Selling an apartment in Dublin to buy one in Spain instead?

Is she intending to manage the letting in Spain herself?

200 a night is grand in July and August. The level of cost associated with managing and clean after short let’s like that should not be underestimated.

Well that sounds ideal then. I guess once local taxes on letting are factored in then the only thing I'd also factor in is the potential for it to become her retirement apartment in the long term.

If he’s that confident slap a few tens of thousands on the asking price.

those rules relate to registration, transparency across platforms and data protection. A decision as to whether to limit rentals is a national competence under the principle of subsidiarity. The EU will not be limiting the number of rental properties.

There are two other options on the existing place:

1. Leave it empty for two years, then reset the rent to market rate.
2. Substantially renovate it (not paint and floors, I mean move a wall for example) and reset the rent to a new market rate for the improved accomodation. Very difficult in a one bedroom, probably impossible unless you convert it to a studio.

Also, bear in mind that the low rent cap is forced on any new buyer of the place, and will keep the selling price lower than it would be otherwise. A lot of investors won't touch it.

Regarding Spain: be very careful to ensure you are able to Airbnb / Holiday rent any place you buy. It is not that straightforward, depending on where in Spain you are buying. You may need a licence, you may need permission from the block "president", etc.

Anyone arguing that local Spanish governments won't penalise landlords in the future, especially non resident ones only has to think of the circumstances that led someone with a Dublin rental to consider selling up and trying Spain.

If it were me and there's no mortgage involved I'd chose something that I'd be happy to retire into in the long run. I'd consider the Dublin as having funded a future retirement option, so we're way ahead already.

Having said that I lived in an arid part of Australia for years so heat has lost its novelty for me. I'd be just happy to have a bolt hole for when our grey weather and winter darkness get too much.

I don't think it's a total ban, isn't there caps with dedicated inspectors?

Plus a 1.000 isn't a lot in a city with 5 million in the metro area.

Edit to add I've used online short term letting agents in Barcelona long before there was an AirBnB. It's just we tend to focus the entire discussion around AirBnB when in the fact that short term model was already mature in many Spanish destinations.

The search criteria I entered was for 1 week.

Excellent.

She sticking with the initial idea of short term letting during peak season and then using it personally at other times?

That sounds ideal, especially the storage options.

Now you lot will have to study español, don't want to be lumped in with the Costa del Blackpool set.