Rural property management · Palmela · Azeitão · Setúbal, Portugal

Your property secure, cared for and running — with a report on your phone.

We are a local team that takes over the management, technical inspection and preventive and corrective maintenance of rural properties whose owners live far away. One point of contact, a named and contracted team, and everything recorded in a photo report.

Message us on WhatsApp See plans and prices

We reply the same working day · Inspection scheduled for the following week

The actual report template you receive after every round — short version on WhatsApp the same day, full PDF by e-mail.

Rounds2 a month, with dated photos
ResponseEmergencies within 24 h · Quotes within 48 h
LeadershipArchitect (OA) + Industrial Maintenance Technician
CoverWritten agreement · Invoice · Liability insurance

Plans

One inspection, three plans, everything in writing

We always start with a technical inspection. From that report we propose the right plan and a fixed price for your property. The figures below are starting points: they depend on the built area, the grounds and the systems in place (borehole, pool, irrigation, generator). Anything outside the plan is quoted before, never after.

Starting point

Technical Inspection

from150 € one-off service · + VAT

A 2–3 hour on-site inspection and a photo report with issues by priority, a recommended maintenance plan and a monthly plan proposal.

Included

  • Security, fences and access
  • Water: borehole, pump, irrigation, septic, pool
  • Electrical, generator and equipment
  • Roofs, damp, timber
  • Land, wildfire fuel-management strip and fire risk
  • PDF report within 48 h

Outside the plan · quoted separately

  • Any repair or work carried out on the day
Credited against your first month if you take a plan within 30 days.
Presence

Watch

from150 € /month · + VAT

For owners who want regular, documented proof that the house is secure and the systems work.

Included

  • 2 rounds a month with a periodic inspection report
  • Airing the house, checking for signs of intrusion
  • Testing pump, irrigation, electrical board and gates
  • Meter and level readings
  • Emergency response within 24 h

Outside the plan · quoted separately

  • Any manual work or repair
  • Coordination of external trades
6-month agreement · 30 days' notice
Most chosen

Maintenance

from300 € /month · + VAT

Watch plus one working day a month of preventive maintenance and small repairs, so breakdowns don't happen in the first place.

Included

  • Everything in Watch
  • 1 working day a month (8 h) of seasonal preventive maintenance: gutters, grass and scrub around the house, lubrication and adjustment of gates, pumps and equipment
  • Small corrective repairs found on the rounds, with materials up to €50 per job
  • Basic seasonal preparation
  • Report with before-and-after photos

Outside the plan · quoted separately

  • Work exceeding the month's hours (quote or higher plan)
  • Land clearance and wildfire fuel-management strip
  • Certified trades, parts and equipment
Hours do not roll over: the plan pays for management and regular presence, not a bank of hours.
Turnkey

Full Management

from550 € /month · + VAT

We are your single point of contact: we coordinate trades, receive deliveries, handle emergencies and prepare the house for each season and for your arrival.

Included

  • Everything in Maintenance
  • 2 working days a month (16 h) of preventive and corrective maintenance
  • Requesting, comparing and supervising quotes from external trades
  • Receiving deliveries and managing suppliers
  • Full seasonal preparation (gutters, pool, heating) and arrivals
  • Priority emergencies, 7 days
  • Fortnightly PDF report

Outside the plan · quoted separately

  • Cost of external trades, parts and equipment (always with an approved quote)
  • Land clearance and wildfire fuel-management strip
  • Building works and specialist trades
Tailored proposal after the inspection · For owners abroad or in Lisbon

Same rules in every plan

  • Prices exclude VAT. The final price is fixed in the proposal, after the inspection, and does not change during the agreement.
  • Anything outside the plan is quoted within 48 h and only goes ahead with your written approval. Materials invoiced at cost + 10% handling, with supporting invoice.
  • Emergency call-out outside the plan: €50 per visit, plus the work carried out.
  • Keys handed over against a signed record and stored by code, without address.

Quoted separately

What we always quote separately — and why

Some jobs take more than a day, need heavy equipment or certified trades. They can't fit into a monthly fee without inflating it for everyone. So we identify, quote and supervise them — and you pay only when you need them.

Land clearance and wildfire fuel-management strip

Scrub cutting, pruning and felling to meet the annual legal obligations. Quoted by area; supervised by us.

Larger repairs

Long fence runs, painting, timber treatment, walls, tracks and drainage.

Certified trades

Electrical, gas, pools, roofing and building. Carried out by qualified local trades under our on-site supervision.

Equipment replacement

Pumps, gate motors, irrigation controllers, water heaters, generators.

Deep cleaning

Arrival preparation, post-works and outbuildings.

Equestrian and livestock facilities

Stables, arenas, paddocks and fencing: assessment and quote on request, drawing on our operations director's 20 years in stud farms and equestrian estates.

Maintenance

Preventive and corrective — two halves of the same care

Preventive is the planned, seasonal work that avoids breakdowns and bigger costs: it is what the plans include. Corrective is repairing what failed or what the round found — small repairs within the plan; the rest quoted and approved before we start.

Water

Preventive — pump and pressure test, filter cleaning, irrigation flushing, septic.

Corrective — leaks, sprinklers, controller, tank float valve.

Building

Preventive — gutters before the rains, tiles, timber, seals, airing.

Corrective — water ingress, displaced tiles, locks, shutters.

Equipment and land

Preventive — gate lubrication, generator, electrical board, scrub around the house.

Corrective — gate not closing, tripping breaker, fallen fence.

How we work

From first contact to report

A simple process that never changes. You know what happens, when it happens and what it costs — before it happens.

1

Call and visit

Message us on WhatsApp or call. We listen to your concerns and schedule the inspection for the following week.

2

Report and proposal

Within 48 h you receive a PDF with photos, issues by priority and a plan proposal with a fixed price.

3

Agreement and keys

Written agreement with scope, exclusions, response times and price. Signed key handover record.

4

Rounds and reports

After every visit, a short message with photos and a periodic inspection report in PDF. Outside the plan, only with an approved quote.

Team

Who answers for you at the property

A two-person leadership with 40 combined years in construction, asset management and rural life. You know us by name from day one.

Bethânia Monteiro

Commercial Director · Management and inspection

Bethânia Monteiro

Architect and full member of the Portuguese Architects' Association, with 20 years' experience managing projects, contracts, works and operations in Portugal and Brazil. She has managed construction and infrastructure contract portfolios worth around €5 million and led, for four years, the property asset management of a banking network — around 5,000 maintenance work orders a year. She is your point of contact: she leads the inspections, prepares reports, proposals and agreements and coordinates the trades.

  • Inspections and survey reports signed by an architect
  • Contract, cost, schedule and supplier management
  • Works supervision and design coordination
  • Postgraduate degree in Construction Project Management
Hugo Alves

Operations Director · Work on the ground

Hugo Alves

Born in Setúbal, trained as an Industrial Maintenance Technician (Mechanical) at the Setúbal Vocational Training Centre and studied Mechanical Engineering at the Setúbal Polytechnic Institute. He has over 20 years of professional life on farms, stud farms and agricultural estates, including technical consulting in the running of rural and equestrian facilities. Responsible for preventive maintenance, small repairs, upkeep of land and on-site supervision of any external trade.

  • Mechanical maintenance: pumps, boreholes, irrigation, gates and machinery
  • Grounds, fencing and wildfire fuel-management strips
  • Experience with equestrian facilities and animal welfare
  • On-site supervision of third-party works

A fixed, local and named technical team

Beyond the directors, we work with local specialists identified, vetted and contracted per job in advance. Each works with an invoice and under our on-site supervision. You always know who entered the property, when, and to do what.

Certified electricianBoards, generators, outdoor lighting
PlumberBoreholes, pumps, tanks, septic
Gardening and land clearanceScrub cutting, pruning, legal strips
Pools and irrigationTreatment, filtration, automation
Roofing and buildingRoofs, gutters, water ingress
Deep cleaningArrivals and post-works

Why GEQUINT

Managers don't do the work. Tradespeople don't manage. We do both.

The village gardener does tasks; Lisbon management firms don't come to the countryside. That left a gap between the two — that's where we work.

Written commitment

Agreement with scope, exclusions, response times and a fixed price. An invoice with every payment.

Transparency by photo

Every round ends with dated photos and a status per system: OK, attention or urgent.

Prevention, not just repair

A gutter cleared in October prevents a leak in January. We work so that “nothing to report” is the usual news.

Area

Between the Arrábida hills and the Palmela wine country

We live and work here — 40 minutes south of Lisbon. Short travel times, fast response and knowledge of local suppliers, municipal services and local obligations, such as the annual clearing of wildfire protection strips.

Palmela municipalityPalmela, Quinta do Anjo, Pinhal Novo, Poceirão, Marateca, Águas de Moura
AzeitãoVila Nogueira, Vila Fresca, Brejos, Aldeia de Irmãos, Casais da Serra
Setúbal municipalitySetúbal, Gâmbia, Pontes, Alto da Guerra, Praias do Sado, Arrábida, Portinho
Lisbon Tagus river Atlantic Ocean Sado estuary Arrábida hills Montijo Sesimbra Pinhal Novo Poceirão Águas de Moura Quinta do Anjo Palmela Azeitão Setúbal Portinho Schematic map of the service area
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Contact

Start with a conversation

Tell us where the property is and what concerns you. We prefer WhatsApp: it's direct, it's on record, and the person who replies is the one who will visit your property. We reply the same working day.

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We work in English and Portuguese.

Phone / WhatsApp
+351 930 466 082
Hours
Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm · Client emergencies: 7 days
Based in
Palmela, Setúbal
Privacy

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