We Bought a Plot of Off-Grid Land in Central Portugal!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- We have been looking for a rural property for a while with various locations considered. Portugal has been on our radar for a few years now. This particular plot ticked most of our boxes so come long and let us give you a quick tour!
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Love you humorous way of describing the quinta.
Please do not loose this as your channel grows 🙏🙂
Thanks, if only my wife saw my humour in the same way ...
@@DJAAdventures lol. Believe me humor keeps you going
That's what I keep telling her! Before she tells me to go away ...
@@DJAAdventures lmao
@@DJAAdventures well the humor stays, she can be replaced 😛 (just kidding)
congratulations, maybe one day we will meet, enjoying this beautiful piece where real life between real people and divine nature is still possible.
We can only hope 😉
Some goats and sheep they will be great to manage the land . And will be a lot work to maintain everything . Welcome to Portugal
Thanks Isabel! 😁
You set off some really good laughs with your description: well ventilated, biodegradable floor, and a line to dry your clothes. Oh, try black pepper around the tree to stop the sheep. They won't eat anything without salt. (Could be wrong but you could always get another.) Great humor and positive energy. Best of luck.
Hey Tom! Glad you enjoyed the tour 😁👌
Black pepper sounds like a good suggestion, do you mean black pepper plants or (more likely I imagine) black peppercorns around the tree?
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Thinking ground pepper or some inexpensive HOT sauce. These may do it but Mother Nature may wash it away. This depends on the sheep eating grass first around the tree before going in for dessert. 😁 Are these your sheep? May be ask a local vet how the pepper/sauce might affect them before trying this.
No, there is a local shepherd grazing them there, we briefly met him the day we recorded this video. They will help to keep the grass down which is good news for us so we're happy for him to continue for now. I think he pepper and hot sauce ideas make sense but over winter they would get washed away quite quickly. I think if it gets eaten we'll just fence in the new tree 😉
Amazing. I am speechless. Congratulations from depth of our hearts 💕
Thanks!
Welcome and good luck🙏
Thank You! 😊
Congratulations! All the best on your new adventurous project 💪👍
Thanks!
Beaucoup d'humour dans votre description des batiments, j'ai adorer !!! Ce terrain est vraiment vraiment magnifique, vous avez trouvé un tresor ici !!!!! Passez un bon noel !! Bises de France !
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Merry Christmas 😊👍
Just came across your channel. What a lovely plot of land you have there. I wish you all the happiness with your new project xx
Thanks Mandy! 😊👍
@@DJAAdventures xx
Lovely piece of land. Good luck.
Hey Susannah! Thank you 😊
Beautiful land. The stone barns are nice
Thanks! Glad you like them 😊
Parabéns.espero que gostem de Portugal….muito trabalho pela frente.boa sorte
SIm, nós sabemos, mas valerá a pena. Muito obrigado!
I just love it and cannot wait to get back there😍💖😍👍👌👍
Glad to hear that 👌
Nice plot! land is clean and fairly level, your well on the way!
Thanks! One of the things we liked about this land was that it didn't require clearing and eventually will be quite easy to work with due the very slight slope and well placements 👍
I just found your channel and your Quinta! I am absolutely amazed, awesome property and had a good laugh! Thank you for sharing! Lots of love from rural Spain! Chris
Hi Chris! Thanks for your kind comment, I'm glad you like our plot and enjoyed the video 😁👌
someone lived happily in the cottage generations gone by.
I'd like to think so too, we'll try to do our bit to make sure it doesn't turn into a ruin and stays there for generations to come 😉
Gostei da mesa azul. Não a subestimes 😊
Ola Ana! Só precisa de uma xícara de café nele 😉
what a lovely property and the description is brilliant :D
Thanks! Glad you liked it, more videos coming in the next few weeks 😉
@@DJAAdventures looking forward to that :D
Follow us on Instagram and check out our blog in the meantime if you fancy it 👌
@@DJAAdventures ah I don't use that, just YT :D
Bora lá pessoal, brevemente quero começar a ver as casinhas da quinta habitável, boa sorte
Obrigado!
You so struck lucky there.Fantastico! British irony travels well too.
Assume you’re OK to live in either building re habitation.
Subscribing!
We're still working on the legal side of things but as you can probably imagine it's a long drawn out process. We'll definitely keep everyone updated on that side of things though 😉
I love the sarcasm most of all, lol
Glad you enjoyed it 😁👌
Just subscribed....
Thanks! Glad to have you on board 😉👍
good luck 🙏😍
Thanks Diego!
Love it. It will be very interesting and entertaining.... Keep up the humor 🤣🤣👍
A payroll clerk and his wife move to a remote farm in a middle of nowhere, what could possibly go wrong?! 🤪
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Smart move.
Hi 😊 from Canada.
Just come across your channel.
Lovely place 💕 with lots of work ahead. Congrats 💚 Boa Sorte 💚
Hey Ana! I always wanted to visit Canada, hopefully one day 😁👍 Glad you like it, obrigado!
If the pepper mentioned in the comments for around the fruit tree isn't enough to keep it safe, might try a few small posts, then circle around it with chicken wire. saw it used on another Portugese quinta. Congratulations, best wishes for creating a wonderful home on that beautiful piece of Portugal. : )
Hey Nancy! If this tree doesn't make it then we'll most likely go with a small fence around the new one like what you mentioned 😊 Thanks!
Great video, loving the narration. You've a new subscriber and I'm looking forward to seeing adventure continue
Thanks Steve, glad to have you on board and that you enjoyed the commentary 😁👌
exciting ne beginnings, loving the rustic shabby errr chic holiday let, I'm guessing your already fully booked
Yes, I'm afraid so. The furniture from the main house is still unsold surprisingly though, do you need a comfy armchair by any chance? 🤔
Hello there have heard of John Seymour self sufficiency great book could be good for you lovely video
Thanks for the tip!
@@DJAAdventures Get the red book
Oh, my. I love your "cheesy voice over." Can't wait to see what's next.
I'm glad you liked it. It was the first time I ever recorded a voice over! Glad to have you on board 😊
@@DJAAdventures I think that it a "must do" for y'all. Make it your "thing" that sets you apart. :)
Nice plot
Thanks!
Good luck! I hope you get to finalize your dream home
Thanks Nesta!
You are quite funny! Thanks for the preview!The Newby’s did a video today from Portugal where they took some of their olives to a press in town and for one euro they had them pressed. The press will be closed and reopened in season again they said!
Thanks 😁 We've not had a chance to work out how the presses work yet but it's definitely on our list of things to look into properly. Can't wait to have our own olive oil, just need the airport security to get relaxed around liquids, 100ml won't get us far 🤣
Olá 👋🏻, new here. Like everyone else, I fully enjoyed your descriptive and sense of humour. Parabéns… on your purchase. Pretty property.
Thanks Jen, glad you enjoyed it 😉👌
@@DJAAdventures looking forward to following your journey 🙂
Glad to have you on board 😊
I liked the video!
Thanks! Glad you liked it 😊
Hello DJAs and welcome to our country.
A sugestion from a retired librarian: please don't leave any mimosas or eucalyptus in your quinta. They are infestants in Portugal, they suck all the water and nutrients of the soil and they propagate like fire. Moreover, wild fires, at least with the mimosas, hel pwildely propagating their seeds. They are native in Australia and they have been imported mostly by the desgusting policy of the portuguese paper industry and here they have any competitors.
Good luck for your new journey.
Hi Vera! Thank you for your comment and suggestions. We're aware of the issues mimosas and eucalyptus bring and how invasive they are in Porrugal. We will definitely not let any of them grow very big on our land. You will see more on that in an upcoming video in a few weeks 😉👍
Yo quiero vivir así también ❤️🌄
I love your property. Form which real estate agent did you buy it? we are looking for something like this in the same region. We will follow your channel
Hi Diva! We found it through Remax in Castelo Branco, good luck with your search 😊👍
Is that the hill of Monsanto I saw on the horizon ?
It's in that area so quite possibly 😉
Hi,
All the luck on your plot, I look forward to seeing what you will make from it and following the process.
Can I ask what your budget ruffle is ?
Fine, if you don't want to answer that.
I am also curious what the price of this property was.
Greetings Vincent 🇳🇱 till the next one.
Hi Vincent! We're not going to be revealing the price just yet, maybe in a future video 😉 Glad to have you on board!
@@DJAAdventures All good 👍
@@DJAAdventures can you also mention the process behind buying a land like this? did you buy from a agency or from an owner? where did you find this land website or you emailed somebody in the area? i guess you mentioned you are Irish, are there any restriction or any other problems for foreigner buying land in portugal? how does it work when you buy land with/without building on it. If there is building can you build a new one on that place, how big? or you only can renovate. If there is no building i think its like agriculture land and you need go thru some law and get permissions? Also please mention if there is electricity, sewage... etc near land or how you gonna handle this. Thanks for answers and video, good luck.
That's a lot of questions with none of the answers being short or simple I'm afraid, so a bit too much for me to answer on here. We will definitely do a video on this and most likely a blog as well as it's a complex process if you want to do it correctly. On a positive side though, once you know what to look for and what you want the actual process of buying a property is very simple. Make sure to keep an eye on the channel and our blog next year for more info on this 👍
You answered my question already, 🤔
Ooh, just starting out. I will be following with great interest!
I have a whole bunch of questions tho, like: What's the nearest town? What's the area, how much land is there? Does it have a cadernata predial? (Habitation license.) As well as the obvious one: How much did you pay?
Awesome commentary btw :D
Hey! Glad to have you onboard 😊👌
It's near Penamacor, just under 15000m2, it doesn't have a habitation licence right now but we will be applying for an exemption from it most likely this year, we won't be revealing the price at this point maybe in the future 😉
@@DJAAdventures Many thanks for your reply. Lots of people seem to stress the need for a habitation licence, in order to live on the land, but I'm not sure this is actually what I want, as I don't want/need a modern building with all the daft regulations that go with it.
I suspect that it's actually exemption that I need. Is that the one that is easy to get if you have a stone based ruin, or other proof that it is pre 1951?
I still have another question but it can wait. :D (At least until I have rewatched the video.)
Habitation licence and the exemption certificate serve the same purpose, to officially allow you to live on that property. Without those you can of course do things and stay there, but one day you may be told to leave despite owning the land. It all depends on how risk averse you are or how by the book you want to do things.
@@DJAAdventures Again many thanks for your helpful reply. I'm fairly keen to do things by the book, as I hope to build up to getting permanent residence visa.
I've done a fair bit of research into the potential problems when buying property/land, and it seems pretty straightforward, providing you've ruled out problems like: shared or unclear ownership, debts on the land etc. I've also got a good idea of exactly what I want. (A bit bigger and wilder than your patch. ;) ) So, now I'm looking into the above mentioned residency visa . . . which also raised the question of health and or travel insurance eek
How far have you got with visas? Or are you going to keep commuting within the Schengen restrictions?
We're not moving over completely just yet and for us visas shouldn't be much of an issue (something I'll go into a bit more in a future video), however if you are going to need a visa then I think one of the main requirements you will come across is suitable accommodation. If you have a fully rustic plot then that will probably not satisfy that requirement so be careful with that.
Congradulations on the buy of your beautiful land...is it difficults for English citizens to buy land in Portugal?
Thanks Karen! No, the process was extremely simple and the estate agents made finding the right property very easy as well. Having said that, don't trust everything the estate agents say, these guys like to bend the truth quite a bit at times, do your own research on the legal side of things before you start looking around I would say.
Your pretty funny. Talking about not having a Portuguese bank account how do you pay property tax? Walk up to the office and pay ? And another crazy thing I keep hearing is others using your land for sheep or something else, I would hate that. He’s probably been doing it before you got there but you own it now. On another off grid show I watch they had ppl hunting wild boar in their backyard so you would hear gunshots. He had to run over without getting shot and asked them to get off the private property. It’s crazy how they just walk around not giving a beeeeep. Anyways love your videos keep it up. Sorry I don’t know your names yet.
Hey Manny! Thank you for your kind comment. Regarding the grazing of sheep on our land, when we bought the land and the farmer came on with his sheep as he was used to, he did check with us if we were ok with him continuing and he did also say that he will stop if we don't want him to. In our case it's actually beneficial for us if he continues as he is in a way looking after the land for us a little whilst we're not there. He's also one of the nicest people we have ever met. Regarding hunting, you need to remove your property from the hunting map and also place appropriate official signs on the borders and it should then stop. Of course I don't know where you're from etc, but personally speaking from our side, I think there are some cultural differences to get used to but in our experience the Portuguese people are very welcoming and polite 😉
New video coming in 2 or so weeks, in the meantime feel free to check out our blog, link in the description 😉
In oz we describe it as a renovators dream or nightmare me thinks it grunge meets shabby bleak not sheik I did Reno a home In Wagga ,and it had termites , rats we didn’t plant a orange tree we made ratatouille to honour the house guests , non paying, it was delightful , my other half went to bed ,the rats had gathered the prune kernels from outside and taken them into a sleep out hollow wall , I went in and thinking I was only one awake they proceeded to gnaw on the kernels after 10 minutes my patience departed ,I bang on the wall to which my partner let out the loudest scream that the rats fled I burst out laughing and Dorothy said it’s me or the rats , the real estate said it’s got the wow factor ,in the end 20 yrs later , lol good luck 👍❤️❤️❤️🙏
Hehe, to be honest I'd be surprised if we don't have things like that happen to us! For starters, I don't even know what's under that straw in the main building yet! The next trip will most likely reveal more as we start the clean up.
This is a beautiful plot. Good find and congratulations! Just curious what size it is?
Thanks, glad you like it. It's just under 15000m2 so hectare and a half roughly.
@@DJAAdventures Thanks, so yeah I'd say quite big! (and very lovely)
Our garden in the UK is currently around 50m2 so this will be a nice change 😁👌
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Great comedy, just curious but do the buildings have habitation license? My wife and I have been searching but have heard mixed things about what you can and can’t build
Hey Sam, thanks! Nope, they don't have a habitation licence. In my experience unless a house is clearly used as a house and was built to certain standards it's unlikely to have a licence, I certainly wouldn't expect a stone barn like the ones we have to have one. Some of the fully converted buildings you may see for sale may have an exemption certificate if they're quite old, but in my limited experience that is also rare. We're in the process of sorting out the paperwork now and will keep the updates coming in the videos as news becomes available.
Also forgot to add, you may find our other video explaining the buying process useful 👍
Why is Portugal look abandoned! It looks beautiful but lots and lots of unoccupied properties?
I would say that it's mainly because of two reasons. Climate and population density in the more rural parts. Summers are very hot and winters are very wet in the central region, so people tend to stay indoors perhaps a bit more which leads you to get a sense of nobody being around as you can't see them. The other thing is low population density in the rural areas, all of Portugal together has only a bit more people than Greater London for example. Fewer people and the fact that most move to and live in the larger cities means that the rural parts have relatively few people living there.
Hi matey... Can I ask how much you paid? I'm looking for something Very similar... Good luck. Will follow your journey closely
Hey Richard, we're not revealing the price at this point, maybe in the future. If you look at what's available through estate agents (at leaat back when we bought last year) prices for similar properties range between around €40k and up to around €80k. If you are able to buy directly from someone who happens to have a plot for sale (of course it will take longer to find a plot that suits you this way) then I imagine you could get something for as low as around €25k if you're lucky and don't mind clearing an overgrown plot. In my experience you have to either invest time or money, if you have the time to go and look for a bit longer then you can save a decent amount of money. Hope this helps 👍
Maybe odd Question, about Portugal
If you try to buy things from AliExpress,ebay amazon etc, does it come ?fast? Is it cheap/expensive? Are there some weird fees? I ask because its a land and it seems like there isn't a mail box thingy, ...?
It is a good question, especially as we order a lot of things online ourselves. There are various options available but the short answer is that if you live on a remote property like this, parcels do take longer to get to you and depending on the size you may need to have them posted somewhere else and then go and collect them later. Hope this helps!
2 months no updates….
We've not been back yet, hence no new videos yet. We will be going back soon, and I expect a new video to be out in March 😉
Check out “The Indie project” Theo and Bee from Nottingham have a farm in central P too.
Congratulations on your new home!
Thanks Sharron! We already follow them but thanks for the suggestion anyway 😉👍
Le recomiendo que haga una casa nueva y dejé ésa para depósito, mucha suerte y saludos 🤚
Our aim is to renovate both of the buildings as that's what we were hoping to do when we started to look for land, but I understand why you'd suggest that 😉
How much did you pay for it ?
We'll reveal this in a future video but not just yet, sorry 😉
You were born to sell properties 😂
Hehe, thanks, maybe I should start offering it as a service? What do you think? Find the right property and I'll go and evaluate it for you? 🤣
You must take off the cork from the tree every 9 years. Otherwise the tree will get sick.
Thanks for the tip 👍
First buy a pick-up 4x4….old one
That's what a lot of people seem to do, we'll definitely consider getting one 👍
Talking devalues your channel