From Aveiro and Coimbra out to Viseu, Tomar and the Serra da Estrela, and down the Silver Coast. Plenty of foreign buyers here are looking at stone houses and quintas with a renovation in mind, and the budget is usually set before anyone has been through the building. We go through it first. From €490 + IVA, report within 48 hours, travel quoted up front.
Inland it’s granite and schist, laid in lime or earth mortar, with timber floors and roofs. These houses last well when they’re left alone and badly once someone repoints them in cement or pours a concrete slab inside. In the hills, frost, wind and long empty winters are hard on roofs and joinery.
On the coast the problems change. Salt air on render and steel, high water tables near the lagoons and the Ria de Aveiro, and a lot of holiday housing from the 1980s and 1990s that went up quickly. Newer builds around Óbidos and along the Silver Coast need checking as carefully as the old ones.
Every report ends with a condition grade and a clear recommendation: buy, proceed with caveats, renegotiate or walk away, with costed negotiation points. A Portuguese version is included for your lawyer.
We’ve inspected and managed work across the region. One example: the stone house that was half built when we arrived.
Town pages: Aveiro and Coimbra.
What the inspection covers in full: pre-purchase inspection →
| Property size | Fee + IVA |
|---|---|
| Up to 150 m² | €490 |
| 151 to 250 m² | €690 |
| 251 to 400 m² | €890 |
| Over 400 m², rural or several buildings | Quoted from the listing |
Included: the inspection, the written report within 48 hours, photos and readings, repair cost ranges, the negotiation pack and a Portuguese version. Travel outside the Porto area is quoted up front. Payment by bank transfer, half the day before the visit and half when the report is delivered.
Add-ons if you need them: express report in 24 hours €150, energy upgrade spec €120, renovation plan and call €590, re-check after the seller’s repairs €290, drone roof survey €290. All + IVA. Full price list →
Weighing up two or three places at once? That’s Property Advisory. Not sure which you need? Start here.
A real report from October 2026, with the client and address taken out. The findings, costs and advice are as issued. No sign-up.
Read the sample reportWhat to check before you sign the CPCV — the defects we find again and again on real surveys, from damp and roofs to the condominium paperwork almost nobody reads. Two pages, from a builder, free.
From €2,200 + IVA we inspect your top three options, cost the renovation on each, compare them side by side and give you a straight recommendation — buy this one, not that one, and here's why. The full picture, before you commit.
Buying to renovate? Once you've bought, we can manage the whole build for you, independently — finding and vetting the builder, tendering the work so the prices are real, and running the job to a certified finish. See Project Management.
Travel outside the Porto area is quoted up front, in writing, before you book.
Usually within five to seven days of booking. If you’re up against a date, tell us and we’ll say straight away whether we can make it.
Yes. We look at the structure, what can be kept and what a rebuild is likely to cost, and list the licensing questions your lawyer and the Câmara need to answer. Quoted from the listing.
Within 48 hours of the inspection, with photos, readings, a cost range on every finding and a Portuguese version for your lawyer. Up against a deadline? The express report comes within 24 hours for €150 + IVA.
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