The benefits of a second home

More and more people are becoming second home owners. Investing in a second home is investing in leisure time. Wouldn’t you love to have a place you can go to after a busy working week or during vacations to escape from the hectic daily life and relax? Your own place where you feel completely at home, where you can go when it suits you.

A second home close to home
A growing group of Dutch people consciously choose a second home in their own country or one of our neighboring countries. Reason: nice and close. So we avoid long and stressful car journeys or chaos at the airport. With a place to stay close to home, we can easily enjoy it for a while. In addition, we are really starting to rediscover our own country and its immediate neighbors. And rightly so, because there are so many beautiful places here!

A safe and fun investment

A second home is increasingly seen as an investment. It is currently not very interesting for many people to leave savings in the bank. Investing in recreational real estate has a nice return potential. You have the security of stone and the investment is tangible, unlike shares on the expo. Moreover, a (guaranteed) return from rentals provides an interesting monthly income source.

Not to mention, in the long run, you often have the opportunity to sell your recreational property with a capital gain. Moreover, if the property is not rented out, you can enjoy it yourself.

Private investment

Investing in recreational real estate is a stable value investment with several advantages. You can enjoy your recreational home yourself and speculate on value appreciation. But did you know, for example, that in many cases you can (partially) reclaim the VAT on the purchase amount if you make the recreational home (partially) available for rental? The rental income and sales profits are in many cases untaxed.

Business investment

For real estate investors, recreational property is a great addition to the overall portfolio. After all, vacation never goes out of business! But beware: Profitability & exploitation, reliability and the right park and property characteristics are decisive for a successful investment. Therefore, always be informed by a specialist in recreational real estate; a party that knows the market well.

• The advantages in brief
• The (fixed) return is attractive and the risks are limited
• Extra income through rental returns
• Long-term investment stability
• Cost savings on vacations through
• own use of the property
• Tax attractive

Source: Vacation agent