BigMat Fuente Álamo building supplies and hardware

Building materials, machinery, paint, tiles, bathroom fittings, ferretería

The BigMat store in the outskirts of Fuente Álamo is a huge building materials and equipment outlet which stocks just about everything you could need to build, improve or decorate your home, as well as offering advice and other services to homeowners throughout south-western Murcia.

Such is the range of items on display in the 30,000-square-metre premises that the BigMat in Fuente Álamo acts not only as a building supplier but also as a DIY store, an ironmongers and also a machinery rental business, and the need to cater for non-Spanish residents in the Costa Cálida is taken extremely seriously.

English-speaking staff are employed and are willing and able to give friendly and professional advice regarding any construction or home improvement project you might be undertaking, and all the aisles in the shop are helpfully labelled in English as well as in Spanish.

The help given includes a no-obligation budget, technical advice and machinery hire, as well as delivery of all goods to the location where they’re needed. For major purchases attractive finance terms are also available, and other services offered include the delivery of water for building projects and drinking water to locations where there is no mains supply.

The catalogue of products for sale at BigMat Miguel Muñoz S.L. on Avenida de Andalucía in Fuente Álamo is almost bewilderingly large. The main specialities are building materials, tiles and paving, plumbing and bathroom fittings, but as the store deals with so many different aspects it is possible to buy such diverse items as cement mixers and almond graters in the same visit.

Alongside cement, concrete, ceramics, cladding, insulation, rendering, waterproofing, roofing, brickwork, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, carpentry, doors and windows, tiling, paving, bathroom fittings and furniture, paint, tools and machinery are log burners, kitchen accessories, garden furniture and magazine racks. This truly is a business which supplies everything to build a house from scratch!

All of these products can be selected and ordered online by either businesses or private customers, as well as in person on the premises, where you can consult the professional advice offered by the shop staff.
The top brand names on sale at BigMat Fuente Álamo include Bosch, Karcher, Geka, Bellota, Caballito, Kraff, Quimicamp, Weber, Grohe, Teka, Fiora, Porcelanosa and Roca.

The company was formed in 1975 by Miguel Muñoz Olivares, and after building up the business the owner merged it with the Big Mat group in 2006. Despite being located in a small town rather than a big city the Fuente Álamo store is the seventh largest in the Big Mat chain in the whole of Spain, and the largest at one single location.