Property for sale in Guadalmina Baja

42 properties for sale in Guadalmina Baja · € 334,000 to € 23,000,000 · median € 6,528/m²

Guadalmina Baja is the seaward half of Guadalmina: the part south of the coast road, between the golf course and the beach, west of San Pedro de Alcántara. It is a villa district and an old one, laid out when plots on this coast were measured in thousands of square metres rather than hundreds, and it has stayed that way. The typical property we list here is built over roughly twice the floor area of a coastal apartment, on land that could not be assembled again at any price.

What property for sale in Guadalmina Baja actually is

Detached villas, first and foremost, with a smaller number of apartments in a handful of gated schemes and the occasional plot — which in a district this established usually means a house that is worth less than the land under it. Townhouses are rare. The gardens are mature, the streets are quiet, and nothing is tall: this is one of the few addresses in Marbella where you can walk from a villa gate to the sand without crossing a main road.

Where the prices sit

Houses here run at 6,993 € per square metre across 20 comparable listings, against 5,247 € for Marbella as a whole — among the highest district figures in the municipality. Apartments run at 4,667 €, which is a different market entirely: the flats here sit in a few schemes and do not carry the plot premium that defines the district.

The detail that explains the name

Detached villas in Guadalmina Baja run at 7,331 € per square metre. On the inland side of the road, in Guadalmina Alta, detached villas run at 7,166 € — practically the same figure. The two districts look very different in their overall medians, but that difference comes from what is for sale in each, not from the price of a villa. If you are comparing the two halves of Guadalmina, compare like with like, or the numbers will mislead you.

Who buys in Guadalmina Baja

Buyers who want a large garden within walking distance of the sea and are willing to pay for the land to get it — which, on this coast, is an increasingly small group of addresses and a correspondingly stable market. A good share of purchases here are rebuilds: the plot and the position are the asset, the house is often from the 1970s and 1980s and comes down. The rest are families who want the schools of San Pedro and Guadalmina nearby and the quiet of a district with no through traffic.

Getting around

San Pedro de Alcántara is two minutes, Puerto Banús seven, Marbella town fifteen, Estepona twenty-five. The A-7 runs along the northern edge and the AP-7 above it; Málaga airport is roughly fifty-five minutes, Gibraltar about an hour. You will use a car for everything except the beach and the golf club, both of which are a walk from most of the district.

What to check before you buy here

Four things, and the first two matter most if you intend to rebuild. What the municipal plan permits on the plot — height, footprint, setbacks — because in a district this old the standing house is often larger than current rules would allow, and that difference is the whole of your project. The cost of taking an old house down, which is rarely in anyone's first budget. Flood and watercourse mapping, because the river that gives the district its name runs through it. And the boundary and the deeds: on plots of this age, what is fenced and what is registered are not always the same thing.

Where to go from here

The villa stock across Marbella is under detached villas, plots under plots in Marbella, and front-line stock along the coast under beachfront property. The inland half of the district is Guadalmina Alta; the town next door is San Pedro de Alcántara. If nothing here fits today, our property alarm mails you when it does.

What is for sale in Guadalmina Baja right now

Our listings for Guadalmina Baja currently hold 42 properties: 20 houses, 17 apartments and 5 plots. The typical home here is built over 283 m² with 2 to 8 bedrooms.

Type	For sale	Price from	Price to	Typical size
House	20	€ 700,000	€ 10,800,000	645 m²
Apartment	17	€ 334,000	€ 1,895,000	159 m²
Plot	5	€ 2,250,000	€ 23,000,000	625 m²

By property type that breaks down into 18 detached villas, 8 middle floor apartments, 8 penthouse duplexes, 3 lands, 2 townhouses, 2 residential plots and 1 ground floor apartment.

What property costs in Guadalmina Baja

The median asking price in Guadalmina Baja is € 2,325,000, the range runs from € 334,000 to € 23,000,000. Per square metre that is € 6,528 — 30 % above the median for the wider San-pedro area.

By budget: 2 between € 300,000 and € 500,000, 5 between € 500,000 and € 750,000, 7 between € 750,000 and € 1,000,000, 6 between € 1,000,000 and € 2,000,000 and 22 over € 2,000,000.

Condition and what comes with the property

How the 42 properties in Guadalmina Baja are described: 19 in excellent condition, 9 needing renovation, 7 in good condition, 3 recently renovated, 1 needing restoration and 1 in fair condition.

36 of 42 have a pool, 37 of 42 have a garden and 35 of 42 have parking. Where there is land, the median plot measures 2847 m².

Pools are 18 communal, 18 private, 3 children`s pool and 3 heated.

Gardens are 20 private, 18 communal, 9 landscaped and 2 easy maintenance.

Parking comes as 20 private, 18 garage, 15 more than one, 11 underground and 9 covered.

On security: 19 gated complex, 17 alarm system, 15 24 hour security, 9 entry phone and 7 electric blinds.

For heating and cooling: 30 air conditioning, 19 fireplace, 12 hot A/C, 12 cold A/C and 7 central heating.

Kitchens are 26 fully fitted.

How the agents file them: 19 luxury, 14 golf, 13 resale, 11 holiday homes, 10 investment and 6 on the beachfront.

What the location is like in Guadalmina Baja

Every listing records how it sits in its surroundings. Across the 42 properties in Guadalmina Baja that reads: 32 close to golf, 30 close to schools, 30 beachside, 28 close to shops, 28 close to the sea, 19 close to town, 19 in a gated urbanisation and 7 frontline golf. 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 Baja: 24 garden views, 21 pool views, 8 sea views, 7 mountain views, 7 panoramic views, 6 golf views and 5 street views.

Which way they face — the figure that decides how much winter sun a terrace gets: 18 facing south, 8 facing west, 7 facing south west, 6 facing east and 6 facing south east.

Questions about property in Guadalmina Baja