Category Archives: Project Portugal

We both started to put a lot more thought about what sort of house we wanted. We separately put down our thoughts on paper, including little sketches of what we were thinking. I guess we must have discussed some of … Continue reading →

As soon as I was back, we had two main things to start working on. First was to plan our holidays for the year and secondly was what sort of house can we built. We would need to consider both … Continue reading →

My flight home was in the evening, so I still had a full day available. Considerations for the day were as mentioned in an earlier blog I had made the decision to drive back across the N roads, not the … Continue reading →

As soon as I arrived, the young lady on reception informed that the lawyer had already been in and she had to attend court first thing, but she had taken some paperwork and would try and start the process without … Continue reading →

I woke up about 7:00am and looked out on a cold frosty morning, this was the first time I had been able to see the hotel as it was very dark when I arrived last night. After the usual morning … Continue reading →

You may remember from an earlier blog, when I was discussing about the New Motorway toll system, I said that the Portuguese government had delayed switching it on due to the elections. Well we had seen on the good old … Continue reading →

Time for the off. Off to the airport, on my own, seems a little weird!!  I have over my working life made many trips on my own for work, but this didn’t seem right although it did as well. Don’t … Continue reading →

With Christmas and the New Year out the way, it was time to get back on with Project Portugal. After checking that we had everything in place, we realised I hadn’t yet arranged to park the car at the airport. … Continue reading →

The estate agents will be very keen to get the deal concluded so as they can recognise the commission for themselves and ours however nice and helpful they are were the same. If you are happy to go with the … Continue reading →

Once the deposit and reserva are all done, the sale is agreed and in place the agent will normally start to make arrangements to get a date for the actual sale/transfer of title. I am not sure how this works … Continue reading →