Strontium
Cuban expat in Spain
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427
About me
Cuban
Lives in Bodingo
Registration: 27 April 2019
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Mildly interesting article quoted from the I-Paper
https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/uncrowded-alternative-lisbon-cobbled-streets-unesco-sites-4243039 Read More
Where Can I Sell My Things? I Have No NIFF or NIS by Kmcatarsney
So, I have been from Ireland-Scotland-England-France-Spain now Portugal. I am going home to Scotland. I tried to sell my guitars, loop pedal & other bits and pieces at Cash Converters but I am not a citizen with a tax code.I am alone here, and ...
Hi,This should be done by "private message" but you need to have 5(?) posts to qualify for that. I have NIF but am presently in the UK, I have accounts at both UK and PT banks and could lend you some monies if you repay them later. Probably easiest ... Read More
State of changes for UK - EU travel
This link to BBC article is about the ongoing changes to UK - EU travel. Seems a bit of a mess but that is just my opinion.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39rkpe8mj2o Read More
Scrapping UK car. by Strontium
Hi,We're thinking of driving over in an oldish car which will be filled with used tools, kitchen stuff etc. but obviously it can only be in the EU for 6 months. Rather than drive it back we'd use it as a "builders van" then scrap it. We have seen a ...
Hi, We're thinking of driving over in an oldish car which will be filled with used tools, kitchen stuff etc. but obviously it can only be in the EU for 6 months. - @Strontium I personally know several cars from foreign countries which are being ... Read More
Scrapping UK car.
Hi,We're thinking of driving over in an oldish car which will be filled with used tools, kitchen stuff etc. but obviously it can only be in the EU for 6 months. Rather than drive it back we'd use it as a "builders van" then scrap it. We have seen a ... Read More
Roof Repair by alainrj
Can anyone recommend a builder to repair my roof in the Budens/Lagos area who will turn up? I have some broken terracotta tiles need replacing.
Hi and Welcome, I don't know the area you are in but elsewhere the local building suppliers "Brico*****" and "Le*** M*****" (nor sure if it's advertising to name them) have a service to connect potential customers with local installers/builders ... Read More
Just an ovverstay question
This hasn't happened to anyone I know, yet, but what are the penalties for a non EU person who overstays their 3 months in Portugal? Read More
Exploratory train and bus travel for future move by MateoT7
I will be visiting Portugal in January to figure out where I might want to live. I've connected with some people near Coimbra, and in Ponte de Lima but would like to get in contact with some expats in the Southern parts of Portugal (Lisbon and the ...
I've used the site Rome2rio to find routes and different forms of transports and their costs. Read More
Managing meals in Portugal by Cheryl
Hello everyone, Managing meals day-to-day can sometimes be a real mental challenge, even more so when you land in a new environment, with different schedules, habits or ingredients. How do you manage your meal routine as an expat in Portugal? We ...
@MateoT7 Mainly depends where you like, a small village may have no shops but an occasional van selling fish n veg whereas a big town many supermarkets daily veg markets. etc. Read More
Managing meals in Portugal by Cheryl
Hello everyone, Managing meals day-to-day can sometimes be a real mental challenge, even more so when you land in a new environment, with different schedules, habits or ingredients. How do you manage your meal routine as an expat in Portugal? We ...
I've been to the DRC. In Portugal one of the things managing lunch is, after a morning of mixing lime morter and pointing stone work, just going to 3km to a little town and finding the bar/cafe with badly parked trades vehicles outside. In some ... Read More
BUPi question
Hi,Was doing a bit of gardening then there was a deluge so thought we'd try and sort out something in the dry with the local Camera. There a slim bit (120m2) of land between the little garden and next door's garden. Next door has been unoccupied ... Read More
DUA HELP PLEASE (AMERICAN) by nlbrder
Hi,When I lived in Portugal, I used my American drivers license to buy a car and register it. I got a DUA for the car. A few days before I moved back to the USA, I didn't realize my car insurance was out, and I got pulled over, they sent me back ...
@SimCityAT Documento Uníco Automóvel Read More
Some information
May I post this here? There's an interesting article in ThePortugalNews 25 Oct 2025 Page 19"New foreigners' Law" has been promulgated. Which includes stuff on "work" visa and restrictions on family reunion etc. Read More
I'm looking for a T0 or T1 apartment in Lisbon by kumail murtaza
Hello everyone, 👋My name is Kumail Murtaza, and I’m currently in the process of moving to Portugal under the D7 visa.As part of the visa requirements, I need to secure a long-term rental contract (minimum 12 months) that can be ...
Hi and Welcome,There's information on this site if you search as similar questions pop up quite often.General advice is to look on listings sites such as OXL PT and Idealista PT (there are others if you search) to get idea of what may be available, ... Read More
Anybody purchase a Genuino Sesmarias condo from ESCALA GLOBAL, S.A. by carlos-sousa
In 2022 I purchased a new condo (under construction) in the Genuino Sesmarias Garden development from a company called ESCALA GLOBAL, S.A. (a company out of Porto) in Portimão (Alvor) via their local sales agents.After signing the contract ...
@JorgeManuel01As there are possibly others (but not me) interested you could start a support group website, surprised there is no one already, for people with a similar conundrum to yours. Then maybe move in a collective way which probably has ... Read More