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Saudade Design Studio — diseño y construcción en Mallorca
02 · Site management

Project and site management in Mallorca

We hire the trades, control quality and programme, and call you on Fridays with what has been done and what comes next. If you live abroad, this is the part that takes the problem off your hands.

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Site manager in a hard hat and hi-vis vest checking his phone on a renovation in Mallorca, with the Tramuntana behind
What we do

Everything between the permit and the keys.

Running a site means hiring, coordinating, measuring and saying no in time. We do it ourselves and we put it in writing: the people who draw the project are the ones who price it and build it.

Permits and paperwork
Town hall, professional body and utility companies. We file it, we answer for it and we chase it.
Hiring the trades
Builders, plumbers, electricians, joiners and painters. People we have worked with for years, not whoever was free that week.
Itemised quote
Measured and written by the people who will build it. Every variation is priced and signed before it is carried out.
Programme control
A week-by-week programme with the real material lead times built in. If something slips you hear about it on Friday, not at the end.
Quality and snagging
A site visit every week, and we walk the snagging list with you at the house before anything is called finished.
Paperwork in order
Every trade comes on site with their insurance and their papers current. It is not bureaucracy: it is what stops an inspection halting the job.
Weekly report with photosA call every FridayOne year of aftercare
Who is on your site

We hire the trades, we direct them and we pay them.

Our site manager lives here and walks the site every week. Builders, plumbers, electricians, joiners and painters all come in under one contract — ours — so you are not chasing five trades or opening five invoices.

One person responsible from the first visit to handover: a name and a phone number, no call centre.
A site visit every week, whoever happens to be working.
Whatever is agreed on site is emailed to you the same day.
If two trades do not line up, that is our problem, not yours.
A worker cutting a board with a circular saw among scaffolding and concrete columns on a building site in Mallorca
If you live abroad

Some clients see the house four times in the whole build.

That is exactly what the Friday report is for: two pages with the progress, the spend to date and the decisions needed that week. You read it on your phone and answer with a yes or a no.

A two-page PDF every Friday, with dated photos.
A video call from the site whenever you ask for one.
Purchasing, lead times and deliveries handled here.
Utility connections and keys sorted at the end.
Saudade Design StudioWeekly report
2026-09-11 · 2/2
Casa Joosten — week 14
Chased walls with plumbing pipes and metal studs on site this week
Plumbing risers and manifolds installed on site this week
Actual progress62% · 60% planned
Spend to date€184,200 / €298,000
This weekPlumbing, risers and manifolds
Decisions we need
  1. 01Lime wash tone for the courtyard — two samples sent on Monday.
  2. 02Kitchen tapware — to confirm before 18/09.
The stages

Five stages, and at each one you know what is at stake.

01 · Setting out
Marked on the floor

Before anything is knocked down, the drawing is set out on site and checked against what is really there.

02 · Strip-out
The surprises appear

This is when you see what is behind the walls. If something changes the budget, it is priced and signed before we carry on.

03 · Services
What you never see

Plumbing, electrics, heating and cooling, and drainage. Everything is photographed before a single wall is closed.

04 · Finishes
The house takes shape

Floors, joinery, paint and installation. This is where the decisions from the design arrive, already bought.

05 · Handover
Walked with you

We go through the house listing the snags, they are put right, and the year of aftercare begins.

Sites

What you see and what gets covered up.

Questions

What people ask before signing off a build.

How long does a full renovation take?

It depends on the scope and on when the permit comes through, which is the one thing we do not control. What we do give you in writing before we start is the week-by-week programme, with material lead times already counted in.

Do you deal with the permits?

Yes. We prepare and file the paperwork with the town hall and the professional body, and follow it up until it is granted.

Can you run works designed by another practice?

Yes. We review the drawings, price them by item and tell you what is still undefined before we start. Those conversations are far cheaper in an office than on site.

What happens if the strip-out turns up a surprise?

We stop, price it and get it signed. No new item is carried out until you have approved it in writing, and the Friday report shows the spend to date.

What does the year of aftercare cover?

We go back over anything that moves during the first year: joinery adjustments, finishes and anything that is our responsibility. Ask by phone or by email.

Do you work outside Mallorca?

No. The whole island, and only the island. Being on site every week is exactly what cannot be done from a distance.

Quote

Tell us about the build ahead of you.

With the address, the size and the drawings — if you already have them — we can tell you whether it stacks up, where we would start and what range we are talking about. The first visit is free.

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