How to find accommodation in Portugal
How to find accommodation in Portugal
Finding the ideal home is difficult, and if it is in a country that is not yours, even more so. In this article, I will discuss how to find accommodation in Portugal. Either in Spain or Portugal, before launching with the search what you have to do is organize your ideas and define your search. Some questions to ask yourself are:
- Looking for temporary or long-term accommodation?
- Do I prefer to live downtown in a smaller apartment or on the outskirts in a larger house?
- How much money can I spend on rent? Or do I prefer to buy?
- Does the home-work distance influence my search?
- What are the essential aspects that I am looking for in my new apartment?
These are some basic questions that will greatly determine where you are going in your search for accommodation in Portugal.
Once we have organized our ideas, there are different resources to find accommodation. You do not have to stay with just one, you can try different means to compare what they offer:
- Online real estate portals: an ideal way to do the first search and see how the market is doing. You can put filters to refine your search. It is a good resource if you have enough time to do searches, compare prices and services, contact advertisers … In addition, you will live more fully the experience of finding your new home. The most popular real estate portal in the Portuguese country is idealistic. pt.
- Real estate agencies: a classic but effective resource. If you do not have time, you are not particularly excited to do the search yourself or you do not see yourself trained, leave it in the hands of a specialist. You only need to tell them the area where you want to stay, the budget you have, and a few strokes about what you are looking for and they will do the job.
As a third option, so more informal, we advise you to ask directly Spaniards in Portugal, work colleagues, or someone you know you have in the Portuguese country. Experience is the best learning, so knowing how other people have done and how they have fared will help you learn how to move.
