R5429389Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís129 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 935,000Penthouses for sale in Benahavís
Discover the best penthouses for sale in Benahavís — your complete guide
In a municipality where several property types barely exist, penthouses for sale in Benahavís are a real market. Counted from our listings on 14 October 2026, penthouses for sale in Benahavís run at a median of 5,382 € per square metre across 21 comparable listings, with penthouse duplexes at 5,794 € — well below the 7,661 € the same type commands in Marbella.
Every Benahavís penthouse for sale that reaches us through the Resales network appears above, refreshed with every feed run, and the list covers both penthouses and penthouse duplexes — around forty at any time. Asking prices run from about 335,000 euros to 3.5 million, with the average near 928,000 and the typical unit around 167 square metres.
Why buy penthouses for sale in Benahavís?
Three reasons to buy penthouses in Benahavís for sale, and the first explains why the category is unusually well supplied.
The valley blocks were built with solariums
The golf-valley schemes are low — two or three storeys stepping down the slope — and their highest units were built with roof terraces as standard. That is why penthouses in Benahavís for sale are a real segment while the plain top floor apartment barely exists as a category.
The view belongs to the top in a low block
On a hillside the highest unit has the open outlook down the valley that the floors beneath it cannot have, with the ridges above and in some schemes a glimpse of the sea between them. That outlook is the main thing being bought.
And it costs a fraction of the Marbella equivalent
The same property type twenty minutes down the hill commands a markedly higher rate per square metre. You are trading the beach and the address for golf, quiet and the valley — which for a large group of buyers is the better side of the trade.
Where the penthouses for sale in Benahavís are
Our data records the whole municipality under one location, so the filter above does not split by urbanisation. In practice they sit in three places.
The golf valley: where penthouses for sale in Benahavís are
The overwhelming majority of Benahavís penthouses for sale, in schemes from the nineties onwards with gardens, pools and in several cases a gate. A course is usually minutes away and sometimes directly below the solarium.
The coastal side of the municipality
Benahavís reaches the sea between Marbella and Estepona, and what is listed down there prices closer to the coast than to the village.
Around the village
A handful near the old village at the head of the gorge, within reach of the restaurants, the school and the health centre. Supply is thin and comes up rarely.
Factors to consider with penthouses for sale in Benahavís
Three checks decide which of the penthouses for sale in Benahavís is worth buying. Whether the solarium is deeded — private property or private-use communal roof, identical in a photograph and entirely different in law. Whether what stands on it was legalised, because pergolas and outdoor kitchens frequently were not. And what may be built below you, because on a slope the view is the price and the plot beneath it is the risk.
Legalities and ownership costs
Have a lawyer compare the registry entry with what is actually there, and check whether the parking space is deeded or allocated. Then budget IBI, rubbish, community fee, insurance and non-resident income tax if this is not your main home.
Potential for rental income
Golf fills spring and autumn here rather than only August, and a solarium lets well. A tourist licence is required, and several Benahavís communities restrict short lets — read the statutes before you count on the income.
Tips for finding penthouses for sale in Benahavís
Forty penthouses for sale in Benahavís is enough choice to be selective about the things that cannot be changed afterwards.
Measure the terrace, do not read it
Wide-angle photographs flatter outdoor space more than any other part of a property. Walk the solarium, and ask which part is covered, which is open and which is deeded.
Visit in the afternoon
Light in a valley moves faster than on the coast. A solarium that is perfect at noon can be in shade by four, and that is the hour you would use it.
Compare Benahavís with Marbella and Estepona
In Marbella the same type runs at 7,661 € per square metre — the dearest apartment rate on this page, for the beach and the address. In Estepona it runs at 5,178 € over 108 listings, in a town that works year-round and has a beach to walk to. And if nothing fits today, our property alarm mails you when it does. For the whole municipality see apartments in Benahavís, for a garden instead of a solarium ground floor apartments in Benahavís, or our Benahavís page.
Answers about penthouses in Benahavís
What do penthouses for sale in Benahavís cost?
From 335,000 euros to 3,500,000, with the middle of the list at 795,000 and an average built area of 169 square metres — thirty more than an Estepona penthouse for roughly the same money at the lower end. It is a small list: 47 at a time, 1 of them new build. The figures per square metre in the table on this page are counted fresh each morning. For a wider choice of the same type, see penthouses in Marbella. The penthouses for sale in Benahavís in the list above are what the network holds today, and the top of a building comes to market rarely.
What is the view from a penthouse in Benahavís?
The valley, the golf courses and the sea in the distance — not the beach. The municipality begins seven kilometres inland and climbs, so the roof terraces up here look down rather than along. Twenty-one of the twenty-two sit in and around the village and its golf urbanisations, one in La Quinta. If the sea has to be at the foot of the terrace, this is the wrong list and beachfront on this coast is the right one.
Twenty-two listings — is that enough to choose from?
Honestly, it is thin, and on a quiet month it can be thinner. Two things widen it. The duplexes: the feed files them separately, and there are 26 of them in the municipality, filed under apartments in Benahavís. And the floor below: top floor apartments give you the height without the roof terrace, usually for less. Our property alarm covers the gap — it mails you when something new matches, which on a list this size is the practical way to buy.
What should I check before buying penthouses for sale in Benahavís?
Who pays for the roof, because the terrace is it — the statutes say whether that is the community's bill or yours. Then the quota: a golf urbanisation on a hillside maintains gardens, pools, lifts, security and often its own roads, and the top flat uses the lift most. Ask for the reserve fund and the minutes of the last two general meetings. And drive the access road yourself, in the rain if you can. Our agents on the ground will get the papers. We do it on any of the penthouses for sale in Benahavís you shortlist.
What comes on top of the asking price of penthouses for sale in Benahavís?
On penthouses for sale in Benahavís, between 10 and 13 per cent for transfer tax, notary, registry and legal fees, reckoned on the price you agree. Then quota, IBI, insurance and a car, because nothing here is in walking distance. What you get for it is floor area and quiet: 169 square metres on average, where the coastal list gives 162. Everything in the municipality is on property for sale in Benahavís; if nothing fits yet, our property alarm will mail you when it does.
R5429389Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís129 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 935,000
R5512573Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís89 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 675,000
R5504077Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís175 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,095,000
R5440771Penthouse in Benahavís350 m², 4 bed, 3 bath€ 2,650,000
R5508634Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís222 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 775,000
R5448265Penthouse in Benahavís173 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 850,000
NE-SMA-4B4B-13BPenthouse in Benahavís548 m², 4 bed, 4 bath€ 3,495,000
R5396857Penthouse in Benahavís106 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 549,000
R5470351Penthouse in Benahavís136 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 695,000
R5147464Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís202 m², 3 bed, 1 bath€ 335,000
R4840054Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís189 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 415,000
R5492740Penthouse in Benahavís123 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 679,000
R5484511Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís146 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 599,000
R5309113Penthouse in Benahavís128 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,150,000
R5360794Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís334 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 2,150,000
R5453860Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís101 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 685,000
R5427538Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís109 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 549,000
R5475820Penthouse in Benahavís102 m², 2 bed, 3 bath€ 549,000
R5211970Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís194 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 940,000
R5408053Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís174 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 940,000
R5483299Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís150 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 795,000
R5367556Penthouse in Benahavís293 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 945,000
R5081719Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís180 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 430,000
R5433970Penthouse in Benahavís136 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 695,000
R5374321Penthouse in Benahavís131 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 799,000
R5379325Penthouse in Benahavís125 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 799,000
R5151970Penthouse in Benahavís101 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 495,000
R5298325Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís194 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,200,000
R5495491Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís98 m², 2 bed, 1 bath€ 360,000
R5251159Penthouse in Benahavís118 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 630,000
R5348098Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís142 m², 4 bed, 3 bath€ 1,249,000
R5382772Penthouse in Benahavís110 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 1,600,000
R5330401Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís194 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 975,000
R5356144Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís160 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,250,000
R5004595Penthouse in Benahavís214 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 448,000
R5005840Penthouse Duplex in Benahavís108 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 839,000
R5343490Penthouse in Benahavís118 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 720,000
R5011201Penthouse in Benahavís220 m², 4 bed, 4 bath€ 1,275,000
R5338138Penthouse in Benahavís103 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 640,000What penthouses for sale in Benahavís cost in October 2026
The table compares the municipalities rather than the districts, because Benahavís is recorded as one location and a district table would have a single row.
Budget
Add 10 to 13 per cent for transfer tax, notary, registry and legal fees. On a 928,000-euro penthouse that is 93,000 to 121,000 euros.
Size, terrace and what is counted
Around 167 square metres built with two or three bedrooms. The built figure usually includes the covered part of the terrace but not the open solarium, so the outdoor space is often larger than the number suggests — and the rate per square metre correspondingly overstated. Ask for both figures separately.
Community fees and running costs
Shared by participation quota, which follows size, so a penthouse pays more than the flats below. In this municipality the quota varies more than on the coast; ask for it with the minutes of the last two meetings, because on a hillside drainage and retaining walls are the repairs that cost real money.
| Area | Typical | Range | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nueva Andalucía | 6,170 € | 5,000 – 8,242 € | 406 |
| Marbella | 6,000 € | 4,417 – 7,851 € | 419 |
| Benahavís | 4,957 € | 3,750 – 6,214 € | 161 |
| Estepona | 4,775 € | 3,860 – 6,031 € | 750 |
| San Pedro de Alcántara | 4,667 € | 3,850 – 6,087 € | 102 |
| Casares | 3,876 € | 3,053 – 5,046 € | 121 |
| Manilva | 3,367 € | 2,793 – 4,119 € | 68 |
These are asking prices, not achieved sale prices. Read the Benahavís row as the level across all apartment types; the per-type figures in the text above are the ones for this page.