An owner can carry out renovations within their apartment without permission from the community, but Article 7.1 of the Horizontal Property Law requires them to give prior notice of the work to the community representative. Authorization from the board is only necessary when the work affects
A certificate of occupancy is mandatory in the Balearic Islands for selling, renting, and registering water and electricity services, and it is valid for ten years. After a renovation, it must be renewed or a first occupancy certificate must be requested in two cases: when the work has been extensive and
Placing a rubble container on the street in Palma requires a permit for occupying public space for works, which can be requested from the Accessibility and Public Space Occupancy Service by sending the signed documentation in PDF format to tramitacioLOVP@palma.es. The processing time is immediate with a minimum
Tiling a bathroom in Mallorca costs between €45 and €75 per square meter of wall in 2026, including materials and labor, compared to a national average of €40-€60 per square meter. Labor alone costs between €25 and €40 per square meter, and removing the old tiles adds another €12-€35 per square meter. The calculation
Andratx is the most expensive municipality in Mallorca, along with the southwest of Palma: an average price of €6,006/m² in August 2026, with Port d'Andratx at €7,941/m² and Sant Elm at €9,471/m². Renovations here have three conditions that don't appear in the rest of the island: the owner who
Llucmajor is two municipalities in one: the town center, with its sandstone houses and wooden beams where rising damp is the enemy, and the coastal strip from S'Arenal to Cala Pi, with second homes where the enemy is sea air. The average price closed
Marratxí is a municipality of almost 40,500 inhabitants made up mainly of terraced and detached houses built between 1990 and 2010, so the typical renovation here is not an old apartment: it's a thirty-year-old house with installations at the limit of their useful life and a closed layout that
Converting a commercial space into a dwelling in Palma requires a ceiling height of 2.50 m in living areas and 2.20 m in bathrooms and hallways, a usable floor area of approximately 35-40 m², natural ventilation and lighting, and a major works permit from the municipality with a project plan prepared by a qualified professional. The adaptation work is moving
Tiling a bathroom in Palma costs between €45 and €75/m² including materials and labor in 2026, with labor alone ranging from €25 to €40/m². In a standard bathroom of 4 to 6 m² floor area—approximately 20-28 m² of wall space—that's
