The investment value is over 360,000 euros and the property should be available from December 2025, according to the local authority.

The Casa do Beco dos Redemoinhos or Casa dos Alão de Morais, as it is known, was built in the first half of the 14th century, “and its appearance, characterised as Flemish, with a chimney at the top of the façade, may be influenced by Flanders”, indicates the CMP. “In addition to housing for the clergy, the space will have served, over the centuries, as a stable, a barn and residences for less eminent members of society”, it adds.

“The intervention project aims to create a space for housing, but also for services. For the housing aspect, priority will be given to opening up the spaces, and promoting the rehabilitation of the useful area and natural lighting and ventilation. As for the architectural solution for the part allocated to services, the main premise was to try to maintain, as much as possible, the existing structure. In cases where this is not possible, the architecture will be replaced by light structures, easy to reconvert and using compatible materials”, the note reads.

According to the municipality, the intervention that is taking place in Beco dos Redemoinhos is “an integral part of an intergenerational work that aims to respect cultural values ​​from the past, provide Porto with qualified housing solutions and give future residents the opportunity to get to know the idiosyncrasies of the city”.

The CMP highlights that the urban rehabilitation promoted by Porto Vivo, SRU has already made more than 340 homes available and that the housing rehabilitation strategy it is adopting has been introducing “previously vacant properties into the affordable rental market”, thus continuing “to return spaces with history to the city”.