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Posted by: @wosiebeegs Congratulations, how exciting. We've just started the process of buying a lovely house just outside of Cartaxo with around 25,000 sq mtrs of land (eek!) and hoping to move at t...

Posted by: @iant1960 Hi, We are Ian and Sue from Sunderland in UK, we have just put down our deposit on a property in Graca, a lovely house with around 7500 sq mtrs of land which, fingers crossed we ...

Posted by: @flix49 My wife & I have temporary residence certificates wich expire this month after 5 years. Normally we would be in Portugal at this time if year and make applications to SEF for p...

Hi Crazy, I imagine that you have this sorted by now? As IPO stations are open again it is now business as usual 🙂 Regards, Chris

Personally, I have always associated the term ex-pats with someone who has moved to another country but wishes to retain the same lifestyle that they enjoyed previously but in a better environment. We...

Bit like the Old Bloke here! Pay as you go on a Vodafone sim card and a Vodafone Mi-Fi (€40) to buy, then €20 for 30 days (30 meg max). We've never exceeded the 30 meg though recharging with €20 every...

Yes, all very entertaining. NOT. This isn't helping the original poster is it??? Yes there are standing charges for all services. Not, you can't just build a Fosse or put in a septic tank. Go to the ...

Just an update on Munsters reply, Vodafone also have an offer on at the moment. Also 30GB for 30 days or 120 hours, whichever suits, for 20 euro!

Hello all, Having made a start on cutting down the grass and weeds that had turned our land into a jungle before we actually moved, we now have a selection of visiting wildlife :-/ As well as the fox,...

Hi, I keep getting this message when trying to reply to a post: Return to the index page General Error SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ] Incorrect string value: 'xF0x9Fx98x95x0AW...' for column 'draft_message' at ...

Thanks, I will do that. The answer is never far away. Charles So will I. Thanks Shepherdess

I had a load of old freezers, refrigerators, old metal bed frames etc. I spoke with my village Mayor and he arranged for the Junta to take it away; no charge! Excellent idea, I'll have a word, thanks ...

Hi I was told by someone local just to bury it! I have not come across any tips/recycling places yet, but I am sure they must exist. We used to have a place in France and could not find one there desp...

Hi all, I'm using 'centro de recolha de lixo e fundao' to try to find a rubbish tip near Fundao and getting nowhere ! We have a couple of trailers full of metal (cans, tins) and plastic (bottles, larg...

Hi, I assume its a temporary problem, or just me, but I'm unable to deeply to a private message. Just wondered if anyone else was experiencing this? Cheers, Chris