45 minutes
Online Zoom Meeting
Ready to get the inside scoop on your potential new neighborhood or city? Our Location Advisory Call with our Local Specialists is just what you need! Our representatives are locals with in-depth knowledge, providing advice on neighborhoods, locations, and cities within their areas. 
As long-term residents, they offer an insider perspective on daily life essentials like transportation, schools, jobs, banks, services, markets, and property searches. We believe in open communication, so your questions are more than welcome! This service is perfect if you’re considering a move to a specific location. Each call focuses on one region or city, connecting you with a local resident ready to share their experience.
If you have any questions please reach out to us at contact@savvycatrealty.com
Yes. Rental packages are pre-paid, service is only started after purchase of package on the website. Buying services a 20% down payment is required to start service and an advisory call must be booked for screening
Yes. Rental packages are pre-paid, service is only started after purchase of package on the website. Buying services a 20% down payment is required to start service and an advisory call must be booked for screening
Yes, We search the whole market, and do in person scouting and off market networking for our clients. But we can not guarantee we will find a match off market for each specific client.
We do not recommend doing this. In Portugal, the housing market is somewhat disorganized
with limited open houses. Trying to schedule visits on short notice relies heavily on luck and
the availability of the local representative. We suggest that rental services should be initiated 1 to 2 months before the planned start of contract. We recommend scheduling in person activities with your local representative with as much time ahead as possible as scheduling requests are answered by order of arrival.
Diana was born and raised in Alcobaça and spent a lot of her early years exploring the Silver Coast in vacations. She lived in Australia for some years and came back to Portugal to work in a surf school for 6 years.
Currently, she lives in Caldas da Rainha and as part of the Savvy Team, her goal is to help clients find what she also came looking for in the Leiria district : a good quality of life and the perfect spot between mountains and the sea.
Marco was born and raised in Guimarães, the ‘birthplace’ of Portugal. He worked as a cliente assistant for major brands in the Braga region. Soon after, he lived 5 years in the South of the country where managed a business in tourism and made significant connections with the international market.
The appeal to go back to the North was too strong and now his goal as part of the Savvy Team is to show our clients why this area is so desirable and easy to fall in love with.
Savvy Cat’s stellar team made the negotiation, legal paperwork, appointments, etc., all happen seamlessly, with their guidance.
I can’t say enough good things about Savvy Cat Realty, and our awesome agent, Diana.
I am so grateful that I chose Savvy’s services; it might be one of the best decisions I have made in recent years. Their services were tailored to accommodate new immigrants like myself, and I quickly found the apartment of my dreams.
Not only were they able to help us buy our dream vacation property in a short period of time, they helped make the transition and legal processes easier as a foreigner in Portugal. Great service, quick turnaround and turnkey packages. Highly recommended.
I highly recommend working with Savvy Cat if you are looking to relocate to Portugal. I could have never have done it without them!
Super highly recommend working with Savvy Cat! My husband and I are now living in an apartment in our first choice neighborhood in Porto priced at about 65% of our (very realistic) budget. We feel extremely grateful to Savvy Cat and would recommend them to anyone interested in moving to Portugal.Â
While we accomplished many of the tasks associated with the visa and moving process on our own, “outsourcing” the procurement of a long-term lease and getting the utilities set up was one of the best decisions we could have made. It was definitely money well spent, an excellent value for the services provided. Highly recommend.
We worked with Savvy Cat Realty to find an apartment and what a great experience! Both Ana and Teresa were great. They offer several buying and renting packages that fit everyone’s housing needs and they really support you as a buyer and/or renter. We highly recommend them and will use them again in the future. Muito Obrigada Savvy Cat Realty!!!!!
We’ve had a fantastic experience working with Marco and Savvy Cat Realty. From our very first contact with Savvy Cat, communication has been easy and effective.
My husband and I needed to find an apartment in Porto for ourselves and our two schnauzers. SavvyCat was recommended to us by some friends who had successfully used them in the Algarve. We were paired up with Teresa, who grew up in Porto, and her advice was excellent.Â
Savvy Cat and João expertly guided us through the processes we would have found difficult and challenging on our own. From getting our NIFs, setting up bank accounts, and house hunting, through to completing the house purchase, sorting utilities and getting the house habitable, we were accompanied by someone who knew exactly what was going on and what needed to be done.
Ski and I could not be happier!Â
It’s been wonderful having Diana with us every step of the way since before we arrived in Portugal.
