Cost was about 5200EUR inc IVA at 23%, installed and commissioned. I have not calculated the payback although I know our old 3-phase pump consumed about 0.7kW when running. At this time of year, the system runs from about 7:30am until 8:30pm. The speed depends on the amount of light so it is slow fi...

We had a solar pool pump installed almost a year ago. The system is German, made by Lorentz. There are two sizes and ours is the largest for our ~12x6m pool which is a PS1800 and uses four solar panels. Our system was installed by SACL and has been 100% reliable. They plumbed it side-by-side with ou...

The first Italian we visited in CVO was Via Italia, about four years ago. It was our regular Italian for a few years until we grew tired of their lack of a proper booking system and generally over-salted food. So, we tried Villa Medici in-season and had a meal with excellent food but extremely lack-...

I think EatAlgarve needs some work. I can't register, you get: Access denied You are not authorized to access this page. The map is broken: Unable to render map: Google Maps API key is missing. Such a shame because it could be an improvement on Tripadvisor where it seems to be a secondary feature, a...

It's all on here: http://jardimvivo.com/

Jonathan

Thanks for your kind words and PMs. I am sure there will be more to add to the stolen list as we remember it. In the meantime, the TV details are: Sony Bravia KDL46W5810, 46 inch, freesat, Black SN S019001677G Sony Bravia KDL40Z5800 40 inch, freesat, Black SN 181579109201160 What gets me about the w...

On approx. the 20th September our house in the Porches area was broken into. This post is not going to be a rant and I am not looking for sympathy. Rather that some things we have learned I hope might help other people to avoid what we have gone through. Our house is not a rental, it is our holiday ...

We have just received notification of this extension.

We are being advised that we should wait, because the laws may change again prior to the deadline. Personally, I would rather get the submission completed and out of the way.

Does anyone have any advise?

Jonathan

Believe it or not, this is an automated post. It is specifically for the purpose of dropping links on a website forum pointing back to a target website being promoted. A 'bot' is capable of creating a user and then posting a new message, or even replying to an existing one with something resembling ...

Good that you managed to sell the off-shore company. It certainly simplifies the process if the purchaser wants to keep it that way. When we were buying last year, we were interested in a property which was off-shore in a UK limited company, and were advised by our UK accountant that if we took on t...

We also recently used Algarve Removals and found their service to be good. I bought a load of stuff online which I had shipped directly to them in Essex. I did notice an advert the other week in the back of Portugal News which was for someone transporting a container from Warrington, leaving some ti...

It has been mentioned elsewhere that what is most important where there is a monitored alarm is the response / time. In the case of, say, ADT alarm monitoring in the UK, the signalling goes through to the receiving center who then call a keyholder. They have a list of keyholders, and start at the to...

The answer to that would be if there would be a saving for them. For example, if all the pools were very close together. That way they save on travelling time.

Otherwise, I agree with Steve.

Jonathan.

Thanks Lulu,

No, we are sorted now. Expecting to complete this month.

Jonathan.

Certainly the process is different to the Uk but that is not necessarily always a bad thing. One big difference in Portugal is that estate agency is regulated / licensed. I found in the properties I viewed that the agent knew more about them than a Uk agent would in relation to the neighbours, unlic...