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Forum: Portugal

Sep 9th 2020, 8:40 am

Replies: 7

Registering residency on a ruin

Views: 2,485

Posted By stormwatcher

Registering residency on a ruin

Hi

I am currently in the country looking for a ruin in the North that I can rehabilitate to eventually live in.
For the moment I am staying at an Airbnb where there is no possibility to register...

Forum: Portugal

Jul 21st 2020, 9:45 am

Replies: 2

Currently domiciled in Portugal - looking to invest in Spain.

Views: 520

Posted By stormwatcher

Currently domiciled in Portugal - looking to invest in Spain.

Bear with me.
I recently moved to Portugal and absolutely love it here.
Currently renting a house here in the Center.

I would , however, like to invest in buying a property in Spain (long story...

Forum: Portugal

Jun 5th 2020, 8:39 am

Replies: 11

Prefab houses in Portugal

Views: 25,310

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Prefab houses in Portugal

Any updates here ?
Would be interested to learn what you found out.

Forum: Portugal

May 1st 2020, 7:21 pm

Replies: 65

Driving Back to Porugal - Advice?

Views: 7,259

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Driving Back to Porugal - Advice?

bicabica thank you for reporting back so elaborately.
I am about to make a similar bid to reach my home in Portugal. I am currently stuck in Belgium.

Only extra problem I have is that I won't be...

Forum: Portugal

May 1st 2020, 7:04 pm

Replies: 16

Corona virus numbers

Views: 1,285

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Corona virus numbers

Unsure if I'm contributing anything here but if you check the numbers, you'll see Belgium very high in the list regarding number of deaths.
That is because Belgium is one of the only countries that...

Forum: Portugal

May 1st 2020, 11:40 am

Replies: 12

Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

Views: 827

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

It's a way of life , I guess - i wont say it's better or worse than actually settling down. I reckon it just depends on the kind of person you are.
Some people tell me I will probably never find...

Forum: Portugal

Apr 27th 2020, 7:08 am

Replies: 12

Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

Views: 827

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

I could understand why you'd think that but I can assure you it is not the case.
I'm very grateful of the possibilities offered to us by the Portuguese. The only thing is that I m not ready to...

Forum: Portugal

Apr 26th 2020, 7:18 pm

Replies: 12

Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

Views: 827

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

OP is Belgian :)
yeah - I ve heard about the Airbnb regulations from an Airbnb owner where we stayed at when we were looking for a house to rent.

Forum: Portugal

Apr 26th 2020, 7:16 pm

Replies: 12

Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

Views: 827

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

Current rental is near Caramulo - current length of contract is 6 months but with the option to extend.

Forum: Portugal

Apr 26th 2020, 12:49 pm

Replies: 12

Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

Views: 827

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

Austria was an example - allow me to extend/clarify: what if I intend to be a digital nomad with a homebase / businessbase in Portugal but every , say 3 months I want to live in another country...

Forum: Portugal

Apr 26th 2020, 11:32 am

Replies: 12

Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

Views: 827

Posted By stormwatcher

Buy property in Portugal vs rental for sole trader entity

Afternoon everyone,

My situation:
I just set up my residency in Portugal and currently have a rental contract to go with that residency.
I'm a freelancer / sole trader under the Simplified...

Forum: Portugal

Mar 6th 2020, 10:04 am

Replies: 24

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Views: 3,325

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

So - turns out MEO would potentially give me better speeds (tested yesterday during peak times)

NOS: 2Mbps down
MEO: 9Mbps down

Would be awesome if (as stated above) I could combine both of...

Forum: Portugal

Mar 5th 2020, 7:35 pm

Replies: 24

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Views: 3,325

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

there is a (what looks like a slide-out) panel with an arrow on it (as marked below on the pic) - is that where you think the sim is ?
...

Forum: Portugal

Mar 5th 2020, 7:05 pm

Replies: 24

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Views: 3,325

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

The app takes whatever provider you are on at the moment.

Here is what I did,
- connect to NOS
- open app
- see all NOS towers
- close app (this is important)
- switch network to MEO
- open...

Forum: Portugal

Mar 5th 2020, 5:42 pm

Replies: 24

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Views: 3,325

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Installed the app
Closest tower is in the next "village" - it very sometimes connects to the other one above that.
Planning to drive/walk there to see where the tower is and if I have an actual...

Forum: Portugal

Mar 5th 2020, 4:47 pm

Replies: 24

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Views: 3,325

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

You guys are absolutely fantastic -
Thank you so much for thinking out loud.

Ajmandon
I was expecting those rabbit ears to be actual antennas sticking out of my router - but there are none...

Forum: Portugal

Mar 5th 2020, 11:49 am

Replies: 24

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Views: 3,325

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Here are the results from Speedtest, pinging a server in Madrid.

https://www.speedtest.net/result/9099728623.png
https://www.speedtest.net/result/9099728623.png

Keep in mind that I am not...

Forum: Portugal

Mar 5th 2020, 10:01 am

Replies: 24

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Views: 3,325

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Good questions and I should have had more info in my original post but I wasn't at the house yet.
Now that I am, I can answer all of them.

1) I will probably concur here. The dish is probably...

Forum: Portugal

Mar 3rd 2020, 9:36 pm

Replies: 24

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Views: 3,325

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

wow - I wasn't expecting that - thanks for showing me the light xD ... unsure why I was convinced that dish was also pulling in my internet.
my router is now at the "front" of the house, but there's...

Forum: Portugal

Mar 3rd 2020, 8:42 pm

Replies: 24

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Views: 3,325

Posted By stormwatcher

Improving NOS internet speed (in the evening)

Hey all.
Just moved to Portugal. I'm in the beautiful North (just above Coimbra)
Very remote house so we have one of those NOS "dishes" on the outside of our house.
I'm guessing that is using the...

Forum: Italy

Jan 25th 2020, 10:05 pm

Replies: 13

Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

Views: 1,974

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

(in portugal 1st year is also exempt of soc sec)

Tax consultant / commercialisti firm emailing me back on a Saturday even. Sounding legit in their communication.
Is this the first time you have...

Forum: Italy

Jan 25th 2020, 8:28 pm

Replies: 13

Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

Views: 1,974

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

also - new info gathered : first year I pay no social security in Italy

Forum: Italy

Jan 25th 2020, 11:44 am

Replies: 13

Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

Views: 1,974

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

Sorry for dragging this back up.
I got this very preliminary simulation from an italian accountant:

She mentioned that being self-employed may mean that expenses may still be deducted from the...

Forum: Italy

Jan 25th 2020, 11:14 am

Replies: 13

Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

Views: 1,974

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

Don't just say "dont do it" and then leave.
Why ?
Any other south italian regions I should steer clear of ?

Forum: Italy

Jan 15th 2020, 8:33 pm

Replies: 13

Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

Views: 1,974

Posted By stormwatcher

Re: Thinking about moving to Italy > start freelance business

This is very informative - but indeed - I was comparing Portugal and Italy - seems the social security is the thing that finally 'kills' the Italian bid ... in the first year , in portugal - social...

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