{"id":4158,"date":"2022-06-20T08:20:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T08:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/?p=4158"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:13:55","slug":"pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and cons of buying a holiday home with friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you dream about buying a holiday home abroad in France or Spain? If owning a piece of paradise is on your bucket list, perhaps you\u2019ve considered sharing the cost with friends. But is it ever a good idea to enter into a financial arrangement like this when personal relationships are involved? We\u2019ve been exploring the pros and cons.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Pros<\/b><\/h4>\n
Pro: Sharing the cost<\/b><\/h5>\n

The down payment on a holiday house is a stumbling block for many potential buyers, so sharing this upfront cost with somebody else can serve to remove the barrier to entry for many. Spreading this cost over two or even several families and then applying for a joint mortgage could also mean you could afford a bigger and more luxurious property than if you were going it alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pro: Sharing responsibility<\/b><\/h5>\n

If you\u2019re equal partners in the ownership of a holiday home, you can share responsibility for the maintenance of the property. When problems arise – a leaky roof or the retiling of a bathroom – they\u2019re less of a burden when shared between friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pro: Greater occupancy<\/b><\/h5>\n

Most people don\u2019t have more than a few weeks of the year when they\u2019re able to use their holiday home, so having multiple families means it\u2019s occupied more often – ensuring that the house isn\u2019t shut up for too long a period of time and any maintenance issues are picked up before they become problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Cons<\/b><\/h4>\n
Con: You need to treat the partnership like a business arrangement, not a friendship<\/b><\/h5>\n

You wouldn\u2019t have entered into a venture that requires this kind of commitment if you weren\u2019t good friends with plenty in common. But the fact is that, for everybody\u2019s sake, you can\u2019t treat this partnership like a friendship – it needs to be formalised like any business arrangement. This can feel uncomfortable when you\u2019re personally close to one another, and starting conversations about drawing up contracts and legal documents can feel awkward. But it must be done!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Con: Potential for disputes<\/b><\/h5>\n

As friends and their families buy a holiday home together, there is always the potential for disagreement. One party may be happy to let the house out as a holiday rental while the other prefers not to; one family may feel they\u2019re taking on the lion\u2019s share of the maintenance or you may disagree about who gets usage of the property at which times. In fact, you might find you didn\u2019t know each other as well as you thought you did!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Con: You\u2019ll need to take their holiday plans into consideration\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n

Before booking your travel to your holiday home, you\u2019d need to take into consideration not only your own family\u2019s vacation days and school holidays, but those of your friends as well. Who gets Christmas? Who can go at Easter? And the summer holidays? If the house isn\u2019t big enough for you all to use at once, periods of use will need to be carefully agreed upon ahead of time.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Con: You might not always be in the same financial position<\/b><\/h5>\n

When you enter into the agreement, it\u2019s likely you\u2019re in a similar financial position, with similar expectations and resources. But what about as the years go by? Will one partner want to renovate and the other feel it\u2019s not financially within their reach? Will one partner run into difficulty and need to sell their share? The only thing we know for sure in life is that it\u2019s impossible to predict what\u2019s around the corner, and entering into a financial arrangement with a friend essentially ties you to their financial future, and them to yours.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Solution<\/b><\/h4>\n
Co-Ownership through Lazazu<\/b><\/h5>\n

As we see it, there seem to be drawbacks when it comes to buying a holiday home with friends. That\u2019s why at Lazazu we want to give you all the benefits of co-owning the second home<\/a> of your dreams with none of the downside by making the co-ownership process simple and accessible, even with strangers. We help you find and secure your dream home with co-owners hand picked by us, serving as your sole point of contact throughout the legal process and beyond. And then we ensure that the home is fully managed as a company (e.g. an LLC), that all maintenance costs are shared in proportion to your ownership, and that your access to the home is smooth and hassle-free. As we see it: all of the pros and none of the cons.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Discover more about Lazazu:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

How Lazazu co-ownership works<\/span><\/a> | Frequently asked questions about shared holiday homes<\/a><\/span> | The benefits of fractional ownership<\/a><\/span> | Browse Lazazu\u2019s selection of second homes<\/a><\/span> | The difference between timeshare and co-ownership<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you dream about buying a holiday home abroad in France or Spain? If owning a piece of paradise is on your bucket list, perhaps you\u2019ve considered sharing the cost with friends. But is it ever a good idea to enter into a financial arrangement like this when personal relationships are involved? We\u2019ve been exploring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-advice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPros and Cons of Buying a Holiday Home with Friends | Blog | Lazazu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you're dreaming of buying a holiday home, perhaps you\u2019ve considered sharing the ownership with friends. We\u2019re exploring the pros and cons.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale:alternate\" content=\"en_UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale:alternate\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pros and Cons of Buying a Holiday Home with Friends | Blog | Lazazu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you're dreaming of buying a holiday home, perhaps you\u2019ve considered sharing the ownership with friends. We\u2019re exploring the pros and cons.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lazazu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lazazuhomes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-20T08:20:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-10T10:13:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Picture-1151356-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lazazu Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lazazu Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/de\\\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/de\\\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lazazu Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98d8646b7f4205c67d7313577731843c\"},\"headline\":\"Pros and cons of buying a holiday home with friends\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-20T08:20:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-10T10:13:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/de\\\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2506,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Conseils & Astuces\"],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/de\\\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/fr\\\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/fr\\\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pros and Cons of Buying a Holiday Home with Friends | Blog | Lazazu\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-20T08:20:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-10T10:13:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"If you're dreaming of buying a holiday home, perhaps you\u2019ve considered sharing the ownership with friends. We\u2019re exploring the pros and cons.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/fr\\\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/de\\\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/de\\\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vor- und Nachteile des Kaufs einer Ferienimmobilie mit Freunden\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lazazu\",\"description\":\"Nous repensons l'achat, la gestion et l'exp\u00e9rience des r\u00e9sidences secondaires pour vous offrir celle de vos r\u00eaves.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lazazu\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/Lazazu-logo-green.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/Lazazu-logo-green.png\",\"width\":1460,\"height\":834,\"caption\":\"Lazazu\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/lazazuhomes\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/lazazuhomes\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/lazazu\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/LazazuHomes\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98d8646b7f4205c67d7313577731843c\",\"name\":\"Lazazu Team\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lazazu.com\\\/fr\\\/author\\\/lazazu-team\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pros and Cons of Buying a Holiday Home with Friends | Blog | Lazazu","description":"If you're dreaming of buying a holiday home, perhaps you\u2019ve considered sharing the ownership with friends. We\u2019re exploring the pros and cons.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pros and Cons of Buying a Holiday Home with Friends | Blog | Lazazu","og_description":"If you're dreaming of buying a holiday home, perhaps you\u2019ve considered sharing the ownership with friends. We\u2019re exploring the pros and cons.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/","og_site_name":"Lazazu","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lazazuhomes","article_published_time":"2022-06-20T08:20:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-10T10:13:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Picture-1151356-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lazazu Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u00c9crit par":"Lazazu Team","Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/de\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/de\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/"},"author":{"name":"Lazazu Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/98d8646b7f4205c67d7313577731843c"},"headline":"Pros and cons of buying a holiday home with friends","datePublished":"2022-06-20T08:20:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-10T10:13:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/de\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/"},"wordCount":2506,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Conseils & Astuces"],"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/de\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/","name":"Pros and Cons of Buying a Holiday Home with Friends | Blog | Lazazu","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-06-20T08:20:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-10T10:13:55+00:00","description":"If you're dreaming of buying a holiday home, perhaps you\u2019ve considered sharing the ownership with friends. We\u2019re exploring the pros and cons.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/de\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/de\/pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-holiday-home-with-friends\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vor- und Nachteile des Kaufs einer Ferienimmobilie mit Freunden"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/","name":"Lazazu","description":"Nous repensons l'achat, la gestion et l'exp\u00e9rience des r\u00e9sidences secondaires pour vous offrir celle de vos r\u00eaves.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/#organization","name":"Lazazu","url":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lazazu-logo-green.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lazazu-logo-green.png","width":1460,"height":834,"caption":"Lazazu"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lazazuhomes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lazazuhomes\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lazazu\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LazazuHomes\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/98d8646b7f4205c67d7313577731843c","name":"Lazazu Team","url":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/author\/lazazu-team\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4158"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lazazu.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=4158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}