Village Houses · Old Walls · Hillside Villas
Polop is a small inland village, and a good part of its housing is old. Plastering and painting there often means working with the wall that exists, not replacing it.
Village houses tend to have thick walls, small rooms and surfaces that have been patched over generations. They also tend to be cooler and sometimes damper than coastal flats, since there is less sea breeze drying them out and more stone retaining moisture.
Around the village, hillside villas are newer and closer in character to those elsewhere on the Costa Blanca, with large rendered facades and terraces.
Our job in Polop is usually to read the building: understand what it is made of, what has been done to it before, and what it needs now.
Reading old walls
Before any plastering in a village house, we want to know what the wall is: stone, brick, a mixture, or something rebuilt in modern block. Each takes plaster differently, and the wrong choice can lead to hollow areas, cracking or persistent damp patches.
In older walls, a lime-friendly or at least breathable approach is generally the safer route. Dense cement-based materials and sealing paints can force moisture to find another way out, often through the very plaster you have just applied.
We explain these choices in the quotation, so you know why a particular material is recommended and what it will look like.
Renovating a village house
Many properties in Polop are bought as renovation projects. After the structural and services work, the walls need replastering, ceilings need finishing, and every surface needs paint. That sequence is easier when one team handles it.
Where walls have been opened for new wiring and pipes, we make good so the channels do not telegraph through the finish. Uneven walls can be brought flat enough for a pleasant, hand-finished look without losing the character of the house.
If you are weighing up what to keep and what to replace, we can advise on site.
Villas around the village
Villas on the slopes around Polop have render and paint exposed to sun and wind. The work is much like that on other hillsides in the area: repairing cracks, patching loose areas and recoating for protection.
Terraces, steps and garden walls are often built in different phases and show uneven finishes. We can tidy these up so the whole plot looks consistent.
Because Polop is inland and quieter, many owners are second-home residents. We are used to working to a written scope and keeping you updated while you are away.
How it works
We start by looking at the walls, ideally on site, since old buildings are hard to judge from photographs alone. The written quotation sets out the materials and method, and the quotation is free.
Work then proceeds with care for the existing structure. The work is guaranteed, and the scope of the guarantee is set out in the quotation.
Questions
Yes. We check the wall type and condition first and use materials suited to it, often breathable ones.
No. Damp needs to be dealt with first, and our damp proofing service can look at the cause. Plastering comes after the wall has dried.
Yes, including facades, terraces, boundary walls and interiors.
Yes. We can retain textured or uneven surfaces where you want them, and we only flatten walls that you want flattened.
Across the area
Polop is one of eight towns with its own painting & plastering page. The main Painting & Plastering Services Costa Blanca page covers the whole service in full.
Skimming, ceilings and repaints for Benidorm apartments, holiday lets and old-town houses.
View Benidorm →Old-town repairs, breathable finishes and exterior render and paint for Altea villas.
View Altea →Facade repaints, render repairs and interior finishing for La Nucía villas.
View La Nucía →Render, repairs and repainting for sun-exposed Finestrat hillside villas.
View Finestrat →Salt-air exterior paint, render repairs and interior finishing for Calpe homes.
View Calpe →Repaints, rental refreshes and render repairs in Alfaz del Pi and Albir.
View Alfaz del Pi & Albir →Lime-friendly repairs, finca plastering and exterior paint for Benissa homes.
View Benissa →Get in touch
Tell us about the house and what you are planning. We would rather see old walls in person, but photographs are a good start. The quotation is free.
We will explain what we recommend and why before any work is booked.
Customer reviews
Genuine Google reviews from Dragon Reforms customers.
Apartment Renovation
Original Spanish review
“Hace poco reformó el apartamento. Ha quedado espectacular. Además sin imprevistos, cumpliendo los plazos y muy formal.”
English translation
“They recently renovated the apartment. It looks spectacular. What's more, there were no unexpected problems, the agreed timescales were met, and they were very professional.”
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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