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Renovations in Gran Alacant.
Gran Alacant is a huge urbanisation perched on the plateau between Santa Pola and the sea, with the best views of the bay and the wind that comes with them. Thousands of near-identical terraced bungalows, a shared pool and community statutes. Renovating here well means allowing for the constant wind, the salt at altitude that batters the flat roofs and the rules of a large community.
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The homes of Gran Alacant
The terraced urbanisation bungalow dominates — ground floor or upper floor with a solarium — in large communities with a shared pool and statutes. Mostly built from the 1990s, with seasonal services and flat roofs very exposed to the sun and wind.
Seasonal bungalows, some lived in all year, with flat roofs that are very exposed. The renovation is designed for what really suffers up here: the wind that slips through every gap, the salt that pits the metalwork and waterproofing that has to stand the plateau sun.
What this area does to a home
- Wind and salt off the plateau
- In Gran Alacant the wind is constant and carries salt off the sea. It punishes façades, frames, awnings and the air-conditioning units, and it forces the solarium waterproofing. Here the materials and fixings are chosen knowing the wind and salt give no respite.
- A roof in the sun and wind in the gaps
- With the wind slipping through every poorly-sealed gap, the bungalow loses comfort and builds up damp; and on top of that the flat roof, baked by the plateau sun and battered by the wind, is where the asphalt sheet cracks first and the leak appears. Both are tackled at once — sealing and ventilation inside, waterproofing checked dry outside — before the first autumn storm finds the hole.
- A large community with statutes
- Gran Alacant is a single giant urbanisation, and its statutes are strict precisely about what suffers most up here: how the solarium is enclosed so the wind doesn't tear it off, where and how the air-con unit is anchored to stand the gusts, what can be touched on the shared flat roof. Going it alone ends in a formal notice; we check the rules and talk to the estate management before we start.
Why an in-house team
In Gran Alacant the wind blows salt-laden and gives no respite to façades, fixings or flat roofs, and the community statutes watch every solarium enclosure. Our way is to do it well and without hassle: a fixed written quote before we start, no last-minute extras; a named person in charge who checks the rules before touching anything; and a date that's met. Fast, done properly and no surprises.
What we do in Gran Alacant
Gran Alacant — your questions
Do you renovate bungalows on the Gran Alacant urbanisations?
Yes, it's one of our coastal areas. We know the terraced bungalow, the solarium and the flat roof so typical here, and we work respecting the community's rules and work hours.
The wind and salt wreck my façade, awnings and air conditioning. What's the solution?
Materials and fixings made for an exposed spot: frames and fittings for a marine environment, air-con units well placed and protected, and reinforced solarium waterproofing. In Gran Alacant, renovating with interior-grade materials is throwing money away.
Can I enclose the solarium? And will it hold up in the wind?
It depends on what your community's statutes allow and on the council licence; we check before quoting. If it's allowed, we build it with framing and fixings made for the plateau wind, which up here tears off anything not properly secured.
My roof leaks. Do you handle the waterproofing?
Yes, it's one of the most common repairs in Gran Alacant because of the plateau sun and wind. We check the roof dry, find the joint or point that's failing and solve it before the damp reaches the ceiling.
Do you handle the electrics and the air conditioning with paperwork?
Yes. We're authorised low-voltage electricians and a registered climate-installation firm: the electrics with their signed certificate and the air conditioning with its own. In a home exposed to the wind and salt, a single person responsible for everything avoids surprises.
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