House & Building Construction in Algueirão-Mem Martins
Algueirão-Mem Martins is one of the most populous parishes in the country, with a housing stock made up largely of affordable houses and blocks, many of them built in stages over decades. We often find houses that grew with the family, a floor added here, an outbuilding there, and paperwork that never kept up with any of it. The requests that reach us therefore fall into three groups: extending, legalising and renovating. We handle all three, starting by comparing what exists with what is actually permitted. Where the existing structure has to be strengthened, that work sits in the quote from day one rather than arriving as a surprise.
25K+
Interventions
4.8
Average rating
98%
Satisfaction
10+
Years experience
About our service in Algueirão-Mem Martins
With extensions, the decisive technical point is the junction between new and existing. Foundations from different eras settle differently, and without a movement joint designed into the project the crack appears in the first winters, invariably in the same place. It is solved with compatible foundations, a designed joint and care where the roofs meet, which is where water enters when the work is rushed. Where the extension goes upwards, you also have to check whether the existing structure can carry the additional floor, which calls for assessment and often strengthening. That is not a formality: it is what prevents a serious problem later. We always tell you what we found before proposing the fix. Legalisation usually walks hand in hand with the extension, and it is better to deal with both in one application. Any new submission to the council exposes what is already there, and presenting an extension on a house with undeclared alterations is the quickest way to see the file stall. We survey what is built, compare it with the archived file and submit an application that resolves everything at once. It works out less costly than two separate processes and leaves the house with the correct area on record, which matters on the day of a sale or a division among heirs. In internal renovations, the work is the usual for these houses: water and electrical services at the end of their life, bathrooms with no waterproofing, roofs carrying an accumulation of local repairs and virtually no insulation. We replace the services completely, waterproof the wet areas and use the open walls and roofs to insulate, which is the only moment when that is inexpensive. The finishes come afterwards, chosen with the client within the available budget. At the end you get a record of what was done inside the walls.
In Algueirão-Mem Martins we mostly do:
Services Included
- Extending houses outwards and upwards, with structural assessment
- Movement joints and well-resolved junctions between new and old
- Legalising old alterations within the same application as the extension
- Internal renovation with services replaced and wet areas rebuilt
- Insulating walls and roofs while the work is already open
Areas We Serve
We work in Algueirão, Mem Martins, Serra das Minas, Tapada das Mercês, Rinchoa, Rio de Mouro, Sintra and Cacém.
Work Gallery
Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. If there is a defect in the work, we return to correct it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions in Algueirão-Mem Martins:
I want to add a floor to the house. Will the structure take it?
That has to be assessed, and you cannot tell by looking. It depends on the foundations, the existing structure and the original construction system. Many of these houses were built in stages and without a structural design for what came later. We carry out the assessment with an engineer and, where strengthening is needed, that work is in the quote from the start rather than appearing mid-job.
The house has old work without a permit. Can I still extend?
You can, but it is better to deal with everything in the same application, because any new file puts the existing work in plain sight. We survey what is built, compare it with the council's archive and submit a single application covering both the regularisation and the extension. It is less costly, it is faster, and it leaves the registry matching the house.
Is it worth insulating during the renovation?
Yes, and it is the only moment when the cost is small. With the wall or roof already open for another reason, adding insulation is a minor item against the comfort it gives and the energy it saves. Done later it means opening everything again. We explain the options and thicknesses, and the decision is yours with all the information in front of you.
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