I enjoy your videos and I hope you continue to upload despite the low views. It's unfortunate that so many creators cannot compete against an established algorithm.
I don't need to make a living from TH-cam so it's ok. I will continue to upload my coliving and restoration videos here. The next one is coming from Egypt. In the process of setting up a new channel for more national geographic style stories, so is a different audience I feel. Easeir to get 1 million views on TH-cam than to get published in National Geographic I think.
Thanks for your kind words...yeah was fun. I went full asking price in the end and they then pulled out of the deal completely. This is a problem when people have no mortgages on properties, they always want... a... bit... more... and have the time to wait - which was kind of annoying after all that effort. Onwards and upwards and more house exploring to come :)
@@somewheredifferent you need a partner there who negotiates in Spanish and knows the culture. If not they'll keep doing that to you being a "gringo" $$.
Yes, makes me feel old :) I also got it wrong! People have commented they are the valves at the back and the "tube" is the bit at the front. He got the big picture though I feel and realised the tube is not a surfer's wave :)
Wonderful that you went with your gut feeling. After seeing so many places that is where you got that feeling, so I'm really pleased that you went for it. Congratulations 🎉
just found you...i had my chances to do similar things but stuff got in the way,.i am mid seventies now,i have the cash the skills and the will but 50 years in construction has its price and the energy is not there....i wish you every success in your dream project and will follow your progress with interest.,,,crack on sir.
Congratulations on your new adventure! I am a builder myself and I specialise in historical architecture and ruins. Lmk if you want advice. I am living in Spain and I really appreciate your new home! It’s going to be wonderful. I hope everything goes smoothly and wish you the very best in your new life.
Would love to hear you thoughts and insight into restoring this type of house. I have experience in stone, mud and wood, but the roof structures are definitely something new to me. I probably can't afford your rates though. Hence I learn on the go :)
The problem is you just can't trust the Spanish. My cousin bought a house out there and had heard the horror stories of the land grab scandals. So she took the precaution of employing a Spanish solicitor to work on her behalf AND a British solicitor to look over all the documentation. Everything looked sound. Three years after buying the house, she was then informed it no longer belonged to her. She had a week to vacate. This was after she'd invested a fortune and all her time into repairing and improving the house. Apparently the guy she bought the house from had died so now his son has inherited the house. Although this seems ridiculous, She tried her best to fight the case but every Spanish solicitor refused to help. The whole legal system is corrupt and very anti British. If you're British and try to fight a case against a Spaniard, in Spain, you're tilting at windmills. And all this happened before Brexit. I doubt the situation has become any more stable since.
Geez, thats a tough one! Yes, I always go for something that I can get my name in the land registry. Buying flats and houses built on estates etc - something I have always avoided. In Egypt where I have a house, there still is no land registry, so that becomes fun!
...wish you so much luck and turmoil and joy! I'd sell and move to Aragon tomorrow if I could. Probably the best part of Spain to be in when the flip happens.
@@somewheredifferent...the ongoing geomagnetic excursion. It's never mentioned much in relation to all the extreme weather we are witnessing in these times. Interesting study.
The house you bought is good. One or two of the other houses you showed seemed better in themselves - no prices considered - but they weren't in the right location. People live here. Next door is being worked on. Its not too far to the coast for day trips. Great choice. I love the colourful tiles in the oddly placed kitchen, I'd try to keep them. And the snug with its existing settle. The dust though. Perhaps a full hazmat suit and a leaf blower starting at the top is high on your To Do list. Subscribed to help numbers and look in sometimes. All the best.
I’ve seen a lot of videos on properties abroad but yours was refreshingly new. Knowledgeable insightful & interesting. This is an area of Spain that I shall now be looking at. Hopefully we shall watch & see the renovation.
Thank you for your kind words. The renovation will happen, but not with the house I had planned to do it in. The deal fell through after I had returned home in England, buyers pulled out.... yes annoying. Hey ho, the search goes on :)
Congratulations. I lived in the Matarraña region for more than a year, It's gorgeus. Also, lot of people from Barcelona and Valencia often visit the Matarraña. I know that many of them stay there for long periodes (remote working). I preferred the Lledo house because the views of the mountains are stunning and you have quite a big expats community over there. Local people are generally open and kind and I'm glad you have choosen to live there. There is so much to see in that area, expecially in winter when all tourists are gone. I miss Cretas and Valderrobres very much😢Good luck to you
Ohh I love browsing Idealista, around Spain and now very nice to see inside the houses on a video too. Such a detailed video, loved the showings and keeping it real. 🙂👍
The deal unfortunately fell through. I went full asking price and after several weeks of delay, they pulled it off the market. I am thinking to do a similar video/road trip like this one in Italy next summer. The search for 'Somewhere Different' continues :)
@@somewheredifferent thank you so much for taking the time to reply, I realised after posting and watching your other videos that the sale sadly fell through. It just means there is something better around the corner for you, I am looking forward to watching your adventure
I fell over the 'manor' house as it's the type of house that I'm looking for. This year went to Italy but what I liked was much more expensive. If I can help sharing my experience get in touch. I loved the house you chose. Sorry it didn't work out. I'm looking for splendid surroundings to live in and enough space to add some income. Like the Coworking idea.
I will marry you and be your wife!! I love what you do!! I do similar things here in the United States. I love history, learning about different cultures and people. Love architecture and saving old structures. Thank you for taking us on your journey and sharing your life with us.
Hi, so you restore old houses? A Somewhere Different location in the US would be interesting. I looked at visas etc. It seems quite straight forward if you are bringing a pile of cash into the country and running your own business. So not taking any ones job, just creating more.
Well done man, its a big project, you got the tenacity to get through it, beautiful village, you'll stand out and become the talk of the town !! Respect ✌ Just read the comment below: it didn't go through !!! onwards and upwards
Wow. I so admire your vision, your appreciation for historic buildings. (And how your vision includes 'having a beer' lol). I first saw you on Wandering Turnip in Blackpool, and you seem like you're very much enjoying yourself. I very much wish you all the best.
@@liliann8346 Thanks. The sale eventually fell through as the seller decided they did not want to sell. I am looking at getting another hotel in England currently, we will see what the outcome is.
What a great tour! Oh my gosh, house with a secret tunnel? Come on! I really enjoyed your searching. And I must say I can relate to this nerve wracking excitement. It is just the sweet spot between optimistic daydreaming, imagining all the possibilities, fearing of overlooking a major issue and doing a mistake of a lifetime, excitement of what the next offer might bring and nervous trembling of missing the great deal. It is a perfectly addictive emotional mix. Me and my wife are in similar state right now, as we are searching for a smaller property alongside the western coast of Iberian peninsula. Portugal is lovely country, but prices have gone completely crazy... for even the ruins. What do you think about Galicia? Vigo, Santiago or A Coruña region? It doesn't feel so abandoned, as one might expect, and as a bonus it's much greener part of Spain. Good luck with your plans.
Abandon houses of Spain are contagious for sure! Get it right and it's the bargain of a lifetime, get it wrong and it's what's called " a money pit", we all want to avoid that one. The northern parts of Spain and the bits of Portugal which are not crazy expensive, all have a lot of rain in the winter. 100 years from now will be a great climate, but I won't be around in 100 years :) I am not the Brit abroad who needs Benidorm weather ( yes, it's pretty perfect there if you are not working) but I am more interested in Aragon because it's dry and sunny in the winter months, but in the northern part is not suffering from the drought and low water reserves that are happing in the south. We should get 15 like-minded people together and choose a small town and all start renovating there at the same time. I am still in two minds to go for Calatayud as the rail connections are so good, or go for a stunning picture postcard village up in the mountains and not care about the 3-hour journey to the airport. For now, I have to do 12 hours on a bus to my place in Egypt and it's really not that bad.
Thanks, as you can see, I went off to Egypt for the winter (video I just published) and so have not moved to the next stage in Spain yet. The deal fell through, they pulled out. So another exploratory road trip is in order. I am thinking more remote, more wow and more community opportunity like Molinos th-cam.com/video/GhBnm0HIkEM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6xlvRxvKuHId-XTG as some one has suggested in the comments below. We will see :) Remote working I am convinced will change these abandoned villages into what they where, real communities once again.
Yes, we are all guilty of a bit of that. But I did speak my pigeon Spanish when I could. I found speaking Romanian helped a lot as many people in the hospitality industry are Romanian in Aragon, Spain. Some times you speak, knowing they will not understand, but they get your vibe and your will through hearing you speak. You can read a lot into a situation when someone is speaking to you and not understanding the words, just their mojo, or anger etc.
And still believe they have an empire that was built using mass murder and slavery and invented the concentration camp. Hanoverians....the English throne is Hanoverian.
II would take any of those you looked at so long as I had a neighbor like you to have a beer with. Look forward to seeing your progress. Thanks for taking me along for the trip! Liked and Subscribed!
Ha ha, yes, and thank you for that. I did that in in Breb, Maramures in Transylvania, helped nice people who wanted to get a house in the village there as on a Friday night, you just wanted to go down the pub for some banter in English. I am still looking for " Somewhere Different Spain" I am thinking a more remote village where the community would appreciate outsiders coming in and getting the local pub busier on a Friday night :)
Those phots on the wall are of Missing Persons. Those abandoned buildings can house squatters or drug addicts who go missing.... thus why the Police post those Missing Persons posters.
these types of constructions with mud and straw were common in both Spain and Romania, almost ALL in villages. I´m from Romania and live in Spain. Italians, the French and Greeks had more rocks from the mountains, and proximity to stone, think its the same in Portugal, more stone. They obviously don´t keep well but they´re easy to repair, just add more mud with good clay content and straw.
Bună dimineața! I am from the Netherlands, we also don’t have rock but we built brick houses because we have a lot of clay and too much rain for mud houses.
Have to say, I got dragged into house restorations in "siesta" countries for a while and considering to move over, but I really enjoyed the idea behind (to set up a co-working place abroad). Maybe one day I will make my decision and reach for you for inspiration and tips :) Good luck
@@somewheredifferent to get more into the topic - you plan to set up a coworking place, couple rooms for visitors, perhaps thinking about more services to provide? Such as food, cleaning services, etc?
Thank you. I didn't do it to make the video, did it to find my next 'Somewhere Different' so was easy to do, as was doing it any way. The story continues soon with another video out soon from Egypt :)
@@somewheredifferent I like your concept and you already consider links to the outside world. What makes a place where people will live is a difficult topic and has been discussed by many. Just look at your experience in Spain and similarly in Italy, where the young population has deserted rural parts and migrated to the cities.
Just came across this video think it's great and very well presented and narrated. Very interested in buying a similar property. Would love to see a follow up on the renno in particular and also the legalities of buying in Spain, how you did it?
Hi, deal fell through as I went full price and the buyer then pulled out. The estate agent was not happy! Buying is easy, you just need an NIE number and a bank account and your ID, that's it :) I will hopefully be doing another road trip next summer as I am still in search of 'Somewhere Different". Come along and we can explore together :)
@@somewheredifferent My impression was the agent decides who buys this manse, and she's looking for a certain type of husband. In the case of this house, with a dowry set at 33 gold pieces, I suspect that that husband will serve them piously, and be from a good family, as they have 33 relatives to feed. Penitent and atoning doing the lord's work, which entails tunnel travel to attend midnight mass, the pattern of the supplicants' chair embossed on his pious behind will reveal him to her. Her evident distaste of managing 33 young techno brits was quite well communicated by her abrupt demeanour, though initially friendly. Throwing open windows in annoyance - letting in enough light as if to awaken a sleeping vampire - she bemoaned her dilemma on realizing the potential suitor presented such an impoverished spiritual paternity. It was not for gold that the bride withheld. Perhaps it was because the vow of poverty of the supplicating penitent, from whom she sought a sign, was not revealed to her.
I have the impression that you are not familiar with 'mud walls' (or as they are called in Portugal: taipa walls). Actually, this technique is being used again by more sophisticated builders because of its advantages in both summer and winter. But I think you would prefer a neat concrete or stone house, which gets bloody hot in the summer and freezing cold in the winter, to a taipa house. The mud walls can be repaired, so there is no reason not to buy a taipa house. On the contrary, you will be happy in any season. By the way: many agents have a sixth sense for curious people who don't want to buy but only want to have a look inside. That's why the smart ones don't show up.
Hi, thank you for your kind words :) I am familiar with mud walls and rammed earth techniques and how they react to different temperatures. We used this technique with internal wall restoration in Romania ( as I mentioned in the video) using straw and horse hair but never on structural walls. The houses I have restored in The Western Desert of Egypt are 100% made of mud but mixed with salt, not straw and load-bearing walls. When it rarely rains there it can easily destroy a house as the running drain off water cuts through the walls like a knife through butter. My concern with the house in the video was, as you say, there is nothing wrong with mud walls, but if they are exposed to running rainwater as they had been there, it can destroy the wall's load-bearing strength and its ability to hold up the roof. Regarding the sixth sense, I am glad the agent who sold me the house I bought at the end of the video doesn't have it.
I thought the fella intuitively understood what benefits mud walls have, perhaps lost in translation of fellas reaction from different culture. In the UK this is referred to as cob, a traditional form of construction that need a good hat and dry feet to remain sound.
In Spain these are called Adobe. My house has two and a half walls, they are called like that because they're made of two blocks of adobe with one perpendicular making the total size of my wall about 70-80 cm thick. In summer temperature inside is 10º lower than outside while in winter it's the opposite, amazing how 100 years back they were capable of doing these sorts of ecological constructions.
Hello! I enjoyed this video and was super excited to see more of this journey as I have a dream to buy a home in Italy and hopefully be able to just open it up to people who are house hunting so they have a place to stay as they search for their dream home. I’m am an empty nester who can just pick up and go… dramatic pause… after I sell everything on eBay lol.. maybe even my Porsche and my house too, make it a thing. I just wanna get there… maybe it can be other things like a place to heal, escape bad memories, etc.that part will make itself known as my adventure develops… Needless to I just looked thru all your videos intrigued by the renovation portion and how it went and I can’t find any more. Maybe we can do the Italian house tour together. Lmao. Could be kinda funny. Anywho, this was my first video to see of your channel, and I’m actually now watching it again. Hahaha. It started playing again as I began to write the way too long comment. 😂
Wow, you have the wanderlust, clearly. Italy is a great idea - there is always a market for those people who think they will move in a month and... a year later they are still renting :) Plus the space I work in, remote workers and digital nomads. Are you in the UK? I am on +447562466016, send me message on WhatsApp.
@@somewheredifferent I’m a Texas girl! Wanderlust is the most beautiful understatement ever. I’ve been watching all these videos on TH-cam about “the most beautiful places on earth” and sitting here thinking WTF, why am I sitting here happily playing video games just chillin takin it easy ….. some of these views literally make me cry … not in sadness, but because they are so dang breathtaking. I will d/l WhatsApp since I noticed all the Italian agents I reached out to and services to help you buy homes etc all asked me if I have it. lol. Look for a message soon. Also I am very familiar with co working and the digital space. I had retired from early web 2 pioneer status lol …. But the wanderlust as you call it has me thinking it’s time to share and gather up a tribe of people who are ready to be free, move, live different. Idk… this is a new adventure percolating.
800 square metres? Absolutely massive and marvellous place and lovely town. I doubt you will ever fix it all up. You will end up like one of those eccentric lords living in a corner of a huge pile! But terrific, really.
Beautiful medieval towns and architecture. Any one of those buildings, in the Cotswolds or Dales, York, Ely, Salisbury, Worcester, imagine the price they would fetch.
Those houses are cheap but end up costing a fortune, I bought a 25000Eur house in rural France 17 years ago and the final cost was 170000eur, now I have the house valued and I will be lucky to get 100000Eur.
Did you retore it yourself? Or did you get builders in? If you get the "one-stop shop" builder solution in, they don't restore, they build a new house in the old one. As you say, they charge you the same price or more for the cost of a newly built home. I restore my own houses, and so is a fraction of the cost. 10x the argo :)
Hello, I just watched your video, i would like to ask you a question ,did the "ayuntamiento" give you many problems? I mean about respecting original construction or they only ask for the "fachada" original?. I'm thinking about doing the same,but i want to do the restoration by myself as much as I can and maybe that's a problem...Thanks in advance and for sharing this.
As I have mentioned the deal fell through a few months after they agreed to sell at full asking price. Local gossip said was because the roof terrace did not have the right papers. Some say the local council does not care about such things, some said it is because of this they could not sell the house to me. I don't know. I had many meetings with the local council and they where very keen for me to get involved. They neve mentioned once I would have to build in a certain way. The new terrace and a whole new floor was made of standard building materials. I don't think is a problem there. I think the reason they did not sell was because I went full asking price and the area is booming with tourism now and so they wanted more money.
You're right about folk not doing things, nothing good ever feels that right. Only illusions feel good at first and then the reality turns out bad. All the best with it.
Thanks, its hard when the herd says " But is it safe?" - cause if anything goes wrong, or more precisely , when it it goes wrong they all love to tell you, they knew it would :) Each house you do up, you get better at it. As long as you love what you do, do what you love hey.
Unfortunately, after I returned to the UK, they pulled out of the deal, even though I went full asking price. I thought something was up when they kept saying " don't worry about paying the deposit yet". So deal feel through and I was not able to go ahead with it. So still at the "Where will the next Somewhere Different be located" stage. Looking at doing another hotel here in the UK again now as the opportunity here, is even better than in Aragon. It's more of a business decision than a lifestyle decision for me at this stage. First world problems hey.
I think you found a diamond in the garden, one of two things will happen in the next 10 years, which are very important at your stage of life, either the whole economy will go to shit, [probably reality} or it will right itself and people will start rebuilding these beautiful places. Either way, to you it's just money. We can't take it with us , so spend it on something that you will enjoy every moment! I think that place is spectacular, and there are probably a lot of great workers , for much less money, you might even put an ad in the papers for students to come and do work for room and board while they visit spain, they work days a week and have the rest of the time to do what they want. They can sleep there free and you make provide 2 meals a day?
cheap as chips, but cheap for a reason. the towns feel dead and uninspiring, few young ppl and the ones that are there want to leave. buzzing places like seville aren't going to have these kind of bargains sadly. However, if you dont mind that and you just love the house and the view it could be fantastic. Good luck with it.
I think with remote working about to completely change everything on where the office worker thinks to locate - these towns will slowly have life breathed into them once again.
that looks like my great great great grandparents house lol. you can keep that house we are in the states now. id definitely spend a summer there and then decide , also your age and whether your going to put in the house to fix it. so when is the New Years Eve party ?
At 9 minutes in you have me. Buy the church for 10,000 Euros, fix it up. Build interior walls with insulation, electricity and waterworks and you might have something worth purchasing.
workingtraveller.com and as not much work in the area - you can always find people looking for manual labour. Also have lots of rooms, so once you can put people up, you can get more people to stay full-time and work for months. I won't find a ' builder' who does everything for you, but I am not looking for that. I am the builder. It's my job to make the work simple and straightforward so anyone with a brain and strong arms can do it. That's how restoring old houses goes. All in one solution builders make new houses, they do not restore. So they quote for a new home built within the old. These houses are solid, scrape the room down of all that loose plaster, fix it with concrete, paint whats left, leave the exposed stone wall and move on to the next room :)
If I have an architect in and signed for a " Good as new" project - yes would be a small fortune. I restore houses using workingtraveller.com and local skills. The cost is significantly lower than getting a contractor in to do the whole thing. As they will not restore, they will rebuild.
Take a look at Xativa and Carcaixent near Valencia. Train to city centre. Ex papal city. Incredible palazzos for peanuts. Could even be persuaded to JV…
I will do, thanks for the heads up. So many amazing places in rural Spain. The trick is to find places near the fast train connections. Calatayud is high on my 'possible' list.
@@somewheredifferent Xativa and Carcaixent are two very good recommendations. There you can find a property for €300k+ in much better condition than the ones you've been looking at. 45mins fast train to Valencia and also close to Denia and Valencia ports for the Balearic Islands. Think about the number of bathrooms per bedroom. Many of these "señoral" houses have like 8 bedrooms and 1 or 2 bathrooms. Adding bathrooms can be complicated and costly. Also consider space for solar panels as they can greatly reduce future electricity bills. Aircon units are expensive to run without panels. I'd stay away from any property next to a ruin as most likely there will be problems with vermin and birds. Costs of refurbishment will also rise if no trucks can get close through narrow streets. I've lived in Spain for 20 years so have some experience. Honestly I think most of the properties in this video should be €5-10k because I can't imagine how you'd recoup the renovation costs.
GREAT HOUSE, BRILLIANT BARGAIN AND AN EXCELLENT CHOICE THAT HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T REGRET. DON'T LET THE NEGATIVE REMARKS PUT YOU OFF, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE DONE THE SAME BUT AT 69 I HAVE LEFT IT A WEE BIT TOO LATE. GOOD LUCK WITH THE PROJECT AND I WISH YOU SUCCESS.
I am 60 next week. Never too late, get some young guns in and micro manage them. That's how I do it as you will see in furure vidoes. workingtraveller.com
@@somewheredifferent I am 70 on the 12th July, unfortunately the wife won't have it as she can't deal with the heat and I couldn't deal with her moaning. If I was single it would be a very different matter.
Yes, that's the thinking. The deal dragged on for some weeks and then eventually they pulled out when I was back in the UK. Family internal arguing one thinks. So... yeah, was gutted it didn't happen. I use workingtravelle.com to get my teams when restoring old houses. I use local skills for Electric connection, plastering, and probably fitting the boiler and getting up on the roof. The rest I use travellers who volunteer in exchange for 5 days a week, five hours a day and a few beers after work :) So much of the work is clearing, cleaning, filling wholes, final prepping and painting. Any one can do this work, you just have to micro manage them and keep them motivated.
Interesting, had not noticed that. Thanks for the head up. I have invested in a whole load of new kit and the one thing I will be using again from this edit is the voice over mic. So... I need to do some R&D on that one.
I would assume that performing works in most of these houses would require approvals from historical preservation agencies in Spain. If so, it would make fixing them much more complicated, time consuming, and expensive than normal. Can you shed some light on this matter? Thanks a lot.
Good question. As I was not wanting to make changes to the outside or the look of the houses, I was not too bothered about that. The one I was going to get had a brand new roof terrace added to it. Many new terraces have been added in the village. They are more interested in attracting people to come and live there, than making problems for them. And they don't see them as houses worth saving, they see them as just old houses. The way I dealt with the question you are asking was " Look at what ever one else is doing" many 500 year old houses had brand new facades, all modern. Many had new windows added, new floors inside etc. So it's not really a problem. I am sure there are rules like that and they could be enforced if you annoy the local Mayor. But in my experience, it's more about common sense and getting the house alive again. I was not worried about it. I had several meetings with the local town hall planner and he said I could do what I was planning to do. They have no electric or plumbing many of them, so they know they need a lot of new work doing to them to make them habitable again.
@@somewheredifferent thanks a lot. I'm asking because I'm dual Italian-Greek citizen, but have been working outside of Europe for half a lifetime. I'm looking for something similar and in Italy I am pretty certain that, save maybe for the regions where the government has special schemes to attract buyers (repopulation and economic reasons), if you buy a historic property you are certainly going to end up in a big mess. A friend of a friend bought a fantastic property on the Maggiore Lake. Paid very little for it all considered. Ended up spending 1 million Euro in it, and it was a nightmare. Pretty sure they regret the decision to this moment.
Am I missing something? I may be wrong; but in the US those houses would be condemned to be demolished. They look very unsafe. You'll basically have to reconstruct the whole thing.
Yes you are missing something I guess :) In US, I understand you make your houses out of thin wooden frames in many places. These houses are very different, they are made of solid thick stone - 100s of years old, some older than your country. If they would fall down, they would have already done so a long time ago. The skill is to find structurally solid ones, no recent cracks that just need heating, electrics and heavy decorating. Some as you will have seen in the video, have fresh cracks and yes, like you say, will need to be knocked down at some stage or have proper iron cages put around them. Most are on solid footings and will be there for 100s of years to come. Restoring them needs to be done by yourself, as you mention, if you hire a builder, yes he will want to make a whole new house, within the old stone house frame. This is why they are cheap.
"Cataluna is Spain" - yes fully aware, so when I said "I am looking for the real Spain " in Flix, they said they were offended and I should not call its Spain. This was the brits living there :)
@@somewheredifferent there are women who say they are men and viceversa. Facts are facts and catalanes are Spaniards. They only have to have a look at their passports and the geography of Hispania. Many catalans are just brats. Do not pay attention to their moanings, they owe the rest of Spain more than 15 billion euros, and they like to pretend this fact is otherwise. My husband was born in la Cerdaña from a catalan of eight catalan surnames and a Castilluan, I am from Madrid born to an Aragonese and a Castillian, my children are vasc, and all of us are Spaniards. Those catalanes have never set foot out of their villages. They buy into the nationalist propaganda. You will see that in Teruel there are many catalan speaking villages, and they consider themselves Spaniards. Cataluña is a dystopic society who has fell prey to victimism.
The people have left for the big cities. There is depopulation through out this are of Spain. The " Spanish Lapland" as it know has the same population per square kilometer as Lap Land.
They left because of war and not ideal agricultural land. So jobs and a new life elsewhere was appealing. The depopulation has stopped. I think remote workers will come in their 1,000s and slowly fill up these villages once again.
some amazing houses and good prices, feels much better than Portugal where everything costs more and is a ruin where the walls are barely there and they want more than these you have shown off...
Interesting. Supply and demand I guess. These houses in Argon are just a few hours drive to int airports and the super fast trains around Spain. It's from what I have seen, the best opportunity for big houses in great weather in Europe. Italy is a great opportunity but only for smaller houses, and lots of earthquakes there too.
@@somewheredifferent how are the prices for "smaller" houses with more land in spain? don't need much indoors 100m2 would be plenty but a barn/stable + a lot of land would be lovely :D
In the south it's more " all houses next to each other in the village, land out separate out of the village" for a small holding with land and house all in one lot, you will be out of the village. Probably better looking up in the wetter north where is more green and more opportunities like that. Idealista.com is full of them, hope that helps.
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I enjoy your videos and I hope you continue to upload despite the low views. It's unfortunate that so many creators cannot compete against an established algorithm.
I don't need to make a living from TH-cam so it's ok. I will continue to upload my coliving and restoration videos here. The next one is coming from Egypt. In the process of setting up a new channel for more national geographic style stories, so is a different audience I feel. Easeir to get 1 million views on TH-cam than to get published in National Geographic I think.
Wow. These buildings are beautiful even in their ruin. Thanks for sharing
Viva Aragon!!!!
Well done! Hope we get to see you renovating this house👍🏻
Came here after seeing you on Wandering Turnip in Blackpool. What an adventure you had! Nice one 👍
me too 😉
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Thanks for your kind words...yeah was fun. I went full asking price in the end and they then pulled out of the deal completely. This is a problem when people have no mortgages on properties, they always want... a... bit... more... and have the time to wait - which was kind of annoying after all that effort. Onwards and upwards and more house exploring to come :)
@@somewheredifferent you need a partner there who negotiates in Spanish and knows the culture. If not they'll keep doing that to you being a "gringo" $$.
I love the history lesson you gave that young guy about the word “tube”! 😂
Yes, makes me feel old :) I also got it wrong! People have commented they are the valves at the back and the "tube" is the bit at the front. He got the big picture though I feel and realised the tube is not a surfer's wave :)
@@somewheredifferent Yeah, sure, the greater good of history education was served!
Thanks for the video. Re the wall poster: "Desaparecidos" is Spanish for "missing" (i.e. missing persons). "Desapareguts" in Catalan.
Huge congrats. Looking forward to updates.
The refurb hopefully starts this summer :)
Rivetting, likeable, excellent TV substitute, I'm looking forward to the renovation!
Wow, thanks for your nice words. Motivates me to keep going with these videos.
I wish you all the best with your new venture.
Wonderful that you went with your gut feeling. After seeing so many places that is where you got that feeling, so I'm really pleased that you went for it. Congratulations 🎉
just found you...i had my chances to do similar things but stuff got in the way,.i am mid seventies now,i have the cash the skills and the will but 50 years in construction has its price and the energy is not there....i wish you every success in your dream project and will follow your progress with interest.,,,crack on sir.
Thanks, the search goes on. I still have one more restoration bullet left in the chamber I think :)
Congratulations your house is amazing
Congratulations on your new adventure! I am a builder myself and I specialise in historical architecture and ruins. Lmk if you want advice. I am living in Spain and I really appreciate your new home! It’s going to be wonderful. I hope everything goes smoothly and wish you the very best in your new life.
Would love to hear you thoughts and insight into restoring this type of house. I have experience in stone, mud and wood, but the roof structures are definitely something new to me. I probably can't afford your rates though. Hence I learn on the go :)
Woww!!!!! Great video, Duncan! But above wall, congratulations on the house. I'm really happy for you! Can't wait to visit you in Spain!
great content on a barren day for content, and great ending to boot. cheers and mucha suerte
I screwed up on the radio mic audio quality and some of the internal footage, onwards and upwards :)
So EXCITED for YOU!!! What a new adventure!! Your dreams are coming true!! 🎉🎉
The problem is you just can't trust the Spanish. My cousin bought a house out there and had heard the horror stories of the land grab scandals. So she took the precaution of employing a Spanish solicitor to work on her behalf AND a British solicitor to look over all the documentation. Everything looked sound. Three years after buying the house, she was then informed it no longer belonged to her. She had a week to vacate. This was after she'd invested a fortune and all her time into repairing and improving the house. Apparently the guy she bought the house from had died so now his son has inherited the house. Although this seems ridiculous, She tried her best to fight the case but every Spanish solicitor refused to help. The whole legal system is corrupt and very anti British. If you're British and try to fight a case against a Spaniard, in Spain, you're tilting at windmills. And all this happened before Brexit. I doubt the situation has become any more stable since.
Geez, thats a tough one! Yes, I always go for something that I can get my name in the land registry. Buying flats and houses built on estates etc - something I have always avoided. In Egypt where I have a house, there still is no land registry, so that becomes fun!
wow what a hidden treasure of a channel. I just subbed after watching this and the wedding suit video
Thanks, only started to do it more seriously recently. Getting new cameras soon and have some more interesting projects to film coming soon.
...wish you so much luck and turmoil and joy!
I'd sell and move to Aragon tomorrow if I could.
Probably the best part of Spain to be in when the flip happens.
"Luck turmoil and joy" is a good analogy. What do you mean when the 'flip' happens? Do you mean recession on house prices?
@@somewheredifferent...the ongoing geomagnetic excursion. It's never mentioned much in relation to all the extreme weather we are witnessing in these times. Interesting study.
@@omegalast800 not sure the elevation would be high enough plus there are quite a few nuclear power stations to the west and south.
You have vision and a brilliant attitude , power to your elbow, good luck !
Thanks, most think I am crazy. If you do what you love, love what you do - it works :)
❤the music and looking over your shoulder. Thank you.
Thanks, more to come. I screwed up my audio and didn't have a good source of music when I made this video. Onwards and upwards :)
I hope you will be able to renovate one of the properties and show videos of that, that would be really interesting.
This was/is the plan. The sale fell through, so still searching for Somewhere Different.
Brave man. Connie dublin. Ireland 🇮🇪 x
Spain is a safe nice place. Raising my kids in an oasis was brave, or naive :)
The house you bought is good. One or two of the other houses you showed seemed better in themselves - no prices considered - but they weren't in the right location. People live here. Next door is being worked on. Its not too far to the coast for day trips. Great choice. I love the colourful tiles in the oddly placed kitchen, I'd try to keep them. And the snug with its existing settle.
The dust though. Perhaps a full hazmat suit and a leaf blower starting at the top is high on your To Do list. Subscribed to help numbers and look in sometimes. All the best.
I’ve seen a lot of videos on properties abroad but yours was refreshingly new.
Knowledgeable insightful & interesting.
This is an area of Spain that I shall now be looking at.
Hopefully we shall watch & see the renovation.
Thank you for your kind words. The renovation will happen, but not with the house I had planned to do it in. The deal fell through after I had returned home in England, buyers pulled out.... yes annoying. Hey ho, the search goes on :)
lovely house! enjoy! good vid
Good tourings and a good sense of humour:)
Thank you. I am thinking of doing the same in Italy next summer. We will see :)
Congratulations. I lived in the Matarraña region for more than a year, It's gorgeus. Also, lot of people from Barcelona and Valencia often visit the Matarraña. I know that many of them stay there for long periodes (remote working). I preferred the Lledo house because the views of the mountains are stunning and you have quite a big expats community over there. Local people are generally open and kind and I'm glad you have choosen to live there. There is so much to see in that area, expecially in winter when all tourists are gone. I miss Cretas and Valderrobres very much😢Good luck to you
Shay checking in from dublin Ireland thank you ❤❤❤❤❤
Ohh I love browsing Idealista, around Spain and now very nice to see inside the houses on a video too. Such a detailed video, loved the showings and keeping it real. 🙂👍
Thank you for your nice comments. Are you looking to renovate a house yourself one day?
@@somewheredifferent It is an option for me indeed. Cant wait to have a perfect project happening for me!
WOW !!! If I had found one of these jewels when I was a younger man ...
There is still time, get a load of people from workingtraveller.com and mirco manage them :)
Remember James, you’re always 100% of your age. I say, go for it.!
I would have 💯 bought it, well done you. Looking forward to following the journey 👍
The deal unfortunately fell through. I went full asking price and after several weeks of delay, they pulled it off the market. I am thinking to do a similar video/road trip like this one in Italy next summer. The search for 'Somewhere Different' continues :)
@@somewheredifferent thank you so much for taking the time to reply, I realised after posting and watching your other videos that the sale sadly fell through. It just means there is something better around the corner for you, I am looking forward to watching your adventure
@@somewheredifferent I would be very interested in your Italy tour..you are an excellent presenter.thank you
I fell over the 'manor' house as it's the type of house that I'm looking for. This year went to Italy but what I liked was much more expensive. If I can help sharing my experience get in touch. I loved the house you chose. Sorry it didn't work out. I'm looking for splendid surroundings to live in and enough space to add some income. Like the Coworking idea.
Congratulations! Wishing you all he best!
I will marry you and be your wife!! I love what you do!! I do similar things here in the United States. I love history, learning about different cultures and people. Love architecture and saving old structures. Thank you for taking us on your journey and sharing your life with us.
Hi, so you restore old houses? A Somewhere Different location in the US would be interesting. I looked at visas etc. It seems quite straight forward if you are bringing a pile of cash into the country and running your own business. So not taking any ones job, just creating more.
Make sure you do a prenup. 😂
🤣🤣🤣@@naeemn45
HA HA!
Brilliant video! Congrats
Thanks, it's my first one, investing 6k in new cameras, more to come.
Well done man, its a big project, you got the tenacity to get through it, beautiful village, you'll stand out and become the talk of the town !! Respect ✌
Just read the comment below: it didn't go through !!! onwards and upwards
Yes exactly, onwards and upwards. Where the next hotel will be is now a mystery, more youtubes to follow :)
Wow. I so admire your vision, your appreciation for historic buildings. (And how your vision includes 'having a beer' lol). I first saw you on Wandering Turnip in Blackpool, and you seem like you're very much enjoying yourself. I very much wish you all the best.
@@liliann8346 Thanks. The sale eventually fell through as the seller decided they did not want to sell. I am looking at getting another hotel in England currently, we will see what the outcome is.
What a great tour! Oh my gosh, house with a secret tunnel? Come on!
I really enjoyed your searching. And I must say I can relate to this nerve wracking excitement. It is just the sweet spot between optimistic daydreaming, imagining all the possibilities, fearing of overlooking a major issue and doing a mistake of a lifetime, excitement of what the next offer might bring and nervous trembling of missing the great deal.
It is a perfectly addictive emotional mix.
Me and my wife are in similar state right now, as we are searching for a smaller property alongside the western coast of Iberian peninsula. Portugal is lovely country, but prices have gone completely crazy... for even the ruins.
What do you think about Galicia? Vigo, Santiago or A Coruña region? It doesn't feel so abandoned, as one might expect, and as a bonus it's much greener part of Spain.
Good luck with your plans.
Abandon houses of Spain are contagious for sure! Get it right and it's the bargain of a lifetime, get it wrong and it's what's called " a money pit", we all want to avoid that one. The northern parts of Spain and the bits of Portugal which are not crazy expensive, all have a lot of rain in the winter. 100 years from now will be a great climate, but I won't be around in 100 years :) I am not the Brit abroad who needs Benidorm weather ( yes, it's pretty perfect there if you are not working) but I am more interested in Aragon because it's dry and sunny in the winter months, but in the northern part is not suffering from the drought and low water reserves that are happing in the south. We should get 15 like-minded people together and choose a small town and all start renovating there at the same time. I am still in two minds to go for Calatayud as the rail connections are so good, or go for a stunning picture postcard village up in the mountains and not care about the 3-hour journey to the airport. For now, I have to do 12 hours on a bus to my place in Egypt and it's really not that bad.
Just absolutely wow 🥂
ah you watched till the end, thanks :)
Hi. Just arrived. Excited to be here! Looking forward to watching your journey!
Thanks, as you can see, I went off to Egypt for the winter (video I just published) and so have not moved to the next stage in Spain yet. The deal fell through, they pulled out. So another exploratory road trip is in order. I am thinking more remote, more wow and more community opportunity like Molinos th-cam.com/video/GhBnm0HIkEM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6xlvRxvKuHId-XTG as some one has suggested in the comments below. We will see :) Remote working I am convinced will change these abandoned villages into what they where, real communities once again.
Just stumbled upon your channel, good luck with your endeavors in your castle! It looks cool!!
Thanks
congats its realy a beautyful mansion^^ 👍
nice adventure good luck 👌
I love the English, still have that British Empire attitude were they just speak English and expect everyone to understand them.
Yes, we are all guilty of a bit of that. But I did speak my pigeon Spanish when I could. I found speaking Romanian helped a lot as many people in the hospitality industry are Romanian in Aragon, Spain. Some times you speak, knowing they will not understand, but they get your vibe and your will through hearing you speak. You can read a lot into a situation when someone is speaking to you and not understanding the words, just their mojo, or anger etc.
And still believe they have an empire that was built using mass murder and slavery and invented the concentration camp. Hanoverians....the English throne is Hanoverian.
Good on you buddy 🎉, tienes cohones, its a big project. But something tells me success is in the air. I subscribed 😊
Wow love it thank you for sharing😍
II would take any of those you looked at so long as I had a neighbor like you to have a beer with. Look forward to seeing your progress. Thanks for taking me along for the trip! Liked and Subscribed!
Ha ha, yes, and thank you for that. I did that in in Breb, Maramures in Transylvania, helped nice people who wanted to get a house in the village there as on a Friday night, you just wanted to go down the pub for some banter in English. I am still looking for " Somewhere Different Spain" I am thinking a more remote village where the community would appreciate outsiders coming in and getting the local pub busier on a Friday night :)
@@somewheredifferent hope to run into you someday! Take care.
Those phots on the wall are of Missing Persons. Those abandoned buildings can house squatters or drug addicts who go missing.... thus why the Police post those Missing Persons posters.
Ah ok, interesting.
Yeah but there's no drug dealers in England so he's safe
these types of constructions with mud and straw were common in both Spain and Romania, almost ALL in villages.
I´m from Romania and live in Spain. Italians, the French and Greeks had more rocks from the mountains, and proximity to stone, think its the same in Portugal, more stone.
They obviously don´t keep well but they´re easy to repair, just add more mud with good clay content and straw.
Yes easy to repair and last for ever if kept 100% dry :)
Bună dimineața! I am from the Netherlands, we also don’t have rock but we built brick houses because we have a lot of clay and too much rain for mud houses.
Have to say, I got dragged into house restorations in "siesta" countries for a while and considering to move over, but I really enjoyed the idea behind (to set up a co-working place abroad). Maybe one day I will make my decision and reach for you for inspiration and tips :) Good luck
It's a booming industry. The office and buying crazy expensive flats to live near the office are dead :)
@@somewheredifferent to get more into the topic - you plan to set up a coworking place, couple rooms for visitors, perhaps thinking about more services to provide? Such as food, cleaning services, etc?
Excellent mate
It does feel like that sometimes
Great video man thanks. Loved it 😂😂❤
Good luck!!
Buena suerte!!
Thank you for doing this…..it was very interesting 🤨 and we wish you all the success
Thank you. I didn't do it to make the video, did it to find my next 'Somewhere Different' so was easy to do, as was doing it any way. The story continues soon with another video out soon from Egypt :)
@@somewheredifferent Egypt !!! , well done for what you achieved in U.K. , did you go through with the Spanish property ?
Brilliant journey and amazing house you ended up with. I want to know more about how it's going in your new town and manor. Cheers
Bit of a twist in the tale coming in the next few videos. Editing house restorations in the Sahara desert at the moment.
Discovering your channel ... Now I know the meaning of You "TUBE".
Learn something every day hey :)
What heaven!
Epic find.
Yes, some hidden gems in Aragon Spain :)
Well done, really pleased for you.🙏
I still can't believe what you can buy for that kind of money in such a beautiful place. Remote working will change all this I think.
@@somewheredifferent I like your concept and you already consider links to the outside world. What makes a place where people will live is a difficult topic and has been discussed by many. Just look at your experience in Spain and similarly in Italy, where the young population has deserted rural parts and migrated to the cities.
Here we go 👏👏👏
Did you see the 80m tunnel in the basement ? :) Gonna make some good vlogging material that one :)
Just came across this video think it's great and very well presented and narrated. Very interested in buying a similar property. Would love to see a follow up on the renno in particular and also the legalities of buying in Spain, how you did it?
Hi, deal fell through as I went full price and the buyer then pulled out. The estate agent was not happy! Buying is easy, you just need an NIE number and a bank account and your ID, that's it :) I will hopefully be doing another road trip next summer as I am still in search of 'Somewhere Different". Come along and we can explore together :)
@@somewheredifferent My impression was the agent decides who buys this manse, and she's looking for a certain type of husband. In the case of this house, with a dowry set at 33 gold pieces, I suspect that that husband will serve them piously, and be from a good family, as they have 33 relatives to feed.
Penitent and atoning doing the lord's work, which entails tunnel travel to attend midnight mass, the pattern of the supplicants' chair embossed on his pious behind will reveal him to her.
Her evident distaste of managing 33 young techno brits was quite well communicated by her abrupt demeanour, though initially friendly. Throwing open windows in annoyance - letting in enough light as if to awaken a sleeping vampire - she bemoaned her dilemma on realizing the potential suitor presented such an impoverished spiritual paternity.
It was not for gold that the bride withheld. Perhaps it was because the vow of poverty of the supplicating penitent, from whom she sought a sign, was not revealed to her.
I have the impression that you are not familiar with 'mud walls' (or as they are called in Portugal: taipa walls). Actually, this technique is being used again by more sophisticated builders because of its advantages in both summer and winter. But I think you would prefer a neat concrete or stone house, which gets bloody hot in the summer and freezing cold in the winter, to a taipa house. The mud walls can be repaired, so there is no reason not to buy a taipa house. On the contrary, you will be happy in any season. By the way: many agents have a sixth sense for curious people who don't want to buy but only want to have a look inside. That's why the smart ones don't show up.
Hi, thank you for your kind words :) I am familiar with mud walls and rammed earth techniques and how they react to different temperatures. We used this technique with internal wall restoration in Romania ( as I mentioned in the video) using straw and horse hair but never on structural walls. The houses I have restored in The Western Desert of Egypt are 100% made of mud but mixed with salt, not straw and load-bearing walls. When it rarely rains there it can easily destroy a house as the running drain off water cuts through the walls like a knife through butter. My concern with the house in the video was, as you say, there is nothing wrong with mud walls, but if they are exposed to running rainwater as they had been there, it can destroy the wall's load-bearing strength and its ability to hold up the roof. Regarding the sixth sense, I am glad the agent who sold me the house I bought at the end of the video doesn't have it.
I thought the fella intuitively understood what benefits mud walls have, perhaps lost in translation of fellas reaction from different culture. In the UK this is referred to as cob, a traditional form of construction that need a good hat and dry feet to remain sound.
That's right. There are even castles and walls made of tapia, it was the concrete of the Middle Ages.
It's called cob building in uk ( using mud n straw bricks)
In Spain these are called Adobe. My house has two and a half walls, they are called like that because they're made of two blocks of adobe with one perpendicular making the total size of my wall about 70-80 cm thick. In summer temperature inside is 10º lower than outside while in winter it's the opposite, amazing how 100 years back they were capable of doing these sorts of ecological constructions.
Hello! I enjoyed this video and was super excited to see more of this journey as I have a dream to buy a home in Italy and hopefully be able to just open it up to people who are house hunting so they have a place to stay as they search for their dream home.
I’m am an empty nester who can just pick up and go… dramatic pause… after I sell everything on eBay lol.. maybe even my Porsche and my house too, make it a thing. I just wanna get there… maybe it can be other things like a place to heal, escape bad memories, etc.that part will make itself known as my adventure develops…
Needless to I just looked thru all your videos intrigued by the renovation portion and how it went and I can’t find any more. Maybe we can do the Italian house tour together. Lmao. Could be kinda funny.
Anywho, this was my first video to see of your channel, and I’m actually now watching it again. Hahaha. It started playing again as I began to write the way too long comment. 😂
Wow, you have the wanderlust, clearly. Italy is a great idea - there is always a market for those people who think they will move in a month and... a year later they are still renting :) Plus the space I work in, remote workers and digital nomads. Are you in the UK? I am on +447562466016, send me message on WhatsApp.
@@somewheredifferent I’m a Texas girl! Wanderlust is the most beautiful understatement ever. I’ve been watching all these videos on TH-cam about “the most beautiful places on earth” and sitting here thinking WTF, why am I sitting here happily playing video games just chillin takin it easy ….. some of these views literally make me cry … not in sadness, but because they are so dang breathtaking. I will d/l WhatsApp since I noticed all the Italian agents I reached out to and services to help you buy homes etc all asked me if I have it. lol. Look for a message soon.
Also I am very familiar with co working and the digital space. I had retired from early web 2 pioneer status lol …. But the wanderlust as you call it has me thinking it’s time to share and gather up a tribe of people who are ready to be free, move, live different. Idk… this is a new adventure percolating.
Thank you you have Great talent to keep us glued to your video :)
@@goldenratiorob4907 Wow, such a nice thing to say. Hopefully more interesting videos and restorations to come.
@@somewheredifferent I look forward to them!
Awesome Duncan 😁✌🏼
Thanks, there is a bit of a twist in the tale, next few videos will show what happens.
800 square metres? Absolutely massive and marvellous place and lovely town. I doubt you will ever fix it all up. You will end up like one of those eccentric lords living in a corner of a huge pile! But terrific, really.
I hear you. Was told the same on my past projects too. It takes time and a lot of energy for sure to get houses like that back to their former glory.
Beautiful medieval towns and architecture. Any one of those buildings, in the Cotswolds or Dales, York, Ely, Salisbury, Worcester, imagine the price they would fetch.
Indeed, €33,000 for a 1709 manor house in a beautiful countryside village in the UK? No chance. Not to mention how much better the weather is :)
The house almost said no you aren’t going to come in here mate! 😂 Nice place for that price wow, well done. 👍🏻
It's interesting you say that. I went full asking price and ... months later they still didn't want to sell. Future videos will show what happened.
Those houses are cheap but end up costing a fortune, I bought a 25000Eur house in rural France 17 years ago and the final cost was 170000eur, now I have the house valued and I will be lucky to get 100000Eur.
Did you retore it yourself? Or did you get builders in? If you get the "one-stop shop" builder solution in, they don't restore, they build a new house in the old one. As you say, they charge you the same price or more for the cost of a newly built home. I restore my own houses, and so is a fraction of the cost. 10x the argo :)
Excellent video Thank- You, Where does that beautiful music come from ?
Music was from random downloads off the web. A few I had to remove because of copywrite etc. I now use uppbeat.io - so much easer when editing.
Awesome video. It would be even better with a stabilizer 😊
You mean a gimbal? Yeah, I have bought one now. Will be using for these kind of shoots from now on.
I just loved watching this video! Congratulations. When did you take possession of the house and how far along are you?
I am glad you enjoyed it. I had fun making it :) Still going through the buying process with the house. There seems to be a problem I am told...
Nice.
I am so glad I came here from Turnip video, and watched, until the end. Great video. Good luck. Love the keys! You won’t lose those in a hurry! 😂
Yes, when she left me have them to go back and film again, I was so worried about loosing them. Must be over 100 years old those keys and lock :)
33.40 insert picture of Manuel from Fawlty Towers....
It feels like that sometimes doing this work :)
Good luck to you
Hello, I just watched your video, i would like to ask you a question ,did the "ayuntamiento" give you many problems? I mean about respecting original construction or they only ask for the "fachada" original?.
I'm thinking about doing the same,but i want to do the restoration by myself as much as I can and maybe that's a problem...Thanks in advance and for sharing this.
As I have mentioned the deal fell through a few months after they agreed to sell at full asking price. Local gossip said was because the roof terrace did not have the right papers. Some say the local council does not care about such things, some said it is because of this they could not sell the house to me. I don't know. I had many meetings with the local council and they where very keen for me to get involved. They neve mentioned once I would have to build in a certain way. The new terrace and a whole new floor was made of standard building materials. I don't think is a problem there. I think the reason they did not sell was because I went full asking price and the area is booming with tourism now and so they wanted more money.
@@somewheredifferent Ok, thank you for the explanation. They are "lobos con piel de cordero" , never trust them. Im from here, they are "no bueno".
You're right about folk not doing things, nothing good ever feels that right. Only illusions feel good at first and then the reality turns out bad. All the best with it.
Thanks, its hard when the herd says " But is it safe?" - cause if anything goes wrong, or more precisely , when it it goes wrong they all love to tell you, they knew it would :) Each house you do up, you get better at it. As long as you love what you do, do what you love hey.
congrats. very brave! we need updates!
There is a twist in the tale unfortunately, as you will see. But the show goes on. Updates coming soon.
Great video 😃Congrats on your new home , how far along on the renovations are you?
Unfortunately, after I returned to the UK, they pulled out of the deal, even though I went full asking price. I thought something was up when they kept saying " don't worry about paying the deposit yet". So deal feel through and I was not able to go ahead with it. So still at the "Where will the next Somewhere Different be located" stage. Looking at doing another hotel here in the UK again now as the opportunity here, is even better than in Aragon. It's more of a business decision than a lifestyle decision for me at this stage. First world problems hey.
@@somewheredifferent Sorry to hear that it fell through , I could see you really loved that property , best of luck with your next adventure 👍
I think you found a diamond in the garden, one of two things will happen in the next 10 years, which are very important at your stage of life, either the whole economy will go to shit, [probably reality} or it will right itself and people will start rebuilding these beautiful places. Either way, to you it's just money. We can't take it with us , so spend it on something that you will enjoy every moment! I think that place is spectacular, and there are probably a lot of great workers , for much less money, you might even put an ad in the papers for students to come and do work for room and board while they visit spain, they work days a week and have the rest of the time to do what they want. They can sleep there free and you make provide 2 meals a day?
Hi, yes, good idea, I use a web site that does exactly this, it's called workingtraveller.com
cheap as chips, but cheap for a reason. the towns feel dead and uninspiring, few young ppl and the ones that are there want to leave. buzzing places like seville aren't going to have these kind of bargains sadly. However, if you dont mind that and you just love the house and the view it could be fantastic. Good luck with it.
I think with remote working about to completely change everything on where the office worker thinks to locate - these towns will slowly have life breathed into them once again.
@@somewheredifferent i agree
that looks like my great great great grandparents house lol. you can keep that house we are in the states now. id definitely spend a summer there and then decide , also your age and whether your going to put in the house to fix it. so when is the New Years Eve party ?
It's not about age, it's about mojo and bank accounts.
At 9 minutes in you have me. Buy the church for 10,000 Euros, fix it up. Build interior walls with insulation, electricity and waterworks and you might have something worth purchasing.
In these small populated areas how will you find skilled laborers and materials transported?
workingtraveller.com and as not much work in the area - you can always find people looking for manual labour. Also have lots of rooms, so once you can put people up, you can get more people to stay full-time and work for months. I won't find a ' builder' who does everything for you, but I am not looking for that. I am the builder. It's my job to make the work simple and straightforward so anyone with a brain and strong arms can do it. That's how restoring old houses goes. All in one solution builders make new houses, they do not restore. So they quote for a new home built within the old. These houses are solid, scrape the room down of all that loose plaster, fix it with concrete, paint whats left, leave the exposed stone wall and move on to the next room :)
What a collection of mostly run down houses which would cost a small fortune to renovate 🤔 would it be worthwhile cost wise?
If I have an architect in and signed for a " Good as new" project - yes would be a small fortune. I restore houses using workingtraveller.com and local skills. The cost is significantly lower than getting a contractor in to do the whole thing. As they will not restore, they will rebuild.
I'd make sure some random priest can't come wondering in from that tunnel lol, that would be something.😂
Or something even more scary :/
Take a look at Xativa and Carcaixent near Valencia. Train to city centre. Ex papal city. Incredible palazzos for peanuts. Could even be persuaded to JV…
I will do, thanks for the heads up. So many amazing places in rural Spain. The trick is to find places near the fast train connections. Calatayud is high on my 'possible' list.
@@somewheredifferent Xativa and Carcaixent are two very good recommendations. There you can find a property for €300k+ in much better condition than the ones you've been looking at. 45mins fast train to Valencia and also close to Denia and Valencia ports for the Balearic Islands.
Think about the number of bathrooms per bedroom. Many of these "señoral" houses have like 8 bedrooms and 1 or 2 bathrooms. Adding bathrooms can be complicated and costly.
Also consider space for solar panels as they can greatly reduce future electricity bills. Aircon units are expensive to run without panels.
I'd stay away from any property next to a ruin as most likely there will be problems with vermin and birds.
Costs of refurbishment will also rise if no trucks can get close through narrow streets.
I've lived in Spain for 20 years so have some experience. Honestly I think most of the properties in this video should be €5-10k because I can't imagine how you'd recoup the renovation costs.
GREAT HOUSE, BRILLIANT BARGAIN AND AN EXCELLENT CHOICE THAT HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T REGRET. DON'T LET THE NEGATIVE REMARKS PUT YOU OFF, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE DONE THE SAME BUT AT 69 I HAVE LEFT IT A WEE BIT TOO LATE. GOOD LUCK WITH THE PROJECT AND I WISH YOU SUCCESS.
I am 60 next week. Never too late, get some young guns in and micro manage them. That's how I do it as you will see in furure vidoes. workingtraveller.com
@@somewheredifferent I am 70 on the 12th July, unfortunately the wife won't have it as she can't deal with the heat and I couldn't deal with her moaning. If I was single it would be a very different matter.
@@Ken-gg5kz come over and give me a hand when it's not hot :)
what I see its not much change out of hundred grand if any ! But I shall watch with interest and wish you good luck kidda.
Yes, that's the thinking. The deal dragged on for some weeks and then eventually they pulled out when I was back in the UK. Family internal arguing one thinks. So... yeah, was gutted it didn't happen. I use workingtravelle.com to get my teams when restoring old houses. I use local skills for Electric connection, plastering, and probably fitting the boiler and getting up on the roof. The rest I use travellers who volunteer in exchange for 5 days a week, five hours a day and a few beers after work :) So much of the work is clearing, cleaning, filling wholes, final prepping and painting. Any one can do this work, you just have to micro manage them and keep them motivated.
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Great vid, can you just check how you edit audio... Lots of voice overs on just one side etc.
Interesting, had not noticed that. Thanks for the head up. I have invested in a whole load of new kit and the one thing I will be using again from this edit is the voice over mic. So... I need to do some R&D on that one.
@@somewheredifferent just make any mic channels mono while editing ;)
I would assume that performing works in most of these houses would require approvals from historical preservation agencies in Spain. If so, it would make fixing them much more complicated, time consuming, and expensive than normal.
Can you shed some light on this matter? Thanks a lot.
Good question. As I was not wanting to make changes to the outside or the look of the houses, I was not too bothered about that. The one I was going to get had a brand new roof terrace added to it. Many new terraces have been added in the village. They are more interested in attracting people to come and live there, than making problems for them. And they don't see them as houses worth saving, they see them as just old houses. The way I dealt with the question you are asking was " Look at what ever one else is doing" many 500 year old houses had brand new facades, all modern. Many had new windows added, new floors inside etc. So it's not really a problem. I am sure there are rules like that and they could be enforced if you annoy the local Mayor. But in my experience, it's more about common sense and getting the house alive again. I was not worried about it. I had several meetings with the local town hall planner and he said I could do what I was planning to do. They have no electric or plumbing many of them, so they know they need a lot of new work doing to them to make them habitable again.
@@somewheredifferent thanks a lot. I'm asking because I'm dual Italian-Greek citizen, but have been working outside of Europe for half a lifetime. I'm looking for something similar and in Italy I am pretty certain that, save maybe for the regions where the government has special schemes to attract buyers (repopulation and economic reasons), if you buy a historic property you are certainly going to end up in a big mess. A friend of a friend bought a fantastic property on the Maggiore Lake. Paid very little for it all considered. Ended up spending 1 million Euro in it, and it was a nightmare. Pretty sure they regret the decision to this moment.
That poster was a police list of missing persons. Maybe that’s why it’s so cheap. Better check the basement 😅
Ah ha :/
Am I missing something? I may be wrong; but in the US those houses would be condemned to be demolished. They look very unsafe. You'll basically have to reconstruct the whole thing.
Yes you are missing something I guess :) In US, I understand you make your houses out of thin wooden frames in many places. These houses are very different, they are made of solid thick stone - 100s of years old, some older than your country. If they would fall down, they would have already done so a long time ago. The skill is to find structurally solid ones, no recent cracks that just need heating, electrics and heavy decorating. Some as you will have seen in the video, have fresh cracks and yes, like you say, will need to be knocked down at some stage or have proper iron cages put around them. Most are on solid footings and will be there for 100s of years to come. Restoring them needs to be done by yourself, as you mention, if you hire a builder, yes he will want to make a whole new house, within the old stone house frame. This is why they are cheap.
Well done … I hope it all goes well ……..033k for 800 sq m that’s about £4.00 per sq ft. To own it ……. That’s mad !
Yes, is crazy hey. In such a beautiful place too! That's €4 to own, not to open with :)
Cataluña is Spain. My husband is from Cataluña, Spaniard. I am from Madrid, Spaniard. My children are Vasc, Spaniards too.
"Cataluna is Spain" - yes fully aware, so when I said "I am looking for the real Spain " in Flix, they said they were offended and I should not call its Spain. This was the brits living there :)
@@somewheredifferent there are women who say they are men and viceversa. Facts are facts and catalanes are Spaniards. They only have to have a look at their passports and the geography of Hispania.
Many catalans are just brats. Do not pay attention to their moanings, they owe the rest of Spain more than 15 billion euros, and they like to pretend this fact is otherwise. My husband was born in la Cerdaña from a catalan of eight catalan surnames and a Castilluan, I am from Madrid born to an Aragonese and a Castillian, my children are vasc, and all of us are Spaniards.
Those catalanes have never set foot out of their villages. They buy into the nationalist propaganda.
You will see that in Teruel there are many catalan speaking villages, and they consider themselves Spaniards. Cataluña is a dystopic society who has fell prey to victimism.
@@somewheredifferent by the way. Excellent choice. Teruel is a winning bid. I wish you all the luck
I hear you! Next road trip will focus more on the villages around Teruel is the current plan. I like this area :)
Many tempting buildings. BUT where are all the people? Why are all the shops etc all closed?
The people have left for the big cities. There is depopulation through out this are of Spain. The " Spanish Lapland" as it know has the same population per square kilometer as Lap Land.
They left because of war and not ideal agricultural land. So jobs and a new life elsewhere was appealing. The depopulation has stopped. I think remote workers will come in their 1,000s and slowly fill up these villages once again.
some amazing houses and good prices, feels much better than Portugal where everything costs more and is a ruin where the walls are barely there and they want more than these you have shown off...
Interesting. Supply and demand I guess. These houses in Argon are just a few hours drive to int airports and the super fast trains around Spain. It's from what I have seen, the best opportunity for big houses in great weather in Europe. Italy is a great opportunity but only for smaller houses, and lots of earthquakes there too.
@@somewheredifferent how are the prices for "smaller" houses with more land in spain? don't need much indoors 100m2 would be plenty but a barn/stable + a lot of land would be lovely :D
In the south it's more " all houses next to each other in the village, land out separate out of the village" for a small holding with land and house all in one lot, you will be out of the village. Probably better looking up in the wetter north where is more green and more opportunities like that. Idealista.com is full of them, hope that helps.
@@somewheredifferent cheers thanks, nice to get some "on ground info"
The house in Hijar looked to be 2 days away from crumbling down to the ground.
Yes, wonderful people, but yeah, as soon as I saw the cracks where fresh, it was all over.