Disappointment or Google Earth is your friend...

Phil spotted a small industrial estate behind the property some time before our second visit to the house at Cercal, we did some research on the net and found it might be problematic, that proved to be true. We have now revisited, we still love the house and the land but it is not for us. After a visit to the local Camara we have found that planning permissions are currently being granted for the industrial estate that will go down pretty much to the border of the property we had kind of set our hearts on, that in it's self was not the deal breaker. The final straw was that the little lane at running the length of the field was likely (in the words of the man from the planning department) to not only be used for access but be developed into a proper road, as the water mains run along the far side of the lane any widening of the road would be likely to be on the land we wanted. So onwards and upwards there will be other properties and somewhere out there is ours quietly waiting for us to buy.

Well...

We're booked to go back on April 17th. If we still like it permissions will be asked for and if granted, an offer will be placed!