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Bought an old house in Portugal

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, damp house, Living in Portugal, refurbishment, woodworm wood worm June 12, 2015

[caption id="attachment_2841" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Bought and old house in Portugal[/caption] Whether you call it a house, villa, quinta,...

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Polished concrete

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, Construction land, low cost build, property problems, refurbishment, woodworm wood worm May 25, 2015

Have Polished concrete floors had their day ? There was a time during the last three years when a lot of clients asked us if we could lay polished co...

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Treasure Island Vs Solar Island

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, Building Plot, Construction land, Living in Portugal, property problems, refurbishment May 12, 2015

You have heard of Treasure Island right? What about Solar Island ? One is a fun read and the other provides off grid electricity in a package that is...

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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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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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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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swimming pools

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in How to . . ., Living in Portugal, refurbishment, swimming pool, Swimming Pools: All you need to know March 30, 2015

We had a client meeting today Pleased to say that they are very happy with our work and wanted to talk about phase 3 of their property refurbishment....

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Planning

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, How to . . ., Living in Portugal, property problems, refurbishment March 21, 2015

Many people moving to Portugal and intending to extend, refurbish or remodel their Portuguese property may decide not to talk to the local council abo...

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Why choose to work with Castelo Construction ?

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, low cost build, property problems, refurbishment March 14, 2015

Why choose to work with Castelo Construction ? [caption id="attachment_2703" align="alignleft" width="300"] Before[/caption] It is a question best...

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Black marks on your bathroom ceiling

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, damp house, property problems, refurbishment March 12, 2015

Does your bathroom ceiling look like this - Black marks on your bathroom ceiling [caption id="attachment_2700" align="alignleft" width="300"] Black m...

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Flashing

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, damp house, How to . . ., low cost build, property problems, refurbishment March 12, 2015

Flashing ? Flash Gordon, flashing blades and lightning flashes we have all heard of. The subject of today’s blog is “Flashings” most of us won’t kno...

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