Duquesa Valley modular villas

Luxury modular homes—factory-manufactured—have arrived on Spain’s Costa del Sol.

Grupo Otero, together with ExSitu, is launching a project of 14 luxury villas in Málaga that will be built under factory conditions.

The industrialization of residential construction has reached the luxury segment. Grupo Otero is bringing to market 14 factory-produced luxury villas in the municipality of Manilva in Málaga province. To achieve this, the developer working on the Costa del Sol has joined forces with ExSitu, part of the Cándido Zamora industrial group specializing in precast concrete.

This villa in Duquesa Valley, Málaga, has an area of 133 m², 3 bedrooms and terraces. Price—from 499,425 euros.

The Duquesa Valley project includes 14 two-story premium villas on plots of 525–700 m² priced from 500,000 to 610,000 euros. Clients can personalize the interior layout, as well as choose materials and finishes.

All 14 Duquesa Valley villas will be manufactured at the ExSitu factory in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo. They will then be delivered as twelve-ton panels eight meters long to the final site in Manilva.

The company emphasizes the numerous advantages of the off-site construction system compared to the traditional method: primarily, higher quality construction and finishes, as well as sustainability standards that comply with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the UN.

Until now, industrialization has focused on the middle residential segment—whether industrialization of high-rise construction or volumetric industrialization in the form of individual homes. Therefore, this agreement represents a step forward in the standardization of factory housing construction—similar to automobile manufacturing.

According to Rubén Otero, CEO of Grupo Otero, this alliance represents a “turning point” in the developer’s innovation policy and environmental commitments. “The industrialization of the Duquesa Valley project puts us at the forefront on the Costa del Sol both in the use of advanced construction technologies and in the task of creating luxury villas with a level of sustainability significantly exceeding the market average,” he adds.

According to Cándido Zamora, COO of ExSitu, the signed agreement is another step in implementing the 4.0 construction system capable of successfully tackling tasks from building affordable rental housing to luxury villas, “in which design and personalization are part of their DNA.”

Residential Complexes in Spain

Although more and more developers are betting on this formula and new factories are opening, the share of industrialized residential construction in Spain doesn’t even reach 1%—compared to 9% in Germany, 50% in the Netherlands, and 7% in the United Kingdom.

Besides new construction, industrialization is expected to play an important role in renovation—considering the scale of upcoming work and incentives provided by European funds.

In this context, 75% of Spain’s housing stock was built before the first energy efficiency directives came into force, and 80% of these buildings will still be standing in 2050, when the EU plans to achieve carbon neutrality.