Coral Mijas Residencial: new apartments for sale in Mijas

The frame and the foundations are reinforced concrete. The foundations are designed from a survey of the ground, and both meet the Spanish building code. The flat roofs are waterproofed and insulated, finished in gravel where no one walks and in non-slip ceramic tiles on the roof terraces.

The outer walls are built in layers around a thermal concrete block, which insulates the home against heat and cold, and are finished in painted or coloured render. Each home is divided from its neighbours by a double wall of acoustic concrete block with mineral wool between the two layers. Inside, the rooms are divided by insulated plasterboard partitions, which are moisture-resistant in the bathrooms.

The frames, in dark lacquered aluminium or PVC, have a thermal break: an insulating layer that stops the frame carrying heat or cold into the room. Depending on the room, the windows open on hinges, slide, or tilt inwards from the top, and the living rooms and bedrooms open onto their terraces through sliding doors. All the glazing is double, with a coating that limits heat passing through the glass on the sides of the buildings that need it. Slatted blinds are fitted.

The front door is a security door with a wide-angle peephole, finished inside to match the other doors. The doors inside are smooth lacquered wood, hinged or sliding, with concealed hinges, a rubber seal that deadens sound, matt chrome fittings and stainless steel handles. The built-in wardrobes have the same finish, with hinged or sliding doors, a shelf for luggage and a hanging rail.

Grey ceramic tiles run through the home with white wooden skirting boards, and the terraces have non-slip tiles. The developer may lay a rigid floor made of limestone and polymer instead. Walls are painted smooth in soft colours or white, and the bathrooms always in white, with porcelain tiles around the showers and basins. The ceilings are plasterboard throughout, moisture-resistant in the bathrooms.

The kitchen is fitted with wall and base units, a worktop, and a splashback in the same material as the worktop or in white porcelain tiles. The sink is stainless steel, set beneath the worktop, with a pull-out tap. A fridge-freezer, a washing machine, an induction hob, an oven and an extractor hood are included. A kitchen with a peninsula, a section of worktop that runs out into the room, is offered as an upgrade at extra cost.

Both bathrooms have white porcelain fittings and a shower tiled in white. In the main bathroom there is a double basin, a thermostatic shower mixer that keeps the water at a steady temperature, and a bidet spray beside the WC. The second bathroom has one basin. Every basin has a single-lever chrome tap.

Ducted air conditioning heats and cools the home, with the ducts hidden in the ceiling, vents in the living room and bedrooms, and a digital thermostat. Hot water comes from a 150 litre tank heated by an aerothermal heat pump, a type of pump that extracts warmth from the outside air.

The living room and bedrooms have sockets with built-in USB chargers, and each ground floor garden has an outdoor socket. The living room, the kitchen and the bedrooms have points for television, radio and telephone, and a colour video entry phone answers the front door.