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Builders in Los Balcones
Los Balcones is Torrevieja, not Orihuela Costa: its own urbanisation within the municipality, alongside La Siesta, El Chaparral, Torreblanca, Aguas Nuevas and Los Náufragos. Here the job we do most often has a name of its own: opening up the ground floor.
A Torrevieja urbanisation, not Orihuela Costa
Torrevieja began its urban expansion in the mid-1960s and stepped it up from the mid-80s onwards, resulting in a discontinuous, low-density urban fabric with single-family homes clearly taking centre stage. Los Balcones emerged as part of that process, as one of the municipality's own residential urbanisations, not as part of Orihuela Costa.
What we see most often in Los Balcones' properties
The dominant housing stock is 1980s-90s terraced houses and bungalows, with closed-off layouts that now feel cramped for how people want to use them: kitchens separated from the living room, corridors that break up the ground floor, partition walls that no longer suit how people actually live. It's also common to find damp in garages and basements from this era, especially when the original waterproofing has never been checked.
Ground-floor redistribution, the star job
Opening the kitchen up to the living room is, by far, the job most requested in Los Balcones. The starting point is always the same: identifying which wall is load-bearing before touching anything. In 1980s-90s terraced houses, not every interior partition is structural, but there's usually at least one that is between the kitchen and living room, and there the solution comes down to a properly calculated replacement beam, not guesswork.
Permits in Los Balcones
Los Balcones belongs to Torrevieja, so the paperwork is handled at Torrevieja's municipal offices, not on the N-332 in Orihuela Costa. Taking down a non-load-bearing partition normally falls under the declaración responsable (a simplified notification-based permit). If the wall is structural, a technical project signed by an architect and a licencia urbanística (a full building permit) are needed before starting.
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What's most requested in Los Balcones
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Real work in the area
You can see an example of a full chalet renovation with space redistribution in nearby Rojales in our project write-ups, and more representative examples in projects.
FAQ
Common questions in Los Balcones
Can I open the kitchen up to the living room, and how do I know if that wall is load-bearing?
At the technical visit we identify which walls are load-bearing before giving any quote. In Los Balcones' 1980s-90s terraced houses there's usually at least one structural wall between the kitchen and living room, but it can almost always be opened up with a properly calculated replacement beam.
What paperwork is needed to take down a partition wall?
If the partition isn't load-bearing, a declaración responsable is normally enough. If it's a structural wall, a technical project and a licencia urbanística are needed before touching it.
How long does a ground-floor redistribution take?
It depends on the scope, but in a typical Los Balcones terraced house a ground-floor redistribution is usually completed in just a few weeks of work, with a handover date fixed from the quote.
Can I live in the house during the work?
For redistributions limited to the ground floor, yes, it's possible in most cases if we organise the phasing well; we confirm this at the technical visit based on the actual scope.
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