ABANDONED Villa to Dream Home: The Story of Our RENOVATION of an Italian VILLA Outside of Parma
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Welcome to the first episode in the series of "Villa Aroldi - An Italian House Restoration".
In this episode we will take you on a tour of the weekend house we bought on a whim during the pandemic that we then decided to turn into our new home instead.
Italy is full of historic gems in desperate need of saving, so we feel honored to be able to do our little bit and this is our journey to turn this old villa back to its former glory.
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Oh my heaven! The floors and the ceiling are just beautiful. Looking forward to your transformation and breathing life into this gem of a project.
Thank you! Yes, we can’t wait to get started here. A lot of things happening behind the scenes here so hopefully soon there will be loads more to film.
Hello Rescue
My thoughts exactly. Every room he walked through the floors and ceilings stood out they are so wonderful.
Please, please don’t cut down that beautiful Loquat (Eriobotria japonica) tree next to the back of the villa. You could prune it or limb it up so that it wouldn’t encroach upon the villa.
It’s evergreen, hardy and, probably the most valuable tree on the property.
Good luck with your venture. Looking forward to watching the progress.
Thank you for watching! No we wont, its gonna get pruned as its intruding on the extension but we would really like to keep it if we don't upset the roots once we start rebuilding the back of the house.
I would prefer to keep the tree and knock down the extension !!
@@isabelherrera8647 Haha, well that extension is going but we are building a new one!
@@VillaAroldi Make sure you prune it at the right time of year! Some trees like to be pruned in winter some in summer. If you do it at the wrong time they can die.
I've been watching a few chateau restoration projects lately - looking forward to seeing a villa restoration for a change of pace!!
Yes there are quite a few of those on here, not so many Italian Villas unfortunately.
I watch a few Chateau channels and find them fascinating. Do you watch Chateau diaries? She's my favorite channel.
@@kimberlyearly8918 There are so many of them, the one I watch is "How to Renovate a Chateau".
@@VillaAroldi I watch that one as well and I love it. Philippe is a hoot haha!
@@kimberlyearly8918 Haha yes!
Wonderful house. So much originality to it. If it was just cleaned and polished would be ready to live in.I would keep as much originality as possible. That pink tiled bathroom is simply amazing, just add vintage sinks and a footed tub. Thanks for the tour, your house is amazing.
Thank you!
Unfortunately the pink bathroom is a later addition probably from the late 1950's or 1960's so we are not keeping it but we are keeping as much as possible of the originality but modernizing some things as we don't want to live in a museum.
@@VillaAroldi that's why ignorant and trivial rich people are the real plague of the world
Please please keep us informed of your progress. What a lovely home. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, and yes, we will!
This is such an ambitious project and the location, home, and property are exactly what I imagine a charming historic Italian villa to be. What possibilities exist! It has that Art Deco essence that transports one to a different era. Looking forward to seeing your progress on restoring this beauty and the grounds. So many unique one of a kind features -especially those ceilings. The house looks like it has good bones structurally which must be encouraging that major restoration in shoring up foundations and repairing major structural issues in walls and roofs won’t be needed. The grounds, even in their current state and needing so much tender loving care are so verdant and interesting with all the mature growth and different spots to explore. God speed on your efforts.
Thank you for your kind words!
We are seeing a lot of potential everywhere and all in all the house is great structurally, there are some minor things we are gonna take care of in the kitchen where there are some vibrations but nothing major.
I love architecture especially in classical houses. It will be a delight to see your designs and changes in the house, and in the gardens. So anything you show us will be appreciated. Thank you so much! 🤗 Peace 💫
Thank you for watching!
What a beautiful house! Stunning ceilings and spaces. I’ll be watching your next upload for sure.
Thank you! There will be more coming soon.
What a stunning project! Looking forward to seeing it all progress. Best wishes.
Thank you!
Love, love the ceilings decorations! Will enjoy watching this renovation to a lovely home once more. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much! 😊
I'm so interested in how you (and your designer) will reconcile the old style with modern conveniences and technologies! Subscribed.
All will be revealed in time, we have a plan and all will be shown here in future videos.
Hello from USA. Please post often as this will be a fun show
Thank you for watching! Yes, we will post as often as we can!
Fabulous house! Looking forward to follow your journey🙏🏽😊
Thank you!
Wow, beautiful home and you have such wonderful plans. When it’s all done, it will be worth it. Thank you for the tour and the history. Can’t wait to see more videos of your journey. I’m very excited and so happy for you. 🍾👏😊
Thank you! Yes, we cant wait here to get started with some real work!
Wow, such a beautiful Villa. Can't wait to follow your progress. Thank you.
Thank you!
I'm so glad you're planning on keeping the original ceilings and colors. Looking forward to seeing more!
Thank you! Yes its a fine line of restoring and keep as much as possible without living in a museum.
I’m so excited to see the progress of this beautiful villa
Thank you for watching, all will be revealed in time!
Wow, just found this, my first channel from Italy, we only have a couple of hundred years here in Australia, but no homes like this. Looking forward to watch.
Welcome aboard! I hope you like it, many more episodes to come!
Can’t Waite to see this finished going to be amazing
Thank you for watching!
What a beautiful home. I can't wait to see the end results!
Thank you! 😊
Look forward to accompanying you on this journey. Good luck.
Thank you and welcome!
Wow! How exciting! Looking forward to following your journey as you breathe new life into such a beautiful gem! Best of luck!
Thank you for watching!
Åhhhh!!! Det är SÅÅÅÅ vackert…en dröm! Ni kommer göra det så fint! ❤️ Vad duktiga ni är! 👏👏👏
Tack!!
Will love watching it become your home, will be watching all your videos
Thank you for watching!
So excited for your journey!
And you are doing it right - do what you want to do and change it to a way that functions for your needs. People love to tell people what to do when you buy an old house.
But what a gem! I adore the wooden doors especially.
Thank you!
Yes, well everyone has their taste and ideas but we are gonna have to live in it so it has to be functional.
I’m so excited to see what you do with this place!
Stay tuned for more!
Thank you for watching!
My best friend, Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks Have a happy day!
Thank you!
Wow this villa is amazing what a find! The vision you have for this house will be amazing and I cant wait to see the transformations that take places especially in the garden! I look for to more videos! Congratulation! Cheers from Toronto
Thank you for watching! Many more videos to come!
Can't wait to see your progress!
Working on it!
Great! It will look so cool next to the extension with a balcony that you perceived with a clip. Love the color of the villa also.
Huge undertaking but, so worth it.
Thank you so much! Yes, the south facing side of the house is in need of love, like many other villas in italy they have neglected the back of the house a bit.
I'm so excited for yall, can't wait to see what yall discover and find. Would love a video of the history on the home
Yes, we might do one in the future! Not sure it's a whole video though.
I've become addicted to this Restoration Videos, but this one really captured my attention because that villa has a huge potential!
Thank you, we think so too!
Beautiful villa with pleasing proportions. You have good plans for renovating . Thanks for posting.
Yes we think so too, neither overwhelmingly large to restore like some of the Chateaus in France or too small to live in.
Thank you for watching!
OMG! What a beautiful house! I am looking forward to following your journey.....
Thank you Lesley and thank you for watching!
What a beautiful villa ❤️
All the best for your future endeavours.
Would definitely be following along. 😊
Thank you for your kind words!
Beautiful.. looking forward to the finished work. 🇨🇦❤️🇮🇹
Thank you Yolanda!
It's exciting to be at the beginning of your restoration.Your plans sound wonderful! Love from Vermont
Thank you so much!
Very interesting. Looking forward to the end result.
Thank you for watching!
What a beautiful old home. I'm looking forward to watching the transformation! Best of luck to you as you move forward.
Thank you Chris!
How exciting, and what a great building to make into your own home.
Your dining conservatory/upper balcony plan makes great sense.
I will enjoy following your journey here.
All the best, and Kindest Wishes from New Zealand.
Thank you for watching! Yes, we think so too, we had to do something about the "newer" extension on the back.
Am extremely happy you will be keeping most of this house charming characters. Beautiful I had to subscribe am excited to see the finish.
Thank you so much!
Amazing!!!
Thank you for watching!
Wow,, it’s beautiful,, looking forward to following your journey,, Tracy from Australia
Thanks so much! 😊
Beautiful property!!! ❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦
Thank you!
What a beautiful house,even now. It will be fun watching the progress .
Thank you!
This place is beautiful and I cannot wait to see your journey 🙂
Thank you for your kind words!
The bathroom would not be original but it's amazing! No new bathroom could be as special! I would not hurry to take that out!
Thank you, but we are also changing the layout slightly.
What a beautiful house. The furniture is also lovely. Looking forward to seeing you bring her back to life. Watching from New Zealand.
Thank you for watching!
Can’t wait to see all the progress. I was in Parma in 2016.
Stay tuned! It's gonna be here on youtube.
Oh, how nice! What did you think of Parma?
AWESOME PROJECT !!! I LOVE IT !!! This is exactly what I want to do with my retirement !!!
That's great to hear James, go for it!
Thank you for watching!
She is going to be beautiful. Some lovely treasures in the house . Interesting history ... a bullet hole !!!!
Yes it's fascinating! Thank you for watching.
I’ve been looking for a RUclips channel with a house restoration! I can’t wait for more videos!!!
More videos coming very shortly!
What a gorgeous, gorgeous property. I’m in awe.
Thank you and welcome to the channel!
It would be nice to see the extremely wealthy people get involved in preserving these wonderful buildings that deserve the care, restoration and respect they deserve. It will be wonderful for future generations to appreciate the craftsmanship that was used to produce these magnificent buildings.
I agree, I don't think you need to be extremely wealthy though, it just takes a lot of time and effort and then some money for the material etc.
bravo. looking forward to watching your project. Please consider retaining the tiles in the downstairs bathroom-part of the character of the house. such a fine line between touching a house lightly or removing the original charm .
Yes absolutely, hopefully we can repurpose them somewhere else but we need to remove them to properly renovate the bathroom as we want to damp proof the walls etc.
Oh WOW another restoration video and it's an Italian villa, what a beauty, those ceilings and the pinks...this is going to be so fun to follow, so different from all the French chateau videos, I'm excited...and your English is very good as well...FUN STUFF...!
Thank you for watching, I hope you enjoy it!
Your villa is is Epic ignored for too long but now all will be renewed.
Haha, thank you!
Riktigt spännande att se! Hoppas hitta ngt liknande i framtiden :D Gör gärna så många videos som möjligt ;)
Ja det är bara att leta, finns massor med hus i Italien! Det kommer fler videos så fort allt tar fart här nu.
This place is absolutely gorgeous. Oozing with potential. The history’s amazing and I’m sure everyone’s commenting on this ceilings but yeah, their gorgeous. Views of the alps and sea. That roof seems to have held up incredibly well too. I even like that old timey green paint. The pink bathroom, well atleast it tiled for now. All in all just gorgeous
Thank you!
What a beautiful house!
Thank you Sharon!
Hello from Ottawa Canada nice to meet u both
Thanks for watching!
Gorgeous home!!!
Thank you!! 😊
Wow looks amazing I wish you the best of luck. I've just subscribed to your channel and will look forward to your renovations.
Thank you and welcome aboard!
Just watched. Will be a future viewer
Thank you!
What a lovely place! I’m looking forward to your transformation of it into a modern version of its old self. And I bet the garden will be stunning once you have time to deal with it. 🇨🇦
Thank you!
Yes, we are really looking forward to the garden after having lived in the city before.
What a beautiful house and setting What a dream project ♥️
Thank you for your kind words!
Gorgeous vey large home. The ceilings are beautiful. It’ll be n watching your renovation.
Thank you for subscribing!
Such a great project you have on hands. Congrats!
Thank you so much!
Look forward to following your journey. This house has beautiful bones.
Thank you so much!
I am excited to follow your renovations! I hope you kept the bricks from the chicken coop demo to repurpose elsewhere!
I renovated an apartment in Nice, France several years ago which was a fraction of what you are embarking on. Dealing with contractors was challenging at times but very worthwhile in the end!
Best of luck and I hope it goes smoothly for you. You did find a gem!
Thank you! Unfortunately nothing was salvable from the chicken coop, most of the bricks were of the "concrete block" type so not much of use.
Fantastic project
Thank you! Cheers!
Lovely floating staircase, beautiful ceilings. You have taken a big restoration job. Will follow your progress. Good luck.
Thank you John and thank you for watching!
Much appreciated!
Beautiful 👌🏻
Thank you!
What a beautiful home. You have a great vision for its second life. Best wishes.
John
Thank you very much!
What a wonderful project you have taken on. I can’t wait to follow your journey. I wish you smooth sailing from Virgina.
Thank you for your kind words!
I can't wait for before/after pictures.
Hopefully it wont be too long before we have some progress to show!
It’s going to be grand when it’s done. Lots of work ahead of you.
Yes, loads of work but we are looking forward to every bit of it though.
Just subscribed ! Greetings from Alabama USA ! Can't wait to see what y'all do with this beautiful place !
Thank you for subscribing! We cant wait to share it all!
Beautiful
Thank you!
You are so lucky to own such a beautifull building i would be blessed if i could own one i cannot wait to see it finished from Australia
Thank you for your kind words Doreen!
Just found you. I adore the architecture. Stunning exterior and so much potential. Incredible ceilings. I am so looking forward to seeing your progress. Thank you for your time in showing us around. Good success to you. From TxUSA.
Thank you for your very kind words and welcome to the channel!
Älskar vinterträdgården 🙌😍🙌 och balkongen vid master bedroom är top notch 🙌😍
Tack! Det kommer nog bli fint, en bit kvar bara 😅
The world belongs to the brave!🌱
This motivates me for my first Italian Renovation, that starts soon.
That is great news! Please document it here on youtube!
@@VillaAroldiI'll keep that in mind. Maybe a before and after or a mini series. Thank you for the encouragement!
Yes, document as much as possible, it might come in handy to have a documentation of all the things that are done to the place.
@@VillaAroldi will do. Thank you!
Perfect size lovely!
Thank you!
Wow, such a beautiful property. Reminds me of my dads house when he was a boy in east Germany. Can’t wait to see all the progress, watching from Frankfort kentucky
Thank you for your kind words!
So pretty! How lovely that no idiot did any damage to that gorgeous wood work and trim.
Unfortunately someone did paint over the frescos in entrance and the entire house though. 😫
@@VillaAroldi thank goodness they missed some - will you re-create them, do you think?
@@jackicammidge5901 We will be recreating the exterior walls.
Good luck !
Thank you!
Beautiful house.
Thank you!
Wow this villa is beauty
Thank you!
@@VillaAroldi I am binge watching after discovering your channel today.
I am at ep 21.I am hooked
@@keagleeagle821 Haha, Im glad to hear! There will be plenty of more episodes in the coming years.
Lovely. Thanks for sharing. Very interested in seeing more. Only wish that the pink tile in the bathroom could remain.
Thank you! Yes, you are not alone, I get that quite a lot but not possible unfortunately as it's in worse condition than the camera reveals.
That is a beautiful house. I hope you have very deep pockets, a lot of patience, and a lot of time.
Thank you!
Haha, well, i'm not sure we tick any of those boxes!
wow that bed is really nice
Yes it's stunning! A bit too short for my 192cm (6.3) so it's gonna be a guest bedroom.
The old furniture is beautiful, I would keep it !!!
The furniture inside we are keeping, the things we placed outside were unfortunately in such poor condition we couldn’t keep them.
Omg så häftigt! Stolt över Er❤️
Tack Monica ❤
Great bones to start off with ❣️
Thank you, we really think so too!
What a beautiful old home. 💋❣️
Thank you! 🙏🏼
We like to see the whole transformation plz! Tons of work, but it will b sooo beautiful n worthy. Already subscribed
Thank you! Yes there will for sure be more once we get started here in June!
Hej, så spännande att följa! Otroligt vackert hus!
Tack så mycket, vi ska filma så mycket vi kan.
Just found your channel. The house is just beautiful. I watch these kind of vlogs to see the actual renovations. How you do it and how or if you restore it back to it's glory. You may want to restore the old furniture and reuse it. It's not hard and ends up being really beautiful.
Thank you! Yes we will use/restore some of the furniture that where in the house. Some were in such poor condition that they were not salvageable others we cant really find a use for and so on, but it will be a mix of old and new as we don't want live in an old museum.
@@VillaAroldi showing us the how of clean up/restoration would be very interesting. It can be a messy process at the start, but seeing what needs to be done and how, at each stage for each project let's us appreciate the result even more. Some projects will encourage us to try something ourselves, some will let us recognise what needs to be in the hands of an expert. Good luck. It's a beautiful place ready to breathe again.
@@michellebyrom6551 absolutely!
Hello from Australia, I can see why you bought it on a whim. I look forward to seeing you uncover the beauty in this old girl. Its a pity the bathroom tiles are so quite so pink (not a favourite colour of mine) but they are beautiful. Its my favorite era of decoration so I will be enjoying your vlogs.
Thank you for watching! We cant wait to get started and sharing it all.