Rehabilitation of buildings in Zaragoza

Working in the rehabilitation of buildings in Zaragoza involves designing on a different scale. A size that influences the city and the urban environment and is therefore related to other agents that must be considered. The rehabilitation of a building involves projecting on the history of that building but it is also working and discussing with neighbors and agents who are closest to it. It involves a more detailed analysis where each construction solution must be thoroughly analyzed to ensure its technical and economic solvency for the work.

In Cronotopos as an architectural studio located in historic cities such as Zaragoza and Alicante, we specialize in working with history and in rehabilitating and changing the use of buildings to get the maximum profitability from them. For the rehabilitation of a building, we must know the real estate market and we are able to find the needs of an environment to transform them into opportunities, maximizing, in this way, the profitability of the promoter. Our work in the rehabilitation of a building is based on the following order of factors.

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MARKET RESEARCH

We carry out this study before the rehabilitation of the building according to the type of exploitation that the client wants, whether it is for immediate sale, ordinary or vacation rental or any type of activity oriented to the tertiary sector. This report contains information related to the economic viability, the economic investment depending on the type of work, as well as other reports related to the urban compatibility of use and urban planning according to the General Plan of Zaragoza, Alicante or the city where it is needed. The estimated duration of this study prior to the rehabilitation of the building is one month. Our main sector is located in the rehabilitation of buildings in Zaragoza and Alicante, although we have some building rehabilitation work done in locations such as the Pyrenees, Borja or Teruel.

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PRE-PROJECT PHASE

Once the project approach for the rehabilitation of the building had been chosen, we began with the formalization of the idea by drawing up sketches, plans and realistic images. This development process is carried out jointly with the client and frequent meetings are held. It is a conceptual process that also involves the economic factor for its development and the preliminary study of the General Plan, whether in Zaragoza, Alicante or any other city. It generally lasts 2 months.

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PHASE
OF PROJECT

In order to obtain an urban or environmental license prior to the rehabilitation of the building, an execution project is needed that complies with the current regulations, among which are the PGOU (General Urban Development Plan), the CTE (Technical Building Code), the REBT (Low Voltage Electrical Regulation) among others… This is the phase in which the building renovation project must be conveniently documented to identify the parts of the project that remain unchanged and those where there is still some room for maneuver depending on the results that are obtained in the course and execution of the work during the subsequent work of rehabilitation of the building.

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COMMENCEMENT AND STAKING OUT OF WORK

Building rehabilitation is a branch of the profession that requires constant attention and immediate rethinking. Prior to the beginning of the execution of the work, we like to work with testing and technical control organizations that verify the construction systems to be used during the rehabilitation of the building. These tests, although they involve an additional cost to the work, are always profitable because the information they provide allows a good out of the work. Our staff is weekly as well as the budget measurements and the approvals or not of modifications, if any. At all times, we have an economic control that ensures a return on investment for the developer.

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NEGOTIATIONS
NEIGHBORHOODS

As architects, accustomed to working with neighboring communities, we know how difficult it is to reach agreements between co-owners, that is why we work to deal with all kinds of neighborhood processes to get the rehabilitation of the building is carried out. Our mission is always to find a solution that meets the needs of all co-owners, no matter how far apart they may be. We are able to see opportunities for all parties both at the beginning of the building rehabilitation work and during the rehabilitation.

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GRANT PROCESSING

Due to the progressive aging of cities and the inversion of the demographic pyramid, the construction trend is moving towards a renovation market, leaving the expansive and suburban trend of the last decades in the background. The government and various European initiatives are promoting such renovations. Some of them are the subsidies for the rehabilitation of buildings. We process this type of subsidies, sometimes obtaining the return of up to 50% of the requested amount. At present, we have obtained more than 10 subsidies for the rehabilitation of buildings in Zaragoza and Alicante.

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END OF WORK

As an architectural firm, we accompany you throughout the entire process and make sure that you always have the development in order. This involves the management of all the necessary supplies, first occupancy licenses, energy certificates, joint procedures with technical control bodies (OCTs) etc. …. Our projects are complete when the rehabilitated building on which the action has been performed is ready to be used, when the rehabilitation of the building has full consideration of new construction if it is the case.