Loophole for Visiting 2nd Homes Over Easter

[SunshiningBetty]

Apparently there is a loophole in the latest guidance that allows for visiting second homes after 31st March. Can anyone direct me to it please? Does it apply to second homes in Wales?

Anyone?

I would just go. You should be able to check a second home and make sure there are no burst pipes etc.

You can go to one in Wales if you live in Wales, but cannot go to Wales if you don't live there.

gov.wales/summary-restrictions-27-march

OP just wait until 12 April.

If your second home is used for holiday rentals you are allowed to conduct maintenance but you cannot stay overnight.

Just beach from the beach, family daily walk. I can assure you many have already packed up home and come here .. do as please everyone else seems to be. I'm actually dreading the Easter holidays here 😐

*just back from the beach ☺️

Freedom Monday the bit about not leaving home or being outside the home without a reasonable excuse is lifted.
Unless they add something to legislation that states you can't be away from home overnight (along with a none exhaustive list of exceptions) there's nothing to stop you.

Could you not please wait?

Link to new legislation here
twitter.com/AdamWagner1/status/1374001660289282050?s=19

That should say from Monday. Excellent slip up from autocorrect..

We are going to go next sat, don’t see the difference with that and waiting a week if I’m being honest. Happy to all do a LFT then go.

We do need to do some maintenance ready to rent out but there’s no way we can drive there, get it all done and come back in a day! Are we allowed to stay over? We are in England and the second home is in Wales

Technically you can't Cross the border into Wales. The rules are to protect communities. What makes you special enough to compromise everyone else's safety?

No you are not allowed to stay over

I am not sure you are allowed to travel into Wales either

Hi OP, if you're popping into Wales for an overnight stay can you please pick me up en route so that I can visit my chum in Gwynedd?
The transport is terrible out there and I don't currently drive.
Cheers!

As quoted in the picture in my message OP the guidance explicitly states that you can enter wales to go to your home to maintain it but you cannot stay overnight.

@Jessicabrassica

Technically you can't Cross the border into Wales. The rules are to protect communities. What makes you special enough to compromise everyone else's safety?

Because we have a booking for 13th April and we haven’t even seen the house for a year!!! Some of us rely on the income from lets.

Honestly what difference does it make if you stay over night or not, you are in the house and leave at 11.55pm and that’s fine but you stay over and leave at 7am the next morning and somehow that’s risky?!? Common sense for crying out loud!

The 12th April date was announced a while ago (February?) so it was your choice to take a booking the following day. Your reason is not good enough, you should go on the 12th prepared for what is needed.

If you rent it out as a business does preparing the property for renting it out not count as work?

@LadyCatStark

If you rent it out as a business does preparing the property for renting it out not count as work?

Vey true! It’s all declared on the self assessment. Think we’ll head up there after this weekend!

@SunshiningBetty Someone has posted the the link that shows you are not allowed to stay overnight - why do you think you are so special that the rules don't apply to you?

What difference does it make if you stay overnight or not if you're in your own self contained property?!? There's no logic to some of these rules!