Category Archives: 2013

Well at last the contract for the build is signed and making its way back to the builder for counter signing. We received the contract a couple of weeks ago, but of course it was entirely in Portuguese! We had … Continue reading →

At last! We have come to a decision on the builder. The winner is “Marco”. Whilst Marco was always the clear favourite from the beginning, we now feel completely comfortable that he is the right choice. We have had 3 … Continue reading →

We had a great week, the weather was just amazing, considering it was the end of October, start of November, it was only on the Monday we had any bad weather, even then it only rained up to about 2:00pm … Continue reading →

We both work Friday morning, around 1:30 Teresa grabbed her bag (hand luggage) and headed towards Gatwick on the train. After a quick change of clothes in the toilet at work I jumped in the car and headed to Gatwick … Continue reading →

It’s been an interesting few weeks, trying to decide what to do about the builders. We eventually ended up with 4 quotes / estimates. Two via the architect, the original that was used for the house design and a second … Continue reading →

LD lines have at last put up the crossings and prices for 2014 well at least until after April, this has now posed us another question as there is a huge difference in price if we don’t come back on … Continue reading →

Well its nearly time for the off again, just a couple more weeks and we can whistle our way back down to Portugal, can’t wait, just hope we will see some sun. I’m sure we will. Fingers crossed anyway. Just … Continue reading →

    Well we have just got to go don’t we!   Its where it all started and they have an exhibition and we have been offered free entrance tickets, so theres no choice, it has to be done! So … Continue reading →

So now we are back and once again into the day to day life cycle and planning for our next trip later in the year, we need to set ourselves some objectives or targets otherwise time will pass and not … Continue reading →

Following on from yesterday’s post about the excellent service received from Montepio, I am pleased to be able to write about the excellent service received yesterday from World First. It does seem a bit contradictory to be writing about a superbly … Continue reading →