Apartment and house renovation in Baldone - for detached houses and resort-era buildings

Detached houses and resort-era buildings: what the scope of renovation depends on

Baldone is a small town of detached houses, wooded surroundings and rural properties on the outskirts. In Soviet times the Baldone resort was a popular place for rest and treatment, so alongside newer houses the town also has buildings with a long history. A local plan for Rīgas iela 52 provides for apartment buildings on the grounds of the former Baldone sanatorium, and the first stage of the plan is converting a dormitory block into a residential building.

If the plan goes ahead, fitting out apartments there will be closer to new-build apartment fit-out than to renovating an old house. A building's age says nothing about its condition by itself, but it determines what to check before renovation: the wiring, the water supply and sewerage, the floor base and the wall plaster.

In a detached house, renovation can affect several rooms at once. The work can include renovating the interior, fitting a bathroom and kitchen, and rebuilding or extending the living area, for example converting an attic into a mansard room. Each of these can be requested separately; if they are planned together, the dirty work must be done before finishing.

If the wires and pipes are in good condition and you do not plan to change them, a cosmetic renovation is enough: walls, ceilings, floor covering, doors and skirting boards. If the installations are old or the layout of the rooms has to change, you need a full renovation, in which the rooms are stripped back to the structure and new installations, screed, plaster and all finishing are fitted. The difference is explained in cosmetic or full renovation, and for houses separately in private house renovation.

Roads to Ķekava and Iecava, rural areas: what to write in the request

Regional roads link Baldone with Ķekava, Iecava and the direction of the Riga bypass. In the town centre and in the rural areas of the municipality, the road surface and access to the house can differ, so give the exact address in the request. In July 2026 the municipality asphalted the inner courtyard of the apartment buildings at Vanagkalnu iela 11-19 and marked parking spaces; there too, write where materials can be unloaded by your entrance.

• property type: detached house, apartment or summer house, and the approximate year of construction; for an apartment, also the floor and whether the building has already been renovated;
• area to be renovated in m² and the rooms to be renovated;
• number of floors and whether work will also be in the mansard or on the second floor;
• how the house is heated and whether you want underfloor heating;
• whether you will change the electrical wiring, water supply or sewerage;
• a short description of the condition of the rooms; you can send photos or a plan to the specialist when they contact you.

If you choose the tiles, flooring or plumbing fixtures yourself, write that too.

An apartment in an apartment building on Vanagkalnu iela or Zīļu iela

Baldone also has apartment buildings. In 2023 seven of them were renovated in the town at the same time: Vanagkalnu iela 11, 15, 16 and 19, Zīļu iela 13, Daugavas iela 9 and Rīgas iela 46, while the building at Pārupes iela 2 was finished as early as 2022. These renovations were co-funded by Altum with EU support and by Ķekava Municipality. This kind of support is intended for the whole building, so the bathroom, kitchen and room finishing inside an apartment remain the owner's own renovation.

Since 2026, apartment buildings that were put into service at least 20 years ago can apply for Ķekava Municipality co-funding for energy efficiency; the apartment owners' association decides on applying. If your building is preparing such a project, ask the building manager what work the building plans include before replacing risers or radiators in your apartment. A riser is common property, so replacing it needs a decision of the apartment owners' association, and the work is organised by the building manager. See riser replacement in Baldone and who pays for risers.

A house to live in all year round

In a rural property or an older detached house, renovation can start with the decision whether the house will be lived in permanently. Then the main rooms are those with water: the bathroom, toilet and kitchen. Bathroom renovation includes removing the old finish, waterproofing, tiling and installing the plumbing fixtures; the fixtures themselves and the materials are in the estimate separately. For Ceresit CL 51 the manufacturer recommends at least two coats of waterproofing so that the dry layer is 0.5 mm, and waterproofing tape in the wall and floor joints.

If the house is extended or its structures are changed, you must find out before the work which document is needed. Approval of reconstruction in Baldone is handled by the Ķekava Municipality building board, and the documents are submitted in the Construction Information System (BIS). For interior work that does not include renovation, reconstruction or demolition, no construction intent documents are needed. If your work needs approval, say so in the request. See summer house renovation and do you need a permit.

Electrical wiring in an older detached house

The Fire Safety Regulations currently in force provide for an inspection of the electrical wiring every 10 years, and the results are recorded in an inspection report. If there is no such report or the wires are old, it is worth deciding before finishing whether to replace the installation now, while the walls are still open.

When electrical wiring in an existing building is reconstructed, from 01.07.2025 it must be fitted with residual current protection (residual current devices). The installation is led by a certified construction specialist, and the measurements are done by a certified electrical specialist. In the request, write how many sockets, switches and light points are needed in each room. See electrical wiring replacement in Baldone and old electrical wiring.

Floors: levelling and underfloor heating in a detached house

In an older building the floor base can be uneven, and under laminate, vinyl or tiles you need a level surface. Then screed or a self-levelling compound is laid. A thicker layer means longer drying before the covering is laid.

In a detached house the owner decides on the heating system, not the apartment owners' association, so planning underfloor heating is simpler than in an apartment building. For electric underfloor heating the same residual current protection requirement applies if the electrical wiring is reconstructed. See underfloor heating in Baldone and floor levelling.

Prices for house and apartment renovation in Baldone

• Cosmetic renovation: from €100/m² of apartment area
• Full renovation: from €280/m² of apartment area
• Bathroom renovation (the whole job): from €3,000
• Underfloor heating installation: from €16/m²

All prices are for labour, and materials are calculated separately in the estimate. Example: underfloor heating in a bathroom and kitchen totalling 12 m² is 12 × €16 = from €192 (labour). The total is affected by the area and the number of rooms, the condition of the walls, floors and ceilings, whether the electrical wiring and pipes are changed, and the chosen finish. An exact estimate can be made after seeing the house or apartment. Other work: bathroom renovation in Baldone, kitchen renovation in Baldone, mansard renovation in Baldone and full renovation in Baldone.