I have watched since the beginning, and have nothing but admiration for you both. Sometimes you are obviously out of your depth, but you have plodded on, not letting anything overwhelm you. I would have baulked early, considering your age(apologies, I am older) and health issues, which you obviously manage well. Congratulations on your Portugese anniversary.
Thanks, Jean, for your loyal support over the last year. It's much appreciated, and we hope to still keep producing entertaining content going forwards. The sense of overwhelm comes and goes, but we'll keep 'plodding on'😂
The choice to wait was 100% spot on. You should never rush something as important as how you are going to build your home. All the information you gathered in your first year will be priceless when decision time arrives.
You're so right, especially as we've never done a project on anything like this scale before. There will definitely still be tough decisions ahead, but we like to be as prepared as we can.🤞😀
Loved listening to your experience so far. So much misinformation circulating about the need for planning and building permissions. Despite what some newcomers think, Portugal is not the Wild West and if you really don’t want problems, you have to get a project, just as you have done. Like you I have to demolish part of my village house and build anew. But you get to maintain some of the original that attracted you in the first place. I have a cobbled Roman laneway at the front door. I would never have had that in Australia. It takes time but the dream keeps you going❤.
Thanks, for your comments, Lisa. We're aware that it will all take time - patience is not one of my normal traits, but I guess I'll learn...eventually. We're very jealous about your Roman laneway! Would love to have an area of calçadas on the property at some point.😎🇵🇹
You two are very brave ..... you two are very lovely couple....thank for sharing 😅😮your journey with me. I really enjoy your videos and your progress. You work so hard Good luck and Blessings Patti from Pennsylvania ❤❤❤❤
I like your approach. Managing water, studying light, wind and rainfall, permissions licenses and protocols are the foundation to good progress. Keep em coming !
Yes some expats go full on.. without the thought of damp and the infrastructure of how to deal with the long term needs of the structure.. you are very wise as how to go forward and not be re-doing stuff in the short term.. looking forward to your plans for the property.. a labour of love I would say !! ❤
Thanks a lot - I spent a lot of time on wet days last winter just walking around and seeing where the flows were. We are close to the crown of our hill (sensible original decisions all those years ago) so flow past or through the buildings is limited, but it's still there and needs to be managed. if you haven't already seen them, I recommend skipping back to EP05 which shows some of our early experiences with the weather last winter, and EP12 where I look at the impact it was having on the room that we now sleep in so very comfortably. Some groundwork outside around the base of the wall to move the water flow away from the wall did so much good. Still a long way to go, but it taught us a lot about the basics of where we are and what we need to do.
Hello if you want to add to your Portuguese language learning visit our channel where we have numerous songs we translate from Portuguese to English and visa versa for language learning
I knew it Jane, but I you have a terrific narrative voice! Someone should have you do audiobooks, and you would be brilliant!
Thank you so much. You're very kind to say so 😀
I have watched since the beginning, and have nothing but admiration for you both. Sometimes you are obviously out of your depth, but you have plodded on, not letting anything overwhelm you. I would have baulked early, considering your age(apologies, I am older) and health issues, which you obviously manage well. Congratulations on your Portugese anniversary.
Thanks, Jean, for your loyal support over the last year. It's much appreciated, and we hope to still keep producing entertaining content going forwards. The sense of overwhelm comes and goes, but we'll keep 'plodding on'😂
The choice to wait was 100% spot on. You should never rush something as important as how you are going to build your home. All the information you gathered in your first year will be priceless when decision time arrives.
You're so right, especially as we've never done a project on anything like this scale before. There will definitely still be tough decisions ahead, but we like to be as prepared as we can.🤞😀
Loved listening to your experience so far. So much misinformation circulating about the need for planning and building permissions. Despite what some newcomers think, Portugal is not the Wild West and if you really don’t want problems, you have to get a project, just as you have done. Like you I have to demolish part of my village house and build anew. But you get to maintain some of the original that attracted you in the first place. I have a cobbled Roman laneway at the front door. I would never have had that in Australia. It takes time but the dream keeps you going❤.
Thanks, for your comments, Lisa. We're aware that it will all take time - patience is not one of my normal traits, but I guess I'll learn...eventually. We're very jealous about your Roman laneway! Would love to have an area of calçadas on the property at some point.😎🇵🇹
You two are very brave ..... you two are very lovely couple....thank for sharing 😅😮your journey with me. I really enjoy your videos and your progress. You work so hard Good luck and Blessings Patti from Pennsylvania ❤❤❤❤
Brave....or stupid? Only time will tell. Thanks for joining us, Patti😀🇵🇹
just lovely, I think you will end up living in Portugal full time as you are both blooming in health and happiness being there x
Well it's certainly done wonders for our health so far, so you never know!😎🇵🇹
I like your approach. Managing water, studying light, wind and rainfall, permissions licenses and protocols are the foundation to good progress. Keep em coming !
Thanks so much. Glad to have you along for the ride!😎🌞🇵🇹
Thank you for all your video's. The big challenge that you both taking on is amazing. Take care as you both are doing an amazing job .
Our pleasure! We're having such fun so far, even though it is, as you say, a big challenge...but that's what we were hoping for anyway💪🌞😀🇵🇹
Thanks for sharing your process with us. I think it will be very interesting to me to watch you refurbish your land and enjoy your retirement there.
We're loving seeing the place evolve, and are here for the long haul! Glad to have you along for the ride.😀🇵🇹
I love your outlook and attitude, Hasten slowly, suits you both. I'm here for the long haul!
That's really great to hear - thanks. Hope you enjoy future videos too! I like the concept of 'hastening slowly' 😀
I’m looking forward to watching your renovation journey. Good luck to you both. Sue, Wiltshire x
Thanks, Sue. We're really happy that you're following along - it really keeps us motivated!😎
As a portuguese (from the North) glad for having you here.
É muito gentil da sua parte dizer isso. Estamos adorando estar aqui😎🇵🇹
well done guys.
Thanks, Shane. Kind of you to say so 😀🇵🇹
Hola. Lovely to know a bit more about you & your plans. ❤️
Hola Patricia. Good to hear from you again. We really appreciate your support!😎🇵🇹
Yes some expats go full on.. without the thought of damp and the infrastructure of how to deal with the long term needs of the structure.. you are very wise as how to go forward and not be re-doing stuff in the short term.. looking forward to your plans for the property.. a labour of love I would say !! ❤
Thanks a lot - I spent a lot of time on wet days last winter just walking around and seeing where the flows were. We are close to the crown of our hill (sensible original decisions all those years ago) so flow past or through the buildings is limited, but it's still there and needs to be managed.
if you haven't already seen them, I recommend skipping back to EP05 which shows some of our early experiences with the weather last winter, and EP12 where I look at the impact it was having on the room that we now sleep in so very comfortably. Some groundwork outside around the base of the wall to move the water flow away from the wall did so much good. Still a long way to go, but it taught us a lot about the basics of where we are and what we need to do.
great work 🙂
Thanks, Carlos (or is it Victor?). Kind of you to say so 😀🇵🇹
@@HotkeysPortugal it's carlos,lol.
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Very wise to take the time to adapt to your surroundings before making a rash decision. After all, Rome was not built in a day!
Thanks, Larry. We're not quite as ambitious as trying to build a whole city, but there certainly feel like a whole lot of decisions along the way🧱🏘️😎
Its on comedy gold! Lol X
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Great video, xx
Thanks for watching. Lots more fun stuff to come, so hope you'll check out future ones too😀🌞🇵🇹
One of my favourite tv series at the moment. Great to visit you on location 🥰
Seriously though, it was great to see the place and all the work you have done.
Loved having you there so we could share it with you...and to force us to take some time out from our mammoth jobs list. Come back and visit any time!
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why? Brexit, of course!
you took it to the letter... 😜
now, seriously, Coimbra was a good choice. good luck! 🤠😎
Thanks a lot, loving it so far 😎🇵🇹🛠️
Hello if you want to add to your Portuguese language learning visit our channel where we have numerous songs we translate from Portuguese to English and visa versa for language learning
Thanks for the suggestion🇵🇹😎
CRECTION PERSHIAN GOLF. !!!!
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