I Transformed an Old Basement into a Beautiful Apartment - 🏠 DIY Renovation

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  • Опубликовано: 21 янв 2025

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  • @NateMurphy
    @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +7

    Thanks for watching!
    If you have questions or thoughts, please drop them in the comments below!
    📖My Book "The Ideas That Rule Us": www.njmurphy.com/
    🎥TheTour of the Finished Basement: ruclips.net/video/wScOgtmu5jc/видео.html
    🎥A Film of the House Renovation: ruclips.net/video/jykPwcBtML8/видео.html
    📖How to Renovate a House: www.thevanconversionguide.com/shop/how-to-buy-renovate-a-house-in-spain/

    • @FassEddie
      @FassEddie 16 дней назад

      Nate, I loved watching your work. I really could have done without the dance music. I know you young people love whatever this is called now, but whether it’s trance or rave, it just makes me and mine more anxious when mixed with the time lapse. I don’t think it serves your purpose as well as you would hope.

  • @billyporter2195
    @billyporter2195 2 месяца назад +56

    The views from your patio alone make it all worthwhile

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +4

      Thanks Billy, I am inclined to agree!

  • @bugtik
    @bugtik 2 месяца назад +29

    I’ve never seen one person with so many talents and master them all……actually slay them all! So much creativity. Wow, just Wow!

  • @sheilam4964
    @sheilam4964 23 дня назад +8

    As an amateur you did a very professional job. Your "can do" approach served you very well saving the barn plus a hefty sum of money. Thx for filming this and sharing it.

  • @silvial.bittencourt5851
    @silvial.bittencourt5851 8 дней назад +3

    My chin dropped!! What an exhausting and beautiful work!!! All by yourself!!! Congrats!!!!

  • @MsMoneypenny
    @MsMoneypenny 15 часов назад

    Wow 🎉You truly are a one man band! It looks great. I hope your family and friends are enjoying it 😊

  • @120Livi
    @120Livi 2 месяца назад +20

    4:50 nice safety flip-flops 😂😂. Loved this.

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +1

      got to keep it fresh!

  • @Joe-ew5rt
    @Joe-ew5rt Месяц назад +5

    What a beautiful view. How lucky your visitors will be to stay in your guest suite.

  • @bobbicatton
    @bobbicatton 2 месяца назад +23

    Beautifully done! House guests will never want to leave😊

  • @davidwilliams8405
    @davidwilliams8405 16 дней назад +2

    I admire your focus, determination and pure grit in this project, well done! The out the door is priceless and will make that outdoor patio the ideal location for one's morning coffee, or two, or three.... You are indeed a master carpenter/electrician and stone mason.

  • @greytogray6070
    @greytogray6070 2 месяца назад +10

    Absolutely outstanding and inspirational. That was an enormous amount of hard labour, but the outcome is spectacular. Congratulations on such a great job and continued success to you!

  • @adventureswithgnomie6553
    @adventureswithgnomie6553 2 месяца назад +15

    Your homestead restoration is beautiful and you have learned some valuable skills. Great job.

  • @stacypecora6219
    @stacypecora6219 2 месяца назад +8

    That view, a glimpse of heaven!

  • @namfonalois6575
    @namfonalois6575 2 месяца назад +7

    Goshh, didn't aspect it will look cozy like this and the view is breathtaking !!!!

  • @nigelbullock9039
    @nigelbullock9039 17 дней назад +1

    Remarkable. Just like the incredible build you did on the main house.

  • @jenniferjackson9642
    @jenniferjackson9642 22 дня назад +1

    You are certainly admirable to take all this on by yourself ! And you are very knowledgeable, yes you are! Congrats! I hope you’re proud of yourself, you should be.🌹🌹🌹

  • @Jack-eo5fn
    @Jack-eo5fn 2 месяца назад +2

    Just Wow. Incredibly hard work and intense focus. Beautiful results! Congratulations my friend.

  • @menachemdavid3535
    @menachemdavid3535 День назад +1

    That was a lot of concrete to move by hand without help. I see concrete work like that on a project and I’ll just nope out of it. My attention to detail in getting the door way, window, and floors even and level would not have been there after the first day of shoveling! Congrats to you it looks good!

  • @glennpeters7384
    @glennpeters7384 2 месяца назад +2

    Wow amazing job. You know your stuff. Great skills. What a transformation. The views and the sound of nature. Incredible.

  • @SuzeMilner
    @SuzeMilner 18 часов назад

    That’s an awesome job. Feel proud.

  • @Amacott99
    @Amacott99 2 месяца назад +4

    How absolutely beautiful ❤❤

  • @CodeMonkey66
    @CodeMonkey66 2 месяца назад +6

    Wow, great job. As a Canadian, I really work more in wood (decks/framing)..I know very little about stone/brick/masonry...and as a DIYer, find it a bit intimidating. Loved watching this.

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Thanks! And thanks for tuning in!

  • @charlottecox7014
    @charlottecox7014 2 месяца назад +3

    Loved the country side view and bird sounds

  • @richard-s6h
    @richard-s6h 2 месяца назад +2

    great job 💪🏾
    ps nice safety flip flops

  • @followthesun8456
    @followthesun8456 2 месяца назад +1

    Very nice content and very well prepared Video, the music, timelapse, voice explanations etc.... Well done, hope to see more content like this

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Thank you! That is very kind of you to say :))

  • @tiagocunha9600
    @tiagocunha9600 2 месяца назад +2

    Amazing work! Congratulations!

  • @sussexgirl8766
    @sussexgirl8766 2 месяца назад

    Absolutely gorgeous! You’ve done an amazing job. The view is breathtaking and love the music 💕🙏

  • @JasRaymond1
    @JasRaymond1 2 месяца назад +10

    You did an amazing job. This was no easy task with the removal of all the old stonewalls, concrete floor and more. The stone and concrete work alone can be back breaking for just one man. Then you did a ten week finish which is amazing. Did you do all the work alone ?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Thanks! Yes, I did this one alone. There was nothing very big and heavy to need help! (Apart from carrying in plasterboard to the site, def need two people for that).

  • @mharrisona5526
    @mharrisona5526 10 дней назад

    The birdsong is so pleasant.

  • @brandonaitken1180
    @brandonaitken1180 25 дней назад +1

    Props to you for wearing proper PPE. Except for the flip flops of course. Great job overall. Very impressive.

    • @EstrellaO-2023
      @EstrellaO-2023 24 дня назад

      Yes...lucky he didn't hurt his toes...

  • @brianchester4218
    @brianchester4218 22 дня назад

    I would not know where to start but many people are doing this all over the world and keeping our heritages intact even if modified, great job i would love to help on a project like this just to learn some thing new

  • @radioactivebanana6774
    @radioactivebanana6774 Месяц назад

    Back breaking work! Wow that was a lot of hard labor for a beautiful outcome! Great build!

  • @marklunnon-wood9227
    @marklunnon-wood9227 2 месяца назад +1

    Love watching you do this stuff Nate. Cracking stuff mate!

  • @robertshrewsbury5067
    @robertshrewsbury5067 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank you. Enjoyed your work and the beautiful area you live in.

  • @johnsupko6615
    @johnsupko6615 Месяц назад

    Amazing transformation, and you did it yourself.

  • @belindaquintanilla2395
    @belindaquintanilla2395 23 дня назад

    You are amazing ! Incredible job you have done 😮

  • @homemoviesandotherstuff3419
    @homemoviesandotherstuff3419 2 месяца назад +1

    Beautifully done.

  • @CharlieZenenour
    @CharlieZenenour 2 месяца назад +7

    Rocks and concrete don’t mix well together because the concrete accumulates water and eventually deteriorates the rocks into dust (specially with freeze and frost)

    • @Babee-tt6hr
      @Babee-tt6hr 2 месяца назад

      Thanks for sharing.

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +7

      I don't think these rocks will turn to dust any time soon 🙂

  • @CarmenOlah
    @CarmenOlah 2 месяца назад +4

    Very nice Witherspoon hard work❤

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 2 месяца назад +1

    Hi Nate, what a transformation, I hope you have footage of your house renovation as well. You have the same interests as I do, the campervan, Italian house and then I saw you pick a purple fig lol, my favourite. I'm about to look into moving to Italy next year hopefully to renovate something too. I am from South Africa but I have an Italian passport and I'm not getting younger. Great to see what you have done, your place looks amazing. Hopefully you'll be posting more. Cheers from Cape Town.👍

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Nice man! Cape Town... also a very beautiful place.
      Yeah, the rest of the reno can be found in this video: ruclips.net/video/jykPwcBtML8/видео.htmlsi=69kZjy5BSjvIoRXe

  • @ireneromero5326
    @ireneromero5326 29 дней назад

    Fantastic job on that renovations!

  • @judyshallstrom415
    @judyshallstrom415 21 день назад

    A lot of work, but the results are beautiful and amazing. ❤

  • @ShirleyWiggerman
    @ShirleyWiggerman 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow! Fantastic job!

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much!!

  • @TrentTingey
    @TrentTingey 2 месяца назад +2

    Loving the DNB vibes!

  • @LauraVitt-h3h
    @LauraVitt-h3h 2 месяца назад

    Be still my heart♥️ God has given you many skills, creativity, knowledge of beauty……. Bless your new ‘home’!🙏🏻🎈

  • @kathleencurry9169
    @kathleencurry9169 Месяц назад +1

    Mind blown that he did this beautiful work solo. AND….in flip-flops! What?

  • @elpajaronegro
    @elpajaronegro 2 месяца назад +12

    I'm curious why you left the hole in the floor, tiled it, and put a door on it.

    • @jaycee8553
      @jaycee8553 2 месяца назад +2

      I think it was a talking point - an historical feature he decided to keep. Considering its depth, it could become a wine cooler.

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +6

      Not a bad idea re. wine cooler.. As you said, its a cool historical feature, and never delete good storage in a small house!

  • @xwatzzz
    @xwatzzz 2 месяца назад

    thats content i came for years ago :) love that u r protecting yourself with masks etc. nice job :)

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for tuning back in! :))

  • @deannastout8349
    @deannastout8349 27 дней назад

    Wow great job 😁👍💚

  • @susanlecuirot1573
    @susanlecuirot1573 Месяц назад

    You’ve done a really lovely job 🥰

  • @joannwall6333
    @joannwall6333 Месяц назад

    Incredible job!

  • @lfuentes4098
    @lfuentes4098 26 дней назад +3

    Sorry but what is the old toilet hole used for now?

  • @mpalmer7800
    @mpalmer7800 26 дней назад

    Lovely!!! Could be a little AirB&B !!! I’d definitely stay just for the views

  • @kelly33SR
    @kelly33SR 2 месяца назад

    Wow, so dreamy, well done!

  • @heraldocosta1469
    @heraldocosta1469 2 месяца назад

    Fantastic job. Congrats !!

  • @trueloveingod2691
    @trueloveingod2691 2 месяца назад

    Fabulous. That was hard work. Wear eye protection too.

  • @juliequinlan6564
    @juliequinlan6564 2 месяца назад

    Great job! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💙

  • @friendlhi
    @friendlhi 2 месяца назад

    looks great - wow 👍

  • @louloumorjiane
    @louloumorjiane 2 месяца назад +1

    bravo, tres bel reussite beau travaille, tu as bosser tous SEUL? force et honneure , merci

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +1

      oui, je l'ai fait celui-là seul ! Merci!

  • @MarilynRuel
    @MarilynRuel 2 месяца назад

    Very beautiful!🥰🇨🇦

  • @rebeccazoll2183
    @rebeccazoll2183 День назад

    Did I miss what the hole in the floor is for?

  • @alexandrulupu725
    @alexandrulupu725 20 дней назад

    Being a basement, I would have used an anti-mold solution to spray on the walls and floors, and ceiling, before you started anything. I have found mold under tiles after years, and it was very unpleasant, this is why I treat the moist rooms with it first. Besides that, you did a fantastic job !

    • @DrChim_Richels
      @DrChim_Richels 17 часов назад

      There you have it….straight from an actual basement….

  • @ericmiddelbos129
    @ericmiddelbos129 10 дней назад

    you did a well done jobe. my complyments

  • @ca6177
    @ca6177 2 месяца назад

    Very nice! Wow!

  • @brainstromer963
    @brainstromer963 2 месяца назад

    Incredible work

  • @C.O._Jones
    @C.O._Jones 21 день назад +1

    No rebar in the concrete?

    • @playdory3179
      @playdory3179 11 дней назад

      Always wonder why they don’t use reo in their slabs overseas. We put it in everything in Aus.

  • @EstrellaO-2023
    @EstrellaO-2023 24 дня назад

    Nate, are you going to revise your ebook of the renovation and add this part of the work?

  • @doubleRpR
    @doubleRpR 2 месяца назад +1

    Love these compilations! Apartment looks great!
    How do you push through a long solo project when fatigue sets in? Do you just grit your teeth and power through or do you have some tips you can share?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for the comment!
      Mostly I just push through. I don't massively love spending my days covered in dust so the sooner it's finished the better 😅... The only way over is through.

  • @lagringa7518
    @lagringa7518 2 месяца назад

    Lovely!

  • @Lyon-np3em
    @Lyon-np3em 2 месяца назад +1

    I didn't see any vapor barrier on the walls where you put up the plaster walls with isolation. did i miss it?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Not really required here.

  • @googletili3041
    @googletili3041 2 месяца назад

    Very beautiful! I just wonder there wasn't kitchen at all?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +1

      Check the upstairs.. this was a basement reno (although I could put a kitchen in the store room if I wanted to make it a self contained appartment). ruclips.net/video/jykPwcBtML8/видео.html&ab_channel=NateMurphy

  • @yeshuaexcel3407
    @yeshuaexcel3407 2 месяца назад

    Amazing

  • @Kay8B
    @Kay8B 2 месяца назад +1

    Whats the hole in the floor for?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      See the tour; ruclips.net/video/wScOgtmu5jc/видео.html

  • @Kiwi-Mel
    @Kiwi-Mel 2 месяца назад

    15:23 wine window!

  • @MrPecksniff
    @MrPecksniff 2 месяца назад +1

    Superb job in just 10 weeks Nate! It's mad to think what that would cost if a team of renovators had done it, pretty far north of 10k I'm guessing. Will you be renting it out for short stays or just for friends and family only?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Thanks! For now, I will not be renting it out, but it is always an option (the store room would be quick to convert into a little kitchen if you wanted to turn it into a self-contained airbnb type thing.
      And yes, it would have probably cost something like 40 to 50k if I had paid for it all to be done. Well worth the graft just to save the money!

  • @annamariafranziska2126
    @annamariafranziska2126 Месяц назад +1

    You need a jack hammer, it would be much easier and quicker than a sledge hammer.

  • @G4RA
    @G4RA 2 месяца назад

    What was the hole in the floor for? They one you put tiles and a lid ? I didn’t understood.

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Check the tour video: ruclips.net/video/wScOgtmu5jc/видео.html

  • @whatyouseenow411
    @whatyouseenow411 2 месяца назад

    Never seen anyone bust and pour concrete in flops!

  • @mauricepowers3804
    @mauricepowers3804 24 дня назад

    What is the hole?

  • @NebucadLaVey
    @NebucadLaVey 2 месяца назад

    Wouldn't it have been better for the heat balance to put additional an insulating layer towards the floor?
    I noticed that only a concrete floor was poured here without any reinforcing steel.
    Wouldn't that mean that the concrete would crack and possibly even break?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +1

      It's pretty stable ground (existing slab) so not really an issue re reinforcement.
      There was 1cm of insulation put down before the UFH I didn't want to lose too much height.

  • @jimbeglinger
    @jimbeglinger 2 месяца назад

    I'm confused. You have underfloor heating throughout, but a radiator near the "hole" and in the bathroom. Can you explain?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Radiator is coming of the backboiler in the floor above. UFH is for stand-alone heating/additional if required. See this film for the rest of the reno; ruclips.net/video/jykPwcBtML8/видео.html&ab_channel=NateMurphy

  • @kakeetoalex9924
    @kakeetoalex9924 2 месяца назад

    I've read your book..😊

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Oh thanks so much! I hope you enjoyed it!! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @CRUSAy6v
    @CRUSAy6v 19 часов назад

    Anyone knows where this is?

  • @kathrynaston6841
    @kathrynaston6841 2 месяца назад

    Why did you have to keep the old toilet hole? What prevented you from simply filling it in, then covering it over with the same floor covering used on the floor?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +6

      Just seems a waste to lose potential storage space, and I like the echo of the history :)

  • @jasonbourne314
    @jasonbourne314 2 месяца назад +1

    where did the plumbing rough in come from?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +1

      the plumbing rough?

  • @speliotis
    @speliotis 2 месяца назад

    respect....

  • @centralna.poczta4648
    @centralna.poczta4648 Месяц назад

    W jakim kraju są tak piękne góry..?
    Pozdrawiam

  • @prospect2664
    @prospect2664 Месяц назад

    why dont you like rockwool ?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  Месяц назад

      the whole breathing in thing

    • @prospect2664
      @prospect2664 Месяц назад

      @NateMurphy just gotto handle it right and ull be good... its still the best material for walls tho

  • @aracelisoria5152
    @aracelisoria5152 22 дня назад

    No te salio mas caro que haber hecho una nueva?

  • @MaverickWood
    @MaverickWood Месяц назад

    thank god you had a concrete mixer..the floors could have taken days to finish and been a ton of work without it 😂

  • @corinnapetry65
    @corinnapetry65 Месяц назад

    Is this property in the Dolomites region?

  • @ritacardanha523
    @ritacardanha523 2 месяца назад

    Que cidade é essa???

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      La mejor ... (cerca de Organya)

  • @Animefreak84e
    @Animefreak84e 28 дней назад +1

    what happened to the 240 year old door?!!!??

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  28 дней назад

      The plan is to use it as a shutter. But it's sitting in the barn right now 😅

  • @jlf2764
    @jlf2764 2 месяца назад +1

    Beautiful 🎉 but I gotta say watching you break up all that concrete in flip flops 🩴was giving me anxiety 😓

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      It makes you careful! 🙂

  • @timothyflanagan9051
    @timothyflanagan9051 Месяц назад

    The name of my next band:
    Flip Flops and Sledgehammers

  • @StephenHill-bt5we
    @StephenHill-bt5we 2 месяца назад

    So beautiful! Where is this?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад

      Catalunya, a couple hours north of Barcelona in the Pyrenees.

    • @eloi4544
      @eloi4544 2 месяца назад

      ​@@NateMurphy I'm Catalan, and when I saw the licence plate of the delivery truck, my curiosity made me find the house. Street view is from 2015, but it shows the hole where you poured the concrete mix in :D

  • @Jbird1978Qqqqqq
    @Jbird1978Qqqqqq 2 месяца назад

    Where does the waste go?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +1

      In to the main sewer via a macerator pump (below ground issues)

  • @eattherich9215
    @eattherich9215 2 месяца назад +1

    Isn't asbestos removal a specialist job? Hacking it about surely allowed harmful particulates to be released into the atmosphere? You did a great job and I admire your reserves of energy.

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +4

      It is specialist if you have deep pockets. Otherwise, sensible precautions will do the job. Thanks for the kind comment :))

  • @ThomasRodde
    @ThomasRodde 2 месяца назад +23

    Begs the question: What is in the drop-toilet hole now?

    • @NateMurphy
      @NateMurphy  2 месяца назад +5

      Actually, nothing.. but I am sure we will find a use for it at some point! :D

    • @Scarnage537
      @Scarnage537 2 месяца назад +9

      ​@@NateMurphyLooks like a great potential wine cellar.

    • @alin279
      @alin279 2 месяца назад +2

      Don't know if it is the case here, but sometimes when there are humidity problems holes like this are dug so that water collects there and then it can be easily pumpes out

  • @lisahutchens8062
    @lisahutchens8062 2 месяца назад

    What part of the world are you in?