Villa for sale in Nueva Andalucia

A sunken chill-out area beside the pool is the kind of detail that gets used daily rather than photographed once, and it anchors the garden at Villa Sirius, in the heart of Las Brisas, Nueva Andalucía.

The villa offers 476 m2 built on a 1,200 m2 plot, with five bedrooms, five bathrooms and two guest toilets. Outside, an outdoor kitchenette, a dining area and several lounge spaces surround the pool, giving the garden more than one reason to be used through the day.

Inside, an open-plan living room, dining area and fully equipped kitchen share one uninterrupted space, with floor-to-ceiling windows keeping the connection to the garden constant. The principal suite has a walk-in wardrobe and an en-suite bathroom with premium finishes, and the remaining bedrooms are generously sized.

Below the main floor, a billiard table, a sauna and a combined gym and yoga room give the house a second, quieter register for the evenings.

Golf courses, international schools, shops and restaurants in Nueva Andalucía are all a short distance away, which suits both permanent residents and holiday use.

The views here are of golf and pool rather than open sea, and at 110 m2 the terraces are practical rather than expansive. What the property invests in instead is the garden and the leisure floor: spaces designed to be lived in rather than admired from a distance.