Think those little rooms upstairs near the garlic drying area were probably servant quarters. Also, the room off master bedroom that is between bath and balcony... would make an excellent walk in closet and I would put washing machine there since most dirty clothes come from upstairs. Especially when you get older you will very much appreciate having washer there! !!!! Also, bathroom on terrace off kitchen, perfect for guest bathroom, and for kids coming in from playing and again, you’ll appreciate having toilet there when you get older!! Trust me!! (Do you want visitors going through bedrooms to use toilet? ) I think it’s wonderful you are going to restore this treasure! Love the kitchen and terrace!! Can grow fresh herbs on terrace! This is exciting and I hope this home will bring you and your family many years of joy!!
Hi Christine, Maybe, but I'm not sure the house had servants at the time that that would have been built. So many ideas! I will be doing this journey room by room and we'll see how we get on. Thank you for watching and for commenting!
Hi new subbie here!!! How are you? I’m so happy to have found your channel. It’s been on my mind to buy something in Italy and I’m jist wanting to see someone actually renovating their place. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend darling 🙏🏽 🍝 💎🤍🤍🤍🤍
I ran across your video by accident....I cast you on the big screen so your tour paid justice to your beautiful home. Absolutely love all the rooms and the nook and crannies. It takes a special person's eye to see beauty in the rough. I'll be following you and I appreciate the tour. Stay safe
Hi Jo, wow, I can only imagine what it looks like on a big screen! The house chose me, I was powerless to resist falling in love with it! Thanks for watching, stay safe you too!
It is amazing how you have windows with no glass and yet no birds or bats have made homes in your rooms. It is also so amazing how so much stuff was left - even old photographs (if I saw that correctly, you opened a chest with a photograph of someone). I know the value of old photos. A relative somewhere would love to have that picture. If the neighbours can’t help in locating a relative, you still mustn’t throw out such things. Keep them and assemble a book about the house, including pictures of your own restoration. Future generations would love such a thing. Don’t destroy documents from the past. (You adding a floor plan for us was priceless.)
Hi Eric, don't worry, I'm not going to throw anything that could be saved away. There are a lot of cats in the village, and they keep most of the other animals out of houses, and there are enough trees, ruins and other places for birds and bats. Thanks for watching, and for your comments!
I can relate to this. I built my house from scratch when I had very little money. I kept on adding to it and the end result was chaotic. Nothing matched and to add to the look I painted it a peachy colour. But because it was a cheap paint, after some time the peach turned into a baby pink. So one day I saw a beautiful house in a coastal town and a friend told me that I can do the same with my house. I decided to go for it. I ripped out the aluminium windows and replaced them with stunning wooden ones which I painted a Mediteranean Blue. The facade got painted with a special kind of paint that gives it that Meditterranean look as well. I added fake stones up the sides, fitted shutters, and built a wall in front with lights built into the wall. The lights were fitted with 4 different colours glass which make it look amazing at night time. When done, several people rang the bell over time to ask me who the architect was. The end result was amazing if I have to say so. The next step was to turn the house into a self catering guest house with 6 units, all fully furnished, plus my own living area on top with a stunning mountain view. It all took a lot of drama and hard work but it was worth it
i ,always admire people like you,here back in Boston homes are build with wood and wall board, but stone built house is a different project,i am sure it's going to be a fine beautiful home....don't give up the beers and hard work pal.
Hi Raja, sometimes, especially when I'm drilling holes, I wish the house was made of wood! Thanks for the encouragement, I'll stick to the beers and keep working!
I like the love and approach you have for your project. Just remember that ALL our houses leak, and all of them crack here and there ALWAYS. It all is a combination of construction material, levels of rain and the fact tha Italia is a volcanic peninsula.
@@NotUselessYet As we all should. For young Italians - in italia- home ownership is a dream that it is extremely difficult to achieve. Too much bureaucracy, bank loans, taxes, fees, and the economic uncertainty makes them play safe and stay with parents, grand parents. Renting itself is a big commitment of 2 years +. Treasure your house, build her right and she will always be there for your future AND you family's future
My husband and I have renovated a medioeval house in the Maritime Alps.... it's been a huge enterprise but the result is extremely pleasing! Sipping at our aperitivo looking at the sea in the distance is a priceless experience. So... I cannot wait to see the result of your renovation... you'll certainly enjoy your house once it's finished.
Hi Mimmi, we lived for many years in the Var, and I can imagine beautiful aperitifs in the 06! Well done on restoring your house, is it finished, or will it be a life project like our house? Thanks for following!
@@NotUselessYet it took us the best part of 6 years.... it was hard work ... I'm quite a clumsy woman and yet I found out how thrilling working with a pneumatic hammer is... my husband was the handy one: plastering vaulted ceiling is a skill nobody acquires in a day, but we made it and now it's finished, the whole 4 floors of it. We love it there. I hope you'll enjoy both the building/creative process and the final result as much as we do. And yes, we love the Var too.... who doesn't?
Hi Rainbow, thanks for watching! If I keep all the furniture I'll need to buy a second house! I'll be keeping some of it, like the table which you can see in the most recent video.
Hi Maggie, I will keep as much as is possible, and anything I change will still have to look like the original, I love those doors too! I hope the lockdown ends for you soon. Hello to Wales!
Some of the furniture looks useful. Perhaps some items can be donated and others may be sold and check museums. You have a lot of renovation. I hope you are capable of dealing with such an enormous task. I cant wait to see the transformation. 😄
Hi Rachel, Some of the furniture is great, and anything else will be sold or donated, but not destroyed! I hope I’m capable too and not too useless yet! Thanks for following!
This home is fantastic. I can see how beautiful it will be. Wow. Please don’t throw those photos away. If your able to, please donate them to a historical society or find the family and give them back. Please. It would so wonderful if you did this for the preservation of family history. Lovely home tour. Thank you for showing us this-such a gem.
Hi guys. I live in Cairns, Australia but Guinadi and Grondola are my home villages. I grew up in the late sixties, seventies and eighties in the valley and loved coming across your video blog. Your house may have belonged to one of my ancestors. I'll come and say hi next time I'm over. Best wishes, Paul
I think you should change the master bedroom to the back room then you can have the bathroom attached. The kids bedrooms should be where the master is now and the one above it by maybe putting in a new stairs maybe rod iron. That way if you wanted a study you could have it next to your new bathroom. I also think in your kitchen if you can open up the doorways more you can have French doors onto the terrace for more natural light.
Hi Vickie! I’m not sure about the kitchen sink, and if I do, then not where it is. The real kitchen remodel is a while away yet! Take Italy off you bucket list and go! Thanks for watching!
Oh my! This is going to be so cool Monsieur NotSoUseless 😎. You're only 2 months in! Looking forward to sharing your Tuscany journey. Bon courage mon ami. 🇮🇹🇫🇷
Enjoyed the tour and your plan, it made everything easier to understand. You certainly have your work cut out to achieve enough improvement so that your family can visit in a few weeks/months! You need a second person to help you move old furnishings and rubbish down all of those stairs. Saying that, you seem to have the know how to do it, as shown by what you have achieved so far. Congratulations on your new baby.
Hi Sheila, I'm glad you liked the house, I fell in love with it, and now it's at a point where the family can stay, live is rushing back into the place! Thank you, the baby is perfect!
Im also amazed at the new roof & that they just raised the rafters to put a new one on...that had to be so expensive & provides additional space! Glad it was done before u considered it
Hi Girl, things like that are really a bit botched, cheaper to leave the old, the roofing equivalent of painting over something! but it works, the structure is good and it's waterproof!
Congratulatjons on your good taste!You have me hooked. There is lot of potential in that house. Using your skills and imagination, the end result will be a treasure. I'd save at least a few of the more rustic pieces of furniture. Oh and I'd love to see the cellsrs. For decor, I'd go for a slightly shabby monastic chic, brightened up with colorful art. Imagine a sumner evening on that kitchen terrace, sipping wine with friends and neighbors. I will be cheering you in all the way.
Hi Thomas, thank you! I hope to do the house some justice over time, and find the right mix of old and practical! I will and have saved some of the furniture, check my other videos for the cellar tour, and much more! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the house tour. I really enjoyed it. Now that I saw the hanging chain in the chestnut drying room over where the fire used to be, I can say that the family used to also smoke ham for proscuitto and other smoked meats, mostly pork, in there. Perhaps the property originally owned that barn-type structure across from your house to keep pigs in. I have seen great villas that all have a place for a couple of pigs haha. Are you going to restore the wonderful beams in the living room? Those original beams are sure to be chestnut from this area, and being that size, they are extremely special. Castagna wood is very strong and has a wonderful color which ages well. Another thought (haha), if you want to make your neighbors very pleased, and gain their hearts, hang up a photo of your family where they can see it when they come over to check on your work, which they will do often. :-) Your house is lovely. I bet the neighbor across the way is thrilled to see that someone loves the house enough to buy it, and will be fixing it. Nothing makes Italians sadder than watching these old and elegant homes waste away from neglect. You will be a hero in your village. Hope you have been enjoying today's lovely weather. Perfect for working, and taking breaks on your loggia (what you call the terrace with the columns). Having a loggia (pron. low-jah) is also very special and considered prestigious here. Raising the loggia ceiling and the arches will give you the original elegance for which the loggia was intended for sure. Good decision. However, you may have to get intalled an earthquake iron rod from one side to the other on the length of the loggia near the ceiling to remove any destabilization once the floor joists are removed above it. But that wouldn't be a bad idea as we do get earthquakes in this area. In the attic room with the dresser you can see the original dry wall which is fascinating, just to know that these structures in their earliest iteration were all built with stones only and no cement. Pretty amazing, right? And the last two rooms you showed where one is connected to the cantina below was to store prepared meats, potatoes etc. The tiny room has the old type of stone floor that was used for this purpose to maintain the temperature (not too hot in summer, nor too cold in winter) is to keep preserved and fesh foods. My guess is that it's well over 100 years old which by Italian standards is recent haha. Or maybe a newer storage building was built on top of an original, older stone floor. Whenever you see those floors in any property, it was where food was stored. It even still has the meat hook to hang preserved meats. The windows in those rooms are always open to let in a breeze and have air circulation which was essential to keeping stored food dry and preventing mould. I know, it seems counter-intuitive. In fact, I have a cantina with an open window and no matter what I store in there it doesn't get damp or mouldy. My house is 600 years old btw. Some in the vilage whose ancestors have lived here forever say it's 800 years old. It too has been through many lives, from a large villa to a school, then divided into two houses. So I hope all of my feedback is helpful, and not overkill for you haha. That antique mortar in the store room has value btw. You just need to buy a marble pestle, maybe in Carrara Cave when you go on a visit. Or you just might find it somewhere! :-) Your house is a gem, a genuine treasure, which I'm sure that you and your artistic partner already know. As we expats say, the house chose us, not the other way around. All the best to you both.
Hi Janice, I don't know where to start, I am touched at the amount of time you invest writing all these tips and explanations! Thank you so very much, I am sure they are not just useful for me, but also for other people watching. I will try to restore the beams depending on what state they are in. Have an excellent evening!
@@NotUselessYet Well, I'm a retired academic, 72 years old, a transplant happily located in Lunigiana, and my hobby is ancient architecture and indigenous folk artificats. Plus I'm a writer, so much so, my son inherited it and is a professional writer in the US. So, having said all that, your adventure has pushed all my happy buttons haha. They say there's no such thing as too much knowledge, and I'm what I call a perpetual student. BUT I promise not to overwhelm your channel with unsolicited information and advice. Part of the adventure afterall is learning as you go. God speed.
@@drewyr32 Haha. I'm sure he will learn a lot in this entire enovation/restoration process. I just hope he hires a good "muratore di pietra" a stone mason who does all the cement and stucco work on the walls because it is a unique process in these ancient stone houses. You have to use the exact products that let the walls breathe, and how they apply these products and how long to wait for the next layer etc. is a fine art. I've watched them. Otherwise the hard rains literally come through the walls at some point, then you have mould and other issues. This work includes pointing on the outside stone walls as well. Also, he will need a muratore for repairing the top of the stone walls in the attic near the original beams to safeguard the stability of the house. These houses may be made of stone, but they can fall down. Just sayin' haha.
Janice - Thank you for the history. I’d love to know more about how those nooks and crannies were used!! Food was always the most important thing! Which room was where the family originally ate?
I think that the little rooms at the top were add-ons for young relatives that came to live later - because the Italians are family-oriented......... or maybe added for an employee or 2, who worked with the smoking process. I am fascinated by the "maze" of rooms!! I`d love to see a 3D floorplan of this house.
That front porch with the flower bush! 🌹 🤗 It's like a little courtyard. To be candid the sound of the water from the gutters is nice-could you put a nice rain barrel there for practical water use? I was giddy with ideas as you walked through. Those marble stairs! I'd hang a smaller chandelier that stops above the window. The little kitchen area & outside smoke house rooms-being a cook & gardener I'd put them to use for canning, storing, etc. And they left a farm table! And yet another beautiful terrace with pillars! Just amazing. 😊
Hi KJ, I know, there are so so many possibilities! There is always the sound of water when you have the windows open because there is an old fountain and washing trough behind the house on the road up to the church. Thanks for commenting!
Will you be installing a modern kitchen with tons of cupboards, or will you be following a more historical theme of the ‘unfitted’ kitchen? Lovely old building. My dream! Wonderful tour.
Hi Susan, I think we will probably have a traditional looking kitchen, but still lots of cupboards and maybe even a little island. I love cooking and so I'll be spending lots of time in the kitchen, and with the kids it need some mod cons! I'm glad you like the house, and thanks for watching!
The architecture of the village reminds me very much of southern Greek countryside. Its funny that most of people think most of Greece is like santorini, when much of it has a pretty southern European outlook
Watch out for the black mold! Wonderful house that is structurally sound. Cannot wait yo see what you do with this house. Love that you are interested in retaining the character of the house. Good luck, hope you don ‘t run into too many surprises as you renovate. Love the furniture. Great idea to show the floor plan.
Hi Joanna, The house was always aired, and the roofs were fixed, just sometimes after a long while. The main problem are really the gutters! I’m hoping that heating, removal, plastering and anti fungus paint will do the trick! Thanks for watching
Thank you SO much for the tour. What an amazing place you will have. I look forward to seeing more of your journey. As others have said the use of the floor plan is genius. So many rooms and so much STUFF.. Wish I could come and help you paint or do something!. My Grandfather left his house in Italy to come and work in the US in around 1912. He let his brother and family have free use of the house for many years. When he went back to visit, the stairs were in disrepair as were many other things in the house. He asked his brother why he did not keep it up and his reply was "its not my house". My grandfather cut his visit short and came back home to the US and never went back. It has been my dream to go there and see what is left of it if any. Now with the corona virus we can't travel. Meanwhile I will live thru you and your remodel.
Hi Blueberry, I am glad you liked the tour, and the house. What a sad story from your grandfather, they were difficult times, he probably did well to go to the US. I hope when the travel ban lifts you can visit and find the house. Italy also is very well street viewed, perhaps you can find it on there!
Not Useless Yet - wow! Thanks for the suggestion, that is something I did not know. I know the town but not the street but maybe I can find that too. Hope your project is going well and will follow it.
I absolutely love the old stairs outside and the upstairs bedrooms. I hope you keep them and at least part of the old onion drying area. It’s so authentic. I can understand why you would want to see the beautiful arches though. What an amazing treasure the whole place is and what a bonus to get all the old furniture too.
Hi Deborah, the jury is still out on what we will be doing to the outside of the house. It is an amazing place, and it's difficult making it modern and practical without removing any of the historical value.
The dishes and cabinet are beautiful. And that old Victrola will make beautiful music. I hope that you keep them so that something of the previous owners stays with the house.
Hi Hope, We will keep some of the stuff, but we really can't keep it all! There are things that are very old and have always been here like the table in the living room, and that we will absolutely keep. Thanks!
This is a great house and your approach to remake is spot on!! But yes!!! Slow your camera shot down. The eye needs time focus and we need to fully appreciate what your vision is. Thanks for sharing this project & good luck!
Hi Andrea, thank you! I'm glad you are following! I'm sorry about the camera work, I'm quite new to this, and I have bought a phone grip that should slow the movements down a bit and make them more fluid.
I think you should adress the gutters ASAP. After you finish the bathroom, paint the room and you can put the ikea bed in there. Clean and paint living room. Then the master bedroom. The 2 other bedroom and bath. The kitchen and teraces. The outside. And finally the sellar. The China cabinet is beautiful. Good luck 🍀 👍🏻
Hi Princess, I have at least now cleaned out the gutters, and will replace them before winter! If you watch the last couple of videos, you'll see I did almost exactly what you suggest! Thanks for watching, mre coming soon!
Amazing house great plans, the only change I could suggest is the kitchen side facing the terrace. With the priceless view I'd put in patio doors or large windows. Families and friends tend to gather in that space even in bad weather.
Hi Shirley, I did think about that, and even just raising the door height so I could pass through without ducking, but it would change the original character of the house, and also be expensive. I'll keep thinking about it, as we are a way off the kitchen yet! Thanks for watching
Love this channel! I'm Italian, so I'm very familiar with this type of old houses, but I've never seen a DIY-renovation of this kind of buildings, it's so interesting! I feel like you've got a beauty there, loads of potential. Can't wait to see what you do with it. And all that old furniture! It's not all worth keeping, but there are some true gems in there. I reckon with a bit of work it'll turn out amazing. Good luck! New subscriber ;)
Hi Lemon! Thanks for watching, I also see lots of potential, and work :-) Some of the furniture will stay, some will perhaps be sold, and the rest will go to charity.
I adore the vaulted ceilings. They make an enormous difference in how a room feels, IMO. The sound is so much better. Having a conversation in such a space in a unique experience and awesome.
Such a beautiful house. So full of character and original details. I hope you are able to keep its original charm while adding your modern conveniences. So much room and full of treasures. Hope you are able to find good homes for the furniture and fixtures you won’t be able to use. It’s too bad the casement windows are in such bad shape. But hope you can have some nice wood windows made that keep the original charm. Not sure if you have a craigslist or something such as that in Italy but maybe you could some of the items for sale on there. I live in the US and here you would have people chomping at the bit to get there hands on things like the stove and sink! What one person sees as trash is another’s treasure, that’s for sure.
Hi, I will have to replace the windows at some point, but only with wood and traditional shape and openings. Finding good homes for the furniture might be difficult, I don't know how much demand there is around here... We will keep and restore a lot of it though for sure! Thanks!
I just found you by accident and I'm glad. your house is so interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing what your do with it. I love the upstairs room that you didn't know what to do with. the view over the roofs is beautiful. It would make a really pretty bedroom and ensuite.
Hi Lea, Thanks for watching, I'm not sure we need that extra room, and it would involve fitting a staircase from somewhere and plumbing up and down, so a lot of effort! But maybe one day, who knows!
Not Useless Yet I realised the stairs would be a problem. If there’s even a tiny chance it might be worth considering we’re you’d fit the stairs in the future (or even pluming) so you don’t have to do a major Reno in the future 🙂
Thanks good idea putting the plan / layout drawing, made it so much easier to follow👍🏻lovely house very rustic sure in 5 years time it will be very different once you have made your mark. Got a new subscriber now just binge watched from the start. Thanks for taking the time to film and post the videos I appreciate the extra time and effort this adds to your project. But helps us all massively who are researching a project like this👏👏👏🏴
A real cold pantry off the kitchen is the healthiest fridge you can get. The food lasts much longer in it and stays nutritious. You can also keep much more inside than in an electrical fridge.
@@NotUselessYet Very good! It will be good for the vegetables. The beer can stay in a fridge, but not vegetables and fruit. Also there was a wood stove. It gives infrared light and is the healthiest method for cooking. I hope you can keep it - renovate it and use it and a gas stove too.
Love this. Watching everything in one night lol beautiful views, love the home. What lovely furniture. I hope you kept some or got a good price for them. Are they antiques? Fabulous home.
The “two-way vault” is called a groin vault. Great project. Best of luck seeing it through. By the way, the “little terrace” is a loggia. Sorry if I’m a bore but it’s such a cool villa I thought you might enjoy knowing the architectural terms that make up this great place.
Hi Katrina, I'm glad you like it, so do I! There are a lot of chests, as you will soon see, so I don't think we'll be able to keep all of them, we'll see. Thanks for watching!
I'm building a tiny house with a Tuscany flare . I'm here to get ideas and to learn . Thank you for sharing this with all of us . I've already gotten some good ideas .
@@NotUselessYet I'm located on the Eastern Plains of Colorado . It's a 10x10 salt box . Or a 100 square feet tiny house . It's ALOT smaller than your villa . Good luck with your project , your doing amazing over there
Fantastic house and location. I'm sure it will be beautiful. I think that a lot of the old ways, drying garlic, smoking chestnuts might be preserved, at least in part. There is beauty in the history, preserving food, self sufficiency... that adds to the charm of the home.
The floorplan sketch really helped to give an idea of how the rooms are laid out. I wish more people would do that when they're giving tours of their spaces. I love all your ideas, especially opening up the terrace ceiling. But why are you planning to put a second kitchen in the living room?
Hi, Thanks for watching. I am not planning on putting a second kitchen in, just a temporary one in the living room, because it will be a while before the real kitchen takes shape, and we want to be able to cook and eat here hopefully this summer.
@@NotUselessYet The "Real" kitchen has lots of potential. It seems it was the place where everything revolved around, back in the XX century. That large kitchen and the terrace, is wonderfull! The partition wall seems to be some late XX cent. afterthough, that came out not so great, and you are going to revert to it's former glory. Raising the balcony ceiling will be a gret idea as well. Also the upper little bedroom has some potential, if the partition is old plaster, you could just remove it and make it one bigger room and devise an internal stair, from the master bedroom up, next to the living room door. As for the little bathroom you are building at the core of the house, you may want to put some vent powered together with the light, to avoid moisture to colect in that enclosed partition. Keep up the good work!
I'm tired just watching and listening to what you have to do to restore this home. God Bless people like you who see the diamond in the rough. Look forward to the end result.
Thank you for your channel and sharing all this info. We are from Canada and looking to buy a historic house on East coast Italy as well. The house is huge, and beautiful. Thank you for pointing out the architectural nuances, like "air" and "water" in the roof haha i would be one of those scared people if I saw the inside of the house. Absolutely love the project.
Hi Denys, thank you for watching! There is currently snow on the roof, so it'll be exciting to see what that's done once I can finally get back there! Good luck finding your dream house!
Hi there, I think you’re a fellow S, African? Loved watching your tour and hearing that accent that always gives me a warm feeling. :-) We’re just north of your area, in Switzerland. All the best with the renovation, you can turn this fascinating place into a real gem. Definitely subscribing to follow your journey, and if you ever get so far as to let it out to holiday guests we’ll be there for sure. Airbnb works well, we let our place in Plett out and hope things will pick up once the pandemic is over. Wishing you and your girlfriend tons of energy and happy times with your two little people! 👋
They do wonderful food with chestnuts in that area of Italy, you certainly have tried castannaccio and necci. Wonderful house and lots of work! Good luck, I'd love to do the same!
That is a mammoth project indeed. It's bigger than I thought but it also means it will be more rewarding. Kudos for looking into something others couldn't! It's going to be great! Can't wait to see the progress. Love to the village and surrounds when your out and about. Ciao
The beds are museum pieces, and not for sleeping in any more unfortunately! I’m a couple of inches taller than the beds are long! The borders are wonderful, but I still think I’ll go mostly white and bring color with my girlfriend’s art.
I wish more people would show a drawing of the floor plan the way that you do. It is so helpful and interesting. Such an exciting project.
Glad you liked it!
I completely agree, it makes so much more sense to viewers.
I was thinking the same while watching.
The outside Architecture is beautiful ! Do you know how many Sq Feet or Sq Meters this house is inside? Just lovely ❤️
Me four. The floor plan allows us the viewers to have perspective of each room he is in throughout the video. That was brilliant !!
The floor in the chestnut room looks great very rustic I would keep it just like that.
Great! Good luck! ❤️
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Thank you very much! You too in Portugal 🇵🇹
A nice antique chandelier in the tall entrance hall would be perfect. Good luck 🍀
That could look great!
Think those little rooms upstairs near the garlic drying area were probably servant quarters. Also, the room off master bedroom that is between bath and balcony... would make an excellent walk in closet and I would put washing machine there since most dirty clothes come from upstairs. Especially when you get older you will very much appreciate having washer there! !!!! Also, bathroom on terrace off kitchen, perfect for guest bathroom, and for kids coming in from playing and again, you’ll appreciate having toilet there when you get older!! Trust me!! (Do you want visitors going through bedrooms to use toilet? ) I think it’s wonderful you are going to restore this treasure! Love the kitchen and terrace!! Can grow fresh herbs on terrace! This is exciting and I hope this home will bring you and your family many years of joy!!
Hi Christine, Maybe, but I'm not sure the house had servants at the time that that would have been built. So many ideas! I will be doing this journey room by room and we'll see how we get on. Thank you for watching and for commenting!
I admire your vision and your courage, no one can ever accuse you of being frightened of a challenge. Much respect and good luck.
Looking forward to further videos on the advancement of your project
Hi Gisele, you and me both, I'm become quite impatient!
Looking forward to it!
Magnificent home
Hi new subbie here!!! How are you? I’m so happy to have found your channel. It’s been on my mind to buy something in Italy and I’m jist wanting to see someone actually renovating their place. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend darling 🙏🏽 🍝 💎🤍🤍🤍🤍
I ran across your video by accident....I cast you on the big screen so your tour paid justice to your beautiful home. Absolutely love all the rooms and the nook and crannies. It takes a special person's eye to see beauty in the rough. I'll be following you and I appreciate the tour. Stay safe
Hi Jo, wow, I can only imagine what it looks like on a big screen! The house chose me, I was powerless to resist falling in love with it! Thanks for watching, stay safe you too!
It is amazing how you have windows with no glass and yet no birds or bats have made homes in your rooms. It is also so amazing how so much stuff was left - even old photographs (if I saw that correctly, you opened a chest with a photograph of someone). I know the value of old photos. A relative somewhere would love to have that picture. If the neighbours can’t help in locating a relative, you still mustn’t throw out such things. Keep them and assemble a book about the house, including pictures of your own restoration. Future generations would love such a thing. Don’t destroy documents from the past. (You adding a floor plan for us was priceless.)
Hi Eric, don't worry, I'm not going to throw anything that could be saved away. There are a lot of cats in the village, and they keep most of the other animals out of houses, and there are enough trees, ruins and other places for birds and bats. Thanks for watching, and for your comments!
I can relate to this. I built my house from scratch when I had very little money. I kept on adding to it and the end result was chaotic. Nothing matched and to add to the look I painted it a peachy colour. But because it was a cheap paint, after some time the peach turned into a baby pink. So one day I saw a beautiful house in a coastal town and a friend told me that I can do the same with my house. I decided to go for it. I ripped out the aluminium windows and replaced them with stunning wooden ones which I painted a Mediteranean Blue. The facade got painted with a special kind of paint that gives it that Meditterranean look as well. I added fake stones up the sides, fitted shutters, and built a wall in front with lights built into the wall. The lights were fitted with 4 different colours glass which make it look amazing at night time. When done, several people rang the bell over time to ask me who the architect was. The end result was amazing if I have to say so. The next step was to turn the house into a self catering guest house with 6 units, all fully furnished, plus my own living area on top with a stunning mountain view. It all took a lot of drama and hard work but it was worth it
Hi Go for Gold, It sounds like a big difficult project with a huge reward! I hope we achieve some of what you did. Thanks for watching!
i ,always admire people like you,here back in Boston homes are build with wood and wall board, but stone built house is a different project,i am sure it's going to be a fine beautiful home....don't give up the beers and hard work pal.
Hi Raja, sometimes, especially when I'm drilling holes, I wish the house was made of wood! Thanks for the encouragement, I'll stick to the beers and keep working!
I like the love and approach you have for your project. Just remember that ALL our houses leak, and all of them crack here and there ALWAYS. It all is a combination of construction material, levels of rain and the fact tha Italia is a volcanic peninsula.
Hi Emiro, oh I know, but that's exactly why we love out houses so much, because they need us!
@@NotUselessYet As we all should. For young Italians - in italia- home ownership is a dream that it is extremely difficult to achieve. Too much bureaucracy, bank loans, taxes, fees, and the economic uncertainty makes them play safe and stay with parents, grand parents. Renting itself is a big commitment of 2 years +. Treasure your house, build her right and she will always be there for your future AND you family's future
Es taaan hermosa, que envidia
Love stove and sink
My husband and I have renovated a medioeval house in the Maritime Alps.... it's been a huge enterprise but the result is extremely pleasing! Sipping at our aperitivo looking at the sea in the distance is a priceless experience. So... I cannot wait to see the result of your renovation... you'll certainly enjoy your house once it's finished.
Hi Mimmi, we lived for many years in the Var, and I can imagine beautiful aperitifs in the 06! Well done on restoring your house, is it finished, or will it be a life project like our house? Thanks for following!
@@NotUselessYet it took us the best part of 6 years.... it was hard work ... I'm quite a clumsy woman and yet I found out how thrilling working with a pneumatic hammer is... my husband was the handy one: plastering vaulted ceiling is a skill nobody acquires in a day, but we made it and now it's finished, the whole 4 floors of it. We love it there. I hope you'll enjoy both the building/creative process and the final result as much as we do. And yes, we love the Var too.... who doesn't?
Beautiful house.
Hi Rosy, thank you!
Keep the whole furniture, it's a real gem 😊
Hi Rainbow, thanks for watching! If I keep all the furniture I'll need to buy a second house! I'll be keeping some of it, like the table which you can see in the most recent video.
The door from the kitchen to the terrace & the view are just BREATHTAKING ! imagine having coffee there every morning !
Hi Omnia, yes, and drinks every evening too!
Those doors,please keep them-grandma and eggs spring to mind. The tour brightened up lockdown here in Wales.
Hi Maggie, I will keep as much as is possible, and anything I change will still have to look like the original, I love those doors too! I hope the lockdown ends for you soon. Hello to Wales!
💕If you could make a staircase inside to the room’s above you’d have room for a guest/playroom for your kids as they get older💕
Vielen Dank für den Rundgang MIT Grundriss. 👍🏾😎 Ich mag solche verwinkelten Häuser mit verschiedenen Niveaus. Treppauf, treppab! 🙂
Beautiful. Can see how its so worth restoration.
Hi Willdo, thank you, I hope I can do it some justice!
Some of the furniture looks useful. Perhaps some items can be donated and others may be sold and check museums. You have a lot of renovation. I hope you are capable of dealing with such an enormous task. I cant wait to see the transformation. 😄
Hi Rachel, Some of the furniture is great, and anything else will be sold or donated, but not destroyed! I hope I’m capable too and not too useless yet! Thanks for following!
You're living the Dream!
Hi Influence, It's definitely not far off!
You are absolutely mad! Wonderfully mad and I only wish I lived next door to help you. Good luck !
This home is fantastic. I can see how beautiful it will be. Wow. Please don’t throw those photos away. If your able to, please donate them to a historical society or find the family and give them back. Please. It would so wonderful if you did this for the preservation of family history. Lovely home tour. Thank you for showing us this-such a gem.
Hi Alexandria, don't worry, I won't be throwing anything historical away! The history should stay with the family or with the house!
Hi guys.
I live in Cairns, Australia but Guinadi and Grondola are my home villages.
I grew up in the late sixties, seventies and eighties in the valley and loved coming across your video blog.
Your house may have belonged to one of my ancestors.
I'll come and say hi next time I'm over.
Best wishes,
Paul
Excellent tour and thank you for showing the map periodically, that was brilliant.
I think you should change the master bedroom to the back room then you can have the bathroom attached. The kids bedrooms should be where the master is now and the one above it by maybe putting in a new stairs maybe rod iron. That way if you wanted a study you could have it next to your new bathroom. I also think in your kitchen if you can open up the doorways more you can have French doors onto the terrace for more natural light.
I hope you keep the kitchen sink!!!! It is going to to be lovely. Italy on my bucket list!
Hi Vickie! I’m not sure about the kitchen sink, and if I do, then not where it is. The real kitchen remodel is a while away yet! Take Italy off you bucket list and go! Thanks for watching!
That top room is perfect for a home office/library!!! 😍😍😍
Nice house. It’s going to be beautiful!
Hi Ana, thank you, I hope so!
Oh my! This is going to be so cool Monsieur NotSoUseless 😎. You're only 2 months in! Looking forward to sharing your Tuscany journey. Bon courage mon ami. 🇮🇹🇫🇷
Simply Beautiful!
Thank you!
Enjoyed the tour and your plan, it made everything easier to understand. You certainly have your work cut out to achieve enough improvement so that your family can visit in a few weeks/months!
You need a second person to help you move old furnishings and rubbish down all of those stairs.
Saying that, you seem to have the know how to do it, as shown by what you have achieved so far.
Congratulations on your new baby.
Hi Sheila, I'm glad you liked the house, I fell in love with it, and now it's at a point where the family can stay, live is rushing back into the place! Thank you, the baby is perfect!
That wooden cabinet in the living room is stunning!
Hi Leona, it is also very big, so it has been consigned to storage for now, but we'll see!
@@NotUselessYet I hope you will be able to find a location for it in your house! Can't wait to see what other antiques are in the house.
Going to be an interesting project.
Hi Nowhere Man, I hope so! Thanks for following!
Im also amazed at the new roof & that they just raised the rafters to put a new one on...that had to be so expensive & provides additional space! Glad it was done before u considered it
Hi Girl, things like that are really a bit botched, cheaper to leave the old, the roofing equivalent of painting over something! but it works, the structure is good and it's waterproof!
Congratulatjons on your good taste!You have me hooked. There is lot of potential in that house. Using your skills and imagination, the end result will be a treasure. I'd save at least a few of the more rustic pieces of furniture. Oh and I'd love to see the cellsrs.
For decor, I'd go for a slightly shabby monastic chic, brightened up with colorful art.
Imagine a sumner evening on that kitchen terrace, sipping wine with friends and neighbors.
I will be cheering you in all the way.
Hi Thomas, thank you! I hope to do the house some justice over time, and find the right mix of old and practical! I will and have saved some of the furniture, check my other videos for the cellar tour, and much more! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the house tour. I really enjoyed it. Now that I saw the hanging chain in the chestnut drying room over where the fire used to be, I can say that the family used to also smoke ham for proscuitto and other smoked meats, mostly pork, in there. Perhaps the property originally owned that barn-type structure across from your house to keep pigs in. I have seen great villas that all have a place for a couple of pigs haha. Are you going to restore the wonderful beams in the living room? Those original beams are sure to be chestnut from this area, and being that size, they are extremely special. Castagna wood is very strong and has a wonderful color which ages well. Another thought (haha), if you want to make your neighbors very pleased, and gain their hearts, hang up a photo of your family where they can see it when they come over to check on your work, which they will do often. :-) Your house is lovely. I bet the neighbor across the way is thrilled to see that someone loves the house enough to buy it, and will be fixing it. Nothing makes Italians sadder than watching these old and elegant homes waste away from neglect. You will be a hero in your village. Hope you have been enjoying today's lovely weather. Perfect for working, and taking breaks on your loggia (what you call the terrace with the columns). Having a loggia (pron. low-jah) is also very special and considered prestigious here. Raising the loggia ceiling and the arches will give you the original elegance for which the loggia was intended for sure. Good decision. However, you may have to get intalled an earthquake iron rod from one side to the other on the length of the loggia near the ceiling to remove any destabilization once the floor joists are removed above it. But that wouldn't be a bad idea as we do get earthquakes in this area. In the attic room with the dresser you can see the original dry wall which is fascinating, just to know that these structures in their earliest iteration were all built with stones only and no cement. Pretty amazing, right? And the last two rooms you showed where one is connected to the cantina below was to store prepared meats, potatoes etc. The tiny room has the old type of stone floor that was used for this purpose to maintain the temperature (not too hot in summer, nor too cold in winter) is to keep preserved and fesh foods. My guess is that it's well over 100 years old which by Italian standards is recent haha. Or maybe a newer storage building was built on top of an original, older stone floor. Whenever you see those floors in any property, it was where food was stored. It even still has the meat hook to hang preserved meats. The windows in those rooms are always open to let in a breeze and have air circulation which was essential to keeping stored food dry and preventing mould. I know, it seems counter-intuitive. In fact, I have a cantina with an open window and no matter what I store in there it doesn't get damp or mouldy. My house is 600 years old btw. Some in the vilage whose ancestors have lived here forever say it's 800 years old. It too has been through many lives, from a large villa to a school, then divided into two houses. So I hope all of my feedback is helpful, and not overkill for you haha. That antique mortar in the store room has value btw. You just need to buy a marble pestle, maybe in Carrara Cave when you go on a visit. Or you just might find it somewhere! :-) Your house is a gem, a genuine treasure, which I'm sure that you and your artistic partner already know. As we expats say, the house chose us, not the other way around. All the best to you both.
Hi Janice, I don't know where to start, I am touched at the amount of time you invest writing all these tips and explanations! Thank you so very much, I am sure they are not just useful for me, but also for other people watching. I will try to restore the beams depending on what state they are in. Have an excellent evening!
@@NotUselessYet Well, I'm a retired academic, 72 years old, a transplant happily located in Lunigiana, and my hobby is ancient architecture and indigenous folk artificats. Plus I'm a writer, so much so, my son inherited it and is a professional writer in the US. So, having said all that, your adventure has pushed all my happy buttons haha. They say there's no such thing as too much knowledge, and I'm what I call a perpetual student. BUT I promise not to overwhelm your channel with unsolicited information and advice. Part of the adventure afterall is learning as you go. God speed.
@@ciaobella8963 I vote to get Janice on the channel for a guest appearance to give us viewers some knowledge!
@@drewyr32 Haha. I'm sure he will learn a lot in this entire enovation/restoration process. I just hope he hires a good "muratore di pietra" a stone mason who does all the cement and stucco work on the walls because it is a unique process in these ancient stone houses. You have to use the exact products that let the walls breathe, and how they apply these products and how long to wait for the next layer etc. is a fine art. I've watched them. Otherwise the hard rains literally come through the walls at some point, then you have mould and other issues. This work includes pointing on the outside stone walls as well. Also, he will need a muratore for repairing the top of the stone walls in the attic near the original beams to safeguard the stability of the house. These houses may be made of stone, but they can fall down. Just sayin' haha.
Janice - Thank you for the history. I’d love to know more about how those nooks and crannies were used!! Food was always the most important thing! Which room was where the family originally ate?
It's all those unique details that make renovations of these centuries old homes amazing.
Lots of work...get cracking!!
Hi Elmo, lots of work, and I'm doing my best! Thanks for watching!
Certainly a "labour of love"! Great detailed tour.
Hi Okonspruce, it really is, but so worth it! Thanks for watching!
I think that the little rooms at the top were add-ons for young relatives that came to live later - because the Italians are family-oriented......... or maybe added for an employee or 2, who worked with the smoking process.
I am fascinated by the "maze" of rooms!! I`d love to see a 3D floorplan of this house.
Fabulous house. 👍with the project.
Thanks Caro!
That front porch with the flower bush! 🌹 🤗 It's like a little courtyard. To be candid the sound of the water from the gutters is nice-could you put a nice rain barrel there for practical water use?
I was giddy with ideas as you walked through. Those marble stairs! I'd hang a smaller chandelier that stops above the window. The little kitchen area & outside smoke house rooms-being a cook & gardener I'd put them to use for canning, storing, etc. And they left a farm table! And yet another beautiful terrace with pillars! Just amazing. 😊
Hi KJ, I know, there are so so many possibilities! There is always the sound of water when you have the windows open because there is an old fountain and washing trough behind the house on the road up to the church. Thanks for commenting!
I have subscribed!I only need to see the front of the house and straight away...I loved it! Can’t wait to see the progress. Lovely!
Hi Helen, thank you! I love it too!
Will you be installing a modern kitchen with tons of cupboards, or will you be following a more historical theme of the ‘unfitted’ kitchen? Lovely old building. My dream! Wonderful tour.
Hi Susan, I think we will probably have a traditional looking kitchen, but still lots of cupboards and maybe even a little island. I love cooking and so I'll be spending lots of time in the kitchen, and with the kids it need some mod cons! I'm glad you like the house, and thanks for watching!
keep the bench for a dining table seating
The dining table and the upstairs floors are lovely.
Your renovating will make it better than what it was . Very picturesque house and neighborhood . Thanks for posting .
The architecture of the village reminds me very much of southern Greek countryside. Its funny that most of people think most of Greece is like santorini, when much of it has a pretty southern European outlook
Watch out for the black mold! Wonderful house that is structurally sound. Cannot wait yo see what you do with this house. Love that you are interested in retaining the character of the house. Good luck, hope you don ‘t run into too many surprises as you renovate. Love the furniture. Great idea to show the floor plan.
Hi Joanna, The house was always aired, and the roofs were fixed, just sometimes after a long while. The main problem are really the gutters! I’m hoping that heating, removal, plastering and anti fungus paint will do the trick! Thanks for watching
Thank you SO much for the tour. What an amazing place you will have. I look forward to seeing more of your journey. As others have said the use of the floor plan is genius. So many rooms and so much STUFF.. Wish I could come and help you paint or do something!.
My Grandfather left his house in Italy to come and work in the US in around 1912.
He let his brother and family have free use of the house for many years. When he went back to visit, the stairs were in disrepair as were many other things in the house. He asked his brother why he did not keep it up and his reply was "its not my house".
My grandfather cut his visit short and came back home to the US and never went back. It has been my dream to go there and see what is left of it if any. Now with the corona virus we can't travel. Meanwhile I will live thru you and your remodel.
Hi Blueberry, I am glad you liked the tour, and the house. What a sad story from your grandfather, they were difficult times, he probably did well to go to the US. I hope when the travel ban lifts you can visit and find the house. Italy also is very well street viewed, perhaps you can find it on there!
Not Useless Yet - wow! Thanks for the suggestion, that is something I did not know. I know the town but not the street but maybe I can find that too. Hope your project is going well and will follow it.
I absolutely love the old stairs outside and the upstairs bedrooms. I hope you keep them and at least part of the old onion drying area. It’s so authentic. I can understand why you would want to see the beautiful arches though. What an amazing treasure the whole place is and what a bonus to get all the old furniture too.
Hi Deborah, the jury is still out on what we will be doing to the outside of the house. It is an amazing place, and it's difficult making it modern and practical without removing any of the historical value.
The dishes and cabinet are beautiful. And that old Victrola will make beautiful music. I hope that you keep them so that something of the previous owners stays with the house.
Hi Hope, We will keep some of the stuff, but we really can't keep it all! There are things that are very old and have always been here like the table in the living room, and that we will absolutely keep. Thanks!
This is a great house and your approach to remake is spot on!!
But yes!!! Slow your camera shot down. The eye needs time focus and we need to fully appreciate what your vision is.
Thanks for sharing this project & good luck!
Hi Andrea, thank you! I'm glad you are following! I'm sorry about the camera work, I'm quite new to this, and I have bought a phone grip that should slow the movements down a bit and make them more fluid.
Very interesting journey you take. New suscriptor. Regards from Chile 🌌🌬️🌄🌾🌅🐎🕊️
Hi Clara, thank you! Regards to Chile!
Your walk around was just wonderful can't wait for more.
Glad you enjoyed it
I think you should adress the gutters ASAP. After you finish the bathroom, paint the room and you can put the ikea bed in there. Clean and paint living room. Then the master bedroom. The 2 other bedroom and bath. The kitchen and teraces. The outside. And finally the sellar. The China cabinet is beautiful. Good luck 🍀 👍🏻
Hi Princess, I have at least now cleaned out the gutters, and will replace them before winter! If you watch the last couple of videos, you'll see I did almost exactly what you suggest! Thanks for watching, mre coming soon!
Not Useless Yet Can’t wait for more videos! 😊
i love reno projects! cannot wait to watch more updates and see the final
Hi Annesha, I'm glad you like it! More coming soon!
Amazing house great plans, the only change I could suggest is the kitchen side facing the terrace. With the priceless view I'd put in patio doors or large windows. Families and friends tend to gather in that space even in bad weather.
Hi Shirley, I did think about that, and even just raising the door height so I could pass through without ducking, but it would change the original character of the house, and also be expensive. I'll keep thinking about it, as we are a way off the kitchen yet! Thanks for watching
This is such a fantastic project, I cant wait to see your journey.
Thanks Kendra!
Love this channel! I'm Italian, so I'm very familiar with this type of old houses, but I've never seen a DIY-renovation of this kind of buildings, it's so interesting! I feel like you've got a beauty there, loads of potential. Can't wait to see what you do with it. And all that old furniture! It's not all worth keeping, but there are some true gems in there. I reckon with a bit of work it'll turn out amazing. Good luck! New subscriber ;)
Hi Lemon! Thanks for watching, I also see lots of potential, and work :-) Some of the furniture will stay, some will perhaps be sold, and the rest will go to charity.
This is going to be absolutely magnificent when it's finished!
Hi Debby, I really think and hope so!
So pretty. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed!
I adore the vaulted ceilings. They make an enormous difference in how a room feels, IMO. The sound is so much better. Having a conversation in such a space in a unique experience and awesome.
Hi Sal, I agree totally, vaulted ceilings are special! A pain to plaster and paint, but wonderful nonetheless.
Such a beautiful house. So full of character and original details. I hope you are able to keep its original charm while adding your modern conveniences. So much room and full of treasures. Hope you are able to find good homes for the furniture and fixtures you won’t be able to use. It’s too bad the casement windows are in such bad shape. But hope you can have some nice wood windows made that keep the original charm. Not sure if you have a craigslist or something such as that in Italy but maybe you could some of the items for sale on there. I live in the US and here you would have people chomping at the bit to get there hands on things like the stove and sink! What one person sees as trash is another’s treasure, that’s for sure.
Hi, I will have to replace the windows at some point, but only with wood and traditional shape and openings. Finding good homes for the furniture might be difficult, I don't know how much demand there is around here... We will keep and restore a lot of it though for sure! Thanks!
Can't wait to see the end results! Beautiful house! Good Luck
Thank you!! 😊
I just found you by accident and I'm glad. your house is so interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing what your do with it. I love the upstairs room that you didn't know what to do with. the view over the roofs is beautiful. It would make a really pretty bedroom and ensuite.
Hi Lea, Thanks for watching, I'm not sure we need that extra room, and it would involve fitting a staircase from somewhere and plumbing up and down, so a lot of effort! But maybe one day, who knows!
Not Useless Yet I realised the stairs would be a problem. If there’s even a tiny chance it might be worth considering we’re you’d fit the stairs in the future (or even pluming) so you don’t have to do a major Reno in the future 🙂
Oh I hope you keep the beautiful dresser and dining table
Hi Leonie, the table absoltely! The dresser I’m not so sure, but I will make sure it goes to someone who loves it if it goes! Thanks !
Thanks good idea putting the plan / layout drawing, made it so much easier to follow👍🏻lovely house very rustic sure in 5 years time it will be very different once you have made your mark. Got a new subscriber now just binge watched from the start. Thanks for taking the time to film and post the videos I appreciate the extra time and effort this adds to your project. But helps us all massively who are researching a project like this👏👏👏🏴
A real cold pantry off the kitchen is the healthiest fridge you can get. The food lasts much longer in it and stays nutritious. You can also keep much more inside than in an electrical fridge.
Hi Sigridovski, that is very true, and we'll hopefully manage to have both, I don't think the pantry will be big enough for my beer!
@@NotUselessYet Very good! It will be good for the vegetables. The beer can stay in a fridge, but not vegetables and fruit. Also there was a wood stove. It gives infrared light and is the healthiest method for cooking. I hope you can keep it - renovate it and use it and a gas stove too.
It looks amazing. I am so envious.
Love this. Watching everything in one night lol beautiful views, love the home. What lovely furniture. I hope you kept some or got a good price for them. Are they antiques? Fabulous home.
Thanks for watching and commenting all the vids!
The “two-way vault” is called a groin vault. Great project. Best of luck seeing it through. By the way, the “little terrace” is a loggia. Sorry if I’m a bore but it’s such a cool villa I thought you might enjoy knowing the architectural terms that make up this great place.
Thanks! Someone mentioned that, and I have already used that nugget of information as you will hopefully soon see!
Absolutely! I am very ignorant about all this!
Thank you for the most enjoyable tour of your fabulous house. I enjoy following your progress.
Hi Bill, thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing - I am super excited to follow you on this wonderful project!
Hi Bengt, Thank you, it is a long and hard project, but it will be fabulous!
Amazing views, great place. I hope you keep the chests as they are always great for storage. It's good to pass the furniture onto good will.
Hi Katrina, I'm glad you like it, so do I! There are a lot of chests, as you will soon see, so I don't think we'll be able to keep all of them, we'll see. Thanks for watching!
Congratulations! Is such a beautiful house and project!!
Your house is stunning. I'm looking forward to watching the beauty restored.
Thank you Ocanada, so am I!
So many possibilities, and yes a lot of work....will be so beautiful. Wishing you both the best in your adventure.
Excellent tour and appreciate the blueprint! What a wonderful journey to go on!
I appreciated very much how you showed us each room and pointed it in the floor plan. That was very unique. Made the exploration more interesting.
Hi Maya, I'm glad you liked it!
I'm building a tiny house with a Tuscany flare . I'm here to get ideas and to learn . Thank you for sharing this with all of us . I've already gotten some good ideas .
Hi, That sounds like an amazing project, Good Luck! Where are you building it? Thanks for following!
@@NotUselessYet I'm located on the Eastern Plains of Colorado . It's a 10x10 salt box . Or a 100 square feet tiny house . It's ALOT smaller than your villa . Good luck with your project , your doing amazing over there
Fantastic house and location. I'm sure it will be beautiful. I think that a lot of the old ways, drying garlic, smoking chestnuts might be preserved, at least in part. There is beauty in the history, preserving food, self sufficiency... that adds to the charm of the home.
Hi Ethan, I do hope that I will do a lot of cooking and preserving in the future, but I’m not sure I’ll be smoking any chestnuts soon!
That house is going to be a marvel. Wow.
Hi Susie, I really hope so!
So exciting. I wish you the best. I will be following you for sure.
Thank you so much!!
The floorplan sketch really helped to give an idea of how the rooms are laid out. I wish more people would do that when they're giving tours of their spaces. I love all your ideas, especially opening up the terrace ceiling. But why are you planning to put a second kitchen in the living room?
Hi, Thanks for watching. I am not planning on putting a second kitchen in, just a temporary one in the living room, because it will be a while before the real kitchen takes shape, and we want to be able to cook and eat here hopefully this summer.
@@NotUselessYet The "Real" kitchen has lots of potential. It seems it was the place where everything revolved around, back in the XX century. That large kitchen and the terrace, is wonderfull! The partition wall seems to be some late XX cent. afterthough, that came out not so great, and you are going to revert to it's former glory. Raising the balcony ceiling will be a gret idea as well. Also the upper little bedroom has some potential, if the partition is old plaster, you could just remove it and make it one bigger room and devise an internal stair, from the master bedroom up, next to the living room door. As for the little bathroom you are building at the core of the house, you may want to put some vent powered together with the light, to avoid moisture to colect in that enclosed partition. Keep up the good work!
@@NotUselessYet Ah, that makes sense! Just did a kitchen renovation, myself --good luck!
Yes, the floor plan was brilliant.
I agree! The Floor Plan inserts are GREAT!
I'm tired just watching and listening to what you have to do to restore this home. God Bless people like you who see the diamond in the rough. Look forward to the end result.
But sooo rewarding DT, and there is no real rush, although I am always in a hurry! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for your channel and sharing all this info. We are from Canada and looking to buy a historic house on East coast Italy as well. The house is huge, and beautiful. Thank you for pointing out the architectural nuances, like "air" and "water" in the roof haha i would be one of those scared people if I saw the inside of the house. Absolutely love the project.
Hi Denys, thank you for watching! There is currently snow on the roof, so it'll be exciting to see what that's done once I can finally get back there! Good luck finding your dream house!
Fabulous pestle. Love the aluminium pans. I collect them.
Perhaps at some point I could donate a pan to your collection!
Hi there, I think you’re a fellow S, African? Loved watching your tour and hearing that accent that always gives me a warm feeling. :-) We’re just north of your area, in Switzerland. All the best with the renovation, you can turn this fascinating place into a real gem. Definitely subscribing to follow your journey, and if you ever get so far as to let it out to holiday guests we’ll be there for sure. Airbnb works well, we let our place in Plett out and hope things will pick up once the pandemic is over. Wishing you and your girlfriend tons of energy and happy times with your two little people!
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Hi Bea, funny you should think that, I’m from London originally actually! Thank you for your encouragement! Greetings to Switzerland 🇨🇭
Not Useless Yet You’re from London? I must be losing my touch. 😂 Anyway, great to be joining you on your renovation journey!
The chests are amazing. They will scrub up beautifully! Thank you for the video.
Hi Daniel, yes they are and there are many of them! Thank you for watching the video!
Wow! It’s massive! Needs so much work your enthusiasm and optimism is laudable. 👏
One of my favorite phrases is "what could possibly go wrong", well lets hope enthusiasm and optimism help stop things going wrong!
They do wonderful food with chestnuts in that area of Italy, you certainly have tried castannaccio and necci. Wonderful house and lots of work! Good luck, I'd love to do the same!
Well done you. I'm sure you are weak at the knees at times but you will get there. The kids will have great memories of the project.
Hi Aisling, that was the real reason I started filming, I didn't really think anyone else would watch...
That is a mammoth project indeed. It's bigger than I thought but it also means it will be more rewarding. Kudos for looking into something others couldn't! It's going to be great! Can't wait to see the progress. Love to the village and surrounds when your out and about. Ciao
It is a bit a project, but I think it'll be fabulous too! Thanks for still following and watching me muddle along!
Love the beds and wardrobes. Yes you can make these walls look old by mixing and blending paints. Note the borders!!
The beds are museum pieces, and not for sleeping in any more unfortunately! I’m a couple of inches taller than the beds are long! The borders are wonderful, but I still think I’ll go mostly white and bring color with my girlfriend’s art.