While Portuguese people take to the streets demanding that the authorities introduce a rent cap, Xpat.Land decided to check just how high rents can go right now. We trawled listing sites and found the most expensive flats for rent in Greater Lisbon. It turns out rent can easily exceed €15,000 a month — and that’s without counting castles and villas.
€25,000 a month for a T4 with an ocean view
Top of our list is a four-bedroom apartment (a T4, in Portuguese property terms) with five bathrooms in the upmarket Legacy Cascais residential complex on the Cascais seafront. The rent is €25,000 a month.
The apartment is on the fifth floor. Its total area is 468 m², including a 110 m² terrace with an ocean view. The bathrooms have underfloor heating, and the mirrors have an anti-fog system.
The flat is let unfurnished but with a fitted kitchen, and it has an alarm system. The complex has a restaurant, a pool, a gym, a spa and a Hilton hotel. The grounds have 24-hour security and a concierge service. Beaches and golf courses are close by. The rent includes three parking spaces and a storage room. The building’s energy rating is A.
The flat is being let through an agency, and the listing states that all information is approximate and may contain inaccuracies.
Two more similar flats in the same complex are available at the same price.
€18,000 a month for a T6 with a maid’s room
This six-bedroom flat with seven bathrooms is in central Lisbon, near Entrecampos station. It’s available for €18,000 a month. Its total area is 526 m², including balconies.
It’s let unfurnished but with a fully fitted kitchen. There’s a separate maid’s room. The apartment occupies an entire floor of the building. The rent also includes a garage parking space.
According to the listing, the flat is in one of the city’s best condominiums: the building has 24-hour security, and residents share grounds with gardens, two pools and a gym. The building’s energy rating is B.
€17,000 a month for a penthouse with a gold sink
A two-storey penthouse in a building near the Gulbenkian Museum in central Lisbon will cost tenants €17,000 a month. Its total area is 528 m², including a 200 m² terrace.
The flat has five bedrooms and five bathrooms, plus a climate-controlled wine room. There’s a jacuzzi on the terrace. The rent includes two parking spaces. The building’s energy rating is C.
The bathrooms are decorated in gold and black, and there’s even a gold sink. Unlike the previous flats on our list, this one comes furnished.
€16,900 a month for a T3 between Estoril and Cascais
This flat with panoramic ocean views costs €16,900 a month. One of its main selling points is its location: the complex sits between Estoril and Cascais, close to beaches, golf courses and a casino.
Its total area is 268 m², of which 54 m² is terrace. There are three bedrooms and five bathrooms. It’s a seventh-floor penthouse, let unfurnished but with a fitted kitchen. It also comes with four parking spaces and a storage room.
The complex has indoor and outdoor pools, a spa, a sauna, a Turkish bath, a gym, a lounge, 24-hour security and a catering service.
€16,500 a month, discounted, for a two-storey T4
A generous offer: this duplex is now available for a mere €16,500 a month, down from €19,000.
The flat is fully furnished, with four bedrooms, five bathrooms and an alarm system. Its total area is 520 m², including a terrace. Outside there’s a separate room that can be used as a playroom or study. There’s no lift, but the duplex starts on the ground floor (rés do chão).
The flat is in a condominium with a pool, a gym and a garden. There’s parking for four cars. The building’s energy rating is A.
€15,000 a month for a T3 with a view of the railway
A flat on the 13th floor of the Infinity residential complex in central Lisbon is available for €15,000 a month. Its total area is 231 m², 40 m² of which is terrace.
It has three bedrooms and three bathrooms finished in Italian onyx, plus a smart home system. The complex is near Sete Rios station, and the terrace overlooks, appropriately enough, the railway.
Residents have access to a heated indoor pool, a panoramic rooftop terrace, a spa with a sauna and Turkish bath, a gym, a kids’ club and a 24-hour concierge.
The rent includes a parking space with an electric car charger. The building’s energy rating is A+.
€15,000 a month for Cristiano Ronaldo’s former home
This flat is in one of the most prestigious parts of the city, right in the heart of the capital on Avenida da Liberdade, next door to Louis Vuitton, Burberry and other fashion boutiques. But its main selling point is, of course, that footballer Cristiano Ronaldo used to live here.
A few years ago Ronaldo sold the flat to a foreign buyer. But judging by the photos, the interiors he chose are still there.
The flat is available for terms of one month to one year. €15,000 a month is the price for a one-year lease; shorter contracts cost more.
Its total area is 385 m². There are three bathrooms and three bedrooms, one of which has a bathtub (not in a separate room, but right in the bedroom).
The apartment takes up an entire floor and has a smart home system. The rent includes four parking spaces and a storage room. The building has 24-hour security and a concierge. Its energy rating is A.
€15,000 a month for a T2 with no garage
This is the smallest flat in today’s selection, but by no means the cheapest. This two-bedroom, two-bathroom home costs as much as Ronaldo’s former flat. Its total area is 185 m².
The building is in Lisbon’s Santa Marta – Campo de Santana area. The flat is let furnished, but the listing says the photos are for illustration only, so the reality may differ. It has a private garden and a pool.
Unlike the other listings, this flat doesn’t come with a parking space. The building has no garage, but the listing says street parking is easy.
There’s no lift either, but fortunately the flat is on the ground floor (rés do chão). Its energy rating is B.
