Is this Europe’s finest home?

The number of global billionaires has been rising sharply over recent years and this is creating an unlikely problem for the real estate industry – houses simply aren’t good or expensive enough. If you’re a plutocrat with an eight-figure sum for a second home burning a hole in your Versace slacks the choice is limited. Mercifully Spain’s Bolt Property Group has broken ground on a 30 million euro solution.

La Roca del Rey (The King’s Rock) is an aptly named property of regal proportions. Occupying one of the most desirable positions within La Zagaleta, this all-suite ten bedroom villa will become iconic not only within Bolt Property Group’s award-winning portfolio, but also in Europe. And, despite (because of?) its prodigious price tag, La Roca del Rey is already garnering a lot of attention.

Proprietor of Bolt Property Group, Hadleigh Bolt, comments, “We’ve been developing in the five million euro plus price bracket in La Zagaleta for five years and although the estate is head-and-shoulders above any European competition in terms of services, facilities and security – some prospective purchasers have been remarking that the houses just aren’t ‘good enough’. If you have a budget upwards of 20 million euros, a 10 million euro mansion is sadly going to just feel average. Bolt Property Group has listened to these concerns and conceived La Roca del Rey. This will be the ultimate home in the ultimate location and I guarantee there will be no shortage of people wanting to buy.”

Part of a wider trend for building state-of-the-art bespoke homes offering the latest in security, leisure facilities and intelligent domestic systems, La Roca del Rey has the added seduction of a trophy location. Set on an elevated 18,000m² plot (four and a half acres) complete with striking rocky outcrop, the home is visible from quite literally kilometres away. You could even keep an eye on it from your superyacht cruising on the Mediterranean some ten kilometres below – and then berth it in swanky Puerto Banús. It also follows therefore that La Roca del Rey’s future residents will be the master of all they survey from the Mayor of Moscow’s La Zagaleta residence just below to the estate’s immaculate golf courses, surrounding rugged Andalucian countryside, majestic Rock of Gibraltar and North Africa on the horizon.

Hadleigh continues, “This residence is for the truly discerning buyer after unique perfection. Doors of the finest Madagascar ebony, a lofty atrium with Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired stained glass and a pristine ten-car museum to admire those top marque toys are just some of the elements which indicate the level of luxury aimed for at La Roca del Rey. And all of this in the balmy southern Spanish climate. Nearby Málaga Airport is less than three hours flying time from Europe’s major cities, has direct flights to Moscow and America’s JFK not to mention a terminal dedicated to private aircraft. You can even land the helicopter on La Zagaleta’s oft-used pad. Everything from the location to the materials used points to La Roca del Rey ranking amongst Europe’s finest homes.”

Arranged over three floors with 4,400m² plus of living accommodation interspersed with bright patio-style courtyards, ten bedroom La Roca del Rey has many inspired features from a formal piano bar to a double-height wood-panelled library. The lower storey houses a generous 15m x 6m heated swimming pool with separate Jacuzzi and fully-equipped Spa with fitness facility whilst a home cinema sits alongside a wine cellar with a contemporary twist complete with its own champagne bar.

Outside Bolt Property Group has created extensive covered and open terraces, multi-levelled landscaped gardens and a substantial infinity-edged swimming pool with floating wooden sundecks. High-tech domotics and parking for 22 cars including that secure ten-car museum layout complete this landmark residence.

Price – 30 million euros.

For further information, visit boltpropertygroup.com