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The answer to your question is quite simple. I stand for You from my Soul for affordable Self-sufficient Living with a social character and privacy. Always A+ & A++ quality, something you rarely see in Portugal. Portugal Comfort Living provides a 5-year government guaranteed warranty. This is only possible with an official 23% VAT. payment.

De waarde van jouw Portugal Comfort Living nieuwbouw A+ Bungalow in de Minho van Portugal stijgt toekomstig. Waarom lees je verder in dit bericht, maar eerst dit: De ‘geboortestreek’ van Portugal is landelijk, groen, kalm en traditioneel. Je vindt er eindeloze wijngaarden, historische steden en imposante natuurgebieden met prachtige waterelementen en in alle jaargetijden een bijzonder aangenaam klimaat. De streek Minho van Portugal is het favoriete vakantiegebied voor de Portugese bevolking. Wat mij hier in de Minho van Portugal vooral opvalt is dat mensen er voor elkaar zijn en elkaar helpen zonder daar iets voor terug te verwachten. Dat zit in de Minho van Portugal in de genen van mensen. Ik merk ook, elke dag weer, dat hier geen discriminatie en geen sociale onrust is.

Healthcare is highly regarded in this region. It is true that hospitals are less luxurious in terms of furnishings. The doctors and nursing staff are knowledgeable and friendly and often speak English.

The equipment is also of high quality, often bearing the name Philips, the market leader. There are general practitioner posts in Arco de Baulhe, Celorico de Basto and Cabeceiras de Basto. Government hospitals can be found, for example, in Fafe, Guimaraes, Braga and Porto. In Cabeceiras de Basto you will also find a private hospital. There are 2 good dentists in Arco de Baulhe. In Celorico de Basto and Cabeceiras de Basto you can go to physio, pedicure and a podiatrist.

I personally know the director of the Red Cross in Arco de Baulhe. His organization is fully geared towards home care. Consider three meals a day that are brought home. Doing laundry including picking up and delivering and cleaning the house. But also think about washing people and minor medical procedures at home. This is arranged well and cheaply here in this region. My network also arranges home care for the residents of Portugal Comfort Living.

The park costs for maintenance of the communal grounds and the saltwater swimming pool are around €50,– per month. Portugal Comfort Living is not among them with a margin. The money left over can be spent for e.g. planting grapes on the side of the site, a barbecue area, hot tube by the pool or something else. A resident (not Jack) will be the chairman of the owners association with its own club fund.

Count on approximately €185,– per year for the most comprehensive insurance, including everything that can be insured. Contents insurance depends on the value. Count on an average of €25,– per year.

Count on approximately €90,– per year.

I pay approximately €39,– road tax per year for a Citroen Nemo.

Count on approximately €300,–. There is first a provisional purchase contract, sales promise, (which is binding) in English. That can be drawn remotely.

You need a valid passport + the valid passport of any partner and a Portuguese tax number. We can apply for that number together. You also need a valid passport for this. Applying is a 5-minute process at the local tax authorities, regardless of any waiting time. By the way, the Portuguese tax number is separate from your Dutch tax number.

This is simply done via Iban bank account numbers on the LDA account (comparable to a BV in the Netherlands). For amounts above €14,999, you must complete a form stating the destination of the money.

You will receive quality, modern and timeless sanitary facilities.

This also applies to this: You will receive quality, modern and timeless.

The most frequently asked questions from potential residents are: I want a warranty and I want A+ quality. The Portugal Comfort Living residential projects are guaranteed with a 5-year warranty and A+ quality as a unit! By working without intermediaries, we can keep your purchase price extra competitive. Portugal Comfort Living works with the best people, A+ materials/insulation and an organized working method. We provide a government-controlled official warranty system of 5 years.

At Portugal Comfort Living everything officially includes 23% VAT, only then can you legally grant a 5-year warranty. This method for your security is rarely seen here in Portugal.

My own capital of €500,000 is in the project and the first project has largely been sold. I leave my own capital in the business to develop the following projects.

Hi Jack, I have now discovered that A+ is exceptionally high by Portuguese standards, most new-build houses are class C or lower. So you score high on that, Jack, with your plan.

Jack’s addition: Existing houses often score much lower than energy class C!

Your personal living comfort is our top priority. We work with the best people and materials to build your home to a high quality. That is unique here in Portugal: walls, roof, floor and windows A+ insulation! Enjoy a cool house in the pleasant summer and a warm house in the pleasant winter, absolutely no need for air conditioning due to the solid insulation!

There are no gas lines here. Then an A+ pellet stove is the best heating system and is particularly cheap in terms of consumption and super user-friendly with remote control. You can set it so that the heater comes on before you get out of bed and it is then warm. The 2 bathrooms have an A+ heating rack over which you can hang the towels and the 2nd bedroom also has A+ heating!

If you decide in time before the start of construction, an underfloor heating and cooling system with 70% energy savings is also possible.

The basis of the Portugal Comfort Living residential projects is Affordable living with a Social character and Privacy, A+ construction quality (which you rarely see in Portugal).

Not everyone can initially come and live permanently in the housing project. Then rental for a longer period of time with like-minded people is a logical choice. The Portuguese neighbor helps for a pleasant amount for key collection, cleaning and garden maintenance.

You can ask your fellow residents, including the Portuguese residents around the project.

No energy tax applies. Electricity is about the same price as in the Netherlands. Water is cheaper and that also includes the waste tax. You put waste in a garbage bag. There will be 4 containers for the residential complex. In Canedo de Basto you can also deposit waste separately.

Yes, a bus stops near all residential projects.

Portugal likes to attract retirees as new residents of Portugal. They do not appeal to the (limited) labor market, but they do strengthen the economic situation in the country. For this reason, no income tax is levied by the tax authorities for the first 10 years after retirees settle in Portugal. You never know how long this advantage will last in the situation with governments.

This advantage is partly available to Belgian retired people (not to retired people with a Belgian civil servant pension). Unfortunately, this benefit is not valid for the Dutch because the Netherlands has stated in its tax treaty that if Portugal does not levy taxes, the Netherlands may do so and will apply it.

Dutch people do not pay capital gains tax in Portugal.

Yes, but not tasty. Here there are natural water sources where you can get drinking water for free.

There are two reasons for this. First of all, the water pressure, which is not constant with 10 houses and certainly not nice when you are in the shower, for example. The second reason is that domestic water requires filters, which also causes them to become clogged and then you have no water. No filters are needed for garden irrigation.

The household water is connected to the municipality’s well-functioning water supply.

The roads here in Portugal are excellent. Often also constructed with European subsidies. There are also toll roads, but you can also drive inland. This often takes twice as long due to the winding roads and height differences (but enjoy the beautiful nature!). You pay the toll when you leave the motorway. You can also buy an electronic box at the post office (+/- euro 25). The box then registers the toll and every month you receive the invoice with direct debit.

Those prices are almost the same as in the Netherlands.

New cars here cost about the same as in the Netherlands. Second hand prices are higher because there is a lot of demand for second hand.

This is arranged well and cost-effectively. Here you have a separate garage for the motor and a separate garage for the electronics. Your car must be inspected every two years. That’s in Fafe.

Clothing and shoes are usually cheaper than in the Netherlands. In Guimaraes you have 2 mega shopping centers with many clothing stores, luxury stores with branded clothing, but also C&A.

This is arranged well and cost-effectively. For example, there is a skilled company in Cabeceiras de Basto for repairs to your computer or TV. There you will also find a company for repairs of white goods.

Mobile range is good, 4G. There is already fiber optic on the other side of the hamlet of Canedo de Basto. We are requesting fiber optic for the entire project. This is possible if 3 residents sign a fiber optic contract. You can simply call the Netherlands from Portugal with a Dutch telephone. There will be no additional costs within your bundle. A Portuguese mobile phone is more expensive to use than a Dutch mobile phone. For Portuguese TV, landline telephone and internet I now pay Euro 34 per month via Vodafone in Portugal with fiber optic, which is cheaper than in the Netherlands.

What about the sun in the Minho Jack region, where Portugal Comfort Living realizes residential projects? The sun often shines here in all seasons. At Christmas I regularly sat outside in the sun with a blouse on. In the summer the temperature here is regularly above 33 degrees. Then of course you don’t go running outside at the hottest time of the day. An extensive lunch and then a siesta would be better. The advantage of this region, De Minho, is that it cools down in the evening so that you can sleep comfortably.

This is significantly different from the Algarve and the Silver Coast where the temperature in the summer can be so extremely high that it is no longer pleasant. It also does not cool down that much in the Algarve and the Silver Coast, so you may have to sleep with the air conditioning on. It is dry heat in the Minho region, which feels more pleasant in terms of heat.

Meat is cheap and organic. A daily menu with drinks and coffee costs € 7,–. I pay about Euro 7 for the hairdresser. Women’s hairdresser is around Euro 9.00. Garage costs are low in terms of price. Petrol and diesel costs are approximately the same as in the Netherlands. A cup of expresso in a Pastelaria costs about Euro 0.70, a bottle of beer about € 1,10. Branded foods are about the same price as in the Netherlands.

For the 2 bungalow projects: Arco de Baulhe is 6 kilometers away. There are 4 local supermarkets there where you can find all your daily groceries at often lower prices than at the larger supermarket in Cabeceiras de Basto (12 kilometers from the residential project). There will also be a large supermarket in Arco de Baulhe in the future (Pingo Doce). In Arco de Baúlhe you will find 2 dentists, 2 men’s hairdressers, 2 women’s hairdressers, a doctor’s office, 2 shops for household appliances, a tailor, dry cleaners and a shop with cheap Chinese goods (a kind of Action shop, but smaller). There are also several bakeries in Arco de Baulhe where you can enjoy delicious coffee with a Portuguese delicacy, for a total of € 1,30. There is also a chicken restaurant with a daily menu such as delicious chicken from the barbecue with fries and rice, soup (they do that differently here in the north of Portugal), half a liter of wine or something else and coffee for €7. village is also a more luxurious restaurant where you pay around € 13,– for a main course.

In Canedo de Basto, where the residential project is located, you can also enjoy a daily menu for around Euro 6 at noon in 2 local restaurants (within walking and cycling distance from the Portugal Comfort Living residential projects). There are also 2 supermarkets within cycling distance of the 2 bungalow projects.

Sandwiches can also be brought home. Then hang them in a bag on the front door. 3 white rolls cost a total of 39 cents including delivery. You then pay at the bakery once a week. But you can also get the sandwiches in Canedo de Basto (cycling distance, close by). The fishmonger comes to the street in front of the housing project on Friday morning. He then honks and can buy you fish. The greengrocer comes by on Thursday afternoon and he also has some food.

In Guimaraesh there are 2 mega shopping centers.

Pets are no problem at all in the residential project. No dog tax applies here. Cristina in Cabeceuras de Basto is a special veterinarian with her heart in the right place.

I don’t think a wall would be advisable as it would disrupt the character of the site. Greenery between the plots and on the plots is of course possible. Wood is also possible if it fits the character of the project, in mutual consultation with the owners’ association of which one of the residents is the chairman.

This works very well and cheaply at the clothes maker in Arco de Baulhe, where there is also a good dry cleaner.

On Saturday morning there is a market in Celorico de Basto (6 kilometers away). You can also drive there via the cycle path. On Monday morning there is a market in Cabeceiras de Basto (10 kilometers away).

On one side of the residential project there is an extensive cycle path, on the other side of the residential project there is a beautiful nature reserve for walking.

There is beautiful natural water including a beach and barbecue area within walking/cycling distance from the residential project. In Arco de Baulhe there is also an indoor and outdoor swimming pool and in Cabeceiras de Basto there is also an indoor swimming pool. They also do aqua jogging there.

This is possible, for example, in Fafe, 20 minutes by car from the housing project. There are several golf courses in the area of Easy Living Portugal.

This is possible in Cabeceiras de Baso but also in Braga or online with Marjoke Krom from Tools4Taal. Language course in Portugal. It is also possible to take weekly language lessons at the housing project with a Portuguese lady I know.

Yes, furniture is very affordable (made in Portugal). The furniture style is often different than in the Netherlands. You can also go to Ikea in Braga and Porto.

Jack Bastiaansen is a driven man who lives with passion from his heart. Jack worked for many years as Benelux Director for a German production company. After this time, Jack did business in the North of Portugal and fell in love with the region and the mentality of the local people with their hearts in the right place, exactly in this environment. Gradually the idea arose to develop a residential project with a social character, privacy for the residents and 10 affordable high-quality A+ owner-occupied homes, on private land. Jack is the initiator and developer of Portugal Comfort Living. Jack has gained extensive experience in building houses in the Netherlands.

Jack Bastiaansen wants to make affordable living with a social character and privacy possible for you too. After almost 4 years here in Portugal, Jack has an extensive Portuguese network for this purpose. Buying without worries is what Jack stands for. Portugal Comfort Living builds with A+ quality (which you rarely see here in Portugal).

Social poverty is increasing in various European countries. Within the Portugal Comfort Living residential projects in Portugal, people of all ages live in affordable owner-occupied homes. More and more people experience that it is pleasant to live socially without obligations in addition to privacy. I see initiatives emerging where people share knowledge, life experience, possibly things with each other and experience how nice it is to help each other. There is no obligation, living with a social character is an organic process with, above all, privacy for the residents. In addition to couples, there is also interest from singles who are looking for a form of living together in addition to privacy.

As a leader, Jack Bastiaansen of Portugal Comfort Living also wants to realize self-sufficient living on all projects.

This is possible, for example, in Cabeceiras de Basto. Count on approximately € 6,– each time.