Glaser Group is opening for select owners in Marbella. We work the market the way we’d want our own homes managed — carefully, in person, with the VUT paperwork handled. Initial focus: Nueva Andalucía, Golden Mile beachside, and San Pedro. We open here selectively because Marbella’s community rules and licence enforcement are the strictest on the coast.
Marbella has the most aggressive licence enforcement on the Costa del Sol, which means choosing the right Marbella property management company isn't optional — it's the difference between an operating short-let and a delisted property. Glaser provides Marbella property management, Airbnb management and vacation rental management for owners across Puerto Banús, the Golden Mile, Nueva Andalucía and Sierra Blanca. Our service covers VUT licensing through the Junta de Andalucía, NRUA registration under Royal Decree 1312/2024, comunidad-vote checks under the April 2025 LPH amendment (essential in Marbella's gated developments), multi-portal listing on Airbnb, Booking.com and VRBO, dynamic pricing on Marbella comparables, in-person guest check-in, 24-hour multilingual guest support, monthly statements, and annual N2 filing. Every guest message, owner call and onboarding interview is handled in English by a senior team member — never a bot, never delayed by a translation. The team is also fluent in Dutch, German and Spanish in person. Whether you've been searching for an English-speaking holiday rental management team in Marbella, a Marbella property manager, a Marbella vacation rental manager, or premium short-let management — that's what we do.
A short conversation with Maarten and José about how we work — from our office in Arroyo de la Miel.
Most rental managers on the Costa del Sol treat your property like inventory. We treat it like the second home you trusted us with — because that’s what it is.
We manage holiday and vacation rentals across our Marbella neighbourhoods. Pick yours to see local short-term rental notes, occupancy rate patterns, and the VUT licences that apply.
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Glaser Group is run by Maarten Glaser from an office in Arroyo de la Miel, ten minutes from most properties we manage. Dutch by birth, Costa del Sol by choice. GIPE and CEPI accredited.
I’m Maarten — Dutch, on the Costa del Sol since 2017. Glaser Group started in 2018 as a real estate business. Marbella is one of the cities we’re opening for new owners now — hands-on management for properties where it actually matters.
Every owner gets a senior member of our team as their direct contact, monthly statements with no surprises, and an honest opinion when something isn’t working. We’re family-run, GIPE and CEPI accredited.
“If we wouldn’t recommend a property to a friend, we don’t take it on.”
Marbella owners get a senior team member as their direct contact — not a junior account manager rotating off in eight months. Marbella is a market where the relationship matters more than the dashboard; we’re opening here selectively because we want to keep it that way.
Marbella statements come itemised, every line traceable. Premium nightly rates and premium turnovers cost more to deliver — those costs sit on the line, not buried in a flat fee. Owners see exactly what reached the platform and exactly what reached the property.
Marbella has the strictest community-rule enforcement on the Costa del Sol. Many gated developments have already voted to prohibit short-term rental; some are mid-conversation. We pull each community’s statutes before signing, every time, and we’ll walk away if the path isn’t there.
Dutch, English, Spanish, German across the team — and beyond. Marbella’s guest base is the most international on the coast: Northern European, Middle Eastern, North American, Latin American. The fully international Glaser Holiday Rentals team covers the languages that matter for Puerto Banús and Golden Mile.
Marbella is the most contested rental management market on the Costa del Sol. We’re opening here for owners who value hands-on management over scale, and who understand that the strictest community rules in the region mean some properties simply don’t have a path. We say no often. That’s the trade.
From the first photo to the last guest check-out. Everything you’d expect — and the regulatory work most managers charge extra for.
No pressure, no commitment until you’re ready. We walk the property, run the numbers, explain what we’d do, and only then does a contract exist.
We’re opening for select Marbella properties now. We’d rather start small with the right owners than fill a portfolio with whatever comes in. Share what you have and we’ll come back honestly within four hours about whether we can help.
Hele fijne ervaring met de host en accommodatie. De flexibiliteit werd ontzettend gewaardeerd — door persoonlijke omstandigheden moesten wij eerder uitchecken, wat geen enkel probleem was. Top!
I never expected this place to be so beautiful. I was very impressed by the view, the cleanliness, and the quiet location. I’m usually very picky about bed linens, but here I really felt like they were ‘freshly made by Mom.’ Simply perfect for feeling comfortable.
Very good value for money. Quick host service. Highlight the terrace.
Nice stay with good facilities. Good and quick review of the place when we arrived. Everything worked perfectly. Can be recommended to others.
My experience in this house has been wonderful. It met all my needs and I felt very comfortable. It exceeded my expectations.
Every holiday rental on the Costa del Sol needs two licences: the Andalucian VUT (Vivienda de Uso Turístico) and the national NRUA number (Royal Decree 1312/2024, mandatory from July 2025).
Both the VUT and the NRUA must be registered in the name of the rental management company, not the individual owner — which means the compliance responsibility sits with us, not you. Straightforward applications can be processed in as little as a day.
If you already hold a valid VUT licence, it keeps its status under the old rules — no community vote needed. Only new applications in community buildings require a 3/5 majority vote under the 2024 rule. Some newer developments prohibit short-term rental entirely.
In Marbella specifically: community-vote precedents for VUT approvals are now established in Nueva Andalucía and along the Golden Mile (beachside), while Puerto Banús blocks vary widely by community — we verify per building before signing. Sierra Blanca and San Pedro de Alcántara follow the same standard Junta procedure. Our team files every N2 declaration with the Junta de Andalucía each February.
Full VUT licence guide →Genuine local knowledge isn’t a marketing line — it’s the small operational details that compound into better guest reviews and higher annual yield. A few specifics our team works with day-to-day:
Best balance of price-per-square-metre vs occupancy on the Marbella coast. The valley apartments in particular hold value through winter when Golden Mile drops off.
Top-tier rental rates but increasingly difficult licensing. Many beachfront blocks have voted to prohibit holiday rental. We verify per-property before agreeing to manage.
The quieter sibling. Lower entry prices, established licensing, walkable old town. Underrated for owners who value year-round cash flow over peak-summer headlines.
Gated, premium villa belt. Most communities here prohibit short-term rental outright. We typically recommend long-term residential management for Sierra Blanca owners.
Weekly notes from the team — regulation, market dynamics, how things actually work.
Marbella sits at the western end of the wider Glaser Group rental management network on the Costa del Sol. We also actively manage Benalmádena rental management, Torremolinos rental management, Mijas rental management, Fuengirola rental management, Benahavís rental management and Málaga rental management, plus three inland-anchor sites in the Guadalhorce valley. The Costa del Sol umbrella site connects every city team.
If your question isn’t here, call or message us directly — we answer honestly whether we’re the right manager for you or not.
Glaser offers several Marbella management packages — each pairs a commitment length with a different balance of flexibility. Marbella owners typically pick by sub-market: Puerto Banús and Golden Mile premium short-let owners want one structure, Sierra Blanca and Nueva Andalucía family-stay owners often pick another. We walk you through the options at the discovery call.
Yes — owner-use blocks are standard. In Marbella the typical owner pattern concentrates around premium-summer (4-8 weeks across June-September) and Easter; many Sierra Blanca and Nueva Andalucía owners take additional 2-3 weeks at year-end. Tell us your dates and we block the calendar before the listing goes live. Reasonable owner usage is built into every Glaser management agreement; your property stays yours.
You don't until we've worked together. What we promise up front: a senior team member as your direct contact, a Marbella monthly statement that ties out to the cent, and an honest no when we're not the right manager for your block. Marbella has the most aggressive licence enforcement on the Costa del Sol — we say no more often here than in coastal-Mijas or Fuengirola.
We're opening for select Marbella owners with a shorter onboarding queue. We actively manage in Benalmádena (our home city), Fuengirola and Mijas — our daily operational triangle. From there we extend to Marbella, Málaga, Torremolinos, Estepona and Benahavís for select owners. If your property is in any of those eight, we'll route you to the right Glaser Group team. Properties outside the Costa del Sol — we don't operate there and we'll say so.
We share comparable figures from neighbouring Costa del Sol cities at the discovery call, adjusted for Marbella-specific sub-market characteristics — the spread between Puerto Banús apartments, Golden Mile front-line, Nueva Andalucía golf-valley and Sierra Blanca gated estates is wide. We're explicit about which figures come from operational data and which are directional from the broader market. Real numbers, real dates.
We onboard at handover or within three months of keys. Marbella has heavy off-plan delivery in 2025-2026 in Nueva Andalucía and the East Side, and licence-readiness varies dramatically between developments. Before formal onboarding we can advise on which schemes have a clean 3/5 community-vote position and which are watching neighbours vote prohibition. Formal management starts when the keys are in your hand.
Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and more — plus several premium-end direct-booking channels for the Marbella audience. Marbella's premium short-let buyer mix doesn't behave like coastal-Mijas or Fuengirola; we lean into the channels that actually convert here. Direct bookings come through this site and the Costa del Sol umbrella.
Marbella patterns differently from coastal short-let towns. Summer (June-September) is dominant; Easter is strong; winter is quieter than Fuengirola but stronger than mountain-belt cities thanks to repeat-guest direct bookings and longer-stay premium-segment travellers. The mix depends on the property and the urbanisation — there isn't one Marbella low-season strategy.
When the community of owners has voted in favour of short-term rental — or where the property is an individual freehold villa with no community vote required — the Junta de Andalucía declaración responsable typically processes in 1-5 working days. The same Andalusian regional process under Decreto 31/2024 applies. The community vote itself is a separate prerequisite, not part of the licence-processing time. In Marbella, the vote step is where most timelines actually extend — many gated developments have voted prohibition.
Yes, and Marbella has the most aggressive licence enforcement on the Costa del Sol. The April 2025 amendment to the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal requires a three-fifths majority vote in any community building before new VUT licences can be granted. Many Sierra Blanca, La Quinta and Nueva Andalucía gated developments have voted to prohibit new short-term rental. Existing licences from before April 2025 are grandfathered. We don't keep a city-wide registry of vote positions — they change. For every Marbella property we consider managing, we read the comunidad meeting minutes to confirm the current position before recommending short-let.
Yes — every short-term rental property in Spain must be registered in the NRUA (Número de Registro Único de Alquiler), the national rental register created by Royal Decree 1312/2024. Registration has been mandatory since July 2025. Without an NRUA number, Airbnb, Booking.com and other platforms now block listings. We handle the NRUA registration alongside your VUT licence at onboarding — it's part of the management package, not charged separately.
Owner statements are issued in the first week of each month for the previous month's reservations. Each statement breaks out platform commission, cleaning, maintenance, and our management fee separately so you can see exactly where the gross income goes. Bank transfers go out the same day the statement is issued. Year-end summaries are prepared every January for the Spanish tax year and sent to your gestor or accountant on request.
Yes — every guest stay in a VUT property must be registered with the Guardia Civil under the SES.HOSPEDAJES system within 24 hours of arrival. We handle this for every Glaser-managed property; it's not work the owner needs to do. Failure to register guests is one of the most common causes of municipal fines for owners self-managing in Marbella. The system requires guest passport details and stay dates; everything is logged and we keep records for the legal retention period.
Glaser's Marbella management package is end-to-end — operational services that Spanish municipal law and platform algorithms both require, all included in one fee. Specifically: VUT and NRUA licensing through the Junta de Andalucía · multi-portal listing on Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and more · dynamic pricing calibrated on Marbella comparables · guest enquiries and 24-hour multilingual support · in-person check-in (we don't use lockboxes) · welcome basket · SES.HOSPEDAJES traveller registration · cleaning · linen · maintenance coordination · monthly owner statements with platform fees broken out · and annual N2 filing each February. Photography, professional towel and linen sets, and the N2 filing itself are quoted separately at onboarding.
Yes — every VUT property is required to file the Modelo N2 declaration with the Junta de Andalucía each February for the previous year. We prepare the filing alongside your monthly statements through the year, so the data is ready when February comes. The N2 filing is a separately-quoted service rather than included in the standard management fee. For non-Spanish-resident owners, we also flag the Modelo 210 annual non-resident income tax requirement and route you to a Spanish gestor if you don't already have one.
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