Andalucia, Malaga, La Duquesa, Spain

Some homes work hard for you in more ways than one. This ground-floor duplex is one of them.

It sits in a frontline golf position, around a kilometre walk from Puerto de la Duquesa and the beach. Close enough to walk down for dinner, far enough to keep the quiet.

The views do a lot of the talking: open across the golf course to the Mediterranean, with the mountains behind. They're the kind of views that hold up all year, not just in August.

Inside, there are three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with the master given its own private floor, a sensible bit of design that gives you proper separation from guests or family. It's sold fully furnished and ready to live in from day one.

It also holds a valid tourist licence, which makes it a genuine turnkey option for holiday lets if you want the home to earn its keep between visits. The standout, though, is the garden: a large private space looking straight out over the fairway and the sea.

The setting is a big part of the appeal. La Duquesa is one of our favourite corners of the western Costa del Sol, a relaxed marina community built around its port, with a year-round mix of Spanish and international residents, good restaurants, blue-flag beaches and a genuine sense of place that a lot of the coast has lost.

This home sits close to Monte Duquesa too, the elevated hillside above the port wrapped around La Duquesa Golf. It's a quiet, residential pocket, you're a short hop from the marina and beach, with Estepona one way and Sotogrande and Gibraltar the other, yet it feels a world away from the through-traffic of the coast.
Set in a calm urbanisation with a communal pool, it suits permanent living, holidays, or investment equally well.
Come and see it. Get in touch and we'll arrange a viewing.