14,000 euros for a week: the real estate boom also reaches El Rocío

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The pilgrimage of El Rocío 2023 is expected to be multitudinous. The houses, owned or rented, are now ready for a long weekend of devotion to the Queen of the Marshes. Prices skyrocket on these dates. In El Rocío they know it's their big weekend. More than three thousand houses populate the village of El Rocío, of brotherhoods or individuals, and there are differences in functionality, organization and expenses.

Among the first, for example, the brotherhood house of Triana has 32 rooms, each or

na of them

to give shelter to 6 people. When the pilgrimage arrives, each of those rooms

is awarded to the owner of each of the carts that pilgrimage with Triana. In addition

The house of the elder brother, with

and fireplace and two bedrooms on the upper floor, each also with three bunk beds and two bathrooms. The house of Triana, like those of other brotherhoods,

, and needs maintenance throughout the year, so they have a person in the area who acts as a manager.

All this involves a cost, which in this case

Destined to social work. From the Brotherhood explain that maintenance is carried out from the annual budget approved in the General Chapter of Brothers, and that it is usually around 20,000 or 25,000 euros per year. Triana's house

for colonies of a few

that fill the house, accompanied by monitors of the Brotherhood, with the consequent expenditure of light, water, cleaning ...

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Other homeless sororities

they also do social work, they need a space and sometimes they ask for them from brotherhoods like Triana.

As it says in the official councils, "you can cede, never rent,

It can only be used for formation, charity or youth."

As for the purchase and sale of houses, from Inmobiliaria Alonso Torres they assure that El Rocío "has always been a place that has worked well. But from the pandemic onwards,

This year has gone great." Wide and open spaces were sought, and in addition, the rocieros dream of owning a house in

The pandemic

Both for the time of the pilgrimage and for the rest of the year. "For example, on Christmas Eve not all the houses were rented; Now it does. That too

, who bought houses to rent."

Prices start from

, which sell right away. From there,

, and can even reach 2 or 3 million euros. "To be worth that they have to be wonderful.

with 17 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, stables for 20 horses... Other

And the IBIs start from

When the pilgrimage arrives

, rental prices skyrocket. For

being able to reach 14,000 euros, a figure that could continue to rise, depending on the qualities and conditions of the house. They are also business the rest of the year. "If you have a house in El Rocío and it is not used on certain dates,

With two or three rents a year you can pay maintenance, mortgage and expenses, "say the sources.

One of the spaces that are rented for El Rocío

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For example

In the month of August, it usually brings together a large number of people; These days, a house can be rented

It might even

There are also those who bought them as a business and rent them for the summer months;

And it's also the beach."

But, if there are only a little more than 3,000 houses and the rocieros are so many,

Bearing in mind that

, so the possibilities of expansion with new constructions are practically nil.

For the City Council the first thing is

and take great care that

nor constructions there is the demand that there is.

And that's why a few have them. In fact, in the last 30 years, no more than 300 houses have been built."

But the market keeps moving. "

That dream is fulfilled when the rociero is about fifty years old, because before he has no money. At 80 years old, they no longer have so much desire for Rocío. Or they sell it themselves or their heirs.

, 80-year-olds wanting to sell and 50-year-olds wanting to buy."

And if not, there will always be the 'cerrados', land covered by a large tent where the

and the animals rest, without paying rent for a house. Although yes for the terrain. A price that can l