Find Your New Home in Portugal

Get a great rental remotely and easily with the most trusted name in Portugal relocation and expat services.

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How It Works

Create your wishlist

Create your wishlist

Tell us what you want in your dream rental. We'll send you a quick and easy form to complete.
Talk to the experts

Talk to the experts

Talk to our real estate experts via videoconference to review your location, budget, and search parameters. Need help making decisions? That's what we're here for!
Review your options

Review your options

Our real estate and rental experts on the ground in Portugal will send you listings that meet your criteria. Choose up to 5 for walkthroughs.
Rental walkthroughs

Rental walkthroughs

We organize up to 5 remote video walkthroughs or in-person visits. Afterwards, we'll debrief and discuss.
Close the deal

Close the deal

We negotiate your lease, provide translation services if required, and do a full lease review before you sign. We'll ensure your lease meets any visa requirements.
Move in!

Move in!

Need extra assistance with setting up your utilities? We can help with that too - just ask!

Transparent &
Affordable Pricing

Get your dream home in Portugal, guaranteed to meet your visa requirements. No hidden fees, no commissions.

Rental Search Service

$1250

Optional add-ons:

  • Utilities setup
  • Additional lease reviews and translations
  • Additional in-person or video walkthroughs

Why work with StartAbroad

We offer the most hands-on, tailored international relocation support on the market.

We recognize that every relocation is different. We get to know our clients so that we can tailor our support to each individual situation. We achieve this by assigning a dedicated relocation specialist to each client, scheduling one-on-one kick-off calls at the beginning of the process, and staying in touch as needed on our dedicated client Whatsapp line. 

Professional expertise you can count on.

StartAbroad has over 20 years experience working internationally and has helped over 200 individuals and families move all over the globe. We have local real estate experts on the ground and work with tried-and-true partners with expat expertise.

We are your single point of contact.

We conduct the rental search, schedule walkthroughs, review your lease agreement to ensure it meets visa requirements, and can even set up your utilities. If you need additional support for your move to Portugal just ask! We specialize in providing comprehensive expat relocation support.

We’re on your side and help you save money.

We provide professional pricing assessments and negotiate on your behalf with landlords and owners. We do NOT take rental commissions, so we have no incentive to steer you toward more expensive rentals.

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Frequently asked questions

We offer our Portugal rental search anywhere in mainland Portugal and Madeira. We work through a network of local real estate contacts to find opportunities anywhere in the country. At this time we are not able to provide our rental search service in the Azores.

In most cases landlords will want to see your passport, proof of income, and proof of a Portuguese NIF (tax identification number). Some landlords may ask for additional documentation, such as your last tax return, proof of a guarantor, or more.

That’s ok! We often work with clients to help them decide where to live in Portugal. We will discuss your needs and desired lifestyle in our kickoff call, suggest several towns or neighborhoods that you might like, and share descriptions and videos of each town/neighborhood so you can make an informed decision.

We recommend booking 2-3 months before you would like to sign a lease. This will give us adequate time to discuss location, align on your wants and needs, and review listings before starting our walkthroughs.

 

The Portuguese rental market is competitive, and listings come and go quickly. We want to search for several weeks to increase the chances a listing will pop up that you love.

We can absolutely conduct a rental search remotely. We offer comprehensive video walkthroughs of properties throughout Portugal. We always provide video of the interior of a rental, the exterior and access points of the rental, and the neighborhood. We will also send you notes on the location and proximity to the nearest amenities of interest (e.g. grocery store, school, park, beach).

No problem! We can add another remote or in-person rental walkthrough for $120 at any time. We’re also happy to add an additional lease review for $140.

Absolutely. Please let us know if you’d like our help with this, and we can send you a quote once you’ve signed your lease. Cost will vary depending on the number of utilities we need to put in your name and if they need to be newly installed or not. 

We specialize in rentals that help longterm visa applicants fulfill the requirements of their visas and generally in rentals with lease terms of 1 year or more. If you’d like a short term rental, there are many other sites that specialize in this. 

What StartAbroad clients love about us:

We hired StartAbroad to help us find a long-term rental in Portugal and we’re extremely happy that we did. Because we wanted to be in the Algarve where longer term rentals aren’t easy to find, Anna from StartAbroad helped us create a wish list that matched our budget still managed to check the boxes that were important to us. Based on that, she compiled listings for us to see as soon as we touched down in Portugal from the US. Armed with that, and a little bit of luck, we were able to find a home that was everything we’d hoped for! We feel very confident recommending StartAbroad to anyone looking to relocate abroad.

Richard F.

Portugal Client

I wanted to give a big shoutout to Zach and Anna from StartAbroad! 🎉…Their expertise on the visa process was invaluable, and they made what seemed like a daunting task actually quite manageable. At first, the idea of someone helping us find an apartment without really knowing us felt a big unusual. But Zach and Anna proved us wrong. Working with Zach and Anna was a breeze. Thanks for making the D7 Visa process & move to Portugal a smooth experience, StartAbroad! Truly Grateful.

 

Dawn & Ralph S.

Portugal Clients

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