South Facing New Developments in Mijas

Almost all of the new stock here is off-plan, which means you can secure a south-facing position before the scheme completes and the best-oriented units are taken. Sizes range from one-bedroom apartments to six-bedroom villas, spread across several neighbourhoods between the coast and the hills.

A south-facing orientation matters more on the Costa del Sol than in most places, because the sun is high and strong for much of the year. In a new build home, the architect has already worked the orientation into the floor plan. Living areas and terraces face south, bedrooms sit on the cooler side, and the glazing is sized to let light flood the main rooms without overheating them. You get a home that feels bright from morning until late afternoon. In a resale property, the orientation is whatever the original layout allowed, and retrofitting larger windows or repositioning a terrace is rarely practical.

Mijas stretches from the coastline up into the foothills, and south-facing plots benefit from both the sun and the views. Many of the south-facing schemes look out to the Mediterranean, while others sit along the golf corridors with open sightlines across the fairways.

La Cala de Mijas is one of the main areas for south-facing new build apartments, penthouses and townhouses. The neighbourhood sits close to the beach, and a south-facing terrace here catches the sea breeze as well as the sun. Apartments typically come with two or three bedrooms. Penthouses add a private solarium on the roof, doubling the outdoor space that benefits from the orientation. Townhouses in this area often have south-facing gardens at ground level and a roof terrace above.

Mijas Golf and La Cala Golf hold south-facing villas and townhouses set along the courses. A south-facing villa on a golf-front plot gets uninterrupted light across the pool terrace and garden without a building opposite to block it. These homes tend to be larger, running to four, five or six bedrooms, with open-plan ground floors that connect directly to the outdoor space.

Riviera del Sol, El Chaparral and Mijas Costa fill in the strip between the coast road and the hills. New build apartments and penthouses here are oriented to capture both the southern sun and sea views where the topography allows it. Las Lagunas, closer to Fuengirola, offers south-facing apartments at a different scale, often in larger residential schemes with communal pools and gardens.

Buying off-plan is the practical way to get a south-facing home in Mijas, because the finished stock barely exists. Developers release units in phases, and south-facing positions go first. Reserving early gives you the widest choice of floor, layout and precise orientation within the scheme. You also get a home built to the latest energy regulations, with better insulation, double or triple glazing, and in many cases aerothermal heating and cooling. These features work hand in hand with the south-facing aspect: the home captures passive solar heat in winter and the thermal envelope keeps it comfortable in summer without heavy air-conditioning use.

If you want to understand the buying steps, staged payments and the taxes that apply to a new build purchase in Andalucia, the Costa del Sol guide above this page sets it all out.