The second day of our 10 day trip to Castelo Branco for Round 2 of my search for our forever farm. Today I see 3 renovation properties: 2 agricultural farms (Lardosa & Mata) with renovation potential, and one beautiful old manor house in Cebolais that looks like it might have some great potential!
The Lardosa farm really has a lot of potential and some interesting spaces. The current owner has really made a huge effort to turn every section of this farm into workable land. Find it here:
The Mata farm unfortunately does not have a listing, but it is available through the same agent, BM Imobiliaria in Castelo Branco.
The Cebolais manor house has great potential for someone with the ambition and appetite for such a project. Find it here:
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Christine’s adventures as a solo expat looking for a dream farm in Central Portugal. Follow my journey with my two dogs (Shakti & Shiva) of finding our forever farm in Portugal.
I’ve never owned or lived on a farm, but moved to Portugal in the hope of fulfilling a life-long dream of finding open space, subsistence farming and a safer, better life.
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👋👋👋 I'm arriving this week to the area looking for a small farm. Also solo with 2 dogs!
i wonder if you will ever find somewhere or are you just surfing?
Christine, i can't believe the asking price of those places. I think you should make an offer on the house you are staying in, it's beautiful and your dog loves sitting on your lap. 😃
1.98 acres is a good manageable size and the stone ruin is very rebuildable.
I would rather find a ruin without the roof, since most restored roofs are not done very well.
Hope you find your dream Quinta.
Cheers!
Giovanni
Beautiful propertys love watching your Journey on finding your dream land ❤ thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the next Video.
How u doin' Chris?
The Manor house is way over your budget + too big and yet, that the best bet!
It doesn't have much land, forget having goats + sheeps there (or just 2 / 3 miniature ones).
If U can manage to drop the price to something U fell confortable with, then go for it!
It's in a village so U won't be totally isolated, + it will be easier to sell back if you have to, one day.
As mentioned, it doesn't have much land, but maybe U can get some of the adjacent properties in the future (I dunno, had to see on the short video)
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Regarding the other properties, yep, full reno, more a full new built!
Located in the midd of nowhere, resell value unknown!
Beware that it's not because overhead powerlines are nearby that you can get easy connection to the grid. It depends on the voltage.
This mean that it could cost a fortune to bring electricity to site.
I'm not sure how it works in Portugal, but you're like to pay!
Forget the "off grid" power, it cost a fortune to store energy (batteries), plus in the winter, that wouldn't be enough. So yep, you can have both but not just solar panels.
And again… Check cell network strength. Operators won't build a cell tower just for one person. No coverage, no Internet, no online work, no netflix.
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The "Manor" house is in a village (so it seems), meaning if the cell network is the best, U could still get a phone line ADSL broadband, and maybe one day, fibre optic !
Hi….how can I get in contact w8th you directly please?
Am wanting to loom in the same area
The Manor house is beautiful. The asking price is way to high. Not only do you need to factor in the cost of renovation but also the completed value of the property. If you drop 80,000 Euros, will the property be worth 350,000 Euros on completion? Even if it was, a 40,000 increase in value, above total investment, would be very modest considering the up front cost and reno budget. Asking prices seem wildly erratic in Portugal. If you find something that suits your needs, don't be afraid to make a low ball offer. All they can do is say no. Rural Pennsylvania properties are going through the same thing. Asking prices vary wildly, for similar offerings. Just crazy.