Property care in Rab
Rab is the island with the sandy beaches, Lopar in the north is the exception on a coast that is otherwise almost entirely pebble and rock. The old town with its four bell towers sits on a narrow peninsula and the interior is unusually green for this part of the Adriatic. The ferry from Stinica is short, but in winter the schedule thins out considerably.
In season
Rental properties on Rab run to a tight schedule in season. We align changeover cleaning and inspections directly with your booking calendar and deliberately put maintenance into the shoulder season, when tradespeople on the island have any capacity at all. The crossing from Stinica is short but it queues badly in July and August, and a guest who sits in that queue for two hours arrives annoyed at the house rather than at the ferry. We send realistic crossing times and the sailing to aim for with the arrival details, because it is the one thing about Rab that reliably shows up in a review.
Out of season
The Kamenjak ridge takes the worst of the bura off the sheltered south-western bays, which is why the island winters more gently than Pag across the water. The sandy bays hold moisture, and ground floors here need airing more than they need heating. From November the timetable thins out, so island visits are planned as rounds rather than single trips, and a repair waits for the day we are already coming over.
Additionally in Rab
- Scheduling built around your booking calendar
- Maintenance deliberately placed in the shoulder season
- Short crossing from Stinica, feasible at short notice
- Realistic ferry times sent out with the arrival details
Properties in the surrounding area are visited on the same round. If your house sits between two of these places, just ask, the boundary is not the town sign.
Given the kind of property that dominates in Rab: Property inspections Croatia
Worth knowing if you own in Rab
What a standard Croatian household policy leaves out
Earthquake is often not included. Unoccupied property carries conditions most owners never read. The exclusions matter more than the sum insured.
Read onAfter the storm: what the insurer actually needs, and in what order
Most claims that go badly on this coast do not fail on cover. They fail on evidence, and the evidence is destroyed in the first twenty minutes of tidying up.
Read onThe bura: what the wind does to a house, and what to check before it starts
The bura is dry, sudden and violent, and it does not damage houses at random. It finds the four or five things that were already slightly loose.
Read onYour house in Rab, in good hands
Fifteen minutes on the phone is enough to work out what your property needs and how often we should call in.