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Since the health crisis, more and more workers no longer hesitate to work remotely from their vacation spot. A phenomenon that drives up real estate prices in seaside resorts, sometimes paralyzing the inhabitants. Report in Cornwall, UK.
The town of Newquay, in the United Kingdom, takes on the appearance of a ghost town after the summer is over. During the beautiful season, it is occupied mainly by vacationers who have a second home there. Today, locals like Harriet Duffy, a single mother, are struggling to find accommodation. She has been living in a hotel for several weeks, because the apartment she was renting has been transformed into a vacation home. “We were kicked out of our house just so people could come on vacation here. It is not fair“, she judges.
The expelled, who are rarely relocated for lack of space, mostly turn to associations. “With all these new tourists since the Covid, many houses have been transformed into Airbnb. Previously, rents were around 900 euros per month, but now for the few apartments available, it goes up to 3,500 euros per week“Says Monique Collins, director of the DISC association. In Fowey (United Kingdom), the middle class is losing hope of ever owning its own home.”I would love to own it. But like most downtown traders here I can’t afford it“Says Tom French, salesman in bakery. The town hall, however, has just reacted, by prohibiting the purchase of holiday homes. The measure, however, only concerns new homes.