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Forum: Portugal
Sep 19th 2019, 1:58 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 3,245
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Thinking of selling up.

That is interesting, and you can see why the Portuguese do not sell their houses to down size. You have purchased a house in 1990 for 40,000 and want to sell it today for 250,000 and pay tax on...
Forum: Portugal
Sep 27th 2018, 10:52 am
Replies: 5
Views: 455
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Removal of tinta plástica Lisa (paint)

Many thanks for the replies. Will have to have a think, but the Stone Cladding sounds good. Must save a lot of work in the future. :thumbsup:

Thanks again, Roy
Forum: Portugal
Sep 25th 2018, 4:38 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 455
Posted By RoystonB

Unhappy Removal of tinta plástica Lisa (paint)

I have a problem with this lovely plastic paint. I have two garden walls, one of which is painted in tinta plástica Lisa for some reason. In the winter it bubbles in many places they fill with water....
Forum: Portugal
Feb 8th 2017, 12:05 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 6,102
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Register UK driving licence

Thanks for that.


Haven't had a licence that had no expiry date. Registered the licence about six months after arrival, and believed that was it, until the expiry date.


Will have to look...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 7th 2017, 1:54 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 6,102
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Register UK driving licence

Got my 10 year Residencia last August. Decided to wait a while to exchange my Driving Licence, as I'm 70 in several months time. WRONG.

Have been told that as I didn't exchange DL within three...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 28th 2015, 2:08 pm
Replies: 68
Views: 4,954
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Cumbrian floods and Global Warming?

I do feel soooo sorry for the residents of Cumbria and surrounding areas, but this is a natural occurrence, especially if you live on a Floodplain. :( However, Just to let you know that we are...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 13th 2015, 4:25 pm
Replies: 68
Views: 4,954
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Cumbrian floods and Global Warming?

Talk about rubbish……………………..The EU Conference, that is.Co2 is a product of Global Warming not the cause. Plant, Volcanoes, and Rotting Vegetation create 50 Billiontons of Co2 a year.Oceans create 250...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 26th 2015, 4:46 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 4,885
Posted By RoystonB

Re: EDP deadline.

I will be transferring very soon...... :fingerscrossed: This could only happen in Portugal.

Not saying that I know all the ins and outs, of de-regulation, but……………………..

A electrical supply...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 11th 2014, 5:01 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 499
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Banco Espirito Santo free transfers

Hi,
What I have been doing for the last few years is basically sending a cheque from my English bank to the BES branch at Paternoster Square, with a letter asking for that cheque to be paid into may...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 6th 2014, 10:00 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,583
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Paying Road Tax (IUC)

Hi This is how I do it.......

Goto………… Portal Das Financas......... sign in then go to
Service--------Pagar----The Single Tax Payment
Select Item----Press (EMITIV)
Print Certificate,...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 26th 2013, 10:23 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,188
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Dentist near Obidos/Caldas

No, sorry, do it myself. ;)
Forum: Portugal
Nov 25th 2013, 4:48 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,188
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Dentist near Obidos/Caldas

Hi,
Just got back from the Dentist in Caldas. Been there a couple of times and seem very good. Speaks English very well. Must be good as the wife attends, and she is scared.

Dr, Bryan Ferreira,...
Forum: Portugal
Sep 5th 2013, 1:10 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,294
Posted By RoystonB

Re: UK to Pt License exchange: How long ?

Hi,

Thinking of doing the same, but a little apprehensive, due to the lack of response by IMTT

Do you hand over your UK licence at the time of application or wait until the Pt licence has...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 14th 2013, 4:46 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 6,735
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Options for the satelitte user

Sorry can't see what is wrong in watching UK TV in all the counties of Europe. I would willingly pay for Sky, etc. for their programmes, and so would many hundreds of thousands, all over Europe. (And...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 14th 2013, 1:25 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 6,735
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Options for the satelitte user

This is all new, It will all be OK when we are one in Europe and that we all have the same rights.

i.e. For the Portuguese to watch Pt TV in UK and the French to watch French TV in Italy etc. etc...
Forum: Portugal
Jul 11th 2013, 4:48 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 7,527
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Internet: MEO or Optimus WOW

Hi,

Not wishing to highjack the thread, but anyone heard of ‘Cabovisao’

I am in a village just outside of Alcobaca, central Portugal, and have been using SAPO for phone and Internet. It is a...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 18th 2012, 12:46 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,152
Posted By RoystonB

Re: Water bills ( not arriving)

Found this thread very interesting re the non payment. They can charge you double! because of a mishap.

I think that Direct Debit would be the answer for us, when we move into our house in a few...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 26th 2007, 1:20 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 935
Posted By RoystonB

Re: SAT Nav

Hi,

I have been over to Portugal (North and Central) about half a dozen times now and have used a TomTom710 with their standard Europe maps. and have found them to be 99% accurate. Most of the...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 26th 2007, 1:13 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 2,438
Posted By RoystonB

Re: solar power in the alentejo

Hi,

Very interested in the Solar/Wind turbine/Geothermal power/heat production, as we are on a quest to buy a property in Central Portugal. I will be surfing the net over the next few weeks and if...
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