In Vilamoura you refurbish out of season, between October and March, because in summer the apartment is earning. Planning the job runs backwards from the usual: you start from the date it has to be ready and count back.
We get there in about 20 minutes · Free site visit and quote
Vilamoura is an intensive holiday-letting area, and that changes everything about how you work: here the jobs live around the booking calendar.
A resort planned around its marina, with gated developments, holiday apartments and golf villas, all a few minutes from the sea. Mostly apartments in managed developments and resort villas, many built between the nineties and 2010, with generous balconies, metal railings and direct exposure to salt-laden wind.
In Vilamoura we work mainly for holiday-let owners and management companies: deep changeover cleans, painting between seasons and quick repairs before the high season.
Between one set of guests checking out and the next checking in there is sometimes a single day. Working here means getting in, doing the job and getting out within that window, or a booking is lost — and the owner pays for it.
Being close to the sea corrodes balcony railings, ironmongery, gates and window frames far faster than inland. What lasts ten years in the barrocal needs attention here after three or four.
Permitted working hours, use of the service lift, façade colours agreed at the owners' meeting. Ignoring this means a fine for the owner and work stopped halfway through.
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.
A complete bathroom refurbishment, from brickwork to stone: a walk-in shower, a floating counter and green marble from floor to ceiling.
A garden pond with a stone cascade wall, aquatic planting and an edge in stone and pebble.
An outdoor bar built over decking, with a counter, a cane front and a thatched roof.
We work in Vilamoura regularly. We set out from Loulé and get there in about 20 minutes, which means we can come and look at the job without charging for the trip.
Between one set of guests checking out and the next checking in there is sometimes a single day. Working here means getting in, doing the job and getting out within that window, or a booking is lost — and the owner pays for it. It is the situation we come across most often in Vilamoura, and it is why we look at the job before quoting.
Only if something appears that was not visible — rotten pipework inside a wall, for example. In that case we stop, show you what has appeared and only continue once you have approved the additional cost.
What changes the figure most is whether the pipework and the position of the sanitaryware move. Keeping the existing layout is substantially cheaper than moving the WC and the waste. We give an itemised quote so you can see the weight of each choice.
Yes, with trade specialists who have worked with us for years. You still have one person accountable and one quote.
Tell us what you need and we will come and look. We get there in about 20 minutes and the visit is free.
