A long term rental in Nueva Andalucía is a contract of twelve months or more, it needs no tourist licence, and in 2026 it earns roughly €1,100 a month for a one bedroom apartment, around €2,200 for a well presented two bedroom of about 100m², and anywhere from €2,000 to over €10,000 a month for a villa. Those are the live asking figures on Idealista for the barrio, and they are the numbers most owners should start from before deciding whether to rent long term, mid term or nightly.

Nueva Andalucía is unusual among Costa del Sol areas because it has genuine year round demand. The Golf Valley behind Puerto Banús, with Las Brisas, Los Naranjos Golf and Aloha, draws residents who stay for seasons rather than weekends. Centro Plaza and the Saturday market at the bullring keep the area alive in January, which is more than can be said for a lot of the coast.

What does a long term rental in Nueva Andalucía actually earn?

Three price bands cover most of the housing stock:

  • One bedroom apartments: from about €1,100 a month, with the cheapest stock in the barrio starting nearer €950.
  • Two and three bedroom apartments: €1,800 to €2,600, with a good 100m² two bedroom in a gated community around €2,200.
  • Villas: €2,000 at the modest end, €10,000 and upwards for the frontline golf houses.

One number matters more than owners expect. Furnished properties command a premium of roughly 15% to 25% over comparable unfurnished ones on the Costa del Sol, because most incoming tenants are foreign and arrive with two suitcases, not a lorry. If your Nueva Andalucía apartment is already dressed for holiday lets, you are sitting on that premium without spending a euro. Stripping it out to chase a classic unfurnished tenancy is usually the wrong move.

The furniture you bought for short term guests is not a sunk cost when you switch to long term. It is the single easiest 20% on your monthly rent.

Do you need a tourist licence for a long term let?

No. Neither mid term nor long term contracts require a Junta de Andalucía tourist licence, because you are not offering tourist accommodation. This is the reason a growing number of Nueva Andalucía owners have moved across. Communities in the Golf Valley have been tightening their rules on holiday lets, and a long term tenancy sidesteps the licence question, the community vote and the guest complaint entirely.

It also removes the registration and reporting burden that comes with nightly bookings. One contract, one tenant, one deposit lodged with the Junta, and no changeover to organise every Saturday.

Mid term or long term: which suits a Nueva Andalucía property?

The distinction is simple. Mid term means 2 to 11 months on a furnished alquiler de temporada contract. Long term means 12 months or more. Both avoid the tourist licence.

Nueva Andalucía leans mid term more than almost anywhere on the coast. Winter residents from northern Europe, families relocating while they house hunt, and remote professionals on six month stints all want furnished, all pay a higher monthly rate than a classic annual tenant, and all leave on the agreed date. If you use the property yourself in July and August, a renewable October to May let is very often the better answer than a twelve month contract you cannot exit.

Long term wins when you never use the property and you want the calendar off your mind completely. It is the quieter, lower yield, lower effort option, and for plenty of owners that trade is exactly right. We cover the same choice for the wider municipality in our Marbella rental management service, and the pattern holds across San Pedro de Alcántara too.

How does tenant vetting actually work?

Vetting is where a long term let is won or lost, because a bad tenant in Spain is slow and expensive to remove. Our process runs in four steps:

  • Marketing: the property goes on Idealista and the leading portals with proper photography, not phone snaps.
  • Screening: payslips, proof of income, previous landlord references and identity checks on every applicant.
  • Contract: drafted to fit the term, with the deposit registered as Spanish law requires.
  • Move in: inventory documented in writing and photographs, keys handed over in person.

The owner has the final say on every tenant. Rent is then paid by the tenant straight into the owner's account, never through us.

What does Premavista charge to rent it out?

Placement costs one month's rent plus IVA. For mid term lets the tenant pays that fee; for long term lets the owner pays it, as Spanish law now requires. If you would rather never hear from the tenant again, optional full management is 10% of the monthly rent plus IVA, paid by the owner, and it covers every repair, complaint and renewal. There are no setup fees.

Premavista manages fifteen properties across Marbella, Benahavís and Estepona, and our team speaks English, Dutch, Spanish and Russian, which matters when your tenant is a Dutch family and your plumber is not. Full details of both models sit on our long term and mid term rental management page, and you can read more about the barrio itself in our Nueva Andalucía guide.

The hybrid option worth asking about

Because we run short term and long term under one roof, a third route exists: holiday lets from June to September at peak nightly rates, then a furnished winter let from October to May. Nueva Andalucía suits this better than most areas, because the golf season keeps winter tenants coming. It only works if one company handles both, otherwise the handover falls apart every spring.

If you own in Nueva Andalucía and want honest numbers for all three models before you commit, we will visit the property and give you the figures with no obligation. Message us at premavista.com/contact.html or WhatsApp +34 600 543 173.