Two situations, one tool
If you still hold a change-of-use authorisation, the mobility lease fills the quiet months from November to April before reopening to nightly guests for the season.
If your authorisation has ended, or you could not get one in a quota zone, the mobility lease becomes your main model all year, since it is residential use, not a holiday rental (art. L631-7 of the Construction and Housing Code).
Setting up the Airbnb listing for long stays
The listing must only accept stays of a month or more, with a monthly price and a description that states the framework clearly: furnished letting under a mobility lease, for people on assignment, internship, studies, training or transfer. Each booking request triggers a check of eligibility and identity; the lease is signed electronically before arrival.
Platform requirements evolve. For a long-stay-only listing, we check at each publication what Airbnb requires in terms of registration and settings.
A typical calendar in Nice
For a one-bedroom flat in the centre that still holds an authorisation, this rhythm works:
- Early November to end of April: a six-month mobility lease, typically a hospital intern or an intern.
- May and June: holiday stays, conferences and events.
- July and August: peak season by the night.
- September and October: short stays, or a two-month lease for an autumn assignment.
Without an authorisation, the same flat simply chains mobility leases with different tenants.
Costly mistakes
The mobility lease is simple, as long as you stay within its framework:
- Letting to a holidaymaker under a mobility lease: the contract can be requalified as a holiday let, subject to change of use.
- Asking for a security deposit: it is forbidden; use the Visale guarantee.
- Signing a second mobility lease with the same tenant: it becomes a one-year standard furnished lease.
- Skipping the inventory and check-in report: both are mandatory.
What we do for you
La Joyeuse handles the listing, tenant selection and eligibility checks, the lease, inventories, cleaning between leases and support during the tenancy, for 15% excl. VAT (18% incl. VAT) of rent collected. See the mobility lease in Nice.
