Boutique Villas, Mijas

Buenavista sits on the high ground behind Fuengirola, near enough to the coast to be useful and far enough up the hill to feel private. Thirty-two villas are planned here, gated, set over two floors and every one of them turned south or south-west.

The buyer in mind is someone who wants a new-build home with proper specification but not the anonymity that often comes with it.

The position does a great deal of the work. By day the view runs open across the Mediterranean with nothing built in front of it; after dark it becomes the lights of Fuengirola laid out below. Each villa carries a rooftop solarium of more than 25 square metres with a private jacuzzi fitted as standard rather than sold as an extra.

Open-plan kitchens, Italian-made, run straight out onto the terraces so that the cooking and the sitting happen in the same space. Inside, the flooring choice is large-format porcelain in tiles up to 120 by 120 centimetres or a warmer herringbone parquet, with underfloor heating and room-by-room climate control throughout.

Prices run from €980,000 to €2,300,000. Plot dimensions have not yet been published and the developer team has not released a sold-to-available breakdown, so it is worth asking early which of the best-oriented plots remain open.