Sant Martí · Barcelona
Comprehensive renovations in Sant Martí
In Sant Martí you can cross a street and change century: on one pavement there is a pre-war workers’ building and on the other a tower handed over twenty years ago. We renovate both, but they are not renovated the same way and the quotes do not look alike either. We have an office in the district, at Carrer de la Independència, 238.
- Office in the districtIndependència, 238
- Site visit and measurementsbefore we quote
- Detailed quoteitemised, with no obligation
- Extras approved beforethey are carried out, never after
Start by knowing which building we are talking about
Sant Martí has ten neighbourhoods and they are nothing like one another. Before asking for a quote it helps to know which one you are in, because almost everything follows from that: whether the services have to be redone, whether the lift will take an assembled kitchen unit, whether the residents’ association has works rules and whether a lorry can park outside the entrance.
And if you live in Camp de l’Arpa, in Provençals, in la Verneda or in el Besòs? We work across the whole district; those neighbourhoods simply do not have a page of their own yet. Tell us at the site visit and we treat it just the same.
- PoblenouIndustrial units and open-plan floors, high ceilings and new 22@ buildings right up against two-storey workers’ housing.
- El ClotThe old centre of the annexed village and the blocks of the 1960s and 1970s, mixed street by street.
- Diagonal MarDevelopments put up from 2000 onwards: tower, concierge and works rules in writing.
- La SagreraA note that saves confusion: it is not Sant Martí, it belongs to the Sant Andreu district, and it has a page of its own.
What we do in a Sant Martí renovation
We renovate whole homes and commercial premises. In a home the usual job is a complete renovation: the flat is stripped out, the services are redone, the layout is changed if it needs to be and everything is fitted again, with the quote itemised from the start. The scope and the full service across the city are on comprehensive renovations in Barcelona.
If you only need one part of it, each job has its own page and its own team: kitchen renovations, bathroom renovations, parquet and flooring, painting and electrics. The district also brings us plenty of work in commercial premises renovation, and on the industrial land side of Poblenou, in industrial units.
What we do not do is send each trade in on its own and leave you to coordinate them. A renovation is contracted as a whole because the problem is never inside one trade: it is where two of them meet.
Four ages of building in one district
This is not local history: it is what decides the quote. Sant Martí was an independent municipality until 1897 and since then four different things have been laid over it, and today they sit two hundred metres from one another.
When someone tells us they have asked for three quotes and there are twenty thousand euros between them, the problem is almost always here: they have not all looked at the same age of building with the same care. That is why the site visit comes before the quote and not after.
- Before 1936. A two- or three-storey workers’ building, often with no lift, with load-bearing walls, timber or steel joist floors and services patched over the plaster for decades. Here the works begin by opening up and finding out. It is the kind of building you see most in the old centre of El Clot.
- The 1960s and 1970s. Housing blocks with a rigid layout, a long corridor, an internal bathroom and a consumer unit that falls short of what gets plugged in today. They take a new layout far better than they look as though they would, but the services go in their entirety and that is not up for negotiation.
- The industrial conversion. Industrial units, open-plan floors and buildings built for another use and adapted to homes or offices: high ceilings, columns that do not move and structures designed for loads that are not those of a house. We go into it in Poblenou.
- From 2000 onwards. A recent development: the services work, the finish is sound and what is asked for is not a rebuild, it is a reconfiguration. In return the building has a residents’ association, a concierge and rules in writing. We go into it in Diagonal Mar.
Two of our projects in the district
Both are told in full, with photographs and with the decisions behind every finish, on the blog.
More completed work, sorted by type of renovation, in Obrescat projects.
What it costs and how long it takes
We give a price per square metre and it is published. Here we quote it and link to the page that maintains it, so there are never two versions of the same figure.
A standard comprehensive renovation runs from €750 to €1,050/m², and it is one of the five bands we publish on comprehensive renovations in Barcelona, from a partial update through to a bespoke renovation. It is a reference to get your bearings, not a quote: the real figure comes out of the site visit.
In Sant Martí what moves that figure most is the age of the building. In a 1960s flat with the services worn out, the expensive section is inside the wall and you cannot see it when the job is finished. In a recent development the opposite happens: the services are left alone and the money goes on joinery, finishes and lighting. Two projects of the same size, two different quotes, and neither of them is inflated.
On timing. A comprehensive renovation usually takes between 6 and 12 weeks, depending on floor area, layout changes, the condition of the services, the scope and the level of finishes. It is a guide, not a scheduling commitment: the real schedule is set by milestones after the visit.
What our clients say
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Contamos con Obrescat para la reforma y acondicionamiento de nuestra terraza (instalación de estructura metálica, arreglos de fachada, pintura y pequeños acabados) y el resultado ha sido justo lo que buscábamos.
Desde la fase de estudio del proyecto la comunicación fue excelente: contestaron rápido y con total disponibilidad para resolver todas nuestras dudas.
Durante la ejecución, el equipo fue muy puntual, atento y sobre todo flexible, adaptándose sin problema a los cambios de días y horarios que les pedimos.
Estamos muy contentos con la calidad final del trabajo. Los recomiendo sin duda.
Lo mejor de trabajar con Obrescat ha sido sentir que había seguimiento real durante todo el proyecto. Nerea hizo un gran trabajo en la fase inicial, tanto a nivel comercial como a la hora de preparar el presupuesto, siempre con transparencia. Después, Manuel coordinó la obra con profesionalidad y supo resolver bien los pequeños ajustes que fueron apareciendo. Como empresa de reformas en barcelona, nos han parecido muy recomendables por su implicación.
Después de comparar varias opciones, elegí esta empresa de reformas porque me transmitió confianza y profesionalidad. El resultado ha superado mis expectativas, la cocina ha quedado increíble. Muy recomendados en reformas Barcelona
Contratamos a Obrescat para la reforma integral de nuestro local comercial en Barcelona y la experiencia ha sido excelente. Necesitábamos adaptar completamente el espacio para abrir nuestro negocio y nos ayudaron tanto con la distribución como con los acabados y la iluminación.Muy recomendable esta empresa de reformas para proyectos de reformas Barcelona y reforma de locales.
Después de una mala experiencia previa con otra empresa, llegar a Obrescat fue un alivio. Buscábamos una empresa de reformas en Barcelona seria y profesional, y con ellos sentimos confianza desde el primer día. Nos ayudaron a definir el proyecto, nos orientaron con materiales y acabados y siempre fueron claros con los tiempos y el presupuesto.
Durante la obra estuvieron muy organizados, el piso se mantuvo bastante limpio dentro de lo posible y cualquier duda se resolvía rápido. No tuvimos sorpresas desagradables ni sobrecostes inesperados, algo que hoy en día se agradece mucho en el sector de las reformas Barcelona.
El resultado ha sido exactamente lo que queríamos. Un equipo muy recomendable.
Obrescat nos hizo una reforma de baño y reforma de cocina en Barcelona y el resultado ha sido excelente. Aprovecharon mejor el espacio, nos aconsejaron bien con los materiales y dejaron todo muy bien terminado. Además, al ver cómo trabajan, nos quedó claro que son una empresa de reformas muy seria y con experiencia. Se nota que tienen oficio y cuidan mucho este tipo de obras
Después de comparar varias empresas de reformas en Barcelona, nos decidimos por Obrescat y fue la mejor decisión. Reformaron nuestro piso de 90 m² en el Eixample y todo salió genial: cumplieron los plazos, no hubo sorpresas con el presupuesto y la comunicación fue constante. Nos ayudaron a elegir materiales, optimizar espacios y hasta nos dieron ideas de diseño que no habíamos pensado. Se nota que tienen experiencia y que les gusta su trabajo. La relación calidad-precio es muy buena, sobre todo para el nivel de acabado que ofrecen.
Gran experiencia con Obrescat en la reforma completa de nuestro baño. Queríamos algo moderno y elegante pero también práctico, y supieron encontrar el equilibrio perfecto.Muy recomendable esta empresa de reformas en Barcelona.
Reformamos todo el piso con Obrescat: baño, cocina y pintura general. Desde el primer momento se nota que son una empresa de reformas en Barcelona muy seria. Cumplieron plazos, ajustaron el presupuesto y el resultado fue excelente.
Trabajo muy profesional con mi cocina en un par de semanas realizada. Destacaría sobretodo la organización y profesionalidad de Nerea y todo el personal en general
Before you hire
If yours is not here, call us on 933 53 54 09 or message us on WhatsApp and we will answer with what we know.
Do you have an office nearby?
Yes. We have an office in the district, at Carrer de la Independència, 238, 08026 Barcelona, open Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 21:00. The other one is at Av. de Pau Casals, 7. You can come to us, or ask us to come to you: the site visit takes place in your home or your premises, which is where the answers are.
My neighbourhood has no page. Do you work there all the same?
Yes. We work across the whole of Sant Martí: Camp de l’Arpa, Provençals, Sant Martí de Provençals, la Verneda i la Pau, el Besòs i el Maresme, la Vila Olímpica and the rest. A neighbourhood not having a page of its own only means we have not written it yet, not that we do not go there.
My flat is in La Sagrera. Is that Sant Martí?
No. La Sagrera belongs to the Sant Andreu district, even though it is a step away from El Clot and plenty of people take it for Sant Martí. It has a page of its own, covering what shapes a renovation there.
I have asked for three quotes and they look nothing alike. How do I compare them?
By looking at the items, not the total. Two quotes with the same final figure can contain very different services inside, and the difference only shows up once the wall is already open. We explain it with examples in how to compare quotes and spot inflated items.
What paperwork does my project need?
It depends on the scope and on what it affects: changing finishes is not the same as touching communal services, the layout or the façade. Which notification or which licence is needed is settled before starting, not halfway through, and we go over it with you at the visit. There is a guide in what paperwork your project needs.
Do you renovate commercial premises, or only homes?
Both. In the district we have done a commercial project with an activity open to the public, which is the one that carries the most paperwork: the works and the activity run along separate tracks and it is worth knowing that before signing a lease. It is set out in commercial premises renovation in Barcelona and in works and activity: the paperwork for commercial premises.
Tell us about the building
Tell us where it is, what year it dates from and what you want to do. We come and see it, measure up and send you a detailed itemised quote, with no obligation.
Or call us: 933 53 54 09