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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
Bathroom renovations in Torrevieja
In the 1970s–2000s apartments of the centre and seafront, the bathroom is often the original: a bath nobody uses, pipework furred with lime and salt, a socket with no earth a step from the water. In La Mata or Los Balcones bungalows, add mould on the wall against the solarium. We strip it back, renew pipework and wastes, tank the shower area, fit an extractor where there is no window and choose fittings that stand up to the salt air. Electrics with their certificate, the job with a written guarantee.
Bathroom refurbishmentKitchen fitters and renovations in Torrevieja
A Torrevieja holiday apartment usually has a small, closed-off kitchen fitted for a fortnight's use, with the oven, hob and washing machine on one circuit and damp in the cupboards. Where the wall is not structural and you want it open, we take it through to the living room. New circuits with their own protection, easy-clean porcelain, worktops that take the wear of a let, hinges and fittings that do not rust in the salt air. Fitted by our own trades, with the electrical certificate and a written guarantee.
Kitchen refurbishmentFull apartment and bungalow renovations in Torrevieja
In a 1970s–2000s apartment near the seafront, or a 1990s bungalow in Los Balcones or Aguas Nuevas, the wiring and plumbing are usually at their limit, so it is better to do it once than open the same walls twice. A full renovation means new services, ventilation that ends the shut-in smell, aluminium and fittings rated for a marine environment and, on a bungalow, the solarium waterproofing checked. One team for building work, plumbing, electrics and air conditioning; the works declaration or licence handled; certificates and written guarantee on handover.
Full renovationRegistered electricians in Torrevieja
A seasonal Torrevieja apartment often has a consumer unit with no per-circuit protection, sockets with no earth, and an air-conditioning unit pulling more than the wiring can take: the faults that trip in August. As authorised low-voltage installers we replace the consumer unit, earth the installation, run dedicated circuits for kitchen and air conditioning, and rewire where the original cabling is past saving. You get the electrical certificate (boletín, CIE) signed by the installer who did the work — what an insurer, a buyer or the electricity company will ask for.
Electrical workAir conditioning installers in Torrevieja
In a Torrevieja bungalow with a solarium and little shade, the air conditioning is what the summer depends on, and the outdoor unit takes salt off the sea and the salt lakes on an exposed façade. We size the system room by room, fit an outdoor unit built for that exposure where the community's rules allow, run the condensate drain with a proper fall and give it its own circuit. Aerothermal heat pumps for heating and hot water where the home justifies it. RITE-registered firm, certificate on handover, written guarantee.
Air conditioning
Renovating your Torrevieja home from abroad
It starts without you having to fly out. You tell us what the property is — a seafront apartment, a bungalow in La Mata — and who holds the keys: an agent, a neighbour, the person who airs it between lets. We go, measure, photograph what matters — the consumer unit, the pipework, any damp on a north-facing wall — and send you a fixed written quote, line by line, usually within a day or two. The visit costs nothing.
Once you say yes, one named person runs the job and answers your WhatsApp. Before anything is opened up we check your community's statutes and working hours — where many flats are shut for the winter, the neighbours who stay hear every drill — and lodge the works declaration or licence with the town hall. Then you follow it in photos: the demolition, the new wiring and pipework, the tiling, the finishes. Any change is put to you in writing, with options.
You pay in stages tied to the work, by bank transfer with an invoice each time. When it is done you get the electrical and air-conditioning certificates signed by the team that fitted them, and the written guarantee. Sign it off in person or remotely. If your Torrevieja apartment is let in season, or your Aguas Nuevas bungalow only opens in summer, we plan the job for the empty months so it is ready for Easter and the first guests.
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.
Do I need a licence from Torrevieja town hall to renovate a bathroom or kitchen?
A bathroom or kitchen that leaves structure and façade alone normally needs a declaración responsable for minor works, lodged with the town hall. Take out a load-bearing wall or alter the façade and it stops being minor works: a licence, with a project if structure is involved. We tell you which applies at the visit and lodge it as part of the job — you deal with none of it.
My apartment is in a seafront block. Do I need the community's permission, and who deals with the neighbours?
The community has a say over anything that touches the shared parts: the façade where the outdoor air-conditioning unit hangs, the working hours, how the lift and stairwell are protected. We read the statutes before quoting, give the administrator notice, and field any questions from the neighbours, so you are not taking calls from abroad. If the statutes rule something out, you hear it before you commit.
I don't speak Spanish. How do we communicate while I'm abroad?
In English, from the first message to the guarantee. The photos from the visit, the quote, every decision and the handover are in writing on one WhatsApp thread with the person responsible for your job, so there is a record you can scroll back through, whatever the time is where you are. Calls are fine, but nothing is agreed on a call alone.
I'm renovating my Torrevieja apartment to let it. What do I end up with?
A home built to take the turnover, and the paperwork. Materials chosen for wet feet and suitcases — large-format porcelain, robust taps — the services renewed so nothing fails in August, and air conditioning sized for the rooms. On handover you get the electrical and air-conditioning certificates, an invoice for every payment and the written guarantee. Tourist registration for the let is a separate matter: check the current requirements, as they change.
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