New Build in Mallorca
Building from nothing on a plot you already own, or rebuilding once an existing property has come down. Describe the plot and what you want on it, and we pass the request to renovation and building companies on Mallorca that take on that kind of project.
Where new build sits on this site
Most of what is here is renovation, and that is deliberate. New build appears because the question tends to arrive at the end of a renovation conversation rather than at the start of one: somebody prices the work on an old property and discovers that replacing it is a real alternative.
The comparison is rarely just the two prices. What may be built on a plot now is not always what is already standing on it, so demolishing can cost floor area, height or a position close to a boundary that the existing building has and a replacement would not. That question belongs to a technical team, and it is worth answering before the two prices are set beside each other at all.
Where the plot is empty and that answer is already known, the job is a clean one to define: a design, a set of drawings, a technical team and a building company, in that order. Where it is not, the honest first step is pricing the refurbishment properly and comparing like with like.
What a new build request usually covers
- What the plot allows, established before anything is designed
- Design, drawings and the technical documentation
- Ground conditions, levels and access to the plot
- Water, electricity and drainage, or the alternatives where there is no connection
- Foundations and structure
- Envelope, roof and openings
- Insulation, cooling and the installations
- Kitchen, bathrooms and finishes
- Terraces, outdoor works and the pool if there is going to be one
How a new build usually runs
The building phase has a predictable rhythm. Everything before it does not, and that is where the time goes.
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What the plot allows
Established first and in writing. Everything after it depends on the answer, and nothing before it is worth paying for.
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Design and drawings
The house is designed and documented to the point where a building company can price it rather than estimate it.
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Permissions
What the project needs depends on the plot and on what is being built. Ask each company where its own responsibility starts and where the technical team takes over.
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Groundwork
Access, excavation, foundations and the connections brought into the plot.
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Structure and envelope
Frame, walls, roof and openings, until the building is weathertight.
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Installations and finishes
Electrical, plumbing and cooling, then the finishes and the fitted rooms.
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Handover
Snagging, the certificates the installations need, and the documentation for the building itself.
The comparison worth making first
Villa renovation
Structural work
General builders
How your request reaches a company
Mallorca Renovation is a comparison service. A request for a new build 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.
Is it cheaper to rebuild than to renovate?
Sometimes, and the honest answer is that it depends on the property and on the plot rather than on any rule. A rebuild removes the unknowns that make old buildings expensive to renovate, and it can also remove floor area or a position that could not be rebuilt. Price both, and settle the plot question first.
Do I need the plot before anything else?
Yes, and preferably one whose situation is already understood. A plot with an unclear answer is a project with an unclear budget, whatever the land itself costs.
Can one company handle the whole thing?
Many take the build on from drawings through to handover, and some carry the technical side as well. Ask where their responsibility starts and stops, because that boundary is where new build projects get expensive.
How long does a new build take?
Longer than the building work alone suggests. The design and the paperwork run before anybody is on site and they are not quick, and they are also the phase where the programme is most often lost.
Get new build quotes you can compare
Describe the plot and what you want on it, and let several companies price the same brief.