each villa had a staircase and an independent entrance; the first two (both belonging) to the olazábal family, had a communication to the main floor by a gallery. the second level of the building was raised, the windows were enlarged and the roofs were decorated with pinnacles and finials as well as wooden lace skirts under the eaves of the gables, in the style of a swiss chalet, as in many villas of the belle époque. villas itchola and esguzkitza were flanked by towers, high above the old gallery of arcades.