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Hi
we have been living in Australia for the past 10 years.
Anyone from Australia? How did you find the move/change?
We have Italian/British citizenship and we were thinking to relocate to Portugal to be closer to families. We would like to find a rural property with 1-2ha of land not too far from the ocean (we love it 😊) and a young city.
we are coming over in October to scout some locations and we have a few questions.
How is the weather going to be?
are there any great real estate agencies or website we can use to find a property?
Does the buying process usually take long?
is it easy to buy as European citizen?
thanks everyone,
Alessandra, Liam and little Atlas
Hi Alessandra, Liam and little Atlas! Welcome to the forums.
Do you have any area in mind? You have basically defined the entire western and southern coastline so there is a vast difference in prices and temperatures.
You definitely want a buyer's agent and a lawyer. You can find buyer's agents here Real Estate Buyers Advocate | Expats Portugal
Members of the forum have been recommending this law firm for their property purchases Reis & Pellicano International Lawyers | Expats Portugal
I don't believe your citizenship impacts the process and the length of time is determined by yourself and the seller.
Give us some specifics and members will help based on the area.
Kind Regards,
Trevor & Shannon
@jonesdn2020 thank you for the reply.
We don't have a specific area in mind. We were thinking anywhere from Nazaré to Braga, 40min-1hr from the ocean we don't want to be too much inland.
How is the winter in the Porto area? is it much different from Nazaré?
Thank you
We lived in Lisbon for eight months now. We are from Southern California. We recently traveled to Porto and back to Lisbon via Nazare.
We have been asking the question on the weather but lately the weather patterns are a little bonkers. We are going to travel the country every 2 months for the next year to get a better feel for the weather. Our research shows Porto much wetter than Nazare but also less wind.
We would probably not go further north than Nazare based on our weather preferences.
We actually have some properties in the Nazare area bookmarked on idealista.pt. Every time we return to Lisbon, we find it hard to commit to other areas.
Up to 1 hour inland can take you quite far and the weather is completely different.
We tend to stay within several km of the ocean for the onshore winds.
Let us know how the scouting trip plans progress.
Cheers!
@jonesdn2020 thank you 😊
we are heading over in October and we will go from Porto to Faro so we can have a better idea after that 🙂
we are not used to a cold winter anymore so hopefully it won’t be too freezing
Hey Guys,
I am part of the Expats Portugal team here and from Australia, Melbourne. I moved here around 10 years ago as I married a Portuguese guy so it was probably easier for me as I already knew people here from visiting.
I currently live in Cascais and I would compare the weather (highs and lows) very similar to Melbourne but without the crazy ups and downs (4 seasons in a day) of temperatures in summer. Basically, summer is sunshine the whole time.
There has been a lot of interest from many of our members for the Silver Coast lately so it may be a great area to check out. Properties are still relatively cheap, but like Australia, there is a property boom going on and prices are increasing really fast.
Let me know if I can help any further.
Astrid
@astridff thank you
we will have a look around in October and decide what to do. Which part of Australia are you from? 🙂
Hi
The main websites to look for properties are idealista.pt/en/ and https://www.imovirtual.com/en/. That way you can have an idea of the properties characteristics and price ranges.
@antonio_f thanks Antonio
we have been looking at these websites already. I think after our trip in October it will be easier to pick a location.
