Hillside old town · Coastal villas · Bespoke fitting
Altea splits into two very different kitchen jobs: small houses climbing the old town hill, and larger villas where the kitchen can become the centre of the house.
The old town is a maze of steps, narrow lanes and houses that were built one against the next. Getting a new kitchen into one of them is as much a logistics exercise as a design one, and we think about the route in from the lane before we think about the colour of the doors.
Villas around the town and along the coast offer the opposite problem: space and sightlines. Here the question is how the kitchen relates to the dining area, the terrace and the view, and whether an island or peninsula would make the room work better.
Both sides of the town get the same approach. One team handles the design, the units, the worktops, the tiling, the plumbing, the electrics and the decoration, and one person answers your questions.
Hillside houses
Old Altea houses seldom have a square room to offer. Walls lean a little, ceilings step, and a window may sit exactly where you would like the hob. A bespoke kitchen is built to those quirks and so avoids the gaps that a standard carcass leaves behind.
Materials have to be carried by hand over some distance in many cases. Units arrive flat-packed or in sections, worktops are cut to fit through the door, and we plan the order of delivery so that nothing waits in a lane.
Timber fronts, glass mosaic and warm-toned tiles suit these houses well, and the splashback is often where the character of the room is decided.
Coastal villas
In a villa the kitchen often serves a family and guests together, so there is a case for a generous island with seating on one side and preparation space on the other. Lighting above it then does a lot of the work of making the room feel finished.
Larger rooms need more careful services planning. An island with a sink or hob means pipes and cables laid into the floor, which is far easier before the new floor tiles go down than after.
Appliances can be built in to a tall bank of units, leaving the island clear. We supply and fit those, or fit ones you have already chosen.
Making good
A kitchen is only as good as the surfaces around it. Once old units come out, plaster is often patched, marked or damp-stained, and we repair and repaint it before the new run goes in.
Rewiring is usually worth doing at this stage. New circuits for an oven, hob and dishwasher are far simpler with the walls open.
If you are also thinking about the bathroom or other rooms, doing them together saves repeat visits.
How it works
Everything starts with a visit. We measure, photograph the access route as well as the room, and talk through how you cook and entertain. A layout and a written quotation follow, and the quotation is free.
You can see and handle units, worktops and tiles at the suppliers we use before anything is ordered. Once work begins it runs to a programme, with updates and photographs sent to you if you are overseas, and the work is guaranteed within the scope set out in the quotation.
Questions
Yes. Bespoke units are made to follow uneven walls and low ceilings, and we plan the delivery route through the lanes as part of the survey.
We do. If the island is to carry a sink or hob, the pipework and cabling have to go in before the floor is finished, so the design is settled early.
Yes. Worktops, splashback tiles and floor tiles are chosen with you at local suppliers and fitted by us as part of the same programme.
One project manager looks after the whole kitchen reform and sends you photographs and updates, in English or Spanish, until the room is finished.
Across the area
Altea is one of the towns with its own kitchens page. The main Kitchens Costa Blanca page covers the whole service in full.
Apartment kitchens in high-rise blocks and older town homes, planned around access and layout.
View Benidorm →Family kitchens for hillside villas and urbanisation homes, with worktops and services done together.
View La Nucía →Hillside villa and Cala de Finestrat kitchens, planned around terraces, light and heat.
View Finestrat →Sea-air apartments and hillside villas, with durable handleless kitchens and tidy remote project management.
View Calpe →Villa and apartment kitchens across Alfaz del Pi and Albir, from layout to the last coat of paint.
View Alfaz del Pi & Albir →Village house and hillside villa kitchens, with bespoke units made to follow older, uneven walls.
View Polop →Finca, old town and coastal villa kitchens, fitted into solid walls and wider renovation projects.
View Benissa →Get in touch
Send us a few lines about the house, the room and the changes you have in mind. We will arrange a visit and measure up.
The quotation is free and the work is guaranteed, with the scope set out in the quotation.
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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.”
Two-Bedroom Apartment Renovation – Benidorm
“We would like to say thank you to Nico and the team at Dragonreforms for an excellent job in renovating our two bedroom apartment in Benidorm very clean and punctual and everything we asked for was done without any problems, excellent project management so no worries all aspects of work were communicated to us as we were in the UK, could not ask for more.”
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