Your host Johanna

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I am a Dutch woman, born in the 60’s, into a shipbuilder’s family near Rotterdam (Boele Bolnes). My husband (Ronny) and I have five grown-up kids, living in Holland (The Hague & Amsterdam) and France (Lyon) and we are blessed being happy grandparents of Badu (February 2018), Tom (August 2019), Ziggy (March 2020), Mosey (May 2022) and Coline (February 2023)!

As true lovers of nature and sports, we decided to move from the Netherlands in 2016 to the beautiful surroundings of Sintra Natural Park in Portugal. The house that caught our eye in Assafora offered such opportunities, that the decision to accommodate guests was easily made.  

After my studies (in Switzerland) in the 1980’s, I was in the lucky circumstance to travel to all continents in our world, encountering amazing and great people triggering my ever existing interest in meeting people. That is one of the main reasons I am looking forward to welcome you at our new place in this beautiful country and to warmly receive you in either English, French, Dutch, German and by now - mais ou menos - also in the Portuguese language!

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Your co-Host Ronny

 

Together with my wife Johanna I enjoy to be the perfect host in welcoming our guests. Through my network in the area, I was also able in the past years to accompany some of them to find a property they were looking for in our area of Portugal.

As such I became a certified Real Estate agent in early 2021 and have entry to all the plots, offered houses, villas and even small castles in our area.

If you are looking for your own space, whether for permanent or temporary stays, I will be pleased to assist you. Not only with searching, but in the end also with introducing and assist in finding the right bank (opening a bank account), arranging for a Tax Identification Number (NIF) as well as the accountant for tax matters.

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Give me a (Whatsapp) call at (NL) +31 628 168 999 or (PT) +351 918 375 768, or send me an email addressed to my email address:  ronny[email protected].