Full property management in Zaragoza: what it includes, what it costs and what you no longer handle

It includes valuing the apartment and getting it ready to let, tenant selection, the agreement and paperwork, monthly rent collection, and handling issues and maintenance, with a single point of contact. The aim is that you don't have to deal with anything: you remain the owner and all you see is the income.

In practice, yes: they're different names for the same job, which is having someone else look after your home while you get paid. They vary depending on who uses them, not on what they include. What's worth looking at isn't the label but three specific things: who takes on the risk if the tenant stops paying, whether there's a monthly fee or a commission on the rent, and what happens in the months when the apartment is empty. We manage homes and rooms in Zaragoza and the surrounding area, with no fee, and we pay the rent into your account at the end of the month.

Our agreement runs from one to five years, and you choose the term within that range. We don't work month by month, and the reason is the same one that lets you get paid even when the apartment is empty: sustaining a fixed rent needs a term long enough to absorb the bad months. If what you're after is a seasonal or month-by-month let, that's a different model with its own contract rules: since 8 October 2026 it's a temporary housing lease (vivienda temporal), which requires the tenant to be living away from their home for a genuine, provable reason written into the agreement, and to last more than 31 days and, in general, no more than twelve months; without that reason, the agreement is treated as a main-residence lease (vivienda habitual) from day one. Seasonal lets signed before that date stay as they were until the end of their term.

This is governed by articles 2.3, 7.2 and 9 bis and the disposición transitoria octava (eighth transitional provision) of the LAU (Spain's Urban Leases Act), as worded by Real Decreto-ley 29/2026 (Royal Decree-law 29/2026) of 6 October. A word of warning: Real Decreto-ley 29/2026 has been in force since 8 October 2026, but the Congreso (the lower house of the Spanish parliament) must ratify it within the following thirty days, as article 86 of the Spanish Constitution requires. Its predecessor, Real Decreto-ley 26/2026, with the same title, was not ratified and was repealed on 2 October. If this one also lapsed, the previous rules would return, and we'll update this page.

We handle advertising the apartment, viewings, tenant selection, the agreement, the deposit (fianza) and lodging it with Aragon's regional government, rent collection, issues and day-to-day maintenance. What remains yours is what the law doesn't allow you to delegate: ownership, the IBI (local property tax) and any extraordinary levies (derramas) from the comunidad (homeowners' association). If you also want to stop carrying the risk of unpaid rent, that's no longer management but guaranteed rent, and it's signed differently.

Yes. With full management you delegate the day-to-day running, but the home remains yours at all times. We handle the operations; ownership and the important decisions are always yours.

Many agencies only do part of the job: they find you a tenant and charge a commission, but the risk of unpaid rent, the empty periods and the repairs are still yours. With truly full management, those fronts are handled for you too. The test is simple: if you have to deal with anything yourself, the management is partial, not full.

Yes. We explain both options and you choose the one that suits your apartment and you. Standard management usually charges a percentage of the rent; with guaranteed rent you receive a fixed amount locked in by contract, whether the apartment is let or empty. We set out the details in the proposal after valuing the apartment.

With full management we keep track of rent collection and, if necessary, pursue any claims. If you also opt for guaranteed rent, unpaid rent is no longer your problem: you receive the agreed fixed rent even if there are issues with the tenants.

In Zaragoza, between 5% and 12% of each month's rent, plus IVA, according to the published rates of five management companies, checked in October 2026. For that percentage they handle rent collection and dealing with the tenant and, depending on the plan, guaranteed payment and issues; the 12% already includes finding a tenant, which, if charged separately, costs one month's rent plus IVA. And empty periods are still your risk: with an apartment at €700 a month, management at 8% plus IVA, one month's rent plus IVA up front and one empty month, you're left with €6,107 of the €8,400 from twelve full months. With guaranteed rent there's no commission, because we're not intermediaries: we're your tenant. The full numbers are in how much property management costs in Zaragoza.