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So, with the structure of the house up and progress now increasing, we thought it was the right time to start looking for furniture. Given that it may take a few months before some of the furniture might be ready, we didn’t want to get caught short if the house was ready and we didn’tContinue reading “It is time to start looking for furniture!”

It was great to see some progress on the house build, but it was now time to fulfill a couple of house-sit requests. We are now back in the Algarve. Specifically for two house sits, and both are for friends we have sat for before. The main difference is the time we plan to beContinue reading “Back in Lagos, but some sad news”

As we said in the last blog, we had to leave the dog and kitten before the hosts returned. That is because they were a little delayed, but we kept in touch and received news they arrived back safely later that night and both the pets were fine and excited to see them again. WeContinue reading “Christmas House-sit in Central Portugal”

A week off? This might sound a bit of a joke seeing we are retired and homeless, but we always seem to be busy doing lots of things! We really did have a week off of house-sitting and admin though. It has actually been quite relaxing for a change. First off, we had a tripContinue reading “A week off!”

We left Kathryn to get over her jet-lag and made our way back to Alcaria taking the toll-free routes. It certainly takes a bit longer for the journey home staying off the motorways, but seeing we had a cancelled appointment and it’s replacement to navigate this month, we had spent more on tolls this thanContinue reading “A break between house sits”

So Kathryn had just left for her adventures (an exciting trip out to the far east with hubby Roman) and we were just chilling the first day with the dogs. We had better introduce you to the three bundles of joy we had agreed to look after for the next week or so… Cassie isContinue reading “A house-sit in the rain”

We sadly had to part from the stay at Pinheiro, and the lovely Alfie and Tilly, but the trip home was only forty minutes or so. We arrived home to an empty house however, as our besties were staying in Spain with some other friends. It felt quite strange coming back to an empty houseContinue reading “House sitting at home?”

In the last post, we said we might find a waterfall with Alfie. well, we found one and yes we paid a visit to a fantastic POI (point of interest), but more about that in a moment. The weather was definitely turning a corner in Portugal, at least where we were house-sitting near Tomar. HavingContinue reading “Final week at Tomar”

There has been no progress on the build project since our last post. We are still waiting to hear if some work will be carried out, but nothing as yet, apart from the electricity connection. We are not too far from the build site however, and would be back in a fortnight to get aContinue reading “House-sit near Tomar”