Villa | El Madroñal | Benahavís
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- Aloha College 4.9 km
- Laude school 5.5 km
- Colegio San José 6.1 km
- Calpe School 6.5 km
- Swans 7.2 km
- British International School 8.5 km
Straight-line distances, which on this coast are always shorter than the drive. Places data from OpenStreetMap contributors, with the international schools picked by us, because the map data alone does not distinguish them.
About this property
There is a moment on the approach to this house, as the drive turns and the whole southern horizon opens up, when the sea appears to sit at eye level. Everything the architect has done here follows from that view.
El Madroñal occupies a wooded shelf of hillside above Benahavís, four hundred metres up, a gated estate of roughly two hundred and fifty homes laid out in the nineteen eighties on unusually generous plots. It has aged in the way the best Costa del Sol addresses do, quietly. The pines and cork oaks planted when the roads were cut are now full grown, so neighbours are heard rather than seen, and the internal lanes carry almost no traffic beyond residents. There is a single controlled entrance, manned around the clock, and beyond it the Sierra de las Nieves begins almost immediately, which is why the walking and cycling here is better than anywhere else within half an hour of the coast. The temperature runs a few degrees below the seafront through August, a detail residents mention more often than any other.
The house is a contemporary design by AMES Arquitectos, and its logic is straightforwardly southern. Living and dining spaces sit in one continuous volume under a high ceiling, opening through full height glazing onto the main terrace, with a sculptural fireplace anchoring the seating area. The kitchen is Gaggenau throughout, laid out for genuine cooking rather than display. Light is the material the architect has worked hardest with, and it changes the rooms completely between morning and late afternoon.
Eight bedroom suites are distributed so that family and guests never overlap, each with its own bathroom, and two further cloakrooms serve the entertaining floor. Below, the house turns to leisure, with a cinema room, a temperature controlled wine cellar, a hammam and a sauna, all arranged so they can be used casually rather than treated as occasions.
Outdoors, the terraces alternate covered and open, so there is shade at midday and sun in the evening, and a gas fire pit extends the season into the cooler months. The pool is double length, heated, saltwater treated and fitted with an automatic cover, and it has been set at the terrace edge so the water reads as continuous with the sea beyond.
This is a house for someone who wants the coast without living on it, close enough that Puerto Banús is a fifteen minute drive, far enough that the evenings are silent. It suits a family in permanent residence as readily as it suits a second home, and the eight suites make it unusually practical for owners who entertain in numbers.
KEY FEATURES
Contemporary design by AMES Arquitectos
Eight bedroom suites, each with en suite bathroom
Cinema room, hammam and sauna
Climate controlled wine cellar
Gaggenau kitchen
Double length heated saltwater infinity pool with automatic cover
Covered and open terraces with gas fire pit
Lift to all levels
Twenty four hour manned security at the estate gate
South facing, with panoramic Mediterranean views
LOCATION
Málaga Airport | approximately 65 km | 50 to 55 minutes by car
Puerto Banús | approximately 14 km | 20 minutes by car
Marbella centre | approximately 20 km | 25 minutes by car
Beach at San Pedro de Alcántara | approximately 13 km | 18 minutes by car
Benahavís village and its restaurants | approximately 8 km | 12 minutes by car
Los Arqueros and La Quinta golf | approximately 7 km | 10 minutes by car
Aloha College and the British School of Marbella | approximately 15 km | 20 minutes by car
Specification
- Reference
- JUST-01213P
- Type
- Villa
- Location
- El Madroñal, Benahavis
- Beds
- 8
- Baths
- 8
- En suite
- 4
- Build m²
- 1,445
- Interior m²
- 1,445
- Plot m²
- 5,100
- Pool
- Private
- Garden
- Private
- Garage
- Private
- Community
- €1,120
- Garbage
- €18
- IBI
- €5,125
- Orientation
- S
- C. Year
- 2000
Gallery
Features & amenities
- Close to golf
- Close to schools
- Country view
- Mountain view
- Mountainside
- Panoramic view
- Sea view
- Barbecue
- Fireplace
- Fitted wardrobes
- Guest toilet
- Walk-in closet
- Covered terrace
- Gym
- Heated pool
- Private terrace
- SPA
- Saltwater swimming pool
- Sauna
- Uncovered terrace
- Air conditioning
- Solarium
- Underfloor heating (throughout)
- Automatic irrigation system
- Internet – Fibre optic
- Smart home system
- Lift
- Excellent condition
- 24h Service
- Turkish bath
Benahavís
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