Casa Colinas

From here to eternity

Built on the edge of Benahavis Natural Park, it is only nature itself that can alter the view. Human desire to build roads, properties and cities find no room to spoil the view here.

Casa Colinas

Casa Colinas is certainly not the only villa of very high quality on the southern Spanish coast. There are several of them, but very few located in such a privilidged position . Up here, there is undisturbed peace and tranquility, magnificent views in the middle of the mountain nature to the water in the Mediterranean, and as far as to the mountains in Morocco.

The last villa on the edge of a protected national park. In a private, secluded and video-monitored Estate 10 minutes up in the mountains behind Marbella, the view from Casa Colinas is quite special. With 450 meters above sea level, it is built into a south and west facing mountain slope and stands solitary as the last villa on the edge of a protected national park. Everything in the view is nature's own down through the valley to the coastal land and the Mediterranean Sea.

From here to eternity

As a protected national park, nothing will change, no roads, no properties, no cities will come into view, and the sun will always go undisturbed down behind the mountain until one day even the sun burns out! Location, location, location, that's what always comes first before uncompromising, exclusive villas are built. From here to eternity, the view will be here. Therefore, the location cannot be better than here, where Casa Colinas is built.

We furnish with light, for light becomes architecture when daylight has been used up. With the cloudless sky here in Southern Spain we also enjoy the night light, which the Moon and the Milky Way sprinkle down.

Here, one can touch the Moon

Casa Colinas is located in the mountain region of Benahavis just 6 kilometers from the town of Benahavis, a beautiful, white-washed Pueblo in one of the most mountainous areas in the western Costa del Sol. Here, one can touch the Moon, here the sky is always blue, nature is vast, it is diverse and rich in experiences. And then it is in Benahavis, one finds the most noteworthy and picturesque views, southern Spain can offer.

The town of Benahavis is located between Marbella, Estepona and Ronda Just 7 kilometers from the coast. The town is known for its restaurants, known as the dining room of the Costa del Sol. There are 9 golf courses in Benahavis out of 60 on the Costa del Sol.

The town is typical of the Moorish settlements throughout Southern Europe. The streets are narrow, the backstreets wind to end in the town square. The town has its origin in Al Andalus, the Moorish kingdom, which at its peak covered almost the entire Iberian peninsula.

Casa Colinas

Calle Isabel Allende, Vial 8

Plot C27, Urbanization Monte Mayor 29679 Benahavis, Malaga, Spain

Only the mountain birds and the heavenly angels, can look in.

The gated community of Monte Mayor

Monte Mayor in Spanish means ‘the highest and most important mountain’. Monte Mayor is a secluded and guarded area with only one entrance and one exit.

All vehicular traffic in and out is video recorded, and mobile guards ensure peace and quiet in the neighborhood around the clock. With focus on location, climate and security, Monte Mayor is one of the top urbanizations on the Costa del Sol.

Peace and tranquility. Casa Colinas stands on the edge of the protected national park. Casa Colinas is also the last property on the road, so there is absolutely no traffic passing here.

The pool has a built in bar with underwater chairs

The 18.5 meter long pool is built for swimmers who swim laps. One after another. After exercise, the built-in bar welcomes with underwater chairs and drinks.

Rio Guadalmansa flows through the national park in the valley below Casa Colinas

Casa Colinas is the realization of the dream of living in the mountains with a river below winding through nature filled with orange trees, fig trees, deer, wild boar, and mountain goats. A special bonus for Casa Colinas is the view of the Mediterranean Sea with Gibraltar and the Rif Mountains in the distant horizon.

As wine is history in bottles, the fountain with running water is the obligatory sound in the Andalusian courtyard.

Indoor space, outdoor space. Here in Europe's southernmost geography, outdoor space means everything. Large sliding doors open to life on the terraces, which with more than 850 sq m offers almost as much space outside as inside.

Engineering

The joy of living in the mountains is inversely proportional to building a house that will stand here for the next few hundred years. Piloting is the keyword, and it's better to have way too much than a little too little. It took 6 months to ram 1800 meters of piloting piles of reinforced concrete into the mountain. On this foundation, Casa Colinas stands well. The same foundation also applies to the wall against the road.

Mare Nostrum

The ancient Romans called the Mediterranean Sea Mare Nostrum, our sea. Quite an ownership, and so it remained for several hundred years.

From Casa Colinas, the Marbella coast to Mare Nostrum is just 10 minutes away.

Video surveillance of the entrance. Casa Colinas is discreet and undisturbed as the last house on the road before the protected national park. Absolutely no passing traffic here.

Breakfast, lunch or dinner on the terrace - right next to the kitchen

Barbecue with gas grill and wood fired pizza oven, all made with extractor hood and chimney

As the Earth spins, the Sun sets behind the national park, the light retreats in the sky. Casa Colinas is a private paradise built on the right mountainside of Monte Mayor. It's a cosmopolitan house, it could just as well be in the mountains on the Californian west coast.

The pool

Light creates atmospheres, and atmospheres can be created with the built-in lights in the pool in blue, green, and red shades. With two large air-to-water heat pumps, the water is always 25-30 degrees, even in winter. A motorized blanket for the night with built-in solar cells during the day keeps the heat.

Calzada Portuguesa. The granite stones in the courtyard are everlasting, they demand no attention, and they cement the durable material choice, which Portugal is particularly known for.

Living room and kitchen

The heart of Casa Colinas is the large kitchen extended from the 140 sq m living room. All sliding doors to the west can be opened towards the lounge environment on the terrace and the mountains to the west. To the east stands a 300-year-old olive tree. It's a spacious kitchen, a professional kitchen with the best appliances and white goods.

Kitchen cooking island with wine coolers and hidden extractor

Be guestmy

All guest rooms have their own bathroom en suite, and they all have the most amazing view of the mountain nature in the national park and the river Rio Guadalmansa running at the bottom of the valley.

Guest room on first floor with own terrace

Guest room overlooking valley and pool area

Master bedroom

The most private room in Casa Colinas is the master bedroom. It's located in its own intimate section with a large, transparent bathroom and a walk-in closet to the south. A single press of a button changes the room into a cinema with a built-in screen and projector.

Guest toilet with antique flooring

Marrocan tiles and English water taps in nickel

Cinema

Anything can happen in the dark, and it does in the basement of Casa Colinas. Private cinema with space for 12 guests is designed and built by Bang & Olufsen.

Comfort. With 21 speakers, adjustable comfort electric chairs, and a 4.2-meter screen, it's easy to disappear in the dark.

When it's wine o'clock

A professional kitchen also has a professional wine cellar with control of temperature and humidity.

Fitness and spa

The basement acts as an isolated department in relation to the rest of Casa Colinas. It's the section for self-pampering, spa, fitness, massage, and relaxation.

Spa overlooking the valley

Solar power

A platform with artificial grass was constructed for the solar cells that generates energy directly to the house via a converter. The solar cells cannot be seen from the house.

Technique room

The DAIKIN installation is the heart of the house, and like a real heart with inflow and return flow, it is also designed accordingly. With intelligent units and large hot water tanks, water is distributed around the house. The system also controls underfloor heating and the pool.

Under the pool, there are several large water tanks hidden. They are activated automatically if water cannot be supplied from outside for any reason. The tanks have a capacity for three days of consumption for 12 people.

Laundry facilities

Big house, big facilities, big machines, big closets. Of course. Plenty of closet space for storing towels, tablecloths, bed linen, etc. The laundry has its own highway to the basement via chutes from the ground floor and 1st floor.

Technical specifications

ALARM SYSTEM

● Main screens in Hall, Master bedroom, service apartment and Spa terrace

● Malaca alarm system incl. 3 different systems/ sectors :

● 1. Indoor

2. Outdoor

3. Laser beams covering entire plot/fencing

● Alarm system connected to Malaca main alarm center and Monte Mayor main gate security

● Main gate security has camera surveillance of CC main gate 24/7 and can be present at house within 3 minutes

THE MUSIC SYSTEMS

● The entire music and sound systems are installed by Bang & Olufsen

● All rooms, bathrooms, toilets and terraces have built-in loudspeakers that are all operated by 15 amplifiers.

● Each room have a wall control that activate the music system with TuneIn or Deezer by pressing one button.

● The house also has 4 main touch-screen controls that can activate music in each individual room.

● Music in all rooms and terraces can also be controlled with mobile phones, tablets etc. by means of the Bang & Olufsen App or Airplay when connected to the wi-fi system of the house.

● When using the Bang & Olufsen App it is possible to play different music in each room or area of the house.

● Main terrace on ground floor have been prepared with loudspeaker outlets for Bang & Olufsen speaker systems Beolab 5 / Beolab 50 if necessary for large parties.

● Master bedroom on first floor has special Bang & Olufsen built in speaker system with sub-woofer.

HEATING & AIRCONDITIONING

● The systems for heating, cooling and floor heating are all supplied by Daikin

● The 3 main air to air/water pumps are placed outside behind the parking area, where they cannot be seen nor heard

● All main floors in the house including wooden floors are heated with water pipes

● All bathroom floors are electrically heated

● The heating and cooling of all rooms are done via air vents built into the ceilings

● Cooling and heating makes basically no noise

● Food storage, electronics room and wine cellar, all have individual cooling systems

● Heating of swimming pool is done via 2 large air to water pumps

THE LIGHTING SYSTEM

● All lighting inside and outside has been supplied by Bang & Olufsen See & Touch Marbella

● Lighting can be controlled from wall buttons, phones, tablets or the 4 main touch screen controls

● Control system for phones and tablets is LUTRON

● Each room or terrace has 2 standard settings on wall = Normal or Relax (dimmed)

● Each room and terraces also have dimming control on wall

● Each room and terrace have programmed scenes depending on time of day or usage

● All programming can be done in the LUTRON app or remote by Bang & Olufsen

● Basement have automatic light off/on when entering

● Driveway has automatic light off/on when entering/ opening main gate by foot or by car

● Garden and fencing around house have lights

● All lights are based on LED technology

Main specifications

GROUND FLOOR

Kitchen

● All table tops brasilian granite

● Wine coolers: Gaggenau 2 pieces

● Fridge & freezer: Gaggenau

● Microwave/oven: Gaggenau

● Oven: Gaggenau

● Steamer: Gaggenau

● Induction plates: Gaggenau

● Extractor: Gaggenau (built-in table)

● Dish washers: Gaggenau 2 pieces

● Coffee brewer: Scanomat Top brewer

Guest toilet

● Antique stone flooring

Guest room

● View of valley and river

Main terrace

● Patio with water fountain from Provence

● 2 dining areas

Lounge area

● Barbecue area with gas barbecue and stone pizza oven

● Swimming pool with built in bar

● Stairs to basement apartment, 1st floor master bedroom terrace

● Stairs to spa area terrace and gym

FIRST FLOOR

Master bedroom

● Walk-in wardrobe

● Shower

● Bath tub

● Toilet & bidet

● 2 sinks

● Cinema with hidden projector and screen with Bang & Olufsen speaker system

● Access to large terrace with stairs to ground floor terrace and swimming Pool

Office

● Facing east, south and west with access to 2 large terraces

Guest bedroom

● Access to terrace facing south and west

Guest bedroom

● Access to terrace facing south and west

FOOD STORAGE

● Separate air conditioning system and Gaggenau freezer/ice maker

ELECTRONIC ROOM

● Electrical boards with fuses all described/listed in Spanish and English

● Rack system with WiFi control

● Rack system with music amplifiers for entire house

● Lutron light control system

● Antenna system etc.

LAUNDRY ROOM

● Shaft from ground floor and 1st. floor direct to laundry room

● 2 large washing machines

● 2 large dryer machines

● Lots of locker space

CINEMA

● Complete cinema built by Bang & Olufsen

● Electrical chairs and sofas

● Floor, ceiling and wall sound insulation

● 16 speakers in ceiling and walls

● 5 main speakers Beolab 5

● Fixed screen 178” (app. 4,20 m x 1,95 m)

● Control system with touch screen pad and automatic light dimming

APARTMENT

● Apartment with separate bedroom and bathroom. Large living/dinning room with kitchen and small storage room

● Bedroom and living room with access to patio via sliding doors

● Direct access from outside

GUEST ROOM

● Complete with en-suite bathroom and toilet

STORAGE/TOOL

● Working bench with hand and power tools

● Storage area

MACHINE ROOM

● Large machine room with all machinery and systems for heating, cooling, floor heating and showers distributions. Daikin air to air/water systems

● Water level system for swimming pool/ overflow system

● Decalcification system with salt

● Water distribution systems for :

1. Swimming pool

2. Water tanks for house (emergency)

3. Water tanks for garden irrigation system

● Schematic diagram and description of all piping with flow direction in English and Spanish

● Safety doors to both tool and machine room

WINE CELLAR

● Capacity of 3-4.000 bottles

● Separate industrial air conditioning system for temperature and humidity control

GYM

● Complete gym with elliptical cross trainer, treadmill, G7 multi gymnasium all from Life Fitness

● Weights, balls, Kaatsu belts etc.

● Access to Spa terrace and facing mountain valley through big sliding doors and wiew to patio with plants through glass wall

GUEST ROOM

● Guest room/massage room next to Spa terrace

SPA ROOM

● Large steam bath/hammam with shower, toilet and 2 sinks

TERRACE

● Large terrace for relaxing, massage, games etc.

Published in 2023 by Lasse Petersen

Text: Per Djervig-Chamby

Design: Sebastian Sejer & Co

Print: John Gottlieb / Brochure Design

The publisher has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in this publication, but cannot be held responsible for any changes, errors, or omissions.

Casa Colinas

Casa Colinas