Property for sale in Costalita

31 properties for sale in Costalita · € 399,000 to € 3,500,000 · median € 4,803/m²

Costalita holds a figure no other district in Estepona can match: its apartments carry the highest asking price per square metre in the municipality. Not the highest prices — there are villas elsewhere that cost five times as much as anything here — but the highest price for each square metre you actually buy, which is what tells you what an address is worth. The reason is simple enough to see from the road. Costalita lies on the coast side of the A-7 on the New Golden Mile, between Benamara and the Casares boundary, and a good part of it is as close to the water as Spanish planning law allows.

What property for sale in Costalita actually is

Apartments first, in low-rise schemes with gardens, pools and direct or near-direct access to the beach; then a minority of villas and townhouses behind them; and very occasionally a plot, which on this strip is close to a collector's item. The buildings date largely from the 1990s and 2000s, built when the front line was still being drawn, with floor plans that are generous by today's standards and terraces designed to be lived on rather than to look good in a photograph.

The number that defines this district

Apartments here run at 5,467 € per square metre across 20 comparable listings, against 4,775 € for Estepona as a whole. Houses, by contrast, run at — below the municipal average of 4,454 €. That split is the opposite of the golf districts east of here, where the houses carry the premium and the apartments are the value. Here you pay for the sea and the sea is in front of the flats, not behind the villas.

What the premium is actually for

Three things, in order: how far you walk to the water, whether anything can ever be built between you and it, and what the terrace faces. The first two are set by the planning file and the position of the building, and neither can be improved by money after the purchase. The third is free to check and decides how much of the year the terrace is usable. Everything else about a flat here — kitchen, bathrooms, floors — can be changed for a known sum, which is why they move the price so much less than buyers expect.

Who buys in Costalita

People who have decided that the walk to the beach is non-negotiable and are willing to pay for it in square metres. That covers holiday buyers who want to arrive without a car and permanent residents who want the promenade on their doorstep in February as much as in August. Letting investors take the remainder, because a genuine beachside address fills a summer at rates the inland districts cannot reach — though the season here is shorter than the golf season up the hill, and the competition is everyone else on the same strip.

Getting around

The A-7 runs along the inland edge, with the AP-7 toll road a few minutes further up. Estepona town is about eight minutes west, San Pedro de Alcántara twelve east, Puerto Banús fifteen, Marbella twenty-five. Málaga airport is roughly an hour and Gibraltar about forty minutes. The nearest everyday shopping is at Benavista and Estepona itself; within Costalita you will find beach restaurants rather than supermarkets, which is a fair summary of the district's character.

What to check before you buy here

Four things. The route to the sand, walked rather than measured on a map: some schemes open onto the promenade and some require crossing the coast road, and that single difference holds its value on resale better than any interior. What stands between the building and the water, and what the planning file permits there — on the front line this is the whole investment. The community accounts: beachside buildings carry salt-air maintenance, and in schemes of this age roofs, façades and pool plant arrive as special levies rather than out of the monthly fee. And the letting statutes, if the rental income is part of your sums: a tourist licence is required and some communities here restrict short lets outright.

Where to go from here

Front-line stock along the whole coast is collected under beachfront property; by type across the municipality we list apartments in Estepona, houses and villas and plots. The neighbouring beachside district is Benamara to the east; inland and uphill, Selwo and Cancelada trade the walk to the water for a markedly lower price per square metre. If nothing here fits today, our property alarm mails you when it does.

What is for sale in Costalita right now

Our listings for Costalita currently hold 31 properties: 21 apartments, 9 houses and 1 plot. The typical home here is built over 169 m² with 2 to 5 bedrooms.

Type	For sale	Price from	Price to	Typical size
Apartment	21	€ 399,000	€ 2,995,000	137 m²
House	9	€ 650,000	€ 3,500,000	315 m²
Plot	1	€ 949,000	€ 949,000	—

By property type that breaks down into 8 ground floor apartments, 8 middle floor apartments, 5 detached villas, 3 townhouses, 2 top floor apartments, 2 penthouses, 1 duplex and 1 residential plot.

What property costs in Costalita

The median asking price in Costalita is € 900,000, the range runs from € 399,000 to € 3,500,000. Per square metre that is € 4,803 — in line with the wider Estepona area.

By budget: 5 between € 300,000 and € 500,000, 7 between € 500,000 and € 750,000, 6 between € 750,000 and € 1,000,000, 6 between € 1,000,000 and € 2,000,000 and 7 over € 2,000,000.

Condition and what comes with the property

How the 31 properties in Costalita are described: 15 in excellent condition, 13 in good condition, 3 recently renovated, 2 in fair condition, 2 recently refurbished and 1 needing renovation.

28 of 31 have a pool, 29 of 31 have a garden and 26 of 31 have parking. Where there is land, the median plot measures 500 m².

Pools are 25 communal and 5 private.

Gardens are 24 communal, 7 private, 5 landscaped and 2 easy maintenance.

Parking comes as 13 garage, 12 private, 8 communal, 7 underground and 7 more than one.

On security: 21 gated complex, 11 24 hour security, 10 entry phone, 7 electric blinds and 4 alarm system.

For heating and cooling: 28 air conditioning, 14 hot A/C, 12 cold A/C, 7 fireplace and 6 U/F heating.

Kitchens are 25 fully fitted.

How the agents file them: 17 on the beachfront, 14 investment, 11 resale, 10 holiday homes, 9 luxury and 4 bargain.

What the location is like in Costalita

Every listing records how it sits in its surroundings. Across the 31 properties in Costalita that reads: 27 beachside, 26 close to the sea, 22 in a gated urbanisation, 18 close to schools, 17 close to shops, 14 close to golf, 13 on the beachfront and 13 in a front line beach complex. The counts overlap — one property can be both close to the sea and close to golf.

Views and orientation

What you look at from Costalita: 25 garden views, 15 sea views, 14 pool views, 6 beach views, 4 mountain views, 4 panoramic views and 2 urban views.

Which way they face — the figure that decides how much winter sun a terrace gets: 18 facing south, 9 facing south west, 7 facing south east, 7 facing east and 7 facing west.

Questions about property in Costalita