800 euros a month for a 30-meter shack in Ibiza and with a warning: "In summer it will be more expensive"

Similar cases have already generated investigations and complaints for possible irregularities in housing on rural land

The announcement of the small house in Sant Joan de Labritja (Ibiza)
01/04/2026
2 min

PalmNew real estate speculation scandal in the Balearic Islands. A 30-square-meter cottage is rented for 800 euros per month in Sant Joan de Labritja (Eivissa) and the advertiser warns potential interested parties: "The price is only for the winter season, when summer begins the price will change".

Comment in which the owner explains that the price will be more expensive in summer

In fact, the rent with the price advertised from May 1 to October 20, this 800 euros per month, will not be enough to rent the little house. As can be seen in the images of the advertisement and as explained by the owner, it is a room where the kitchen, the living room and the bedroom share space. A bunk bed on top of a sofa is the bedroom, the sofa is the living room, and some appliances more typical of a motorhome than a house are the kitchen. Afterwards, the house has a very small bathroom and a private garden.

In the advertisement, the owner assures that it is an "ideal" place for one person, two, or a couple. In low season, as he does not advertise or explain the price of the dwelling during the summer, the price per square meter of this shack rises to 25 euros.

It is worth remembering that a similar advertisement was published a few months ago in Maria de la Salut. In that case, they were offering a 'little studio house' to be premiered in "the middle of nature" for almost 700 euros a month. It was a shack on rustic land. After the advertisement became public, the Guardia Civil initiated an investigation and has reported the owner for three serious infractions. According to sources from Seprona, who explained mid-month in March, the investigators became aware of this advertisement after it was published in ARA Balears and it caught their attention due to the high price, taking into account the context of the building. was published in ARA Balears and it caught their attention due to the high price, taking into account the context of the building.

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