The future of
exceptional living.

It is precision modular engineering. The house is manufactured in a controlled environment and assembled on your land. That distinction matters — not as a marketing position, but as a description of what the method produces. A galvanised steel structure calculated component by component. Continuous insulation applied without interruption. Electrical and plumbing services that leave the atelier fully pressure-tested. Prefab is a price bracket. This is a process. If the question is still open after reading this, a visit to the atelier will settle it. No paragraph does it justice.

The house carries the warranty Portuguese law gives to construction, and the roof carries a 30-year warranty, written into the contract. But what decides longevity is not the finish you see, it is the skeleton. Ours is galvanised steel, calculated part by part and protected against corrosion: it does not warp, rot, crack, or move with the season. The house is built complete within the Atelier, protected from all natural elements.

That depends on the foundation.

Every house is engineered for its specific site, and the foundation chosen has consequences beyond installation — including what happens if the house ever needs to leave.

On a screw-pile foundation, the house can be detached and relocated. The screws are removed, and the land returns to exactly the state it was in before the structure arrived — nothing buried, nothing left behind. This is what the NO-WATER method makes possible: the land is never permanently committed, and its value and future uses remain open.

On a traditional concrete foundation, the house can also be detached and moved. But the foundation itself stays. Concrete is a permanent intervention in the land — once poured, it cannot be removed. The house leaves; the foundation does not.

Both options provide lasting stability and a precise connection to the structure. The difference is what remains when the house is gone. One option returns the land to what it was. The other does not.

If the possibility of relocation — or preserving the land in its original condition — matters to you, that conversation starts with the foundation.

The insulation is continuous — uninterrupted by the structural frame. That is not a detail; it is the condition that makes everything else possible.

Without thermal bridges, there is no condensation. Without condensation, the house does not deteriorate from the inside, and mould has no point of entry. The windows are thermally broken, which closes the last gap in the building envelope.

The result is a home that holds its temperature in both directions — cool in summer, warm in winter — without working harder to do it. That efficiency does not appear in a brochure. It appears on the electricity bill.

Our walls and roof are multi-layer insulation constructions, designed to reduce both external and internal noise.

Every house is designed from scratch and completed with certified EU materials and brands. The finishes are chosen by you from our bespoke catalog, during the alignment and design stages.

It depends on the bank. And it is harder than financing traditional construction. There is no value in suggesting otherwise. What determines the outcome is not the construction method — it is the quality of the file presented to the lender. Banks approve what they can assess. That means approved planning in place, a fixed-price quote with written exclusions clearly stated, and a payment schedule structured against verified stages of completed work. We help prepare and organise the project documentation required by the lender, but final approval always rests with the bank.

Kanzlereco House, Lda is responsible. Your contract is directly with us — a Portuguese company established in November 2025, with its atelier in Esmeriz and contracts governed by Portuguese law. The company is new. The experience of the people behind it is not: Paulo Gonçalves has 40 years in the construction industry. We combine that experience with complete transparency: you can visit the atelier, inspect our work and follow your home throughout production. Payments are made in stages and become due only once the corresponding work has been completed.

Production in the atelier takes between six and eight months. This timeline begins once planning permission has been approved and the site is ready to receive the house. Planning timescales are determined by the relevant authorities, not by us. For that reason, we will never promise an approval date that is outside our control.

The quoted price covers a fully completed and operational home, ready for delivery in accordance with the agreed design and signed contract. This includes:

• Fully fitted and furnished bathrooms
• Fully fitted kitchen with integrated appliances
• Electrical installation
• Internal plumbing
• Flooring and carpentry throughout
• On-site installation within the Porto and Braga regions of Portugal

Installation outside these regions is subject to an additional charge.

Optional services (priced separately)

The following services are not included in the base house price but may be incorporated into our scope of work and quoted clearly upon request:

• Transportation of the house and mobile crane hire, where required
• Statutory planning and project submission to the local municipality / city hall

Please note that municipal fees are levied directly by the relevant City Hall and remain the responsibility of the client.

Services outside our scope

The following fall outside the services provided by Kanzler House:

• Site preparation
• External utility connections
• Boundary walls
• Landscaping