Gran Sol

Gran Sol is a new villa in Calpe on its own corner plot among the pines. It is for people who want a modern home near the sea, without showing off and without neighbours through the wall. It has two floors, three bedrooms, a garden all round and its own pool. Live in it all year, or keep it as the holiday house you return to each summer.

Calpe outside the window

The Gran Sol estate lies on a green slope above Calpe. Private villas with gardens and pine trees surround it. In the distance you see the town and the Peñón de Ifach, the emblem of this coast. The Mediterranean is 3.6 km away. The house keeps its own pace away from the promenade, yet the beach stays close. The rest of the town's villas are on Calpe villas.

Architecture without fuss

The house is made of two clean volumes: pale grey render, dark cladding and touches of warm wood. Large windows open the rooms to the garden and the light. The corner plot gives space on two sides, so the house never feels hemmed in.

How the house works

Downstairs is for life together. The living room and kitchen form one space opening onto the covered terrace, with a WC and the garage beside it. On the upper floor you find three bedrooms with two bathrooms, plus two terraces. Mornings can start outdoors without going downstairs.

The garden has its own 4 x 8 m pool with a shower beside it: after the beach or a hot day the water is a few steps from the living room, and evenings carry on by the pool with family and friends.

What Gran Sol costs

This sum buys a new house in Calpe on a large plot. The pool is already there, and the garden is yours to shape: a place to relax, a summer kitchen, flowers. Taxes come on top. Other detached homes on the coast are in a house instead of a flat.

Who it suits

A family swapping city life for the sea who want a house and garden of their own. Someone looking for a holiday home in Calpe with its own pool who wants to shape the garden their way. And anyone who values modern architecture and space around the house more than the bustle of the seafront.

Who should think twice

Buyers who need to move in straight away: Gran Sol is still under construction. Or anyone dreaming of stepping out of the door onto the sand: this is a calm slope above the town, not the front line.