We write down what we explain during our visits: real prices, real timelines and the usual traps hidden in quotes. Without a sales pitch in every paragraph.
Prices and quotes
Indicative price ranges per square metre for a full renovation, a bathroom and a kitchen in Marbella and the Costa del Sol, and the four variables that really move the price.
· 4 min read
Prices and quotes
Most renovations that end up costing 30 % more do not overrun because of surprises, but because of items that were never in the quote. How to tell a genuinely fixed quote from one that is not.
· 2 min read
How a renovation works
What happens each week during a full flat renovation, from demolition to handover, and what actually makes a project run late.
· 2 min read
Permits and regulations
Responsible declaration, minor works permit and major works permit: which one applies to your project, what documents are required and what timescales to expect.
· 2 min read
Prices and quotes
Which items eat up a bathroom budget, what can be trimmed without regret and what should never be cut to save money.
· 3 min read
How a renovation works
Six signs that your property's electrical installation has fallen behind, and why it is the item that blows up more renovation budgets than any other.
· 2 min read
Costa del Sol
Where it is worth spending when the property is to let rather than to live in, and which improvements never come back in the rent.
· 2 min read
How a renovation works
The questions that separate a company that will deliver from one that will improvise, and what answer each should get.
· 3 min read
Permits and regulations
What needs the community's authorisation, what working hours apply on the Costa del Sol, and how to avoid having the work stopped halfway.
· 2 min read
Costa del Sol
How to run a renovation on the Costa del Sol if you do not live here all year: permits, payments, remote supervision and the most common mistakes.
· 2 min read
Free visit and quote
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