What "property with income" actually means — and why it's rarer than it sounds
“Property with income” is one of those phrases that sounds precise and isn’t. People search for it …
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What we've learned living this, written down for whoever comes next.
We wrote these because they are the things we wanted to read before we moved, and mostly couldn’t find — the practical, unromantic detail about what this life costs and what it asks of you.
The EU might be the last place that puts people before commerce
The first time the town shut for lunch we stood in the square feeling like people who had failed to read the …
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What it actually costs to live on a smallholding in central Portugal
Every article about the cost of living in Portugal seems to be written by someone in Lisbon or the Algarve. Neither has …
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Praias fluviais: the river beaches of central Portugal
Ask most people what they picture when you say Portugal and they will describe the coast. Inland Portugal has something …
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Can you really run an online business from rural Portugal?
The short answer is yes, and we have been doing it for years. The longer answer is that it depends almost entirely on …
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Buying property in Portugal as a UK citizen: what the process is actually like
We are not lawyers or immigration advisers, and you should use both. But we have been through this, and there is a …
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