San Sebastián Housing: how to feel at home in one of the most welcoming cities of the world
San Sebastián Housing: how to feel at home in one of the most welcoming cities of the world
Mexican essayist Valeria Luiselli said that “it’s never clear what turns a space into a home, and a life-project into a life.” It is truly difficult to outline what people feel in each space with objective rules or systems, but the truth is that there are homes that simply feel cozier than others. They know a lot about that at San Sebastián Housing, a pioneering Basque company specializing in the short-term rental of premium real estate on the shores of the Cantabrian Sea. Their maxim is to completely avoid what Luiselli described in “Papeles falsos” (“False Papers”): “At best, the books I read were much like certain hotel rooms into which we enter, exhausted, at midnight and from which we are expelled at midday.”
San Sebastián Housing aims to offer accommodation that combines the comfort of a home with the services of a luxury hotel. To accomplish that, they have around thirty high-class homes that occupy some of the best buildings in the city at important addresses like Calle San Marcial, Calle Zubieta, Paseo de la Fe, Reyes Católicos, and Calle Cristóbal Balenciaga.
Their vast experience managing real estate has allowed them not only to obtain some of the most outstanding homes in the city but also to undertake the renovation of the apartments, adapting them to the requirements of the most demanding clients. Among the latest apartments that this company has added to its portfolio are: “Zurriola Beach Luxury Boutiques II,” a beautiful, newly renovated home measuring 94 m2 that can sleep up to six guests; “San Sebastián Luxury Cathedral II,” measuring 65 m2 and located in a historic ashlar stone building, with a capacity for up to four people; and “Kursaal Beach Luxury Boutique,” measuring 70 m2 and featuring three bedrooms and a capacity for five guests.
In addition to this company’s apartments’ contemporary decoration, location, and the fact that they are fully equipped, it is worth highlighting their impeccable catalog of home-based services, which includes: wine tasting experiences (the company has a select winery with the best champagnes, cavas, and wines of different designations of origin), the preparation of a gourmet meal by a chef in the apartment’s own kitchen, the “full fridge” service, and even private Basque cooking courses. There is also a 24-hour service that processes restaurant reservations and transfers in luxury vehicles, hires guides and personal shoppers, and can even charter a private boat for guests and organize surfing activities, culinary tours, and visits to wineries.
Luiselli spoke of literature “as a habitable place or permanent dwelling.” Something like that is what those responsible for San Sebastián Housing hope their guests feel: they wish for their houses to become homes for all who step foot inside.
San Sebastián Housing
Calle Triunfo 2, San Sebastián.
Tel.: +34 943 324 282
+34 605 465 552
