Full home renovations in Náquera, with our own team and a fixed price

Few towns in the Camp de Túria have as distinctive a character as Náquera. Known as the gateway to the Sierra Calderona, this town of just over seven thousand residents nestles against the slopes and pine forests of the natural park, little more than twenty minutes from Valencia. That blend of mountain, dry climate and proximity to the city explains why much of the municipality is not built-up town centre, but a patchwork of villa developments raised over the decades among the pines.

Renovating here almost always means working on a detached family home with its own plot: villas of one or two storeys, a garden, a porch and, in most cases, a swimming pool. Many started life as a weekend and summer second home, and over the years have become the main residence of families looking for peace, fresh air and space without moving away from work. That change of use —from holiday house to year-round home— is exactly what prompts people to renovate them: insulation designed for the cool of the sierra, up-to-date services and an interior that connects with the outdoors.

We work in Náquera from our base in La Eliana, just a short hop within the comarca itself, with more than 35 years renovating homes across the Camp de Túria. We are not from the town, but we know full well how this kind of sierra villa was built and how it is renovated: plots on a slope, narrow access to some developments, services worth checking and outdoor areas that count for as much as the house. We plan it all in advance so the work moves forward without surprises.

02 Local know-how

What makes renovating in Náquera different

A sierra home is not renovated in the same way as a city flat or a terraced house on the edge of town. These are the issues that come up most often when we set about renovating in Náquera, and how we tackle them before knocking through the first wall.

The development villa is the typical case

The vast majority of jobs are detached villas in a development, many built between the seventies and the nineties, when Náquera took off as a holiday area. They tend to have a sound structure but closed, compartmentalised layouts typical of their day. Here the usual move is to open up the ground floor to join kitchen, living room and dining room, open large openings towards the plot and bring light and the porch into the house.

From second home to year-round home

Many houses were designed for spending the weekend and the summer, not for living in them in January. When a family decides to stay all year round, the first thing that falls short is thermal comfort: the sierra is cool at night and there are genuinely cold days in winter. A full renovation is the moment to properly get to grips with the insulation of the façade and roof, swap the joinery for windows with a thermal break and consider aerothermal systems or underfloor heating, which in a detached house make an enormous difference to the bill.

The plot, the porch and the pool count for as much as the interior

In Náquera you do not live indoors alone. The terrace, the porch, the garden and the pool are part of daily life for much of the year, so they go into the project from the very first plan: non-slip paving that can take the sun, waterproofing of terraces, refurbishment of the pool shell or a brand-new pool, and a smooth transition between indoors and out. Resolving it all within the same project avoids treading on freshly finished work and stops each trade blaming the one before.

Sloping plots and sierra access

Sitting on the foothills of the Calderona comes at a logistical price: many plots have changes in level, retaining walls and terraced gardens, and some developments have narrow or uphill access that affects how machinery gets in and how rubble is taken away. We study this during the site visit to plan storage, lifting equipment and phases with no nasty mid-project shocks.

Náquera Town Council permits and services

Almost any renovation of any size needs its paperwork with Náquera Town Council: work that does not touch structure or the façade is usually dealt with by responsible declaration, while touching load-bearing walls, extending, or working on the façade or pool calls for a licence. We take care of the documentation and coordinate the services —water, electricity and, in some developments, private networks and tanks— so the work is not left at a standstill waiting for a connection.