I have a small number of properties in a provincial city and I need to have them managed for rental.
I'd prefer to use Sean, a dependable, local handyman I know who can use the employment, and who will do a good job. But it seems that new regulations are getting in the way. See:
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It seems you now need to get a license to give the kind of property services I need from Sean. The application fee is over 1000 Euro, there are educational requirements, there is a yearly insurance requirements. This is all prohibitive for Sean. There are heavy fines for operating without a license.
A few questions come up.
The first question is whether that law is being enforced; are there landlords here going ahead and doing things the old-fashioned way without problems?
Second question is, has there been any debate about this that anyone knows of? We're all sympathetic when the small guy gets locked out by competition when the corporates come to town, but needlessly locking them out by regulation? I wouldn't be surprised if the 'big guys' in property management lobbied for this change. Can't landlords judge the competence of individual operators themselves? Will we need licensed lawn-mowers next? The downside of the nanny state.
I'd prefer to use Sean, a dependable, local handyman I know who can use the employment, and who will do a good job. But it seems that new regulations are getting in the way. See:
[broken link removed]
It seems you now need to get a license to give the kind of property services I need from Sean. The application fee is over 1000 Euro, there are educational requirements, there is a yearly insurance requirements. This is all prohibitive for Sean. There are heavy fines for operating without a license.
A few questions come up.
The first question is whether that law is being enforced; are there landlords here going ahead and doing things the old-fashioned way without problems?
Second question is, has there been any debate about this that anyone knows of? We're all sympathetic when the small guy gets locked out by competition when the corporates come to town, but needlessly locking them out by regulation? I wouldn't be surprised if the 'big guys' in property management lobbied for this change. Can't landlords judge the competence of individual operators themselves? Will we need licensed lawn-mowers next? The downside of the nanny state.