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11/08/2026

Preparing Your Spanish Property for Winter: A Checklist for Absent Owners

October arrives, the grapes are in, the summer heat has finally lifted, and most owners in the Axarquía lock up and head home around the same time. The next visit will not be until June. Eight months is a long time for a property to sit unattended, and what you do in the two or three hours before you leave makes a significant difference to what you come back to. This is the checklist I walk clients through, based on what I have seen go wrong when it is skipped.
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11/08/2026

Leaving Your Spanish Property Empty for Months: What Actually Goes Wrong

Most owners leave their Axarquía property in reasonable shape. Windows closed, shutters down, water off at the mains, alarm set. They drive to Málaga airport feeling organised. Six months later they come back and find something they did not expect. Sometimes it is a smell. Sometimes it is a stain on the ceiling that was not there before. Sometimes it is a phone call from a neighbour before they even land. The problems that develop in an empty Spanish property are rarely dramatic at the start. By the time they are discovered, they often are.
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11/08/2026

What Does a Keyholding Service in Spain Actually Include?

Most people ask me about keyholding after something has already gone wrong. A neighbour sends a message about water coming under the door. A guest arrives at a rental and cannot get in. An alarm has been going off for two days and nobody has a key. At that point, the question is not what keyholding includes. It is why they did not set it up sooner.
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13/08/2026

Ocupas in Spain: How to Protect Your Property from Squatters

Squatting — known in Spain as "ocupación" and squatters as "ocupas" — is one of those topics that generates far more fear than the statistics justify, but enough real cases to take seriously. If you own a property in Andalusia and you are not based here full time, it is worth understanding what the actual risk looks like, how squatters find empty properties, what changed legally in 2025, and - most importantly - what you can do to make your property an unattractive target before any of this becomes relevant.
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09/08/2026

DANA Storms and Your Axarquía Property: What You Need to Know

Every autumn, the same thing happens. A DANA storm rolls in off the Mediterranean, dumps months of rain on the same patch of ground in a matter of hours, and property owners across the Axarquía wake up to messages from neighbours, cleaning teams, or security cameras showing damage they cannot get to. If you own a property here and you are not based locally, a DANA is the event most likely to cause you a serious problem. Here is what it involves, how to prepare for it, and exactly what to do if it hits your property.
AT593-House-with-Garden-Parking-and-Walking-Distance-to-the-Beach-for-Long-Term-Rent-in-Valle-Niza-Malaga-3

08/08/2026

Regular Property Maintenance in Spain: What It Actually Involves

Most owners do not find out something has gone wrong at their Spanish property until it has already become expensive. A slow leak that has been running for weeks. A pool pump that failed quietly while the property sat empty. A pest infestation that started in one room and spread. Regular maintenance is not about fixing things when they break. It is about finding them before they do.
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08/08/2026

Spanish Property Emergency: What to Do From Abroad

I get these messages at all hours. A guest locked out in Nerja. Water spreading across a kitchen floor in Canillas. Storm damage spotted by a neighbour in Torrox. If you own a property in the Axarquía and you are not based here, it is not a question of if something will go wrong. It is a question of when, and whether you have someone here when it does.

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Agne Zastarske - Real Estate Agent (Spain)

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