Teguise Town Council has completed the processing of the municipal permits needed to continue with the restoration of the Casa Modernista de Luis Ramírez, one of the most emblematic buildings in Lanzarote's architectural heritage, located on Avenida Las Bajas in La Caleta de Famara.
The new permit will allow work to go ahead on consolidating and conserving the interior of the building, without altering its volume or its height. The project covers the restoration of floor structures and roofs, the recovery of original features, the conservation of hydraulic floor tiles, wooden joinery, walls and wall finishes, as well as the updating of basic installations to guarantee the safety and preservation of the building.
This work comes on top of the licence granted by the Town Council in February 2025 to restore the building's distinctive façade, considered one of the most representative features of this house, popularly known as El Hotelito or the Casa Modernista of Famara.
Built as the summer residence of Luis Ramírez González after he acquired it in 1920, and refurbished in 1933, the house stands out for its singular curved façade of modernist inspiration and for preserving numerous original features that make it a unique piece within the island's architectural heritage.
With this new administrative step forward, Teguise Town Council continues to drive the conservation of one of the most recognisable historic buildings in Famara, supporting an intervention that will make it possible to preserve its architectural identity and its value as part of the municipality's collective memory.
New grants for heritage conservation
The restoration of historic buildings such as the Casa Modernista of Famara will also coincide with the future launch of a new line of grants promoted by the Cabildo of Lanzarote and La Graciosa, which has just approved the regulatory bases for subsidies aimed at the conservation, restoration, rehabilitation and reconstruction of properties with accredited heritage or cultural value.
The new framework will make it possible to fund both the drafting of projects and the execution of works on privately owned historic buildings, including work on façades, roofs, aljibes (traditional underground water cisterns), maretas (large communal rainwater reservoirs) and other elements of traditional heritage. The Heritage Service is already working on the first call for applications, which will be published shortly so that interested owners can apply for these grants.