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Property
Detached villa, Guadalmina Alta
First line of golf · 3 storeys · private pool
Stage
Before Contract Check
Mode A · pre-reservation
Location
San Pedro de Alcántara, Marbella
Málaga, Spain
Prepared by
Solviqa Research Team
Solviqa Advisor
Listed price
€1,900,000
Date · Reference
12 May 2026 · SOL-SAMPLE-001
02
Executive Snapshot

We have reviewed the property on the basis of the public listing, the agent's written materials, public-source planning and pricing context for Guadalmina Alta, and the documents typically required at this stage of a Costa del Sol transaction. The villa reads as a coherent, well-presented golf-front asset at a price that sits inside the public asking-price band for the micromarket. A small number of standard documentation items are not yet in hand and should be closed before a reservation deposit is committed.

Overall read — Promising, with points to confirm before deposit.

€1,900,000
Asking Price
397 m²
Built Area
4
Bedrooms
555 m²
Plot Size
S / E
Orientation
02a
Verification Status
Item Detail Status Source confidence
Asking price €1,900,000 Reported Declared by agent, seller or another party
Built · useful area 397 m² / 344 m² Reported Declared by agent, seller or another party
Plot size 555 m² Reported Declared by agent, seller or another party
Bedrooms 4 (declared) Reported Declared by agent, seller or another party
Asking-price band Inside €4,000–€6,500 / m² for the micromarket Checked Checked against named public sources
Costas Law proximity Outside relevant influence zones Checked Checked against named public sources
Energy certificate (CEE) Listing states "en trámite" To confirm before formal signing Declared by agent or seller · not independently confirmed
Nota Simple Not yet obtained To confirm before deposit Not supplied or not independently confirmed
Registered ownership / seller identity Not reviewed — requires Nota Simple and legal review To confirm before deposit Requires confirmation by a qualified professional or official source
Deposit recipient authority Written authorization of the deposit recipient not yet seen To confirm before deposit Requires confirmation by a qualified professional or official source
Licencia de Primera Ocupación Not yet obtained To confirm before deposit Not supplied or not independently confirmed
Community fees · IBI Not yet confirmed To confirm before deposit Not supplied or not independently confirmed
Renovation licence Scope and licence not yet seen To confirm before deposit Not supplied or not independently confirmed
Items marked "to confirm" are standard pre-deposit documents in the Spanish market; none are unusual gaps at this stage of the conversation. Missing documentation is an information gap, not proof that the property or any person is fraudulent.
How to read the evidence states. Confirmed from supplied documentation — supported by a named document or source supplied for this case; it does not imply broader legal verification. Declared by agent, seller or another party — stated by a party to the transaction and not independently confirmed by Solviqa. Not supplied or not independently confirmed — no supporting document or independent source was available at the time of writing. Requires confirmation by a qualified professional or official source — identity, ownership, recipient-authority and registry items that only a qualified professional or an official source can confirm.
03
First Reading

The villa is a three-storey detached house in Guadalmina Alta, listed at 397 m² built / 344 m² useful on a 555 m² plot, on the first line of the Guadalmina golf course with a south / east orientation. The listing presents the property as practically new, with high-end finishes, aerothermal heat-pump and underfloor heating, private pool, and unobstructed golf views from the ground floor, the primary bedroom terrace and the garden.

Visually the listing is well-prepared — a substantial photo set, three labelled floor plans and a 360° virtual tour — and the listing agent has presented the property with above-average transparency, which is the level we would expect at this price point. The micromarket itself is well-known and well-served: easy access to the AP-7, around ten minutes by car to Puerto Banús and five minutes to San Pedro centre.

Nothing in the public listing reads as out of place at first glance. The areas worth a closer look are documentary rather than structural, and we cover them in section 04.

03a
What Looks Consistent

At €1,900,000 for 397 m² built — approximately €4,786 per built m² — the asking sits inside the public asking-price band visible for Guadalmina Alta golf-front villas, which spans roughly €4,000–€6,500 per built m² across comparable listings on the leading public property portals. This is asking-price evidence only, not confirmed market value, but on the public picture the price does not look obviously out of line.

The plot, the visible footprint and the pool, terrace and garden read as proportionate to the declared surfaces. The floor plan layout matches the written room narrative across the three storeys, and the climate-control setup (aerothermal heat pump with underfloor heating, plus air conditioning) is consistent with the segment. Costas Law does not appear to be a material consideration here — Guadalmina Alta sits materially inland from the maritime-terrestrial public domain.

At a glance

The property reads as well-located, well-presented and priced inside the public micromarket band. A short list of standard documents should be closed before a reservation deposit is committed.

04
What needs clarification before deposit

Three areas are worth understanding more clearly before moving forward. None of them are reasons to step back from the conversation; each is a normal Spanish-market clarification that the agent or the buyer's lawyer can close in the standard window.

01

Basement room and the Licencia de Primera Ocupación

The basement floor plan shows a room labelled "BEDROOM"; the listing officially declares the villa as four bedrooms, and the written description treats the basement as garage, laundry, storage and multipurpose space. The four-bedroom count is most likely correct. The useful question is the basement room's legal classification under the LPO — habitable space, or trastero / sala polivalente / uso auxiliar. Under Andalusian habitability rules, habitable rooms generally cannot be located in planta sótano; this is a normal planning sensitivity, not an accusation, and frequently resolvable.

Clarify withAgent — Licencia de Primera Ocupación, and the buyer's lawyer at signing review
02

Standard documentation pack to obtain before deposit

The Nota Simple, Licencia de Primera Ocupación, energy certificate (listed as en trámite), community / urbanisation fees, and IBI receipt are not yet in hand. None of these are unusual gaps at this stage; they are the standard pre-deposit documents in a Spanish transaction. The Nota Simple in particular is the highest-value document — it confirms registered owner, registered surface, and any charges — and can be ordered directly online for €9–€25 if the agent has not provided it.

Clarify withAgent · seller's gestoría · buyer's abogado for pre-signing review
03

Renovation history and pricing context

The listing leads with "prácticamente a estrenar" while the structured classification reads "second-hand / good condition". Both are consistent with a comprehensive recent reform, which is common and entirely valid; the buyer benefits from confirming the year of original build, the year and scope of the most recent reform, and any Licencia de Obras or declaración responsable. Pricing sits inside the public asking-price band; for a tighter pricing position, an indicative third-party valuation (Tinsa or TecniTasa, approximately €60–€80) can be added before deposit.

Clarify withAgent or seller · optionally an independent valuer
05
Questions to ask the agent

Copy-ready in Spanish — you can paste this directly into an email to the agent. An English version is available on request.

Copy-ready message

Buenas tardes, gracias por la información facilitada hasta ahora. Antes de avanzar con la reserva, agradeceríamos su confirmación sobre los siguientes puntos:

  1. ¿Pueden facilitarnos la referencia catastral exacta de la vivienda?
  2. ¿Pueden facilitarnos una Nota Simple actualizada, emitida en los últimos 30 días?
  3. ¿Pueden confirmar la superficie construida y útil que figura en Catastro, escritura y Registro?
  4. En el plano de la planta sótano aparece una estancia etiquetada como "BEDROOM". ¿Cuál es la clasificación legal de esta estancia bajo la Licencia de Primera Ocupación (LPO)? ¿Figura como superficie habitable o como trastero / sala polivalente / uso auxiliar?
  5. ¿En qué año se concedió la Licencia de Obras original? ¿Se han realizado reformas posteriores y, en su caso, bajo qué licencia o declaración responsable en el Ayuntamiento de Marbella?
  6. El certificado energético figura como "en trámite". ¿Cuándo estará disponible la versión definitiva y pueden compartir el justificante de solicitud?
  7. ¿Existe alguna carga, hipoteca, embargo o servidumbre registrada? ¿Está la vivienda al corriente con la urbanización, sin derramas votadas ni previstas?
  8. ¿Pueden indicarnos la cuota anual del IBI, los gastos de comunidad / urbanización Guadalmina, el tiempo que la propiedad lleva publicada al precio actual y si existe margen de negociación?
Suggested next step

Send the eight questions above in a single email and set a 3–5 working-day response window. The cadastral reference is the operational key — once obtained, the rest of the public-source picture comes together quickly. In parallel, instruct your abogado to begin the standard pre-signing review (Nota Simple, LPO, charges, registered surface). The Nota Simple can also be ordered directly online for €9–€25, same-day. We are happy to update this brief once the answers come back, at no additional cost.

06
Second opinion summary

On the public listing, the asking-price band and the available planning context, the villa reads as a coherent, well-located golf-front property worth continuing with. Documentation fundamentals are not yet in hand, but the gaps are the standard pre-deposit set rather than anything specific to this property.

Area Solviqa view
Property fit Strong — typology and finish consistent with the segment
Location fit Strong — established golf-front micromarket, good connectivity
Price position Plausible on public asking-price evidence
Documentation clarity Standard gaps pending — normal pre-deposit set
Buyer confidence before deposit Moderate until verified
Recommended decision posture

Proceed with the conversation, but verify before deposit.

A property worth moving forward on, provided the clarification items in section 04 are resolved satisfactorily and the standard documentation pack arrives in line with the agent's responsiveness so far.

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Listing review
Public records
and registries
Local market
intelligence
Comparable
listings
Documents
where available
Practical buyer
experience

This report is informational only. It is not legal advice, not tax advice, not a valuation, not a technical inspection, and should not replace professional due diligence before signing arras or paying a reservation deposit. Where items are marked "to confirm before deposit", they had not been independently verified at the time of writing. The asking-price band referenced is drawn from publicly available listings and is not a formal valuation. Solviqa receives no commission from any vendor, agent or developer referenced in this report. This is a sample report; it does not describe a real client engagement.