First, the question every template skips: which regime?
Spanish tenancy law has no “standard rental contract”. The LAU distinguishes residential tenancy (art. 2 — the tenant makes the property their home, with mandatory extension up to five years, or seven if the landlord is a company) and seasonal lets / temporada (art. 3.2 — a temporary stay with a demonstrable, objective reason). Tourist letting falls outside it altogether (art. 5) and is a licensing question, not a contract question.
A template that does not start with this choice starts wrong. Sign a “seasonal contract” with someone who is actually going to live there, and the courts will reclassify it as a residential tenancy — leaving you tied to your tenant for years, whatever the paperwork says. The 11-month construction offers no protection against that.
The checklist: what it must contain
- The right regime, named explicitly — and for temporada the causa objetiva y transitoria: the specific, temporary reason for the stay (overwintering with a main residence elsewhere, temporary work, study). Without that reason the contract is vulnerable to reclassification.
- The statutory deposit (fianza) — one month for residential tenancies, two for seasonal lets (art. 36.1 LAU). A different amount is no minor detail: it is the first sign that a template is outdated or not Spanish.
- The lodging rules of your region — in the Comunitat Valenciana the deposit must reach the Generalitat within one month (fine up to €3,000), in Catalonia the INCASÒL within two months, while in Andalucía the duty was abolished on 24 January 2026. All regions at a glance.
- The art. 9.3 reservation (for residential tenancies) — the clause that lets you, as a private landlord, reclaim the property after the first year for yourself, first-degree family or your ex-spouse after divorce. It must be in the contract at signing; it cannot be added afterwards. This is the clause almost every free template misses.
- Identification that holds up — the parties with NIF/NIE or passport, the full address, and where the let is on someone else's behalf or through a company: who signs and what evidences that authority (art. 1259 CC).
- An end-of-tenancy arrangement — what happens if the tenant stays put. Without timely, demonstrable protest from the landlord, the tacit renewal of art. 1566 CC arises after fifteen days.
Why we sell a completed contract, not a bare template
A template is something you have to adapt — and that is exactly where the mistakes happen. Our generator first establishes which regime fits your situation, completes the contract in full with the rules of your region, and delivers a bilingual instruction document alongside it, explaining every clause in English, with the statute and its reference date beside each one. All as one file with one reference number.