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raychirayath New member

Member since 18 June 2023

raychirayathNew member18 June 2023 23:26:40

Thanks for allowing us to join this group!

My wife and I currently live on the west coast of the US. We are in our late 50's and are planning an early retirement in Portugal. We visited about 18 months ago and enjoyed the rich culture, the history, the helpful people and fresh seafood!! We are planning to arrive in November and are currently looking for a 1 year rental. We need to sign the rental agreement in July as air VFS appointment is in early August. Areas that are of interest to us are the nearby towns of Lisbon, perhaps going as far as an hour north. Our wish list is a T2, 2 bathrooms, a/c, 140 sq mts, lift. We are open to any suggestions and suitable offers.

Thanks very much!

Raymond Chirayath

Bhavna Team

Member since 01 June 2015

BhavnaTeam19 June 2023 03:38:43

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Hello and welcome on board, Raymond Chirayath,

Please note that I have created a new thread on the Lisbon forum from your post so that members can guide you.

Should you want to receive some offers, please create an advert in the Housing in Lisbon section of the website.There are also a few ads in that section you might want to have look at.

We have several articles on accommodation and tips in the Accommodation in Lisbon section of the website. Please go through them, each one contains useful links to ease your search.

All the best

Bhavna

Strontium Serial expat

Member since 27 April 2019

StrontiumSerial expat04 August 2023 07:26:23

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Hi and welcome,

The area of up to an hour from Lisbon probably contains more then 30% of the Portuguese population so it may be easier to define your search to a more specific area(s). The two big real estate websites are OXL and Idealista which will give you an idea of what is available in which area and prices BUT do not take any of the listings as 100% true. Also sometimes agents/landlords do not reply to overseas emails nor return overseas phone calls thus making it necessary for you to visit them in person to get any progress. if you are going to rent somewhere then going to the agent in person with the required NIF, bank account, ID etc to sign the paperwork is also required. In Portugal finding and securing a long term rental is difficult, if you read through this forum you'll find others who also have this issue. In tourist parts of the Algarve area this seems to be less of a problem as there is a large holiday rental market but tends not to be longer term rental.

Here are 2 links but it may be against Forum rules to list these links.

https://www.olx.pt/imoveis/

https://www.idealista.pt/en/

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