Vacation property

A secondary or second home is in the right to notify a privately used apartment, which is not used as a principal residence.

Related terms in tax law are primary residence and second home ( in Austria " second residence " called ).

Germany

In the German reporting law makes a distinction between main and secondary residences. If a population several apartments within the country, is one of these apartments the main dwelling. The main residence is generally the predominantly occupied apartment, in which the inhabitants residing most of the year. All other apartments are secondary residences. Any ownership are irrelevant.

The inhabitant shall notify the registration authority, which apartment is his main residence. Dwellings abroad are not considered, even if they would fulfill the objective criteria of a principal residence in the determination of major and minor home. The details of the reporting requirements, such as length of stay from which a secondary dwelling must be reported to differ in the individual federal states.

Switzerland

As a second home, a second home ( apartment or house ) is called in Switzerland, which is used by individuals during the year / season or parts thereof. However, you will not like the apartments rented to third parties. In Switzerland, about 16 percent of all residents have a second home, while in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden almost every second person has one. Second homes are usually far away from their own place of residence, to change, tranquility, adventure, sport, or even to enjoy inspiration.

A second home is not the same as a second home, for some places a second home tax.

In Switzerland, the second housing construction is already for years been a political issue, because in the past a strong boom, caused mainly by foreign demand had. In 2000, the country had about 420,000 second homes, which represented 12 percent of the then housing stock. Today, it is assumed that a stock of around 500,000 second homes. The development led to urban sprawl valuable landscapes, although the flats then the greater part of the year are about empty, so under extremely inefficient usage conditions ( keyword Cold beds).

On 11 March 2012, the Swiss people voted against the will of the Federal Council and Parliament a popular initiative " against the boundless construction of second homes " to which wants to limit the stock of these dwellings per municipality fixed at 20 percent.