House & Building Construction in Alvalade

Alvalade was designed in one go, with buildings from the nineteen-forties and fifties arranged in cells, planted inner courtyards and residents who stay in the same place for decades. That creates a particular kind of work: spacious apartments never properly renovated, ground-floor flats with courtyard access waiting to be used, and owners' associations with unwritten rules everyone knows. We work in that context, with deep renovation of individual flats, work in common parts and courtyard projects carried out with the care that close neighbours require. Before anything is drawn, we read the building's condominium title deed, which here answers more questions than any site visit.

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About our service in Alvalade

These buildings are of mixed construction and behave predictably: a concrete frame combined with masonry walls, timber floors in the bedrooms and living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms modest by today's standards. The renovations we are asked for nearly always involve reorganising that service area, opening the kitchen into the living room and rebuilding the bathroom completely. Whether that is possible depends on two things we confirm before drawing: whether the wall in question is structural, and where the common water and drainage risers run. Moving a bath along a wall is easy; moving a riser that serves the whole building is another conversation, and it goes through the association. The courtyard is Alvalade's particularity and the source of many misunderstandings. Not every courtyard belongs to the ground-floor flat, and not every intervention there is free: there are planning rules about building inside the block, and there is the condominium title deed, which defines what is common and what is private. Before proposing a canopy, an extension or a store, we read the title deed and confirm what the council permits. After that there is real scope to improve these spaces, with paving, drainage and lighting properly resolved. We also check the levels, because a courtyard that drains towards the building is a problem waiting to happen. On site we work with the neighbourhood rather than against it. We protect access and common areas, concentrate the noisy work, remove rubble as we go and clean at the end of the day. In courtyards there is the additional care of existing trees and of rainwater drainage, which badly handled always ends up in a basement or next door. We work Monday to Saturday, 9am to 8pm, with the site closed on Sunday, which in a neighbourhood like this is close to a rule of good manners.

In Alvalade we regularly handle:

Services Included

Deep renovation of apartments from the forties and fifties
Opening kitchens and reorganising service areas
Reading the condominium title deed before any courtyard work
External works in courtyards, with drainage properly executed
Common-parts work coordinated with the association

Areas We Serve

We work in Alvalade, Avenida da Igreja, Roma, Areeiro, Campo Grande, São João de Brito and Olivais.

Bairro de AlvaladeAvenida da IgrejaRomaCampo GrandeSão João de Brito

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Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. If a job is not right, we return to put it right.

Hours

Mon-Sat: 9am-8pm

Sunday: Closed

Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. If a job is not right, we return to put it right.

Frequently Asked Questions

What people ask us in Alvalade:

Can I build a store in the courtyard of my ground-floor flat?

First you need to know whether the courtyard is private to your unit or a common part, which is set out in the condominium title deed. Then you need to check what the council allows to be built inside the block, which in Alvalade has specific rules. With both answers in hand we can see what is possible. Going ahead without them risks building something that has to come down.

I want to move the kitchen to the other side of the flat. Is that feasible?

It depends mainly on the drainage risers, which in these buildings are grouped and serve every flat. Moving a waste point far from them requires falls that often do not fit within the available floor depth, and diverting a common riser needs the association's authorisation. We check the specific situation before drawing, and there is usually a workable middle solution.

Do I have to tell the association about work inside my flat?

Legally, for the interior of your own unit, authorisation is generally not required, but you must respect the hours for noisy work, and if the job touches common parts then it is mandatory. In practice, giving notice in advance solves half the problems before they exist, especially in a neighbourhood where people have known each other for years.