A five-star golf and ocean resort on the Silver Coast, an hour north of Lisbon, between the Óbidos lagoon and the Atlantic.
By Hollin StaffordPrincipal Agent · eXp Portugal · AMI 18470Published
This page is independent and is not published by the resort. Hollin Stafford represents property at West Cliffs Ocean & Golf Resort directly with the resort, as one of several appointed agents.
The two-minute verdict
West Cliffs suits buyers who genuinely want resort living, with golf, security, services and a managed property, rather than a house in a Portuguese town. If you want to walk to a café and know your neighbours year-round, this is the wrong shape of purchase.
Where
Vau, Óbidos, on the Silver Coast
From Lisbon
About an hour by car, north along the A8
Golf
18 holes, opened June 2017; designed by Cynthia Dye McGarey of Dye Designs
Second course
Praia d'el Rey, presented alongside West Cliffs
Scale
265 residential lots; 469 units planned
Setting
Between the Óbidos lagoon and the Atlantic, dunes and pine
Scale and masterplan figures above are the resort's own published numbers rather than counts I have verified independently. Lot and unit totals move as the masterplan is built out, so I confirm the current position, and what is actually consented, before you commit to anything.
What is sold here
Four shapes of purchase.
Villas and twin villas
Three to five bedrooms, with private garden, pool and parking. Twin villas are three-bedroom.
Townhouses
Three en-suite bedrooms, sea views from many plots, a short walk to the beach.
Apartments
Three en-suite bedrooms, open living and dining, access to condominium pools.
Plots
Land for a custom villa, subject to the resort's design controls and build timetable.
The masterplan also includes a five-star hotel, spa, further pools, sports facilities and commercial space. Treat anything unbuilt as a plan rather than an amenity you are buying today.
This often fits
Golfers who will genuinely use the course
Second-home buyers wanting lock-and-leave
Buyers who want security and management handled
Look clearly at
Condominium and resort charges
Winter occupancy and seasonality
Resale liquidity in a single-development market
Rental projections that assume high occupancy
The resort amenities
What ownership includes.
18-hole golf course and academy
Clubhouse and restaurant
Tennis and padel
Atlantic Track coastal trail
Condominium pools
Permanent security
Test this before you sign
The rental figure deserves a harder look.
“Net rental income of up to €23,000 per year”
That is the resort's own figure, and before I repeat it to a client I want to know which unit type it describes, what occupancy and nightly rate it assumes, whether it is stated before or after management fees, condominium charges, tax and furnishing, and what comparable units actually earned over the last three years. I ask for that on your behalf. If it is not forthcoming, that tells you something too.
None of that means the number is wrong. It means it is a projection published by the party selling the property, and you are entitled to see the workings before you treat it as income. Getting those workings is my job, not yours.
New from the developer, or resale?
These are two different purchases. Developer stock comes with current specification, warranty and a build timetable, and the price is set. Resale can be better value and is immediately available, but the condition, orientation and position within the resort vary enormously, and the good plots are not always the ones being advertised.
I hold the current availability across both, which is the practical reason to ask me rather than assemble it yourself from portal listings that lag the market.
What I do before you sign
You should not have to assemble this yourself. If you are serious about a property here, I:
Get three years of actual condominium and resort charges, not this year's figure
Separate what is built from what is still masterplanned
Assess the orientation and wind exposure of the specific plot, not the resort in general
Establish any restriction on letting and what the management agreement obliges you to
Wind exposure is the one I insist on doing in person. This is an Atlantic clifftop and it is felt very differently on different streets, which no floor plan will show you.
Your lawyer still investigates title, licensing and the condominium documents independently, and a technical inspector assesses the building. Those roles should stay separate from mine. What is mine is telling you which unit is worth spending that money on, and which one to walk away from.
Current availability
Including what is not publicly listed.
Individual units at West Cliffs come and go quickly, so this page deliberately does not list them. Because I work directly with the resort, I can send you what is currently on the market and ask about anything held quietly that matches what you are after.