damp proofing and waterproofing
The difference is distinct yet many people are confused when it comes to damp proofing and waterproofing in building and home renovation work.
There ...
Build yourself a home in Portugal
So you want to build yourself a home in Portugal. You have looked at all the local materials, wrestled with layout and appearance and now are just wai...
Building Materials in Portugal
Building Materials in PortugalHere is a list giving the Portuguese names of building materials in Portugal and what they are called in English.BETONE...
Property Surveys
Are you "buying blind" in Portugal ? Have you thought about Property Surveys ?
More and more people are buying properties in central Portugal predomi...
Looking at old stone house in central Portugal
If you are enjoying the sunshine you may also be spending some time looking at old stone house in central Portugal.
I love the traditional stone wind...
New window and door openings
Enlarging a door into a patio door or french door. cutting a new window opening in a stone or brick wall.
Enlarging a window opening to make it wider...
Stone house for sale
Stone house for sale searching for a stone house or stone built house in Portugal.
Its often hard to spot the wood from the trees if you will pardon...
English speaking builders central Portugal
English speaking builders, architects and engineers in central Portugal
Looking for an English speaking builder in central Portugal ?
Contact info@c...
Damp Cellar to Warm Dry Apartment
Damp Cellar to Warm Dry Apartment
We are often asked to increase the height of old animal shelters and adegas so that our clients can create living s...
Traditional stone house
Traditional stone house
Most of us moving to central Portugal have in our sights a traditional stone house as an ideal property to refurbish or do up...
Reclamation Portugal
Reclamation Portugal
If you are looking for a buildings materials recovery facility, building materials reclamation facility or building materials re...
Low cost refurbishment in Portugal
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...
Why is dry rot a problem in old Portuguese houses ?
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
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...