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Forum: Portugal

Jul 18th 2018, 1:33 pm

Replies: 9

Furniture

Views: 1,046

Posted By Arranman

Re: Furniture

Hi Dave, we live near Ansião, in a village called Santiago da Guarda. We have a local hardware store, that seems lots of bedroom furniture. Also a store in Ansião, Ansidecor,...

Forum: Portugal

Jul 8th 2018, 8:10 am

Replies: 2

Peter

Views: 675

Posted By Arranman

Re: Peter

Hi Peter, as previous post has indicated, plenty of campsites. We came out in a motorhome and stayed at a campsite in Ferreira do Zêzere in Leiria. The campsite is only 10 mins walk into Ferreira do...

Forum: Portugal

Apr 25th 2018, 4:21 pm

Replies: 31

wanting to buy a car locally

Views: 2,415

Posted By Arranman

Re: wanting to buy a car locally

We moved to Santiago Da Guarda, and bought a car locally, in fact we have bought two from the same garage!
It's our nearest local town, Ansião, it's a Renault dealership, which has its main depot in...

Forum: Portugal

Apr 5th 2018, 7:37 am

Replies: 7

Bringing a British car to Portugal. A different question.

Views: 710

Posted By Arranman

Re: Bringing a British car to Portugal. A different question.

Skool boy error! Owned car for over a year, but was under impression you only had to have owned the car for 6 months when I came to Portugal . I had only owned the car for 9 months since coming here....

Forum: Portugal

Apr 3rd 2018, 6:28 am

Replies: 7

Bringing a British car to Portugal. A different question.

Views: 710

Posted By Arranman

Re: Bringing a British car to Portugal. A different question.

I have just taken my 2010 Range Rover back to the UK to sell. Customs wanted €45,000 to import the car and he said because of emissions the tax would be about €900 a year. I would take the car back...

Forum: Portugal

Jan 23rd 2018, 7:39 am

Replies: 9

Car hire questions on insurance and UK licence

Views: 1,141

Posted By Arranman

Re: Car hire questions on insurance and UK licence

I have hired cars in many countries round the world, using Zest car hire. France, Denmark, Spain, U.K., and of course Portugal! All the car providers, acknowledged that I had full insurance cover...

Forum: Portugal

Jan 12th 2018, 7:19 pm

Replies: 9

Has anyone used GCEN Currency Services

Views: 881

Posted By Arranman

Re: Has anyone used GCEN Currency Services

I use Smart Currency Exchange , in London. Transferred many times, including the purchase price of our house. It's very easy to register, then when you want to transfer, you phone them, they give you...

Forum: The Welcome Inn

Aug 28th 2017, 8:53 am

Replies: 1

Hi, From Portugal

Views: 373

Posted By Arranman

Hi, From Portugal

Hello all, we have just joined forum, recently moved from Scotland to central Portugal. Loving it.

Arranman

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