Property for sale in Guadalmina Alta

46 properties for sale in Guadalmina Alta · € 420,000 to € 5,900,000 · median € 4,375/m²

Guadalmina Alta is the inland half of Guadalmina, north of the coast road, between San Pedro de Alcántara and the hills. It carries the same name as the beachside half and a very different price tag — and the reason for that difference is not what most buyers assume. This is the part of the municipality where a careful reading of the numbers saves real money, because the headline figures for the two halves of Guadalmina compare two different mixtures of property rather than two levels of address.

What property for sale in Guadalmina Alta actually is

A genuine mix, in roughly equal parts. Detached villas on established streets, apartments in gated schemes, townhouses and semi-detached houses between them, and a few plots. That spread is the district's defining feature: in Guadalmina Baja on the other side of the road almost everything is a villa, while here you can buy into the same postcode for a fraction of the money by choosing a different type of home.

The lowest apartment figure in Marbella

Apartments here run at 4,187 € per square metre across 21 comparable listings, against 6,000 € for the municipality as a whole. That is the lowest district figure in the Marbella table — in a district that is two minutes from a golf course, five from a town centre and ten from Puerto Banús. Nothing about the buildings explains it; what explains it is that this is the inland side of a road, in a municipality where almost everyone is paying for the seaward side.

And the detail that matters most

Detached villas here run at 7,166 € per square metre. In Guadalmina Baja, the beachside half, detached villas run at 7,331 € — effectively the same figure. The two districts show very different overall medians, but a villa costs what a villa costs on either side of the road. The headline gap between Alta and Baja is a gap in the mixture of property for sale, not in the value of a house.

Who buys in Guadalmina Alta

Buyers who have done exactly the comparison above. Families, above all: the international schools around San Pedro and Guadalmina are minutes away, the streets are quiet, and the money saved against the coastal side buys a bedroom and a garden. Then golfers, because the course is on the doorstep. And a steady group of buyers who want a Marbella address at a price that still makes arithmetic sense.

Getting around

San Pedro de Alcántara is five minutes, Puerto Banús ten, Marbella town fifteen to twenty, Estepona twenty-five. The A-7 runs along the southern edge and the AP-7 just above, which makes this one of the better-connected addresses in the municipality — the motorway is a minute away rather than a journey. Málaga airport is roughly fifty-five minutes, Gibraltar about an hour.

What to check before you buy here

Four things. Which road you are actually on, because this district runs from quiet cul-de-sacs to streets that carry traffic to the motorway, and the difference is audible. The build year and what has been done since: the stock spans five decades, and a 1970s villa and a 2015 one are different purchases at similar prices per square metre. The community accounts in the gated schemes — quota, reserve fund and the minutes of the last two general meetings. And the walk to the school gate, if that is the reason you are here: do it once at eight in the morning before you decide.

Where to go from here

By type across Marbella we list apartments in Marbella, houses and villas, townhouses and plots. The beachside half of the district is Guadalmina Baja; the town next door is San Pedro de Alcántara, and the valley inland is Nueva Andalucía. If nothing here fits today, our property alarm mails you when it does.

What is for sale in Guadalmina Alta right now

Our listings for Guadalmina Alta currently hold 46 properties: 21 apartments, 21 houses and 4 plots. The typical home here is built over 201 m² with 2 to 7 bedrooms.

Type	For sale	Price from	Price to	Typical size
Apartment	21	€ 420,000	€ 1,029,000	126 m²
House	21	€ 730,000	€ 4,495,000	305 m²
Plot	4	€ 850,000	€ 5,900,000	897 m²

By property type that breaks down into 15 detached villas, 13 middle floor apartments, 4 ground floor apartments, 4 residential plots, 3 townhouses, 3 semi-detached houses, 2 penthouse duplexes and 1 top floor apartment.

What property costs in Guadalmina Alta

The median asking price in Guadalmina Alta is € 850,000, the range runs from € 420,000 to € 5,900,000. Per square metre that is € 4,375 — 13 % below the median for the wider San-pedro area.

By budget: 9 between € 300,000 and € 500,000, 10 between € 500,000 and € 750,000, 6 between € 750,000 and € 1,000,000, 11 between € 1,000,000 and € 2,000,000 and 10 over € 2,000,000.

Condition and what comes with the property

How the 46 properties in Guadalmina Alta are described: 20 in excellent condition, 16 in good condition, 13 recently renovated, 5 needing renovation, 3 recently refurbished and 1 in fair condition.

39 of 46 have a pool, 40 of 46 have a garden and 36 of 46 have parking. Where there is land, the median plot measures 868 m².

Pools are 25 communal, 15 private, 5 children`s pool and 2 room for pool.

Gardens are 22 private, 20 communal, 3 landscaped and 3 easy maintenance.

Parking comes as 31 private, 13 garage, 11 underground, 11 covered and 9 more than one.

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

For heating and cooling: 36 air conditioning, 15 fireplace, 14 hot A/C, 13 cold A/C and 9 U/F heating.

Kitchens are 26 fully fitted, 6 partially fitted and 2 kitchen-lounge.

How the agents file them: 26 golf, 16 resale, 14 investment, 9 holiday homes, 7 luxury and 2 contemporary.

What the location is like in Guadalmina Alta

Every listing records how it sits in its surroundings. Across the 46 properties in Guadalmina Alta that reads: 38 close to golf, 32 close to shops, 32 close to schools, 25 close to town, 24 frontline golf, 19 in a gated urbanisation, 9 in a commercial area and 2 suburban. The counts overlap — one property can be both close to the sea and close to golf.

Views and orientation

What you look at from Guadalmina Alta: 31 garden views, 24 golf views, 17 mountain views, 15 pool views, 8 panoramic views, 6 sea views and 3 courtyard views.

Which way they face — the figure that decides how much winter sun a terrace gets: 15 facing south, 8 facing east, 7 facing south west, 7 facing west and 6 facing south east.

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