Fixed price from €600/m² (Practical) to €2,400/m² (Signature). Staged payments you verify yourself, deadlines by milestone.
Never most of the money upfront. Each stage is verified by you in writing before the next payment, not self-certified by the contractor.
Design + works + finishes in one contract. Plumbing, electrics, tiling, joinery, painting and climate control: 6 trades, always with the same crews for over 5 years.
Greater Lisbon, Setúbal and Oeste. Service area confirmed before the quote. If you are outside it, we say so straight away and waste neither our time nor yours.
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Fixed price by stages, in writing, before we start.
Not company values: clauses signed before we start, mapped to what fails most often in full renovations on the Portuguese market.
The quote carries a reserve for hidden work, so the price does not climb as the job goes on. No 50 % upfront, then +25 %, then the full amount before the crew disappears: an escalation pattern documented in real complaints on the Portuguese market.
Every milestone has a checklist you sign before we release the next payment. You validate each stage in writing; we do not declare it finished ourselves.
We work with the same people on every project. We do not bring in a new crew for every job. Crew stability is what prevents defects that only show up weeks later.
Choose the scope that makes sense for your apartment. Each tier has an anchor price per m² and a realistic end-to-end duration. Portuguese clients know them as Prático, Familiar and Assinatura.
€600 – €900/ m²
5 – 8 weeks · end to end
For adding value before a sale, or preparing the apartment for long-term or short-term rental (in the right zones).
Painting, flooring, lighting, a simple kitchen and targeted bathroom work. No layout changes or structural plasterboard.
Not included: Interior design, signature materials, home automation.
€900 – €1,600/ m²
3 – 5 months · end to end
For living in, done properly. Kitchen and bathroom rebuilt, light layout changes, mid-to-high quality finishes.
New kitchen, full bathroom, floors/ceilings/walls reworked, electrics and plumbing updated, non-structural plasterboard.
Not included: Changes to the building’s structural column, extensions, exterior work.
+ Full furnishing (bedroom + living room)
€2,800 – €3,500
Sofa, table, rug, lighting and decoration. Optional: not included in the works price above.
€1,600 – €2,400/ m²
6 – 10 months · end to end
An authored project: signature materials, integrated home automation, technical lighting. For the apartment that is simply on another level.
Dedicated interior design, made-to-measure joinery, premium materials (stone, wood, brass), technical lighting, home automation, VRV/VRF climate control.
Not included: Listed heritage buildings: quoted separately.
+ Living room furnishing
€6,045 – €6,335
Verified (sofa, coffee table, rug, signature lamp). Optional: not included in the works price above.
+ Bedroom furnishing
Custom quote
Premium suppliers (including partners in Spain) do not publish price lists. We come back to you within 24 hours.
Estimates for the works themselves. They exclude the architectural project for permitting, municipal licences and fees.
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Bathroom and kitchen are not directly comparable baselines: the bathroom (€2,500–14,000) includes demolition, plumbing, waterproofing, tiling and sanitary ware; the kitchen (€2,000–22,000) is turnkey and also includes cabinets and appliances, which is why its ceiling is higher.
Practical and Family do not include full interior design. Want to add it? It adds 12-18% on top of the works cost. The Signature tier already includes it in the price.
6 trades, always with the same crews and under our direct supervision, and we decline the 4 types of work that sit outside our scope. No quiet subcontracting, no side promises.
trades under our direct supervision
The same crews for over 5 years. We do not subcontract around "things we don’t do".
From the technical visit to the handover of keys, in five steps with clear verification points. Contract signed before we start; payment released only after you validate each milestone.
If you live abroad, your authorised representative signs the checklist before we release the next payment. The same process. It just doesn't require you to be there in person.
Stage completed
The crew finishes the milestone (e.g. demolition, plumbing + electrics closed in, kitchen + bathroom installed).
Checklist signed by you
You see the work and confirm it against a milestone-specific checklist, signed in writing. It stays in your hands, on paper or digital. If you live abroad, your authorised representative signs.
Payment released
Only after your confirmation does the next milestone get paid. If hidden work appears within the quote’s reserve, it is our cost: it does not trigger an extra payment stage.
Five technical parameters that decide the tier for you, without leaning on the budget alone.
How soon you will need to convert the apartment into cash changes what the renovation should aim for.
Pipes, electrics and risers matter more than aesthetics.
Usable area determines how much fits inside the base budget.
Price, comfort and appreciation each pull towards a different tier.
The real deadline changes the sequence and the feasible tier.
Five points you can verify in any quote. On the left, what we guarantee in writing. On the right, real phrases collected from documented cases on the Portuguese market.
Marisia Burnay (Querido Mudei a Casa, 2018).
Contract with a fixed price + a written reserve built into the quote.
"We’ll see once we open it up" / "depends on what we find".
Ana Rita Santos (Habitissimo, 2022).
You sign the checklist before each tranche is released.
50 % upfront + a 25 % escalation before finishing, self-certified.
IKEA kitchen: 33 days late = €2,450 (DECO).
A date in working days + the penalty amount written into the contract.
"As soon as I can" / "around X months".
JCC Design writes 3 years, below the legal minimum.
A clause with a literal reference to the article of the Codigo Civil.
"3 years" or a "satisfaction guarantee" with no time frame.
Mudelar client: "is there any supervision at all?". Leroy Merlin €660.
Name + contact of the project manager who answers for every trade.
"We’ll coordinate with your electrician" (= the client is the PM).
Representative examples of the type of project we take on.
Typical situation · couple preparing a T2 for sale in Lisbon
"We wanted to sell for a price clearly above what it would fetch without the works. But we didn’t know if it was worth investing that much, and above all whether it would sell before the money ran out."
Practical renovation before listing, with a fixed 7-week deadline. It sold in 3 weeks, clearly above what it would have fetched pre-renovation. The difference covered the cost with money left over.
Chat on WhatsAppTypical situation · family with a home-plus-works mortgage, T3 in Sintra
"We bought the apartment at a discount because it needed works, and had a Crédito Habitação + Obras (home purchase plus works mortgage) approved. We needed a move-in date; every extra month of rent in parallel hurt."
Family tier in 5 months end to end, with the schedule coordinated to the bank’s disbursements. The move happened on the agreed day, with no parallel rent beyond what was planned.
Chat on WhatsAppTypical situation · investor preparing a T2 for short-term rental in Setúbal
"I had a T2 bought for short-term rental in Setubal. Every week it wasn’t open was rent lost, and I knew of cases where contractors took the deposit and disappeared."
Family tier with durable materials for guest turnover and staged, verified payments. The listing went live before the high season, without losing a single week against the original schedule.
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We work across four regions of the western half of mainland Portugal, with a fixed crew in each. Outside them, we tell you before issuing a quote, and we charge nothing for travel or the first visit.
Outside these areas (Porto, Coimbra or the Algarve included), we say so on the first call. We do not travel to projects we cannot serve with a fixed local crew.
Whether you live in Lisbon — in Lapa, Campo de Ourique or Restelo — out in Cascais or Estoril, or you are following the work from another country, we do not promise "+30 % appreciation" without real comparables. We promise the follow-up that fits your situation, on site or at a distance.
Photos plus a scheduled video call at every milestone. You keep a written record of the works, whether you live two streets away or in another country.
We draft the request, keep to the building’s working hours (8:00-20:00 on weekdays) and help prepare for the owners’ assembly when one is needed — the majority required is two thirds of the building’s value, not two thirds of the owners.
Via a Portuguese consulate abroad (~€15-50) or a foreign notary + the Hague Apostille. We coordinate the whole thing.
Everything happens in English: WhatsApp replies, quotes, weekly reports and the contract paperwork. The button below opens WhatsApp with your first message already written.
Message us on WhatsAppWe wrote these guides for people still deciding. No sales pitch: numbers, timelines and what commonly goes wrong.
End to end: 5 to 8 months at the Family tier, 8 to 12 months at the Signature tier. That includes design (3 to 4 weeks), permitting where applicable (4 to 8 weeks, often in parallel with design), and the works themselves. We confirm the exact number in writing in the contract.
No. Design included in the renovation is permanent: it is part of the real works on the apartment, from drawings to final finishes, and it stays in your home after we hand over the keys. Home staging is different: rented furniture, set up temporarily for photos and viewings, then removed. We do not offer home staging as a service of our own.
The quote carries a built-in reserve for hidden work. If something appears beyond that reserve, we stop, show you what we found, and only continue with your written OK. We never raise the price unilaterally.
Every milestone has a specific checklist (what has to be complete). You verify it with the project manager on site, sign the checklist, and only then do we release the next payment. We never self-certify.
Yes. If you live abroad, we send weekly visual reports (photos + a video call). If you need someone authorised to represent you (to sign documents or accept the handover), we help arrange the power of attorney through the consulate.
It depends on the type of works. Changes visible from the outside, or affecting shared pipes or structure, need approval at the owners’ assembly (2/3 of the ownership shares, Art. 1425º of the Codigo Civil, the Portuguese Civil Code). Purely interior works do not. We assess this in the quote and help prepare the request if needed.
An idealista study (Q3 2024) shows that two-bedroom (T2) apartments in poor condition, fully renovated, are listed at a significant premium in Lisbon, Faro and Madeira. We recommend reading the original study rather than accepting circulating percentages with no source.
At the Family or Signature tier, practically not. With no kitchen, no original bathroom, and dust and noise for several weeks, it is not livable. Practical-tier works in specific areas can be done with the apartment occupied, but with discomfort. We cover this in the briefing.
Yes. For inheritances still in division (or concluded but not yet divided), we coordinate the timing of the works with the legal phase of the process. If you are deciding between selling as-is and renovating before selling, we help with the analysis, but without promising a specific appreciation percentage.
Yes, with two important warnings: (1) Lisbon’s municipal AL regulation blocks new registrations in containment zones (Alfama, Bairro Alto, Chiado, Principe Real, Baixa and others). Setubal, Sesimbra and Obidos are still open, but with their own regulations under revision. (2) Since 2025, AL requires mandatory insurance: it is not optional. We help you navigate this at the start.
Yes. In that case the bank requires a quote certified by a licensed contractor, which rules out working with loose odd-jobbers. We produce the quote in the format the bank accepts, and coordinate the works schedule with the loan disbursements.
Portugal has a reduced VAT rate for renovation work on housing: verba 2.27 of Lista I annexed to the CIVA (the Portuguese VAT code). It covers the labour component; materials go at the standard rate once they exceed 20% of the invoice total, and the invoice has to itemise the two parts separately. So the rate that applies to your job appears line by line in the quote, before you sign anything. For deduction or recovery questions specific to your situation (main home, rental investment, tax status), speak to a Portuguese accountant: we can put you in touch.
It is issued in Portuguese, like the contract: Portuguese law is what applies, and we would rather there be a single version that governs — it keeps a disagreement from turning into an argument about what a translation meant. We send you a translation on request, and we go through every line with you before you sign anything. Calls, WhatsApp, email and the site reports are all in English.
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