Cool in August. Warm in January. Dry all year. Air conditioning, heating and ventilation in Marbella
We install, repair and look after climate systems in villas, apartments and businesses along the coast, from Estepona to Mijas. You get a fixed price in writing, engineers who arrive when they said they would, and paperwork that satisfies your insurer and your community of owners.
Free site visit for installations. English and Spanish spoken.
What we do
We work on everything that heats, cools or moves air in a building.
- Air conditioning installationSplit, multi-split and ducted systems, sized by calculation rather than guesswork and fitted in a day or two.
- Repairs and breakdownsLeaks, error codes, units that blow warm or trip the power. We diagnose first and quote before we fix.
- Servicing and maintenanceYearly cleaning and checks that keep a unit efficient, quiet and under warranty. Plans for holiday homes.
- Heating and heat pumpsAerothermal heat pumps, underfloor heating and hot water for houses that were built for summer.
- Ventilation and air qualityDehumidification, heat-recovery ventilation and filtration for damp rooms and closed-up properties.
What the coast does to an air conditioner
Equipment here lives a harder life than the manufacturer’s brochure assumes. Four things do most of the damage, and each one changes how we install and service a system.
- Salitre, the salt air
- Within a kilometre or so of the sea, salt eats the aluminium fins and the fixings of an outdoor unit. On beachside properties we fit units with coated coils, use stainless brackets and rinse the condenser at every service.
- Calima, the Saharan dust
- A few times a year the sky turns orange and everything gets a coat of fine red dust, filters and coils included. A blocked coil makes the compressor work harder, and the electricity bill follows it up.
- Humedad, the damp
- A house shut up from October to May grows mould in the wardrobes and inside the air conditioner itself. We set up dry modes and timers, fit dehumidifiers where they are needed and disinfect indoor units so they don’t smell when you come back.
- Terral, the hot wind
- When the wind blows from inland, the temperature on the coast can climb towards 40° in an afternoon. A system sized for an average summer day won’t cope, so we size for those days too.
How a job goes
The same six steps, whether it’s one bedroom unit or a whole villa.
You tell us what you need
Send the form with a line or two about the property. For a fault, the brand and what the unit is doing saves a lot of back and forth.
We visit and measure
For an installation we measure the rooms, look at the glazing and the orientation, check the electrical supply and work out the load. For a repair we find the fault before we talk about money.
You get one price, in writing
The quote names the equipment, says what is included and how long it will take. It doesn’t change unless you change the job.
We do the work
Most split installations take a day. We protect the floors, drill cleanly, pressure-test and vacuum the pipework, and take the packaging and the old unit away.
Paperwork and handover
We issue the installation certificate, register the system where the regulations require it, activate the manufacturer’s warranty and show you how the controls work.
We come back
You get a reminder when the service is due, and a number that is answered if something isn’t right.
Where we work
We’re based in Marbella and cover the coast road from Estepona to Fuengirola, and the hills behind it.
Questions people ask us
The brands we fit
We install and service Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba, LG and Samsung. We aren’t tied to any of them, so what we recommend depends on the house and not on a sales target.
How much does it cost to install air conditioning in Marbella?
It depends on the capacity, the brand and how far the pipes have to run. As a guide, a good split unit for a bedroom, supplied and fitted, usually comes to between €900 and €1,500. A ducted system for a whole apartment or a villa floor is a bigger job and is priced after a visit. Either way you get a fixed written quote before anything is ordered.
Do I need permission from my community of owners?
Often, yes. In most apartment blocks and urbanisations the outdoor unit sits on a façade, terrace or roof that counts as a common element, and the community’s statutes say where units can go. We check the rules with your administrator before we quote, and we can prepare the drawing they ask for.
How often should air conditioning be serviced here?
Once a year for most homes, ideally in spring before the first hot week. Twice a year if the system also heats the house, if the property is on the seafront, or if it’s a rental in constant use.
My air conditioning trips the electricity. Is the unit faulty?
Not necessarily. Many homes in Spain have a low contracted power (potencia contratada), and the supply trips when the air conditioning starts while the oven or the water heater is running. We measure what the system draws and tell you whether the unit, the wiring or the contract is the problem.
Can one system heat as well as cool?
Yes. Almost every modern split or ducted system is a reversible heat pump, and it heats for roughly a third of the running cost of electric radiators. For whole-house heating and hot water, an aerothermal heat pump with underfloor heating or low-temperature radiators is the better answer.
Can you look after a holiday home while we’re away?
Yes. With a maintenance plan we hold a key or work with your property manager, service the system before you arrive and can check the property after a storm or a calima. You get photos and a short report after each visit.