Renovation and finishing in Mārupe - for terraced houses and buildings in the new villages

Individual houses, terraced houses and buildings by Tīraine

Mārupe is a town on the edge of Riga with detached houses, terraced houses, newer apartment projects, and also offices, warehouses and logistics properties. The apartment development on the border with Tīraine is the Vecozolu buildings around Zeltrītu iela and the Spulgu buildings around Zemturu iela and Mazā Spulgu iela, while in the new villages of Mārasciems and Sēļi individual houses dominate. What a renovation involves therefore depends on the address: an apartment in a building with common property, or a house where the owner decides everything.

In the new villages and terraced houses a renovation can be the interior fit-out of a new build from a grey finish: floors, wall painting, bathroom tiles and plumbing, interior doors, the kitchen. In an older detached house the job is renovating the interior, where you first need to find out the condition of the installations. In an apartment in the Vecozolu or Spulgu buildings, a renovation has to take account of common property: risers, external walls and walls between apartments do not belong to a single owner, and the apartment owners' association decides about work that affects them.

For building-level work, Mārupe Municipality Binding Regulations No. 16/2026 provide co-financing for apartment buildings with more than three apartments: for an energy audit, a technical survey, a building design and landscaping of the yard. With the October 2026 amendments, co-financing can also be received for adapting an existing space as a shelter. This is support for the whole building, not for finishing one apartment, so ask the building manager about it.

If you do not know which type of renovation you need, start with the turnkey renovation or new-build apartment fit-out page.

Kārļa Ulmaņa gatve, the A10 and streets in new districts: what to write in the form

Mārupe is connected with Riga by Kārļa Ulmaņa gatve, the A10, the Riga bypass and the airport access roads. In the new residential districts the local street network can be narrower and can differ in surface, so give the exact address in the request.

• type of building: a detached house, a terraced house section or an apartment;
• condition when handed over and the developer's description of what is included;
• area of each floor in m² and a list of rooms;
• type of heating and whether there is or will be underfloor heating;
• whether you plan new partition walls or to demolish existing ones;
• a short description of the condition of the rooms; you can send photos or a plan to the specialist when they contact you.

Grey finish in a terraced house: order of work and moisture

The scope of a grey finish differs for each developer, so the list of work depends on what has already been done. The usual order is as follows: first, finalising the positions of the electrical points and plumbing outlets, then bathroom waterproofing and tiles, skimming and painting the walls, and last the floor covering, doors and skirting boards.

For the Ceresit CM 17 adhesive the manufacturer requires the cement screed and plaster under tiles to be at least 28 days old and the moisture to be below 4%. When painting with Tikkurila Euro Smart 2, the surface must be dry, at least +5 °C and the air humidity no more than 80%, and skimmed surfaces must be primed before painting. Read grey or white finish and wall painting in Mārupe.

For a laminate floor Quick-Step recommends keeping the panels in their unopened packaging in the same room for 48 hours before laying and leaving an expansion gap of at least 8–10 mm on all edges, around pipes and under doors. With floor heating the surface of the base must not be warmer than 28.8 °C. In a terraced house with underfloor heating on the ground floor, you need to know these conditions already when choosing the covering.

New partition walls and the Mārupe Development and Construction Department

In a new build you may want to adapt the layout: divide a large room in two or combine the kitchen with the living room. A plasterboard partition wall is made of CW profiles (studs) and UW profiles in the floor and ceiling. If the apartment or the terraced house section is an apartment property, building or demolishing a non-load-bearing wall is a simplified renovation, for which a construction notice with a plan of the room group is submitted in the BIS before the work. A new opening in a load-bearing wall needs an explanatory memorandum with a structural solution and, if the building is divided into apartment properties, the consent of the owners of more than half of the apartments.

If a terraced house is divided into apartment properties, the wall between sections is common property, and work that affects it needs the association's consent. Approval of a reconstruction in Mārupe goes through the Development and Construction Department of Mārupe Municipality; documents are submitted in the BIS. If your work needs an approval, write it in the request. See plasterboard partition walls, replanning and approval.

An office or workspace in Mārupe

Alongside residential development, Mārupe has offices, warehouses and logistics properties, especially near the airport and the major roads. The price for an office is by estimate; the published labour prices, such as wall painting from €4/m² and laying vinyl flooring from €10/m², are given for apartment renovation. See office renovation in Mārupe and renovation for businesses.

In a business request, write the area of the premises, how many workstations need to be set up, whether you need new partition walls and when the premises can be vacant. If the premises are rented, write what finishing conditions the landlord sets.

Prices for finishing in Mārupe

• Turnkey renovation: from €600/m²
• Plasterboard partition wall: from €12/m²
• Painting walls or ceilings: from €4/m²
• Skimming walls or ceilings: from €10/m²

Prices are for labour. Materials are calculated separately in the estimate. Example: a 15 m² room with 40 m² of walls: skimming 40 × €10 = €400 and painting 40 × €4 = €160, in total from €560. If the room is divided by a partition 3 m × 2.6 m, that is 7.8 m² × €12 = from €93.60. An exact estimate can be made after seeing the apartment. Other work: bathroom renovation in Mārupe, laminate laying in Mārupe and interior door installation in Mārupe.