Category Archives: General

Overgrown

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Ian

The land has got very overgrown this winter so we are in the process of having it cleaned again so heres just a quick post to show the “Before” state of the farm. I will post a “After” as soon … Continue reading →

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Gate Update – May

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Ian

Well there has been a lot of progress during the last month. The new entrance is finished and the electric arm has been replaced (although the arm is missing in the photos) it should make getting in and out so … Continue reading →

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February 2018

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Ian

Swimming pool heating has now been commissioned and we have received training from the company that installed it. The new summer pool cover and its spool have been delivered and stored away. It’s still a bit early in the year … Continue reading →

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Swimming Pool Heating – Update

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Ian

Quick update. Looks like the heat pump for the heating of the swimming pool has been placed and installation is well under way. Still some finishing work and commissioning to do, but looks like we may have heating for this … Continue reading →

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Welcome to 2018

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Ian

A Warm Welcome to 2018 Welcoming in the New Year was a bit of a wet affair this year. We did however get one really nice day when we were able to do some pruning on the vines and cleaning … Continue reading →

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Pool Heating Update

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Ian

So, decision made. Cover decision made. Negotiations complete. Deposit paid. Installation time scale agreed, (hopefully). We will have heating. More updates to follow.

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Swimming Pool – To heat or not to heat.

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Ian

We had a swimming pool constructed a couple of years ago and at the time decided not to include heating as wanted to see how it would work without, after all we were in Portugal and it’s a lot warmer … Continue reading →

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Gate Update

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Ian

Quick update the gates have been repaired. Everything looks good, except no centre bolt has been added will have to follow that up.

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News from Casa Neroli

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Ian

Well it’s been a while since we posted anything, so thought it was about time we updated the blog with how things are at Casa Neroli.   There is very little construction or major improvement work going on these days, … Continue reading →

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Farm & Garden – March 2017

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Ian

Wow, we are off to an excellent start to the month/year, Snr Proenca has been at our place at the end of last week and the start of this and from the pictures I have seen is doing an amazing … Continue reading →

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