(Ok, grammar police, I know we need an apostrophe there but it screws up the feed) Heres a cheerful and colourful Villa, filled to the rafters with the signs of the busy modern family, boogie boards, padel boards, fishing rods, mandolins, piano, harp, gymnasium and sauna, art studio, thousands of books, dartboard and even a shelf of scary dolls, it reads like the prize list from Bullseye*. You name it, these owners do it...

I am a Modern House, a house for the Millennium, clean lines and good times with Wifi, Mai Tais, Hi-Tec and Alt Spec, low maintenance, no worries, ecologically sound and ready for anything. I stand alone on a road i call home, peaceful and quiet but not too far out, the neighbours are nice but not nosey, friendly and cozy, no losers and posers, no snobs, no free loaders. I have four beds and three baths...

Ever fancied yourself as a bit of a small hotel owner? In a lovely town just outside one of the nicest cities in Spain and on the edge of the countryside? This property is up for sale In RibaRoja. Its in the town, but backs on to the Huerto, so beautiful open views of fields and orange groves (what did you expect to see, Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plain …?)...

This is Villa Hendaya, which is handy enough for me because sometimes when you have a really good property*, it can make for a very boring listing. But Hendaya is a town in the south of France, maybe best known in this part of the world as being the location of a meeting between Hitler and Franco** soon after World War Two broke out. Hitler wanted Franco’s help in the war, but as Franco was no ordinary eejit...

There are hundreds of advantages that can be present in a property when you buy it. Some have many and some have few. This property has many of course but the biggest is all is that if you stand on your terrace you have a beautiful view of a verdant garden and pool and maybe just maybe you can wave to me on the other side of the garden because I live here and have done for over 20 years...

Seriously hi spec, two totally independent apartments with an unusually good size plot 1000m2. Ideal for more than one family or a property that could more than pay its own way via short term rentals. Of course, the infrastructure still exists to return the property to a splendid four or five bed family house. Location sounds too good to be true... 10 minutes walk from supermarkets...

Very hard to find fault with this property. In La Cañada, just 5 minutes walk from the British College, and half that to a supermarket and your choice of restaurants, this villa is ideally located. The living area is split level and completely open, with a fireplace in the centre. Cool in the summer and cosy in the winter. The kitchen has ceiling to floor double doors leading out onto the garden and terrace...

Regular readers and visitors to the VP website might have noticed that we have been quite busy lately and have listed some really cracking properties in the last few weeks, there’s just a couple of months left for entries to the “Most Sarcastic Description 2022” and the competition is really hotting up with the winner to be announced at the Xmas party, whoop whoop...

And now for a slight departure from our usual kind of listings in these parts, the majority of our clients come looking for some typical Spanish features and character when looking for a family villa, so we tend to ignore the modern builds and have probably made the usual comments about them being soulless and sterile, but I guess life is not all about arches, mosaic floors, and high ceilings...