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Whether you may rent out your co-op apartment (andelsbolig) is set out in the association’s articles. Under the ministry’s standard articles, you need the board’s permission, and only while you are temporarily away, normally for at most two years. If the answer is yes, we handle the rest.
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If you rent your home, the Danish Rent Act (lejeloven) decides. If you are temporarily away because of illness, a business trip, studies, a temporary transfer or similar, you have the right to sublet the whole apartment for up to two years (§ 158).
Your landlord can, however, say no if the property has fewer than 13 residential apartments, if more people will live there than there are habitable rooms, or if there is otherwise a reasonable ground. If you stay living there yourself, you may sublet up to half of the habitable rooms (§ 157).
The sublease must be in writing, and your landlord must have a copy before the subletting begins.
Read the guide to renting out while on exchangeWe help with both owner-occupied and co-op homes. You keep your share, we handle the rental.
We advertise the home and screen everyone with income verification, references and background checks where lawful. You get our recommendation and make the choice yourself before the board approves.
We screen all applicants on the same criteria, so you know who is living in your co-op apartment while you are away.
We draw up a fixed-term lease under the Danish Rent Act that you can present to the board, and we collect the deposit and rent.
Under the standard articles, subletting requires the board’s permission, normally for at most two years. The lease must fit the period the board has approved.
Move-in and move-out inspections with photo documentation, contact with the tenant, and tradespeople from BY Entreprise ApS when something needs fixing. You get a statement every month.
You have one point of contact while you are away: we talk to the tenant, arrange the repairs and send you the statement every month.
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The Co-operative Housing Act, the standard articles and the Danish Rent Act, in short. .
How long the board can normally give permission to sublet under the standard articles.
The minimum notice when you terminate the tenancy to move back into your co-op apartment yourself.
When you rent out to the same tenant for four months or more.
The Act has no rules on subletting co-op apartments. It says that the housing minister draws up guideline standard articles, and the ministry itself writes that it is voluntary for associations whether they use them. So it is your association’s own articles that decide whether you may sublet.
The Minister for Housing draws up guideline standard articles for a housing co-operative.
Under the standard articles, you have a duty to live in your co-op apartment, unless you are temporarily away and have the board’s permission to sublet. The permission applies for a limited period, and the board must approve both the tenant and the terms of the tenancy. If you are married or in a registered partnership, your spouse or partner must consent if the subletting means the home can no longer be your shared home.
A member is entitled to sublet or lend out their home with the board’s permission, which can only be given when the member is temporarily absent because of illness, placement in an institution, a business trip, studies, a holiday, military service, a temporary transfer or similar for a limited period of normally at most 2 years.
Under the standard articles, that is up to the board, which also sets the conditions.
Subletting or lending out single rooms may be permitted by the board on the conditions it sets.
The Danish Rent Act, because it also covers subletting. In relation to the tenant, you are the landlord. The lease can be made fixed-term when this is justified by your circumstances, for example a posting abroad that is not certain to be permanent, or that you will live in the home again yourself.
If you want to move back while the tenancy can be terminated, you can give the tenant at least one year’s notice, provided you owned the share when the lease was signed and do not own other rented-out owner-occupied or co-op homes.
Source: the Danish Rent Act § 1, stk. 1, § 170, nr. 3, § 173 and § 175, stk. 2 (in Danish)
Read more about fixed-term leasesThis page is general information, not legal advice. The standard articles are guidelines, and your association’s own articles can have stricter rules than those described here. Read them, and talk to the board before you start.
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That is decided by your association’s articles, because the Co-operative Housing Act (andelsboligloven) has no rules on subletting. Under the ministry’s guideline standard articles (normalvedtægt), it requires the board’s permission, which can only be given when you are temporarily away, for example because of studies, a business trip or a temporary transfer, and normally for at most two years.
Under the standard articles, normally for at most two years, and only while you are temporarily away. Your association’s own articles can set a different limit, so read them before you apply to the board. Make the lease fixed-term so that it ends when the permission expires, and write the reason into the lease.
Not under the standard articles. They say that subletting cannot be permitted after you have moved out, even if there are special reasons such as difficulty selling. So if you have moved out, you cannot count on renting out the home while it is for sale, unless your own articles allow it. Talk to the board before you move.
Under the standard articles, the subletting itself, the tenant and the terms of the tenancy. So apply in good time, and state why and for how long you will be away. Then send the tenant and the lease for approval. If you are married or in a registered partnership, your spouse or partner must also consent if the home can no longer be your shared home.
If you are temporarily away because of illness, a business trip, studies, a temporary transfer or similar, you have the right to sublet the whole apartment for up to two years under § 158 of the Danish Rent Act (lejeloven). The landlord can say no, for example if the property has fewer than 13 residential apartments. The agreement must be in writing, and the landlord must have a copy before the subletting begins.
Yes, on the part of the rental income that exceeds your deduction. If you rent out to the same tenant for four months or more, the standard deduction (bundfradrag) is 2/3 of your annual housing charge (boligafgift), according to the Danish Tax Agency (Skattestyrelsen). You can also choose a deduction based on your actual expenses (regnskabsmæssigt fradrag), but then you cannot switch to the standard deduction later. If you rent out all year, other rules may apply.
Read about deductions when renting outYes. We help with both owner-occupied and co-op homes. Once the board has given permission, we find and screen the tenant, draw up a fixed-term lease under the Danish Rent Act, collect the deposit and rent and carry out move-in and move-out inspections. The price is 8.5% of the monthly rent including VAT, and there are no hidden fees.
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