Your starting point
Keep a clear record of your tenancy, from the first inventory to the final handover. Resolve questions in writing and check the rules for your agreement.
Deposit discussions are easier when the entry and exit records can be compared clearly. Use the steps below to organise a decision, not to infer an official approval, a guaranteed price or a universal deadline.
Work through the decision
Collect the baseline
Bring the original inventory, photographs and correspondence about agreed defects.
Record the exit
Document condition, readings, keys and the date possession is handed back.
Clarify deductions
Ask for an itemised explanation and supporting evidence; seek qualified help if a dispute remains.
Adapt this to your circumstances
Keep citizenship, current residence, household needs and the location of the home separate in your notes. Ask the responsible authority, institution or qualified professional to confirm any requirement that affects your situation. A checklist used by another household may not apply to yours.
Sources and checks
Portuguese government — housing guidance — an official starting point for this topic. The relevant page, its scope and effective date must be checked before a consequential decision.
No market prices, eligibility thresholds or legal deadlines have been invented for this guide. Dates in personal planning tools are suggestions or values you supply.
Make it practical
Open the Home Viewing Checklist to keep the information you collect with your own assumptions, notes and next actions.
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