Perplexed about what is a short term let? The accepted industry standard tenancy agreement is 6 months and anything less than that is normally considered as a short term let. If it’s less than six months is thought of as a short term let; it may be for a few days, weeks or even months if required. A short term let may include houses, flats, bungalows, anything that a landlord wants to rent out. At the same time, if a bungalow is advertised that it’s available only for specific amount of time, that can also be considered as a short term let.

What are the reasons to consider picking a short term let? Well maybe you might need to emigrate to another country for work, and require a place to stay for more than a couple weeks, which in this case a short term let might be ideal, as you can have a temporary property to rent, for a fragment of the cost of actually buying a new bungalow.

There are also other types of short term let properties which are usually run by businesses which provide luxury serviced or high level apartments for people in the business industry. A lot of short term let flats are situated within a city center or in big towns, and are ideal for business people working away from home. They fuse both the comforts of a home, with the luxury of a hotel. Or if you are going traveling and plan to spend at least a few weeks in different cities or countries, opting for a short term let  may make things easier than to always be searching for a place to stay.

However if you need something for longer, then have you thought about a long term let? This would be ideal if you require a place to stay for longer than, say, six months, for example whether it’s for business or leisure. You could rent a villa abroad, or maybe a serviced apartment if you were being sent to work abroad for a year or so, because this would be ideal minus all the hassle or paperwork that normally comes with buying a bungalow.

If you are a landlord who wishes to rent out a bungalow for short term let, be aware of things like landlord regulations, for example, gas safety certificates, before renting out a property. Otherwise if the tenant gets hurt or worse, you would like liable. As with renting out any bungalow, there may be times where things break or the tenant doesn’t know how to use the oven, so the landlord should be able to help in those cases, even if it’s just for a short while.

Basically if you’re looking to rent somewhere for less than six months, you might wish to consider a short term let, as opposed to living in a hotel for the same period of time.