April 2015 - The Castelo Blog

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Is your bathroom smelly not dirty just constantly smelly

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Living in Portugal April 26, 2015

A smelly bathroom is one of the most common things people complain about when staying in hotels or going to restaurants in Portugal. [caption id="att...

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earthquake

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, Living in Portugal, refurbishment April 26, 2015

The terrifying events in Nepal with over 2,000 people killed serve as a tragic reminder of the risks that earthquakes pose to our lives and our homes....

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Stone around windows and doors

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, How to . . ., Living in Portugal, low cost build, refurbishment April 20, 2015

Is there anything that highlights a house as being Portuguese more than stone around windows and doors. [caption id="attachment_2804" align="alignl...

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Time to insulate your home

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, How to . . ., Living in Portugal, refurbishment April 15, 2015

Its spring in Portugal and now is the time to start insulating your home. [caption id="attachment_2800" align="alignright" width="300"] time to ins...

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Cold Winter Hot Summer

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, Living in Portugal, refurbishment April 14, 2015

Early April in Portugal and its getting warm outside. People are sitting out in the sun its 27 degrees with a warm wind blowing. The perfect drying d...

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Are there small holes in your wood work?

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, property problems, woodworm wood worm April 13, 2015

Normally you hardly notice the small holes in your wood work unless they are on a piece that is painted like this. [caption id="attachment_2792" al...

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Swimming Pools

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, House for sale, Living in Portugal, property problems, swimming pool, Swimming Pools: All you need to know April 12, 2015

Swimming pools are the stuff of lottery dreamers. The must be very high on the list of items in an ideal home. You need some good weather to enjoy a ...

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Scrapbook

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, How to . . ., low cost build, refurbishment, swimming pool April 7, 2015

House renovation or new build scrapbook? I have seen it described on television as a mood board a shopping list or a bunch of Likes. I tend to think ...

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Dream property in Portugal

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, damp house, House for sale, How to . . ., property problems April 6, 2015

I am sure there are many people reading this blog post who are looking for their dream property in Portugal. Of course everyone’s dreams are differen...

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Green is not always nice

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, damp house, House for sale, property problems, woodworm wood worm April 6, 2015

While inspecting an old house recently for clients we came across this on the underside of this roof "Green is not always nice" [caption id="attachme...

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Castelo Construction

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, Living in Portugal, low cost build, property problems, woodworm wood worm April 2, 2015

Castelo Construction. Helps people like you to get the very best out of your new home in central Portugal. Whether it is an old house that you want t...

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Buying a property next to a lake or river

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building Plot, buying property in portugal, damp house, House for sale, Living in Portugal, property problems April 1, 2015

Many people dream of buying a property next to a lake or river in rural Portugal. [caption id="attachment_2743" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Many...

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Bathroom Questions

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, Living in Portugal, refurbishment April 1, 2015

Whenever we plan to fit out a bathroom there are always lots of questions and choices to be made. Take tiles for instance - Colour, size texture, til...

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