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Balcony rental at 9,000 euros

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Religious fervor cannot be bought with money. The best places to contemplate it, yes. For some time now something curious has been happening in Andalusia: Holy Week comes preceded by a news blast about quotes and increases and decreases (usually just increases) in rental prices. The chronicles in question have nothing to do with housing, not even with the rates charged by hotels or Airbnb. Its focus is on the balconies of cities like Seville or Malaga with the best views of the religious steps, small viewpoints for which you can pay now. 9,000 euros. There are those who talk about “commodification” of Easter. What has happened? There is news that, no matter how much it is repeated year after year, is still that: news. The balconies in the center of Seville or Malaga are a good example. From long ago the media have been counting the prices increasingly exorbitant that are requested during Holy Week for these spaces, places with privileged views of the religious processions. What is curious (as has just been proven in Andalusia) is that, as is the case with residential or vacation rentals, the terrace business is not reaching its ceiling. In the end it is nothing surprising. Something similar happens with the terraces of Valencia during the Fallas, those of Vigo at Christmas or in other cities Spanish when celebrations are organized in the street, which includes, for example, the celebration of football titles. If there are balconies with good views there is guaranteed business. One that can bring in hundreds or even thousands of euros in a few days. Are they that expensive? The data has been provided by the College of Property Administrators (CAF) of Seville. According to their estimates, enjoying a good balcony in the historic center to admire the images of El Silencio, El Gran Poder or La Macarena costs several thousand euros. To be more precise, 6,000 in exchange for a whole week. The data draws attention for two reasons. First because it is double than what was requested a few years ago (in 2023 the average was around €6,000). Second, because in cases in which a privileged location is combined with catering services, this cost can skyrocket until reaching €9,000. Does it only happen in Seville? No. A few weeks ago the Andalusian press reported that in Malaga the rent for accommodation with the best views of the processions had also skyrocketed. In mid-March, 15 days before the start of Easter, Malaga Today assured that Airbnb was asking for 900 euros for a two-night stay in a studio on Larios Street. In Cisneros (also in the center) an apartment with windows facing the street was rented for €500 for two days, a figure that rose to €750 on Booking. What exactly is paid? Basically two things. Dates. And location. Rents do not skyrocket just because. They do it mainly in accommodations with balconies located in strategic areas from which to admire the images of El Silencio, El Gran Poder or La Macarena (in the case of Seville) or El Cautivo, Cristo de la Buena Muerte or Los Estudiantes (Málaga). The height, the quality of the views or the specific day complete the rates and explain why there are cases in which €9,000 is requested for a week. Also that rentals have stopped being a private business and have become ‘professional’ hand in hand with companies. Does it only happen with balconies? No. The subscriptions for chairs and boxes of the Official Race offered by the General Council of Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods of the City of Seville are not affordable for everyone. Especially after experiencing a 3% year-on-year increase. The price table published by the organization shows that rates range from €90.5 for a chair in Plaza Virgen de Los Reyes to 1,016 for the best boxes in Plaza San Francisco. Between both figures there are several options above €100. For example, on Avenida Constitución (Tribuna Faro) there are places available for €161.3. It may seem like a lot, but a subscriber recently recognized to The Country who rents out the two chairs he has at the beginning of the Official Race for double what they cost him (170 each). And that’s because he gives them to a friend. “If it wasn’t him, I could ask for whatever I wanted, and even more so right now with the boom around Holy Week in Seville,” presume. The fertilizers represent the main source of financing for the brotherhoods that organize Holy Week in Seville. Why is it so important? Beyond the interest aroused by the exorbitant prices that are asked (and paid) for the best balconies in Seville or Malaga to follow in the footsteps, the topic raises another interesting question: the debate on commodification of Holy Week, an event that (beyond tourism or the law of supply and demand) has a religious reason for being. “We have become accustomed to the fact that there is no area of ​​human activity that is not subject to commercialization, because the justification is that everything is subject to costs and the same thing you pay to go to the theater or football is paid to see Easter in the front row,” I was reflecting recently in The Country Alberto del Campo, professor of Social Anthropology at the Pablo de Olavide University. Images | Jon Connell (Flickr) 1 and 2 In Xataka | In Sagunto they have voted on whether tradition or equality should have more weight in the Holy Week processions. They have been quite clear

A robot rental industry has been created in China that has plunged prices in a year, but it has an asterisk

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From spring 2025 to winter 2026, renting a humanoid robot for a business event in China has gone from costing between 10,000 and 20,000 yuan a day to being listed at 1,796. Robot dogs already cost 78 yuan a day in JD.comless than 10 euros. A drop of 80% in twelve months. Why is it important. Beyond the price war, this is the first real scale laboratory in the humanoid robot business, and what happens says a lot about the real state of an industry that moves a lot of money in financing but still needs a human behind each machine. In figures: Between the lines. The most interesting number in this matter is not any of the above, but this: every robot deployed today arrives with a human engineer behind it. This technician assumes transportation, calibration, live operation and unforeseen events. The actual model is not ‘Robot as a Servicebut rather ‘Robot + Person as a Service’. The logic of SaaS (marginal costs that approach zero when scaling) does not apply here. Each new unit in the catalog implies a new payroll. The bottleneck is therefore not in the supply of machines, but in the supply of people capable of operating them. The context. Qingtianzu, the platform controlled by Zhiyuan Robotics and backed by Hillhouse Capital, connects more than 200 suppliers with companies that need robots for presentations, inaugurations or weddings. like a marketplace. During the Chinese New Year, their orders grew by 70% and exceeded 5,000 orders in one week. JD.com saw searches for “robot” increase 25-fold. The demand exists, the problem is the cost structure. Yes, but. Rent has fallen by 80%, but operating costs have barely budged: transportation, engineers, insurance, logistics… Everything remains basically the same.. The payback period cited by operators (about six or eight months) assumes about ten monthly orders at 2,500 yuan on average. But that works during peak demand. Outside of the holiday weeks, that rhythm is broken. The big question. 65% of orders are for entertainment and marketing: robots that dance or parade at fairs and those types of cute but short-lived acts. Intermittent uses by definition. To have a stable base, the sector needs to enter factories, hospitals and logistics. But experts have already warned: the majority of current humanoids are in the “cerebellum” phase, executing instructions without autonomous decision. That jump, according to the most optimistic estimatesit will take about five years. The panoramic. In a matter of months, China has built an industry with funded platforms, distributed logistics and real demand. It is the first country that has brought humanoid robots to the mass market, even if it is to perform in shopping centers and shake hands in dealerships. TrendForce foresees more than 50,000 units shipped in 2026, 700% more. The sector has its own precedent: drones for shows, which did not take off for their industrial uses but for the shows nightlife in cities across China. Robot rental can follow the same script. The difference is that an autonomous drone no longer needs a pilot. The humanoid robot still does. In Xataka | There is a Chinese startup creating the most amazing robots of the moment. It’s called X Square Featured image | Andy Kelly

The electric rental car still cannot find its place. Hertz tried it and it cost him 4 billion to discover it

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In October 2021, Hertz announced with great fanfare that bought 100,000 Teslas worth 4.2 billion dollars. It was the biggest bet by a vehicle rental company on electric vehicles. He didn’t know what he had gotten himself into. And four years later, that bet has ended up becoming one of the most expensive lessons in history, because between 2023 and 2025, the company has accumulated losses of more than 4.5 billion dollars, a good part of them directly linked to that decision. What went wrong from the beginning. The business of a car rental company is not just renting, as they also need to sell the vehicles when they are paid for at the best possible price. And that is where the electric became a basic problem. electric cars They depreciate faster than combustion ones in the first three to five years, something that Hertz saw firsthand. When the fleet of Teslas began to lose value, the company was unable to place them on the second-hand market at a profitable price. The final blow came when Elon Musk decided reduce the price of new Teslaswhich automatically dragged down the value of the used cars that Hertz had in its fleet. In detail. Added to that were other problems that were not in the script. Electrical repairs they were more expensive Compared to combustion vehicles, tires wore out faster and many drivers simply did not want to rent an electric car. In addition, it should be noted that the charging network in the United States was (and partly still is) insufficient for travelers who do not fully know the specifics of charging an electric car. According to MarketWatch, electric cars in the United States they are not popular among rental customers precisely due to the scarce network of charging points in the country. And a car stopped in the parking lot does not generate income, but it does generate costs. The numbers of the disaster. In 2024 alone, Hertz registered a net loss of $2.9 billionafter having closed the first nine months of the year with 1,332 million in the red. The company rapidly sold the 30,000 electric vehicles that it planned to liquidate, and in 2025 it closed the year with a net loss of 747 million, although with an improvement of more than 2,000 million compared to the previous year. The results of 2025 We met them precisely a few weeks ago, in their financial report. The numbers are improving, but right now Hertz’s stock is trading near historic lows and the market does not quite believe the recovery. It’s not just Hertz. The company has not been the only one that has gone through this bad experience, in fact it has been a warning sign for the rest of the competitors. Avis Budget Group, the second largest global vehicle rental group, closed 2025 with losses of nearly 1 billion dollarsthe main reason being its electric fleet in the United States. The company had to register more than 500 million in asset impairment by reducing the estimated useful life of its electric cars, which caused them to plummet in the stock market by more than 20% in a single day after presenting results. Avis CEO Brian Choi even publicly acknowledged to investors that the quarter’s results were “unacceptable,” according to picked up SherwoodNews. Between the lines. A McKinsey report from April 2025 pointed out that only one in ten American consumers is considering going electric with their next purchase. If the customer who rents a car does not want an electric one, because he does not know where to charge it, because it generates range anxiety or simply because it is not comfortable, the rental company has an expensive vehicle that depreciates quickly and that spends too much time without generating income. Therefore, the equation does not work. And now what. Hertz has promised that 2026 will be the year of the turning point. The company anticipates revenue growth of between 4% and 6% in the first quarter of this year and has once again placed the depreciation target below $300 per month per vehicle, which was the figure it always indicated as the profitability threshold. Avis is also looking ahead cautiously. Both companies hope to improve results in 2026, relying on younger fleets and managing its electric cars more conservatively, adapting its presence in markets where there is a more mature charging infrastructure, as is the case in California. What is clear is that the great bet of massive electric rental in the United States has failed, at least in its first version. The electric car may have a future in rental fleets, but not at any price, not in any market and, of course, not without the customer being willing to get into it. Cover image | Ernie Journeys In Xataka | No matter what you do: the wheels of your car are revealing your position to anyone who wants to monitor you

The Government is looking for someone to manage thousands of affordable homes. An unexpected candidate has emerged: Rental Insurance

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The State already has a ‘girlfriend’ for its affordable rental housing. Barely a month and a half after the SEPES put out to tender a contract to find companies interested in managing its public park of rental apartments, a large pool of 17,300 propertiesthe Ministry of Housing already knows of at least one interested firm. Of course, one that perhaps Isabel Rodríguez’s department did not have: Seguro Rent, the same company that the Ministry of Consumer Affairs wants to impose a fine of 3.6 million for violation of rights. Those responsible for the company they advance that they have all the requirements included in the tender and boast of their “experience and training.” Manager wanted. To understand the case we must go back to December 1, when the SEPES (shortly after converted into HOUSE47) launched a tender which probably whetted the appetite of more than one real estate agency. The contract in question amounted to a total of 55.4 million of euros (not including VAT) and was basically looking for companies interested in assuming for two years the “comprehensive management of the leasing of the public housing stock for affordable rentals.” In total, the tender covers 17,324 homes spread throughout the country, although to facilitate contracting it was divided into lots. Specifically, four were created for different regions, with between 1,600 and 5,700 houses. A name: Rental Insurance. The announcement was posted on the Public Sector Procurement Platform and companies had just over a month, until January 8, to present their offers. At the moment at least the name of one is known: Rental Insurancea firm dedicated to leasing management that boasts of having managed more than 75,000 contracts. Specifically, the company aspires to become with one of the four lots tendered by the State, the first, which covers 1,661 homes located in Galicia and Asturias. In exchange for its management, SEPES (now CASA47) offers about 6.5 million. The company of course defends its resume to win the contract. “Alquiler Seguro has the experience and training required to take charge of the comprehensive management of the rental fleet, as it has been doing for more than 19 years with the more than 28,000 contracts it currently manages throughout the country,” has claimed the signature itself on a note. Bragging about history. The company does not stop there. In addition to highlighting his experience managing house rentals (including public protection), he remembers the agreements and collaborations he has had with firms such as YourTECHÔ and First Hfocused on access to housing for vulnerable people. On its website the agency presume also from its office network, with more than 50 points spread throughout the country, and its portfolio of tens of thousands of properties. Why is it news? Because Rental Insurance not only stands out for its greater or lesser experience. Beyond the criticism that you have received from entities such as the Madrid Tenants Union, the OCU either FACUAthe company it was news recently for a proposed million-dollar fine. In December, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs imposed a fine of around 3.6 million euros on it for violating user rights and taking advantage of its position of strength in the market. At least in December, when the news brokethe resolution was not yet final and the company was advancing its intention to appeal. During the investigation he had already presented more than a dozen allegations. Questionable practices. In the file, advanced by Cadena SERdetailed practices that were at least controversial, such as forcing tenants to take out insurance, being responsible for charges for non-payments or claims or paying for a ‘Tenant Service Service’. Not only that. The file also details the obligation for the tenant to accept being included in a file of defaulters. Your practices already FACUA denounced them at the end of 2023. When SEPES launched its tender insisted in the profile of the company that is seeking to run the public affordable rental park: “Management will be carried out from social commitment and not only based on economic criteria. For this reason, one of the services that the successful bidder must provide consists of the prevention, detection and early attention of situations of risk of loss of housing.” Images | The Moncloa, Rental Insurance and FACUA In Xataka | The Great Rental Review is not going to be a joke for millions of Spaniards: more than 4,000 euros more per year

The Great Rental Review of 2026 is going to be dramatic for thousands of Spaniards for one reason: 1,700 euros more

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The usual thing around these times is that people start talking about New Year’s resolutionsprojects, trips… plans for 2026 that is already around the corner. That’s the usual. In Spain there are thousands of families who face the year with a very different feeling: restlessness. They are tenants, they have been residing in rented houses for years and now they see how their contracts are about to expire in a very different scenario to the one they had when they signed them, back in 2021. Things have changed so much that there are those who estimate that some tenants will have to pay up to 4,600 euros more per year if they don’t want to move. What has happened? For thousands of Spanish families, 2026 will not be the year of North America World Cup nor that of Eurovision without Spain. 2026 will be the year in which they will have to decide whether to move or agree to pay much more for their homes. The reason is a phenomenon that some have baptized as “the big rental review” and in practice it is nothing other than the expiration of the contracts signed between 2020 and 2021. After the five-year extension that marks the lawnow many tenants have to sit down and negotiate with their landlords. But that’s normal, right? Correct. Contracts signed from 2019 onwards last five years if the landlord is an individual or seven if it is a company. During this period they are renewed annually automatically and the normal thing is that the rents are updated in a controlled manner, based on the CPI or the IRAV index. That hasn’t changed. What is special about the rental contracts signed in 2020 and 2021 is that they were agreed in a very specific context, conditioned by the impact of the crisis of COVID-19. It comes with taking a look at the price chart of Madrid prepared by Idealista to understand it. After years of moderate rent increases (or stagnation), in mid-2020 rents began to become cheaper and did not recover until well into 2021, when they gained momentum that continues even today. What does that mean? That if you signed a rental contract in January, February, March… 2021, you did so at an advantageous time that has kept you ‘safe’ these last five years from the price increase that the market has accumulated. Now, once that agreement expiresif your landlord wants to renegotiate the contract, he will do so in a very different context, with rents in maximum values. Has rent become so expensive? Yes. Until now we could get an idea thanks to platforms like Idealista. Now we have a theoretically more precise tool: calculations from the Ministry of Social Rights and Consumption prepared from data from the INE, the Tax Agency and the IEF. The results has advanced them The Country and they show that contracts that must be renewed in 2026 will become more expensive by up to 383 euros per month compared to the time of the original signing, which translates into about 4,600 euros more per year. That would be the forecast for the most extreme cases (not the average), but it is eloquent. Is there more data? Yes. The estimates of advanced consumer The Country show an estimate of how much rents will rise per year for a household with a median income. For Spain as a whole, this calculation shows an increase of 1,735 euros. In the case of the Valencian Community it would reach 2,686, in the Canary Islands 2,267, in Madrid 2,042, in Cantabria 1,869 and in Andalusia 1,952. In the rest of the regions analyzed, the increase in median income ranges between 1,408 and 884-329 euros/year, the latter data corresponding to Ceuta and Melilla. And the calculation of 4,600 euros/year? It comes out of the heaviest estimate, the one that corresponds to the Balearic Islands. There the Consumption data show the increase in rent prices can exceed 4,615 euros per year. As a reference, Idealista indicates that in March 2021 the residential square meter was rented on the islands at 11.2 euros. Today it is above 19. If we take an 80 m2 apartment as a reference, that means that a tenant who five years ago paid 896 euros/month today would have to pay 1,528. That is, 632 more. When managing the advanced table by The Country It is worth keeping several keys in mind. To begin with, it does not include data from the Basque Country or Navarra due to their regional regimes. Nor from Catalonia, since one relevant part of the population resides in declared neighborhoods “stressed market areas”which influences their prices. The increase calculations also seem to have been carried out with respect to the values ​​at the signing of the contract (2021), which leaves the doubt as to whether they have taken into account the updates of recent years. Another fundamental factor is the context: the estimates are based on a portfolio managed by Sumar, which takes time pressuring its government partner to extend hundreds of thousands of rental contracts about to expire. Does it affect many people? The answer is once again positive. At least if we take Consumption as a reference. After examining the data from the Household Panel, Pablo Bustinduy’s department has come to the conclusion that in 2020, 568,500 contracts and in 2021 another 632,300. The first ones have been completing their five years of validity in recent months. The latter will begin to do so from January, affecting 1.6 million people. The communities that will (potentially) be most affected are Madrid, Catalonia, Andalusia and the Valencian Community. The first saw 145,900 contracts signed in 2021, affecting some 404,100 people. In Catalonia, 112,700 and 301,000 were recorded respectively, although there the tenants have the declaration of stressed areas in their favor. In Andalusia there are some 85,500 contracts with 213,700 affected tenants and in the Valencian Community there were 65,500 agreements with 155,000 people involved. Anything else? Yes. … Read more

the great rental renewal

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Among the many issues that keep us Spaniards up at night, there is one that usually repeats in the CIS surveys as the great national problem: housing. It has been like this in the last few months. And everything indicates that it will continue to be so (even more so if possible) in the months to come. At least that’s what a consumer report suggests. advanced by SER in which it is warned that Spain is about to see thousands of rental contracts expire, leases signed in the middle of the pandemic and that now face a market in the middle of climbing. The big question is… Is there a way to avoid it? Calendar Earrings. March 2025 was a month to remember. He friday the 14th Five years have passed since the declaration of the state of alarm due to Covid-19, which led many Spanish media to remember How those days of confinement and masks were experienced, what has changed since then and whether we are (or not) more prepared to face a health crisis. For many Spaniards, the fiftieth anniversary of the pandemic represented something else: the end of their rental contracts, leases that they signed in a time of uncertainty and expire now, with prices skyrocketing. Two dates, two scenarios. Although Idealista is not an official source, it is good to take a look at your price chart to understand what has changed in the rental market over the last five years. After several years of almost uninterrupted escalation, towards the summer of 2020 the price per m2 began to moderate and even became cheaper for several months. That ‘truce’ coincided with the worst of the pandemic. In mid-2022, prices rose again and since then their rise has been more pronounced, with an increase of almost 10% in the last year. As figures always say more than a long explanation, here are three taken from the national average of rents calculated by Idealista. According to its registry, in April 2020 the m2 was quoted at 10.7 euros, in December 2021 it had dropped to 10.3 and now it is already 14.6. If we talk about stressed markets like Madrid, the progression is even clearer: Between June 2020 and 2021, rents fell by 12.3% and since then they have risen by 59.4%. Why does 2020 matter so much? Simple. Because the law establishes that rental contracts last five years if the landlord is an individual or seven, if the ‘landlord’ is a legal entity. During this period, contracts are automatically extended annually and prices are usually updated based on the CPI or IRAV (if the agreements were signed from 2023 onwards). If we take into account that the majority of rental homes in Spain (85%) are in the hands of small owners, which means that the thousands of contracts signed between 2020 and 2021, in a declining pandemic market, are already expiring or about to do so. The problem is that now the scenario is very different from that of five years ago. So much so that some warn that affected tenants will suddenly find themselves at the mercy of skyrocketing prices. 30%. And that is worrying since many homes they are suffocated already for the income. Many figures, same reading. How many contracts are we talking about? How many leases are expiring or about to expire? Over the last few months, several estimates have circulated that do not always coincide, but do share a common denominator: they show that the expiration of lease contracts will affect a considerable number of households. In September Llogateres Union warned that in 2026 in Catalonia alone, 119,000 signed rental contracts would end in 2021, an estimate that, I remembereddoes not take into account those that may be subject to extension. More or less around the same dates, the Madrid Tenants Union spoke of the extinction of 500,000 rental contracts in just two years, which led him to warn of “the largest wave of renewals in a long time.” Probably the estimate that more has sounded It is however the one that use Add and the Minister of Consumption, Social Rights and Agenda 2030 has been in charge of emphasizing. Pablo Bustinduy has asked to the PSOE that they be extended automatically 300,000 contracts of rent that would be about to expire. Is there more data? Yes. The last one announced this week the SER chain, which on Thursday released an internal document from the Ministry of Social Rights that maintains that in 2020 568,538 rental contracts were signed, 632,369 in 2021 and 405,234 in 2022. The data is conclusive and shows the considerable number of households that could soon face a dilemma: stay in their apartments paying much higher rents or look for a new home. That does not mean that they should be interpreted as closed calculations. The figures (which do not include Euskadi or Navarra) may include contracts that have already been canceled or have a duration of more than five years. Another key factor is how many homes with contracts about to expire are located in areas that already have declared themselves stressedwhich implies certain restrictions on prices. Just one year ago the Catalan Generalitat pointed which was on its way to 271 municipalities with rent containment measures, although that does not mean that all its tenants benefit. Barcelona, ​​Bilbao or San Sebastian They have already been subject to the measure. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria either Santiago They have requested it. From agencies to politics. The topic is relevant enough (the report talks about a considerable number of potential victims) so that it has fully entered the political debate. To Sumar the answer is clear. The minority partner of the Government has been complaining for a long time that hundreds of thousands of rents about to expire be extended. The idea is simple: freeze your income three years (five in areas with stressed markets) to prevent the families who occupy those houses from ending up in … Read more

The secret to continuing to accumulate LEGO sets is not to keep them. This rental service helps you with that.

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Any adult LEGO fan have run into a similar problem. It is enormously enjoyable to set up the sets, but once finished comes the drama: where do we place it? The lack of space in modern homes or the impossibility of collecting several sets due to the space they occupy has led to the creation of a business especially aimed at those who do not want to give up building new sets, but do not need to keep them. Brick Borrow rents LEGO sets… which are then returned. How it works. Brick Borrow offers users the possibility of renting iconic sets by paying a fixed fee, always for an unlimited time. The amount of the fee determines what can be rented as follows: Mystery Set (9.99 euros): Brick Borrow chooses which set to send. Only one set per month. Builder (14.99 euros): The customer chooses what they want from the Brick Borrow catalogue. Unlimited loans every month. Only one set at a time. There is an annual version with a small discount. Master (24.99 euros): Like Buider, but with two sets per month. There are dozens of available setsin a catalog that is constantly growing, and as expected, we can find some of the most iconic: Mario Kart, the Shire from ‘The Lord of the Rings’, the Temple of the Golden Idol from Indiana Jones, Snow White’s cabin, the Creeper from ‘Minecraft’, the house from ‘Up!’, the ship from ‘Jaws’, a Concorde, Hogwarts, the Infinity Gauntlet, a bonsai, Sonic’s first level, Darth Vader’s helmet and a long etcetera… The wonderful world of AFOLs. This is a service clearly aimed at adult LEGO fans (or AFOL: Adult Fans Of LEGO), a typology that ranges from rigorous collectors to creative builders who see LEGO as a form of artistic expression, and who often value the building experience as much or more than the result. Rental introduces an interesting dimension for them: it democratizes access to complex or expensive sets that are sometimes inaccessible to a large part of the community. Aspects that a child does not appreciate, such as completism or playing with rare sets, are thus more accessible to this type of adult fans. To ride. It is more than proven therapeutic value of play in adults. But in addition, services like Brick Borrow (there are others, especially in the US: NetBricks, Brick Library, Blockria, Brickdrop, Lend A Brick, Chorley Bricks and many more) allow us to focus on an aspect of LEGO that sometimes goes unnoticed: building rather than enjoying the finished set. The activity of assembling blocks works as a mental escape and relaxation, similar to meditative or creative practices. The concentration on small pieces and the satisfaction of seeing a structure take shape generates a binding pleasure that transcends simple fun. The economics of access. There is a global trendlinked to a market increasingly dominated by subscriptions and temporary access to goods, for people looking for andxexperiences without the burden of storage or constant spending. Brick Borrow is not a unique experiment: we have seen it before on platforms that rent luxury clothing either technology. It implies a more responsible use of the product, promoting the so-called economy of access and reuse, repair, recycling and waste reduction, unlike the traditional linear model of “use and throw away”. The products and materials thus maintain their value for as long as possible, minimizing the environmental impact and promoting sustainable consumption. In Xataka | I worked for eight years in a sex shop. This is how the sector has changed and this is how it has changed me

Some old planes end in museums. These are auctioned from $ 25 for non -payment rental

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A plane is, above all, the reflection of human ingenuity. The history of aviation shows to what extent progress is relentless: models that just a few years ago seemed irreplaceable today they have no place in the skies. Each device runs a different destination. Some are restored and displayed As heritage pieces, others are dismantled to serve as a source of spare parts and many remain aligned in silent cemeteries where they expect a second chance. There, among rows of immobile fuselage, it is decided whether its future will be the scrap, an unexpected museum or project. In the county of Big Hornin Wyoming, United States, the history of forgotten airplanes has taken an unexpected course. Local authorities have put historical aircraft auction that remained stored in the Graybull airfield. The process does not arise from a cultural initiative or a preservation project, but from a litigation that faced the landlord with the county itself. After years of disputes and appeals, it was the Supreme Court of Wyoming who finally gave the green light for sale. A special auction for aviation lovers The aircraft that have come to auction are units built in the middle of World War II and during the Cold War, and As Paul Thur explained to Cowboy State Daily, They are not in a position to fly And they have very different degrees of deterioration: some remain complete, while others barely retain the fuselage. These are goods in different phases of scrapping, with pieces that have been extracted for decades to keep other devices in service. The origin of the auction dates back to a prolonged conflict with Harold Sheppard, lessee of the land where the planes were stored. For years he stopped paying the rent at Big Horn County and refused to withdraw the aircraft when required. In April 2021, local authorities imposed a storage tax worth $ 543,600, which began a legal battle. The case climbed to the Supreme Court of Wyoming, which in March resolved in favor of the county and allowed to have aircraft as their own assets. The sale is being carried out Through the Public Surplus portala website specialized in public auctions. In the listings, some aircraft start at $ 25 and it is noted that “As is” are deliveredwithout any guarantee. The buyer not only acquires the fuselage, but also what there is inside, from original instruments to scrap remains. The standard is clear: there will be no assistance for disassembly or transfer, and each winner must organize its own logistics and remove the aircraft within a maximum period of 90 days. The future of auctioned airplanes will depend largely on who acquires them. For many buyers, the main interest will be to disassemble and recover pieces with value in the spare parts market. However, there are precedents that show that they can also become surprising projects. In Indonesia, A Boeing 737 ended up being a luxury house In Bali, while in Oregon An individual installed a Boeing 727 in the middle of the forest and made him his residence. Examples that underline to what extent a plane can continue to tell stories even when it does not take off again. Exit prices start from 25 dollars, but logistics costs trigger the invoice. After winning the bid, each buyer must take care of the disassembly, load and transport of the aircraft. That implies going with specialized equipment, own tools and Enough laborin addition to hiring road transfer in oversized vehicles. To this are added circulation permits and storage expenses, which raise the invoice well above the initial price. In practice, acquiring one of these planes is a disbursement comparable to that of a large logistics project, rather than that of a simple collection curiosity. The old planes are part of the daily landscape in Graybull and their possible withdrawal has aroused comments between neighbors and visitors. Some fear that the airfield will lose one of its most unique features, a visible fuselage cemetery from the road. However, local authorities have clarified that the auction only affects one part of the collection: the other remains under control of B&G Industries, which maintains its maintenance and manufacturing activity. The identity of the place will not be completely erased, although it will inevitably be reduced. The auction will conclude on Friday, October 3 and, except surprise, most aircraft will end up dismantled, more valuable as pieces than as a whole. For Big Horn County, the result is double: recover part of the accumulated costs and reinforce the airport box With leftover funds. For buyers, on the other hand, the prize will be a cluster of historical remains that can be used for scrap, private collections or creative projects. In any case, it will be the last symbolic flight of aircraft that marked time. Images | Paul Thur/Public Surplus In Xataka | Airlines have invested millions in entertainment. Passengers use it to see an plane icon slowly movingAnn

Now what is growing is the rental of rooms

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Spain is experiencing a huge housing crisis for years for which no solution has been found at the moment. The autonomous communities and the central government are fighting with the problem in its own way, trying to eliminate tourist floors illegal while Pockets are filled. One of the big problems, if not the greatest, is the offer. Little is built, but Where there is more pricing up. Burned several stages of the crisis, the (antepen) last final boss is the growth of room rental. What’s happening. According to the last Idealist reportthe offer of rental rooms has grown 24% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year. At that time, prices have risen 5% on average throughout the territory, something that according to the real estate portal is a low figure that It is explained with the great growth of the offer. That is, if not grown so much, the price increase would be much higher. In 30 provincial capitals where we appreciate price increases, 19 have more demand than supply. In two out of three capitals where the price rises, the demand grows more than the supply, so there is a certain correlation and a message to the market: there is interest in more room rental. Why it is important. Because renting a room It costs the same as whole floors 10 years ago. In Madrid or Barcelona they already exceed 500 euros, and in Valencia, Málaga, Palma, Pamplona or San Sebastián, the 400 euros, and in several cases in a comfortable way. According to idealist data, the average cost of the rooms is already 420 euros. It is also relevant because the rental model per room is the most chosen by students and young people for their lowest price. The situation drowns them in a labor market where the Youth unemployment continues at record levels in the European Union and where Having a job no longer implies getting out of poverty. It is a figure similar to the one that the OCU establishes today as the monthly food spending of a couple. On the other hand, idealist experts establish in a 30% the maximum effort rate On the salary we should do when renting: the worrying thing is that the average price per room, which not for the complete house, already represents 32% of the minimum wage (Net, in 12 payments). Profitability as great explanation. The growing room rental trend has to do with the potential offered by the market for investors: A Fotocasa report At the end of 2024, the gross return of this rental modality was established by 9.3%, compared to 6.1% of a traditional three rooms and 80 square meters. In summary: a 34% higher profitability. The places where room offer grows most. The cities that have more fired figures are Ciudad Real (88%), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (76%), Ceuta (74%), Palma (71%) and Valencia (70%). On the other hand, the large markets also have very bulky figures: Malaga (45%), Bilbao (39%), Barcelona (30%), Madrid (19%), San Sebastián (15%) and Alicante (6%). A Contra highlights Seville, the only major market where the room offer has been reduced (5%). Córdoba (-26%), Logroño (-21%), Granada (-11%), Castellón de la Plana (-11%), Badajoz (-3%), Cádiz (-3%) and Oviedo (-2%). Where the price grows more. Barcelona is the city with the most expensive room rentals in Spain with 570 euros on average. They are followed by Madrid (527 euros), San Sebastián (475 euros), Palma (450 euros), Malaga and Pamplona (425 euros in both cases). However, where the price grows the price since last year is in Zamora (18%), followed by Segovia (16%), Palencia (15%), Jaén, Lugo and Ciudad Real (14%in the 3 cases). In Palma, Ceuta, Cáceres and Castellón de la Plana is where the cost for a room has fallen most. Image | Erwan Hesry in Unspash In Xataka | Spain will need to build more homes, but it has collided with a wall: there are no professionals to do them

A car rental company has fined a customer with 100 euros for smoking behind the wheel. The only problem is that he never did

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Should you smoke inside the car? The debate is a pédiagudo and has gained strength in Spain in recent weeks after the balloon was dropped that smoking could be prohibited from the wheel in our country. The reasons wielded range from the health of the rest of the passengers (especially if the driver travels with children) to the possible distractions that a cigarette can cause. But where Smoking is prohibited It is in rental cars or in shared car services. That is what a driver has discovered to whom a company the carsharing platform Thousandsvery widespread in Berlin, has punished with 100 euros of sanction because it ensures that it briefly smoked up to four times. However, the driver alleges that this is not possible. He says not only that he has not smoked in the car, he emphasizes that he is not even a smoker. A black box for smokers The story is brought by our German companions of Gamestar Tech. They explain that, as in Spain, neither in their carsharing vehicles is allowed to smoke. To control it, cars have a small smoke detector that launches a sound warning when it records that someone inside the vehicle is smoking. According to the company, this notice rang up to four times on a three -kilometer journey that lasted 10 minutes. The driver does recognize that the detector rang but defends himself by ensuring that he is not a smoker and that, of course, he did not smoked inside the car. In your article, Gamestar Tech It shows the activity peaks registered by the smoke detector in which the four, supposed, smoke snacks that the driver expelled. The sanction on the part of the company is 100 euros but the driver says he has no intention of paying it. To try to get rid of the fine, the sanctioned contacted thousands, the carsharing company, but these were limited to showing the report with the four peaks of activity. As in the case of defective AI When reviewing the damage to a rental car, we are facing the evidence that the driver and the company are in unequal positions because one has alleged activity records and the driver has no way to prove that it is A “non -smoker”. Although the case of this driver is the last one, it is not much less unique. In social networks You can read similar complaints of other drivers who have had problems with the service of Miles, ensuring that the detector began to whistle without having reasons for it. In all testimonies a sanction is mentioned by the company of 100 euros. Some even point out that they have charged this amount up to three occasions. In the case of thousands, the detector is designed by Bosch and it is common to find them in rental vehicles. In the Consumer Information Association Austrian highlights the case of a driver who lived a similar situation. This time with a rental car and an economic punishment that reached 300 euros. The Bosch system boasts to be able to discern if a person has smoked or simply has a smell of tobacco impregnated in clothes. Therefore, I should be able to discriminate if really The driver has given or not a draft to cigarette. In addition, they claim to use artificial intelligence to send a signal to the center that manages fleets when the detector has been activated to give notice and, thus, to be able to manage the car cleaning more quickly. Photo | Thousands Mobility and Hans Isaacson In Xataka | Smoking ends on the terraces and beaches: socially makes sense, scientifically not so much

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