Holiday rental managementin Vélez-Málaga
Vélez-Málaga
Vélez-Málaga is the historic capital of the Axarquía, a castle town above the plain with Torre del Mar as its beach. Homes in the old town attract a different guest from the seafront, and the listing should not pretend they are the same.
Letting a house in Vélez-Málaga
The castle town and the beach are a few minutes apart and they are not the same guest. One set of photos will not do for both.
- Old-town houses and apartments between the castle and the coast
- Guests mixing a cultural stay with a beach morning
- We market the town for what it is, not as a generic Costa del Sol pin
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.
The castle town and the beach are a few minutes apart and they are not the same guest. One set of photos will not do for both.
Between one guest and the next
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The photographs are of this house
Taken in the rooms, in daylight, including the walk outside. Guests who already know Vélez-Málaga are checking whether the place is as straightforward as the listing says.
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The price follows the year here
August in Vélez-Málaga is not priced like February. A full August is not a reason to leave the quiet weeks at a hopeful number.
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Check-in does not need you on a plane
People bound for Vélez-Málaga often land at Málaga and drive straight on. Check-in has to work at nine in the evening.
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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 Vélez-Málaga, 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 Vélez-Málaga.
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 Vélez-Málaga. 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 Vélez-Málaga and a wet Tuesday in February. Guests mixing a cultural stay with a beach morning
People ask us about Vélez-Málaga. What do you tell them?
The castle town and the beach are a few minutes apart and they are not the same guest. One set of photos will not do for both. We market the town for what it is, not as a generic Costa del Sol pin
We are not in Spain for handovers.
Good. That is most of the owners. People bound for Vélez-Málaga often land at Málaga and drive straight on. Check-in has to work at nine in the evening. 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.