Category Archives: 2012

In the run up to the August trip, whilst we fully intended to have some R & R time, plus get a lot of clearing down, we also wanted to organise seeing the architect, seeing the builder, I also wanted … Continue reading →

You may have read about the lovely people we had met during our stay in April. What happened, well we did keep in contact and they had indeed decided to progress with their purchase. It was great to think that … Continue reading →

Finally on the 18th May the email came with the design. I opened as soon as I saw it was there, I couldn’t wait until Teresa and I got together. Wow! That’s different, yes you guessed it, it was nothing … Continue reading →

During the remainder of April, through June into July there was a lot of back and forth on the emails with the Architect and Maria and Paulo at Remax as we double checked everything that the architect was telling us … Continue reading →

We already had the ferry crossing booked for the next trip, planned for August. That seems such a long time away. So now we needed to find somewhere to stay, we hadn’t booked anywhere till now as we wanted to … Continue reading →

The week was over, it was time to pack up and head home. It had been an incredible week, so much had happened, good, bad and indifferent. Did I mention my back! With everything we were still very positive about … Continue reading →

We had one further meeting with the architect that week, Pedro came to the hotel to present to us his proposal, this didn’t have any real detail of the property we wanted, but was the contract of their fees and … Continue reading →

It was Teresa’s birthday, definitely a day off from the clearing of the stream, after all we was on holiday as well, so need some leisure time. It was a good opportunity to get in the hire car and explore. … Continue reading →

It doesn’t have any bearing on the process of the purchase and build, but it is becoming more difficult to describe the property and surrounding area so I have posted a map here so you can see roughly where we … Continue reading →

Just a short blog entry this time, we feel it’s about time we introduced ourselves a little more, just because we will probably start appearing in a few photo’s posted on this blog. You may, if you read it have … Continue reading →