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The villa build

How our accessible holiday villa in Jávea went from concept to completion

The concept and vision of Villa Olivo

Built for access from day one

Villa Olivo was designed and built with wheelchair users in mind from the original concept. The build ran from late 2015 into spring 2016, and the villa was ready for its first guests in May 2016.

Access was planned in from the start rather than added later: everything on one level, a ramp down to the lower garden, an adapted kitchen and bathroom, and a hoist for the pool.

Access built in

  • Single-level living, no steps
  • Wide doorways
  • A ramp down to the lower garden
  • Adapted kitchen with a fold-away table for wheelchair users
  • Roll-in shower with a wall-mounted seat and grab rails
  • Electric profile bed in the main bedroom
  • Hydraulic pool hoist
  • AstroTurf gardens on two accessible levels
  • Secure parking behind an electric gate

From plot to holiday villa

The build, month by month

These photos follow Villa Olivo from the architect's drawing to the day it was ready for guests. Tap any photo to see it full size.

The architect's drawing of Villa Olivo: a single-storey white villa with a shaded terrace, an outdoor dining table and the pool

The concept

Where it started

The architect's drawing of the villa we wanted: everything on one level, a shaded terrace and a pool with room around it.

To December 2015

From bare plot to walls and roof

The plot was marked out, the foundations went in and the block walls rose. By December the roof was on and the pool shell was in.

  • The empty plot, with the outline of the villa marked out on the ground
  • Concrete blocks stacked across the foundations, ready for the first walls
  • The first block walls rising from the foundations
  • Block walls around the lower level of the plot
  • Builders at work on the walls, with a cement mixer on the terrace level
  • A builder working on top of the walls, with scaffolding below
  • The roof going on, with timber formwork over the terrace
  • The villa with its roof on and the builder's sign by the pool
  • Under the covered terrace, looking out over the pool shell
  • The pool shell and its steps, with render starting on the villa
  • A builder laying the large terrace tiles beside the villa

January 2016

Render, terrace and the inside takes shape

The villa was rendered white, the terrace was tiled and the work moved inside: level tiled floors, wide doorways and a fully tiled kitchen.

  • The villa rendered white, with the terrace tiled and the empty pool in front
  • The pergola over the terrace and the wide opening for the sliding doors
  • The empty pool beside the newly tiled terrace
  • The opening for the living room's sliding doors, under the pergola
  • Inside the living room, looking out through the opening to the terrace
  • Wide doorways off the hallway, with tiled floors on one level
  • The kitchen walls tiled, with the wiring points ready for fitting
  • The kitchen tiled from floor to ceiling, before the units went in
  • Talking through the kitchen layout on site
  • A kitchen window before the units were fitted
  • The tiled path to the front door, with building materials still around

February 2016

Windows, doors and the finishing touches

The windows and big sliding doors went in, the pool was tiled in blue mosaic and the kitchen and wardrobes were fitted, with almond blossom outside.

  • Almond blossom in front of the finished villa and terrace
  • The villa from the garden, with the pergola shading the terrace
  • The large sliding doors under the pergola, still in their protective film
  • The terrace and the villa, with the pool steps in front
  • The blue mosaic pool steps beside the terrace
  • The view from under the pergola across the pool to the hills
  • Looking into the living room through the new sliding doors
  • The covered entrance to the villa
  • The living room, with its tall windows and sliding doors to the terrace
  • Windows and a door to the terrace being fitted
  • The kitchen's white units going in beside the window
  • Wardrobe frames fitted in a bedroom

April 2016

Gardens, ramps and the pool hoist

Outside, the garden was levelled and planted, the ramp down to the lower garden and the railed ramp to the front door went in, and the pool hoist was fitted.

  • The pool with its cover on, and the garden levelled with gravel
  • The lower garden levelled beside the pool, with the new cypress hedge along the wall
  • The pool hoist in place, with the new border planted beyond the pool
  • New borders planted around the levelled garden
  • Palms and shrubs planted along the garden wall
  • The planted border, edged with stone
  • Young trees and shrubs planted in a corner of the garden
  • A row of young cypress trees planted along the front wall
  • The ramp down to the lower garden, with railings on both sides
  • The ramp and a raised lavender bed along the side wall
  • A raised bed of young lavender along the side wall
  • The path from the gate to the front door, with the front garden being planted
  • The front garden planted with a cloud-pruned olive tree, palms and lavender
  • Geraniums and lavender planted in front of the villa
  • The front garden planted, ready for its white stone
  • The railed ramp to the front door, beside the new front garden
  • The entrance and its railed ramp, with the front garden newly planted

May 2016

Ready for our first guests

White stone and AstroTurf went down, the furniture arrived and in May 2016 Villa Olivo was ready for its first guests. See more of it today in our photo gallery, or look around the rooms.

  • The finished entrance, with white stone and a cloud-pruned olive tree
  • The finished front garden in the sunshine
  • The path from the gate, with the front garden finished
  • The pool hoist beside the terrace and outdoor dining table
  • Sun loungers on the AstroTurf beside the pool
  • The AstroTurf and the ramp down to the lower garden
  • The lower garden, laid with AstroTurf and planted borders
  • The built-in barbecue on the terrace
  • The barbecue beside the outdoor dining table
  • The living room, with its sofa and orange blinds
  • The living room and its wall of windows with orange blinds
  • The villa lit up at night

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