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Forum: Spain
Mar 13th 2025, 2:57 am
Replies: 130
Views: 13,796
Posted By chislenko

Re: EES & ETIAS update and explanation

Latest newspaper report I have just read now says implementation in April 2027!
Forum: Portugal
Jul 7th 2024, 8:43 am
Replies: 62
Views: 17,082
Posted By chislenko

Re: airport delays - faro.

Just as a bit of balance we flew back into Manchester last week, and I have to say based on previous experience I was dreading it.

However, ten minutes off the plane we have done our 10,000 steps,...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 25th 2024, 9:32 am
Replies: 62
Views: 17,082
Posted By chislenko

Re: airport delays - faro.

To be fair a lot is up to the individual, personally I am now holidaying differently and avoiding places that are rammed out with Brit travellers, the Balkans is our overseas destination now (not...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 24th 2024, 5:57 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 17,082
Posted By chislenko

Re: airport delays - faro.

Fair comment, the clear answer then is that UK passport holders should stay at home and spend their money in Britain 😊
Forum: Portugal
Jun 24th 2024, 10:38 am
Replies: 62
Views: 17,082
Posted By chislenko

Re: airport delays - faro.

Whilst it is easy to blame Brexit, and believe me I am no fan of it, I think other factors are at play.

When we purchased in Portugal some twenty odd years ago, flights were cheap, entry was easy,...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 4th 2024, 8:20 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 3,871
Posted By chislenko

Re: Cabanas de Tavira

There was a spate of muggings there about five years ago with tourists targeted by two Portuguese blokes. A bloke I know took a beating and had his personal items stolen. Sadly it had a major affect...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 19th 2023, 2:40 am
Replies: 29
Views: 7,551
Posted By chislenko

Re: Driving from Bilbao to Lagos

Have always done the "straight down the west" toll free route.

We always stop roughly half way down at Bejar (Spain) not to be confused with Beja (Portugal)
Forum: Portugal
Oct 31st 2023, 8:42 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,439
Posted By chislenko

Re: Bear With Me On This!

Yes, agree with your last part, however we usually book a house / apartment and getting contact info is quite difficult as they are usually only marketed through an agency like booking / cottages /...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 31st 2023, 8:40 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,439
Posted By chislenko

Re: Bear With Me On This!

Nata, don't know if by planning or luck when we opened our account years back we opted for all mail to be sent to the UK. I think card validation is now a thing of the past with most banks, the only...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 31st 2023, 4:39 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,439
Posted By chislenko

Re: Bear With Me On This!

Postscript.

Just been into Booking.com and you can change your currency to Euros so that leads me to believe I could indeed book from the UK and use my Portuguese Card with no charges.

Edit. We...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 31st 2023, 3:13 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,439
Posted By chislenko

Re: Bear With Me On This!

Yes you are correct, a major bearing on the purchase is the currency it is offered in.

For instance if I book with say EasyJet or Booking.com from the UK the price will be displayed in Sterling....
Forum: Portugal
Oct 31st 2023, 1:27 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,439
Posted By chislenko

Bear With Me On This!

Somebody may have the answer!

If I were to use my Portuguese Bank card from our UK address / email address it obviously knows we are in the UK and puts a charge on, fair enough.

However if I...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 25th 2023, 8:43 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,584
Posted By chislenko

Re: Sale of property

Our estate agent also wouldn't raise a finger until all the EPC etc was in place. We had left Portugal by this time so had to put our trust in the agent. To be fair it all worked out well.

Having...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 25th 2023, 8:34 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,584
Posted By chislenko

Re: Sale of property

I don't have a great deal of knowledge re tax on global income. Our solicitor told us about the inflation uplift and the accountant dealt with all the form filling / submission. The bottom line was...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 25th 2023, 9:33 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,584
Posted By chislenko

Re: Sale of property

We shopped around and they were all pretty much the same %. We eventually went sole with the local to us agent. We paid 4% plus IVA. Obviously the estate agent costs are offset against any CGT.
...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 24th 2023, 11:51 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,584
Posted By chislenko

Re: Sale of property

When we sold ours last year our agent seemed to hastily stop marketing the property on the basis of a verbal offer.

I reminded the lady that a property is not sold until money has changed hands. ...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 22nd 2023, 11:29 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 3,365
Posted By chislenko

Re: Algarve locations

Thanks for your knowledgeable reply.
Forum: Portugal
Oct 22nd 2023, 6:03 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 3,365
Posted By chislenko

Re: Algarve locations

Has there been a conscious effort to round up the stray dogs then? Is this something backed by the Authorities or just people doing it off their own back?

There used to be a fair number of them...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 22nd 2023, 9:03 am
Replies: 28
Views: 3,365
Posted By chislenko

Re: Algarve locations

With regard to rescue animals there is no shortage of abandoned cats and dogs!
Forum: Portugal
Oct 2nd 2023, 9:04 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,034
Posted By chislenko

Re: Someone to fish cable through conduit

Unfortunately I have no experience of house cabling. Presumably though the cable is metal based.

When I change an internally routed cable on my push bike I use a very strong magnet and "pull" it...
Forum: Portugal
Sep 25th 2023, 11:48 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,381
Posted By chislenko

Re: Moving personal items back to the UK

We did exactly the same process last May. We just packed all our belongings into the car . Came back Santander - Plymouth just waived straight through.
Forum: Portugal
Sep 25th 2023, 11:15 am
Replies: 17
Views: 2,254
Posted By chislenko

Re: UK expat bank accounts closing

Agree Eric. Although we have sold up in Portugal and finalised everything there we still have money in a Portuguese Bank which is very handy when we are holidaying in the Euro Zone.

Millennium...
Forum: Portugal
Sep 25th 2023, 11:03 am
Replies: 5
Views: 864
Posted By chislenko

Re: Energy certificate

When we sold up last year think it was circa 290 Euros.

Silver lining is that it is deductable from any profit on selling!
Forum: Portugal
Sep 13th 2023, 9:59 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,191
Posted By chislenko

Re: Foundation costs

I like that, "a concrete price" for your concrete. Made me smile 😊
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Forum: Portugal
Aug 19th 2023, 6:03 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,227
Posted By chislenko

Re: tourist season

Double edged sword.

The local businesses either want the money or the locals want the peace and quiet.
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