Key holding in Torrevieja: someone local with your keys, from La Mata to Punta Prima

What we do in Torrevieja

• Key holding with signed log and receipt
• Letting in tradesmen, meter readers and deliveries
• Guest and tenant check-in and check-out
• Property check visit with photo report
• Arrival preparation: airing, water, power, fridge
• Check after storms or heavy rain
• Small repairs during the visit (handyman included)
• Collecting post and community notices
• Dealing with the administrador and comunidad in Spanish
• End-of-season close-down: water, shutters, awnings

How it works

1. 1

   Call or message

   Tell us what is wrong by phone or WhatsApp, with a photo if you can.

2. 2

   Fixed price

   You get the price before we start. No surprises, no call-out fee if you accept.

3. 3

   Fixed today

   We carry the usual parts in the van and solve it on the first visit.

Why key holding in Torrevieja is its own job

Torrevieja has more foreign-owned second homes than any town we work in: beach flats on Playa del Cura and Los Locos, 1980s and 1990s bungalows in Torreta, El Chaparral, Lago Jardín, San Luis and La Siesta, newer blocks in Nueva Torrevieja, Aguas Nuevas and Los Altos. Many sit inside pool communities where the keys are held by an agency with office hours, and the owner lands on a Friday evening.

The typical problem is not dramatic. A neighbour messages that water is coming through the ceiling from your flat. The comunidad de vecinos (residents' association) has sent a letter in Spanish about a derrama (special levy) and the deadline was last week. Each needs a person in Torrevieja with a key, some Spanish and a phone that answers.

People searching for property management in Torrevieja often find agencies that want the whole holiday let. If what you need is the practical part, a key, a monthly walk round, someone to open up for the plumber and a report on your phone, that is our keyholding service.

What a key holding visit in Torrevieja usually finds

Homes shut all winter in Torrevieja have their own faults. Limescale first: the water is hard, and a tap or a Roca cistern that has stood for five months will drip or stick. We run every tap, flush every cistern and, if the stopcock was left open, close it on the way out with a photo.

Strap shutters in the bungalows are the second: the strap frays while the shutter sits down all winter and snaps on the first morning of the holiday. We test every shutter and tell you which strap will not last, so our roller shutter repair in Torrevieja can replace it before you arrive, usually for 35-60 €. Salt air does the rest: stiff terrace door locks, seized fly screen rollers, dry awning arms.

The photos go to you the same day, with a note of anything we would fix and what it costs. A small job can be done on the same visit at the normal handyman rate in Torrevieja, once you have said yes to the price.

Key holding prices in Torrevieja

Prices are the same across the municipality and in the urbanisations next door; travel is included in the visit price.

• Every price is fixed in writing before the visit, with IVA (VAT) on the invoice; payment by card, Bizum, transfer or cash.
• What each visit includes and how we store keys is on the key holding service page.

Guests and tenants in Torrevieja without you being there

A lot of Torrevieja owners let their flat to family, friends and a few paying guests through a platform. We do the handover: meet the guests, hand over the keys and pool fob, show them the shutters, water heater and stopcock, and explain the comunidad rules. At check-out we take the keys back and send you photos before the next guests.

Between tenants we recommend what any locksmith in Torrevieja will tell you: change the bombín (lock cylinder) when a long-term tenant leaves, because you do not know how many copies exist. We do it on the check-out visit, 40-60 € in labour plus the cylinder, and the new keys go into the log.

Storms, winter damp and the end of the season

The gota fría storms between September and November are why most Torrevieja owners first call a key holder: a terrace drain blocked with leaves, water under the door of a ground-floor bungalow in El Chaparral, a shutter box letting rain into the bedroom. After heavy rain we go round within a day or two, photograph ceilings, window frames, terrace drain and garage, and tell you whether a plumber is needed; our plumber in Torrevieja can be there the same day.

The winter is quieter but not harmless: a flat closed for six months grows mould on the north wall, so we air it on every visit. The end-of-season close-down does everything in one go: water off, water heater off, fridge emptied and propped open, awnings in, shutters down, post collected, and a final set of photos.

Where we hold keys in and around Torrevieja

We cover every part of Torrevieja: Centro, Playa del Cura, Los Locos, La Mata, Aguas Nuevas, Torreta, Los Balcones, El Chaparral, Lago Jardín, Punta Prima, Rocío del Mar, San Luis, Torre del Moro, Nueva Torrevieja, Los Altos and La Siesta, and at the same prices Los Montesinos, San Miguel de Salinas, Guardamar del Segura, Rojales, Ciudad Quesada and Pilar de la Horadada.

For the urbanisations on the other side of the N-332, see keyholding in Orihuela Costa. Everything else we do on a property in the town is on the handyman in Torrevieja page.

Guide prices in Torrevieja

More services in Torrevieja

• Handyman in Torrevieja
• Locksmith
• Plumber
• Roller shutter repair
• Handyman by the hour
• Drain unblocking
• Awnings
• Carpenter
• Painters

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