{"id":14582,"date":"2026-09-27T20:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etnastudio.com\/?p=14582"},"modified":"2026-09-27T20:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:24:27","slug":"renovate-your-flat-or-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etnastudio.com\/en\/renovate-your-flat-or-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t find the flat you want? The answer may be to renovate yours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flat-hunting in Barcelona takes time: comparing prices, neighbourhoods and layouts, and almost always giving something up in the end. Before taking that step, it is worth asking another question: what if the flat you already have could work like the one you are looking for?<\/p>\n

Many of the reasons a flat stops working \u2014 corridors that eat space, a dark closed kitchen, a bathroom that no longer copes \u2014 can be solved with a good complete renovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What can really change<\/h2>\n

A complete renovation rethinks the whole layout: partitions can go, the kitchen can open onto the living room, a second bathroom can be added or an interior room turned into a dressing room. Services, heating and cooling and finishes are renewed too, so the flat ends up on a par with a new-build home.<\/p>\n

What cannot change is the location, the orientation or the height of the building. So the first step is to decide whether those factors work for you; if they do, almost everything else is open.<\/p>\n