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The honest answer? You can't do it with a calculator.

Many property websites will offer you an instant online valuation — type in your address, enter your square meterage, and receive a number in seconds. In many markets, that approach has some merit. Streets are uniform, construction is comparable, and price per square metre tells a broadly reliable story.

Sotogrande is not that market.

Because no two properties here are alike — and the variables that determine value go far beyond size.

Take plot value. Two properties on neighbouring streets in Sotogrande Costa can carry dramatically different land values based on orientation, proximity to the beach, the maturity of the garden, and the privacy the plot affords. A frontline golf villa on Valderrama's fairways is not comparable to a villa three streets back — even if the build size is identical.

Then there is construction quality. Sotogrande has properties spanning six decades of architecture — from the original mid-century villas of Zonas F and G to contemporary new builds in La Reserva. The quality of materials, the standard of finish, and the condition of the structure all shift the value considerably. An online tool cannot see any of that.

And then there is the street itself. In Sotogrande, knowing the street means knowing its character, its demand, its history of sales, and its standing within the wider community. That knowledge only comes from being here — from having walked those streets, negotiated on those properties, and completed transactions across every zone over many years.