Bathroom renovation in Torremolinos for apartments and holiday rentals
Bathroom renovation specialists in Torremolinos. We manage the full project — from demolition to final handover — coordinating plumbing, tiling and electrical for holiday rentals and second homes. English communication. We work while you're away.
Bathroom renovation in Torremolinos: what apartments need
Most Torremolinos apartments were built in the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s and many still have the original bathrooms: ageing baths, old tiles, dated fittings and plumbing that hasn't been updated in decades. The most common request from non-resident owners is to replace the bath with a flush walk-in shower, retile with large-format porcelain and update the sanitaryware and fittings. In La Carihuela and El Bajondillo, where holiday rental apartments are concentrated, we see particularly high demand for bathroom updates before the summer season.
Durable materials for holiday rental use
For holiday rental apartments in Torremolinos, we select materials with rental use in mind: walk-in shower trays without hard-to-clean profiles, glass shower screens, durable taps and fittings that hold up under frequent occupation, and wall and floor tiles that are easy to clean between stays. A well-executed bathroom renovation improves guest ratings and reduces maintenance during the first years of use. We carry out the renovation while you're away and send photographic documentation on completion.
What's included and how we manage the project
A complete bathroom renovation covers demolition, waterproofing, plumbing, electrical, tiling, flooring, sanitaryware, shower screen or bath, furniture, lighting and finishes. All trades are coordinated by our team under a single project lead — you don't need to manage separate contractors. Walk-in flush showers are feasible in most Torremolinos apartments — we confirm this in the site assessment before quoting. If you can't be present during the renovation, we coordinate access and keep you updated throughout.
Renovating a bathroom on the Costa del Sol goes well beyond replacing tiles: it means resolving the tanking, the ventilation and the plumbing to a standard that copes with coastal humidity and the intensive use typical of second homes. Every project starts from a real technical setting-out on site, not from a template.
The decisions that drive the schedule and durability
The shower tray and the porcelain format. The flush-with-the-floor tray is now the standard: mineral-filled resin or extra-slim ceramic, a linear or concealed-grille waste and a 1.5-2 % fall towards the drain. Large-format porcelain (120x120, 120x260 cm) reduces grout lines and is easier to clean, but calls for C2TE-S1 deformable adhesive, adhesive on both surfaces and levelling clips. Wall-hung sanitaryware sits on a frame with a concealed cistern rated above 400 kg.
Hard water dictates the brassware. Hansgrohe thermostatic mixers with limescale-resistant coatings, suited to the local water. Porcelanosa, Roca, Duravit and Geberit complete the specification, with made-to-measure screens and a high-end finish.
Tanking and ventilation cannot be rushed. Flexible cement-based tanking across the shower area and the floor, with reinforcing bands at wall-to-floor junctions and corners and treatment around wastes and pipe penetrations. The 24-48 h cure before tiling is never skipped: skipping it is the commonest error, and a source of leaks. The Spanish Building Code (CTE) requires extraction in internal bathrooms and ambient humidity makes condensation worse: humidistat extractor fans or heat-recovery units clear the vapour and prevent mould, salt deposits and damage to grout and joinery.
A full bathroom usually takes 2-3 working weeks, screed curing and tanking included, with an in-house team on the payroll and a 5-year guarantee on the workmanship; watertightness, drainage and tap operation are tested before handover. We coordinate in Spanish and English. The full process, stage by stage, is in our guide to bathroom renovation on the Costa del Sol.
What a bathroom refurbishment in Torremolinos involves
What sets Torremolinos apart is that, across the 1960s and 1970s apartment stock, the original bathroom is internal and has no window. It was laid out in the middle of the flat, away from any facade, and air changes depend on a vertical extraction duct shared with the rest of the neighbours' column. That makes ventilation the first decision of the project rather than a finishing detail: if the duct is blocked or badly terminated at roof level, a more powerful extractor fixes nothing and can push odours back into other flats. The duct has to be checked before the layout is settled.
The second constraint is the soil stack. In these blocks the WC ended up hard against the communal stack because the floor slab leaves barely any depth to run a fall on the waste pipe. Turning the bathroom round, or moving the WC to another wall, is therefore not a matter of taste: it means raising the floor, and that build-up eats headroom and throws the level out with the rest of the flat. Swapping the bath for a shower tray, by contrast, tends to be the intervention that argues least with the structure.
The third is the salt air. In La Carihuela the sea breeze is a real factor: it attacks taps, screen hinges, rails and any exposed fixings, and it does so inside a bathroom with no ventilation that dries slowly. The decision it changes is one of materials rather than looks: stainless steel for ironmongery and anchors, and ruling out finishes that are no more than a single coating over ordinary metal.
On top of that, not all the developments are alike. The Different developments were built to different solutions, with service ducts and floor slabs that do not behave alike, so what was possible in one flat guarantees nothing in the one next door.
How much a bathroom costs in Torremolinos
A complete bathroom renovation starts at €12,500. The final price depends on the size, on whether the drainage has to be rerouted and on the quality of the materials; the workmanship is the same in every case, because we work with our own team.
Renovating in Torremolinos: local context
Torremolinos was the epicentre of the Costa del Sol tourism boom in the 1960s, and that history shapes every renovation carried out here today. Unlike Marbella or Estepona, much of the housing stock consists of apartments from the 60s, 70s and 80s built for summer holidays: heavily compartmentalised layouts, closed kitchens, obsolete electrical wiring and original bathrooms. Renovating in Torremolinos usually means modernising that holiday property —opening up spaces, renewing installations and improving energy efficiency— to turn it into a competitive rental asset or a genuinely liveable home. At Costa del Sol Reformas we understand the town's specifics: the salt air of La Carihuela, the Playamar towers and the villas of Montemar. With our own in-house team, project management in Spanish and English and a 5-year guarantee, we deliver full renovations designed for this particular market.
Where we work: La Carihuela, Playamar, Montemar, El Calvario / Centro, El Pinillo, Los Álamos.
How we work in Torremolinos
Why Costa del Sol Reformas
Costa del Sol Reformas is a renovation company in Torremolinos operating since 2010. Own team, fixed price and 5-year written guarantee on all projects.
Frequently asked questions
What does a bathroom renovation in Torremolinos include?
Demolition, waterproofing, plumbing, electrical, tiling, flooring, sanitaryware, shower screen or bath, furniture, lighting and finishes. All trades coordinated under a single project lead.
Can you install a walk-in shower in a Torremolinos apartment?
Yes. Replacing a bath with a flush walk-in shower is one of the most common requests. We confirm feasibility in the site assessment before quoting.
Do you work in La Carihuela and El Bajondillo?
Yes. We work across all of Torremolinos including La Carihuela, El Bajondillo and Playamar, without any difference in conditions.
How long does a bathroom renovation take in Torremolinos?
A complete bathroom renovation typically takes 3 to 5 weeks, depending on scope and material availability. We confirm the timeline in the written quotation.
Can you manage the project if I'm not in Spain?
Yes. We coordinate access and carry out the renovation autonomously. We send progress updates and photographic documentation on completion.
Have a project in Torremolinos?
Tell us about your project and we'll prepare a tailored assessment.