Renovations in Alhaurín de la Torre for chalets and family homes

Alhaurín de la Torre isn't a seaside second-home village: it's a fast-growing residential town fifteen minutes from Málaga city and ten from the airport, where most owners live all year round. That changes what renovating here actually means. At Costa del Sol Reformas we treat renovations in Alhaurín de la Torre for what they are: projects for families who use the house every single day, detached villas on their own plot, townhouses and self-built homes that need a full update rather than a quick makeover for holiday lets. With our own in-house team, project management in Spanish, English and German, and a five-year guarantee, we run every job from start to finish, from El Peñón to Pinos de Alhaurín, always sticking to the timeline and budget agreed with each client.

Where we renovate

• Pinos de Alhaurín. An established, sought-after area of detached villas in a natural setting, many self-built in the 1990s and 2000s. Work here is typically full modernisation: kitchens and bathrooms, opening up compartmentalised layouts, energy efficiency, and renewing the pool and garden on the plot.
• El Peñón / El Romeral-Peñón de Zapata. Dominated by townhouses and semi-detached chalets alongside urban plots for single-family homes. Demand mixes updating townhouses (facade, roof, patios) with tailored renovations of newly bought or resale properties.
• Zapata (Peñón de Zapata). A more rural district of single-family homes on generous plots. Projects often involve rehabilitating older houses and, on non-developable land, a more careful planning approach.
• Torrealquería. A rural hamlet of cortijos and country homes. This is where traditional-house rehabilitations fit, upgrading installations and adapting properties for year-round living within rustic-land rules.
• La Capellanía. A well-regarded urbanisation of chalets and family homes with good connections. Mostly full home renovations for permanent residents and the updating of finishes and installations.

The property market in Alhaurín de la Torre

Alhaurín de la Torre's housing stock is dominated by detached villas and townhouses on their own plot, many of them self-built during the residential boom of the 1990s and 2000s, rather than by holiday apartments. Because this is a town of permanent residents, not short-term lets, the renovation people ask for is different: full refurbishments designed for living all year round. The most common work is renewing dated kitchens and bathrooms, opening up heavily compartmentalised layouts to bring in light, improving energy efficiency (insulation, window frames, air-source heat pumps), replacing original electrical and plumbing systems, and making the most of the plot with a pool, porch or outdoor kitchen. Extensions and the conversion of basements or garages are also frequent, something rarely viable in coastal flats but natural in these homes with their own land.

Building permits in Alhaurín de la Torre

Permits are handled at the Alhaurín de la Torre town hall (Plaza Alcalde Antonio Vega González). Minor works, changing floors, tiling, bathrooms or kitchens without touching structure or layout, go through a responsible declaration or prior notice. Major works, involving redistribution, structural work, facade changes or an extension, require a licence with a technical project signed off by an architect or surveyor. Take special care in rural hamlets such as Zapata or Torrealquería, where part of the land is non-developable and restrictions are tighter. We prepare and submit all the paperwork for you.

Renovation costs in Alhaurín de la Torre

Prices in Alhaurín de la Torre depend above all on plot size and the property's starting condition: many self-built homes still have their original installations, which must be fully renewed, increasing the real scope of the job. As a guide, a good mid-to-high quality full renovation usually starts around €600/m² and, with luxury finishes, exceeds €1,000/m²; large villas with pool and garden are quoted per project. With an average detached-home value of about €588,000 (Fotocasa, 2025), owners here invest in lasting quality. Every figure is indicative and confirmed after a site visit.