Thanks mcmuller. This was very helpful.

Is there any way that the list of properties registered with the local authority can be accessed by the public?

Can anyone recommend a local blind company who supply and fit louvre blinds? We have been let down 6 times now in the past 3 weeks where reps do not turn up to measure up.

Does anyone know of any place that does picture framing in the area around Carvoeio, apart from Intermarché and the guy in the antique shop/ picture framers in Lagoa?

There is (was?) a small shop that sold musical instruments in Portimão. The location is the top of Rua Professor José Buíseln which is not far from the bridge between Parchal and Portimão. You can see it named Musistidio on google maps. However, when I went there in early February, it was closed for...