jdr

Plumbing certification will be in Spanish.

Spain stands for double red tape.

I have never seen a bathroom tiled properly over here unless a Brit has done it. Lol.
They start in a corner and go round, no centralizing or spacers, so plenty of live tiles in a few months.

wiccan

Hi again yes Albondon ,Murtas ,Cadier that sort of area but we are checking things out before we buy (at least 2 bars in case I work my ticket in one of them !!!!!!!!!) two pints and Im anyones.
How much work do these bargins realy need (foundations what foundations!!!!)
good roof that bit of tin up there in the corner ect ect.
are they on the edge of a cliff (gardens down there but it used to be in front of the house!!!!!!!!!!
these are all houses I have looked at (but they look good on the tinernet)
Hope to see you soon Wiccan

erisaman

Down to the coast from Mijas is the mecca for builders like yourself - tiles are held on by 'dabs', baths are bricked in as you've been told but the current trend is towards walk-in showers. A typical bathroom measuring a little under 3 metres by 3 can be stripped out, rendered, re-tiled, and refitted with new shower, loo and wash basin for a little more than 2000 euros labour and 2000 euros materials. That's to include thermostatic shower controls and shower enclosure - but no bath.

You may not make a fortune, but you can bet you'll be busy!

Mitzyboy

Jeeeeeeezus! 4000 euros!!!!! I've just had my complete underbuild (55m2) rendered and tiled, and a 5 meter brick wall built outside for only a little more than that!

You must be quoting English prices :-))

erisaman

They were Welsh prices!!

Seriously, they were based on my actual costs three years ago, at £1000 labour and £1000 materials, and I built in a margin for inflation. These prices were lower than all the Spanish quotes I received!

FYTC

We have visited La Cala and the area around there, I do know a couple who have paid a similar price for that type of work on their bungalow there.

As for walk in showers thats the trend in the UK too, I've done 6 wetrooms this year so far.

Maybe a location re-think is on the cards.

scampicat

I am also in this area but not Albunol/Albondon.. Welcome all of you to both the forum and the Alpujarras!

julie22

Lots of work around us for outside tiling and bricklaying, but lots of brits, South Americans and Rumanians already doing work, but prices seem to be as high as in the UK.

Cant really help with detailed advice as I wouldnt even know how to turn off the water in our villa, however have PM with some basic info on the area.

Mitzyboy

Use a Spaniard then! Our building costs almost halved when we used a Spaniard as opposed to a Brit. Brits seem to still be working on UK prices because they know thats what Brits are used to.

julie22

Have found it difficult to get local Spanish builders, one quote from a local Spanish builder to tile around the pool and build a car port came to over 30,000 euros. Maybe they all have bigger jobs in this area to do and cant be bothered with smaller work.

We both speak Spanish so have no problems communicating and use local suppliers, Spanish electrician etc, but still find it hard to find Spanish builders around here.

Mitzyboy

A hint ..... go to your local builders yard and ask them for a recommendation .... thats what we did and the builder was excellent. I know its different in different areas but in general a Spanish builder seems to be cheaper than Brit in this area. But 30k sounds ridiculous I'd agree

happybunny

Good luck with your move

traceandmarc

thanks still waiting for some interest on the house. we have seen a property we really like in albondon but cant do anything until we have sold this one.

julie22

Never thought of that!! - how stupid of us. Have just sent OH to concrete company to get the price of concrete so will ask him to get names of builders. Thanks for the advice.