About Lirian

About

A Barcelona renovation firm designed around international property owners. Speaking your language, transparent, and accountable from first call to key handover.

Our Mission

Bridging the gap between expectations and execution.

A Barcelona renovation firm designed around international property owners. Speaking your language, transparent, and accountable from first call to key handover.

€25M+
Renovation volume delivered
200+
Apartments transformed
100%
Fixed-quote projects
4.9
Client satisfaction
The Team

The people behind your project.

A multidisciplinary team of architects, project managers, and master craftsmen, all sharing a single commitment to quality.

Lorenzo Torquati

Founder & CEO

Lorenzo is an investor and operator with deep experience in European real estate and corporate restructuring. He founded Lirian to bring institutional-grade project management and financial discipline to the Barcelona residential renovation market, a sector where international buyers have historically had very little protection.

EN · ES · IT · 中文

Marco Mariani

Founder & COO

When a project runs on time and on budget, it is Marco’s work. He brings over thirty years of hands-on construction experience to Lirian, and a track record that few renovation firms in Europe can match. He is also the founder of MrBrico, the leading handyman franchise brand in Barcelona.

ES · FR · IT · EN

James Calloway

Investments Director

James spent twelve years as a residential investment advisor in London and Singapore, guiding private clients through property acquisitions and renovation programmes across Southern Europe. He relocated to Barcelona in 2021 and joined Lirian to work directly with the international buyers he had spent a decade advising from the other side.

EN · ES · FR

Sophie Renard

Lead Architect

Sophie graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris before completing her postgraduate studies at ETSAB. She has spent eight years working on residential renovation in Barcelona, with a specialisation in protected buildings and heritage permit strategy. She leads all architectural design and Ajuntament submissions at Lirian.

FR · CA · ES · EN

Valentina Grieco

Interior Design Lead

Valentina studied interior architecture in Milan and worked for seven years on high-end residential projects across Italy and Spain before joining Lirian. She leads the design and material specification process for clients who want a considered interior result, not just a functional renovation.

ES · IT · EN

Mei Lin Zhao

Client Relations, Asia-Pacific

Mei Lin joined Lirian from a property advisory firm in Singapore, where she spent six years guiding Asian private clients through residential acquisitions and renovation programmes in Southern Europe. She manages all client relationships for buyers based in mainland China and Singapore and bridges the communication, legal, and cultural gaps that make Barcelona property ownership […]

中文 · ES · EN

Henrik van den Berg

Senior Project Manager

Henrik spent a decade managing residential and commercial construction projects in the Netherlands before relocating to Barcelona in 2019. He manages Lirian’s largest and most complex renovation projects on-site. He understands exactly what institutional clients expect in terms of process documentation, timeline discipline, and reporting.

NL · ES · EN · DE

Jordi Esteve

Procurement & Supplier Relations

Jordi has spent fifteen years building supplier and subcontractor relationships across Barcelona’s construction and materials market. He knows which suppliers deliver on time, which carry the materials that perform over ten years in Barcelona’s climate, and where costs can be controlled without compromising quality.

CA · ES

Montserrat Vidal

Office Manager & Admin

Montse has spent twenty years managing operations and client administration for professional services firms in Barcelona. She joined Lirian at founding and runs the administrative backbone of the business: contracts, paperwork and invoicing. Born and raised in Gràcia, she is the reason nothing falls through the cracks.

CA · ES
Client Stories

What international clients say about working with Lirian.

Credentials

Licensed. Insured.
Accountable.

Lirian is a fully licensed construction firm (REIC) and carries comprehensive insurance for every project we undertake in Spain.

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