Category: Exterior

Illuminating Elegance: Tips for Choosing and Planning Lights for your Home

Lighting is a crucial element in any stylish home, potentially transforming spaces into inviting, functional, and visually stunning environments. This blog shares top tips for choosing stylish and functional lighting that both enhances the aesthetic appeal and makes using your home that much more effortless.

Our favourite traditional Andalusian renovation

With over 15 years building and reforming quality homes here on the Costa del Sol, we have completed many projects that we are proud to call our own. But one of our all-time favourite Andalusian style refurbishments is this stunning golf front villa in Guadalmina.

Gazebos and Pergolas

Just like barbeque or summer kitchens, pergolas and gazebos have become one of the marks of a great outdoor living area. This blog gives an overview of permanent types of these open outdoor structures and the styles that they match.

10 Elements of a great outdoor kitchen

Over recent years an outdoor kitchen has become one of the essential elements of great outdoor living areas. Here on the Costa del Sol, they are an excellent way to enjoy those sunny days and balmy evenings in your own private space. To help get you thinking about how it might work in your home, we have put together the key elements of a good outdoor kitchen.

Top reasons to upgrade your swimming pool

With summer just around the corner, it’s high time to start planning and updating your pool and garden area. If you are considering whether it’s time to invest in upgrading your swimming pool, here are some key reasons to upgrade your pool area.

7 easy steps to getting your home ready for the winter months

With the weather cooling down, and normal life in full swing, it´s the perfect time to start preparing your home for the cooler months. We have put together a simple checklist to help you prepare your Spanish home before you turn your heaters on this year.

7 Heavenly Outdoor Living Styles

Here on the Costa del Sol, outdoor living is a big part of living well all year around. This blog highlights some gorgeous outdoor living styles to get you inspired for your next chillout area makeover.

Glamorous Outdoor Lighting Ideas

While fairy or string lights, or removable solar lights in your planters might seem like a simple solution to light your outdoor area- these inevitably get messy or fall out creating more hassle than you had imagined. So if you want a flawless and easily maintained outdoor lighting system, we have put together a few elegant ideas to help you enjoy your outdoor area on lovely evenings.

Are solar panels worth the investment?

With electricity prices skyrocketing around Europe, government subsidies and prices improving, now is an excellent time to consider installing solar panels on your home. We have researched all the key questions for you to help decide whether now is the right time to install solar panels in Spain.

The 10 Best Swimming Pool Features to Consider

With the warmer months just around the corner, it´s a great time to start thinking about any building or renovation works to be finished for this summer. To help get you inspired, we explore 10 of the best features to consider to make your swimming pool one to be proud of.

8 Classic Chill Out Area Styles

A good chill out area makes the difference between a comfortable house and an excellent home.  This blog gives an overview of eight key outdoor furniture style options that provide the perfect base for you to decorate your space to suit your style and needs.

Choosing the best floors for your home

When building or reforming a house, one of the biggest decisions you will make is which flooring to install. For the flooring rookie, we have put together a quick overview of the kinds of flooring options and a simple three step guide to choosing the right floors for you.

Pre-Summer Reform Ideas

The team at ProMas Building know exactly how to help you make the most of the wonderful weather here in Marbella and the Costa del Sol. Here are some of our favourite pre-summer reforms that can enhance your home this summer.

Luxurious Landscaped Gardens

When completing a building or renovation project, the team at ProMas Building can also do the landscape architecture and garden design for you. Take a peak at some of our favourite gardens and outdoor spaces.

Impressionable Entrances

The say first impressions last. The entrance to your home is the first thing guests see on arrival.  It is the face of your home to those passing and the first thing you see when you come home. You want it to be beautiful and classy and represent your style to the outside world. You…
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Luxury Pools in Marbella

ProMas building company specialise in luxury home renovations here in Marbella, Mijas and surrounds. As experienced English speaking builders and designers, we can create 3D renders of your project for you before construction starts. Here in the Costa del Sol, no home is complete without a luxury swimming pool to cool off in during the…
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Complete Rebuild Inside and Out

The clients of this large villa, occupying an enviable position close to all the amenities Marbella has to offer, gave the team at ProMas Building a fairly open brief. The brief was to modernise the property inside and out and convert the basement into a further four bedrooms and bathrooms, finishing the whole project ready for the…
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Outdoor Showers, Bathe Alfresco in Marbella

Serene, refreshing and open to the elements, exterior showers make perfect sense to savvy homeowners on the Costa del Sol. There are few pleasures more fulfilling than standing in your outdoor shower early on a summer’s morning, listening to the song of a chiffchaff or even watching a little gecko scurry across the tiles. Unwind…
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How do our clients stay warm in winter in Marbella?

Underfloor Heating We feel privileged to live here in Marbella where blue skies and sunshine can be expected throughout much of the winter months.  Days are shorter however and when evening comes, the hot air blown out by air conditioning units coupled with those beautiful yet cold marble floors can make for a less than…
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Let your house shine

redesigning outdoor areas,  we encourage our clients to consider how they want this new landscape to be lit when the evening comes. Here at Promas we want you to enjoy relaxing outside on your terrace for as much of the year as possible. To this end we will help you choose a range of lighting…
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Challenging Construction For Penthouse Apartments, Marbella

These 2 penthouse apartments in Guadalmina, Marbella are situated 7 floors up, each with roof top swimming pools and extensive terraces.  The clients wanted a complete internal and external redesign, including underfloor heating and the installation of solar panels which would provide for all their energy consumption. Such extensive remodelling and construction so high up…
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Outdoor Kitchen 3D Designs in Costa Del Sol – Part 2

Plans, building license and drawings completed, the expert team at Promas then transformed this tired looking garden (click here to see before pictures) into a luxurious outdoor living space that the client now enjoys in comfort and style.  The expert team at Promas not only took the project from the planning through to the building stage of this beautiful…
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Outdoor Living 3D Designs in Costa Del Sol – Part 1

Coming from Norway, our client wanted to prioritise outdoor living at his newly inherited home near Marbella on the Costa del Sol.  Top of the list was a smart outdoor kitchen for entertaining and relaxing by the pool (click here to see other swimming pool transformations) , making the most of long summer days on the southern…
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Our favourite chill out area

We have created quite a few chill out areas over the years, but this latest project might just be our favourite one! Take a look at our gallery below to see the work we carried out, as well as the stunning finished result. If you’re interested in creating a beautiful chill out area, get in touch with our expert…
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Chill out and relax

Enjoy your landscaped garden to view the beautiful sunsets the Costa del Sol has to offer, sit back and watch the sun rise with a coffee on your terrace or have lunch in the cool shade of your pergola. Whatever your needs are, ProMas can create your idyllic outdoor chill out area. Outdoor living is part of the lifestyle here…
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