Villa for sale in Arenas, Málaga

Set in the hills above Arenas, a small village in the eastern Axarquía region of Málaga province, this four-bedroom villa of 240 m² sits on a rural plot of 8,303 m² with open views across the surrounding mountains and down toward the Mediterranean. At €895,000, it represents a property built around genuine self-sufficiency rather than the appearance of it the kind of infrastructure that takes years to assemble and is rarely found ready-made.

The most practical feature here is water security. The property draws from its own well and holds 165,000 litres of on-site storage a meaningful advantage in rural Andalusia, where mains supply can be variable. Solar panels already cover hot water, and the infrastructure for solar electricity generation is in place; the panels themselves are the remaining step to full energy independence. Underfloor heating runs throughout the house and the pool is heated, making year-round use realistic rather than theoretical. These are not upgrades added for a sales brochure they are the result of an owner who built the property to live in it seriously.

The 240 m² includes a self-contained guest apartment with its own entrance a setup that works equally well for visiting family, long-term guests, or as a private home office that genuinely separates work from living. The pool area has been recently updated with new tiles and equipment. Glass curtains along the terrace can be fully opened in warm months or closed to create a sheltered winter garden a detail that extends usable outdoor living well into the cooler months between October and March, when evenings at this elevation cool noticeably even if the days remain mild.

The 8,303 m² plot is fully fenced and offers room for a vegetable garden, fruit trees, or simply the kind of open space that changes how a property feels day to day. Access is fully asphalted and not steep a detail worth noting for anyone considering this as a permanent primary residence rather than a seasonal retreat. Arenas has a pharmacy and a consultorio médico directly in the village. Vélez-Málaga with its full range of urban services supermarkets, hospital, schools is around 25 minutes by car. The beaches at Torre del Mar and Caleta de Vélez are approximately 30 minutes away, and Málaga Airport is within an hour.

The Axarquía rewards people who choose it deliberately less known than the western Costa del Sol, considerably less developed, with a density of white villages and wine country that makes the hinterland as interesting as the coast. The plot is classified as rural land.
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