Might 13 at 2:30 p.m
Stockholm Rents on Stockholm’s secondary market are skyrocketing. On Airbnb, a home is rented out for SEK 60,000 a day, or the equal of simply over SEK 1.4 million a month. Taylor Swift’s concert events in Stockholm have additionally pushed up costs on the secondary market.
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Taylor Swift’s three concert events in Stockholm as a part of the world tour “The Eras Tour” are elevating costs for housing leases.
When Hem & Hyra goes by means of the provide on the rental web site Airbnb, we discover a number of hundred lodging in Stockholm County that may be rented for an extended time period. The month-to-month rents are in lots of instances unimaginably excessive once we seek for houses that may be rented each by the day and by the month.
Among the many highest rents is a six-bedroom villa in Saltsjö-Boo. It’s rented out for the equal of SEK 1.4 million whether it is booked for the whole month of June. The each day value is SEK 60,000, however the home should be booked for at the least three nights.
Described as a luxurious lodge
The villa is described as a luxurious lodge with implausible views and gives service for enterprise leaders “tailor-made to all of your wants”. It features a personal driver and entry to a non-public chef, critiques present.
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A villa in Saltsjö-Boo is rented out for the equal of simply over SEK 1.4 million a month. An condominium on Södermalm is rented out for simply over SEK 6,600 an evening or simply over SEK 178,000 a month by way of Airbnb and is marketed as the right refuge for “Swifties”.
One other villa in Saltsjö-Boo with 4 bedrooms can be rented out for the equal of simply over SEK 800,000 a month on Airbnb.
SEK 760,000 a month
In Stockholm’s inside metropolis, residences are additionally rented out for a fortune. A house on Strandvägen of 300 sq. meters with two bedrooms will be rented for the equal of simply over SEK 760,000 a month on Airbnb. The worth per night time is SEK 25,000, however the condominium should be booked for at the least one week.
At Mariatorget, a “deluxe suite” with 4 bedrooms is rented out for the equal of simply over SEK 600,000 a month, or SEK 20,000 per night time, however should be booked for at the least seven nights.
A one-room condominium on Södermalm proper by Bysistorget that’s marketed as a “distinctive studio condominium” is rented out for SEK 96,000 a month, or SEK 4,000 per night time.
Swift fever drives up costs
Taylor Swift’s three sold-out concert events in Stockholm in Might as a part of the world tour “The Eras Tour” are additionally elevating costs. Most guests journey to Stockholm and wish lodging.
Not solely the resorts but in addition personal people see alternatives to herald many hundreds of additional kilos by renting out their houses.
A one-bedroom condominium on Södermalm is rented out for simply over SEK 6,600 an evening or simply over SEK 178,000 a month by way of Airbnb and is marketed as the right getaway for “Swifties”. Then two cava bottles are included within the fridge.
50 p.c costlier
Even on Blocket, houses are rented out expensively for a number of nights at a time in reference to the Taylor Swift concert events. A second condominium of 45 sq. meters on Kungsholmen is rented out for SEK 5,000 an evening.
At Qasa, which is an middleman service in personal residential rental, a Swift impact is felt within the rental market. In keeping with Isabelle Purits, communications supervisor Qasa, there are 35 p.c extra accessible housing in Stockholm this weekend when Taylor Swift has her concert events in comparison with the next weekend and it’s 50 p.c costlier to remain per night time.
“Solely millionaires can afford it”
Mikael Areskog, chief authorized officer, Tenants’ Affiliation Stockholm area, reacts to the sky-high rents on the secondary market and says that he has not heard of comparable sums earlier than.
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Mikael Areskog, chief authorized officer, Tenants’ Affiliation Stockholm area, reacts to the sky-high rents on the secondary market and says that he has not heard of comparable sums earlier than.
– You turn out to be pace blind. These are unreasonable quantities and present the issues with the housing market. The dearth of housing drives up costs. Solely corporations or millionaires can afford to hire these houses, he says.
Danger of being fired
However demanding overrent can result in the lack of the lease. If there isn’t a allow for the rental, it can be a criminal offense that results in a tremendous. A tenant could not cost greater than his personal hire. Whether it is totally furnished, it’s only allowed to cost a most of 10-15 p.c surcharge.
– Anybody who rents out like this dangers being dismissed and shedding their contract whether it is executed with out the host’s information. The tenant can also be responsible for reimbursement for over-rent. Even the one that lives within the condominium whereas the rental is in progress can lose their dwelling if this sort of rental happens repeatedly. But when it’s a condominium, it may be risk-free because the Non-public Rental Act applies in these instances, says Mikael Areskog.
Hem & Hyra has beforehand written about excessive rents throughout Eurovision in Malmö. Learn extra about it right here.