Villa Odelia

About this property

Villa Odelia stands inside a gated urbanisation in Nueva Andalucía, the valley behind Puerto Banús that most people know for its golf courses and its Saturday market. Four bedrooms, six bathrooms, three hundred square metres of living space on a plot of eight hundred and fourteen, and a full renovation that finished this year. The asking price is 3,895,000 euro.

From the street the house reads as traditional Andalusian: white render, terracotta roof, arched windows set deep into the wall, a stepped entrance under mature planting. Behind that façade almost nothing survives of the original interior. The living room ceiling was opened to double height, the old glazing came out in favour of tall doors onto the garden, and the finish throughout is now pale oak and limestone, with an ethanol fireplace as the one dark object in a very light room.

Kitchen, dining and living run as a single space along the garden side. Smeg appliances, a stone island long enough to seat five, and a wine shelf built into the joinery rather than bolted on. Because the glass faces the garden along the full length, the room holds light from morning until the sun drops behind La Concha, and it opens onto the terrace without a step to catch anybody.

All four bedrooms are en suite, each on its own hot and cold climate control, which in a house full of guests in August is less trivial than it sounds. The main bedroom takes a dressing and makeup area and a bathroom with both a walk-in shower and a free-standing bath. Its windows face the mountain, and the agent's own description puts La Concha in that view.

The garden is landscaped rather than lawned, tropical planting against the walls and a heated pool that holds sun for most of the day. Beside it stands a separate covered structure, built as a gym and equally usable as a shaded lounge or an outdoor dining room. Below the house there is a basement with a fitted bar, a games room, the laundry, and a door straight through into the garage, so nobody arrives through the front of the house with shopping.

Nueva Andalucía is the part of Marbella that families choose when they are staying rather than visiting. International schools and golf are both a few minutes away, the restaurants around the market are walkable, and Puerto Banús is ten minutes down the hill. The house runs on a smart home system with an alarm, and the renovation is complete to the point that the remaining work is furniture.