Renovation in Esplugues and Sant Just Desvern
Two separate municipalities that behave like a continuation of upper Barcelona along the Diagonal. Quiet streets, generous flats, several international schools within a short drive, and residents associations that read the paperwork properly.
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Short answer
What a renovation costs in Esplugues and Sant Just
A full renovation in Esplugues or Sant Just Desvern runs from €780 to €1,600 per m², so a 110 m² flat to a mid-range finish comes to roughly €121,000 over 12–18 weeks on site. Flats here are large, which means layout work pays back more than finishes do. The item foreign owners underestimate is not the building work but the comunidad de propietarios: these blocks are well administered and will want a complete document file before a single tile is lifted.
| What you are buying | Typical size | Indicative cost | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full flat renovation, 1970s–80s | 90–140 m² | €70,200–€224,000 | 12–18 weeks |
| Development from the 1990s–2000s | 90–120 m² | €70,200–€132,000 | Update rather than repair |
| Detached house, Ciutat Diagonal or Mas Lluí | Whole property | Priced after technical visit | Envelope and garden apart |
| New en-suite bathroom | 4–6 m² | from €3,200 | 10–18 working days |
| Full rewire | Whole flat | €4,000–€7,500 | Runs inside the programme |
Why here
Quiet suburbs at the end of the Diagonal
Esplugues de Llobregat and Sant Just Desvern have their own town halls and their own ordinances, but geographically they simply carry on where Barcelona stops. Families who want floor area, parking and a garden without committing to a long commute tend to end up in one of the two, and several international schools sit within a short drive.
The main property types
- Flats of 90 to 140 m² from the 1970s and 1980s: sound structure, services at the end of their life
- Developments from the 1990s and 2000s: little to repair, a great deal to update
- Detached houses in Ciutat Diagonal and Mas Lluí: long jobs involving envelope and garden
- Older property in the Sant Just village centre, which needs a structural look first
What owners ask for most often
Opening the kitchen to the living room, turning a bedroom into a suite with its own bathroom, and replacing services that are thirty years old. In a flat of this size the change of layout transforms the home far more than any finish does. Where the property dates from the 1970s or 1980s the electrics and the plumbing are usually replaced in full rather than patched, because the cost of running new circuits is small once the walls are already open and doing it later means opening them twice.
The residents association
Well-run buildings expect a complete file
Buildings in these two municipalities are generally well administered, and the comunidad de propietarios will want a full set of documents before anyone lifts a tile. That is entirely predictable, and predictable things are simply planned for.
What we submit as a matter of course
- A current public liability policy with the certificate from the insurer
- A programme of works with noise hours and dates for machine work
- A formal request to use the service lift and the common areas
- The certificate of the authorised waste carrier
Why this matters more when you are abroad
A residents association that refuses access on the second morning costs you a week, and if you are in another country you cannot walk downstairs and negotiate. So the file goes in before the site opens rather than after. The same discipline applies to the ayuntamiento: an interior renovation is normally a comunicación previa, while anything structural needs a licence and a technical project, and both are filed on your behalf.
Two town halls, two sets of rules
Esplugues and Sant Just are separate municipalities with separate ordinances, and the flat you are buying belongs to one or the other even though the street may feel continuous. Permitted noise hours, waste management requirements and the documents needed to occupy part of the pavement for a skip or a lift are not identical between them, and neither follows Barcelona automatically. It is a small thing that becomes a large one if the assumption is wrong: a skip placed without the right permission is removed, and the day is lost. We confirm which municipality applies and file accordingly before the first delivery arrives.
Frequently asked
Renovations in Esplugues: common questions
Between €780 and €1,600 per m². A 110 m² flat to a mid-range finish comes to roughly €121,000. The figure is fixed after the technical visit.
No. Both municipalities adjoin Barcelona along the Diagonal and form part of our normal working area, so no travel surcharge is applied.
A public liability policy, a programme of works with noise hours, a request to use the service lift, and a waste carrier certificate. All of it is prepared before the site opens.
In a large flat almost always. The constraint is the distance to the existing soil stack: the further away, the more fall the waste run needs and the higher the floor has to be raised. A new bathroom on its own runs from €3,200 to €9,500, and we confirm feasibility at the technical visit.
Between 12 and 18 weeks on site, plus licence processing beforehand. The completion date is written into the quote.
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Rated 5.0 from 14 Google reviews. All real, from real projects.
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“Doy un 10 la verdad con el servicio que me han prestado en una reforma de un piso en Barcelona capital, gente muy seria y responsable, gracias.”
Araks SahakyanJuly 2026
★★★★★
“Quedé encantada con la atención y la calidad del trabajo. Se nota que cuidan los detalles y cumplen con lo que prometen.”
Ana RiveraApril 2026
★★★★★
“Servicio muy profesional. Me explicaron todo con claridad y el trabajo quedó perfecto.”
Ana AlemanMarch 2026
★★★★★
“Si estas buscando profesionales responsables para hacer tu reforma, es el lugar indicado. Especializados en reformas integrales con la mejor atención personalizada. 100% recomendados.”
Daniel GarganoFebruary 2026
★★★★★
“Muy buen trabajo, ha realizado un trabajo muy profesional, ha cumplido en plazo y en calidad.”
Francisco PiñeirosAugust 2025
★★★★★
“Muy buenos profesionales, con excelente resultado.”
Esther DiezJune 2026