In Boliqueime the refurbishments are of country houses and farm outbuildings converted into living space. It is old construction with no drawings available, where you only know what is inside a wall once you open it — and where you have to quote with that uncertainty stated up front, not hidden.
We get there in about 15 minutes · Free site visit and quote
Boliqueime is barrocal country: houses scattered across hillsides, smallholdings with almond and carob trees, and a lot of old building stock that has never been properly touched.
Gentle hills between the mountains and the coast, with scattered settlement and dirt tracks serving many of the properties. Traditional country houses and restored smallholdings, barrel-tile roofs on timber structures, stone walls holding up terraces, and farm outbuildings converted into living space.
In Boliqueime we are called out mainly for roofs and stonework — cleaning and repairing coverings before the first rains, and building or rebuilding walls.
This is where we find the most roofs covered in moss and lichen. Barrel tiles laid without an underlay let water through as soon as one piece cracks or slips, and the problem only shows up when the stain reaches the ceiling.
Many terraces are held by dry stone walls decades old. With no drainage behind them, rainwater pushes and the wall bellies out until it comes down. Rebuilding is a mason's job, not ordinary blockwork.
There are properties a materials lorry cannot reach. We allow for that when quoting, with a transfer into a smaller vehicle.
We measure, see what is possible and listen to what you want the space to do.
Broken down by stage and by material, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
Dates per stage and coordination of the trades, settled before we start.
One person as your point of contact, with photographs of progress if you cannot be there.
A walk-through with you, correction of anything that needs it, and the post-construction clean included.
We work in Boliqueime regularly. We set out from Loulé and get there in about 15 minutes, which means we can come and look at the job without charging for the trip.
This is where we find the most roofs covered in moss and lichen. Barrel tiles laid without an underlay let water through as soon as one piece cracks or slips, and the problem only shows up when the stain reaches the ceiling. It is the situation we come across most often in Boliqueime, and it is why we look at the job before quoting.
For interior refurbishment with no structural change, normally not. If there is structural alteration, an extension or council licensing, a design is required, and we work with professionals who handle that.
We will. Not everybody wants to refurbish everything at once, and phasing it room by room is a perfectly sensible way to spread the cost over time.
It is included when we do the work. It is what avoids the very common situation of the job finishing and the house staying uninhabitable for another week waiting for someone to clean it.
Tell us what you need and we will come and look. We get there in about 15 minutes and the visit is free.
