Specificity is what makes a request answerable
What to ask for instead
"Could you send more pictures" produces more of the same instrument. Naming the thing to be photographed changes what the instrument records.
Answerable from abroad
Named locations, dated
Six specific shots
Consumer unit with the cover off. Under every sink and behind the washing machine. Roof to wall junction on each elevation. The lowest point of each external wall at ground level. Any basement or store. Ask the date of each.
To your instruction
A walkthrough, not a tour
Continuous video at walking pace, camera held toward the floor and wall junction rather than into the room. A produced video tour is a marketing asset and selects its frames the same way stills do.
Travels perfectly
The four documents
Licença de utilização, Caderneta Predial Urbana, certidão permanente from the Conservatória do Registo Predial, and the certificado energético required under DL 101-D/2020, whose absence carries fines from €250 to €3,740 for individuals.
The actual question
The comparison between them
Once documents and images both exist, the comparison becomes possible. It is the comparison, rather than either half on its own, that produces a finding.
Not answerable from abroad, at any volume of evidence
Requires a tape
Measurement
Whether built area matches registered area is answered with a tape and a plan, not estimated from an image.
Requires instruments
Moisture and thermal readings
A meter reads moisture content in a material. A thermal camera reads envelope behaviour. Both separate an active problem from a historic stain.
Requires hands
Access
Someone opens the consumer unit, looks into the roof void, lifts an inspection cover and gets behind the appliances.
Requires both
Built against licensed
Someone holds the approved drawings against the building as constructed. Since 1 January 2024 no public authority does this before a sale completes.
Why the last one matters mostUnder Decreto-Lei n.º 10/2024, de 8 de janeiro the liability for unauthorised works transfers with the property at the deed. From 1 October 2026 the transfer document must mention the status of the urbanistic title, in most cases as declared by the seller. That adds a declaration and no verification, and no part of it involves anyone looking at the building.