Project 3 bedroom villa construction near Arganil by Aquarios Construction.

James approached me via email on the recommendation from a previous client and friend of his whose house we had recently renovated. The spec was to rebuild and extend a run down cottage in a rural village so that they could use it for holidays and potential retirement. James was contracted out in Nigeria so…

Situated in the town of Oliveira do Hospital is the cottage of Stuart and Jenny. This renovation was pretty straightforward. The building had previously been poorly renovated and our job was to basically take it back to its original walls and re build. We replaced the roof with a fully insulated one using treated Nordic…

Rene and Haneke, a young Dutch couple, approached me regarding a large period property they had recently purchased. We had been recommended to them on price and quality which were both important to them. They had bought for a good price but realised that purchase was one thing but renovation was another. The bigger the…

Mary, a semi retired nurse working with terminally ill patients, approached us looking for a small, quiet place to take a break and eventually retire to. We found her an idyllic spot in one of the villages above the town of Coja. The buildings comprised of a single bedroomed stone built shell with a tiny…

When we originally first arrived to look at this job we knew it would be an interesting  challenge. This derelict was a large, two and a half storey construction, part granite, part brick built with about one third of the west edifice already collapsed. After obtaining all the necessary planning approvals we set about demolishing…