Technology and property are in my blood — and after 20 years living in the Algarve, that is a rare and fortunate combination. As someone who thinks in systems and strategies, I find it almost impossible to switch off when there are better ways to market our clients' homes, reach the right buyers, and raise the bar for what a modern property agency looks like.

But this job is more than algorithms and analytics. It is drone flights over terracotta rooftops at golden hour. It is virtual tours that let a family in London walk through their future home before they have booked a flight. It is the moment a client realises that Portugal — its light, its pace, its extraordinary variety of landscape is exactly where they are meant to be.

The waves, the fairways, the long Atlantic sunsets: this is the backdrop against which we work, and it never loses its magic. I have to pinch myself that finding beautiful homes for people is what I do for a living.

At OliveHomes, I am driven by one ambition: to ensure our clients' properties are presented to the world at their very best, using every tool available. Real estate and technology, combined — a bit like chicken and piri piri sauce. Some pairings just work.