
Saunas
On this island the wind is a design load, not weather. Everything freestanding is tied down to concrete, and a…
Read more →Estate villas here are frequently second homes owned from abroad, and that changes the brief: it has to work unattended, be simple to run, and survive months of nobody looking at it.
Indicative band: 420 – 1 900 thousand MUR, supplied and installed in Mauritius.
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A suite that stands empty for months needs a shutdown routine, a humidistat-controlled extract that runs without anyone setting it, and a caretaker checklist written in plain language.
We also fit simple remote monitoring where owners want it, so a temperature or leak alarm reaches a phone rather than being discovered on the next visit.
Sauna, plunge and a shaded bench on one deck, with plant behind a single access panel and the drainage on one line. Three steps from hot to cold, all of it under a pavilion where the layout allows.
Indoors, the same principle: three doors off one wall, one drainage line, one plant panel.
Many of these villas change hands. A properly documented installation with an operating manual, a service history and a spares list adds more at resale than the same money spent on finishes, and we hand all three over at completion.
Not if it is designed for it: humidistat extract, a written shutdown routine and a caretaker checklist.
Yes, simply and cheaply. Temperature and leak alarms to a phone are worth far more than they cost.
In our experience yes, particularly with the documentation. A buyer can see it has been looked after.

On this island the wind is a design load, not weather. Everything freestanding is tied down to concrete, and a…
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There is no winter here to help you. Unlike the Cape or the East African highlands, a Mauritian plunge needs a…
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This is the part of the job nobody photographs and the part that decides whether the rest of it is still there…
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