Renovation in Son Vida
Most of the large villas up here are not being renovated for the first time. They are on a second or a third pass, and what the earlier ones left behind matters more to the price than anything the current owner wants. Set out what you know about the house and we send it to renovation and building companies that work at this scale.
Renovating something already renovated
A house on its third refit contains three generations of decisions, and almost none of them were written down. Pipework rerouted around a kitchen that has since moved. Circuits added for a use nobody remembers. A wall taken out and supported in a way that worked, with no record of how. Every one of those is fine until somebody opens the ceiling above it.
That is why a survey here is worth more than on an untouched property. On a house nobody has altered, an experienced company can predict most of what it will find. On one altered repeatedly, prediction is guesswork, and the honest response is investigation before the scope is fixed rather than variations afterwards.
The other thing previous work leaves is inconsistency. Different eras of insulation, of glazing and of cooling in different parts of one house, so comfort varies room to room for reasons that are invisible. Owners usually describe that as the house being cold at one end, and it is normally the seam between two refits.
What earlier work tends to leave behind
- Pipe and cable runs that go where no drawing suggests
- Circuits added over time, with no record of what feeds what
- Structural changes supported in an undocumented way
- Two or three eras of glazing on one property
- Insulation in some parts of the envelope and not others
- Cooling systems of different ages that were never designed together
- Pool and garden services buried under work done since
- Waterproofing on terraces that has been patched more than replaced
- Finishes that hide rather than solve an earlier problem
- Rooms that are comfortable and rooms that are not, for no visible reason
Most asked for up here
Turnkey renovation
Nearby areas
Palma
Génova
Marratxí
How your request reaches a company
Mallorca Renovation is a comparison service. A request for a renovation on a large villa goes to the renovation and building companies on our list; they quote the work and carry it out, and any agreement is between you and the company you pick.
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Describe the job
Tell us the property, roughly what you want and where it is. Photographs and a rough plan help, though neither is required.
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We match it
The request goes to companies that work in your area and take on this kind of job at this size.
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They quote you
Each company contacts you directly with its own price, timing and approach. We do not set any of it.
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You compare and choose
Put the quotes side by side and take the one you want, or none of them. Using the site costs you nothing.
Why is a previously renovated house harder to price?
Because what is behind the finishes was decided by somebody who is no longer available to ask. An untouched house of a known age is predictable; one altered three times is not, and the difference shows up as variations unless it is investigated first.
Is it worth opening up before agreeing a price?
On a house like this, almost always. A small number of openings in the right places costs very little and converts a large part of the unknown into scope, which is the only thing that makes competing quotes comparable.
Why is one end of the house always colder?
Usually because the envelope was improved in stages and the stages stopped somewhere. Different glazing, different insulation or a cooling system extended rather than redesigned all produce exactly that, and it is worth finding the seam before adding more equipment.
Get quotes that allow for earlier work
Describe what you know and what you do not, and let several companies price the same scope.