Maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal

Maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal part 2

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Maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal

Part two of the blog
If you have read part one of Maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal Maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal you will be starting to realize that there are a lot of factors which potential clients find uncomfortable which in turn causes them not to make a serious offer on your property.
Accessibility If there is narrow track leading to your home buyers may believe that they need to buy a 4×4 as their perspective is the rain snow and ice of northern Europe.

Many women are also very nervous of steep narrow unfenced tracks and the perceived danger,
Even level but narrow access roads put off many people.

Accessibility to cafes and shops as most shopping in the UK is done at the local mega store people don’t mind driving so a shop around the corner isn’t that attractive however a cafe is. Proximity to a town or large village with a post office, bank, restaurant or cash point is an advantage 2 to 3 miles maximum distance.
Land, I have heard many times that people came out here and bought some land with a house or to build a house on. Then the opportunity came a long to buy some more land it was so cheap we bought 2 hectares 5 acres. But what are you going to do with it and are you willing to take on the responsibility of keeping it clear of long grass and shrubs to prevent brush fires having a large amount of land is rarely an advantage unless its big enough to farm. I have not met a person yet who came to Portugal to farm so that gives you an idea of the number of potential buyers out there.

Maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal
The ideal size of garden is 1,000 to 2,000 square meters. It’s a size that people can manage to control and just as importantly water in the summer.
Fences and perimeter walls For some reason people love to be able to see exactly were the limits of their domain are . This becomes very important when you want to sell.
Too Rustic, too modern, too alternative will all negatively effect the price and time it takes to sell your property.

Maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal

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About Castelo Construction Lda

Castelo Construction Lda are builders in Central Portugal. We have 12 years’ experience of working with and delighting clients in Portugal. Tel 00351 927168247 or kelvin@casteloconstruction.com If you need an English speaking builder for renovation or new build work we will provide free estimates, fixed prices and carry out your work to a very high standard. Many of our clients are not in the country full time so rely on our regular photographic updates and written reports. They are always surprised when they make inspection visits. New Construction and Refurbishment of Portuguese Property It’s exciting for both our team and of course our clients to mark out on the earth the site of a new home. We will have been with them during the design process and have spoken to the architect many times so we will be comfortable with what we are about to do. For many clients, this stage is a little daunting as it’s hard to see without experience just where the house is going to be in relation to other things on the property. Once the foundations are dug out the house normally looks smaller than they thought, As the pillars and foundation wall start to go you get a much better idea of scale. You can see with your mind’s eye the location of the kitchen, bedrooms and so on. Once the walls are up and the first floor is in place the rooms start to looks smaller again (something to do with the light absorbing properties of the bricks) once the walls are plastered the rooms look a lot larger and it starts to feel more like the home our clients imagined building. As the build progresses we are involved with many specialist subcontractors and it is our job the get them on site at the right time so that the trades do not overlap and time is not wasted. Once the roof is on and tiled it is traditional in this area to have a dinner on site. Everyone who is involved in the build is invited to share a suckling pig dinner with local bread, oranges and of course wine. This is a great way for the clients to enjoy some local hospitality and meet the craftsmen who are building their new home. We also invite the near neighbors so that they get a chance to see what’s going on (when the house is at a very basic stage) and it gives our clients a relaxed opportunity to make their acquaintance. As we always accompany our clients to choose, kitchens, tiles, bathroom fittings or whatever they want. We can help with translation and of course negotiation! As the house is coming to completion we always have them professionally cleaned so that when we hand over the keys it feels more like a home than a building site. 2 months after the house is finished we are back to check for any small faults that may need attention and of course we are available to help and advise should that be needed. Central Portugal builders

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