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Glad to see this as the first comment I read. Im currently sat in Portugal on 4ha of land I have brought over near Fundão. It is more out of the way, but still has excellent access to cities. Plus it is absolutely beautiful.

I’m a freelance software developer and can happily work out here even on a plot of land which has no power/net connection. The 3G/4G is great, and everything easily runs of a single solar panel.

This isn’t my long term plan, but does me well when I come out here for a few weeks at a time. Long term there’ll be a house etc.

If there was a coworking space in Covilha / Castelo Branco I’d be very keen.

Otherwise I may start a little coders retreat or some such :-)



If no house, what is your solar panel currently attached to? That sounds like an interesting setup.


Not OP, but I have done work with literally a camping solar panel charging a 12V battery and a car power -> laptop power adapter. The setup cost me approximately $1000 AUD. I use the solar power for other things as well.


Simply propped up facing the sun. Sat on the ground. Super simple, but rather effective.


Where do you live if there is no house?


Where's the blog post? :-)


Since you ask:

https://blog.adamcharnock.com

But this reminds me I haven’t posted for ages!


Cool, how much have you paid?


Ask me via email :-) It’s on my site.




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