotiated Changes are confirmed in Writing
Although the vast majority of agreements for apartments in Spain are executed without any future problems, it always pays to be safe rather than to be sorry. Therefore, make sure that any changes that you have demanded and have been accepted during the course of your negotiations are confirmed in writing and make sure that such a document has been signed by both yourselves and by your landlord.
4. When Put on The Defensive Simply Restate Your Qualifications and Alleviate the Landlord’s Fears
Negotiations can often be tricky, sometimes the landlord may want a ridiculously high deposit simply because he has had a bad experience with dishonest holiday rental tenants in the past. There is absolutely no reason why you should pay for other people’s mistakes. If at any point during the negotiations you are put on the defensive simply restate your qualifications, the fact that you are in a steady job, your good credit rating, and the fact that you have what is considered a normal deposit. Repeating these things will alleviate the landlord fears and make negotiations go a lot smoother.
5. Give Multiple Reasons for Each Point of Negotiation
Quite often when hunting for holiday apartments in Spain you will find landlords that can be just as stubborn as any landlord that you may find in the UK. During your negotiations you do not want to get into any sort of argument, therefore, make sure that you provide multiple reasons for each point of the negotiation.