LISBON — The construction site outside Brazilian journalist Giuliana Miranda’s suburban Lisbon apartment didn’t bother her much—until remote working kicked in and the drilling noise drowned out her interviewees on Zoom.
Soon, she moved house.
But luck was against her. Just before working from home became mandatory again last month, two of her eight neighbors in the new building began renovating their apartments. Two more have started since.
“The construction site had council permission to start at 7 a.m., and work Saturdays, too. I moved because of the noise,” she said by phone. “But … now, the new building has four people renovating their apartments, too!”
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