House and flat renovation in Porto
Full or partial renovation of flats, houses and commercial spaces in Porto and the neighbouring municipalities — one refurbishment run from start to finish by the same team, with every trade in house.
What does renovating your flat include?
- Full renovation of flats and houses
- Partial renovation, room by room
- Layout changes and demolition to reshape the plan
- Renovation of commercial spaces and offices
Where we work
We are based in Rio Tinto, Gondomar, and work across Porto, Gondomar, Vila Nova de Gaia, Matosinhos and nearby areas. For other locations, contact us to confirm availability and the conditions of a site visit.
Full renovation of flats and houses
A full renovation strips the property back and puts it together again: demolition, water and electrical services, plasterboard, wall coverings, flooring, painting and finishing. The order is not negotiable — a floor laid before the walls are ready is a ruined floor — and that is why a job split between five different firms drags on. Here the trades belong to the same team and the sequence is planned in one go. In a Porto flat there is also the residents' association, the hours when noise is allowed and the lift to account for: that too is settled before we start.
Partial renovation, room by room
Not everyone needs to renovate the whole house. A partial renovation deals with one room at a time — kitchen, bathroom, living room — and lets you carry on living in the property while the work goes on. What changes is the protection: we seal off the working area, cover floors and furniture and agree the hours. It is worth deciding early whether some plumbing or electrical runs should be left ready for the next stage; that is a cheap decision today and an expensive one in two years' time, when the same wall has to be opened again.
Layout changes and demolition to reshape the plan
Plenty of older flats in Porto have small rooms and corridors that serve no purpose. Changing the layout is often what gains the most space without adding a single square metre. Before demolishing, you have to tell a partition from a load-bearing wall and confirm what runs inside it — water, waste, electrical conduit. Then there is the rubble and its removal to a proper disposal site, which in an urban renovation is logistics in earnest. All of this is assessed at the site visit and written into the quote before anyone picks up a sledgehammer.
Renovation of commercial spaces and offices
In a shop or an office the criterion changes: what costs money is time with the doors shut. Renovating a commercial space is planned backwards — you start from the reopening date and work back, concentrating the noisy, dirty work into the windows available. There are also requirements particular to a space open to the public, from exits to circulation, that do not arise in a home. We work in Porto, in Gondomar and in the neighbouring municipalities, and on larger projects across the country; once the work starts, the progress is kept in the Client Area.
How long does a full renovation take?
It depends on three variables, and none of them is the size of the house on its own. The first is the scope: touching only the finishes is not the same as redoing the plumbing and the wiring from scratch. The second is the state of the property — in older buildings, what appears once a wall is opened adds work that no doorstep estimate had allowed for. The third is your own decisions about materials: a floor or a sanitaryware item with a long lead time will stop a job that was running well. That is why we do not give timescales over the phone. At the site visit we measure, see the real condition and give you, along with the written quote, a stage-by-stage programme and the list of what has to be chosen before we start. The visit is free in Porto and the neighbouring municipalities, and the quote commits you to nothing.
What makes the price of a renovation vary?
The estimator on this site works in ranges per square metre, VAT included: €450 to €850/m² for a full renovation and €250 to €500/m² for a partial one. They are deliberately wide bands, and it is inside them that these four factors decide where your project falls.
- The area and the number of rooms. Two homes of the same square metrage cost differently if one has two bathrooms and the other only one — wet rooms are the most expensive rooms in a house.
- The state of the property. Plumbing and wiring to be redone, damp or floors that have warped are all work that comes before any finish you can see.
- The level of finish. The materials chosen split the same floor plan into two different quotes, and that is the multiplier the estimator applies across essential, superior and premium.
- The technical work and the access. Layout changes, new services and climate control on one side; the floor you are on, the lift and the room for loading and unloading on the other.
The estimator gives an order of magnitude, not a proposal. The right price comes out of the site visit: request the free, no-obligation quote and receive it in writing, item by item.
How we get started
- 01
Tell us what you have in mind — by phone, on WhatsApp or through the form.
- 02
We come to you, take the measurements and listen to what you want. The site visit is free in Porto and neighbouring municipalities.
- 03
You get a written quote, free and with no obligation, setting out who supplies what.
Shall we talk about your project?
Describe the work you have in mind and we will tell you whether it is for us, what it costs and when it can start.
Other specialities
- ConstructionNew builds, extensions and structural work. From permits and foundations through to finishes.
- FlooringLaminate, solid wood, vinyl, tile and microcement with professional levelling.
- PaintingInterior and exterior, surface preparation, plastering and decorative finishes.
- Drywall & False CeilingsPartitions, suspended ceilings, coving, and acoustic and thermal insulation.
- Small worksRepairs, adjustments and one-off jobs. No job is too small.
- 3D DesignSee your space before the work starts. Decide with confidence.