Villa for sale in Castelldefels, Barcelona

Elegance, according to the French writer Honoré de Balzac, is “the science of not doing anything the same as everyone else, while seeming to do it all in the same way as they do.” This is how Rachelle’s elegant home begins, showing us the 4 characteristics that define it. The first note of elegance: aesthetics. It is the good that exists in each person, understood as good taste and one’s own style in the way one presents oneself.

Located in Montemar, the property faces us with an aesthetic of modern soft, smooth lines, adorned with bright steel railings—everything built in 2020. We step inside.

The second note of elegance: beauty. It is essential to remember that beauty, first and foremost, means harmony and proportion of the parts within the whole, whether those parts are the body, the clothing, language, or behavior. With 430 m², we enter the living room. With carefully selected décor—leather sofas and eclectic fabric chairs—it offers the right-sized space and gives access to the garden and to an absolutely open kitchen. But also, as Aristotle says, “you cannot remove or add anything to well-made works, because both excess and deficiency destroy perfection.”

The third note of elegance: naturalness. There is no true elegance without naturalness, which comes equally from spontaneity and authenticity—adjectives that define those who enjoy this kitchen, which shares space with the open floor plan and in which all appliances are integrated, making it a unique space, separate from the living room, thanks to an air system that absorbs any culinary creation we can imagine. The house itself has a completely new aerothermal system that does not require a boiler, through radiant underfloor heating, and uses renewable energy—so its consumption is like that of an appliance. We also have to add 14 photovoltaic panels that store 10 kW in two batteries connected throughout the whole house, where the air conditioning works via ducts and individual splits in the rooms.

And the fourth note of elegance: distinction. Distinction is what stands out about a person—what elevates them and makes them feel distinguished. As we can see in the three bedrooms on the first floor, where distinguished tones have been chosen to set the atmosphere in all of them. The largest one has a spacious walk-in dressing room. All three are suites. If we go up to the attic.