Build a house and rent out rooms. An example of a real earnings scheme

The same article is about renting private houses.

The main difference between renting a house and renting other housing is not in legal features, but in character the lease itself. As a rule, houses are rented for a short period of time. It can be a seasonal rental, for example, a dacha for the summer. Or rent for a few days, for example, to celebrate a holiday.

House rental form

If you are renting a house to an individual, then in order to formalize the deal, you will need to conclude ( paragraph 1 of Art. 167 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). As we have already said, the most common case is renting a house for a short period of time. In accordance with paragraph 2 of Art. 683, a contract concluded for a period of up to 1 year is called short-term employment.

A short-term lease has some differences from a regular lease. It does not apply rules that seriously expand the rights of the employer. Namely, short-term employment will not allow:

1. Settle temporary residents for up to 6 months. Such a right is provided for the employer in accordance with Art. 680 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. And under a short-term lease, it is no longer possible to instill someone who was not originally specified in the contract.
2. Enter into lease agreements. In accordance with Art. 685 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation The tenant may, with the consent of the landlord, sublease the dwelling. But in short-term employment, this article also does not apply.
3. Change the tenant in the contract ( Art. 686 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).
4. Preferential right of the employer to conclude a contract for a new term. Perhaps the most significant difference. When concluding a lease for a period of less than a year, you are not obliged to offer the employer to conclude a contract on the same terms for a new term. This will allow you to rent a house for a short period of time to different tenants, avoiding downtime.
5. Require the court to provide a period to correct the violation, on the basis of which the landlord applied to the court with the initiative to terminate the contract.
6. Ask the court to postpone the execution of the decision to terminate the contract.

Items 5 and 6 from the list apply when terminating the lease agreement at the initiative of the landlord. Let's say right away that the employer, on his own initiative, can terminate the contract only through the court ( paragraph 2 of Art. 687 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

At the initiative of the tenant, the contract can be terminated simply with a written notice to the landlord for 3 months (Clause 1 of Art. 687 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

The rest of the short-term contract of employment is no different from the usual. He also not subject to state registration and does not require notarization. You can read more about yourself and about the rights and obligations of the parties on it in the relevant articles on our portal.

Property and risks

I would especially like to pay attention to the property in the rented house and the risk of damage. As mentioned above, houses are often rented out for some events: birthdays, weddings, corporate parties etc. Of course, a cheerful noisy company is more likely to break something (even if not on purpose) than an ordinary family renting an apartment. In addition, the furnishings in houses are usually much more expensive: TVs, billiards, a swimming pool, a sauna, and so on.

Therefore, even if you rent a house for only a few days, you definitely need to issue act of acceptance home and all the valuable property that is there. We also advise you to prescribe in the contract penalties for damage to one or another property and violation of the terms of the contract, a kind of “price list”, because. usually there are many violations, and you can also earn money on them.

If you rent a house for the summer, then of course, the risks are lower. Usually families with children rent dachas and cottages for the summer. They are much less of an annoyance.

Also, those who are going to rent out a house regularly, and not just during their absence, can be offered.

Lease agreement

If you want to rent out a house that belongs to you by right of ownership, then you do not need the consent of your neighbors or the dacha cooperative. It is your right to manage your property. Of course, it is better to warn tenants not to make noise on the street at night and to enter into conflicts with neighbors, as tenants may also be held liable for disturbing the public order, and you will draw too much attention to your rental activities.

Finally

To date, the rental of private houses is, perhaps, the most “clean”, in terms of mandatory execution of contracts, type of rental housing. Most people rent out houses for profit regularly to strangers with whom it is necessary to conclude a contract. While apartments and rooms are often rented out to relatives and friends without an agreement, since there is much less risk that they will not pay the rent, and that everything will not be settled amicably with them in case of conflicts.

The sphere of real estate rental is developing in Russia by leaps and bounds. There are both large players and small private traders. To be among the latter, it is enough to own a small house and a desire to work. After all, a personal cottage in the suburbs can always be turned into profitable business. But first you need to calculate everything, otherwise not for long and to losses.

Renting houses for rent - which is more profitable on a daily or long-term basis?

From the point of view of receiving money from clients, a cottage for a day as a business significantly outperforms the option of renting the same house for a long time. Daily rent allows you to get much more from such a property than with monthly transactions. But everything has pitfalls. Renting a house for the weekend or holidays, you can not only make good money, but also seriously spend money.

There are many people who want to rent a cottage for a day or a couple of days. These are tourists who are not too fond of hotels, and couples in love, and young people looking for a place to party. There are always many applicants for rented squares. However, if the first two categories of tenants are unlikely to create serious problems, then with companies renting a house for a party, the situation is completely different.

Any party is noise and alcohol. On the one hand, one must be prepared for the claims of neighbors, and on the other hand, for the costs of restoring broken furniture and interior decoration. Often renting a cottage as a business is organized in such a way that the relationship between the client and the homeowner takes place without documentation. All in words. As a result, often the owner is left with a bunch of problems and no compensation for damage.

How to organize a business on the daily rent of a cottage?

At the initial stage, you need to be ready to clean the house yourself, repair plumbing in it and perform the functions of an administrator. At the same time, you still need to constantly look for customers who come in / leave almost every day. Fortunately, there is a site that seriously simplifies the tedious search for constantly changing guests.

And we must clearly understand that the daily rent of a cottage as a business is exhausting work and a lot of problems. However, with due diligence, it is also financial independence and an excellent way of self-realization. But you should be prepared to constantly communicate with strangers and various government agencies.

The house rented for a day should be spacious and comfortable. It is best to leave in it one large living room with a table for vacationers. It also does not hurt to arrange a bathhouse or sauna inside, and nearby on the street - a small bathhouse and a barbecue area.

A cottage for a day as a business from the very beginning should be sharpened for a short but comfortable stay. However, if initially it is planned to focus only on tourists who settle in for several days at once, then one cannot do without bedrooms in the house. Not a hindrance will be a few air mattresses to increase the number of beds. Before you start this business, you need to think carefully.

Konstantin Kurepin rents out 13 cottages in the Moscow region. On average, the business brings about 300 thousand rubles a year. profit per month, and for two New Year's weeks this year, the rentier will earn more than 1 million rubles.

(Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC)

The morning of January 1st is the busiest day of the year for the owner of Luxury Cottage, Konstantin Kurepin. For three years now, his cottages in the Moscow region have been filled to capacity during the winter holidays. Two New Year's weeks bring the owner five times more income than any month of the year. The cost of renting a cottage for two days, including new year's eve, costs 100 thousand rubles this year. But there is a risk: sometimes even such a rent does not cover the amount of damage caused by guests during New Year's Eve.

“Once, young people decided to play tag with what was on the New Year's table: the walls were smeared with oranges and tomatoes,” Konstantin recalls. “The whole house had to be repainted in less than a day.” And force majeure in this business is not uncommon: on New Year's Eve, the electricity was turned off in the cottages more than once. The owner himself brings order: last New Year's Eve, for example, he spent in the basement of one of the houses, where a pipe burst under the chimes.

650 thousand rubles for holidays

A surge in the currency and an unofficial ban on security forces from traveling abroad led to a noticeable increase in demand for cottage rentals. “Over the past few years, there has been an abnormally high occupancy of facilities in the Moscow region, which is more than 90%,” says Natalya Rosenblum, managing partner of Top Hotel Experts consulting company. At the same time, the cost of recreation near Moscow is constantly growing: according to RBC Real Estate, in the first half of 2015, the price of renting houses in the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region (where Kurepin's cottages are located) increased by 39.6%, and most of all in the Odintsovo district - by 85.7%.

According to the Kottegi.ru service, the cheapest accommodation option for three days, including New Year's Eve, in the Moscow region costs 20 thousand rubles this year. - for this money you can rent a two-story house with one bedroom on the 120th km of Novorizhskoye highway. Most expensive offer- a three-story mansion on the 35th km of the Volokolamsk highway with an area of ​​​​1.3 thousand square meters. m with 1 hectare of local area and a helipad. It can be rented for three New Year's days for 700 thousand rubles.

In general, cottage rental prices are long new year holidays 30-50% higher compared to the same period during non-holiday hours, Natalya Rosenblum calculated. “At the same time, one must understand that high occupancy and long holidays often have a negative impact on the state of the room stock,” notes Rosenblum.

In the regions, the average cost of daily rent of cottages rises by 50-60% on weekends, New Year's Eve costs 2-6 times more than any other day of the year. So, according to the N1.RU real estate portal, renting a cottage for new year holidays in Novosibirsk it will cost an average of 42 thousand rubles, in Krasnoyarsk - 34 thousand rubles, in Yekaterinburg - 78.4 thousand rubles.

house by house

Konstantin Kurepin is a graduate of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense. He retired immediately after graduation and opened a travel agency Dream Tour LLC. This business was on the rise in the early 2000s and did not require large investments at the start. The money that Kurepin set aside for the second went to the launch higher education, - about 200 thousand rubles.

In parallel with the main business, Konstantin decided to rent out a house in the village of Rybaki near Moscow, which he inherited from his parents. Two-storey cottage with an area of ​​150 sq. m with a territory of 15 acres, a gazebo and a pond, he handed over to the family on a long-term basis. But the experiment was not very successful - in just two years, the tenants managed to "kill" the cottage. Kurepin made repairs and began renting the house through Avito by the day. On weekdays, the cottage was usually empty, but almost every weekend it was possible to earn about 10 thousand rubles.

In 2011, Kurepin bought another cottage from a family friend not far from ski resort Sorochany. “A man lived abroad for many years, and this house was a hole in his wallet for him. Therefore, he was very happy when I offered to buy the house, albeit cheaper than the market, ”recalls Konstantin. Three-storey cottage with an area of ​​250 sq. m with a swimming pool, sauna and 14 acres of land went to the entrepreneur for only 3.5 million rubles. About 1.5 million more rubles, taken on credit, were spent on repairs. The entrepreneur also began renting new real estate by the day - this house brought Konstantin already 20 thousand rubles. for the weekend.

In 2012, the side job turned into a full-fledged business. Kurepin was contacted by an acquaintance who several years ago built six cottages in the village of Myshetskoye near Solnechnogorsk, near Moscow, planning to sell them. But the crisis brought down the demand for real estate, and the houses were idle. Upon learning that Kurepin was already renting out two of his own houses, she suggested that he take these cottages under management. Konstantin entered into an agreement with the owner, according to which he rented out houses and monitored their condition. The profit is divided in half.

From that moment on, income from renting houses began to exceed the profit that the tourism business brought, and Konstantin handed over the management of the travel agency to his wife. At the same time, he registered the Luxury Cottage brand and began managing houses on behalf of his Dream Tour LLC. But according to the law, a legal entity cannot rent out residential buildings - in this case, the property must be transferred to a non-residential fund. In order to “not fool around with documents” and at the same time work legally, Kurepin came up with a scheme: the owner of the houses rented them to Dream Tour, and the company, in turn, acted as an intermediary in the delivery of real estate to the tenant.

Founder and owner of Luxury Cottage Konstantin Kurepin (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC)

Business in the swamps

At first, Konstantin's wife was responsible for cleaning the cottages, while he himself worked as a plumber, loader and administrator. “I still enjoy it — to be in this business, you have to be a business executive to the core,” he says. But it soon became clear that it was very difficult to efficiently manage several cottages scattered across the Moscow region. The entrepreneur decided to sell a cottage in Sorochany and a house in the village of Rybaki. With the proceeds, he decided to scale the business: buy his own land and start construction. There was not enough money, and at the family council it was decided to also sell an apartment in Zelenograd, in which Konstantin's younger sister Anna lived (in 2016 she joined the family business). The mother of the entrepreneur, who had just retired, also began to help.

The entrepreneur invested about 5 million rubles in the purchase of 3.5 hectares of land in the village of Pokrov. own and credit funds. “The site was, to put it mildly, not in the most favorable place,” admits Kurepin. - Land in the middle of the forest, in the swamp. It was difficult even to walk there, let alone build.” It took two and a half years to coordinate documents, plans and obtain permits. The foundation of the first cottage was poured only at the beginning of 2014.

But the game was worth the candle, Kurepin is sure. "Cottages in the middle of the forest, Fresh air, around - not a soul, - he boasts. “We arranged the houses so that the guests did not intersect, did not even see each other and rested as comfortably as possible.” This arrangement helped to solve the problem with neighbors: in Rybakov and Sorochany locals often complained about the noisy companies of guests. “Now we only have foxes, elks and wild boars among our neighbors,” Konstantin says. “They are generally peaceful, except that they drag food from the tables.”

Inside the cottages are also different from ordinary houses. There should be as much free space as possible for relaxation, which means many living rooms and a large adjacent area. “Not only comfort is important, but also aesthetics,” says Konstantin. “Our houses are designed for groups of up to 22 people, and everyone needs somewhere to sleep. It is necessary to create as many sleeping places as possible, but at the same time not to turn the bedrooms into barracks.

Rentier economics

According to Konstantin, the construction of one cottage with a capacity of 10-12 people costs an average of 10 million rubles. A plot of 15-20 acres in an ecological area of ​​the Moscow region with good transport accessibility can be bought for 2-3 million rubles. About 5.5 million rubles are spent on the construction process itself, and another 1.5 million rubles are spent on approvals, communications and infrastructure construction (entrances to the house, adjacent territory with gazebos and barbecues).

If you get permits and control the work of the teams yourself, you can save several million. So, for Luxury Cottage, the construction of six cottages cost 46 million rubles, 10 million of which Konstantin had to take on credit. Now servicing loans costs him 300 thousand rubles. “This business is not extremely profitable - I invested income from the sale of property, loans, and continue to invest almost everything I earn. And I understand that this business will not pay off soon, - the entrepreneur admits. “But this is a fundamental business that gives confidence in the future - after all, the houses built will not go anywhere.” According to RBC's calculations, the delivery of houses brings Kurepin about 300 thousand rubles a month. earnings after the repayment of bank loans.

If the business continues to develop at the same pace, it will be possible to recoup the invested funds in 10-15 years of operation. Unless, of course, the Russian authorities will raise property taxes every year. If in 2015 Kurepin paid 15 thousand rubles for 3.5 hectares of his land, then in 2016 - already 150 thousand rubles.

The January holidays, which bring the entrepreneur the main profit, are divided into three races: from December 31 to January 3, from January 3 to 6 and from January 6 to 9. This year, all seats were sold out before mid-November. A cottage for New Year's Eve will cost 100 thousand rubles, other dates - three times cheaper. On ordinary days, the rent costs 32 thousand rubles. for the weekend. The New Year holidays of 2015/16, according to RBC estimates, brought the entrepreneur about 1.3 million rubles. revenue, this year he plans to increase the New Year's turnover to 2.5 million rubles.

Demand in this market always exceeds supply during the holidays. In general, the suburban recreation market in the Moscow region is not full, Konstantin Kurepin is sure.

“We are developing infrastructure on the water, and all our activities take place exclusively in summer period- says the owner of the yacht club "Pelican" Alexei Kolmogorov. “In the off-season and in winter, we rent everything out for reasons of cost optimization.” During the upcoming New Year holidays, three cottages on the territory of the yacht club will bring the company, according to Kolmogorov's forecasts, up to 620 thousand rubles. revenue and up to 400 thousand rubles. net profit.

In order to have time to put the house in order between the holiday races, Kurepin hires an additional ten cleaners. Tenants leave a deposit of 10 thousand rubles, but often the damage exceeds this amount - guests break furniture, appliances and draw on the walls.

Founder and owner of Luxury Cottage Konstantin Kurepin (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC)

Chinese perspectives

Now Luxury Cottage rents out 13 cottages: seven managed cottages (another owner handed over to Kurepin in 2016) in Myshetsky, five own houses and one two-story bathhouse in " residential park Cover". On the territory of 1.5 hectares (the remaining 2 hectares have not yet been developed) there is a pond, which in winter turns into a skating rink, gazebos, a network of specially dug canals (“to be like in Europe”) and even a private farm. “My mother’s husband loves animals very much and constantly started in the house where they live, then rabbits, then chickens. Mom got tired of it, and she sent him to breed animals in the forest, in Pokrov, ”says Konstantin. So next to the cottages settled turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese and one piglet. He tried to sell eggs and rabbit meat to the guests, but he realized that you can’t earn much on farming - the money raised did not even cover the cost of food. The menagerie has been turned into a petting zoo and attracts families with children.

Kurepin rents cottages through his own website, cooperates with a number of aggregators (Booking.com, TVIL, Airbnb, etc.) and 40 travel agencies. The entrepreneur gives 10% of each transaction to the agencies. He is going to build up the remaining 2 hectares of land with double houses, to establish contact with corporate clients and tourists. They need cottages not only for the holidays.

“Many people come from the regions to see Moscow, but they prefer a country house to hotels,” says Konstantin. He also counts on foreign tourists: representatives of Chinese companies, for example, are already discussing cooperation with Luxury Cottage. “Tourist all inclusive is now popular - we will meet the delegation, settle people in a cottage, provide venues for business negotiations and show Moscow,” the entrepreneur says.

Renting houses as a business is a long-established option for earning money for residents of an area where only renting residential or commercial real estate can make a profit. Many doubt that this type of activity can bring real income, but in fact, everything is more than possible. This is a great way to make money in a short amount of time. a large sum. But, of course, it is not without pitfalls.

• Step-by-step plan for renting out a house
• Finding a tenant
• How much can you earn
• How much money do you need to start a business
• What equipment to choose for equipping housing
• What is the OKVED for a rental business
• What documents are needed to open a business
• Which taxation system to choose
• Do I need permission to open
• Rental sales technology
• Drawing up a lease agreement

Step-by-step plan for renting out a house

Finding a tenant

First, you need to find a tenant. A specialized agency can help with this, but you may have to look for a tenant yourself. Most people who have been working in the real estate market for a long time prefer to cooperate with agencies. You need to choose an organization with a good reputation and positive reviews; you should not trust the first office you come across from the "yellow pages". The only disadvantage of cooperation with the agency is the need to pay for the services provided to find a tenant.

When it comes to cooperation with well-known and large agencies, the cost of their services grows in proportion to their popularity. Therefore, it will be beneficial for landlords to use such services only in the case of simultaneous search for several tenants at once for various objects.

An independent search for tenants is limited to the dissemination of information about the property in various sources: on television, in the press, on the Internet and even on billboards. It is inefficient to choose and use only one source, so you should find the ideal combination of information sources that can attract the maximum interested. It should be noted that the costs of implementing self search although there are often fewer tenants than in cooperation with an agency, there will be many more worries.

How much can you earn

Daily rental of housing brings, as a rule, great benefits. Because the company rents a house for a day or two in order to celebrate this or that event. And they are willing to pay higher rents than long-term tenants. But long-term rental allows you to minimize time costs and effort, guarantee a stable income, subject to the integrity of customers.

For example, from an elite-class cottage with an area of ​​100 square meters, you can receive from 65 to 80 thousand per month. It all depends on the staffing, repair, area and location of the house. If the house is redecorating, the rental price will be up to 50 thousand per month.

How much money do you need to start a business

If you have your own housing, you will need money for repairs and equipment. The amount will depend on the condition of the housing, the level of construction work and the equipment with household appliances and furniture. Investments in repairs can be from 30-60 thousand, up to one million rubles and more.

What equipment to choose for equipping housing

Don't skimp on household appliances. It must be certified, reliable and resistant to wear.

What is the OKVED for a rental business

The main OKVED code is 70.20 - Renting out one's own real estate. Namely, a clause such as 70.20.1 − Renting out own residential property, which will include, among other things, renting out multi-apartment buildings and other residential buildings, apartments, etc. Please note that these codes do not apply to the hospitality industry.

What documents are needed to open a business

It depends on how you set up your business. If, as an individual entrepreneur, then a standard set: a passport, an application for state registration, a receipt for payment of state duty, a copy of the TIN certificate. But for renting out housing, registration is not required.

Which taxation system to choose

If you are just for physical. person (resident) the amount of taxation for renting out an apartment is 13% of income. For an individual entrepreneur, the tax from renting an apartment is 6%. With an individual entrepreneur, keep in mind that you still have to pay certain insurance.

Do I need permission to open

No permits or licenses are required to rent out your own living space.

Rental sales technology

Post rental ads, both online and in print media. The living space should be presentable, taking into account the wishes of potential customers. Equipped houses with a decent repair are more expensive. Calculate the cost of rent. That is, divide the price of housing by a hundred. At the same time, given that the price of housing is affected by location, area, availability of infrastructure, remoteness from the center, and so on.

Drawing up a lease agreement

As soon as a tenant is found independently or with the help of an agency, it will be necessary to conclude an agreement with him. When it comes not to a seasonal construction, but to a capital house, the agreement is concluded for a period of one year. It is important to make a list of all the items and features of the interior, describe the appearance and cost of each item. It will not be superfluous to take photos and attach them as an attachment to the contract. The document should also distribute the responsibilities of both parties: the landlord and the tenant. First of all, you need to take care of the distribution of responsibilities in matters of paying utility bills, transferring funds to the board, garbage collection and snow removal. At the same stage, the amount of the security deposit is discussed. The security deposit should be understood as the amount that the landlord receives if the tenant decides to terminate the contract ahead of schedule. Also, the deposit is non-refundable in cases where, after leaving, the tenant left broken and broken furniture or unpaid bills. A deposit is a kind of insurance for a landlord against an unscrupulous tenant.

The contract should also indicate the frequency of visits to the property by the owner. This may be one day to transfer the amount of a month's rent or more frequent visits to check the order and integrity of the property.

During the execution of the contract, you should get all the information about the tenants: passport and contact details. In an informal conversation, you can clarify the details about their place of work, in order to then double-check the information received and protect yourself from scammers.

After signing the contract, you should contact the district authority tax office, provide a copy of the completed document and receive an income tax charge of 13% of the amount rent.

When buying a cottage for the purpose of its further rental, you need to understand that the criteria for buying a house as a business and a house for personal residence are different. What do you need to know when making an investment purchase, so that later it would not be excruciatingly painful for the money thrown away aimlessly?

The first mistake that a future landlord can make is buying a home "for himself" (I would like a house in the village) or on occasion (a neighbor offers his dacha at half price). If you enter this business - as, indeed, any other - then enter prepared. “Obviously, sooner or later the rental market suburban real estate will repeat his urban counterpart. Quite recently, it was most profitable to buy a very expensive apartment and rent it expensive, but today we are seeing a tendency to saturate the market for elite apartments, - Irina Bobko, head of the rental department of the Vavilon real estate agency, comments on the situation on the market. “Now there are few offers for renting high-quality suburban housing.”

Of course, a lot depends on the direction in which the house is located - a potential source of your income. The same houses different directions may differ in the level of the rental rate at times, and we must not forget about it. At the moment, Rublyovka is still out of competition in terms of popularity. It is followed by Novorizhskoe highway, Mozhaiskoe highway, Kaluga highway, Simferopolskoe highway.

The second mistake is an incorrectly chosen target consumer. The future landlord must clearly understand to whom (a compatriot or a foreigner, with high or medium incomes, with or without children ...) and for how long (for the summer season or all year round) he will rent the house. For example, if a cottage is intended for permanent residence, then the distance from it to the Moscow Ring Road should not exceed 30 km (and this is also provided that the highway is not too congested).

The third mistake is an incorrectly chosen environment. The most liquid in terms of renting a house in cottage village: tenants pay attention to security, availability of infrastructure - to everything that makes living and recreation comfortable and safe. Naturally, the more developed the infrastructure and the more reliable the security, the higher the rent. Of course, it is cheaper to buy land in the village from some grandmother and build a house there. But for the rental business, this option is absolutely not suitable. “I had to watch how absolutely charming owners acquired a very presentable house with a large plot, a swimming pool, landscaping and other benefits,” says Irina Bobko. “But they couldn’t rent out their house, even for a relatively small price, just because it was surrounded by a village with dilapidated houses and half-drunk residents.” Not too suitable for the rental business and old-fashioned places. Yes, they have romance, yes, they are located in great place, but they cannot provide residents with either comfort or security.

The fourth mistake is the wrong choice of house. Often one has to observe a picture when a house was designed by an unfortunate architect in the person of the owner or hostess, the only bathroom in the house is on the first floor, and from the bedroom on the third level you can go there only through the whole house. In addition, the cottage could be designed individually for a particular family. So what should be a house suitable for rent? Two, maximum three levels, a small number of spacious rooms. There should be at least three bedrooms in the house, especially if the house is supposed to be rented out to a family with children. " Special attention you need to pay attention to the stairs, their convenience and safety, adds Bobko. “Two extremes are possible here: excessive savings, which leads to a structure that is completely inconvenient for lifting, or, conversely, the generosity of the soul in the form of metal forging, stained-glass windows, etc., which can be very unsafe for children.”

The presence of a bath, sauna or, even better, a pool can significantly increase the rent. Increases the liquidity of the house and the presence of an ennobled plot of at least 10 acres. Moreover, fruit and berry bushes, and even more so gardening, are not held in high esteem - tenants will not appreciate it. As a finishing touch - the presence of 1-2 parking spaces. By the way, those 100-500 m that the future tenant will have to overcome from the highway to the house are no less important. “Recently, in our practice there was such a case. The potential tenant did not even drive up to the house as soon as he saw that from the highway to the future place of residence in his expensive car he would have to regularly drive 100 m on clay soil, ”says Irina Bobko.

The fifth mistake is incorrectly executed documents for the house and land. This is one of the biggest problems that arise when renting a country house. When buying, you need to carefully check the documents both for the house itself and for the land. The ideal option is that both are properly designed and owned by one person. But quite often the house is framed as unfinished, which leads to problems, for example, with insurance or the execution of a lease agreement. It is also not uncommon for a part of the land being sold to be owned, and part to be leased for a long time, which again increases the risks. “The nuances can be different, I have seen cases when they tried to privately rent out a house, which, in principle, they have no right to rent out,” says Bobko, “since it was legally rented out in a departmental settlement.”

The sixth mistake - the costs of maintaining the building are not taken into account. It is important to understand that it is not enough just to buy a house, it will still have to be maintained, and monthly costs can reach up to $500-1000. When choosing a house, carefully check the availability of all communications, their condition, the technical indicators of the building - the presence and maintenance of a septic tank, energy dependence, so that it does not turn out that the lion's share of the rent will go only to the maintenance of the house.

sob.ru/Margarita Moiseeva