@marijarobey
American expat in Portugal
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Builders & Contractors in Portugal: Proceeding with caution. by williamstony360
After a recent very bad and costly experience (I purchased a property in the Tomar area of Santarem) I thought I would send an warning note to people contemplating builders and renovations to their home. The reason I do it here was that I was ...
This is all very interesting and informs me to be careful in generalizing about the housing situation. My experiences are based entirely (after living in Portugal for going on 7 months) on personal observation, exhaustive internet searches for ... Read More
Builders & Contractors in Portugal: Proceeding with caution. by williamstony360
After a recent very bad and costly experience (I purchased a property in the Tomar area of Santarem) I thought I would send an warning note to people contemplating builders and renovations to their home. The reason I do it here was that I was ...
My remark about paying respect to the original architectural integrity was simply in reference to the construction design and not a tradesman's evaluation of the construction itself, and so I defer to your viewings and inspections in regard to that. ... Read More
Builders & Contractors in Portugal: Proceeding with caution. by williamstony360
After a recent very bad and costly experience (I purchased a property in the Tomar area of Santarem) I thought I would send an warning note to people contemplating builders and renovations to their home. The reason I do it here was that I was ...
@paulasousa20I would tend to agree with the move-in-ready advice except that the new construdtions looks, to me, like cold office cubicles. Everything is uniform and pre-fab unless one has an unlimited budget in which case custom is the way to go. ... Read More