Author: Carolina

With all the focus on making gardens beautiful, stylish and an added-value accompaniment to the architectural and visual impact of your Marbella property, it is sometimes overlooked that children are in many cases their main users.

A garden is much more than a green space, a tamed bit of nature that forms an extension of the home’s living spaces as well as a buffer between nature and the human zone.

Well, in essence a Zen garden is built on a time-honoured Oriental tradition of harmony and balance in an area of transition between the inner house and outer surrounding.

Views are a very important consideration when choosing a property, and nowhere is this more so than on the Costa del Sol, where sea views, golf views and country and mountain views are such a prominent feature and add so greatly to the region’s unique quality of life. Add the wonderful climate and long outdoor season—and the connection between gardens and views as part of the Marbella lifestyle becomes clear.

We’re used to smart gadgets by now, ranging from phones and televisions to even kitchens and entire homes, but have you heard of ‘smart gardens’?

In Marbella, many luxurious villas and apartment complexes also feature tennis and paddle courts within their grounds

Summer is almost upon is, and now’s the time to get your garden ready for ultimate seasonal enjoyment and those long sunny months when the Costa del Sol becomes the place to be.

You see, not only does it have an effect on the kind of lighting and ambience created, as well as on energy consumption, but voltage has practical and safety connotations.

When we speak of maintenance the focus is usually on the house itself – keeping the structure and technical infrastructure of a property to a high standard, as well as the state of the home’s interior and exterior upkeep in general. However, as your garden often surrounds your home or at the very least forms an important part of the living space it offers you, good maintenance of the garden and other outdoor areas is also an integral part of a home’s state of health and its appeal.

It is a place where we can safely step outside and take in some fresh air, and thanks to the decreased amount of traffic on the roads, the air we are breathing is much cleaner than it has been for some time