In most leasehold flats it is usually the freeholders’ obligation to take out insurance to cover the entire building, and the leaseholder may choose to secure its contents by obtaining contents insurance. The guidance provided by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities indicates that ‘solid fuel’ is coal or wood so it appears that the requirement would not apply to gas or oil appliances. Under these Regulations, private sector landlords are required to install at least one smoke alarm on every storey of a property on which there is a room being used wholly or partly as living accommodation, and a carbon monoxide alarm in any room used wholly or partly as living accommodation which contains a “solid fuel” burning combustion appliance. On 14 September 2015, parliament approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015. Airbnb is a holiday let and the leaseholder would be carrying out a business which means that they would need to comply with the Order.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, s.3 states that the responsible person for complying with the Order is the person who has control of the premises (as occupier or otherwise) in connection with the carrying on by him of a trade, business or other undertaking (for profit or not). If you are a leaseholder with a long lease, and decide to let the property as holiday accommodation, the health and safety laws would apply to you as you would be considered to be a landlord under the law.

If you let the property as a landlord, you would be obliged to comply with health and safety laws. Here are some of the pitfalls leaseholders should be aware of.

Leaseholders in England and Wales have to be aware of the law, rules, regulations and other legal agreements that they may fall foul of, if they intend to use Airbnb to rent out their property. There may be a pre-condition that you must.Īirbnb is an online platform that allows its users to rent out their homes, rooms and apartments to visitors. You should ensure that the lease allows you to sublet the property. Do I need to ask my freeholder for permission?

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