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Forum: Portugal
Mar 21st 2010, 3:43 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 10,327
Posted By peemgee

Re: Matriculation - We did it! Awoohah!

Thank you G. May I send you a private message
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Forum: Portugal
Mar 21st 2010, 12:00 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 8,226
Posted By peemgee

Re: pool maintenance

My pool guy (UK Ex Pat) in central Algarve is very good and charges €100.00 per month. Twice weekly in summer and once a week in winter (if it's not raining). Coincidently as I am arriving next month...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 21st 2010, 11:50 am
Replies: 26
Views: 10,327
Posted By peemgee

Re: Matriculation - We did it! Awoohah!

Thank you SGM. That makes interesting reading and perhaps a little ammunition.

I didn't know we needed a Certificate of Conformity, both cars are new and one is a Land Rover imported from Germany...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 20th 2010, 7:06 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 10,327
Posted By peemgee

Re: Matriculation - We did it! Awoohah!

And a well done indeed from me. We arrive in 2 weeks with two cars and after talking to a British owned 'Financial Assistance' agency was told that they could handle the dealings with the...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 10th 2010, 6:03 pm
Replies: 185
Views: 14,419
Posted By peemgee

Re: here we come

A sultry 4 degrees - here in London we basked in 6
Forum: Portugal
Mar 10th 2010, 1:58 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 4,083
Posted By peemgee

Re: Sky+HD boxes

OK job done. Bought a Pace Sky+ HD box from an internet retailer (ludicrous price) and married it to the new sky card here in London. Should now be fine for Portugal. I'm thinking of buying a quad...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 10th 2010, 1:53 pm
Replies: 185
Views: 14,419
Posted By peemgee

Post Re: here we come

Good luck Titleist. We are leaving for Portugal on April 2nd by the same route. Planning on being at the house on the 5th and hoping not to put the heating on until next Autumn. Methinks I'm an...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 5th 2010, 5:07 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 4,083
Posted By peemgee

Re: Sky+HD boxes

Thank you all for your very welcome advice. It seems that no one has any stock of the Samsung but now I know those makes not to buy.
Forum: Portugal
Mar 4th 2010, 12:06 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 4,083
Posted By peemgee

Sky+HD boxes

I have a house in the Algarve which we are moving to in a few weeks. I am about to buy a new Sky+ HD box but are unsure of the best make for the area. Doing an internet search throws up a lot of...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 17th 2010, 5:00 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,548
Posted By peemgee

Re: email hosting

Firstly, a thank you to you all for your common sense answers to what I had perceived to be a problem. Of course it wasn't a problem - just me being thick headed. All (hopefully) sorted now.
...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 15th 2010, 10:21 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,548
Posted By peemgee

Re: email hosting

Thank you all

I thought that if I use mail forwarding then all incoming emails will come to my designated address but outgoing will come from my Sapo (or whoever) address. Is this so?

And if I...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 14th 2010, 5:15 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,548
Posted By peemgee

Re: email hosting

Thanks to you all

Chopper - When talking to Sapo from Portugal I normally have to hold for a minimum of 20 Minutes and I'm now in the UK.

Mike & Scott - My UK address is a .co.uk account and I...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 14th 2010, 3:32 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,548
Posted By peemgee

email hosting

I presently live in the UK and, up to now, visit my house in the Algarve for holidays. I have internet access via Sapo and when in Portugal use the web based Yahoo for email. However I am moving out...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 10th 2010, 9:40 am
Replies: 11
Views: 5,786
Posted By peemgee

Re: EDP SHOP, LOULE

Yes Just checked. That's the one - it's 750 metres from the traffic lights at the fork and it's attached to the sub station.
Forum: Portugal
Feb 10th 2010, 9:27 am
Replies: 11
Views: 5,786
Posted By peemgee

Re: EDP SHOP, LOULE

Ah no, this is purely for paying bills. The only other EDP office I know of is :

Drive to the top of the Avenida and take the left fork (the original road to Sao Bras). Continue past the few shops...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 9th 2010, 2:48 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 5,786
Posted By peemgee

Re: EDP SHOP, LOULE

Do you mean where you can pay your bills? If so when you stand at the top of the pedestrian street leading from Largo Sao Fransisco, on your right is a small road and approx 10 metres up on the left...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 1st 2010, 8:47 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,657
Posted By peemgee

Re: medical insurance????????

As an AFPOP member I've contacted Medal Insurance Brokers asking them to come back to me with reccomended insurers and am now waiting for their reply.

I've also been in touch with "April...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 31st 2010, 10:05 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 18,425
Posted By peemgee

Re: Burglaries, warning

Joao

I understand your post but, we are not talking of the entire UK. Why not equate this with the Brighton / Worthing area of the UK
Forum: Portugal
Jan 31st 2010, 8:32 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 18,425
Posted By peemgee

Re: Burglaries, warning

Yes - as I've said before,I'm not scaremongering but these gangs started in the hills above the southern Spanish coast and have been moving westward at a rate of knots. Should you wish to look it up...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 31st 2010, 8:11 pm
Replies: 75
Views: 12,151
Posted By peemgee

Re: Car Matriculation

Right, got it (in the modern vernacular) sussed. I am by nature a honest man, an upstanding man and a reasonably moral man BUT, as the law of matriculation is a) against EU law,(well I think it is)...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 31st 2010, 2:37 pm
Replies: 75
Views: 12,151
Posted By peemgee

Re: Car Matriculation

Good point. I didn't think of the ferry receipt angle. I think I'll have to bluff it and tell them I paid in cash and threw it way on arrival. Can't think of any other excuse. Has anyone been asked...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 31st 2010, 11:23 am
Replies: 75
Views: 12,151
Posted By peemgee

Re: Car Matriculation

Interesting thread. My wife, son and I are arriving with on one way ticket on April 5th. Last July I bought a New German import LHD Land Rover at a 40% discount, you do occassionally find these trade...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 30th 2010, 6:32 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 3,654
Posted By peemgee

Re: Moving yto algarve, are we mad??

You haven't mentioned whether you know the area, or know it well. My advice, for what it's worth, is that before you think of a major life-style change, visit the area at different times of the year....
Forum: Portugal
Jan 30th 2010, 5:59 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,709
Posted By peemgee

Re: Recent rain

I agree, mould on the walls is a real buggar but I was given a good tip last year. Fill a spray bottle with neat Lixivia (bleach) and spray the affected area. Don't bother to wash it off, let it dry...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 28th 2010, 9:53 am
Replies: 72
Views: 18,425
Posted By peemgee

Re: Burglaries, warning

Forget the chalk markings and gas etc. Forget even the well alarmed home. The latest crime wave is far more serious. They come when you are at home - during the day. A group of men with iron bars,...
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