Renting your house out for a nearby sporting event...

[hornetrider]

Out of idle curiosity I googled the following - Ryder Cup 2010 accomodation - as I live 8 miles from Celtic Manor.

Got this:

http://newportgolf2010.com/accommodation/propertyl...

Sweet jesus, those aren't achievable prices, surely? Anyone ever done anything like this? Got to be worth a punt for the return?

Any sage advice??

[sleep envy]

did some work for a client who has a very nice property in SW19

she rents the house for 3 weeks to a certain tennis player in June, pockets £15k/wk and goes on holiday

[pits]

yes, seen how much darlow rented his out for well over 6 figures

[TankRizzo]

pits said:

yes, seen how much darlow rented his out for well over 6 figures

Not bad for a man who went bankrupt and kept a lot of assets.

[TankRizzo]

I think my parents are kicking themselves now because they moved last year from the Old Roman Road in Langstone...two miles from the CM.

[pits]

TankRizzo said:

pits said:

yes, seen how much darlow rented his out for well over 6 figures

Not bad for a man who went bankrupt and kept a lot of assets.

twice or thrice lol i think
think it was over a million he rented it out for

[RobDickinson]

We were looking at buying in West Kirby before the golf open and to some extent this 'bounty' was factored into the purchase prices by both parties.

[Monochrome]

Very lucrative if you have the chance, my cousins friends made a few grand when they rented their house to some american family for the ryder cup at the K club.

[Bing o]

hornetrider said:

Out of idle curiosity I googled the following - Ryder Cup 2010 accomodation - as I live 8 miles from Celtic Manor.

Got this:

http://newportgolf2010.com/accommodation/propertyl...

Sweet jesus, those aren't achievable prices, surely? Anyone ever done anything like this? Got to be worth a punt for the return?

Any sage advice??

Do it.

Do it.

[Tycho]

There is a house next to Birkdale golf club which is cylindrical and Pepsi offered the owner £50K and 2 weeks holiday wherever he wanted to go if they could paint his house like a Pepsi can. They would also restore it back to the original colour. The nutter refused....

[MitchT]

Tycho said:

There is a house next to Birkdale golf club which is cylindrical and Pepsi offered the owner £50K and 2 weeks holiday wherever he wanted to go if they could paint his house like a Pepsi can. They would also restore it back to the original colour. The nutter refused....

I learned that a few weeks back when I was on a break in Southport. I wonder if he really did refuse or if it were more a case of the local council saying no.

[5pen]

Friends of mine own a house in Birkdale (about a mile from the golf course). They have let their house during the Open a couple of times and it has generally paid for them have a 2 week holiday somewhere nice.

[dan1981]

hornetrider said:

Out of idle curiosity I googled the following - Ryder Cup 2010 accomodation - as I live 8 miles from Celtic Manor.

Got this:

http://newportgolf2010.com/accommodation/propertyl...

Sweet jesus, those aren't achievable prices, surely? Anyone ever done anything like this? Got to be worth a punt for the return?

Any sage advice??

Seems pretty cheap compared to what the Manor will be charging for that period!

[hornetrider]

Bloody hell!

Time to get the digital camera out then, yay Celtic Manor!

[Jem0911]

Very real prices,
My Godfather lives within walking distance of Royal Lytham St Annes.
Goes away for a two week holiday evry time there is a major.
Charges the earth and corporates pay it.

[andygo]

Tycho said:

There is a house next to Birkdale golf club which is cylindrical and Pepsi offered the owner £50K and 2 weeks holiday wherever he wanted to go if they could paint his house like a Pepsi can. They would also restore it back to the original colour. The nutter refused....

Urban myth I heard. I live in Southport and there were several people I know who rented their houses out for up to £4000 pw during the Open.

[y2blade]

hornetrider said:

Out of idle curiosity I googled the following - Ryder Cup 2010 accomodation - as I live 8 miles from Celtic Manor.

Got this:

http://newportgolf2010.com/accommodation/propertyl...

Sweet jesus, those aren't achievable prices, surely? Anyone ever done anything like this? Got to be worth a punt for the return?

Any sage advice??

it happens every year at the isle of man during TT fortnight and the prices are through the roof but people will pay as they have no real choice all the hotels and b&b's are fully booked months in advance

as for advice sorry i cant help

[Asterix]

My Mum keeps toying with this idea as she lives within 15mins of Silverstone and has a paddock large enough to stick a chopper on.

[Maxf]

So what do you do with all of your stuff? Storage? Or do they simply move in to your life for a couple of weeks?

[hornetrider]

Maxf said:

So what do you do with all of your stuff? Storage? Or do they simply move in to your life for a couple of weeks?

Interesting point. I think you have to remove all clothes, and anything you consider valuable, but have to leave obvious stuff like kitchen bits and pieces, tellies, stuff like that.

I would consider locking it all up in the loft and buggering off to the Caribbean and watching it on telly from there!!