A 228 square metre house with views to Africa and a converted layout

228 square metres of built area sit on a 540 square metre plot with 70 square metres of terrace. This 3 bedroom detached villa in Bahia de la Rocas, Manilva is a resale property on the border between Málaga and Cádiz provinces. It combines a walled garden and private pool with upper terraces that look out to the sea and the African coast.

Inside the house and the third bedroom

The layout is open plan, bringing the main room and a recently fitted kitchen into a single shared space with an open fire for winter use. On paper, the house is officially two bedrooms, because the current third bedroom was converted from one of the bathrooms. That leaves the property with three sleeping rooms and two bathrooms in total, one of which is an en-suite to the main bedroom. A buyer looking at this 3 bedroom detached villa in Bahia de la Rocas, Manilva will want to check the paperwork on that bathroom conversion and decide whether three bedrooms or a larger bathroom count is more useful, or whether to use the spare space at the side of the house where the agent notes room for expansion.

The 540 square metre plot, pool and terraces

Outdoor space is split between the ground-level garden and the upper terraces. The 540 square metre plot is walled and landscaped, centred on an 8 by 5 metre private pool. Beside the pool is a barbecue area and a side terrace that takes the outdoor seating away from the water's edge. Across the property, the terraces total 70 square metres. Two of these are upper terraces: one is fitted with retractable glass curtains so it can be closed against the wind in winter or opened up in summer, while the second is left open to the air and faces the sea and Africa.

Parking and the Cádiz border

Cars are kept off the road with private parking for two vehicles plus a garage, which removes the daily friction of street parking when returning with shopping. The house sits in a country setting at the Bahia de la Rocas turning on the Manilva and Cádiz border. From here it is a five-minute drive to the beach, and ten minutes by car in either direction to Sotogrande or Puerto de la Duquesa. Living here means relying on a car for every errand, in exchange for a detached plot away from the denser coastal blocks.