We build and bring dreams to life

No. Renovation is the most visible part of what we do, because it is what the island asks for most, but we also design new houses, extensions and interiors. The starting point is always the same: the place, the brief of whoever will live there, and the budget. What changes is what is already standing, not how we work.

It depends on what is still standing. The local stone masonry walls are almost always the part worth keeping, even when the roof has fallen and the interior is gone. What decides is what remains of the structure and its footprint, far more than how it looks on the day of the visit. When it is not worth it, we say so.

Yes. Some houses only need to be freed from what was leaned against them and to recover the lines they once had.

Always, and we do not go to site without one. The planning application is what the council approves; the construction set is what the builder works from. It is the phase where the house is settled down to the detail: plans, sections and elevations at building scale, schedules of openings and finishes, construction details, measurements and quantities. Without it, each builder prices the house they imagined and decisions end up being made on site. With it, quotes are comparable, cost stays under control and extra works stop being inevitable.

Yes. We work in person on Santa Maria and remotely beyond the island. Remotely, the survey is done with photography and video, material choices are made by sample, and calls are scheduled at each phase of the project.

We do not give timelines before seeing the house. It changes with the condition of the existing building, with permits and with what the brief asks for. After the first conversation we can give you a calendar. Before that, any number would be invented.

Photographs of the house inside and out, the location, and what needs to fit there: how many bedrooms, who will live in it, whether it is for the whole year. Old drawings or the property records help. Without them we can also begin.