Comprehensive legal advice to rent with full legal certainty.
Licensing, urban planning, taxation, registrations, homeowners’ associations, and defense against penalties.
We support property owners, homeowners’ associations, real estate agencies, property managers, and tourism businesses throughout the entire legal process of implementing, managing, and defending tourist-use properties in Andalusia.
What are Tourist-Use Properties?
Tourist-use properties are those located on residential land where accommodation services are offered for a fee on a regular basis, for short periods (less than 2 months), and for tourism purposes.
Accommodation can be:
Entire properties: Rented as a whole, with a maximum capacity of 15 guests.
Room rentals: The owner must reside in the property, and no more than 6 guests can be offered accommodation.
Tourist rentals have become an economic opportunity… but also a field with increasingly complex and evolving regulations.
Our firm specializes in Tourism and Urban Planning Law, with specific experience in tourist-use properties, helping clients to:
- Rent legally and securely
- Avoid penalties and activity restrictions
- Anticipate regulatory changes
- Defend themselves against inspections and sanctioning procedures
The legal framework governing tourist-use properties is complex and constantly evolving.
A poorly considered decision can lead to significant penalties or even make it impossible to operate the property.
Services
- Preliminary legal and urban planning feasibility study
- Responsible declaration / municipal license
- Registration with the Andalusian Tourism Registry (RTA)
- Obtaining and review of the Rental Registration Number (NRA / NRUA)
- Changes of ownership in the RTA
- Modification of registration details / activity periods
- Legal audits of properties already in operation
- Technical and material requirements of the property
- Urban planning compatibility (PGOU and municipal planning)
- Review of homeowners’ association bylaws
- Compliance obligations in:
- Consumer protection
- Data protection
- Safety regulations
- Guest registration requirements
- Mandatory insurance
- Assistance during tourism inspections
- Responses to warning, infringement, or obstruction reports
- Procedures for cancellation of registration
- Administrative and judicial review (contentious-administrative appeals)
- Document management and defensive strategy
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- Tributación en IRPF o Impuesto de Sociedades
- A clear and highly sought-after section.
- Deductible expenses
- Coordination with accounting firms and tax advisors
We provide a comprehensive legal perspective to help avoid common mistakes that can result in significant financial costs.
- Tourist-use property operation agreements
- Assignment and management contracts
- Lease agreements with tourist subletting clauses
- Contracts with intermediaries and platforms
- Tailored drafting and review
Certain cities and areas present significant regulatory risks for the establishment of new tourist-use properties.
Our approach includes assessing:
- Historic city centers
- Saturated areas
- Municipalities with suspended or restricted licensing
Before initiating any procedure, we analyze the actual viability of the property based on its location.
Do you have Tourist Use Properties in your homeowners’ association?
- Authorization or restrictions by the community
- Challenging resolutions
- Amendment of bylaws
- Use of common areas
- Defense against neighbor complaints Tourist Use Properties
Are you an operator or manager of Tourist Use Properties?
- VUT operators
- Intermediaries
- Tourist apartments
- Hotels, hostels, and rural tourism
- Modernization plans
- Tourism insolvency law Tourism labor law (ERE / ERTE)
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Applicable Legislation
Legal framework for tourist-use properties in Andalucia
- Decree 28/2016 on tourist-use properties
- Decree 31/2024 (new material and urban planning requirements)
- Decree-Law 1/2025 (municipal powers to suspend licenses)
- Horizontal Property Law, amended by Organic Law 1/2025
- Andalusian Tourism Law and sector-specific regulations
- Urban planning regulations and local ordinances
We analyze each case considering regional, municipal, and urban planning regulations, avoiding generic interpretations that may create risks.