01 — Surface
You see a finished house.
It's the last thing we build. Everything that decides whether it still stands in three generations sits underneath this layer.
Atelier in Esmeriz · Show houses in Porto and the Algarve · Delivered to the land you choose
You don't buy a house
twice.
The house goes to the land you choose, engineered to the rules that apply there. Before you order one, walk through the show house and see your own modules half-built on the shop floor.
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A house built to outlast its owner.
Engineering
Calculated to the millimetre before the first part is cut.
- Part-by-part calculation
- Assembled and tested in the atelier
- Millimetre tolerances
Materials
Galvanised steel and continuous insulation. Matter that doesn't age.
- Galvanised steel
- Continuous insulation, no thermal bridges
- Thermal performance
Permanence
A house you build once.
- Price fixed before signature
- Exclusions written into the contract
- Payments staged against completed work
Anatomy
No two are alike.
Every house is drawn from scratch. Five systems that make it last, and where you choose each material down to the detail.
01
Frame
Galvanised steel, calculated part by part. It's what holds the house up for three generations: no warping, no rot, no cracks.
02
Envelope
The skin that protects: continuous insulation and thermally broken windows.
03
Interiors
What you touch every day: kitchen, hard-wearing surfaces, finishes.
04
Energy and climate
Heating, cooling, solar and thermal performance. Comfort you can read on the electricity bill.
05
Outside
Deck, pool, planting. Where the house meets the ground.
Where the house ends up
One atelier.
The house is what travels.
We build in Esmeriz and deliver to the land you choose. We don't sell by country — we sell to the place you want to live in.
Not the house. Who permits it.
In Ireland the law changed on 27 July 2026: Class 3A of S.I. No. 340 allows a permanent house of 32 to 45 m² in a rear garden without planning permission. We drew a house to that envelope, built to the Irish Building Regulations. The rule first, the drawing second. Transport is inside the fixed price and varies with distance.
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The process
From the first call
to the keys.
You always know which step you're on and what happens next. One team, one contract, one person to call — whether you're in Dublin or in Lisbon.
The 4 months are production in the atelier. The clock starts once planning is approved and the site is ready to take the house. That's how it's written into the contract, because that's how it works.
Questions
What people ask
before signing.
The doubts that stall the decision, answered with what we know — and with what we cannot yet state precisely.
Is this a prefab?
It is precision modular engineering. The house is built in a controlled environment and assembled on your land. The difference is galvanised steel calculated part by part, continuous insulation, and services that leave the atelier pressure-tested. It is not a price bracket — it is a method. A visit to the atelier settles this better than a paragraph can.
How long does a house like this last?
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 under a roof, out of the rain — the timber and concrete of a traditional build spend months exposed before it closes.
Can I move the house later?
The foundation makes it possible, which is rare. It screws into the ground using the NO-WATER method, with no concrete: the site takes the house in days and goes back to what it was if the house ever leaves. That is the difference between a house that sits and a house that is buried — and it matters for the land's value, which is not committed forever.
How does it behave in summer and winter?
The insulation is continuous and uninterrupted by the frame. No thermal bridges means no condensation, and without condensation the house does not age from the inside or grow mould in the corners. Windows are thermally broken. The comfort this buys shows up on the electricity bill, not in a brochure.
Can you hear the rain on the roof? And the neighbours?
This is the question almost nobody asks before signing and everybody asks after moving in. Roof and walls are multi-layer, and the insulation that stops heat also stops sound — but that is not a sufficient answer and we know it.
What materials and brands do you use?
Every house is drawn from scratch and you choose the finishes in detail. What does not change is the spine: galvanised steel in the frame, continuous insulation in the envelope, thermally broken windows, and services pressure-tested before they leave the atelier.
Will a bank finance a modular house?
It depends on the bank, and it is harder than for traditional construction. There is no point pretending otherwise. What changes the outcome is how the file is put together: approved planning, a fixed quote with written exclusions, payments staged against completed work. We prepare that file for the bank.
Who answers if something goes wrong?
Kanzlereco House, Lda — a Portuguese company registered in November 2025, with its atelier in Esmeriz, contracting under Portuguese law. The company is young and the atelier can be visited tomorrow: we would rather you verified the second thing than took our word on the first. Payments are staged against completed work, never paid ahead of it.
How long does it really take?
Four months of production in the atelier. The clock starts once planning is approved and the site is ready to take the house. Planning is not ours to control and we do not promise dates that are not in our hands — anyone who has built knows why.
What is included in the price?
Frame and envelope, full bathroom, electrical installation, internal plumbing, flooring throughout, transport and installation. Excluded: planning permission and council fees, site preparation, utility connections, boundary walls and landscaping, furniture and kitchen appliances. Any of these can move to our side, quoted separately and written into the contract.
Show house visit · 45 min
Walk through the house
before you order one.
45 minutes inside the show house, with us, and no sales presentation. Walk the rooms, open the windows, ask the hard questions. If you live far from a show house, we start with a video call and book the visit for a week you're nearby.
We reply within one working day to confirm a date and time. At the visit we'll ask where the land is, what stage it's at, and how many people will live in the house. We don't ask for documents at this stage.
Visit booked.
The slot is held in your name. We send the calendar invitation within the next working hours, with the address and what to bring.