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Find a builder you can actually trust.

Compare identity-checked, insured trades across the Costa del Sol. Free for property owners.

4.9 average · 1,400+ owners served
The trust problem

Google reviews and Facebook posts are easy to fake.

Buildr checks what you can’t. We cross-reference public registries, tax records, insurance, qualifications and real project outcomes. And because not every review is fake, our verification partner TrustEngine scores Google, Meta, Trustpilot and hundreds of other sources for signs of paid or fraudulent ratings.

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Licenses, insurance & tax compliance verified
Fake & paid-review detection across platforms
Trust scores from real project outcomes
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Your details are forwarded to up to 3 matching contractors who may contact you by phone, email or message. Quotes come directly from the contractors.

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Costa del Sol villa
Verified trade work in progress
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Reviewed & trusted

Only builders worth trusting.

buildr is the trusted way to find reviewed, verified builders and trades across the Costa del Sol. Every pro is identity-checked and insured, and every review is tied to a real job — so you can hire on evidence, not hope.

Verified before they list

Registry, insurance and tax all checked — no badge, no listing. Simple as that.

Reviews tied to real jobs

Ratings come from genuine clients who actually hired, never anonymous strangers.

See who your circle trusts

When your connections allow it, see the verified pros they’ve actually used.

Browse by trade

Every trade for your property, every pro verified before they reach you.

Renovation154 verified prosPools114 verified prosSolar9 verified prosElectrical61 verified prosPlumbing78 verified prosPainting64 verified prosTiling39 verified prosCarpentry138 verified pros

Top-rated, fully verified

The professionals owners trust most this month.

Costa Pool ExpertsVerified
Costa Pool Experts4.9
Infinity pools & full renovations
Marbella, Estepona +1
Sol Solar SystemsVerified
Sol Solar Systems4.9
Solar & battery installs, certified
Estepona, Marbella +1
Marbella TileworksVerified
Marbella Tileworks4.9
Porcelain, natural stone, microcement
Marbella, Estepona
Mediterránea Reformas
Mediterránea Reformas4.8
Full home renovations, turnkey
Marbella, Mijas +1
The trust layer

Four checks before any badge

Every builder is independently verified. No badge, no listing. That is the whole point.

Business registry

CIF/NIF checked against the Spanish company registry.

Liability insurance

Valid, in-date public liability cover on file.

Tax compliance

Confirmed up to date with Hacienda.

Authentic reviews

Reviews tied to real, verified jobs only.

Guides & tips

Plain-English advice for owners hiring on the Costa del Sol.

How to spot a builder you can actually trustChoosing a builder
How to spot a builder you can actually trust

Four checks that separate a real, insured professional from a man with a van and a website.

6 min read
What a pool really costs on the Costa del SolPools
What a pool really costs on the Costa del Sol

Build, maintain, heat and insure — the numbers nobody tells you before you start digging.

5 min read
Solar in Andalucía: is it worth it in 2026?Solar
Solar in Andalucía: is it worth it in 2026?

With 300 days of sun a year, the answer is usually yes — but the install quality decides the payback.

7 min read

Hiring, without the gamble

Three steps from “I don’t know who to trust” to a signed, insured professional on site.

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Search verified pros

Filter by trade and town. Every result is identity-checked and insured before it ever reaches you.

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Compare side by side

Ratings, verification, response time and price band — laid out so the right choice is obvious.

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Request quotes, free

Send one request, hear back fast, and track every response from your dashboard.

Owner meeting a verified builder
The trades

Real tradespeople, properly checked.

From Marbella pool builders to Málaga carpenters, every pro is a local, registered business — not a faceless agency. You see their work, their real reviews, and the documents behind the badge.

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Builders listed
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Tiling work on the Costa del Sol
Tiling · Verified
Renovation work on the Costa del Sol
Renovation · Verified
Electrical work on the Costa del Sol
Electrical · Verified
Pools work on the Costa del Sol
Pools · Verified
The community

Trust, shared between owners.

buildr gets safer with every owner who joins. Lean on people you know — and the wider community — to hire with even more confidence.

Your trusted circle

When friends and neighbours allow it, see the verified pros they’ve actually used and reviewed. Everyone controls their own privacy — private, friends-only, or fully public.

Community scam warnings

If owners report a bad actor or a scam attempt, you’re warned before you ever engage. The whole community watches each other’s backs.

Owner-powered blacklist

Builders flagged by verified users go to review and are removed if they don’t hold up. Real owners keep the directory clean.

You’re always in control — sharing is opt-in and reversible any time in your privacy settings.

Trusted across the Costa del Sol

Verified trades in every town from Estepona to Nerja.

Marbella
Marbella66 pros
Estepona
Estepona55 pros
Fuengirola
Fuengirola88 pros
Málaga
Málaga126 pros
Nerja
Nerja18 pros
Mijas
Mijas11 pros
It happens more than you’d think

Don’t become a horror story

Foreign owners are the favourite target for cowboys and cash-job chancers. Every story below is the kind we built buildr to prevent.

The €40,000 deposit that vanished

An Oslo couple paid a “recommended” builder half up front for a Marbella villa. He stopped answering in week three. No contract, no registry number, no way to trace him.

The pool that sank the house

A leaking new pool soaked the foundations of an Estepona townhouse. The installer had no insurance and no licence. The repair bill dwarfed the original build.

Failed electrics, failed sale

Unlicensed wiring in a Fuengirola apartment flunked inspection days before completion. The buyer walked. The owner paid twice to put it right.

Cash today, Hacienda tomorrow

A “great price, cash only” job came with no invoice — and a tax investigation that cost far more than the discount ever saved.

Five stars, zero substance

Glowing reviews, all posted the same week, all fake. The work was a disaster and the “company” didn’t legally exist.

Lost in translation, lost in court

A verbal agreement in a language nobody fully shared turned into an 18-month dispute with no paperwork to stand on.

None of this passes our checks.Registry, insurance, tax and review authenticity — verified before any builder reaches you.

Owners on buildr

Got five real quotes in two days. Picked a verified pool builder and the badge held — no surprises.

Ingrid SolbergMarbella · villa owner

Finally a way to tell who is actually insured. Comparing side by side made the decision easy.

David WhitfieldEstepona · apartment

I could see which builders my neighbours had used. That trust is worth everything when you live abroad.

Anne LieFuengirola · townhouse

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