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Stone house in rural location close to Penela

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, House for sale, low cost build, refurbishment December 5, 2013 0 comment

Stone house close to Penela We have just added this detached stone house in a rural location close to Penela Portugal to our portfolio. http://cast...

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December 4, 2013

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, House for sale, property problems, refurbishment December 4, 2013 0 comment

We are often asked what are the problems with stone built houses in Portugal. Sometimes people use our property appraisal service to give them a thor...

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Damp walls in stone houses

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, How to . . ., low cost build, property problems, refurbishment November 19, 2013 0 comment

Two of the “Top 3 Problems” that people searching this blog appear to have is “damp walls in stone houses” and “how do I insulate stone walls” Hardly...

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Penela activities in Penela

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, Living in Portugal, Portugal house for rent, refurbishment, Rental November 18, 2013 0 comment

Penela Activities in Penela Penela, on the surface is a sleepy little market town in central Portugal. Every day you can see people stopping their ...

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Damp Rooms

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, Living in Portugal, low cost build, Portugal house for rent, property problems, refurbishment November 13, 2013 0 comment

Damp rooms in PortugalIf you have bought or are about to buy a home in Portugal you will have no doubt noticed a stale, damp smell in the rooms. You m...

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Rent in Penela

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, Living in Portugal, Portugal house for rent, refurbishment, Rental, Swimming Pools: All you need to know November 12, 2013 0 comment

For Rent in Penela, Central Portugal * Our 4 bed roomed 3 bathroom house in Penela is available to rent unfurnished. [caption id="attachment_2066"...

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Planning Problems

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, Living in Portugal, low cost build, property problems, refurbishment, Roof November 7, 2013 0 comment

Don't cause your self complicated and expensive planning problems. Occasionally I meet people who have cut a few corners usually to save money or be...

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Build yourself a home in Portugal

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, Construction land, House for sale November 4, 2013 0 comment

So you want to build yourself a home in Portugal. You have looked at all the local materials, wrestled with layout and appearance and now are just wai...

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Damp Cracks Woodworm

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, House for sale, Living in Portugal, low cost build, property problems, refurbishment October 25, 2013 0 comment

Damp Cracks Woodworm Congratulations you are interested in spending some time in Portugal you may even be contemplating buying a house here. I thorou...

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Damp walls Portugal

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, House for sale, How to . . ., Living in Portugal, refurbishment October 21, 2013 0 comment

Damp Walls Portugal Its inevitable at this time of year (October, November) that we regularly receive torrential rain storms depositing three to six ...

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Building Materials in Portugal

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, House for sale, low cost build, property problems, refurbishment October 11, 2013 0 comment

Building Materials in PortugalHere is a list giving the Portuguese names of building materials in Portugal and what they are called in English.BETONE...

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Stone walls

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, How to . . ., low cost build, property problems, refurbishment September 17, 2013 0 comment

Anyone who knows Castelo Construction will tell you that our teams produce some beautiful stone walling and stone walls. It makes me wonder why an...

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Attractive Stone House

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in buying property in portugal, House for sale, How to . . ., Living in Portugal, refurbishment September 9, 2013 0 comment

Attractive Stone House If you find old stone houses to be attractive it may have puzzled you as to why you don't see new stone houses for sale in Por...

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Roof Problems Portugal

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, buying property in portugal, property problems, refurbishment September 8, 2013 0 comment

Roof problems in Portugal are caused by three main things. * Wood worm infestation* Dry Rot* Poor quality materials have been used We find that roof...

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