idealista Reviews 

Full of scam properties. If owners respond to you privately rather than through Idealista, 95% chances this is a scam.
Sad bc it's the go-to platform for Portugal properties but clearly they have no idea what curating ads mean.

Idealista in Italy does not return your emails
and calling the add leads nohwere,nobody at the "agencies" i called answer.I am trying to lease an apartment for a 2 year time..no luck with idealista

I moved to Madrid in June for my doctoral studies. Like many others, I booked an AirBnB and began my search for an apartment.

Idealista has all the features one needs for this purpose. Enter your city, and choose the locality where you want to search. You can also draw a customized zone. Choose the parameters that you wish your room / flat to have, and view the available locations on a map. Save to favorites those you like, contact the advertiser by message or directly on phone / WhatsApp. You can also save your search and get instant updates on new listings.

One thing that could be better, is to have a plan of every listing.

Would definitely recommend using this service.

son unos ladrones
IDEALISTA solo quiere dinero , nada mas.
A mi personalmente nadie me paga por comentar eso aquí, ni soy de la competencia en el sector.
no es nada gratis particularmente, tambien exigen el pago para los propietarios particulares, en mi caso , publico un anuncio para vender mi propiedad en madrid.
ojo, solo dejar publicar de forma gratuita un anuncio particular para 7 dias, luego ya te exigen el pago.
en el futuro ya no habra particulares que publican sus anuncios en idealista.
y he estado en una agencia en mi barrio, por si puede ayudarme para vender mi propiedad, y publicarla en idealista.
me han dicho que ya no tienen idealista para publicar. Porque ¿? Han dicho que ya no aguantan mas el alto coste de idealista, concretamente la subida excesiva de su cuota, el precio que aplica idealista.
Desventajas, un monton ,
1. mismo inmueble publicado por 20 agencias diferentes, en algun caso, 30 agencias, aquí qué agencia será la afortunada,
2. Alto precio por usar idealista.
3. Demasiada competencia entre diferentes agencias.
4. Poca seriedad.
5. Imposibilidad de negociar el precio con idealista, idealista fija el precio que quiera.
EN FIN , NADA RECOMENDABLE, REPITO NADA RECOMENDABLE TANTO PARA PARTICULARES COMO LOS PROFESIONALES.

they are some thiefs
IDEALIST only wants money, nothing more.
Nobody pays me personally to comment it here, I am not the competition in the sector.
It is nothing particularly free, they also require payment for private owners, in my case, I publish an ad to sell my property in Madrid.
be careful, just let a particular ad be published for free for 7 days, then they already demand payment. in the future there will no longer be individuals who publish their ads on idealista. and I have been in an agency in my neighborhood, in case you can help me to sell my property, and publish it in idealista.

They have told me that they no longer have an idealist to publish. why ? They have said that they can no longer bear the high price of idealista, specifically the excessive rise in their quota, the price that idealista applies.
Disadvantages, a lot,
1. same property published by 20 different agencies, in some case, 30 agencies, here which agency will be the lucky one,
2. High price for using idealist.
3. Too much competition between different agencies. 4. Little seriousness.
5. Impossibility of negotiating the price with idealista, idealista fixes the price they want.
FINALLY, I DO NOT RECOMMENDED TO ANYONE, I REPEAT NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRIVATE OWNERS AND PROFESSIONALS.

We used Idealista to rent a property in Porto for four months during COVID. The property description was accurate, however the rental experience was terrible, with very little responsibility on part of the management agency (not Idealista). The problem with Idealista is that there is no feedback, comments, or ratings possible for the rental experience. In other words, if you have a great experience or a terrible experience, you cannot leave feedback on Idealista. Therefore you cannot have any idea about the trustworthiness of the rental agency or owner that you are contacting. Idealista needs a feedback mechanism to join the 'real world' of responsible property websites. Two stars.

I found a property via idealista and sent 900.00 euro as a deposit. The money was stolen and I now have had to make a full criminal investigation in Spain and the U. K

Be warned do not trust idealista as they take no responsibility and there is no ay to contact them to notify them of a scam in order for them to close down a fraudulent listing.

Tried to talk to someone called GREG WARNUM PROPERTIES regarding a 2 month let on a villa got a really rude reply about not reading the description properly,not someone I will be recommending anytime soon,some attitude.

Idealista generally really good apart from this rude man GREG WARNUM PROPERTIES

They blocked my account saying that there is nor enough documents provided. I sent documents, emailed and called them - THEY DONT SPEAK ENGLISH!!! Such a fun website.

Absolute junk and full of scam properties which don't even exist, trust me I've contacted over 50 of them!. I've spent the past 2 weeks contacting properties on Idealista and they are all either listed with a monthly price which isn't the real price or the advertisers want to take big cash payments from you like I'm going to hand over cash with the hope that they won't run off with my money. Needles to say I haven't paid these strangers any cash! Reported false prices to Idealista who wasn't concerned whatsoever. Idealista is basically a holiday let website where you may be able to rent for a week or 2 at an extortionate price but for long term serious renters, don't waste your time.

Idealista is full of scam properties where people ask you to contact them privately rather than through Idealista. They then take multiple deposits from people for a property that does not exist. If you complain to Idealista about this you will get a generic email stating that no guidelines have been breached. Beware!!! Don’t assume that this website is policing the scam artists because it isn’t and there is no effort to do so even when you point out the people who are scamming genuine tenants.

Not an ideal interface, but I do recommend this site as it's the best website to use to find an room in Spain and has the most options.