The Valley: new townhouses for sale in Elviria, Marbella

The kitchen units have a matt lacquered finish, with the handles built into the doors, and the worktops are natural stone. The appliances are by Siemens and built in.

The bathrooms have one wall finished in natural stone from floor to ceiling, a stone-topped basin unit with the taps set into the wall, and wall-hung toilets by Villeroy & Boch. The shower floors are the same natural stone as the rest of the floor, the main bathroom has a freestanding bath, and the bathroom floors are warmed by electric underfloor heating.

Natural stone floors in large pieces, 120 centimetres square, run through the house and continue onto the porches and around the pool. The walls are finished in Microcal, a lime-based plaster.

Technal aluminium windows with hidden hinges and handles, and double glazing coated to keep out the heat of the sun. The front door is teak and 3 metres tall, and the doors inside have an oak veneer and are 2.5 metres tall.

Ducted air conditioning by Mitsubishi, or a make of the same standard, heats and cools each room separately. Warm water running beneath the floors provides the main heating, and the hot water for the taps and showers comes from an aerothermal system, which extracts heat from the outside air.

KNX, a widely used home automation system, controls the lighting, the heating and cooling, the blinds and the curtains. The garden lighting and the watering run on timers, and there is a video entry phone at the street gate.

Every house has an infinity pool of its own, made in concrete, with steps down into the water, underwater lights and a saltwater cleaning system. The garden around it has a lawn and trees, watered automatically.

Each of the three bedrooms has its own bathroom and dressing room, and there is a separate guest toilet. The fitted wardrobes are lacquered.