Short-term holiday lets in the building: what the meeting can do

Few things divide a meeting like the holiday flat in 2B. The legal framework has changed a great deal — in the communities' favour.

What the law has said since April 2025

Under the reform of the Horizontal Property Act, owners who want to use their home as a holiday let need the express prior approval of the meeting (a majority of three fifths of owners and shares). Without that resolution, the community can demand that the activity cease.

What the community can do

• Refuse the holiday activity for new flats (three fifths).
• Ban it in the bylaws for the whole building (three fifths, plus registration so it binds future buyers).
• Increase by up to 20% the share of common expenses for existing holiday flats (three fifths).

And those already operating beforehand?

Those with a licence and activity predating the reform retain rights, although the community can apply the expense surcharge to them. Every case has nuances: here, yes, take legal advice.

In practice

Take the matter to a meeting with the text of the resolution prepared, vote with the shares properly counted, and minute it precisely — this is the kind of resolution that ends up in court if it is badly drafted.