Many owners rent before they buy, and many buyers later rent out. Both sides of the arrangement have their own rules on the coast, from the registration number of a holiday villa to the lease that governs a school year.
How to book a holiday villa in Marbella: the right season and neighbourhood, what is included, deposits, registration numbers and house rules.
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Renting a villa in Marbella for months or years: seasonal contracts and residential leases, deposits, inventories, utilities, schools and testing an area.
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Letting your Marbella villa to holiday guests: VFT registration, Decree 31/2024, the national register, community approval, non-resident tax and managers.
Read the guideAnswer six questions about how you want to live and see which three neighbourhoods fit you best, with the reasons.
Open 02CalculatorTaxes and fees on a resale or new-build villa in Andalusia, plus an estimate of the yearly running costs.
Open 03CalculatorWeekly rates and booked weeks by season, management, costs and non-resident tax: what a holiday let may leave you.
Open 04Sun pathThe path of the sun over Marbella on any day, the hours of sun on a terrace and where the sun sets for your orientation.
Open 05Side by sidePut up to three neighbourhoods side by side: price bands, plots, drive times and how each scores for beach, golf, privacy and family life.
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