Looking for long term rental in Algarve - any help appreciated

Hi, what you are looking for, a long-term rental 1 km from the beach might be a challenge! Owners can get a lot of money during the tourist season for such a property by renting it by the week so they don't have much of an incentive to rent it long-term for a reasonable price. You might check with real estate agents in the area you are interested in and on the numerous websites available. Best wishes to you.

Thanks,
Yes, I can see that. On reflection, if we can get a pool, being so close to the beach becomes less important.
Can you recommend any websites or other resources that we should be looking at?
Thanks.
Mark.

Do searches on google such as "long-term rentals Algarve" or other key words of interest.

indeed it'is very difficult to find something to rent on a long term basis...and i f so, prices are exagerated ....be careful also of the fee passing by  real estates agency ....exagerated too ...good luck in your searchs ....

Hi there,
Thanks for the advice.
Nigel

Hi.  From Ayrshire here.
Just completed my full time move to Portugal (Albufeira) and I am renting low season only (Jan-June) in order to assess better where to settle down full time.
I concur with other sentiments that finding a long term rental is not easy - the Portugese, just like Spanish, appear quite happy to leave property empty for 9 months of the year in order to rent out at advantageous rates in the summer.
Strange for me (I an an ex IFA and rent a couple of properties in UK and would never dream of tying up my capital and making no return on investments for 3/4 of the year) but that is the way.
The closer to the beach, the more difficult you may find it.
I was lucky to be referred to someone who took the chance to rent to me low season after searching continually for 2 weeks.
Talking to bar staff etc it appears thast rental property is in very short supply - and I wasn't prepared to live in some truly lovely beach towns as they would be far too quiet in the depth of winter - even Albufeira is very quiet this time of the year.
I suspect that if you want to rent for a year and amortise low and high seasons into a straight monthly rental then it should be possible but be prepared, perhaps, to leave a high deposit or many months in advance as I have hears stories of unscrupulous people doing this and only paying the amortised lower rents during the high season and then leaving the property without warning.
Might be easier acquiring a rental property AFTER the high season or maybe immediately rather than attempting to find one in April-September for those obvious reasons.
Happy to help further if you think I might be of any assistance.
Regards,
Alan.

slugsurmamates wrote:

Hi.  From Ayrshire here.
Just completed my full time move to Portugal (Albufeira) and I am renting low season only (Jan-June) in order to assess better where to settle down full time.
I concur with other sentiments that finding a long term rental is not easy - the Portugese, just like Spanish, appear quite happy to leave property empty for 9 months of the year in order to rent out at advantageous rates in the summer.
Strange for me (I an an ex IFA and rent a couple of properties in UK and would never dream of tying up my capital and making no return on investments for 3/4 of the year) but that is the way.
The closer to the beach, the more difficult you may find it.
I was lucky to be referred to someone who took the chance to rent to me low season after searching continually for 2 weeks.
Talking to bar staff etc it appears thast rental property is in very short supply - and I wasn't prepared to live in some truly lovely beach towns as they would be far too quiet in the depth of winter - even Albufeira is very quiet this time of the year.
I suspect that if you want to rent for a year and amortise low and high seasons into a straight monthly rental then it should be possible but be prepared, perhaps, to leave a high deposit or many months in advance as I have hears stories of unscrupulous people doing this and only paying the amortised lower rents during the high season and then leaving the property without warning.
Might be easier acquiring a rental property AFTER the high season or maybe immediately rather than attempting to find one in April-September for those obvious reasons.
Happy to help further if you think I might be of any assistance.
Regards,
Alan.

So true !
I havent been on that Part of Portugal for over 30 years ! Become over rated !
I sugest any one to take the time to explore " costa alentejana e vicentina" areas.