Pure Portugal - Living The Good Life

We chatted to Rob from Chase Buchanan and took an in depth look into Irish pensions for people who have moved to Portugal or are planning on making a move to Portugal! Thanks so much Rob for your time and knowledge as always! - To find out more and contact Rob please see here - Click here.

We recently caught up with the lovely Véro at Lisbon Street Art Tours to find out a little more about their tours, how they came to do them and the beauty and history of street art in Portugal. These guys are so passionate about what they do I can't recommend them highly enough! Definitely a must do when visiting Lisbon!! Find out more about them here - Click here

We discussed building trust and building with trust with the wonderful Miguel from Bricoarts. Here in this short clip we chatted about what to check and think about before buying an older property in Portugal. If you would like to contact Miguel about his services you can do so here. If you would like to see the full of this interview, you can do so on our members Facebook Group Pure Portugal Plus - find out how to join by clicking here.

Chase Buchanan explain the benefits of NHR - Non-Habitual Tax Resident Scheme. To see the interview in full where we look at other tax benefits/implications to consider when moving to Portugal as well as some of the residency and visa options open to EU and non EU residents when they want to make a move to live in Portugal see this link for how to join us at Pure Portugal Plus: To contact Chase Buchanan about their services click here:

We spoke to the lovely Kathleen from Bordr about what a NIF is and the way they can help make the process super smooth and how you can apply for it online! Here we talked about what you need a NIF for. You can watch this video in full over on our members Facebook Pure Portugal Plus, if you are not a member of the Pure Portugal Plus Facebook group you can find out how to join us to see this and hours of other videos from experts here - https://www.pureportugal.co.uk/pure-portugal-plus/ For more information on getting your NIF and how Bordr can help you see here: https://www.pureportugal.co.uk/directory/bordr/

We spoke to Rob at Chase Buchanan who talked us through the ways they can help you gain security and save money if you have an Irish Pension! To watch this video in full come over to the Pure Portugal Plus Facebook page - you can find out how to become a member and join us here - https://www.pureportugal.co.uk/pure-portugal-plus/ Contact Chase Buchanan here for more information! https://www.pureportugal.co.uk/directory/chase-buchanan/

We caught up with Ricardo from All Finance Matters and covered some of the most commonly asked tax related questions around Non Habitual Residency. Here is a short section of the interview where he talks about capital gains tax when you sell a property. To watch the video in full and over 6 hours of content from experts covering all aspects of moving to Portugal join us at Pure Portugal Plus - find out how to join us here - https://www.pureportugal.co.uk/pure-portugal-plus/ Find out more and contact Ricardo and team here - https://www.pureportugal.co.uk/directory/all-finance-matters/

We spoke to tax specialists Chase Buchanan about the complex topic of inheritance tax for our members group Pure Portugal Plus. Here we share a short bonus clip where Robert talks about UK domicile and what it means. If you would like to see the rest of this interview come and join us by clicking here. To speak to Chase Buchanan about how they can help you with trusts and plans to reduce or eliminate your inheritance tax click here.

This is the first of a multi-part interview in which we follow a van-lifers and all round lovely family on their journey as they move to Portugal using the D7 Visa and take their self converted van home with them! You can follow 'those weirdos' on their YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/thoseweirdos and Instagram @wearethoseweirdos Searching for a property or advice on moving to Portugal? See our website www.pureportugal.co.uk

We spoke to Pura Water Tech about their biological system which can be used with any conventional swimming pool and not only stops the need for chemicals but also lessens the amount of electricity you need to use to run your pool by 80% thanks to the gravity system they use! Click here to find out more about Pura Water Tech Here at Pure Portugal we are really pleased to work with such a wonderful Portuguese family business. Check out their amazing accolades below! 1st Prize on the Program "Take Off" promoted by 4 National Technology Centers, in 2020. One of the 13 national green business picked in Portugal to be in the international contest "ClimateLaunchPad" promoted by the EIT Climate-KIC European Union (https://climatelaunchpad.org/finalists/pura-water-tech/) in 2020. Invited to present their project in Italy in the ComoNext Innovation Hub Scientific Technological Park in Lomazzo (https://www.comonext.it/) and in the Science and Technology Park of Porto´s University (Parque da Ciência e da Tecnologia da Universidade do Porto - UPTEC) (https://uptec.up.pt/pt-pt/), in 2019. One of the 3 finalists of the contest "Dá-te a Conhecer" for technology startups promoted by Open - Associação para Oportunidades Específicas de Negócio, in 2020. And in 2021, they are planning a partnership with Lisbon University and another related with an Environment European Program.

We caught up with Mia from Mia Esmeriz Academy over in our member's Facebook group Pure Portugal Plus the other day. Here we share a snippet of our chat when we discussed the fear of saying the wrong thing, and whether the common myth of age being a factor in whether you find it easier or harder to learn a new language has any truth at all to it! If you would like to watch the full interview for this and the many others already saved in the library, as well as some great new ones to come from accountants, lawyers and surveyors see the link for how to join Pure Portugal Plus! Find more out about Mia here.

We caught up with the lovely Alice from Ecos do Vale to find out how she came to move from America to Portugal, where she found community and now lives on her small scale, organic family farm, located near Viseu. Find out more about Alice and her farm here www.ecosdovale.com and here on Facebook.

We caught up with Emma from the beautiful Mount of Oaks in Central Portugal, finding out about silent retreats, fermenting, lockdown, community, learning to slow down and much more. Apologies for the jittery sound on this one! countryside internet speeds made for a true lockdown experience! Maybe it all adds to the charm?!!!.. Find out more about Mount of Oaks here and retreats at Mount of Oaks here,

We spoke to the lovely Andrea to hear the amazing story of her move to Portugal, what she loves about Portugal, how she fell in love, got married, found a local community she adores, and now lives on a farm with her husband where she lives the good life and offers aromatherapy massage to people - See more about Andreas therapies here.

We caught up with the wonderful Ishbel Ramsay from Quinta do Cobral where we chatted about her renovating her farm & found about more about her amazing 'good life' workshops including handmade soaps, stained glass. Find out more about workshops you can join in with here

We spoke to Clare from Monte da Vida about starting a meditation centre, her life in the Alentejo region, challenges, community, integration and forest alchemy. Find out more about Monte da Vida on their website here and on their Facebook page here.

If you are moving to Portugal and looking to buy and live in Portugal this is the podcast for you! We spoke with Tig James of British In Portugal who works alongside The British Embassy and British In Europe and is a font of knowledge for all things residency related (especially for those who will be affected by Brexit). We answered lots of questions from the community about how to apply for residency in Portugal, the process you need to go through, what documents you need and which order to apply for everything in, from NIF number, residency, medical care, and driving licences. We will be having another interview to help those affected by Brexit when we know the outcome of the negotiations regarding residency and freedom of movement for the British moving to Portugal as soon as the information is released to help those of you moving over post Brexit. Find property for sale and more details and advice on moving to Portugal on our website www.pureportugal.co.uk