Stone house in Mont-ras: a new build made to last

In 2004 we built this house in Mont-ras from the ground up, and more than twenty years later it still looks as good as on the first day. The photos were taken in 2026: there is no better way to show how we build than to return to one of our projects two decades on.

Traditional Empordà architecture

The house speaks the language of the buildings of our region, from the outside in:

Exposed stone façades: The stone gives the house a warm texture and makes it blend into the garden as if it had always been there.

Clay tile roof and timber porch: Tiled eaves, masonry chimneys and a porch of timber beams that extends the house outdoors.

Catalan vault and wrought iron: The staircase rises over an exposed-brick Catalan vault with a wrought-iron railing, and a brick arch opens onto a hallway with a timber-beamed ceiling.

Life outdoors

Under the porch there is an outdoor dining area and a summer kitchen with a masonry barbecue, open to the garden and the pool, which we also built. Inside, the terracotta-toned floors, the living-room fireplace and the timber joinery keep the same character.

Twenty years on

A well-built house does not age: it gains character. This project in Mont-ras carries the rigour and craftsmanship that three generations of the Serrano family have always put into every Vora Mar project.