In Boliqueime the houses we manage are smallholdings and isolated country properties, which changes what matters to check: access, water, roof and the state of the surrounding land. An isolated house with a leak or an ingress can go months with nobody noticing.
We get there in about 15 minutes · Free site visit and quote
Boliqueime is barrocal country: houses scattered across hillsides, smallholdings with almond and carob trees, and a lot of old building stock that has never been properly touched.
Gentle hills between the mountains and the coast, with scattered settlement and dirt tracks serving many of the properties. Traditional country houses and restored smallholdings, barrel-tile roofs on timber structures, stone walls holding up terraces, and farm outbuildings converted into living space.
In Boliqueime we are called out mainly for roofs and stonework — cleaning and repairing coverings before the first rains, and building or rebuilding walls.
This is where we find the most roofs covered in moss and lichen. Barrel tiles laid without an underlay let water through as soon as one piece cracks or slips, and the problem only shows up when the stain reaches the ceiling.
Many terraces are held by dry stone walls decades old. With no drainage behind them, rainwater pushes and the wall bellies out until it comes down. Rebuilding is a mason's job, not ordinary blockwork.
There are properties a materials lorry cannot reach. We allow for that when quoting, with a transfer into a smaller vehicle.
We carry out a survey with photographs and record meters, consumer units, stopcocks and equipment.
Frequency and checklist agreed with you, depending on whether the house is shut up or being let.
After each visit you receive a report with photographs and anything worth flagging.
Nothing above the figure you agree with us is done without your prior approval.
We work in Boliqueime regularly. We set out from Loulé and get there in about 15 minutes, which means we can come and look at the job without charging for the trip.
This is where we find the most roofs covered in moss and lichen. Barrel tiles laid without an underlay let water through as soon as one piece cracks or slips, and the problem only shows up when the stain reaches the ceiling. It is the situation we come across most often in Boliqueime, and it is why we look at the job before quoting.
In urgent situations — a burst pipe, water coming in, a security problem — yes, we act and inform you as soon as the situation is under control.
It is charged per visit, and the figure depends on the frequency and what each visit covers. A fortnightly check is very different from a full preparation before an arrival, with cleaning, shopping and bed linen.
Keys are held securely and labelled without any address attached. Only our identified staff enter the property, and any third-party access — a tradesperson, a delivery — happens with your prior authorisation.
Tell us what you need and we will come and look. We get there in about 15 minutes and the visit is free.
