Apartments · Villas · Fincas · Lighting & Cabling
This area mixes beachside apartments, villas climbing the hills and older village fincas. One team builds the pergola, plans the cabling and finishes the floor, whichever kind of home you own.
Few places along the coast pack in as many types of home as this one. Close to the sea there are shared buildings with terraces facing the promenade, the slopes behind hold villas from different decades, and inland the older houses and country properties sit among newer developments.
Each calls for a different outdoor solution. An apartment needs a light, correctly fixed structure with the community on side. A villa may want a large covered dining area with lighting and a fan. A finca often wants something in keeping with stone and tile, built to last decades.
Cabling and power make the difference between a pergola and a usable room, so we plan them before the work. Wherever the property stands, we agree where lights, sockets and fans go, then run the routes before the paving, decking or concrete base covers them.
Apartments
On a flat near the seafront, space is limited and every fixing is visible to neighbours. We suggest slim structures that suit the building, and we fix them into the slab or wall rather than into render. Colour and form are kept in line with what the community accepts.
Other owners in the building may have to approve a new structure here, and possibly the town hall too. Our survey will say whether we think either is probable, and we give you the dimensions, colours and materials to ask with, which usually makes a decision quicker.
Holiday and second-home owners tend to want low-maintenance finishes, because nobody is on hand to oil a pergola every spring or sweep the terrace after a storm, so we favour finishes that forgive neglect. We choose treatments and surfaces that cope with absences, and we explain realistically what care is still needed.
Villas
Villas on the slopes behind the coast often have large terraces looking over rooftops to the water. A covered dining area close to the kitchen is the most common request, with a fan above, lighting at the edges and somewhere to put cushions away from rain.
The cabling is where planning pays. Conduits for lights, a fan, sockets and perhaps outdoor audio are laid before paving, with spare capacity for future use. Our electricians do this alongside the groundwork, and we mark the routes on a plan we give you.
Because hillside plots slope, we also check that the new structure is not sitting on a shifting base and that rainwater will run away from the house. Steps, railings and retaining walls are part of the same job when the levels need them.
Fincas
Further into the village, country houses have thick walls, stone terraces and tiled roofs. A pergola here should look as if it belongs, using heavier sections, warm finishes and details that echo existing beams. We take time to match, not just to build.
Older terraces may have uneven floors, old drains or patches of damp. We inspect these before anything is built, and where repairs are needed we suggest dealing with them first, since lifting a new floor to fix an old problem is expensive and disruptive.
If you already have a vine-covered frame or old timber that has aged, we can advise whether to restore it. Some old pergolas have good bones and need only new fixings and a fresh finish, which is cheaper and keeps the character of the place.
How it works
We visit and measure, then ask what you want to do outdoors: eat, relax, entertain, or simply keep the sun off your head. For villas and fincas we also walk the garden to see how the structure relates to the pool, the steps and the house walls, and where cables could run.
The written quotation covers the structure, floor, electrics, finish and any masonry, and sets out the order of work. If you are not in the area, we agree the plan remotely and send pictures as the work proceeds, so you can approve each stage.
Questions
Often yes, so long as the slab and walls are capable of carrying it and your community is content. We check the structure, say whether a town hall licence looks likely, and design something slim and suitably finished for the building.
Frequently. If the main members are sound, we replace damaged parts, fit new fixings and refinish the timber. If rot has reached the posts, we show you where and explain why replacement is the safer route.
Before floors are laid or concrete poured. Cable routes in a finished terrace mean cutting into new work. We plan the routes with you at the design stage, mark them on a drawing and leave spare conduit for later additions.
Yes. We work in the coastal Albir area and in the village and hills of Alfaz del Pi, on apartments, villas and older country houses. Each property is surveyed individually, because a terrace by the promenade and a finca in the village raise very different questions.
Across the area
Neighbouring towns bring their own housing and climate. These pages explain how our pergola and outdoor work adapts nearby, from village streets to seafront blocks.
Pergolas and outdoor living for Benidorm apartments: wind-aware shade, decking and lighting for balconies and penthouse roofs. Free quotation.
View Benidorm →Pergolas and outdoor living in Altea: shade for old town roof terraces, narrow patios and sea-view villa terraces, built around steep access. Free quotation.
View Altea →Pergolas, decking and covered dining areas for La Nucía villas on sloping plots, with poolside shade, garden steps and lighting from one team. Free quotation.
View La Nucía →Pergolas, railings and shade for Finestrat view terraces, hillside villas and homes near Cala de Finestrat, designed for exposed wind and sun. Free quotation.
View Finestrat →Pergolas and outdoor living in Calpe: salt-resistant timber, fixings and finishes for seafront flats and hillside villa terraces. Free quotation.
View Calpe →Pergolas and outdoor living in Polop: shade frames for village patios, stone-house terraces and hillside villas, built for hot inland summers. Free quotation.
View Polop →Pergolas and outdoor living in Benissa: large finca terraces, old town patios and coastal villas, with covered dining, stone and timber. Free quotation.
View Benissa →Pergolas and outdoor living in Villajoyosa: shade for old town rooftops, seafront flat balconies and inland villa gardens, for year-round use. Free quotation.
View Villajoyosa →Pergolas and outdoor living in Callosa d'en Sarrià from a local team: shade for village houses, hillside fincas and terraces above the valley. Free quotation.
View Callosa d'en Sarrià →Pergolas and outdoor living in Albir: low-maintenance shade for holiday apartments and hillside villas near the Sierra Helada and seafront. Free quotation.
View Albir →Get in touch
Tell us about your home and what you would like to do outdoors. We will survey, talk through the options and send you a quotation in writing, free of charge and with no pressure to proceed.
Carpentry, electrics, masonry and finishing are run by one coordinated team in English or Spanish, and owners who are abroad are looked after with regular pictures and calls throughout the job.
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Complete Apartment Renovation – Benidorm
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