As Spring approaches and the weather gets warmer and more humid the wood worms start to chew their way to the outside of the beam, joist or furniture ...
Buying long term empty houses and bank repossessions in Portugal.
I was recently asked to take a look at a house that had not been lived in for about...
Late September. It is that time of year again in Portugal when the walnuts are ready for picking and the rainstorms come with a vengeance. Not normall...
We are in that rainy time of year again. One minute you are bathed in warm sunshine and the next the sky darkens and you have an afternoon of continuo...
When you are sitting in the shade on your holiday it is almost impossible to comprehend that Portugal’s coastal climate could be bad for your home.
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Portugal is well known for its 300 Days of sun and it may be true. However we can have week upon week of continuous rain.
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We love to see the amazing transition in the photographs that we take during our refurb work transforming a property from hovel or ruin into a comfort...
Here in sunny Portugal we try not to think about the winter too much but even on a bright sunny day like today you know that as soon as the sun starts...
What are these marks on the walls of my new home they have been growing for a while.
If you have black spot like sooty marks on the inside walls or c...
If you have too much humidity in your home it is not going to be comfortable to live in or to invite your friends around to visit.
No one wants to pu...
If you have a stone house in Portugal and want to live in it during the colder months this is exactly what you want to know “Stone house how to keep i...
You could call this our dodgy bumper Christmas collection of bad building work
Each year we are invited to provide estimates for refurbishment, remod...