29/04/2026
Property owners.
If you’ve Googled “renovation Porto” or “roof repair Porto”, the first three pages of results are full of building companies — different names, different logos. A lot of them are the same operator running multiple websites or single entities posing as builders. Same template. Same fake photos. Same copy paste text, some even with the previous builders name accidentally copied over 🤣. No NIPC, no alvará, no real address. They’re not builders. They’re call centres that ship your job out to whoever’s free that morning or a franchisee.
This setup protects them. No company name on the contract, no alvará, no real entity behind the website means there’s no one to sue when it goes wrong. The whole thing is engineered to make sure they can take your money, do a botched job, and disappear with zero liability. When the roof leaks six months later, the the phone number’s dead, and the “company” you paid never legally existed in any form you can pursue. That’s why they do it. People lose tens of thousands and have nowhere to go.
Two step check before you trust anyone:
1. Search them on impic.pt — Consultar → Alvarás de empreiteiro de obras particulares.
2. If there’s no NIPC published on their website, walk away.
Happy to answer questions. DMs open if you have any questions
