Renting out a house in Copenhagen
We find a tenant who suits the house, draw up the lease under the Danish Rent Act and look after the tenancy until the tenant moves out. You keep the house, we handle the rental.
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You keep the house. We handle the rental from the listing and viewings to the move-out inspection.
We advertise the house on our own homes-to-rent page and in our network, and home seekers on our list are told when a home matches what they are looking for. Everyone is screened before they come to a viewing, and you make the final choice.
We screen with income verification, references and background checks where lawful, and every applicant is assessed on the same criteria.
We draw up the lease under the Rent Act, so it is clear who maintains what, including the garden. We collect the deposit and rent and follow up if a payment is missed.
If nothing else is agreed, you as the landlord maintain the house. If the tenant is to maintain anything other than locks and keys, such as the garden, it must be written into § 11 of the lease.
Move-in and move-out inspections with written and photo documentation. If something needs repairing, we coordinate the tradespeople, both routine and urgent, and the work is documented.
The inspections are the basis for any claims when the tenant moves out. Maintenance is billed separately.
A house is more than the home itself. There is a garden and a driveway, perhaps a carport, a shed and a homeowners’ association with its own rules. Write into the lease what the tenant may use and who maintains what.
If nothing else is agreed, you as the landlord keep the house and the garden in repair. You can agree that the tenant looks after the garden or takes over the maintenance, but the agreement must be written into § 11 of the lease.
The rent follows different rules from those in a large rental building. In Copenhagen, a house on its own plot counts as a small property, and if the house was taken into use after 1991, the rent can be agreed freely. If the house is the only home you rent out, you can also ask the rent tribunal (huslejenævnet) to approve the rent before you rent out.
See the rules on rent and maintenanceIf you will live abroad or elsewhere for a while, you can rent out the house on a fixed-term lease. The time limit must be justified by your circumstances, for example that you will live in the house again afterwards, and the end date and the reason must be in the lease.
If you rent out with no end date, it is an ordinary long-term rental. You can then only terminate the tenancy on the grounds set out in the Rent Act, which is worth knowing before you choose.
Renting out while you live abroadGo through the list before the tenant moves in.
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The Rent Act, the rent tribunal and the Danish Tax Agency on what is special about a house. .
The rent tribunal in Copenhagen can only reduce the rent if it is more than ten per cent too high.
If the house was taken into use after 31 December 1991, the rent can be agreed freely.
If you rent out a house you do not live in for at least 12 months, it is taxed as business rental.
It depends on how many homes the property had on 1 January 1995 and when it was taken into use. Under the Rent Act, a house on its own plot is as a rule a property of its own (§ 8). In Copenhagen, the rules for small properties apply when the property had six or fewer apartments on that date, and the rent may then not be substantially higher than for comparable apartments with cost-based rent.
The rent tribunal can only reduce the rent if it is more than ten per cent too high. You cannot base the rent on your own costs for loans and shared expenses, and the tribunal does not compare with prices in property listings. If the house is furnished, that is taken into account, but you cannot agree a separate payment for the furniture.
Source: City of Copenhagen: Six or fewer residential apartments in one property (in Danish)
Read about rent adjustmentWhen the house was taken into use after 31 December 1991. You and the tenant can then agree the rent freely, and it can only be reduced if it is unreasonable. If you want to be able to adjust the rent along the way, you must agree that it is adjusted in line with the net price index.
The rent can be set freely by agreement between the parties in the following tenancies: 1) Tenancies of residential apartments in properties taken into use after 31 December 1991.
Source: City of Copenhagen: Apartments with free rent (in Danish)
Yes. In Copenhagen you can apply if you own the house yourself, it is the only home you rent out, and you have not already signed a lease. The tribunal must be able to inspect the house, and if it is to be rented out furnished, you send a list of the contents with your application. The approval is binding: the tenant cannot have the rent reduced as long as the house is in the same condition as when the tribunal saw it.
If nothing else is agreed, you as the landlord. You must keep the property and the rented premises in proper repair, and the tenant only has to maintain locks and keys. You can agree that the tenant takes over the maintenance, for example of the garden, but anything the tenant is to maintain beyond locks and keys must be written into § 11 of the lease.
§ 112 cannot be departed from by agreement to the detriment of the tenant, except for an agreement that the tenant takes over the duty of maintenance.
Source: the guidance to standard form A, 10th edition (in Danish)
If you rent out the house for at least 12 months and do not live in it yourself, the Danish Tax Agency treats it as business rental. The profit is personal income, and you must keep accounts. You can deduct, among other things, property taxes, maintenance, insurance and the membership fee for the homeowners’ association, and you do not pay property value tax (ejendomsværdiskat) for the time the house is rented out as a business.
According to the Tax Agency’s practice, in the first three years of ownership you can deduct refurbishment of at most 35 per cent of the annual rental income for a rented-out one or two-family house.
Source: Danish Tax Agency: Renting out a home you do not live in yourself (in Danish)
Read about tax deductions when renting outThis page is general information and not legal or tax advice. The rules can change, and your situation may be different. The rent rules here are those of the City of Copenhagen, so if the house is in another municipality, check its own rules.
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Yes. If you rent out your house as a home, the Danish Rent Act (lejeloven) applies, and you are the landlord in relation to the tenant. If the house belongs to a homeowners’ association or an owners’ association, read their articles too. We find and screen the tenant, draw up the lease and look after the tenancy.
Read about long-term rentalYou 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 pricesThe lease decides. If nothing else is agreed, you as the landlord maintain the house and the garden, and the tenant only has to maintain locks and keys. You can agree that the tenant looks after the garden, but the agreement must be written into § 11 of the lease. Say at the same time what it includes, for example mowing the lawn and trimming the hedge.
It depends on where the house is and when it was first taken into use. In Copenhagen, the rent for a house on its own plot may not be substantially higher than for comparable apartments with cost-based rent. If the house was taken into use after 31 December 1991, the rent can be agreed freely. We set the rent from market data and within the limits of the Rent Act.
Try the rent calculatorYes. If you will live in the house again afterwards, that can justify a fixed-term lease. If you will be away for more than six months, you register your departure with the municipality. Think about tax too: your full tax liability to Denmark generally only ends when the home is sold, given up or rented out for at least three years on a lease you cannot terminate.
Rent out while you live abroadYes. If you rent out the house for at least 12 months and do not live in it yourself, the Danish Tax Agency treats it as business rental: the profit is personal income, and you must keep accounts. If you rent out the house you live in for part of the year, you pay tax on the part of the rent that exceeds your deduction, and you can choose between the standard deduction (bundfradrag) and the accounting method (regnskabsmæssigt fradrag).
Read about tax deductions when renting out
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