Home Real Estate Inside A $534K Apartment In Portugal | Unlocked

Inside A $534K Apartment In Portugal | Unlocked

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Inside A $534K Apartment In Portugal | Unlocked

Early retiree Alex Trias, 52, who left his job as an attorney based in Washington, D.C., was on a family vacation in Lisbon, Portugal, with his wife, Noki, and their daughter, Evie, when their lives changed. Only two days into their trip, they decided to make Lisbon their new home. They purchased a 1,300-square-foot apartment for $533,554. Now, they live debt free in the Portuguese city. Watch the video to tour their home and learn how moving gave the Trias family a new lease on life.

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  1. Hi there, Lisbon calling.
    a) the house is in an historical building, a former convent, now a palace. It may look expensive back then, but it is so unique, it may cost over 50% more today. Great investment if you ask me.
    b) These houses are for 1% of the population, so no impact on locals.
    c) I guess it is really hard to pay that much on electricity, a typo for sure. Maintenance also seems a bit off…
    c) lovely family, looking happy and that is all that matters.

  2. As an American myself, i feel conflicted watching this. I'm happy this sweet couple and their daughter are enjoying this wonderful new life and that apartment is truly gorgeous. On the other hand, i've seen a few of these "i left the US for a cheaper life in Portugal" type videos and every time, i cant help but imagine how infuriating these must be for native Portuguese (especially Millenials/gen Z) who earn much lower incomes and have to compete with well-heeled foreigners for homes. That building is beautiful but i think if i were a local, i would have preferred to see it converted into affordable housing for local residents rather than luxury apartments for rich yuppies from abroad. Again, nothing against this family in particular, they seem lovely and i wish them well, just seems a bit unfair on the native residents is all.

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  4. Portugal, the ideal country for foreigners as most of the Portuguese population can barely afford housing and food on a monthly basis. Simply shameful how this country offers so many benefits for foreigners who move there, even though most of them arrive with fully filled wallets, while the Portuguese are successively explored with one of EU's highest income tax rates. And what do the Portuguese see their taxes being applied to? Surely not for improving living conditions for the Portuguese! Sad truth. Portugal is far from "dreamy" as you constantly picture it.

  5. these people do everything to become rich and then complain about being burnout and move to another country to relax. in the meantime the locals can't afford to live here anymore and need to work multiple jobs to survive. please. spare me

  6. The apartment was sold for a good price less than 600k but you have 'monthly maintainance expenses' of around 500, that is absurd even for a very good condominium in Portugal, it's almost the amount to rent in some suburbs of Lisbon metro area! 🇵🇹🇪🇺

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  8. Regarding the people saying there are too many Americans in Portugal, do you even know the facts before you start blaming?

    Of the foreign population in Portugal, the US is at #20, representing about 1% of all Immigrants to Portugal.

    Here is the list of just the top 45 countries

    Total: 698.887

    1 Brazil 204.694
    2 United Kingdom 41.932
    3 Cabo Verde 34.093
    4 Italy 30.819
    5 India 30.251
    6 Romania 28.911
    7 Ukraine 27.195 + 48.000 recently
    8 France 26.719
    9 Angola 25.802
    10 China 22.782
    11 Nepal 21.545
    12 Guiné Bissau 20.357
    13 Spain 18.546
    14 Germany 18.340
    15 São Tomé e Príncipe 11.234
    16 Netherlands 11.013
    17 Bangladesh 10.936
    18 Venezuela 8.296
    19 Pakistan 7.499
    20 United States 6.885
    21 Bulgaria 6.491
    22 Belgium 5.657
    23 Sweden 5.486
    24 Moldova 5.177
    25 Russia 5.156
    26 Mozambique 3.803
    27 Poland 3.651
    28 Ireland 3.327
    29 Switzerland 3.179
    30 Morocco 2.136
    31 Thailand 1.795
    32 South Africa 1.748
    33 Colômbia 1.690
    34 Senegal 1.673
    35 Áustria 1.467
    36 Iran 1.431
    37 Turkey 1.363
    38 Canada 1.271
    39 Guinea 1.204
    40 Uzbekistan 1.201
    41 Syria 1.191
    42 Finland 1.157
    43 Philippines 1.107
    44 Hungary 1.059
    45 Norway 1.052

    Source: https://sefstat.sef.pt/Docs/Rifa2021.pdf
    starts on page 96

  9. So odd this came up in my algorithm. My husband and I are highly considering moving there. He’s European and I’m American; we live in NYC and both have great jobs. I am worried however since I can’t take my job oversees I won’t be able to find a job right away

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