PH Sol Marina

PH Sol Marina rises 34 floors in Marbella and was completed in 2009. It holds 61 registered units, 60 of them apartments; the odd one out covers common area and belongs to the community rather than to any home.

The building sits near Avenida Balboa, within reach of the Cinta Costera waterfront and Casco Viejo, in the financial-district area.

Listings for the building put the apartments at around 240 m², three bedrooms, with two parking spaces — the same plan turning up again and again. A buyer choosing between two apartments here is choosing a floor and a view, because the layout barely moves.

Those listings also describe a pool, a children's playground, a gym, a sauna and a party room, run under 24-hour security. None of that is itemised on the building's own file. Facilities of that kind are maintained out of the same budget the 60 apartments carry between them, and round-the-clock security is a standing cost inside it.