Long term renting - Costa Tropical de Granada, Spain
We receive many enquiries regarding long term renting here on the Costa Tropical. They fall into two main categories:
1. those looking for a new life here on the coast and who wish to rent before purchasing and,
2. those looking for 1 - 6 month rental periods to avoid the winter climates in their home countries.
The climate here on the Costa Tropical in the winter months is usually very pleasant - although evenings can be chilly at times.
We recently had an enquiry asking for a long term rental at a monthly rent of no more than Euros 300. If you already live on the Costa Tropical there is perhaps a chance that, for this type of money, you may e-v-e-n-t-u-a-l-l-y find yourself a rental property at this price. However, they are few and far between and what you end up living in will probably be either a room without a view, rundown or badly equipped.
If we move up a notch to the Euros 450 - 600 bracket you will find yourself a very pleasant 2/3 bedroom town or village house with terrace, perhaps free to air satellite TV channels, decent bedding and linens and generally maintenance free and well managed.
When looking for a ´villa´ or similar with garden and swimming pool then pricing becomes dependent on length of stay (often better rates for a longer winter period but pricing will go upwards if wanting to rent over the popular June - September periods).
Many people will find that if they are trying to rent for the full temporary rental period (11 months) that owners are just not interested to rent long term between June - September as this is when they can rent weekly at much higher prices.
Monthly long term rental prices do not include charges for electricity, water or gas supplies you use so remember that you will be paying these amounts on top of the rental price.
Renting properties long term also often means that pets are included in the package. Sadly, not many property owners are happy to have pets in their homes - those ´two quiet and well trained´dogs (usually turn out to be something resembling rotweillers) might be howling into the night keeping the neighbours awake while you are out having a few drinks! However, at rentcostatropical.com we do have several houses that are available for long term rentals and that welcome pets - but not at Euros 300 per month ok!
on January 25th, 2007 at 5:41 am
Nice Post.
That was well said. Always appreciate your indepth views. Keep up the great work!
John