New Apartment Update

We had a meeting with the builder of our under-construction apartment to discuss its status so we could begin making our plans.  We found out that because of a new law which came into effect in Portugal this year, habitation licenses are no longer required in order to begin "transferring of deeds" (i.e., sales), and our builder expects transfers to begin in mid-June. 

This new law will make it imperative for us to create a "pre-close punch list," items which must be completed before we will be willing to complete the purchase.  The good news is that our builder is not pressing buyers to close by a certain date, due primarily to their being behind schedule.  Once we are reasonably confident of an expected closing date on the new apartment, we will then put our existing apartment on the market.  All in all, we hope to be in the new apartment by around the end of this summer.  

This is the latest video of our new apartment complex.  Our kitchen is shown at 1:06-1:10.