Comparisons
Coliving or part-time co-occupancy: what's the difference?
Coliving vs part-time co-occupancy: two shared housing models, two opposite mechanics. The difference explained, day by day.
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Civil Code lease, co-occupancy, part-time furnished rental: Kowo’s guides to living a few days a week elsewhere, or letting your home’s empty days.
Guides
Legal
The legal framework of part-time renting in France: Civil Code lease, fixed days in the contract, independent leases with no joint liability. The Kowo guide.
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Co-occupancy
Several occupants in one home, on separate fixed days, each with an independent lease: the Kowo guide to part-time co-occupancy and rental stacking.
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Commuters
Two or three nights a week in another city: the Kowo guide for commuters, split-location couples and hybrid workers done with living out of hotels.
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Owners
Rent out the empty days of your secondary residence, on a recurring basis and without tourist turnover: the Kowo guide for owners and rental investors.
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Business
Probation periods, long assignments, hybrid work: the Kowo guide for HR teams and office managers housing employees on recurring travel.
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Comparisons
WeekAway, Flexliving, Kowo co-occupancy: part-time rental models compared factually, so you can choose on your actual need rather than on slogans.
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Part-time renting
Renting a home a few days a week, every week, for months on end: long-term part-time renting explained, from the budget to the contract.
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Latest articles
Business
How much does employee housing cost on a long business trip? A financial comparison
Cost of employee housing on business assignments: hotel, tourist rental, full-time lease, and defined-days lease compared in monthly and annual budgets.
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Swiss or Luxembourg cross-border worker: protect your tax status in France
Cross-border worker housing in France: preserve your tax status through the non-exclusive enjoyment of a defined-days lease, without primary residence risk.
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Dual residence: how to deduct your weekday home expenses from your taxes
Dual residence and actual expense deduction: the conditions for deducting professional weekday home costs from income tax, and the threshold for tax savings.
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Dual residence: how to organize living apart for work as a couple or family
Dual residence and living apart for work: how to organize your split week between two cities without exhaustion, as a couple or a family.
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Hotel, aparthotel, or part-time weekday home: how to choose
Hotel vs aparthotel vs weekday home: the right choice depends on your duration and frequency. Decision tree from single stays to multi-month routines.
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How many occupants can share a part-time property?
How many occupants can share a part-time property? Planning, turnover logistics, sheet management, and financial examples for hosting multiple occupants.
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Le Meur Law 2026: defined-days leases are not tourist rentals
The Le Meur Law regulates short-term tourist rentals: Declaloc, day caps, DPE energy rules. Defined-days leases are exempt. Here is what changes for you.
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Mid-term lease or part-time rental: which lease to choose?
Mid-term lease vs part-time rental: mobility leases and defined-days leases meet two distinct needs, backed by legal and financial data.
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Recruiting remote talent: what if a weekday home became your HR superpower?
A strong candidate living far away hesitates to apply. Recruiting remote talent starts with solving housing: a weekday home expands your talent pool.
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Paris rent control: your second home is exempt
Rent control in Paris applies to 1989 law primary residence leases, not to Civil Code secondary residence leases. Full legal explanation.
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Second homes in France: 3.8 million available properties
According to INSEE, 3.8 million secondary residences in France remain unoccupied part of the time: major potential for part-time rentals.
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Tenant rental application for a weekday home: required documents
The tenant application checklist for furnished secondary residence rentals: mandatory core documents (ID, proof of address) and optional income proofs.
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Vacant housing tax: how part-time rentals grant tax exemption
The vacant housing tax levies empty properties in high-demand zones for over a year. Part-time rentals comfortably exceed the 90-day exemption threshold.
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Housing an employee on probation: the options
Hotels, the French mobility lease, furnished flats, part-time renting: the options for housing an employee on probation, compared on cost and flexibility.
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The fixed-days lease, explained
How the French Civil Code lease for secondary residences frames part-time renting: fixed days in the contract, flexible duration, what to check before signing.
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WeekAway, Flexliving: comparing part-time rental models
Homestay rooms by the night, operated housing subscriptions, direct co-occupancy: three part-time rental models compared factually, on public facts.
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Earning from a second home, without holiday lets
Rent your secondary residence on weekdays, to recurring occupants, without tourist turnover: the method, the numbers and the Civil Code lease framework.
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Part-time co-occupancy
One home, several occupants on fixed days, each holding an independent lease with no joint liability: how part-time co-occupancy actually works.
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Living between two cities: organising your split week
Rhythm, budget, housing and belongings that stay put: the guide for split-location workers and commuters whose week is divided between two cities.
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Long-term part-time renting, explained
Renting a home a few days a week, every week, for months: the definition, the budget, the contract and the good practices of long-term part-time renting.
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