Rey Luis I 38

A big house full of light and people: that is how I see Rey Luis I 38, a completed villa in Finestrat. A long pool runs beside the house and the view stretches from the hills to the sea. Under the house there is a level of its own with a sauna, a steam room and a guest apartment. It serves as a permanent home and just as well as a seasonal meeting place for family and friends.

A house open to the sea

The villa sits high on the Sea Hills slope, and its terraces open onto a wide panorama. Below lie the green hills of Finestrat, then the line of the coast, and above it the sea all the way to the horizon. The architecture is clean and light at once. White volumes, pergola frames over the terraces and glass balustrades keep the space open. I have gathered all the detached homes of the municipality on one page: Finestrat villas.

A pool for real swimming

The pool runs along the length of the house. It is not a decorative basin but a proper lane where you can swim several lengths in the morning. A pale terrace surrounds it, partly covered, with room for a long lunch and for resting after a swim.

A living room with windows on three sides

Living room, dining area and kitchen share one large hall with floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides. The polished dark stone floor reflects the sky. The glossy white kitchen with an island and a wall of dark stone gives the house its character. This is a house made for entertaining.

The bedrooms are bright, with wood-effect floors and sliding doors onto the terraces. The bathrooms pair warm wood texture with pale stone, so mornings here start calmly.

Spa and apartment below the house

The lower level is what makes this house special. It holds the sauna and the steam room. Next to them is a separate apartment with its own kitchen and lounge, finished in pale marble-effect tiles. Grown-up children, parents or friends live independently, and in the evening everyone meets by the pool.

What Rey Luis I 38 costs

For this sum the house comes with its own spa and guest apartment, with nothing left to build. What remains is to bring the furniture and invite the first guests. Taxes are added on top. Houses that are already waiting for their owners are in my keys-now selection.

Who it suits

A large family where everyone wants a bedroom and a bathroom of their own. A buyer who spends the season on the coast with friends. The apartment downstairs gives guests a life of their own under the same roof. And anyone for whom the sauna and steam room are part of an ordinary week, not just a holiday.

Who should look elsewhere

Anyone wanting a small, low-maintenance house: there is a lot of space here, a garden and a long pool, and all of it needs looking after. Nor anyone set on a seafront apartment: this house sits on a hill, where the sea is a panorama.