Holiday rental managementin La Herradura
La Herradura
La Herradura is a horseshoe bay under the cliffs of Cerro Gordo. Divers, swimmers, and people who want a quieter beach than Nerja all look for the same thing: a home that opens toward the water.
Letting a house in La Herradura
Divers book the bay. They want a rinse and a bed, not a paragraph about the wider coast.
- Bay-front apartments and hillside houses with sea light
- A shorter, more loyal season than the big resorts
- Check-in that works for guests arriving after the coast road
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.
Divers book the bay. They want a rinse and a bed, not a paragraph about the wider coast.
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 La Herradura are checking whether the place is as straightforward as the listing says.
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The price follows the year here
August in La Herradura 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 La Herradura 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
Lissy & Mario
Lissy and Mario live around Almuñécar. The houses they run are on this coast and in the villages above it, so a same-day visit is a normal Tuesday, not a special arrangement.
For a house in La Herradura, this is who you talk to. Same phone as the rest of Costa Tropical.
+34 742 01 07 75Questions owners ask
The same answers we give on the phone, for a house in La Herradura.
What do you charge to look after a house in La Herradura?
Twenty percent of the net rent, plus IVA. Photos, the listing, the messages, check-in, the clean between guests, and the call when a tap or a lock needs a person are inside that. There is not a second invoice for being on the booking sites.
Can we still stay in the house ourselves?
Yes. You block the dates and those weeks are not sold. Tell Lissy and Mario before the calendar goes live, particularly if you want August or the days around Easter. Owner weeks and guest weeks colliding is how the bad reviews start.
Does the house need a tourist licence?
If holiday guests are paying to stay, Andalusia expects the house on the Registro de Turismo. We walk through what that asks for, and we can put you with someone local who files it. We do not take bookings on a house that is not allowed to take them.
Who actually has the keys?
Lissy and Mario, or one of the cleaners they already use along this coast. Not a courier meeting your guest from a pin they have never checked. They live around Almuñécar, which is why a same-day visit is ordinary.
Something breaks on a Saturday. Then what?
Someone goes. You hear what it was and what it cost. The guest is not left writing to you in another country while the water runs cold. Small things get sorted. Anything that needs your say-so waits for you, unless the guest cannot stay without it.
Where do guests find the house?
Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. The description is written for this house, and the price follows La Herradura, not a chart for the whole of Spain. A shorter, more loyal season than the big resorts
What is easy to get wrong about La Herradura?
Divers book the bay. They want a rinse and a bed, not a paragraph about the wider coast. Bay-front apartments and hillside houses with sea light. We would rather say that plainly than dress the listing up.
We live abroad. Does check-in still work?
That is the usual arrangement. People bound for La Herradura often land at Málaga and drive straight on. Check-in has to work at nine in the evening. The number the guest calls is a local one.
What does the clean cover?
Linen, kitchen, bathrooms, floors, and a look around before the next key goes out. If the last guest left the terrace in a state, that is dealt with before the next one sees it. A photograph of a made bed is not the same as someone having been in the house.
How do we start?
Call or write to Lissy and Mario. They will want to see the house, or at least the rooms and the way in, before anyone promises a season. Then the licence, the weeks you are keeping, and a realistic date for the first guest.
Also in Costa Tropical
Lissy & Mario look after the neighbouring towns as well. Same people, same standard, a different road.