Apartment Blocks · Terraces · Penthouses · Outer Villas
Space is the scarcest thing in a high-rise city. In Benidorm, adding it usually means working with a community of owners, a shared structure and a town hall, so the first job is finding out what is genuinely possible.
Benidorm is overwhelmingly a place of apartments, and an apartment is not a house you can simply build onto. Walls, slabs and facades belong partly to the block, which means a proposal to add floor area has to be tested against the building before a design is drawn.
That does not make it hopeless. Closing in a terrace, joining a flat to its neighbour, using a roof terrace or putting a lightweight room on a top floor can all be possible, depending on the block, the community and the town hall's view of how the exterior will change.
Away from the towers, the edges of the city have older houses and villas where a conventional extension or even a new house on a plot is realistic. We assess which of these situations you are in at survey, and tell you plainly where the limits lie.
Blocks
Most extension requests here are really about gaining use of an outdoor area. A terrace that is cold in winter and too hot in August becomes a study or second lounge once it is glazed and insulated, but doing so alters the face of the building and the floor area on paper.
Before drawing anything, we ask for the community statutes and any minutes about previous alterations. Some blocks have already settled how enclosures should look, and following that pattern keeps neighbours on side and avoids a dispute once work is under way.
Our job is to build whatever is agreed with minimum disturbance to other residents: protected common areas, sensible working hours, and materials lifted without blocking lifts and stairs for days on end. We also tell you honestly if the community is unlikely to consent.
Top floors
Top-floor owners sometimes look upwards for more space, while owners of two adjoining flats consider knocking them into one. Both involve structure. A new opening through a shared wall or a room on a roof slab means someone must confirm what the building can carry.
We bring in a technician for those calls rather than guessing. If the answer is yes, we plan the sequence so the lower floors stay protected from dust, water and noise, with the roof or opening closed in as quickly as the work allows.
When the answer is no, it is better to know before you commit. Sometimes a clever internal reorganisation gives you the extra room without touching the shell, and that falls under our Builders service instead of this one.
City edges
On the fringes of Benidorm, and on older streets outside the high-rise core, there are houses with gardens. Here a single-storey extension, a garden annexe or a replacement house is a more straightforward proposition than anything involving a block.
What matters is the plot: how it slopes, where the boundaries are, what the existing house is made of, and what the town hall will accept for its size and appearance. We tell you at survey whether a licence is likely to be needed, plus what to expect.
For a full new-build we work with a technical architect from the start. That ensures drawings, licence and construction follow one plan, and that the budget conversation reflects the real scope, not an optimistic sketch.
How it works
A Benidorm job begins with a survey visit. In a block, we look at the structure, the terrace or roof in question and the common areas we must cross. On a plot, we walk the land and measure the existing building.
After the visit you receive a written quotation at no charge. It sets out the scope, what depends on community or town hall approval, and who is responsible for each step, so you can decide with the full picture in front of you.
Questions
Sometimes. It depends on your community's rules, how the facade will change, and whether the town hall needs to be asked. We check these at survey and say whether it looks feasible before any drawings are paid for.
It is rarely simple. A roof slab is usually shared, and a technician must confirm the structure can carry new load. Where it is not realistic, we say so and suggest alternatives within the existing flat.
Yes, on plots where building is possible. An architect confirms what is allowed, then we raise the house and run each trade. Whether your plot suits it is something we assess together at the first visit.
We agree working hours, protect shared stairs and lifts, and keep materials and rubble moving rather than letting them pile up. Good communication with the community's president or administrator at the start prevents most complaints.
Across the area
Benidorm sits among several very different neighbouring towns, from hill villages to coastal resorts. If your property is outside the city, the pages for nearby places explain how we approach building there.
Extensions and new builds in Altea: rooms added to old town houses, hillside villa additions and stone-faced new homes, managed by one team. Free quotation.
View Altea →Extensions and new builds in La Nucía: underbuild conversions, villa additions on urbanisations, extra storeys and new homes. Free quotation.
View La Nucía →Extensions and new builds in Finestrat: building into hillsides below Puig Campana, retaining walls, villa additions and new homes. Free quotation.
View Finestrat →Extensions and new builds in Calpe: enclosed terraces, villa additions below the Peñón de Ifach, and new homes built to resist the sea air. Free quotation.
View Calpe →Extensions and new builds in Alfaz del Pi & Albir: guest annexes, villa additions, coastal flats and hillside plots, managed by one team. Free quotation.
View Alfaz del Pi & Albir →Extensions and new builds in Polop: adding rooms to village houses, stonework, hillside plots and careful new homes in a small inland village. Free quotation.
View Polop →Extensions and new builds in Benissa: finca additions, old town houses, coastal villa extensions and new country homes, managed by one team. Free quotation.
View Benissa →Extensions and new builds in Villajoyosa: old street townhouses, seafront flats and inland villas, with honest licence advice. Free quotation.
View Villajoyosa →Extensions and new builds in Callosa d'en Sarrià, where Dragon Reforms has its office: village houses, hillside fincas and valley plots. Free quotation.
View Callosa d'en Sarrià →Extensions and new builds in Albir: holiday flats by the promenade, hillside villas under the Sierra Helada, projects for owners abroad. Free quotation.
View Albir →Get in touch
Tell us about your flat, house or plot and the space you want. We will visit, assess what the structure and the rules allow, and give you a clear written quotation.
There is no charge and no obligation. Spanish and English are both spoken, and can keep you updated by phone if you are not in Spain.
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