Everyone wants to know how you can carry out a Low cost refurbishment in Portugal
Its easy, but you have to buy the right property in what is the ult...
Exterior Paint in Portugal
Most people want to keep their Portuguese properties in good condition, attractive and well maintained. It could be the in...
Tiling external patios, terraces and verandas
I was looking at ways of protecting the tiling and natural stone that we are going to lay on a large fi...
Why is dry rot a problem in old Portuguese houses ?
Although dry rot is a problem in old Portuguese houses its not usually the first thing that you n...
Brandy making at home isn't illegal here in Portugal in fact we have refurbished a house which had a working still in it. We thought that we had bette...
Very often we come across beautiful hand carved stone troughs and beautiful clay olive jars when we are asked to demolish an old barn or house in rura...
Wood Worm
Refurbishing a house last week we removed a couple of pieces of wood that had been installed next to each other. The difference between the...
Keeping out the rain and rising damp is a very common task in the old houses of Central Portugal
We get lots of practice in solving the problem of da...
Window, in stone wall, opening window
knocking window through or cutting windows into rendered stone work makes it easier to hide them. In a pointed ...