The Eagle Residences: new build apartments in Mijas

Porcelain tiles a metre square, cut precisely at the edges so the joints are very fine, laid through every room, the bathrooms included, and carried on out across the terraces in the same finish.

One high-efficiency aerothermal system, which draws heat from the outside air, runs the ducted air conditioning, the underfloor heating and the hot water. Each room has its own thermostat. A mechanical ventilation system keeps fresh air moving through the home.

Lighting, air conditioning, underfloor heating and the electric blinds can all be worked from a phone. A sensor detects a water leak and closes a valve on the supply, and a smoke detector is fitted. Fibre runs into the home, with television and data points, a video entry phone, LED lighting and lights set into the terrace ceilings.

Brown aluminium frames with a thermal break, an insulating strip that stops heat and cold passing through the frame, and double glazing, with a coating that cuts the heat of the sun on the sides of the building that need it. The living room opens through large sliding glass doors, and the other windows tilt inwards or open fully. Electric blinds are fitted, and the terraces have laminated glass balustrades on a stainless-steel rail.

An armoured front door with a three-point lock, graphite outside and wood-panelled inside. The doors within the home run from floor to ceiling in a smoked oak finish. Wardrobes have lacquered doors and a textile-effect lining, with a chrome hanging rail.

A quartz-resin worktop, with the same material carried up the wall behind it, Siemens appliances or equivalent, and a tap with a pull-out spray.

Each bathroom has a double basin on a wall-hung unit, with the taps set into the wall, a fixed glass shower screen and a small hand spray beside the toilet. The main bathroom adds a wall-hung toilet and a rain shower 30 centimetres across set in the ceiling, and a second bathroom, where there is one, has a shower column. The showers are thermostatic, which means they hold the water at the temperature you set.

A reinforced concrete frame. The outside walls are clad in stoneware and in an insulating layer fixed to the outer face of the wall, with a ventilated cavity and further heat and sound insulation behind. The flat roofs are insulated too.