If you own property and use it only minimally during the year, the community data suggests that ownership alone is not always enough if the rule depends on the home being your primary residence or a permanent residence all year. For the 60-day tax residency discussions, people say you need a permanent residence during the whole year, and that can be owned or rented 12.
If your question is about whether minimal use is acceptable, I only have partial community data. One thread says you must prove you are using the property as your primary home, not as an investment to get rent 3. Another says proof may be shown by utility bills, and there can be spot checks in the VAT context for proving primary residence 4. A separate discussion also questions whether simply owning a property that sits vacant for tax residency counts as really “living” there, which shows people do see a difference between ownership and actual use 5.
If you mean the 60-day rule specifically, I don't have enough community data on whether “minimal use” beyond the 60 days is fine in every case. Here's what I found: you need the property to be maintained as a permanent residence for the whole year 2, and some posters stress that it should function as your primary home rather than an income property 3.
Next steps:
- Check which rule you mean: 60-day tax residency, non-dom, or reduced VAT on a home purchase.
- If it’s a tax residency or VAT matter, confirm the primary residence requirement with a Cyprus tax adviser or property lawyer before relying on this.