Just an update on what we know is a scurge of just about anywhere nowadays.....Drugs / Weed call it what you will be offerred on the Streets in CVO.Just come back from two very relaxing weeks at our place on the west side of town ! I have two fairly street wise kids aged 22 and 19 and was not too su...

Yes we have used them for furnishing our ne 3 Bed Villa in 2009 and have been buying items from them each year since . You get a personal service staff are ex pats. We bought a large sideboard which after a while one of the doors would not close , so thought they might just replace the door ....but ...

I pay Euro 120 for a once a week check and the paying of the utility bills which are of course on top.

Pato I would recommend Estores E Toldos Lamy their showroom is in the centre Lagoa next door to F Jacob Telephone 282342858 . They will come to your Villa with the colour samples and discuss all you need to know , sizes, manual electric ., automatic ( wind sensitive) We had ours fitted after our las...

In conclusion the Certificate has been now been issued and the cost was Euro 225 IVA ( 276.75) so absolutely excellent result ! A good saving on other prices indicated here.My first posting of this thread to the forum was on 30th April 2012. Who says everthing moves slowly in Portugal ! Thanks again...

My thanks to all who have contributed to this short but purposeful ( well for me anyway) topic especially to Parasio .Thanks to Macassa as well since you were going to pm your contact as well . Sr Horacio came yesterday ( 7th May) spent 70 minutes at the Villa doing the test report to be sent next w...

If you can pm me any the contacts you have that would be most helpful? Thanks

I have searched the Forum to try and make sure I cannot be accused of repetition ! A few mentions of this being required on new builds but not the costs Trying to get the above sorted out as the final frontier to applying for a Habitation certificate and am being quoted Euro 900 plus VAT for what I ...

Apologies if I have interupted others exchangesbut such is life and the transparency of a Forum such as this . Nevertheless whatever was supposed to be would appreciate any further help and advice on the least thristy plants that can survive and of course look good in a Carvoeiro Garden !

Thanks maccasa for your advice. The garden is planted mostly with type of plants that you suggest but they were only planted last July and are therefore not really established yet. The offer of e mailng the title of the book that you suggested would be very greatly appreciated.

A bit of a twist to the topic but we have just had our irrigation control valve off our tap stolen in the past few days .They unscrewed the connector but cut the pipe ! So yes we will be saving water but a the expense of the plant life dying off. We are in Boavista and would have hoped that Roy4eyes...

Steve Hopefully you are not really looking for a 'tumour' mattress ? Unfortunate typo I assume ? I know that Abode in Lagos(also known as Planet sofa) have tempur mattresses they are Anglo / Portugese and contact numbers are from Portugal 282 762 070 and 0870 803 2970 and www.planetsofa-algarve.com ...

Thanks sb , as you and all who have posted on this forum I will certainly not be advising anyone to go to Klass Cozinhas quite to the contrary !

They fitted our Kitchen to our Villa when it was new in 2009 and when we had a problem with the Dishwasher( it leaked water everywhere due to a faulty valve) within 12 months, which they supplied and fitted they were just not interested! Their attitude was if anything needs replacing we would have t...

I am looking forward to frequenting since we are Boavista residents when in CVO, due out 14/3. Any more reports please as to the quality of the food that is being served ?