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Mar 28th - April 10th 2019
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Golden acres Alicante villa voted Europe’s best home, writes Laurence Dollimore
Revving to build ONE of Spain’s leading car rental firms is moving into property development. Goldcar’s founders have plans to build a 36-storey skyscraper in Benidorm, it has been revealed. Juan and Pedro Alcaraz, who sold the firm to Europcar for €500 million in 2017, are waiting for a licence to build 220 apartments in the resort. The ambitious project, which will feature padel tennis courts and a private spa, will be in top 10 tallest structures in the Costa Blanca town. House prices will range from €195,000 to €765,000 and 60 have already been pre-sold, according to Alfredo Milla, CEO of Sonneil estate agents, which is managing sales. The skyscraper will be built on the quieter Poniente beach and will also boast a heated pool, gym, two hot tubs, a petanque court and a playground. Aligrupo Global Services, the family business of the Alcaraz brothers, plans to build 500 homes on the Costa Blanca, half of which will be in Benidorm, and others planned for Calpe and elsewhere.
Cheap digs ALICANTE is among the cheapest cities in Spain to rent a property, a report has shown. TecniTasa found that Alicante, Elche, Castellon de la Plana, Almeria and Huelva were the most economic places for renting per square metre. The city boasts a humble rental price of below €2.5 per square metre, making it extremely affordable to students and expats.
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A COSTA BLANCA villa has been named as Europe’s ‘best private residence’. Stunning Villa el Sueño, in Javea, trumped thousands of properties from around the continent that entered the competition. The stunning home, situated high on the Cape Nao headland, won various heats to become the top property in Spain, before scooping Europe’s finest this month in the International Property Awards. The €5 million villa was designed to embrace sunrise views over the Mediterranean sea on one side, and
Barcelona was the city with the highest rents, where properties on the central Paseo de Gracia fetch a massive €36 per square metre. The report estimated that a property of 150 square metres would cost €5,400 per month - which is €150 more than the same property on Madrid’s Calle Serrano, in ritzy Barrio Salamanca, where rents soar to €35 per square metre. The next-most-expensive cities in Spain are Marbella and Malaga, where rents are €22 per square metre, followed by San Sebastian, where they are €21 per square metre, and Las Palmas, where they are €20 per square metre.
sunset views over Granadella beach, the Cap D’Or and the iconic Penyal d’Ifac at Calpe on the other. An infinity pool blurs the barriers between lounge chairs and the sea, while skyframe windows allow the owner to wake up in the mountains. The property is only built from Mediterranean materials such as the creamy travertine limestone, insists its architect Gonzalo Aranguren Miranda, of Miralbo Urbana. “The idea is to help it blend into the stunning rugged countryside,” he explained. “This is an award for Javea not just us!”
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