Villa for sale in La Cerquilla

A full-size private tennis court, kept in playing condition year-round, sets Cerquilla 59 apart from most villas in Nueva Andalucia's Golf Valley. The house has 676 m2 built on a 2,548 m2 plot, with seven bedrooms, six bathrooms and two guest toilets, and views that reach from La Concha to the Mediterranean.

The main level flows as one living space under high ceilings, finished in natural textures: custom furnishings, woven wall art and hand-crafted ceramics give it a settled, personal feel rather than a showroom look. The kitchen sits at the centre, with premium appliances, sleek cabinetry and a glass dining area behind floor-to-ceiling windows, connecting directly to the terraces.

A gallery-style corridor leads to the upper floor, overlooking the main level below; the bedrooms here open onto private terraces and take in the widest of the views.

Outside, the pool has an integrated jacuzzi and Balinese-style loungers, and the covered dining terrace has its own fireplace and barbecue, so outdoor dinners run past summer. The private tennis court sits at the foot of the garden. Parking is provided for two cars.

Costs on record: community fees of 389 EUR, IBI of 6,086 EUR and rubbish collection of 278 EUR a year. Golf courses, international schools, restaurants and Puerto Banus are all a few minutes by car.

Very few Golf Valley villas keep a regulation-size court in their own garden; that, more than the view or the finish, is the clearest way this property differs from its neighbours.