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[caddyman]

In the terminology used by estate and letting agents, what precisely is a "short let" and a "long let"? Does anyone know?

Awfully grateful for help!

Comments

[ash1977law.livejournal.com]

A short let is a property which can be let from a few weeks to a few months, thus cheeper than a hotel. A long let is what I you need.

[phil99.livejournal.com]

A "Short term let" tends to be less than 6 months. Anything else tends to be 6mth minimum.

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/residential_tenancies.htm may be of some help

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

A short let is usually under three months.

[fractalgeek.livejournal.com]

The other thing about short vs long is they may play games with termination periods - eg - You can have 6 months (not creating a protected tenancy), and MAY stay on after that, but when we say so, you have to get out in a week, coz the dozers will be in..

Another similar (but slightly dodgier) arrangement to "short let" is "holiday let"

[snorkel-maiden.livejournal.com]

Have you seen anywhere described as 'deceptionally' spacious as yet?