Renting out while you are abroad
If you are being posted abroad, studying or travelling for a while, we rent out your home in Copenhagen while you are away. We find the tenant, draw up the lease and are your contact here until you come home.
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If you will live abroad for a while, you can rent out your home on a fixed-term lease and get it back when you come home. The time limit must be 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 afterwards.
If you do not know when you will come home, a lease with no end date may suit you better. You can then only terminate the tenancy on the grounds set out in the Rent Act. If it is your owner-occupied or co-op home, you can, on certain conditions, give at least one year’s notice when you want to live there again.
The home can be rented out furnished or unfurnished. Our homes-to-rent page shows it on every listing, so the tenant knows what is included.
Read about fixed-term leasesYou keep your home and have one contact in Copenhagen, from the listing to the move-out inspection.
We advertise the home on our own homes-to-rent page and target the listing at 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.
We draw up the lease under the Rent Act, with the end date and the reason if it is fixed-term. We collect the deposit and rent and follow up if a payment is missed.
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.
We are the tenant’s contact. If something needs repairing, we coordinate the tradespeople, both routine and urgent, and the work is documented. Maintenance is billed separately.
You get a statement every month, and in Mit BY (in Danish) you see the lease period, rent, lease and statements for your home on one login.
Mit BYYou do not need to be in Copenhagen to talk to us. When you book a meeting, you choose whether it is on video, by phone or at our office.
Book a meetingWe carry out move-in and move-out inspections with written and photo documentation and keep track of the deadlines, so you do not lose the right to claim for repairs.
The inspections are the basis for any claims when the tenant moves out.
They belong to you, not to the rental, but they go hand in hand with it.
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The national register, tax, the residence requirement and the Rent Act, in short. .
If you will live abroad for more than six months, you register your departure with the municipality before you leave.
Your full tax liability generally only ends when the home is sold, given up or rented out for at least three years on a lease you cannot terminate.
The City of Copenhagen can accept an absence from your home of up to four years, for example for a posting abroad or studies.
Yes, if you will live abroad for more than six months. You then register your departure with the municipality you live in before you leave. If you are away for a shorter time, you can ask the municipality to keep you registered as resident in Denmark, but that requires full use of the home. It may not be sublet, lent or rented out. If you do not have full use of it, you can ask the municipality to assess your specific case.
Source: borger.dk: Leaving Denmark for more than 6 months (in Danish)
Yes. If you live abroad and rent out your home in Denmark, you are liable to tax here on any profit from the rental. If you rent out an owner-occupied home you do not live in for at least 12 months, it is business rental: the profit is personal income, and you must keep accounts. Renting out a co-op home is normally not business rental.
Whether you also remain fully liable to tax in Denmark depends, among other things, on whether you keep a home here. Your full tax liability generally only ends when you sell the home, give it up or rent it out for at least three years on a lease you cannot terminate. If you have a residence in two countries, you are as a starting point fully liable to tax in both, but you may be able to have the Danish tax reduced under a double taxation agreement.
Source: Danish Tax Agency: Moving away from Denmark (in Danish)
Read about tax deductions when renting outIn Copenhagen, a home that has been used as a year-round home within the last five years must continue to be used that way. It is, when a tenant lives there. If the home stands empty, it must be reported no later than six weeks after the last occupant moved out. If you will be away without renting out, you can apply to the municipality to accept an absence of up to four years, for example for a posting abroad, illness or studies.
If the home is in Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg Municipality handles it. There you can apply for an exemption from the residence requirement when you move out temporarily, for example because your job posts you abroad.
Source: City of Copenhagen: Rules on the residence requirement (in Danish)
Read the guide to the residence requirementNot without the municipality’s consent, if the home is subject to the residence requirement. The rule of 30 days a year, or 70 when a platform reports the rental income, only applies to your own year-round home. Once you have moved out, it does not apply, and a home that has been used as a year-round home within the last five years may not be used for holiday rental without consent.
A home that has been used as a year-round home within the last 5 years may not, without the consent of the municipal council, be used as a summer residence or for similar temporary use that prevents the home from continuing to be used as a year-round home.
When the time limit is justified by your circumstances as the landlord, for example a posting abroad that is not certain to be permanent, or that you will live in the home again yourself. The tenancy then ends without notice on the agreed date. Ask the tenant to move out no later than one month after the end date, or the tenancy continues with no time limit.
If you want to terminate the tenancy to move back into your owner-occupied or co-op home, the tenancy must be terminable, you must have owned the home when the lease was signed, and you may not own other rented owner-occupied or co-op homes. The notice is at least one year.
Read more about fixed-term leasesThe Housing Court may set aside the time limit if it cannot be considered sufficiently justified by the landlord’s circumstances.
This page is general information and not legal or tax advice. The rules can change, and your situation may be different, among other things depending on which country you move to. Ask the Danish Tax Agency about your own tax liability.
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Owner-occupied and co-op homes in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, both apartments and houses. Under the standard articles (normalvedtægten), a co-op apartment requires the board’s permission, and only while you are temporarily away, normally for at most two years. If you rent your home yourself, the Danish Rent Act lets you sublet the whole apartment for up to two years when you are temporarily away, for example because of studies or a temporary transfer. Your landlord can, however, say no in some cases.
Rent out a co-op apartmentYou pay 8.5% excl. VAT of the monthly rent. 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. Maintenance is billed separately, and there are no hidden fees.
See all pricesYou get a statement every month of income, costs and net result, and in Mit BY (in Danish) you can see the lease period, rent, lease and statements for your home. If you want to talk to us, you can book a meeting on video, by phone or at our office.
Book a meetingOnly if the lease allows you to terminate it during the period. A fixed-term lease cannot be terminated along the way unless this has been agreed or the other party breaches the agreement. Even then you need a lawful reason for terminating and must give the required notice, and if you want to live in your owner-occupied or co-op home again, the notice is at least one year.
Fixed-term leaseNo, it can be rented out furnished or unfurnished. In properties with six or fewer apartments in Copenhagen, the furniture is taken into account when the rent tribunal assesses the rent, but you cannot agree a separate payment for it. If you ask the tribunal to approve the rent in advance, you send a list of the contents with your application.
We do. We are the tenant’s contact, coordinate repairs, both routine and urgent, and make sure the work is documented. Maintenance is billed separately, and you can see the costs in your statement.
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