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Renovations in Torrevieja.
Torrevieja has something no other part of Alicante does: it sits between two salt waters — the sea and the salt lakes — and every home here feels it. From the centre and the seafront to La Mata, Los Balcones and Aguas Nuevas, the 1970s apartment and the bungalow with a solarium live side by side, and they all share the same enemy: a salt that attacks on two fronts. Renovating well in Torrevieja means building for that, with materials up to the job and no loose ends.
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The homes of Torrevieja
Around the centre and the seafront you'll find apartments built between the 1970s and the 2000s, made for summer and now with services due for renewal. Towards La Mata, Los Balcones, Aguas Nuevas and the surrounding urbanisations it's mostly bungalows and terraced houses, with a solarium, little shade and the air conditioning as the most important appliance in the home.
It's a busy area: homes lived in all year, others let in season and plenty that only open in summer. Whatever the use, a renovation in Torrevieja is designed to stand up to the salt air and stay spotless, with the services up to date and no faults waiting for the next season.
What this area does to a home
- Double salt: sea and salt lakes
- Torrevieja doesn't have one source of salt, it has two. The air off the salt lakes adds to the sea air and attacks anything metal harder than almost any other coast: aluminium window frames, shutter guides, railings and the outdoor air-conditioning units. Choosing frames and fittings rated for a marine environment isn't a luxury here — it's the difference between a renovation that lasts and one you redo in three years.
- Marine damp and condensation
- With the salt-lake damp hanging around outside and the sea damp all around, the north-facing walls and the fitted wardrobes bring out mould and that shut-in smell, above all on ground floors and on the wall against the solarium. It's cut off with proper ventilation and materials that breathe, not with a coat of plastic paint that bubbles up again in March.
- Seasonal-apartment wiring and plumbing
- Consumer units with no per-circuit protection, sockets with no earth a step away from water, original plumbing furred up with lime and salt, and air conditioning asked for more power than the installation can take. These are the faults that ruin a rental season, and the ones best solved during the renovation — with its certificate — not once they've given you a fright in August.
Why an in-house team
In Torrevieja the salt attacks on two fronts, off the sea and off the salt lakes, and anything not chosen with it in mind gets paid for twice: the window that stops closing, the air-con unit pitted in a couple of summers. We do it right first time and without the runaround: a fixed written quote before we start, no last-minute extras; a named person in charge from the visit to the handover; and the date we gave you, met. Fast, done properly and no surprises.
What we do in Torrevieja
Torrevieja — your questions
Do you renovate apartments and bungalows across Torrevieja and its urbanisations?
Yes, it's one of the areas we work in most: the centre, the seafront, La Mata, Los Balcones, Aguas Nuevas and the surrounding urbanisations. In an apartment the focus is the salt air, ventilation and the air conditioning; in a bungalow or terraced house you add the terrace, solarium and façade in full sun. The model is the same: our own team, a fixed quote and the paperwork in hand.
I let my apartment in summer. When's the best time to do the work?
As soon as the season winds down. We take on your Torrevieja apartment in autumn or winter, with the home empty, and hand it back ready for Easter and the first guest. A written delivery date and our own trades, so you don't lose a single week of letting.
The salt from the lakes is very aggressive. Do you account for it?
Always. In Torrevieja we use aluminium and fittings treated for a marine environment, seals that stand up to salt-laden damp, and climate units built for an exposed façade. Renovating here with interior-grade materials is a guarantee you'll start again in a few years.
My bungalow is a 1990s one in Los Balcones. Is it worth renovating it all at once or in stages?
It depends on the state of the services. In the Los Balcones and Aguas Nuevas bungalows of that era, the wiring and plumbing are usually at their limit, and it's better to do it in one go rather than opening the same walls twice. If it's only the bathroom and kitchen, it can be done in stages. We look at it on the visit and tell you straight, without padding the job.
Do you handle the electrics and the air conditioning too, or subcontract them?
We do them ourselves. We're authorised low-voltage electricians and a registered climate-installation firm: the wiring comes with its signed certificate and the air conditioning with its own. In a coastal home, having a single person responsible for everything avoids the "that's not mine" when something fails mid-season.
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