"A couple who rented out their French apartment on Airbnb have been ordered to pay €12,500 to their neighbours, even though there was no specific ban in the building's regulations. France's highest court, the Cour de Cassation recently held-up a lower court's decision that letting the property on short-term rental platform Airbnb disturbed the peace and quiet of the building."
"The property owners then took their case to the Cour de Cassation, where they argued that the complainants should have informed the building's trustees that they were taking legal proceedings for their claim to be admissible. But, the court ruled that informing the property manager of legal proceedings "is not a condition for the admissibility of the action, but simply a formality of good internal administration"."
A couple rented their French apartment on Airbnb and were ordered to pay €12,500 to neighbouring owners for disturbing the building's peace and quiet. A Gap court initially ruled for the neighbours in 2021; the hosts appealed claiming short-term furnished rentals were not prohibited by co-ownership regulations and that no serious evidence of nuisance existed. An appeal court found that the high turnover of occupants breached stability and tranquility requirements in the condominium rules and awarded €10,000 damages plus €2,500 costs. France's Cour de Cassation upheld the decision and ruled notifying the property manager is a formality, not an admissibility condition.
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