Since October 1, 2025 the landscape changes to short -term Airbnb leases as the new frame is activated with compulsory specifications security and hygiene, on -the -spot checks and fines, with the aim of getting in order of a market that worked for years with loose rules and to enhance the return real estate in long -term lease.
Thus, from October 1, the property available in short -term lease must be a main use space, with natural lighting, adequate ventilation and air conditioning. Auxiliary or semi -basement spaces that do not meet the building rule will need to be arranged. Liability insurance, a responsible statement of electrician for installation and basic fire protection such as fire extinguishers, tobacco detectors, leakage relay, clear escape marking are mandatory. The hygiene sequence requires myokonia/insect certificates, first aid pharmacy and a guide with need. Those who were considered optional “good practices” until yesterday, are mandatory for operation since October.
Checks will be carried out on the property by the Ministry of Tourism, with the possibility of mixed scales with AADE. The administrator is informed at least ten days earlier to provide the supporting documents. If entry is not allowed or at least one specification, a fine of EUR 5,000 is imposed, the amount is doubled within one year the amount is doubled and in the next same infringement.
The obligations to the AADE: Visible Property Registration Number in each post (inside or outside the platform) are unchanged and submitting a “short -term statement” until the 20th of the following month from departure, with the margin of corrections until the end of February. The definition of short -term (up to about 60 days without additional services) does not change. Supplementary policies remain in force, as the prime minister announced at the TIF: Extension until 31.12.2026 of tax exemption when a closed residence or short -term property is converted to long -term, as well as the “freeze” of new licenses in the central apartments of Athens for 2026.
More weight of adjustment will lift real estate in old apartment buildings and non -main use spaces. Those who have reservations after 01.10.2025 are now called upon to control the legality of use, to secure an electrician certificate, to supplement fire safety and hygiene, to conclude an insurance policy and cross -check and statements.