Property for sale in Los Monteros

23 properties for sale in Los Monteros · € 495,000 to € 12,000,000 · median € 9,629/m²

Los Monteros is the beachfront strip immediately east of Marbella town, and it carries the highest apartment price per square metre we count anywhere in the municipality — above Puerto Banús, above the Golden Mile. The reason is a narrow one: a small number of schemes sit directly on the sand, in a stretch where nothing else can be built, five minutes from the old town. Scarcity of that kind does not respond to market cycles, which is why the figure has stayed at the top of the table for years.

What property for sale in Los Monteros actually is

Apartments, mostly, in front-line and second-line schemes with large communal gardens, pools and direct access to the beach. Villas are the smaller group and sit behind them, on the quieter streets between the strip and the hill. Plots are effectively absent: this district was built out decades ago and the remaining land is protected or spoken for.

The number, and how to read it

Apartments here run at 11,853 € per square metre across 11 comparable listings, against 6,000 € for Marbella as a whole. One caution, and we would rather say it than let the headline stand alone: that figure rests on a small number of listings, and it is pulled upwards by the front-line schemes. A second-line flat in the same district is a different market at a different price. Use the figure as the ceiling, not as the average.

What you are actually paying for

Three steps to the sand, a mature garden between the building and the beach, and five minutes to Marbella town. Nothing inside the apartment explains the price per square metre, and buyers who compare interiors across districts consistently conclude that this one is expensive. It is — for the land it sits on, which cannot be reproduced.

Who buys in Los Monteros

Buyers who want the beach and the town at once and are not counting square metres. A good share are second-home owners who use the property six to ten weeks a year, and a smaller group are permanent residents who have traded floor area for a position. Letting works well here in the summer, with the usual caveats about licences and community statutes — and the quality of the garden and the beach access matter more to a holiday tenant here than the kitchen does.

Getting around

Marbella town is five minutes west, Puerto Banús about fifteen, Elviria ten minutes east, and Málaga airport roughly thirty-five minutes — the eastern side of the municipality is markedly closer to the airport than anything on the Estepona side. The A-7 runs along the back of the district. Inside it you can walk to the beach and to a handful of restaurants, but the weekly shop is a drive.

What to check before you buy here

Four things. Front line or second line, because the price gap between them is wide and the words used in adverts are not. What stands between the building and the water and what the planning file permits there. The community accounts: beachfront schemes of this age carry salt-air maintenance, and 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 — some communities here restrict short lets outright.

Where to go from here

Front-line stock along the coast is collected under beachfront property; by type we list apartments in Marbella and houses and villas. The neighbouring districts east are Las Chapas and Elviria, both a good deal lower per square metre; inland sits El Rosario, where the same money buys land. If nothing here fits today, our property alarm mails you when it does.

What is for sale in Los Monteros right now

Our listings for Los Monteros currently hold 23 properties: 16 apartments, 6 houses and 1 plot. The typical home here is built over 184 m² with 2 to 7 bedrooms.

Type	For sale	Price from	Price to	Typical size
Apartment	16	€ 495,000	€ 4,150,000	151 m²
House	6	€ 1,850,000	€ 8,750,000	407 m²
Plot	1	€ 12,000,000	€ 12,000,000	2230 m²

By property type that breaks down into 6 middle floor apartments, 6 ground floor apartments, 4 detached villas, 2 penthouses, 1 penthouse duplex, 1 semi-detached house, 1 residential plot and 1 townhouse.

What property costs in Los Monteros

The median asking price in Los Monteros is € 1,850,000, the range runs from € 495,000 to € 12,000,000. Per square metre that is € 9,629 — 68 % above the median for the wider Marbella area.

By budget: 1 between € 300,000 and € 500,000, 4 between € 500,000 and € 750,000, 1 between € 750,000 and € 1,000,000, 7 between € 1,000,000 and € 2,000,000 and 10 over € 2,000,000.

Condition and what comes with the property

How the 23 properties in Los Monteros are described: 11 in excellent condition, 7 new construction, 5 in good condition, 2 recently renovated, 1 in fair condition and 1 recently refurbished.

20 of 23 have a pool, 16 of 23 have a garden and 17 of 23 have parking. Where there is land, the median plot measures 839 m².

Pools are 15 communal, 5 private, 2 children`s pool and 2 heated.

Gardens are 10 communal, 7 private and 6 landscaped.

Parking comes as 11 underground, 7 private, 5 garage and 3 more than one.

On security: 18 gated complex, 16 24 hour security, 5 alarm system, 5 electric blinds and 4 entry phone.

For heating and cooling: 17 air conditioning, 7 fireplace, 7 U/F heating, 6 hot A/C and 6 cold A/C.

Kitchens are 12 fully fitted.

How the agents file them: 13 luxury, 6 on the beachfront, 5 investment, 3 resale and 2 golf.

What the location is like in Los Monteros

Every listing records how it sits in its surroundings. Across the 23 properties in Los Monteros that reads: 18 close to the sea, 12 in a gated urbanisation, 12 beachside, 11 close to golf, 8 on the beachfront, 7 in a front line beach complex, 7 close to shops and 6 close to schools. The counts overlap — one property can be both close to the sea and close to golf.

Views and orientation

What you look at from Los Monteros: 18 sea views, 13 garden views, 6 panoramic views, 4 country views, 3 pool views, 2 mountain views and 2 golf views.

Which way they face — the figure that decides how much winter sun a terrace gets: 9 facing south, 3 facing west, 3 facing south west and 2 facing south east.

Questions about property in Los Monteros