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Extension / renewal
The automatic extension of a residential lease — the protection a seasonal contract does not carry.
On a primary-residence lease, the contract extends automatically year by year up to a statutory minimum unless you give notice. You do not have to renegotiate annually, and the landlord cannot simply decline to renew within that period.
This is the single most valuable thing a residential contract gives you, and the single largest thing a temporada contract takes away. An eleven-month seasonal let ends when it ends.
Tácita reconducción is the related idea for what happens when everyone simply carries on after a contract expires — the tenancy continues on implied terms, which is better than nothing and much worse than a written extension.
What to check in the contract
Find the duration clause and the notice period on both sides. A short notice period against you, paired with a long one against the landlord, is a term to push back on.
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