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Home renovations in Calpe (Calp)

The Penyal d'Ifac rock rising above Calpe's bay, seen across the Las Salinas lagoon with a few flamingos in the shallows
The Penyal d'Ifac rock rising above Calpe's bay, seen across the Las Salinas lagoon with a few flamingos in the shallows

Calpe grew fast from the late 1960s, and much of that growth was apartment blocks, each run by a community of owners. We renovate apartments and villas here for owners who live abroad, and deal with the community on your behalf.

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We cover Calpe and nearby

Calpe (Calp is the official, Valencian name) wraps around the Penyal d'Ifac, with beaches on either side and urbanizaciones on the hills behind. We work in all of them:

  • The old town, inside the Torreó de la Peça walls
  • Levante and La Fossa beach
  • Arenal-Bol beach
  • Cantal Roig
  • La Cometa
  • Enginent
  • La Merced
  • Calpe Park

Neighbouring towns: Benissa, Altea, Moraira.

We are based in València (Av. de Francia 2), about 1.5–2 h from Calpe by road (about 122 km). Site visits by appointment.

What homes in Calpe need

Calpe is an apartment town as much as a villa town. Its building boom started in the late 1960s, and only 9% of its properties predate 1971 (see the local facts below). Much of that growth was apartment blocks, each with a community of owners that shares the facade, the roof and the risers.

Renovating an apartment in one of those blocks is a job of coordination as much as building. The community’s administrator needs to know what is happening, the neighbours need to know when the noise will stop, and anything that touches the shared parts of the building needs approval first. We take care of that so it does not land on you from abroad.

The villas are mostly in the urbanizaciones on the hills, such as La Cometa, Enginent, La Merced and Calpe Park. Many date from the same decades and share the same needs: new services, better windows, and terraces that work for long summer stays.

Renovation services in Calpe

Many Calpe homes are apartments with sea views in blocks from the 1970s onwards; the urbanizaciones on the hills hold the villas.

We work with local architects, interior designers and structural engineers.

Calpe: local facts

Population
27,440 residents in 2025, 54.1% foreign nationals. British (1,494) and Belgian (1,388) residents are the largest Western-European groups, ahead of German (1,046), Dutch (703), French (462) and Swiss (240). The Ajuntament de Calp publishes the same total and the same foreign share. (INE, 1 Jan 2025; Ajuntament de Calp)
Housing age (2011 census)
Of properties (inmuebles) in the 2011 census of buildings, 9% predate 1971, 51% date from 1971 to 1990 and 40% from 1991 to 2011, so about nine in ten date from 1971 to 2011. (INE Census of Buildings 2011)
Not lived in all year
60% of dwellings were not a main residence (2011 census). (INE Census 2011)
Tourist dwellings (May 2026)
INE estimated 2,943 tourist dwellings across Calp in May 2026. This experimental count describes the whole municipality, not just Calpe's neighbourhoods. (INE, May 2026)
Tourist accommodation capacity (May 2026)
The same municipal estimate records 15,792 tourist accommodation places in May 2026; it is a capacity estimate, not a count of bookings or a licensing register. (INE, May 2026)

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Planning and heritage in Calpe

General plan
The Ajuntament refers to its general plan as the PGOU-98 and has amended parts of it since, for example with modification D-14, approved in 2021. (Ajuntament de Calp)
Town walls
Calp's town walls are a Bien de Interés Cultural with a protected surrounding area. They were first fortified in the 13th and 14th centuries, and the Torreó de la Peça was added after an attack in 1744. (Generalitat Valenciana; Turisme Comunitat Valenciana)
Listed modern buildings
In La Manzanera, the Muralla Roja, Xanadú, Plexus and the Club Social are listed as Bienes de Relevancia Local. (Generalitat Valenciana)
Size and shore
The municipality covers 23.5 km² and has 13 km of beaches and coves. (Ajuntament de Calp)

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Permits in Calpe

In a Calpe apartment, two sets of rules apply. The Ajuntament de Calp deals with the permit: usually a declaración responsable for a reform inside the apartment that keeps the structure. The community of owners has its say on anything touching the facade, the roof, the structure or the shared risers. Near the Penyal d'Ifac we check whether protected-land rules apply before planning outside work.

Permits are issued by the Ajuntament de Calp. Electronic office of the Ajuntament de Calp. · Our licence guide.

Away for the season?

Nine in ten Calpe homes were built between 1971 and 2011, and six in ten are not a main residence. In an apartment block, works follow the community of owners' rules on approvals, hours and shared areas; we handle all of that while you are abroad.

Remote renovation · Property care while you are away

Questions owners ask about Calpe

My Calpe apartment is in a block. Who has to approve the works?

The Ajuntament de Calp for the permit, and the community of owners for anything that touches shared elements such as the facade, the roof, the structure or the shared risers. Work inside your apartment alone is mostly your own decision. We check which applies and prepare what the community needs.

Calpe or Calp?

The same town. Calp is the official, Valencian name, which is why the town hall is the Ajuntament de Calp; Calpe is the Spanish name most visitors use.

Does land around the Penyal d'Ifac change what I can do?

It can, for plots on or next to protected land. We check each property's position before planning any outside work.

Can you renovate my apartment without disturbing the neighbours too much?

We find out the building's rules on working hours, use of the lift and deliveries before we start, protect the shared areas and keep the administrator informed. Noisy work is planned into the permitted hours.

Where Calpe is

Open Calp in Google Maps (Opens Google's site; nothing from Google loads on this page.)

Sources

  1. Table 66323: population by municipality and nationality, 1 Jan 2025 (Censo anual de población 2025). INE. Checked .
  2. Municipal information: 27,440 inhabitants in 2025, 54.1% foreign nationals. Ajuntament de Calp. Checked .
  3. Census of Buildings 2011: buildings and properties (inmuebles) by year of construction, municipalities over 2,000 (table 2mun03). INE. Checked .
  4. Census 2011: dwellings by type (main, secondary and empty) by municipality (table 10mun03). INE. Checked .
  5. Experimental tourist dwellings and capacity by municipality, May 2026 (table 39363). INE. Checked .
  6. Planeamiento urbanístico: modificación puntual D-14 del PGOU-98 de Calp (BOP 189, 4 October 2021). Ajuntament de Calp, transparency portal. Checked .
  7. Murallas de Calpe: Bien de Interés Cultural, with a protected surrounding area. Inventario General del Patrimonio Cultural Valenciano. Checked .
  8. Murallas de Calpe: first fortified in the 13th–14th centuries; the Torreó de la Peça added after the attack of 1744. Turisme Comunitat Valenciana. Checked .
  9. Bienes de Relevancia Local, Calp: Muralla Roja, Xanadú, Plexus o los Castillos, Club Social (La Manzanera) and others. Inventario General del Patrimonio Cultural Valenciano. Checked .
  10. Informe de sostenibilidad, Calp playas: municipal area 23.5 km², 13 km of beaches and coves. Ajuntament de Calp. Checked .
  11. OSRM route service (drive-time estimates, plus about 30% for traffic). Project OSRM.
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