Stone around windows and doors

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Stone around windows and doors

Posted By Castelo Construction Lda in Building in Portugal, How to . . ., Living in Portugal, low cost build, refurbishment April 20, 2015

Is there anything that highlights a house as being Portuguese more than stone around windows and doors.

Originally the stones were used to make window and door frames by adding structure to the loose stone walls with mud infill.

Nowadays they serve a purely decorative function.

I really like the stone around windows and doors because you can change the character of a property for instance if you had bought a nondescript even ugly property like a barn, Adega or industrial building with a coat of render and some stone features around the doors and windows you can transform it into a palace.

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You don’t have to go over the top and some features/details won’t add to some properties.

With a bit of careful consideration as to the size, thickness and type of stone you can really make an Impact on a renovation or new build.

As well as type of stone (appearance) there is also hardness and the harder the stone the more it will stand up to the weather and retain any detailed carvings. Talk to Castelo Construction to find out your options and the cost of fitting stone detail to your home in Portugal info@casteloconstruction.com

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Castelo Construction Lda are builders in Central Portugal. We have 12 years’ experience of working with and delighting clients in Portugal. Tel 00351 927168247 or kelvin@casteloconstruction.com If you need an English speaking builder for renovation or new build work we will provide free estimates, fixed prices and carry out your work to a very high standard. Many of our clients are not in the country full time so rely on our regular photographic updates and written reports. They are always surprised when they make inspection visits. New Construction and Refurbishment of Portuguese Property It’s exciting for both our team and of course our clients to mark out on the earth the site of a new home. We will have been with them during the design process and have spoken to the architect many times so we will be comfortable with what we are about to do. For many clients, this stage is a little daunting as it’s hard to see without experience just where the house is going to be in relation to other things on the property. Once the foundations are dug out the house normally looks smaller than they thought, As the pillars and foundation wall start to go you get a much better idea of scale. You can see with your mind’s eye the location of the kitchen, bedrooms and so on. Once the walls are up and the first floor is in place the rooms start to looks smaller again (something to do with the light absorbing properties of the bricks) once the walls are plastered the rooms look a lot larger and it starts to feel more like the home our clients imagined building. As the build progresses we are involved with many specialist subcontractors and it is our job the get them on site at the right time so that the trades do not overlap and time is not wasted. Once the roof is on and tiled it is traditional in this area to have a dinner on site. Everyone who is involved in the build is invited to share a suckling pig dinner with local bread, oranges and of course wine. This is a great way for the clients to enjoy some local hospitality and meet the craftsmen who are building their new home. We also invite the near neighbors so that they get a chance to see what’s going on (when the house is at a very basic stage) and it gives our clients a relaxed opportunity to make their acquaintance. As we always accompany our clients to choose, kitchens, tiles, bathroom fittings or whatever they want. We can help with translation and of course negotiation! As the house is coming to completion we always have them professionally cleaned so that when we hand over the keys it feels more like a home than a building site. 2 months after the house is finished we are back to check for any small faults that may need attention and of course we are available to help and advise should that be needed. Central Portugal builders