About us
We built the resource
we wished existed
When we first started looking for renovation contractors in Portugal as foreigners, we quickly ran into the same problem everyone talks about. Word of mouth only goes so far. Online directories are full of outdated listings. And finding someone who could actually communicate in English, show up on time, and deliver what they promised felt harder than it should be.
We got burned. We heard stories from others who did too. So instead of complaining about it, we decided to fix it.
What we do
Remodel is a Portuguese PropTech company. We run a contractor marketplace that connects property owners with vetted and verified contractors, and we offer project management through partners for larger renovations and new builds.
The marketplace is a curated network of verified renovation contractors in Portugal. We do the vetting work upfront so you do not have to. Every contractor is vetted and verified by our team, not self-reported. We also confirm liability insurance and call project references before anyone joins the network.
When you submit a request, we personally match you with the right contractor for your project and location and benchmark the quote against regional medians. An independent pre-renovation inspection is available on request. See the full step-by-step process.
We currently cover 18 areas across Greater Lisbon and beyond, from Cascais and Alfama to Setúbal and Ericeira. See all areas we serve.
Who we are
Pascal is originally from Switzerland and has lived in Portugal for several years. He has first-hand experience with the permit, VAT, and contractor issues foreign owners run into when renovating here, and built remodel to be the resource he wished existed when he started.
Kellogg is a former payments executive turned entrepreneur, with a family background in real estate. He has spent the past year bringing that experience to the Portuguese property market, and co-founded remodel to apply the same rigor to the contractor side of renovation.
Remodel is run by a small, hands-on team based in Portugal, with backgrounds in property, renovation, and building businesses online. We have gone through the renovation process ourselves and built this platform because we wanted it to exist.
If you have a project in mind and want to talk it through, reach out on WhatsApp or fill in the form on the homepage. We respond within 24 hours.
How we work, and how to verify it
We don't ask you to take our vetting process on faith. Every claim we make about a contractor is checkable:
- ·Every contractor is vetted and verified by our team before joining the network.
- ·Every guide on this site is written by our own team based on completed remodel projects, not scraped or AI-generated at a distance from the market.
- ·Guides carry a visible author and a "last updated" date, and are revised when Portuguese regulation changes (most recently: DL 10/2024, the EPBD renovation passport rollout, and IMT reform).
- ·Contractor matching is free for property owners. Contractors pay a referral fee only on completed projects, so our incentive is your project succeeding, not the volume of leads we send.
Our Partners
We work alongside a small number of independent publishers and platforms serving foreign owners and expats in Portugal.
