House & Building Construction in Campo de Ourique
Campo de Ourique is a neighbourhood of older buildings and families who stay. Most of the stock dates from the nineteen-thirties to fifties, with timber floors and staircases, generous ceiling heights, good proportions and frequently no lift. These are sought-after apartments and they nearly always need the same thing: a deep renovation that keeps the character and resolves what is hidden, from original pipework to wiring that no longer copes. We do that work, with the care that an occupied building without a lift demands of everyone involved. We also handle the council notification whenever the work calls for one.
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About our service in Campo de Ourique
In these buildings the structure governs what is possible. The floors sit on timber joists bearing on load-bearing masonry walls, and the internal partitions are often lath-and-plaster tabique carrying nothing at all. Removing a wall means knowing which is which, and the plaster will not tell you. We open inspection points before promising open-plan layouts, and where the wall is load-bearing the answer is a beam sized by an engineer and strengthened bearings, not an improvisation. It is also worth checking the joists near the wet rooms, because decades of small leaks leave damage that only appears when the boards come up. The original floorboards are one of the flat's assets and are usually recoverable. Before covering them with a new surface we check whether restoring makes sense: sanding, replacing individual boards and refinishing generally gives a better result than any alternative and keeps the character of the apartment. The same reasoning applies to internal doors, skirtings and timber frames, which restore well. It takes more labour than ripping out and replacing, and it is usually what the client chooses once they see the two options side by side. We show you a sanded sample before you decide either way. The invisible part is where the money goes that you never see again. Complete pipework replacement, a new electrical installation with consumer unit and residual current protection, waterproofing to the wet rooms and everything tested before walls close. In a building without a lift, logistics add work: materials and rubble go up and down narrow stairs, which we plan with split deliveries and daily removal. We protect the staircase and agree the noisy phases with the neighbours, because here everyone knows each other and that makes life easier for all of us. We also leave a record of where the new services run, which saves blind demolition next time.
In Campo de Ourique we mostly do:
Services Included
- Deep renovation of apartments in buildings from the thirties to the fifties
- Structural assessment before opening walls or joining rooms
- Restoring floorboards, doors and internal timber joinery
- Complete replacement of pipework and electrical installation
- Work in buildings without a lift, with daily rubble removal
Areas We Serve
We work in Campo de Ourique, Prazeres, Santo Condestável, Amoreiras, Rato, Estrela and Lapa.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions in Campo de Ourique:
I want to join the living and dining rooms. Is that possible here?
Often it is, because the wall between those rooms tends to be a tabique partition with no structural role. But sometimes it is load-bearing, and then the opening needs a properly sized beam and strengthened bearings, with a design. The difference is only confirmed by opening an inspection point. We do that before saying yes, because promising an open plan and discovering later that it cannot be done is the worst thing that can happen to a job.
Is the old floor worth restoring?
In most cases yes, and the result beats any new floor covering at the same cost. We check the state of the boards, replace damaged ones individually, sand and apply a finish. Where joists have been compromised by old damp, those are dealt with first, since they are the part nobody sees and everything else rests on.
The building has no lift. Does that make the work more expensive?
It adds transport work, and that should appear in the quote from the start rather than as an extra later. We plan split deliveries, remove rubble daily in bags and protect the staircase in advance. It is slower than a building with a lift, but it is entirely manageable when it has been allowed for.
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Reviews from satisfied customers in Campo de Ourique and surroundings
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Campo de Ourique
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Campo de Ourique
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Campo de Ourique
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Campo de Ourique