ALGARVE

It's a little house on a hillside above the Atlantic. It's not right by the sea, but it's all the more peaceful. Surrounded by greenery, with its own tangerine and avocado trees in the garden. For summer living for two, it's the perfect size at around 60 m2 with an equally large terrace overlooking the distance. Then the bonus is a separate guest house lower down the slope and a pool with a view. As it happens, it seemed to be in better condition initially than it turned out to be during the renovation. On our first visit we decided to keep the house renovations and layout changes to a minimum. Yes, the entire layout could be completely overhauled with a major intervention, but the result did not match it. In addition, we were concerned about dealing with the authorities because the site is a listed building.