Looking to buy a 4+ bed villa in Carvoeiro

[jonc]

Hi all,

(First post so I hope this is the right place.)

We are looking to buy a villa in/around Carvoeiro. I am contacting a few agents at the moment, but thought it might be worth a post here as well. Specifics are:

* detached villa with pool
* 1,000 to 10,000 sqm plot
* 4+ bedrooms
* furnished
* EUR500-600k

Preference is for an older property, possible in need of cosmetic improvement - not afraid of a bit of work! We are in the area 24th to 31st Oct to view. Potential to compete quickly

thanks,

Jonathan.

[Lesley Jean]

Hi, have sent you a PM...

[davepp]

Hi,

I maybe be able to help.

Get in touch.

David

[scart]

Hi Jonathan

I have sent you a PM.

[alf1956]

hello there.i would try EDL estate agents in carvoeiro,i bought my villa from them & they were more than helpful&even 18 months after i bought my villa if i have any problems they sre there like a shot unlike a lot of them who once you sign&pay thats it!!.if you put.edl.pt in a search engine it will come up. if you want their phone numbers they are,office +35128235699 or mobile +351917330824

[alf1956]

there is a 4 bed villa next door to ours on monte servo which is a lovely cul-de-sac with all nice detatched villas on there&EDL are selling that for the owner who actually built our villa & it is to a very high spec.we are over 26th oct to 2nd nov if you wanted to have a nosey around our villa to see what it looks like when all furnished etc

[Globetrotter]

Hi,
I sent yu a pm. Let me know if you don't get it.
Cheers,
Jan

[jonc]

Thanks everyone for your posts and PMs.

I have some options to follow up on, which I will be doing over the coming week.

Jonathan.

[PortugalHaven]

Thanks everyone for your posts and PMs.

I have some options to follow up on, which I will be doing over the coming week.

Jonathan.

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[Rudolph Aaron]

Contact us on 282 359 198 after 23rd Oct. May be able to help. Pauline

[MrsB]

Well, I hope you had a more fruitful search than we did on our visit in October. I found the whole process really off-putting.

I must say, if I was trying to sell my property over in Portugal, I'd be worried, as the agents seem to be paranoid about releasing any useful information... such as - shock, horror! - the address. It's like going into a shoe shop in the 1960s; you have to describe what you want and then they go out to the stock room and bring you back three or four pairs you might like to consider. WAKE UP PORTUGAL! The Brits are used to self service shopping, so stop wasting our time and at least give us the basic information when we go into your office. When you are over there for a limited period, you need to organise your time which means having a short list of potential properties, preferably put together in advance via the internet. Once over there, you don't necessarily want to be chaperoned in the initial stages - you want to drive past the properties yourself as 99 times out of 100 you won't like the location, so there's no point wasting everyone's time with an internal viewing. Some might opt for the 'personal service' currently offered, but please, give us the choice.

The receptionist at one Lagos office left me fuming. "No, I can't possibly give you the address. You can drive around the area (I'd guessed correctly where it was) and see if you like it." It was like trying to find a needle in a haystack...and we gave up. If I was that villa owner, I'd be furious.

Get real, Portugal. If you want the Brits to buy, at least try and be helpful.

[alf1956]

DID YOU TRY THE PEOPLE I POSTED EARLIER ON THIS TOPIC THAT ARE LISTED BELOW?THEY TOOK ME TO THE VILLAS THEY HAD FOR SALE&SPENT HOURS WITH US&NOTHING WAS TOO MUCH TROUBLE FOR THEM&THEY EVEN ADVISED US ON WHICH VILLAS THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OFF SOME DISCOUNT&WE BOUGHT WHEN THE PROPERTY MARKET WAS AT ITS HIGHEST!!!!!TRY THEM PLEASE.
hello there.i would try EDL estate agents in carvoeiro,i bought my villa from them & they were more than helpful&even 18 months after i bought my villa if i have any problems they sre there like a shot unlike a lot of them who once you sign&pay thats it!!.if you put.edl.pt in a search engine it will come up. if you want their phone numbers they are,office +35128235699 or mobile +351917330824

[MrsB]

Yes, following advice on here, I did visit EDL and found that experience somewhat overbearing I'm afraid. Nothing puts me off more than the hard sell; I just wanted to be able to take the basic info away from his office and mull it over with my husband, drive past any properties that took our fancy - not to be pressured to go and see his idea of what we might want. I asked why they wouldn't give out any addresses and all I got was another mini-lecture on 'we don't sell houses that way' . Well, some of us don't buy houses his way either; there are so many agents we didn't have the luxury of 'spending hours' with each of them. It just seems so inefficient.

[alf1956]

i think you must realie that portugal is diferent to the uk & so will be most countries throughout the world as they all have different ways of selling,buying&presenting items for sale.when we went round with the people from EDL they asked us what we were looking at property wise&what our budget was.they then took us to all properties which were in the range we explained to them&gave their advise we then went round after on our own to have a further look at different times of the day etc to get a feel of the place which is what you must do anyway&if possible different times of the year to get a true picture of what you are buying.it took us approx 12 months&several estate agents as well as 2 or 3 visits to EDL to find the right place.sometimes advise can be mistaken as pushiness.if you are expecting things to happen as they do in the uk you are in for a shock!!

[davepp]

I would visit Portuguesehomes, great service and very helpful.