At first, this will be just some open-minded sharing of what kind of home we would want. How much work would we want to do? What could we do with certain types of properties and what are the financial consequences and balances coming with these?
There were times that we kind of thought this would never happen. When we made that offer in August 2023, we were told that on average, a house purchase/sale takes about 3 months. 4 months if you are a bit unlucky. We joked a bit… Read More »The count down is on! We are moving! This year!
For the last 12 months, it feels like every other sentence has started with ‘When we’ve moved…’ So, here’s a little compilation of what followed that phrase while we wait for the sellers to demolish the old home. Yes, you read that right, there is… Read More »When we’ve moved…
Hello everyone, it has been a while! Once you start waiting to give an update until you have some really good news to share, because you are sure it is imminent… you are at risk of not sharing ANY updates. Which is, of course, what… Read More »Update on our house purchase: problem vs solution
Feliz or Bom Ano Novo! Happy new year! I hope that the year will bring you joy, health, fun things, the accomplishments you are after, and, of course, world peace for us all. For us, I also hope it brings us a house. I didn’t… Read More »Feliz Ano Novo: It’s 2024 and we’re -almost- buying a house!
Our life is basically one big Excel workbook, or Notion Teamspace nowadays. Everything we have planned or organised, roughly since we started living together, has been ‘managed’ officially in some shape or form using digital tools. Yes. We’re nerds. From weekly menus and grocery shopping… Read More »Buying a House in Portugal: Road Trippin’, Box Tickin’, Signature Flickin’…?
It has been a while since we updated the blog. Mostly because we are just living our life at the moment with not many really exciting things to share. We promised, when we invited people to subscribe, to not spam them, and we wanted to… Read More »On the home stretch…?
We aren’t the type of people to clog your inboxes, if you have subscribed, just for the sake of publishing something. If we don’t really have anything groundbreaking to share, it’s highly likely that you don’t need or even want to hear about it. So,… Read More »Life in Espinho so far
This weekend we traveled to Porto to collect the keys to our new rental home in Portugal! Saddle up for a longer post! Espinho chaos We traveled to Porto on Friday morning. We had arranged with the estate agents that we would collect the keys… Read More »Collecting the keys to our new home
You could say we are a bit late with our weekly blog. The obvious explanation for our tardiness, of course, is the Christmas weekend. We were, like many others, traveling to see family. So, on the Friday evening we found ourselves on the ferry from… Read More »We have found a home in Portugal!
And so our house hunting journey starts again. It might sound corny, but as long as the home houses the two of us all is fine. We’re one of those couples that spend a lot of time together, who enjoy doing the same things, and… Read More »The ongoing ‘home journey’