Quick Answer
Mijas ranges from hillside villas and pueblo properties to dense coastal urbanisations. The optimal configuration depends on your actual consumption, roof orientation, battery needs, and choosing the right export tariff.
What is genuinely local here
Mijas Pueblo can introduce visual and access constraints; Las Lagunas includes dense urban properties and businesses; Mijas Costa has villas, townhouses and communities exposed to coastal conditions.
- Confirm private versus community roof rights.
- Survey mature-tree, chimney and hillside shading.
- Schedule pool and cooling loads against solar production.
- Specify mounting and fasteners for the exposure category.
- Check whether the home is single-phase or three-phase.
What the site survey must establish
A useful survey records twelve months of consumption, daytime loads, roof construction, orientation, shade, cable route, earthing, access and the proposed inverter location. A satellite image alone cannot confirm roof condition, structure or electrical safety.
What a local quote should include
A villa quote should list pool, air-conditioning and EV assumptions separately. Community proposals need a clear ownership, voting, metering and allocation plan. Ask who pays for access equipment, permits, legalisation and any switchboard work.
Ask for assumptions in kWh rather than a headline saving percentage. The proposal should separate self-consumed electricity, compensated exports and grid imports, and state the tariff assumptions used.
Permissions and incentives
Municipal procedure, community approval and tax relief depend on the property and the rules in force when you apply. Do not treat an installer's verbal promise as approval.
Check the evidence in our municipal incentive database.