After the first acquaintance with Portugal by Herman, within the framework of his job, we visited Portugal several times and crossed the country for a further acquaintance.
In the Spring of 1998 we bought a more than 300 years old quinta (wine farm) in Calvos, Vieira do Minho, and restored it completely in 2004.

Mieke formerly worked for more than 18 years with several notary-offices and a real-estate agent. Herman worked for more than 25 years as manager in the Mental Health Care and for the last years as an interim-manager.
We speak the Portuguese language and are well informed of all the ins and outs to purchase, to sell, to restore and to transfer real-estate in Portugal.

In January 2006 the company has moved to the village Calvos and since than we use the name of Calvos Casas. We joined the branch-association for real-estate agents (IMOPPI) from 2007 till 2011 to offer better security and guarantees to our customers.

For you this means that you can count upon a trustfull couple speaking the Portuguese- and several other foreign languages and also living permanently in Portugal and therefore able to offer you the best of services.

In 2006 Herman passed the obligatory examination of professional skill with the Association of real-estate IMOPPI.

Because of the enormous burocracy we've decided not to prolongate the licence and to change the enterprise from a limited in a normal firm. That means in fact that we offer the same skills, the same advice and a very good service but that we're not allowed to promote ourselves as an authorized real-estate agent.