R5513263Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía111 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 850,000Ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella
Discover the best ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella — your complete guide
Ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella are the ones that behave like a small house. Counted from our listings on 14 October 2026, ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella run at a median of 5,946 € per square metre across 93 comparable listings — above the middle-floor rate of 5,895 €, and the garden terrace is the whole of the difference.
Every Marbella ground floor apartment for sale that reaches us through the Resales network appears above, refreshed with every feed run. Asking prices run from about 201,500 euros to 6.4 million, the average is close to 970,000, and the typical unit is around 143 square metres with two or three bedrooms.
Why buy ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella?
Three reasons to buy ground floor apartments in Marbella for sale, and the first is the one people actually buy for.
A terrace you use rather than look at
A middle-floor balcony is a place to stand. A ground floor terrace opening onto the communal gardens is a place to eat, to leave a bicycle, to let a dog out at seven in the morning. On this coast, where the outdoor months outnumber the indoor ones, that changes how the flat is used rather than how it looks.
No lift, no stairs, no top-floor heat
Step in from the garden. For older buyers and for families with small children this is decisive, and it is also why ground floor apartments in Marbella for sale resell to a broader group than any other floor.
And the gardens are somebody else's job
You get the use of mature communal gardens and a pool without maintaining them. Compared with a townhouse of similar size, the running costs are predictable and the garden is cared for whether you are here or not.
The most desirable locations for ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella
Marbella's apartment stock is spread along the whole coast of the municipality, and the price differences between districts are large.
Marbella town: most ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella are here
The largest block in our list, averaging close to 1.09 million. From the streets behind the old town to the Golden Mile, with the beach and the centre within reach. This is where most ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella are, and where the range is widest.
Nueva Andalucía
Almost as many ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella and a noticeably lower average, around 765,000. Golf-side schemes with generous gardens, international schools within reach, and Puerto Banús close enough to visit. For a garden flat used as a home rather than a holiday base, this is the district that works.
Puerto Banús: the top of the market
Around thirty listings averaging over 1.3 million. You are paying for the marina on the doorstep; the apartments themselves are not systematically better than those a few kilometres east or west.
Elviria and the eastern beaches
The value end: Elviria averages around 576,000 for the same property type, roughly half the Puerto Banús figure. Pine woods, the beach a short walk away, quieter out of season, and the part of the municipality where a garden apartment is still an ordinary purchase.
Factors to consider with ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella
Three things separate a good ground floor apartment in Marbella from an average one. Orientation — south or south-west with open gardens in front is excellent, north-facing with a building opposite is the weakest unit in the block, and on the ground floor this matters more than anywhere else. Damp, particularly in older schemes and where the terrace sits below garden level. And what the garden actually is: private property, private-use communal land, or simply communal garden beside your terrace — three things that look identical in a photograph and differ entirely in law.
Legalities and ownership costs
Have a lawyer check the registry entry against what you were shown, especially any closed or extended terrace, and 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
Families prefer the ground floor, which means fortnight bookings rather than weekends, and the terrace extends the usable season into spring and autumn. A tourist licence is required and some Marbella communities restrict short lets — read the statutes before you count on the income.
Tips for finding ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella
Ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella are a well-supplied segment, which means you can afford to be selective about the things that cannot be changed.
Work with a local agent like us
We list from the shared Resales network, so the same apartment appears here as elsewhere; what differs is the advice. Ask what is wrong with a property — a damp wall, an overlooked terrace, a community in dispute — because none of it shows in the photographs.
Visit in the morning and after rain
Light on the ground floor changes more through the day than on any other floor, and damp shows after weather rather than before. If you can only come once, come on a grey day.
Compare Marbella with Estepona and Benahavís
In Estepona the same type runs at 4,537 € per square metre over 192 listings — well below Marbella, in a town that works year-round. In Benahavís it runs at 4,725 €, in golf-side schemes with no beach in the municipality. And if nothing fits today, our property alarm mails you when it does. For the whole municipality see apartments in Marbella, for the floor above middle floor apartments in Marbella, and for the top penthouses in Marbella.
Answers about ground floor apartments in Marbella
What do ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella cost?
From 202,000 euros to 6,400,000, with the middle of the list at 695,000 for 142 square metres built — more floor and more money than the same type on the coastal list, which averages 129 square metres at 565,000. 196 are with us at a time, 5 of them new build. The figures per square metre in the table on this page are counted fresh each morning; down the coast it is ground floor apartments in Estepona. Every one of the ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella we hold today is in the list above, with its garden or terrace listed separately from the built area.
Where are the ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella?
Nueva Andalucía leads with 57, Marbella itself follows with 56, then Puerto Banús with 28 and Elviria with 23. Cabopino and San Pedro de Alcántara add about ten each. In the beachside schemes the garden often faces the communal lawn rather than the sea, so where exactly it sits in the plot matters more here than the postcode.
Is the garden worth the premium over a middle floor?
It is what you are paying for, so the honest answer is: only if you will use it. 180 of the 196 sit in a scheme with a pool, and in a gated urbanisation with gardeners the communal grounds are often better than the private patch. Where the private garden earns its money is with children, with dogs, and on a first-line scheme where the gate opens towards the promenade. If the height matters more than the outside, middle floor apartments cost less per square metre for the same address.
What should I check before buying ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella?
Whether the garden is private property or common ground with a right of use — it decides what you may fence, pave or plant, and it is in the title, not in the brochure. Then the community accounts, the quota and the last two sets of minutes, because a Marbella urbanisation maintains gardens, pools, security and sometimes its own roads. Then shutters and grilles on the ground floor windows. Our agents on the ground will get the papers before you commit. That goes for every one of the ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella we show.
What comes on top of the asking price of ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella?
On ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella, between 10 and 13 per cent for transfer tax, notary, registry and legal fees, reckoned on the price you agree. Then quota, IBI and rubbish, all higher here than further west. For more floor area at the same money, Benahavís averages 146 square metres; for less money on the coast, Casares Playa. If nothing fits yet, our property alarm will mail you when it does.
R5513263Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía111 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 850,000
R5408059Ground Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús141 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 469,000
R5510839Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella170 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 1,145,000
R5199667Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella135 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 575,000
R5481385Ground Floor Apartment in San Pedro de Alcántara74 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 299,900
R5378149Ground Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús300 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,690,000
R5372878Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía107 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 450,000
R5351344Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía80 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 599,000
NE-ARU-3B3B-2BJAGround Floor Apartment in Marbella133 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,350,000
R5514415Ground Floor Apartment in Cabopino123 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 850,000
R5513509Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía90 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 495,000
R5513482Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía150 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 525,000
R5486923Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía112 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 575,000
R5502865Ground Floor Apartment in Elviria149 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 595,000
R5497060Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía87 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 550,000
R5506111Ground Floor Apartment in Cabopino161 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 689,000
R5064091Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía120 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 679,000
R5491903Ground Floor Apartment in Elviria111 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 475,000
R5397688Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella81 m², 3 bed, 1 bath€ 399,000
R5481664Ground Floor Apartment in Río Real340 m², 4 bed, 3 bath€ 1,100,000
R5502208Ground Floor Apartment in Guadalmina Baja140 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 950,000
R4137199Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía121 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 650,000
NE-AF-2B2B-GFCGround Floor Apartment in Marbella125 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 1,245,226
R5293540Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella239 m², 4 bed, 5 bath€ 1,595,000
R5409070Ground Floor Apartment in San Pedro de Alcántara88 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 399,000
R5438602Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella76 m², 1 bed, 1 bath€ 459,000
NE-RR-3B2B-V1Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella116 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 1,200,000
NE-UPP-3B3B-0GGround Floor Apartment in Marbella186 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 755,000
NE-MED-2B2B-160BGround Floor Apartment in Marbella115 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 509,000
R5504635Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella155 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 420,000
R5500609Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía137 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,150,000
R5502628Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella145 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 750,000
R5424295Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella104 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 389,000
R5394439Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella120 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 795,000
R5384125Ground Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús154 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 835,000
R5274025Ground Floor Apartment in Elviria108 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 349,000
R5457208Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía132 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 799,000
R5171074Ground Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía100 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 595,000
R5293915Ground Floor Apartment in Los Monteros231 m², 3 bed, 4 bath€ 2,950,000What ground floor apartments for sale in Marbella cost in October 2026
The table is counted fresh each morning from our Marbella apartment listings.
Budget
Add 10 to 13 per cent for transfer tax, notary, registry and legal fees. On a 970,000-euro apartment that is 97,000 to 126,000 euros.
Size and layout
Around 143 square metres built with two or three bedrooms. The figure includes the covered terrace and often a storeroom, so the interior is typically closer to 110. Ask for the distribution, and measure the terrace rather than trusting the photograph's wide angle.
Community fees and running costs
Fees are shared by participation quota, not by floor, so a ground floor unit pays the same as the flat above it. What differs is the terrace garden, which is usually yours to maintain. Ask for the quota and the minutes of the last two general meetings.
| Area | Typical | Range | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Monteros | 11,853 € | 10,349 – 14,544 € | 11 |
| Puerto Banús | 7,444 € | 6,130 – 9,934 € | 134 |
| Marbella | 6,206 € | 4,570 – 8,118 € | 267 |
| Nueva Andalucía | 5,562 € | 4,691 – 7,171 € | 272 |
| Elviria | 5,517 € | 4,042 – 7,022 € | 95 |
| San Pedro de Alcántara | 4,973 € | 4,177 – 6,436 € | 64 |
| Cabopino | 4,944 € | 4,397 – 6,584 € | 23 |
| Guadalmina Baja | 4,667 € | 3,725 – 5,645 € | 17 |
| Río Real | 4,658 € | 3,967 – 6,917 € | 11 |
| Guadalmina Alta | 4,187 € | 3,704 – 4,375 € | 21 |
These are asking prices, not achieved sale prices. Districts with fewer than ten comparable listings are left out rather than shown as a number nobody should rely on. Use the table for the address premium, then the filters above to pin the floor and the size.