Looks fair — one or two things to confirm.
Nothing serious — confirm the item below and you're in good shape.
Carrer de Verdi, Gràcia, Barcelona
The asking rent is 12% above la Vila de Gràcia’s registered average. In this declared tensioned zone the official índex is the legal cap — so this may be over the limit.
Based on INCASÒL/Idescat registered rents + the official índex de referència (Agència de l'Habitatge). Check your exact legal cap on the official índex calculator →
- The asking rent is 12% above la Vila de Gràcia's registered average — a figure in line with real signed contracts is ~€1,332/mo.
- This municipality is a declared tensioned zone — the official índex de referència is the legal cap, and it prices in this exact flat's features (size, floor, terrace, parking, views). Run the official calculator before you counter.
- It comes furnished — worth real money in move-in savings.
Knowing their side is half the negotiation — every point above comes from the listing itself.
Gràcia is the city's bohemian heart — a maze of car-free plaças where the whole neighbourhood seems to be having one long, unhurried coffee. It still feels like its own village, which is both the charm and the catch: the festivals are pure magic, but a one-bed here can cost what a two-bed does ten minutes downhill.
Fair Rent
Official · INCASÒL + índex de referència€20.7/m²/mo — 12% above la Vila de Gràcia's registered average of €18.5/m²/mo. Check it against the legal cap.
Benchmark is the registered-contract average for la Vila de Gràcia (INCASÒL fiances, 2025) — what tenants actually signed in this barri, not portal asking prices. Top streets and exceptional homes run above their barri's average. This is a declared zona tensionada — the legal maximum is set by the official índex de referència; verify your unit's exact cap there before signing.
Real Monthly Cost
Statutory · LAU + Llei 12/2023Real monthly cost: from €1,545/mo before utilities, and about €2,980 to move in.
- Community fees are charged on top of the rent here — fold them into your monthly budget.
- No unlawful charges in what you've shared. Utilities are extra — budget for them on top of the rent.
Tenant Protection
Statutory · LAU + Llei 12/2023Strong protections here — up to 5 years' tenure, a capped deposit, and a tensioned-zone rent cap.
- You can stay up to 5 years (LAU mandatory extension), even on a 1-year contract — the landlord can't refuse renewal within that window (7 years if the landlord is a company).
- The deposit is capped: 1 month's legal fiança, plus an additional guarantee of at most 2 months (LAU).
- Agency and contract-formalisation fees are the landlord's responsibility, not yours (Llei 12/2023).
- Mid-contract rent rises are capped by the official state reference index — not free CPI or whatever the landlord likes.
- Declared zona tensionada — the rent on a new contract is capped by the official índex de referència. Check the asking price against the cap for this exact unit.
Neighbourhood & Connectivity
Live · OpenStreetMapWalkable (70/100) — nearest transit: Metro L3 4 min on foot.
Groceries, a pharmacy, transit, schools and a park within a short walk.
Fontana · 4 min on foot (300 m)
Distinct mapped places (duplicates merged) · straight-line distance · © OpenStreetMap contributors
- 1Get the deposit into INCASÒL
The landlord must lodge your fiança with INCASÒL within 2 months — ask for the proof. It's how you get it back.
- 2Pin the contract term
You're entitled to up to 5 years' tenure (LAU) — make sure the contract doesn't try to sign that away.
- 3Confirm who pays community & IBI
Community fees and IBI are usually the landlord's — get it in writing so they don't land on you mid-tenancy.
- 4Don't pay an agency fee
Since Llei 12/2023 agency and contract costs fall on the landlord. If you're asked to pay, push back.
A preliminary information report from official public sources — not legal advice. If the terms look off, have the contract reviewed before you sign.