A facade is fixed once. And with the paperwork done.
Facade refurbishment and repair: we assess the condition, draw up the technical design, handle the building permit and the public highway occupation permit, and carry out the works with a single point of contact for the homeowners association. We work in Donostia, Irún and Navarra.
What we check first
Before quoting we need to know what is wrong: material coming loose, cracks, damp or insulation that is simply not there. The assessment decides the works.
Renders, cornices, balconies and anything that could come loose.
Where the water comes from and how the cracks behave, before covering anything.
Whether external wall insulation makes sense or repairing and protecting is enough.
Building permit, highway occupation permit for the scaffolding and whatever the building technical inspection requires.
For homeowners associations
We put together the documentation so the association can decide with facts: what is wrong with the facade, what we propose and what line items the quote contains. And one single person coordinates the works.
What makes a facade expensive
A badly diagnosed facade fails again. And works without a permit or an authorised scaffold stop the moment someone asks.
Painting over damp or sealing a live crack leaves the problem underneath. It comes back, and it comes back worse.
Occupying the pavement requires council authorisation. Without it, the works stop and the scaffold is paid for while standing idle.
Work on a facade usually requires a technical design and a permit. Finding that out once the works are under way stops them.
From start to finish
The assessment comes first. Then the design, the permits and the works, in that order.
We visit the building and check the condition of the facade.
We explain what is wrong and what work it calls for.
We draw up the documentation and handle the building and highway occupation permits.
We put up the scaffold and carry out the refurbishment with one person in charge.
We take down the scaffold, hand over the documentation and go through the result with you.
Clear responsibility
Assessment, design, permits and works all come from the same team. The association talks to one person, and that person answers for everything.
Whoever assesses is whoever builds. There is no report from one firm and works from another.
The building and highway permits go in before anything is put up.
We explain the works, the quote and the schedule to the association as many times as it takes.
Every building and every council has its own conditions. The scope and the permits that apply are confirmed at the inspection.
FAQs
Every town and every building can change the answer. For a specific case, call us and we will look at it.
Usually yes, because the facade is part of the building and the work normally requires a technical design. At the inspection we tell you which permit applies and we handle it.
We do. The highway occupation permit is applied for at the town council before the scaffold goes up.
Yes. If the assessment recommends it, we propose external wall insulation and include it in the design.
Yes. We prepare the documentation for the owners meeting and keep a single point of contact with the association and its property manager.
The works are planned to resolve them and are documented, so the building can prove they have been put right.
By looking at the line items, not the total. Two similar prices can include different scaffolds, different treatments or leave the permits out. Our quote is itemised so it can be compared line by line.
Sometimes yes, and it helps the association decide. It depends on what is wrong with the facade: anything affecting safety is not postponed. We say so in the assessment.
Yes. We work in Donostia, Irún and Navarra.
Request a quote
With the building address and a description of what you are seeing we can arrange the inspection and prepare the proposal for the association.
