{"id":14482,"date":"2025-05-21T11:08:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.klicarquitectos.com\/?p=14482"},"modified":"2026-10-04T03:56:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T01:56:48","slug":"casa-posh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.klicarquitectos.com\/en\/blog\/casa-florez\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa Posh \u00b7 Renovation with interior design \u00b7 Altos del Rodeo \u00b7 Marbella"},"content":{"rendered":"

One bedroom fewer and two properly sized bathrooms, a courtyard with a fountain that organises the house, and continuous surfaces of micro-cement and timber. Casa Posh is a renovation with interior design in Marbella: 153.51 m\u00b2 of built floor area over three levels, in the Altos del Rodeo area. The house came to us compartmentalised, with the kitchen closed off. The brief asked for something harder than new finishes: working out where the centre of the house actually was, then rearranging everything else around it.<\/p>\n

The brief: interior design first, then the project<\/h2>\n

The commission reached the studio in 2024, and it did not begin as a renovation project but as a preliminary interior design scheme. First we decided how the house would be lived in; then the project was drawn up. The project report is dated Marbella, October 2025.<\/p>\n

The clients are two private owners renovating their own home. That changes how the work runs. There is no technical department on the other side of the table, just two people who will be sleeping here.<\/p>\n

Marbella has brought us work at very different scales, from the Kids Club at Hotel Puente Romano<\/a> to a three-storey house like this one. Our renovations page<\/a> has more projects of this kind.<\/p>\n

The awkward decision: one bedroom fewer<\/h2>\n

Built area comes to 153.51 m\u00b2: 56.69 m\u00b2 on the ground floor, 65.92 m\u00b2 on the first, 3.72 m\u00b2 on the second and 27.18 m\u00b2 of covered porch. Usable area barely shifts, from 109.98 m\u00b2 to 111.80 m\u00b2. There is no extra square metre to be found, so the whole project is redistribution.<\/p>\n

On the ground floor the kitchen opens up and becomes part of the living and dining room, and the 11.99 m\u00b2 open courtyard takes over the ordering of the house alongside the covered porch. On the first floor came the most awkward decision of the project: one bedroom goes. That floor area is handed to the bathrooms, so the main one grows from 4.76 m\u00b2 to 8.57 m\u00b2 and the second from 4.54 m\u00b2 to 6.07 m\u00b2.<\/p>\n

The house loses a room and gains two properly sized bathrooms. It is not a trade that suits everyone. It made sense here because the second floor keeps its own bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and a storage cupboard, so the number of beds stays reasonable.<\/p>\n

Settling where the centre of a house sits before choosing a single finish is the same discussion we had at Villa Rouse<\/a> in Benahav\u00eds and Villa Kauai<\/a> in La Cala Golf, Mijas.<\/p>\n

Materials, services and consents<\/h2>\n

The palette relies on continuous surfaces: micro-cement wall finishes, a suspended plasterboard ceiling (moisture-resistant board in the bathrooms and cloakroom) and bespoke timber joinery by Albarrac\u00edn, covering doors, shelving, skirtings and handrails. The porcelain wall finishes are by Porcelanosa (Newark Topo, Deco Bremen Nut and Noa Tanzania Almond). Concealed single-lever taps come in gold, dark bronze and bronze black, and the bathrooms include curved niches formed in situ. The metalwork and the stair balustrade are by The Carpenter; the stair treads, sills and copings by M\u00e1rmoles Novastone.<\/p>\n

The invisible work matters just as much. On the ground floor the project sets a damp-proof barrier under the slab, with a ventilated lining against the party wall. On the roof and terraces the existing finish is taken up, the waterproofing rebuilt and new rainwater outlets fitted. Services are replaced in full: new electrics and lighting, plumbing and drainage adjusted, ventilation adapted, and air-source heat-pump climate control (aerotermia<\/em>) with a split indoor unit serving the living-dining-kitchen space and the bedrooms.<\/p>\n

Neither the structure nor the existing volume is touched. With no change of use, no increase in buildable area and no work to communal areas, the scheme goes through Marbella Town Hall as minor works under a declaraci\u00f3n responsable<\/em> \u2014 broadly, a notification-based consent rather than a full application \u2014 and the project was endorsed (visado) by the M\u00e1laga College of Architects (Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de M\u00e1laga<\/em>) in February 2026. Klic signs off the design, the interior design, the construction supervision, the works execution management and the health and safety coordination.<\/p>\n

What the house gains<\/h2>\n

The plan moves from a chopped-up layout to a clear hierarchy across three levels: daily life on the ground floor, turned towards the courtyard and the porch; two generous bathrooms and two bedrooms on the first floor; a self-contained bedroom with its own bathroom on the second. An 11.99 m\u00b2 courtyard and 27.18 m\u00b2 of covered porch, both meant to be used as another room for most of the year.<\/p>\n

If you are weighing up a renovation of this kind in Marbella or along the western Costa del Sol, the first decision is not the materials. It is knowing what can move and what cannot. Get in touch with the studio<\/a> and we will look at it with the plans in front of us.<\/p>\n

Gallery<\/h2>\n
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\"Living<\/figure>\n
\"Overhead<\/figure>\n
\"Kitchen<\/figure>\n
\"Open-plan<\/figure>\n
\"Bedroom<\/figure>\n
\"Bathroom<\/figure>\n
\"Detail<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

Project data<\/h2>\n
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  • Typology:<\/strong> Full renovation with interior design of a single-family home<\/li>\n
  • Use:<\/strong> Residential \u00b7 single-family home<\/li>\n
  • Location:<\/strong> Altos del Rodeo \u00b7 Marbella \u00b7 M\u00e1laga<\/li>\n
  • Architecture studio:<\/strong> Klic Arquitectos \u00b7 M\u00e1laga<\/li>\n
  • Design year:<\/strong> 2024-2025<\/li>\n
  • Status:<\/strong> Design stage \u00b7 studio renders<\/li>\n
  • Units:<\/strong> 1 home<\/li>\n
  • Built area:<\/strong> 153.51 m\u00b2 (ground floor 56.69 \u00b7 first floor 65.92 \u00b7 second floor 3.72 \u00b7 covered porch 27.18)<\/li>\n
  • Usable area:<\/strong> 109.98 m\u00b2 before \u2192 111.80 m\u00b2 after the renovation<\/li>\n
  • Programme:<\/strong> Ground floor: hall, living room, dining room, integrated kitchen and cloakroom. First floor: 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Second floor: bedroom, bathroom and storage cupboard. Outside: inner courtyard with fountain (11.99 m\u00b2), covered porch and two terraces (3.64 and 9.39 m\u00b2)<\/li>\n
  • Client:<\/strong> Private \u00b7 two owners renovating their own home<\/li>\n
  • Interior design:<\/strong> Klic Arquitectos<\/li>\n
  • Construction supervision (direcci\u00f3n de obra):<\/strong> Klic Arquitectos<\/li>\n
  • Works execution management (direcci\u00f3n de ejecuci\u00f3n):<\/strong> Klic Arquitectos \u00b7 Ruth Buj\u00e1n Varela and Juan Alejandro Go\u00f1i Uriarte<\/li>\n
  • Building contractor:<\/strong> BRACE<\/li>\n
  • Collaborators:<\/strong> Albarrac\u00edn (timber joinery) \u00b7 The Carpenter (metalwork and balustrade) \u00b7 M\u00e1rmoles Novastone (treads, sills and copings) \u00b7 Porcelanosa (porcelain finishes)<\/li>\n
  • Permitting:<\/strong> Declaraci\u00f3n Responsable (notification-based consent) \u00b7 Marbella Town Hall. Endorsed (visado) by the M\u00e1laga College of Architects, February 2026<\/li>\n
  • Klic services:<\/strong> Renovation design, interior design, construction supervision, works execution management, health and safety coordination and permit management<\/li>\n
  • Team:<\/strong> Ruth Buj\u00e1n Varela and Juan Alejandro Go\u00f1i Uriarte, architects. Site monitoring: Toni L\u00f3pez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n