Villa for sale in Rocio de Nagüeles

Rocío de Nagüeles is where the Golden Mile stops feeling like a boulevard of hotels and starts feeling like a neighbourhood, and Villa Ava, a five-bedroom house on a 578 m² plot, sits well inside that quieter pocket below Sierra Blanca.

The house is arranged over three floors. The main living level opens south-west onto a covered terrace running the full width of the house, with the pool two steps beyond it; this is the level the household is built around, combining a living room with stone fireplace, a dining area and a separate kitchen behind. Two bedrooms sit at this same level, opening onto the terrace.

Upstairs, the principal bedroom has a full wall of fitted wardrobes and its own roof terrace facing the mountain. The lower floor holds the remaining bedrooms, a cinema room and a garage with space for several cars, unusual for this part of Nagüeles and effectively impossible to add on a plot this size today. In total, five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a guest WC.

Built in 2004 and well maintained since, the house has marble and wood floors, underfloor heating, hot-and-cold air conditioning and double glazing throughout.

Puente Romano and the Marbella Club are a short drive down the hill, Swans International School is close by, and Marbella's old town and Puerto Banús sit on either side, all reachable without joining the coastal traffic that runs below.

One thing to plan for: the kitchen and bathrooms date from the original 2004 build. They are in working order, but a buyer wanting a fully contemporary finish should budget for updating them.