Welcome! Hi, if you are new to our blog, welcome! We are recording our journey moving to Portugal and having a new house built from scratch. Or if you are a return visitor, thank you for coming back for more! Recap So, from our last post you will gather that we are actually living inContinue reading “Portugal holidays: Progress Update and Furniture Shopping”
Category Archives: Wood frame
Moving into our Dream Home in Portugal – We’re in, then we aren’t!
A bed arrives So, the big news was we returned from our last house sit, not to our friends or another house sit, but to our own home! Wayne actually returned to the house during the sit, to take delivery of a bed. That bed was for the guest bedroom which was to be ourContinue reading “Moving into our Dream Home in Portugal – We’re in, then we aren’t!”
How do we cope with delays?
So, if you have been following our journey for some time, you will realise that our house build is taking much longer than we had originally envisaged. The waiting, along with having no home can cause a lot of worry and anxiety and affect relationships in many ways. Anyone who has embarked on a similarContinue reading “How do we cope with delays?”
House sitting in anticipation
We are relieved to have overcome our recent illness and are eagerly anticipating the exciting adventures ahead in our upcoming house-sitting endeavors. Simultaneously, keeping a close eye on the developments of our house-build brings us immense motivation and joy, especially as it progresses smoothly. The anticipation of settling into our new home is a beaconContinue reading “House sitting in anticipation”
2023 a reflection
A Tale of Seasons: Travanca do Mondego with Energetic Canine Companions Travanca do Mondego, a quaint Portuguese village, became the backdrop for the start of our housesitting adventures, where we forged lasting bonds with two spirited rescue dogs and an endearing senior Staffie. Our journey unfolded in two distinct chapters—one marked by rainy winter daysContinue reading “2023 a reflection”
House build update
A long overdue look at where we are with our wood frame house build in Portugal. If you are new here, welcome! We are Wayne & Annette and this is our blog about moving to and living in Portugal. If you’ve received it, then you either subscribed or someone was kind enough to forward itContinue reading “House build update”
Third week of July house update
Welcome back everyone. We had enjoyed a couple of days in Nazerè looking after our friends house and pets again. It was great to spend some time with the gang again and see how their renovations were going too. We finished off the weekend meeting some new friends, having been invited to a BBQ andContinue reading “Third week of July house update”
House-build continues, catching up with friends too.
Another nice and short one this week. So, the second week in July proves to be a productive one on the house front, just like we had hoped. It wasn’t all about the house this week though, as we enjoyed some down time catching up with friends and meeting some new ones too. We startedContinue reading “House-build continues, catching up with friends too.”
House build recap and progress…
Ok, for those who don’t know we are having a house built in Portugal. We sold our five bedroom village house in the UK along with all its furniture and belongings in order to live a more relaxed, simpler and warmer life in Portugal. We had always planned to retire and live somewhere different, butContinue reading “House build recap and progress…”
Our Portuguese Life 