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Houses, places and the Portuguese property market, written by us
Practical guides to buying property in Portugal — taxes, contracts, the order of things — alongside longer stories about the houses we represent and the architects who drew them. Written by the team at Wiseguys Properties, from Lisbon, in English. New pieces as the houses deserve them.
Architecture & Gardens
20 October 2026
3 min read
The Factory and the Courtyard, Casa da Fábrica by Atelier Bugio
From the street you would not know it was there. A white wall, a row of saw-tooth gables, a lane that ends.
Then, above the rooftops, a brick chimney. It belonged to a factory, one of the last workshops to fill the gaps of Anjos, and it now stands at the centre of a courtyard house in the middle of Lisbon, designed by João Favila Menezes and Atelier Bugio.
Architecture & Gardens
3 October 2026
2 min read
Maison Moderne, by architect Fernão Simões de Carvalho
From the road there is nothing to see. Pine, eucalyptus, a gate.
A long, low house drawn in 1971 on a ridge in the Serra de Tomar by an architect better known for planning cities than building houses. One family, never sold, until now.
Guides to buying and selling in Portugal
Buying in Portugal
01
From NIF to deed: the sequence, the documents, who does what and how long each stage takes. Read this one first.
Selling in Portugal
01
02
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