My husband and I are going over to Spain in April to look for a long term rental property. The agent we are using has a website which shows available properties and some are asking for a security deposit + 1 months rent (i.e. 500 Euros per month for a property, they want 500 Euros security deposit + 1 months rent of 500 Euros, so 1000 Euros in total). Others are asking for over 1000 Euros for the security deposit alone (on a 500 Euro per month rental property) plus the first months rent in advance. My query is, is there a law in Spain which states how much a landlord can request upfront for a rental property i.e. first months rent + security deposit equal to the same amount as one months rent? Or can they just pretty much ask for whatever they want?