Nexus Residences: new build apartment in Benalmádena

Each home has its own aerothermal system, a heat pump that draws warmth from the outside air. It heats the water for the taps and sends warm or cool air through ducts hidden in the ceiling, out of grilles in the living room and the bedrooms. A ventilation system keeps the air changing throughout the home, drawing it out through the kitchen and the bathrooms.

The kitchen is fitted with its units and appliances: an induction hob, an extractor hood, an electric oven, a fridge, a dishwasher and a washing machine, with a stainless steel sink. The worktop is compact quartz, a hard stone-like surface that does not soak up spills, and the wall between the worktop and the wall cupboards is finished to match it.

Basins and WCs are in vitrified porcelain, with white resin shower trays and chrome single-lever taps. In the main bathroom the basin sits in a unit with drawers, under a mirror with built-in LED lighting, and there is a fixed shower screen. Some bathroom walls are tiled up to the ceiling, and the rest are painted to match.

Porcelain tiles cover the floors, with matching skirting, laid over a layer that cuts the sound of footsteps reaching the neighbours. The terraces have ceramic tiles made for outdoor use. Walls are painted smooth white and ceilings are plaster, with a lowered plaster ceiling in the hall and corridors that hides the pipes and ducts.

Windows and outside doors are lacquered aluminium with a thermal break, an insulating strip within the frame that stops heat and cold passing through it, and double glazing. The bedrooms have insulated aluminium roller blinds. The front door is armoured metal with a spyhole and a high-security lock that resists bumping, a common way of forcing a lock. Inside doors are lacquered white, and the built-in wardrobes have sliding doors, a hanging rail and a shelf above.

The foundations and the frame are reinforced concrete, with the design and the building work supervised by an independent technical inspection body. The outside walls are brick with thermal insulation and an insulated plasterboard lining, rendered and painted on the outside. Walls between neighbouring homes are brick lined with plasterboard and insulated on both sides, and the walls between rooms are plasterboard with insulation against sound and heat.

The living room has a fibre-optic socket, and the living room and every bedroom have telephone, data and television points. A digital aerial and a satellite dish serve the building, and a video entry phone in the hall connects to a panel at the building entrance. The kitchen and bathrooms have LED lights, and each terrace has a light and a socket.

The basement garage has an automatic gate opened by remote control, carbon monoxide detectors linked to extractor fans, and fire hoses and extinguishers. The storage rooms have a concrete floor, a light and a galvanised steel door.