Buying & Selling
Explore our guides on buying & selling: essential information for anyone buying, selling or renovating property in Portugal.
Developer ignoring your snagging list: what you can prove
A developer stalling on snagging defects is not running down your warranty. What a formal defect notice does to the clock, and the leverage outside court.
New-build warranties in Portugal: the 10-year clock and the handover inspection
How Portugal's two new-build warranty regimes work, why accepting the keys without reservation weakens a claim, and which documents to demand at handover.
Pre-Listing Inspection for Sellers in Portugal (2026)
A pre-listing inspection protects sellers in Portugal from post-sale hidden-defect claims and mid-deal price cuts, after a 2025 court ruling on concealed defects.
EPBD compliance in Portugal: what changed at the 29 May 2026 deadline
Portugal partially transposed Diretiva (UE) 2024/1275 through Decreto-Lei n.º 11/2025. F-rated properties pass renovation liability to the buyer.
Property inspection in Porto: a buyer's guide to wet-climate defects, casa burguesa construction, and ARU rehabilitation due diligence
Porto property inspection faces a defect profile unlike Lisbon: maritime humidity, granite and timber casa burguesa, and uneven rehabilitation work.
New build snagging survey Portugal: finding defects before final acceptance
A snagging inspection records new build defects before keys handover. Decreto-Lei n.º 84/2021 gives 10 years structural and 5 years otherwise.