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Tell me what you need and where the house is. Every job gets its own quote, on request.
Holiday rentals in the Algarve
A specialist in making people feel at home.
I have run holiday rentals for more than ten years. I plan refurbishments, from the kitchen to the bathrooms, take care of the interior decor, the garden and the pool, and fix whatever breaks. I photograph and film the house, publish the listings on the portals, prepare the messages for your guests and your team and write the house booklet. I help with licensing and what the law requires, write the procedures, train the team, install Wi-Fi, cameras and home automation and automate everything that can be automated. I work out the financial projections with you, to keep the business healthy. And if the house is going on the market, I get it ready for sale.
Listings on
- Booking.com
- Airbnb
- Expedia
- and other portals
How I can help
Four ways to work with me
Holiday rental operations
Fourteen services, by project or as an adviser, from the works plan to training your team. What I do best is getting a house up and running.
See all fourteen servicesGetting ready for sale
For estate agents and owners: home staging, photos, video and AI scenarios that show buyers what the house could become.
See how it worksGalhardo.Cloud, my IT department
Websites with direct booking, management apps, automations and AI agents, for holiday rentals and other businesses. It all lives at galhardo.cloud.
Open galhardo.cloudGisela, remote assistant
A person, not a bot, working remotely: she talks to your guests, sorts things out with your teams and handles the admin, without you hiring someone full time.
Meet Gisela Why one person
In a holiday rental, everything is connected.
- The works change the photos.
- The photos change the price.
- The price changes the team you need.
Someone who handles all of it sees links that someone doing one part never sees. That is why I work on the whole house, and every decision takes the others into account.
Services
Fourteen services, four areas
Hire me for one or combine several. Each area has its own jobs, and they all talk to each other.
From the first coffee to a house that runs
How I work
A full project follows these six steps. For a single service, we start at whichever step you need.
- 01
Property review
I visit the house, see what it has and what it lacks, and we talk about your goal.
- 02
Plan
What to do, in what order and by whom, with a quote for each step.
- 03
Projected results
Expected income and costs before you spend, so you decide with numbers.
- 04
Improvements
Works, kitchen, decor, outdoors, equipment and technology, followed through to the end.
- 05
Marketing and sales
Photography, video, portal listings, prices and guest messages.
- 06
Set-up and training
Written procedures and a trained team, so the house runs without me. Day-to-day management is open to discussion.
“Relationships that last are the ones where both sides’ interests are protected.”