Temporary rental in Copenhagen
If you are going abroad, being posted overseas or selling, you can rent out your home for an agreed period with a fixed-term lease. We find the tenant and handle the rest until you need the home again.
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If you are posted abroad, or you take a job abroad without knowing whether it will be permanent, that is exactly the kind of reason that can support a fixed-term lease. The explanatory notes to § 173 of the Rent Act mention a posting abroad as an example. The tenancy then ends without notice on the agreed date.
Remember the national register (folkeregistret). If you will be abroad for more than six months, you register your departure with the municipality before you leave. If you want to keep your residence in Denmark during a shorter stay, you must have full use of the home, so it may not be rented out. Otherwise you can ask the municipality to assess your specific case.
While you are away, we are your contact in Copenhagen. We look after the tenant, coordinate repairs, both routine and urgent, and send you a statement every month.
Read the guide to renting out while on exchangeA wish to sell the home later can also justify a fixed-term lease. According to the explanatory notes, your position is stronger if the tenant could see that you intended to sell, and if you have already tried to sell. So write the reason into the lease.
If the home also needs to be shown to buyers, short stays may suit you better. When Jakob moved to Norway, we rented out his apartment to guests from Monday to Saturday and kept Sundays free for the estate agent’s viewings. Short stays do, however, follow different rules from a lease.
If it is a co-op apartment, the rules are stricter. Under the ministry’s standard articles, subletting cannot be allowed after you have moved out, not even when the sale drags on.
Read the case about Jakob and HannaYou keep ownership. We find the tenant, draw up the lease and look after the tenancy until you get your keys back.
We target the listing at the tenants who suit the home and the period, for example students or expats. Everyone is screened before they come to a viewing, and you make the final choice.
Students and expats often look for a home for a limited period, so they are a good fit for a fixed-term rental. They are screened in the same way as every other tenant.
We draw up the lease under the Rent Act with the end date and the reason written in, and we collect the deposit and rent, so you get a steady income.
The end date and the reason must be in the lease. If they are missing, the tenant may have the right to stay, even after you have come home.
Move-in and move-out inspections with written and photo documentation. If something needs repairing, we send people from BY Entreprise ApS, our sister company.
The inspections are the basis for any claims when the tenant moves out. Without a move-in report, it is hard to document what happened during the period.
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The rules that matter most when you rent out for a period. .
If the tenant stays on for more than a month after the end date without you asking them to move out, the tenancy continues with no end date.
The minimum notice when you terminate the tenancy to move back into your owner-occupied or co-op apartment yourself.
When the agreed period runs out. The tenancy ends without notice, and neither of you can terminate it along the way, unless this has been agreed or the other party breaches the agreement.
If you want to be able to come home early, the option to terminate must be in the lease, and even then you need a lawful reason for terminating and must give the required notice.
If the lease is for a fixed term, the tenancy ends without notice when the agreed term expires.
The reason must lie with you, not with the tenant, and it must exist when you sign. It is up to you to prove it. The explanatory notes mention, among other things, a posting abroad that is not certain to be permanent, a close relative who will live in the home afterwards, and a wish to sell or use the home yourself.
If you extend the agreement, there must be a reason each time. A time limit that only serves to make it easier to get rid of the tenant does not hold.
The Housing Court may set aside the time limit if it cannot be considered sufficiently justified by the landlord’s circumstances.
Source: the explanatory notes to § 173 in the bill on the Rent Act (L 47) (in Danish)
Ask the tenant to move out no later than one month after the period has ended. If you know the tenant is still living there and you say nothing, the tenancy continues with no time limit. There are no formal requirements for the request, but put it in writing so you can prove it.
If, with the landlord’s knowledge, the tenant uses the premises for more than 1 month after the agreed term has expired without the landlord having asked the tenant to move out, the tenancy continues without a time limit.
Yes, if the tenancy can be terminated, and the home is an owner-occupied or co-op apartment that you owned when the lease was signed. You may not own other rented owner-occupied or co-op apartments, and you must intend to live in the home yourself. The notice is at least one year, and the termination must be in writing and tell the tenant about the right to object.
Source: § 170, no. 3, § 175(2) and § 176(1) of the Rent Act (in Danish)
This page is general information and not legal advice. The rules can change, and your situation may be different. If the home is an owner-occupied or co-op apartment, the association’s articles may have stricter rules than those set out here.
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Yes. You can rent out your apartment for an agreed period with a fixed-term lease, when the time limit is justified by your own circumstances, for example a posting abroad, a planned sale, or that you will live in the home again afterwards. The tenancy ends without notice on the agreed date. We find the tenant, draw up the lease under the Danish Rent Act (lejeloven) and look after the tenancy while you are away.
A lease with an end date that you agree in advance. The tenancy ends by itself when the period runs out, and it can only be terminated along the way if that has been agreed, or if one party breaches the agreement. The time limit must be justified by the landlord’s circumstances. Otherwise the Housing Court (boligretten) can set it aside under § 173(3) of the Rent Act.
Yes. A posting abroad or a job change that is not certain to be permanent can justify a fixed-term lease, and so can the fact that you will live in the home again afterwards. If you will be away for more than six months, you must register your departure with the municipality. While you are away, we look after the tenant and send you a statement every month.
Read the guide to renting out while abroadYes. A wish to sell the home later can justify a fixed-term lease, especially if the tenant could see that you intended to sell. If the home also needs to be shown to buyers, short stays may suit you better, as when we kept Sundays free for viewings for Jakob and Hanna. Under the standard articles (normalvedtægten), a co-op apartment cannot be sublet after you have moved out.
Read the caseYou pay 8.5% of the monthly rent including VAT. That covers tenant selection and screening, a lease under the Rent Act, the deposit and rent collection, move-in and move-out inspections and coordinating tradespeople. There are no hidden fees. We earn when you earn.
See all pricesYes, on the part of the rental income that exceeds your deduction. If you rent to the same tenant for four months or more, it counts as long-term rental, and if you own the home, the standard deduction (bundfradrag) is 1 1/3 per cent of the property value, but at least DKK 24,000. You can also choose the accounting method (regnskabsmæssigt fradrag). If you rent out all year, it may be treated as business rental.
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