18 Months Restoring Our Portuguese Quinta - The Story So Far - #1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- A lot has happened over the last 18 months here on our small quinta in Central Portugal. From clearing the land to starting a small veg garden to renovating the farmhouse.
Of course, the story of this place goes back much further than 18 months. Before we bought it in October 2020 no one had lived here for almost 20 years.
In this video we’ll travel back in time and give you a brief history of the house and the family that built it as well as showing you what we’ve accomplished in the short time that we’ve called this place home.
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im a portuguese, and im glad people like u guys come to live with us!! really really inspiring video and life style!! Huge respect for your life change and hard work!! cheers
I so would like to do this … I’m scared people may not like it but after your comment this gives me hope xx I’m looking for a farm somewhere I can call home for me and my man dogs and horse and I love olives 🫒
@@freedomoverfear9139 Portugal is a very safe country with very friendly people, so no need to be afraid. The interior has lots of land, since the vast majority of the population is concentrated in the coastline, so there's endless opportunity for a bargain.
Being Portuguese and now working in the finantial district in London really gets me to consider my life choices after checking out your video!
I used to work for big London financial institutions.... much prefer our new life 😀
- Kylie
As a portuguese, watching this made me really happy. Thank you for your work and respect
Thankyou for having us 😍
same, great work :D
I think I had a tiny aneurysm when I heard you'd ended your old channel but I'm healing up now I have found you again.
Strange coincidence! The same happened to me!
IKR!
Agree, one of my favourite channels, I thought it was gone forever, thank goodness they are back.
me too just found it
What was their old channel?
portuguese girl here i have been in the USA since i was seven years old, but there is nothing like living in beautiful Portugal!!! congratulations you are doing an amazing job.
Wow, amazing ! I'm portuguese too and seeing people taking so good care, putting so much love into the land, is marvellous.
Love that you showed some historical photos of the previous family. In a way you are thanking them for this piece of land and letting their ancestors know you will build on their dreams.
Hi guys!! SO pleased to have stumbled across your video, we're just starting our own Portuguese quinta renovation further north and we're already so inspired by what you've achieved and this is our first video of yours that we've seen! Well done you guys and keep it up, it's incredible to see your dreams coming to life. John, Tara and Crusoe Newby x
Your wife is really a helper! Big ups to her! 🙌🏿💯
Finding you again is like reading a really good book, losing it then finding it a month later. So happy to see you have returned to share your journey. Real life is mush more interesting than scripted pretend drama.
I so agree! I love watching these inspirational folk who get the job done! And so beautifully!
Thanks God hoy aré back !!!! 😀 Love from Buenos Aires, Argentina 💓
Brilliant! Down-to-earth and well presented!
I would like to offer one piece of advice - from someone who bought a 270m² property in Germany with 1000m² of garden:
Get yourself a Husqvarna!
Cutting the lawn - with multiple trees dotted around - used to take 3 hours of my weekend every fortnight! Although cathartic, it was 3 hours that could have been sorely spent on other activities!
So, if you haven't got a sit-down lawnmower that you love to F1 around your land, then I really suggest getting a good quality robot.
I could monitor and control mine from my phone, and after just 4 days the grass looked like the putting greens at St.Andrew's!
No need for raking, because the mm of grass cut from the top acts as a fertilizer, and so yellow areas quickly turned into a lush green like the rest of the lawn!
It was super quiet and could continue during the night without the neighbours even noticing it!
Rain was also not a problem.
When the battery was getting low, it would automatically make its way back to the charging station, re-charge, and then carry on as before.
You need to lay a continuous 'guide' wire around your perimeter and trees, which takes a while!
But my Huski was one of my better investments!
Good Luck.
“When something or someone had been abandoned and rejected for long time they need lots of love and attention.” That’s true. Glad to learn that in this video.
Wow so glad you didnt stop making videos !
Welcome back . I'm so happy to see your place again. About to watch
I love your kind of renovation, so respectful, it's especially needed in Portugal, where there are so much properties to sell, and people think of nothing else than villas with pool. And you little camp on wood is an amazing idea! Thank you so much, you're giving me hope, and maybe strength.
Oh, and you don't even need to put branches through the machine, put them directly on the ground, with greenery too, and grow the first year corn and pumpkin, or the kind, the third year it will have become a fine soil. No work. It's an ancient way.
Sou português e vou escrever em português. Parabéns pelo documentário da vossa aventura, é bastante inspirador. Espero que consigam ser mais felizes nesse vosso pedaço de terra português. Boa sorte.
I'm so very glad that I found you again. Yay!
New subscriber here... as Portuguese I would like to congratulate both of you for the hard work, love and interest for the story of the beautiful property you've brought 😍
WONDERFULLY COMPREHENSIVE ! by far the best of your youtube videos. I''m so happy you haven't ditched us on here. ! We would have been starved for good content if you did. Why do I say that? some of us are old or,physically not able to do what you are doing, or just too poor to even HOPE to do it, BUT the main thing i feel, is you have saved a lot of people from the dark depressing life we have been having due to "COVID"ja little dramatic I realize, but you are a world away, and you come here (youtube) to take us away with you.! THANK YOU GUY AND KAYLIE...much love from Oregon
I love it when i land such a beautiful channel on youtube , that is what it is for inspiration and beauty of life , please never stop and keep sharing
As a portugues ... very touching ... I hope the Best for you and your wife in my beautiful country
Portugal needs more people like you
I felt like I was watching a documentary and not just any TH-cam video. The way you showed the past dwellers and early Portuguese owners, gave me chills. Great work ❤
Nice recap! Great to see your homestead coming along
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Thanks for coming here a lot of strength for this project it's getting very good
I just really love the old photos. You're very lucky to have them.
Good luck x
Thank you for your giving all your fans a greatly missed fix! It's a blessing to see the most entertaining & interesting couple vlogging again. Really appreciate everything you do. X
Just found the channel and watching from Australia. Interesting journey you have taken on . Good luck, 👍 Enjoy
I was sad to think you had gone offline, but figured you had your own very good reasons. So delighted to see you back, nothing but good wishes for you both and for your future projects. Onwards and upwards!!!
I’ll be watching your progress gladly😊
Thank you very much to apreciate my country. Be wellcome, be happy!
Pleasant surprised to see you back. and rebranded, nice one!
Lovely video, I'm calmer now, knowing that I can continue to follow your growth , both educational and entertaining. Highly recommended distraction from what ails the world.
From Madrid Spain,,,,, congratulation a very hard work but a wonderful property right now,, happy to seee you back,,,,best regards.
As a portuguese, thank you! Thank you for choosing Portugal. You will always be welcome here. Keep up the good work and I will follow your entire course with great attention.
My parents were from Portugal. All they talked about was how hard it was to be self-sufficient. All of this reminds me of my parents history. THe wine making, so cool. I have no experience in farming unfortunately, because they emigrated to N america. But I have always found this fascinating. Riding horses, and feeding livestock came natural to me. No one really taught me.
Beautiful journey - cheers from Canada. I was born in Sao Miguel Acores (Portuguese islands) but live in Canada now. Thank you for sharing... and remember to enjoy this beautiful little corner of Europe. Cheers
wow the land looks so different - was great to see how much you've already achieved!
Quoting Abba -" I do I do I do..". wanna follow you. So glad you are back!
I'm living in Brazil now but am originally from Canada. This is something I want to do.... so interesting and it makes me feel so good watching this. thanks for the awesome video.
FABULOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
É a história mais incrivel que eu ouvi até agora. Para mim sao pessoas extraordinárias que eu conheço de uma terra completamente abandonada fizeram um paraíso além disso estao a restaurar a casa uma coisa complicadíssima sem ajuda de ninguém é uma coisa incrivel o que trabalham ê de uma pessoa ficar arrasada no entanto estao sempre tao bem dispostos. Muito obrigado meus amígos sao um verdadeiro exemplo 👍👍👍🩷🩵
Every week since you cancelled your channel I have been watching and waiting to see if you were coming back. I am so happy to see you here and really enjoy watching your projects and your humour. Thank you from cold and snowy Canada 🇨🇦
Felt like friends I couldnt keep up with anymore when you said you would stop the videos! Really glad to see you guys back! 🥰
Quite intriguing the change, but you’re back now and that’s what matters. Never thought I would miss your inspiration, quirkiness, humor and rants so much ❤️
Enjoy the rest of the most strange winter in Portugal ever 😅
Loved the history and old family photos!
I can attest that the year has been a whole lot funnier and more fun than Guy has made this video!! Thrilled they are back!! Great synopses of the last 18 months. Hugs from 🇨🇦
You two are better than experts so stop saying u r not. What you are doing is so inspiring. Creating beauty takes talent, not so call experts. 💕❤️
Talent vs experiment.... what an excellent way to see it 😀
Hi, what a great recommendation from the TH-cam!
Fortunately for us many famillys are returning to the countryside mainting old traditions.
Best of whishes for you and your new life in Portugal. 🌹
I wondered what had happened to you both! I had bad withdrawals, thinking you got tired and just wanted your time away doing videos. So thankful it wasn’t the case. So you have created a new blog. Missed you two terribly! Welcome home! ❤️❤️😘❤️❤️
glad to have u back guys
Really inspiring, I enjoyed your video. Hello 👋 all the way from Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Thanks for sharing, and I cannot get enough of normality!
Wow wow amazing what you guys have done i struggle painting the bedroom nothing but respect for you two lovley people i wish you nothing but happiness
What a beautiful story ☺️☺️☺️. I moved to Portugal in June 2019, not to a quinta, to the city. But my dad uses his garden as a quinta 😁 and my daughter loves feeding the chickens and getting eggs, picking ripe strawberries and oranges, kiwis, lettuce, tomato and mint. I don't have a green thumb, but I appreciate my parents home for all the lovely things that it provides. My dad's siblings live close by and they have different fruit trees in their gardens, so quite often the door bell rings and someone will drop off a big bag of what ever is in season ☺️☺️☺️☺️. I look forward to seeing what you do with your quinta, and your pronunciation of Portuguese words is very good 👍😁👏👏👏👏👏
What an inspiring couple!! I feel tired just watching their industriousness!! Bravo to them both
I love the Erial views. It’s really puts the property into perspective.
I honestly have been dreaming about doing something like you two have done, but it is just a dream it seems. Something for far in the future, if at all. I envy you and for now, your videos is enough to fuel my dreams for one day, perhaps one day when I have the opportunity, ability and strength that you have. Thank you very much for showing all of us that we too can make our dreams come true.
Dreams can easily be turned into realities .... you just need a solid plan to get you where you want. Our dream and plan started over 10 years ago, but we finally got here 😃
It's wonderful to see how much you've achieved indoors and outdoors. I think you really chose an absolutely wonderful plot of land. The shape and the location, the fertility, the neighbourhood, its history, all mark it out as something really special. And that's before you even started making your mark on it. Seeing all the drone shots today made clear just how much progress you've made in this short time.
im portuguese and i have to say that i approve what youve done!
Good to see you back. Good luck with the new channel.
Welcome back ;-)))
So happy I found your new channel...
Ah! I saw your video a while back and lost you. I am very happy to have found you again. Congratulations on the purchase of your property (granted 18 months to late). But what you have done and the story of this property is so wonderful and I thank you for sharing the history of this farm. You have certainly done a lot in those 18 months. Well done. Looking forward to watching your journey as you progress.
That's very cool. Thanks a lot for sharing your project. As a portuguese, this make me very happy! Enjoy life!
Ah, there you are! I wondered where you and all your videos went! Welcome back and I look forward to following you again.
Since I saw your first videos and now seen the update you have both done well to the house and land nothing like hard work to complete your goal in what you want to do,if seen a lot of other expats making there life in Portugal and I’m beginning to like Portugal a lot.but alas I’m now to old to go.
Never too old!! & they are very kind to the older generation there 😉
I’m hooked on your story the way my sister is hooked on Coronation Street, lol. Glad to have my fix back 🇨🇦
You're loving my dream. What a true blessing! I can't wait to see what you fo next!
Bravo. New way of living is very interesting. Town life and country life are completely different. Sometimes after all day work you are very tired but looking happy with great satisfaction of the results.
A nice compilation of the last 18 months. Parabens
Oh, My God! I'm very inspired and jealous of the fruits tress, very abundant life!😘
Nice to be reminded of things gone passed. Thanks for posting
I loved your video. You seem like really nice, down to earth people who are happy to share where you are not experts, but also where you have actually done a good job. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻
just Thank you, I am just going back to life after my divorce while we were building something similar, I love the way you present this challenge and how you work day by day to put a stone and work for your family and surely for the next generation. I hope to find peace and maybe a new project where I can feel myself being part of again. Best of luck, and if I am ever close to Lisboa I will take a detour to be part of the people that put action through words.
I am portuguese, thank you for doing this to my country 🤎
Hurray! You are back! 😍😍😍
I recognized the arial view and not the new name, but it twigged quickly. The drainage solutions, that's what is keeping me on edge. Keen to know what more has been happening there and with the building. All the best.
I lived in Portugal for 5 months. And I am still thinking my days back there everyday. I am so in love with the country and its nature. The small villages gave me some weird peace I've never felt. My future goal is also moving there and living eventually. I hope you have the most wonderful times of your lives there..
WOW! So many projects completed. Hard work has made your place really beautiful. Excited to follow along as you continue the regeneration and renovation of your home, farm and your selves! Thanks for letting us tag along.
Like the old pics!
So nice that you are back! Now my Saturday mornings are normal again 👍😀
Very enjoyable video. Looking forward to following your story.
Welcome back took me too long to finally find you (over 2 months) while you were doing your drain system I got inspired to fix some dripping faucets that I had been putting off (baby steps) happy wife now
So sad re the old channel, so here for the new one! You two have accomplished so much!
The house, the land, the trees, and the people who previously loved/lived there are all happy that ,once again, two people are putting their love into ALL of it. Such a beautifully done video.
Glad that you're both back. The aerial shots are a nice touch.
First time viewing your channel and am enthused by your fearlessness in learning and sometimes failing at new things. Congratulations!
Oh happy your able to still make videos!! Hi from Australia 🇦🇺
In my opinion this is really living, working smart with what the land gives you, I hope to be doing this in the next 5 years
Love love love having you back! From two fellow Aussies in Portugal
5 minutes in and I'm already subscribed with the bell on. Never knew about your old channel, but I think I'm beginning to regret it already. Incredibly inspirational stuff, thanks!
Every person on earth should be living life like this...
Fantastic overview of your journey so far, really enjoyed watching it. Glad you are back
Thanks for sharing. Wonderful garden/ small holding! We've got cherries, apricots, plums and LOADS of pears.
Woohoo! yay! huzzah! 🥳 so good and glad you’re back . . . fabby v professional recap and looking forward to lots more of your adventures
I cabt believe how much you guys have done in a short time! You are amazing and so is the property! Its a gem! Well done ❤
It’s wonderful to see you back and I can’t wait to see what your next chapter brings.
Congrats and welcome to Portugal!
Definitely you are experts on living passionately. Thanks for this video.
Sending high fives from here in Bulgaria - Glad to have you back online guys 💪🥳