Oh I loved how much you enjoyed the melon fizz! Bravo on perfecting the previous experiment…kinda made me want to have a glass, not going to lie. 😂

I like real people who tell it like it is. I tent to unfollow those who aren't rennovating but financing a property purchase via YouTube channel and dragging it all out with click bait. Anyways enjoying your vlog

That's a Melon Must! – as in vinum mustum, minus the bits and pieces(skin, seeds). You should have kept the vinegar from the last batch, remembering that a good vinegar takes time. Anyone for melon vinegar as a vinegar taste? A little "Melonigar" perhaps?

Not in a hurry and not bothered about how long it’ll take. Wow! What a concept, and I love it! As far as what one may do with a larger property like the one in town you mentioned, I’m currently considering options for a project in Italy and may consider working with a platform like ‘outsite’. Gotta research it a bit more but it appeals to me in concept anyway. Love what you guys do!

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I agree, I worked on my place over the last twelve years but had a skilled builder in at the end to do things I couldn't possibly have addressed. So many unforeseen things that needed to be done. And my place is very small. But I had a lovely experience last weekend when I had a group of friends and family over to visit – some who hadn't been for many years – and hearing their words of praise about how the place had changed made me realise just what I had achieved, and I did feel proud. You should too – not because of what others say but because of the satisfaction of achievement. Continue the wonderful work you're doing. All the best.

I think you are doing so well, lots to do still but isn’t there always.

Wow, I needed to hear this today. I have a new 5-acre farm I’m starting from raw dirt. No buildings, only trees. But it is at the base of a beautiful mountain with majestic views and I love the land. Onward…

Those Schweppes bottles are don't have an oxygen barrier so the bottles are not good for long term storage as the yeast will be slowly fed oxygen and eat through the sugar leaving you with a dry product over time.

I was salivating at your description of the melon fizz!

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I think I'm going to need the recipe for your melon fizz if Kylie guzzling it down first time was anything to go by!

This was great 🙂 Don't forget that if you get bogged down in a large project—take a break and do something small that will have quick results and that may add some beauty to your surroundings 🙂

Do you plan for an internal staircase for those bad weather days ?

Love your videos.

Thanks for another great video. Is the wood burner enough to heat the tent during winter time? Like, to make the space comfortable.

Naa!! kac meel iska fariiso,waad daashayee

Good answers. Hard work, not all of it is fun but some of the journey is, and it's ultimately rewarding and worth it in the end. I'm super curious as to the majestic ruin Kylie loves in a neighboring village as I look at PT real estate for fun. Hidden neglected gems waiting for love. The T9 in Cernache do Bonjardim perhaps?

Life IS learning! When YOU learn, WE learn! Keep curious and carry on! And by the way, 'this place' is already fantastic – you ARE making a difference! When you make and do, you GROW . . . us too!

Really prefer the new emphasis of this channel, and if beautiful homes and natural bounty come from hard work and determination you two will surely succeed. If you, friends or relatives need a house to rent we have one in Figueiro from 300 a month. Modern and comfortable in the historic district.

Love ya honesty and humanness about moods…I can sit here having some crap days and your days cheer me up… ( I’m in Norway darker days are looming ) it’s sooooo good to see lovely peeps able to still wear t shirts in the winter months, not trudging through snow and still staying active….y’all are keeping me sane ahahah 😂 …much love peeps 💕

U guys are awesome.
When you start renovating the windows, maybe a useful idea might be to make a mold for the bottom part to cast in concrete. Have one side on the outside of the building, one on the inside, clamp them together, throw in some steel for re-enforcement and fill up, vibrate to get rid of bubbles etc.
Best practice would be to have some ledges that correspond with the wooden vertical parts you will install later, even better would be to have the bottom part of these vertical parts also cast in concrete to prevent rot in the future. Another possibility would be to have the whole windowsill cast in concrete of course, this improving the overall construction of your windows (but not cast in one go tho, better cast them in 3; first bottom, then both vertical parts and lastly the top/lentil part, but the steel re-enforcement connected in the different parts).
Cheers !

You never asked the cat on its opinion as to would it be happy to start another project, after all it certainly is not camera shy.

New Make. Do. Grow. video = straight to like 🙌

You are truly just the most amazing couple. Congratulations on the melon fizz!

5 years later and people are still asking when we will be finished. Cracks me up.

There is a process where you attach 1" (25mm) R-7.2 polyisocyanurate aluminum-faced foam boards to the outside of a masonry structure with furring strips, then attach another foam board to the furring strips leaving an air gap between the boards.. The second board has a mesh imbedded into it that can be stuccoed, with a special base layer, then a pre-pigmented finish layer (plus a 3rd layer, if texture is desired) that never needs painting. You end up with an 7.2+2.8+7.2=17.2 R-value with your stone or concrete INSIDE as a thermal mass. Very energy efficient. I built a 2000s/f concrete block house with this system back in the late 1980s, and their monthly electric bill was around $53.00 (USD). The cost (at that time) was about $1800, including the insulation boards, stucco, and labor. In less than one year, it paid for itself. After that, the homeowner was making $2400 a year in what they weren't paying to the utility company. In today's dollars (35 years later), it's probably at least double, if not triple those figures. *Note: expansion joints are required every 180s/f of wall surface. Generally a horizontal line above grade, and halfway (10') up the wall, and a vertical joint every 18' along the walls. Normal corner bead lathe wire is used around windows and at corners.
This system on your rough old stone walls would provide a very smooth surface to stucco to. The texture I used was a plastic-loop paint roller applied in the same direction (every time) to fresh, minute-old stucco (2nd coat). We applied a trowel's width of the finish coat, and then textured it, repeat, repeat. (If you change directions with the roller, you can see every roller mark, as the tips of the texture points in different directions).

You guys are great. Love to watch your channel ❤️

So interesting hearing each of your thought processes. And very inspiring attitudes you have. You each come across so well on camera that it's really like being in the garden/ French drain with you! Glad to know the melon fizz worked out, and funny to watch Kylie chugging it, after describing your first attempt as bottled baby sick.

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It's amazing that one can live in a tent…for years. Goes to show how little one really needs.

HELLO KYLIE & GUY…WHY CAN'T YOU GET THE KITCHEN DONE NOW & PUT A WOODSTOVE IN THE HOUSE, SO YOU CAN SLEEP COMFORTABLY AT NIGHT…HAVE I MISSED SOMETHING YOU SAID?…YOU ARE BOTH DOING SO WELL IN ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE…MAYBE NOT TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE, PLUS, MAKING ALCOHOL ALL THE TIME…LOL…CONCENTRATE ON WHAT MUST BE A PRIORITY…SUCH AS HEAT IN THE HOUSE FOR SLEEPING & FINISHING THE KITCHEN…BUT, WHAT DO I KNOW?…ALL THE BEST…🙏🏻;)

Is that’s not your cat ?

So nice to see you two take a moment to relax…. A bit. 🙂

Love to see your ' Future In town Property' that hopefully u will own and Reno one Day!🕌🛕

I lived out of a hammock while backpacking for a few months, and earplugs worked wonders for a full night sleep!

Great video. I think that life would be a little boring if you had no challenges and if you are the one who gets to decide what most of those challenges will be seems like a big win in my mind. I would be really interested to see what the next project is, after this one has reached a ‘finish’ point. Really glad the melon fizz is working out, even if it needs a tweak or two. Thanks for sharing.

I am glad you did it. I have enjoyed watching all you have done!

I love you and Kylie. I think as a woman I’m so impressed with K. I think she’s an amazing example to all us gals who want to get things done and feel we can’t do it. I hope her tenacity inspires many of us to go for it. And Guy you are amazing to. I love how you support and take her lead it’s just wonderful to watch you both.

" There is a beautiful building in our closest town, it's falling down, but it's the most majestic building…" and "It's not something I would call easy, but is one hundred percent worth it at the end of the day!!" you two, will do it over and over again, cause you love what you do, and you know how to and love to show and teach. Your property, the trees, garden are marvelous. In fact, the huge amount of things you teach, your simplicity and empathy make each video a fabulous show to watch. 💚💚💚💚🍀🍀💪💪

Guy as regards your mood today to which I can totally relate. We are in a new Moon and Mercury is in retrograde which can upset our usual equilibrium and even cause us to mix up our words. So I have been told.

The real question is ‘would you have started this if you knew it was going to take you 10/15 years to complete’.

If I recall on your old channel you estimated 2/3 years. In reality, on your own and in Portugal, it is going to be 10/15 years if ever to complete this work.

Either that or you have a load of progress recorded of work in the house that you are building in the YouTube bank.

I'm glad you'd do it all over again. O've enjoyed following your journey and admire your industriousness amd outlook. Inspirational.

I cannot imagine how beautiful it will be when its done

When are you going to bury that ditch? Why not already? …I love your property. How the house of stone is warmer in summer? Not logic