A south-facing corner ground-floor apartment in Mansion Club, the gated development in the foothills of Sierra Blanca designed by Melvin Villarroel. Villarroel's name matters here because the gardens are the reason people buy in this community. Rather than lawn and palms, the grounds are laid out with walkways, lakes, pergolas and mosaic work in a distinctly Andalusian register — the kind of landscaping nobody budgets for today. A corner ground-floor unit inside that setting gives you privacy on two sides and the garden as your immediate outlook. The apartment opens through an elegant entrance lobby into a spacious lounge and dining area, with French windows onto a generous covered terrace. Covered is the operative word: it is usable in the middle of a July afternoon, not just in the evening. The kitchen is fully fitted and open-plan with an adjoining utility room. Two well-proportioned guest bedrooms share a bathroom, and the master has its own. What the community provides is unusual: a heated indoor swimming pool, a very well-equipped Technogym fitness centre and 24-hour manned security. An indoor pool is the detail that makes a Marbella apartment work in January as well as August, and very few developments have one. Position is the last argument. Mansion Club sits above the town but it is a twenty-minute walk down to the Golden Mile, the beach and Marbella centre — close enough to walk, high enough to be quiet. 164 m² built. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, south-facing corner position, covered terrace, open-plan kitchen with utility room, heated indoor pool, Technogym gym, 24-hour security, landscaped tropical gardens.