Looking to buy in Portugal - tell us we are not mad :)

[kw60]

Hello and welcome to the "mad club ! "
We too have taken the plunge and move to Portugal next month.
We used perfectportugal to find our house and had a budget of around 100000€ intending to buy then renovate but purchased a house ready to move into that needs a bit of tlc for a bit more money in the Cantenhede area.
Good luck with your search, there are loads of lovely properties for sale and I hope you find your dream home like us.
Kim

[jerryceltner]

Originally Posted by travelling-man

None of those ideas for the Euro symbol work on my laptop that came with me from South Africa!

You can try 2 things.
1. Click on start......all programs.......accessories .........system tools .....click on Character map and find the € symbol there.
2. Open word and I use 2007 .........click on insert and either character map appears there or as in 2007 a symbols tab appears ....you click on this and the euro symbol appears .........you then will have to copy and paste.
3. Worth a try.......Do you have a € symbol on your keyboard anywhere ???

[canoeman]

Have you a € symbol on keyboard? my UK laptop it's on 4 to use press alt gr to right of space bar + 4, if you don't you could always add it to a key or I also have Tablet PC Input panel on taskbar, so I can have an on screen keyboard that I can select the language I want to type in.

[IanW]

Thanks for all the posts.

Reading various posts and getting a bit worried LOL about the cost of everything.

We were looking in Spain originally but could not find anything in the Extremadura region. Ruled out most of the coast as we do not wish to live in a little England.

May well rent initially so that we can find the right place at the right price.

[travelling-man]

€ Ha...... Thanks Jerry!

Ian, you should walk it with that budget. - Feel free to PM me or email me at numzaan@zoho.com if you need further info.

[canoeman]

Originally Posted by travelling-man

€ Ha...... Thanks Jerry!

Ian, you should walk it with that budget. - Feel free to PM me or email me at numzaan@zoho.com if you need further info.

I'd agree there are hundreds of properties at that and less, you might just need to widen your area a bit, what costs worry you?

[travelling-man]

FWIW, we're about 7 km outside Figueiro Dos Vinhos on an edge of village location and about equidistant between Fig and castanheira da pera and have just fully renovated the 1st floor into a very comfortable 2 bedroomed apartment (if that's the right term).

Downstairs we have 2 large workshops, a toilet, 2 other rooms that can be lived in but need modernising, a 20 m barn, 2 garages an outbuilding, a garden and a field and we didn't spend as much as your budget allows for.

Oh and the entire structure, including the barn is registered as habitation so could be converted into more living space.

[IanW]

Thanks.

We are not worried on location as such - but do not really wish to live in the north of Portugal or in a 'little England' - but will probably get governed by the internet availability which when looking in Spain was a major problem.

I do not yet have a good idea on area - just looking at a few properties around Tomar online for example.

I think we will maybe rent first, as we can then be 100% sure, especially if the property we buy needs work doing to it.

Costs - I have a small job on the internet, which does not bring in a massive income, but it seems that in Portugal I will have to hand over maybe half in taxes (32% + any income tax) - which makes it not so attractive LOL Here the the UK, I have to pay just 20% after a decent tax free allowance, which is a big difference.

What we are 100% decided on is that we wish to leave the UK - our options are limited as to where we can go (Europe or Europe ) - and as we like the general area we would have no issues with living in Portugal and the people.

We do have the whole of Europe, but we equally have to look at what we can get with our limited budget and right now it seems that in Portugal our money will go further than some other locations.

[travelling-man]

Take a look at the Bentley Walker Tooway satellite system for internet.

[IanW]

Originally Posted by travelling-man

Take a look at the Bentley Walker Tooway satellite system for internet.

Thanks - did do, just concerned over upload/download limits as I have to often upload quite a bit.