Village Houses · Stonework · Hillside Villas · Roofs
Polop is a small inland village, with older village houses at its centre and villas on the slopes around. Building here is often about respecting old structures, and Dragon Reforms brings the care that takes.
Village houses in Polop are typically narrow, thick-walled and several floors high, with rooms added over the years in ways that do not always follow a pattern. Opening them up, repairing them or adding a modern kitchen and bathroom is rewarding, but you have to know what you are dealing with. The reward for getting it right is a home with more character than most modern homes, in a village that is quiet and still rooted in its surroundings.
Around the village are villas on hillside plots, where the work is more familiar: extensions, terraces and roofs. Being inland, Polop has less salt in the air, but cooler winter nights and heavier rain when it falls make damp a real question, particularly in older walls.
We take on the building and manage the other trades. Owners who are overseas get progress photos by phone. The quotation is free. We speak English and Spanish.
Village houses
A Polop village house may have walls of stone or mixed materials a metre thick in places. That gives good insulation, but it also means that a new opening is a serious operation requiring proper support. Thick walls also mean thick openings, so doors and windows set into them need carpentry made to measure rather than off the shelf.
Rooms are often connected in odd ways, and there may be levels that do not quite match. We survey carefully and suggest the simplest approach that achieves the result you want. Sometimes the best advice is to keep more of the original layout than you first thought, and we will say so if we believe it saves money without costing you the result.
Access in village streets can be tight, so we plan deliveries and rubble removal in advance.
Stone and roofs
Old stone needs the right mortar. Repointing with hard cement can trap moisture and damage the stone, so we use appropriate materials and take our time. Cement-heavy repairs are quicker and cheaper at the time, but they tend to cause trouble later, which is why we prefer lime-based approaches on old stone where they are appropriate.
Timber-framed tiled roofs on older houses may have sagging beams or broken tiles. We look at the structure before deciding between repair and renewal. Valleys and ridges are the usual weak points on an old roof, and a few repaired tiles may be all that is needed.
If damp is showing in the walls, we treat the cause as well as the finish. Cool winter nights and the odd heavy rainfall mean old walls need to be able to breathe, which affects what we put on them.
Villas around the village
Villas around Polop often have generous plots and views across the valley. Extensions, terraces and retaining walls are the main jobs. Being above the village, many of these plots have views but also have steps, slopes and walls that have been around a long time.
Plot rules vary and what you can build depends on the town hall. We advise at survey and say when an architect or technician is needed.
We match the new work to the existing house, including render, roof line and stone details. Our carpenters and window teams finish openings neatly, so the new work looks as if it was always part of the house.
How it works
We visit the house, talk through your plans and look at the structure and access. A written free quotation follows. On older houses we often suggest a staged programme, tackling structural and weatherproofing work first.
We then run the trades in a sensible order, keep you updated with photos, and guarantee the work, with the scope set out in the quotation.
Questions
Yes. We survey carefully and use methods and materials suited to older construction.
Often yes, with proper support and careful making good. We assess at survey and explain the approach.
Structural changes and some external work may need a licence from the town hall. We advise at survey.
Yes. Our damp proofing team can assess the cause before the building work is finished.
Across the area
Polop is one of the towns with its own builders page. The main Builders Costa Blanca page covers the whole service in full.
Alterations, terraces and roofs in Benidorm's apartment blocks and old town.
View Benidorm →Old town house alterations and hillside villa building work in Altea.
View Altea →Villa extensions, underbuild conversions and retaining walls in La Nucía.
View La Nucía →Terraces, rendering, roofs and wall alterations for Finestrat's hillside villas.
View Finestrat →Apartment alterations, villa extensions and terrace repairs in Calpe.
View Calpe →Villa and apartment building work in Alfaz del Pi and along the Albir seafront.
View Alfaz del Pi & Albir →Finca, old town and coastal villa building work in Benissa.
View Benissa →Get in touch
Tell us about your village house or villa and what you would like to do.
We will visit, advise and give a free written quotation. One team manages the building and the trades that follow.
Customer reviews
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Professional Collaboration & Complete House Renovation – Calpe
“We have been collaborating for many years on projects both large and small, with excellent results. Our latest collaboration was the complete renovation of a house in Calpe. Thanks to their professionalism and reliability, they were able to handle all phases of the project. We hope to continue working together for many years to come.”
Complete Apartment Renovation – Benidorm
“I would like to say a huge thank you to Dragonreforms. Nico and his team did an excellent job renovating our 2 bedroom apartment in Benidorm. This included a beautiful new bathroom, kitchen, flooring, interior doors, plumbing and complete electrical works. Truly amazing workmanship. You have made our dreams come true.”
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