Drawings, 3D visualisation and works permits in Marbella

Without drawings, a contractor prices what it imagines. It either protects itself against the unknown by inflating the figure, or underprices and recovers the difference mid-build as extras. Either way, you pay for the uncertainty.

A complete construction package removes that uncertainty. Quantities are known, materials are specified, interfaces between trades are resolved. Firms price the same thing, quotes become comparable, and variations during the build become the exception rather than the rule.

That is why we produce the package before going out to tender, never the other way round.

Drawings are hard to read if you are not in the trade. Photorealistic 3D makes the scheme immediately legible: you see the real volumes, the natural light at different hours, the exact tones of the materials, the furniture layout.

Its value is not aesthetic but economic. Changing your mind on a render costs a few hours of work. Changing your mind once the tiling is laid costs removal, re-ordering and two weeks of programme. The 3D is the last moment at which a change of mind is free.

It is especially useful if you do not yet live on the Costa del Sol: it lets you approve the scheme remotely, without travelling.

In Spain almost all building work requires municipal consent. A standard interior renovation — leaving structure, façade and shared services untouched — usually falls under obra menor, a relatively simple declaration. As soon as you touch a load-bearing wall, the façade, shared services or the habitable floor area, it becomes obra mayor and a signed technical project is required.

Depending on the case, you may also need the owners’ community consent, payment of the municipal tax and a deposit covering waste removal. These steps govern when work can start and are a classic cause of delay.

Kasara tells you at the first visit which regime applies, prepares the documents and follows the application through the town hall.