Villa for sale in El Herrojo

An A energy rating and a ten-year structural warranty are the real headline at Villa Aura, a newly built five-bedroom villa set at the highest point of El Herrojo, in Benahavís's La Quinta golf valley.

The house is built around a hexagonal plan across three levels, with views toward La Concha and glimpses of the sea beyond. Construction goes beyond the usual specification sheet: a reinforced concrete structure carries the ten-year warranty, walls are traditional brick with high-performance insulation, and the windows are Kömmerling units with acoustic glazing.

Climate runs on a Daikin aerothermal system paired with underfloor heating and integrated cooling, all managed through Control4 and KNX home automation that also covers lighting, security, video entry and an eight-zone Bowers & Wilkins audio system. The villa is sold fully furnished, finished by La Albaida Interior Design.

The lower level is given over to wellness and entertainment: a Technogym gym, a custom sauna, a massage room, a fully equipped wine cellar with its own tasting area, and an acoustically treated cinema room. The main living floor opens onto the pool and terraces, set into the mountainside that gives the house its outlook.

El Herrojo sits at the top of the La Quinta Golf and Spa Resort, gated and guarded, roughly ten to fifteen minutes by car from the Golden Mile and Puerto Banús. La Quinta's own golf course, restaurants, shops and schools are all close by.

The build quality here is documented rather than claimed: the A rating and the structural warranty are unusual to see spelled out this precisely on this coast. What buyers get in exchange for that mountainside plot is a sea view that is a glimpse rather than a full horizon, which will matter to anyone set on an open sea panorama.