Keys and access
Your keys stay at our office in Sant Antoni de Calonge, close to the Calonge urbanisations. We let in tradespeople, deliveries and guests, and tell you who went in and when.
Our services
Property management in Calonge
Calonge sits on a hill about four kilometres inland from the sea. Most of the houses we look after here are in the urbanisations on the slopes around the village. Our office is close by, in Sant Antoni de Calonge.
What it covers
Your house in Calonge, looked after all year
The municipality of Calonge i Sant Antoni covers 33.6 square kilometres. It runs from the Gavarres hills down to the sea, so much of it is built on a slope. About 12,300 people live in the municipality, a little over 6,000 of them in the village. In summer there are many more. When you are not here, nobody notices a problem at the house unless someone goes to check.
Most of the owners we work for spend a few weeks a year in Calonge. For the rest of the year the house is closed, and closed houses on this coast tend to have the same problems. Damp after a wet January. A pool that turns green within two weeks once the pines drop their needles. A pump that trips and stops the irrigation. A shutter that the wind works loose and that bangs against the wall for weeks before anyone hears it.
We keep a set of your keys at our office in Sant Antoni de Calonge. We check the house on a schedule agreed with you, and make an extra visit after bad weather when you ask for one. Our own team deals with what we find, so you do not have to call tradespeople from abroad. We tell you what was done and what it cost. Anything beyond a small job is quoted and approved by you before it starts.
Where we work
The urbanisations we work in around Calonge
Calonge is not one place. The old village and the urbanisations on the hillside have different needs. These are the areas where we work most weeks.
Mas Ambròs
One of the larger inland urbanisations, on the slope between the village and the Cabanyes valley. Detached houses on large plots, most with a pool and mature pines. The needles make pool cleaning a regular job.
Mas Pallí
Between Calonge and Platja d'Aro, within walking distance of the village. Quiet, residential and easy for us to reach.
Vescomtat de Cabanyes
In the valley west of the village. Greener and more spread out than the areas near the coast, with larger plots and farmland around it. The access roads are long and rain can wash gravel across them. If you want the access road checked after a storm as well as the house, let us know.
Mas Pere
An established inland urbanisation on the hillside. "Mas" means farmhouse, and many of these areas grew up around one. Plot sizes and house ages can vary a lot within a single street, and so does the upkeep.
Rio de Oro
A residential area on the Calonge side, built more for owners who stay for long periods than for short holiday lets. The garden is usually the main job here, and how much work it takes depends on how many pines are on the plot.
Es Monestir
One of the smaller inland urbanisations. Out of season it is very quiet and often empty, which is when a house most needs regular checks.
If your urbanisation is not on this list, it is very likely still on our round. Send us the address and we will tell you how often we are already in that area.
What's included
What we take care of in Calonge
Inspections on your schedule
We check the house on the schedule we agree, with an extra visit after bad weather whenever you ask for one. You receive a short report, with photographs when there is something to show.
Maintenance and repairs
Pool, garden, cleaning and repairs, all done by our own team. Anything beyond a small job is quoted before it starts, and you decide.
Practical
The practical side of owning here
- Our office
- Avinguda Catalunya 8, Sant Antoni de Calonge. Close to the village and to most of the urbanisations. This is where we keep your keys.
- Getting here
- Girona is the nearest useful airport and the one most of our owners use. Barcelona is the alternative when the flight times do not suit. Either way, you arrive on the C-31.
- Market days
- Thursday in Calonge, Wednesday in Sant Antoni de Calonge. Useful to know when you want the house cleaned and the fridge filled before you arrive.
- Out of season
- The village is lived in all year. Several of the urbanisations are almost empty from November, and that is when problems in an unchecked house start to cost money.
- Pools and pine
- Pine needles fall all year here. A pool left untreated over the winter does not just need cleaning in May. It usually needs emptying and refilling, which costs far more than regular treatment would have.
- The tramuntana
- The north wind affects which terraces you can use in spring and autumn, and which shutters, awnings and parasols need refitting. Tell us where your house is exposed and we will check those points first.
Good to know
Questions owners in Calonge ask
Do you cover the urbanisations as well as the village?
Yes. In practice most of what we manage in Calonge is in the urbanisations rather than in the old village. Mas Ambròs, Mas Pallí, Vescomtat de Cabanyes, Mas Pere, Rio de Oro and Es Monestir are all on our regular round.
How often will someone visit my house?
We agree that with you at the start. A house that is closed all winter and let in summer needs a different schedule from one you use every school holiday. If you ask us to, we also visit after heavy weather, on top of the agreed schedule.
I live abroad. How does approving a repair work?
By e-mail, phone or WhatsApp, in your language. You receive a description of the problem, photographs and a price before any work starts. Apart from stopping the damage in an emergency, nothing starts without your approval.
Can you look after the pool and garden too, or only the house?
Yes, both, with our own team. On the hillsides around Calonge the garden is usually the bigger job because of the pines, and it is the one that gets out of hand fastest when the owner is away.
Nearby
We look after houses in these towns too
Other things we do
Next step
Property management for your house in Calonge
Tell us where the house is and how you use it, and we will send you a plan and a price. There is no obligation, and if you need fewer visits than you think, we will tell you.