RENTAL PROGRAMME

What nightly rates does the local market support?

In the Comporta–Melides–Grândola market, four-bedroom villas with private pools achieve €800–1,800 per night depending on season and standard; two-bedroom properties achieve €450–900 per night. These figures come from comparable properties in the region — they are market estimates, not guarantees.

Two features of the local market shape those numbers. First, seasonality: demand is concentrated between May and September, when the Alentejo coast draws its international summer audience, and rates at the top of the range belong to those months. Second, occupancy: average annual occupancy in the local market runs at 25–40%, a profile typical of a destination that is deliberately quiet outside the season. On those assumptions, comparable four-bedroom villas generate an estimated €95,000–185,000 in gross annual rental income (central scenario €130,000–140,000), and two-bedroom properties €45,000–100,000, with estimated gross yields of 4–7% depending on acquisition price and rental model.

Why it matters: these ranges describe the market Apaulinha's rental pool operates in, and they explain why a professionally managed, hotel-licensed estate is positioned at the upper end of it. Treat them as context for your own assumptions rather than a forecast.