There are several ways to rent a country house for a short period. Numerous individual proposals can be found on the Internet, often real estate owners themselves publish ads for rent by owner. This option allows you to save on services to Realtors, but is time consuming and does not guarantee the quality of the result. Another option - to apply to the real estate agency. Here you can offer several proven options and help you find the optimum balance between price and quality. But finding an agency which deals with short-term lease, very problematic.

Daily rent of cottages for today - is a narrow niche business. To count the agencies that provide this service, enough fingers of one hand. Profitability experts evaluate different ways: someone who feels the business is bleak and interesting only for private realtors, others, for the active growth. Marina Markarova, managing director of Blackwood: "The market short-term rental (from two days to three months) is developing dynamically. Every year as we approach summer, the demand for short-term rental increases. The market is not unpromising, it is confirmed by the New Year and May holidays, as well as to find free house at this time is problematic. Natalia Petshik, Head of the real estate company Terra Real Estate ":" Private homes in the private sector shall be extremely rare, but there are exceptions. For example, in 2006 we now have expensive country cottages, which the owners rented out on New Year's holidays . The basic number of proposals have on the Minsk highway, but there were individual proposals outside of the 25 th km Rublyovo-Uspensky Highway. In general, the daily rent - business instability associated with high risks, so let him be himself only companies with sufficient funds . Alex Temnov, head of the country real estate Knight Frank: "Because the market short-term rent suburban real estate is not formed and chaotic, mainly those services are offered by private traders or very large real estate agency.

Anyway, the few agencies that provide such services, prefer to work only with large and expensive facilities. Typically, rent for two or three days, equivalent to a monthly rent, ranging from $ 5 thousand to $ 15 thousand price depends primarily on the direction and distance from the city, town and state of the cottage. Traditionally, the most expensive areas - it Rublevo-Uspenskoe, Volokolamskoye, Minsk, Pyatnickoe, Ilinskoe. Small cottages are to be Kiev and Kaluga areas (in Glagolev, Krekshino) and cost an average of $ 3-5 thousand rates significantly higher in organized cottage communities with protection and all necessary communications. Also important quality of repairs to the cottage and its remoteness, the availability and condition of furniture, etc. The maximum demand is for an area of 120-300 sq cottages. m for repairs and furniture. This is a wooden house in a Scandinavian style, a modern three-four-storey building with marble floors, heated pool, sauna, etc. Typically, less expensive homes are removed on weekends for weddings, corporate parties and other entertainment events, so the house should be calculated for at least 20-30 people, have at least seven bedrooms.

But even on such a high price to find a suitable alternative is extremely difficult because the demand for short-term rental market significantly exceeds supply.

Despite the fact that for two or three days, owners can help out an amount equal to the monthly rent, the majority rejects such proposals. The fact is that almost none of the owners did not dare to assume the risks associated with short-term delivery. Alexei dark: "We are often receives requests for rental villas in two or three days for corporate parties, weddings and so on. The offer price amounts to an average of $ 10-15 thousand for the object. The difficulty also lies in the fact that it is not always the inner infrastructure of the house and its dimensions allow us to meet customer requests. In Moscow quite a few houses were built in Soviet times, modern qualitative and conceptual homes in suburban towns have appeared recently. and their owners tend to prefer long-term lease - for a season or more. Short-term renting is always associated with the risk of damage and losses. The owner can earn in two days the same amount as one month, but most likely will have to then restore the house. Approximately 80% of the owners refuse to rent a house in the short-term lease (for example, of the party) for this reason. The fact is that for daily rent is not any written agreements, in the best case, the tenant pay a deposit, so all the risks fully borne by the owners.

On the other hand, because the market for long-term lease has long been formed and works quite stable, the owners of decent houses easily rent them for the entire holiday season - from May to October. And the best options, even in long-term lease there is a part, is already painted their rent until the summer of 2007. Generally, in order to rent a cottage in popular village in the summer, you must take care of this in advance, even in winter. Marina Markarova: "The reluctance to pass a house on a short term is understandable - nobody wants to permanently change the tenants, are much easier to establish long and lasting relationship with one tenant, long-term lease - is a constant gain, and daily - volatile and uncertain business. Realtors daily work is also not very interesting. "

Activity of daily rental market is seasonal in nature. The most lively period - New Year holidays. At this time, the owners of vacant, as a rule, country houses and are willing to risk some money. Moreover, prices in the New Year match prices at the height of summer season. For example, wishing to mark the New Year holidays in a cottage, located in a guarded settlement in the area 20 hectare, the total area of 900 sq.. m had to pay about $ 7 thousand for the three days. The next and last peak of activity - the May holidays. However, since the long-term lease for the entire summer period buildings are still in February, May, found in an empty house for rent for the weekend is not so simple. Idle, usually illiquid home - built 1990, the old plan and the employer's house directly on the site. But such homes are not always satisfied customers and for rent short term. Usually in the house only two or three bedrooms and a fairly long renovation. Tenants want a spacious house with large plot, modern layout and quality engineering.

Thus, today the market short-term rental cottages is just beginning to evolve and yet satisfies the needs of customers are not satisfied with property owners and not particularly interested of realtors. Meanwhile, the potential of this market is huge. Each year an increasing number of people who can afford to buy suburban real estate, but do not do so for certain reasons and would like to take home for summer vacation. Moreover, in some cases daily rent can be more attractive than long-term. For example, if the client is unable to travel to the country every weekend, or prefer to change the situation a permanent place of rest.
Hotels in giving

Not so long ago in Moscow appeared an alternative short-term lease of a country house - chalet hotels. The fact that private landlords do not meet the demand of consumers, tour operators felt. The first attempt to organize summer tourism has made travel company "fourth estate". Several years ago it was discovered the direction of "Rural Tourism". For very little money the client could get the illusion of its own house in the village. At his taste, he could choose a house on the farm or the farm, where the staff played the role of the owners themselves, as well as food offered a real country food. However, this project lasted only two years. Elena Potapova, deputy director of the Tourism Company "Fourth Estate": "This was simply not profitable. Indeed, in the villages a lot of empty houses and their owners would not mind making money, but the work they do not like or can not. Now we only with formal organizations. "

Today the direction of the hotel cottage type actively develop near Moscow Hotels and holiday homes. Obviously, the country hotel has a number of advantages over conventional rest home: a feeling of isolation, freedom of action, usually in the cottages provides its own infrastructure and attendants.

Results in the Moscow region there is about two dozen such places. Shareware can be divided into three categories: accommodation in boarding houses, sanatoria and rest homes, specialized cottage complexes and individual houses.

Depending on the goals and objectives, you can choose a house at any distance from the capital (from the near-Moscow region to 400 miles in any direction) and from the surrounding buildings. The most budget option - small (20-40 square. M) houses in rest homes and boarding houses. Typically, they are designed for two to four people and more like a stand-alone hotel room than a full house. In addition, they are located in close proximity to the main building and from each other, so on the suburban solitude is hard to speak. But then they stand at around $ 150-250.

For corporate parties, weddings and other celebrations are more suitable individual cottages, such as the "Turkish House" in Bekasovo or "Teremok on Protva." They are located in its own territory and usually have a standard set of amusements: billiards, lawn for barbecues, outdoor pool, sauna, etc. In this case even the most luxurious cottages are an average of $ 1-1,5 thousand per day, significantly cheaper than many private homes. This is understandable: architecture and interiors of these cottages are no different design refinements, and at best can pull on the level of the usual four-star hotel. However, judging by how quickly to develop this area, we can expect that in the near future the market will more unusual and original proposals.