Holiday rental managementin Torre del Mar
Torre del Mar
Torre del Mar is the beach of Vélez-Málaga: a long promenade, a real town behind it, and apartments that fill with families who want the sand at the end of the street. It is a volume season, and the turnaround has to be tight.
Letting a house in Torre del Mar
Families want the sand at the end of the street, and the flat ready when the pram comes through the door.
- Promenade apartments and family flats near the beach
- July and August are full; the rest of the year needs sharper pricing
- Same-day cleaning and a check-in that does not depend on the owner flying in
The fee is 20% of the net rent, plus IVA. That is the listing, the messages, check-in, a hotel-grade clean, and someone going to the house when a message will not fix it. You block the weeks you want it yourself. Those weeks are not sold.
Families want the sand at the end of the street, and the flat ready when the pram comes through the door.
Between one guest and the next
01
The photographs are of this house
Taken in the rooms, in daylight, including the walk outside. Guests who already know Torre del Mar are checking whether the place is as straightforward as the listing says.
02
The price follows the year here
August in Torre del Mar is not priced like February. A full August is not a reason to leave the quiet weeks at a hopeful number.
03
Check-in does not need you on a plane
The road into Torre del Mar runs late in summer. The keys do not depend on you being awake in another time zone.
04
The clean is one you would walk into
Linen, kitchen, bathrooms and floors, then a look around. You keep the weeks you want the house.
Who you talk to
Mike & Maayke
Mike and Maayke started Fresh Properties, and they own a house in the Axarquía themselves. A call about a lock or a pool comes from people who drive the same roads.
For a house in Torre del Mar, this is who you talk to. Same phone as the rest of Axarquía.
+31 6 23700433Questions owners ask
The same answers we give on the phone, for a house in Torre del Mar.
What does it cost if you take the house on?
The fee is 20% of what the house earns, plus IVA. Same figure if the key is by the beach or up a lane in Torre del Mar. Mike and Maayke are not adding a surcharge for the hill.
Can we block weeks for ourselves?
Yes, and you should do it before the calendar is published. On this coast the beach and the villages do not fill in the same weeks. An empty owner-block is how a double booking happens.
Is a tourist licence actually required?
For a holiday let in Andalusia, yes. We tell you what is missing and introduce someone local who can file the registration. Listing first and hoping nobody asks is how people get fined.
Who deals with the guest?
Mike and Maayke. They started Fresh Properties and they own a place in the Axarquía, so the person answering has driven the road the guest is on. You are not introduced to a call centre.
The boiler fails on a changeover day. Who goes?
A person in a car, not a ticket that sits until Monday. You are told what happened. If it can be fixed without a decision from you, it is. If it cannot, we ask before spending.
Which sites do you use?
Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. The photos are of your house. The price knows the difference between a full week in Torre del Mar and a wet Tuesday in February. July and August are full; the rest of the year needs sharper pricing
People ask us about Torre del Mar. What do you tell them?
Families want the sand at the end of the street, and the flat ready when the pram comes through the door. Same-day cleaning and a check-in that does not depend on the owner flying in
We are not in Spain for handovers.
Good. That is most of the owners. The road into Torre del Mar runs late in summer. The keys do not depend on you being awake in another time zone. Bins, late flights, a question about the pool: those stay with the team here.
How thorough is the clean?
Hotel standard between stays. Kitchen, bathrooms, linen, floors, and whatever the last guest moved and did not put back. Someone looks. We do not take the cleaner’s word against an empty house we have not seen.
What is the first conversation?
The house, the paperwork, and which weeks are yours. Call Mike and Maayke or write. Photos come after that visit, or after a proper look at the rooms, not before.
Also in Axarquía
Mike & Maayke look after the neighbouring towns as well. Same people, same standard, a different road.