We Bought a Small Abandoned Farm for £10k

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Our Story:
We are Carissa, Iwan & Frankie the sausage dog, and in 2020 decided one night over a bottle of wine that moving from North Wales to Portugal would be a good idea. Within a month we were on the road to Portugal to find the perfect piece of land to call home. We picked up Albi, Joao and Simao the cats along the way, as well as Diogo the podengo and a flock of chickens.
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  • @DianeS2002
    @DianeS20027 ай бұрын

    I almost teared up at very random moments because the realisation hit me : what you guys are doing is what life is supposed to be about. Building a home. Farming the land. Riding bikes with the sunset setting the sky on fire. Having animals you care for... Can't wait to see the rest

  • @Joie-de-Vivre33

    @Joie-de-Vivre33

    7 ай бұрын

    The very same thing hit me - it was a deep realization

  • @gracecollins8415

    @gracecollins8415

    6 ай бұрын

    Felt the same watching them slather cement over all those stonewalls rather pointing with lime mortar.

  • @sazennonumber

    @sazennonumber

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes, I agree 100%. More and more people are realizing the same, that life is about freedom and adventure, and are going out of the cities. I love that and I believe that it is the way to change the world and free ourselves.

  • @chloeuntrau4588

    @chloeuntrau4588

    6 ай бұрын

    @@gracecollins8415 yep....

  • @monicamayer977

    @monicamayer977

    5 ай бұрын

    What a blessing people were to you. Yes, tearing up

  • @ianworley8169
    @ianworley81693 ай бұрын

    At the age of 44, we moved to Alto Alentejo, Portugal in October 2002. We rented initially, buying our house in June 2003 completing it's renovation within the first year. We moved back to the UK temporarily in 2005, resumed working and saving, before moving back to Portugal permanently in April 2013. Still here, poorer, infinitely happier and healthier. Britain seems so much worse now than then, whereas Portugal just seems to get better year after year. We'll never, ever go back. I'm 66 this year and will never leave our Alentejan home and life in Portugal.

  • @tessah1730

    @tessah1730

    2 ай бұрын

    yeah uk is the pitts now - esp with the sun blocking theyre doing even more than ever - I see blue skies in this video - dont remember what theyre like - I so wanna move but dont know how

  • @nellieblighhill4575

    @nellieblighhill4575

    2 ай бұрын

    Come to Australia, no language barrier, blue skies nearly every day, beautiful beaches...choose your temperature environment ranging from very cold to tropical to semi arid to arid. We have it all. Anywhere off the coast and away from the big cities is very affordable. Come visit first but plan to spend at least a month. Australia is a huge place and you need to experience a lot of zones. Recommended in Late Spring (ie your late autumn) Land in Hobart...Tasmania trip around for 5 days followed by Victoria... spend a week crossing towards the Victorian and South Australian border to Mildura. Then across to the wine country in South Australia (The Barossa). On the way visit Lake Mungo with its sand lunets...amazing. Travel back through the outback (only) a day either side. ...visiting Broken Hill, heading back east to Dubbo then up through the back highway to Toowoomba. Fly north to the Atheton tablelands, see Rockhampton then fly back home from Brisbane. You will have experienced all of the zones in this trip and will have seen about 15% of the country. Just make sure you do it outside the Rainy seasons of winter and summer. Winter in the cooler regions and summer in the hotter regions of Qeensland. So Spring or autumn here but Spring is prettier in my opinion....everything is bursting into life. So early April or Early October

  • @planet4allofus

    @planet4allofus

    2 ай бұрын

    Living expenses are a lot higher in Australia then in Portugal.@@nellieblighhill4575

  • @Debbie-henri

    @Debbie-henri

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@nellieblighhill4575Unfortunately for us Brits, the visa requirements for both Australia and New Zealand are very strict. For starters, they don't really want anyone over the age of 50 and you need relevant skills according to their current skill shortages listings, or you have to be an entrepreneur with a transferable business, or simply very rich (a minimum amount to invest in the country's economy 'every' year. And it is no small amount!) If I could motivate my husband to get out of Britain, we had pots of money, and there was a job waiting for our son who still lives with us, I'd be packing our bags now, I can assure you of that. Britain is getting worse by the week, and our politicians focus on stupid things while the 'real' problems get more and more out of hand. (For instance: fighting broke out between French police, people smugglers and migrants as they fought to get into boats and cross the channel very recently. This is what we have coming our way right now, every day - violent, vindictive young men prepared to attack and kill each other turning up by the boatload on our beaches. Our politicians? I don't even know what they're doing any more. Nothing at all it seems. Even worse, here in Scotland, we've had our rights to freedom of speech taken away from us by what is supposed to be the Scottish Nationalist Party. A bunch of spineless wimps more like. Personally, I would urge potential tourists to stay well away from this country and to make the effort tell our national tourist board why you're doing so. I don't holiday in England any more because once I was accused of doing something I absolutely did not by one of these 'newcomers,' the proprietor of the business we were patronising so spineless she reimbursed the other party and tore a strip off me ( yes, I objected, but she just continued accusing me in front of the 'newcomer.') Then, only 2 weeks ago, another of these newcomers, muttering prayers, walked slam into me, as if I wasn't there, his eyes out of focus like he was on something. No apology, even though he walked right across my path and into me. We're hearing the updates of yet another who stabbed a young mother; he has just been picked up and arrested by police. He'll be out in a few years. Our justice system is as soft as those who eagerly hand out tax-paid cars, phones, interpreters, houses, etc to those stepping off the boats. I think there will be an exodus of Brits over the next few years, but only among younger working people, those with active profitable businesses that can offer employment in their target country. The pensioners and infirm will be left behind to survive as best they can in an ever threatening environment, unless they can bring wealth with them. I've been looking around at the prospect of emigrating for a few weeks now, and none of the countries that I would consider are willing to consider pensioners with our sort of wealth level. (I'm not in debt or drowning in mortgage, but I most certainly can't invest the equivalent of hundreds of thousands into another economy 'every' year). So, don't visit. Poor old mother England isn't worth your time any more.

  • @Francedefence

    @Francedefence

    13 күн бұрын

    @@nellieblighhill4575 They are not Australians! Imigration laws are tough, in Australia!

  • @joerosa2532
    @joerosa2532Ай бұрын

    The new reality on the New Earth is exactly what you are doing. I began mine in 2011 moving with my partner from Rome to my parents' small town in Sicily. My father's 4.3 hectare family farm had been in the family since the late 40s but it had been abandoned since 1986 and it appeared like a an overgrown forest of citrus, olive and pine trees, a den for foxes and reptiles of every species. Well, I cleared it all up spending a minimal amount and am continuing on this new life-path journey. Your soul will thank you!!

  • @reflexologista
    @reflexologista3 ай бұрын

    I guys, this is Claude. I follow you since your beginning. I was then living in Paris, then the Algarve, then Asia, and now I am back in Europe before leaving to South America. Soon 50K followers, wow, CONGRATULATIONS ! You deserve it. Such a great work you have done. And you are proving that with love, anything can be achieved. I wish you a lot of success with you future. Take care guys. Lot's of love ❤☀

  • @AdmanToronto
    @AdmanToronto7 ай бұрын

    I LOVE watching partners work together on these projects. My wife and I do all of our own home renovations and it's brought us so much closer. SO rewarding also.

  • @diane9247

    @diane9247

    3 ай бұрын

    I think about that every time I see young people doing difficult things like this - including traveling. We could do this once...no more.It goes by so fast, doesn't it? 🍃🌱🍃

  • @NanaR504
    @NanaR5044 ай бұрын

    Brave people. Do this while you are young as that kind of physical stress is going to be tough on someone older. Well done!

  • @mememe332
    @mememe3324 ай бұрын

    You need goats for the grass, put them in moveable pens so they won't eat the vegetables. You could also make cheese from their milk.

  • @lauriewhitlock8137
    @lauriewhitlock81379 ай бұрын

    Congratulations on your success. You are true modern pioneers. Hardship never stopped our ancestors nor you guys. Love your videos

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @cjs2587
    @cjs25877 ай бұрын

    You should look into building swails on your property that empty into a collection pond at the bottom of a slope. You can harvest a lot fo water this way in the rainy times and use it water and protect your property during hot seasons. If done correctly, you can make the swails around your trees, which offers them water longer as well.

  • @ToxicVaccines_HivHoax
    @ToxicVaccines_HivHoax7 ай бұрын

    Since you have got the space and lots of grass, having a chicken tractor might be a better option that a chicken coop. A chicken tractor is basically a chicken coop with wheels and no floor, that you move around the property so the chicken will be able to graze on fresh grass every time you move the tractor to a new spot in the property.

  • @sgrvtl7183
    @sgrvtl71838 ай бұрын

    If anybody thought homesteading was easy, this video is a good 'eye opener'! I lived in the midst of renovation and it is definitely a challenge....Youth on Your Side💖💚

  • @petebartlett2229

    @petebartlett2229

    6 ай бұрын

    Not youth….grit and determination

  • @shishrembo5251

    @shishrembo5251

    6 ай бұрын

    am sure its always worth it..am about to start this journey with my 5 years old boy..the fear of the unknown but i wount let that stop me

  • @donnae9566

    @donnae9566

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@shishrembo5251best of luck, I wish I had your courage to do the same.

  • @marilynlanger1932
    @marilynlanger19329 ай бұрын

    That’s more than a time lapse. It’s a beautiful story, beautifully constructed!

  • @rosbeaton637
    @rosbeaton6379 ай бұрын

    It is when one watches it like this that one can see how far you have come and how the property is coming together. The pile of floor rubble has now gone to secure your driveway, everything is used to make improvements. You must feel a great sense of achievement❤

  • @dancarter482
    @dancarter4825 ай бұрын

    The grass under your trees will compete with the trees for nutrients as it regrows after every cutting session. Ultimately it will starve the trees. Best to mulch around the trees for their health and leave the grass longer all the way out to the drip-line as the feeder roots reach out past the canopy edge. Lovely animals!

  • @robyn7287
    @robyn7287Ай бұрын

    Your animals are precious. Your little dog playing on the sand was like a kid.😅😅 this compilation of the build shows just how much hard work you both have put into this. You’ll have this record to share and remember in years to come. Congratulations

  • @vivo1313
    @vivo13138 ай бұрын

    I had forgotten all that you had done and all you had been through. You both have worked very hard. A special shout out to Nick and his wife, they are honest and good people. May you both live in joy and satisfaction.

  • @GaiaNaVi
    @GaiaNaVi3 ай бұрын

    Everyone needs an Uncle Nick!

  • @dianehepper8764
    @dianehepper87642 ай бұрын

    Well done for your hard work, it is not easy, and most farmers have similar stories, as people we need to recognize that they nourish us, many thanks😢

  • @Jackie-rc6cj
    @Jackie-rc6cj4 ай бұрын

    'And being Welsh we are pretty good at being cold', favourite line. It would be scary being in another non english speaking country as it was. This was inspiring to watch. Hello from Australia !!

  • @patrickkonig
    @patrickkonig9 ай бұрын

    What a wonderful catch up and proof of how well you have both done in the last two years with of course 'Uncle' Nicks help, we all need a Nick in life. My favourite is the Kitchen Nook thing! Well done guys.

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much Patrick!

  • @chrisdouglass7962

    @chrisdouglass7962

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@FrankieOffGridand the spice shelf!!

  • @MIFnc12367a

    @MIFnc12367a

    2 ай бұрын

    Gosto de ver os vossos vídeos!

  • @CampOutWest
    @CampOutWest9 ай бұрын

    What a video! You guys are amazing! So pleased we get to see all the amazing work you've done and very grateful KZread has let all our paths cross ❤ Hearing about your shed blowing away made us chuckle 😂😂😂😂 watching Iwan trying to put the snake in the bag.... 😬😬😬😬😬 Frankie in the water tank and the lake swim, so sweet! So pleased you were able to buy the land off your neighbour and keep this dream going! Also loved seeing Iwan abseiling into the well haha. Jon just shouted in the background 44 LITRES OF OIL! You guys did such an amazing job on the kitchen! Love seeing the garden and chicken area come to life and can't wait for the next video from this Timelapse review xxx (I was writing my comment in real time as I watched the video haha)

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Ahhh diolch cariad for such a lovely comment guys, and glad our paths have crossed too, really hoping we can come visit next summer. It’s the best olive oil ever too! We’re on our last 5litres, hoping it’ll keep us going to November when we pick again ☺️ if we were to build a shed now after all we’ve learnt… 😆 it would be the envy of the allotment. Can’t wait to see where your project over this year, so cool to see you doing it in our beloved wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 xxxxxxx

  • @wilwilliamson8831
    @wilwilliamson88319 ай бұрын

    I have learnt over the years ( not a builder by trade) if you do concrete etc my cat will always leave prints in it , it’s their sign of approval, love the channel still playing catch-up ❤️😻

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes I think you’re right! 😂 thanks for watching!

  • @timeforchange3786

    @timeforchange3786

    7 ай бұрын

    It made me worry the cat was going to try and clean it's paws and ingest the concrete. 😒

  • @tessaelvan5149
    @tessaelvan51499 ай бұрын

    what a great way to look back and see everything you have achieved over the years, whether or not you felt you were not ready to take it all on what a success for you both. you have gained knowledge, property, a great following, friends, a special uncle, saving furry friends and a fantastic home off grid. looking forward to enjoying your continuous journey at what lies ahead. thank you and congratulations to you both.

  • @1SelfStarter
    @1SelfStarter6 ай бұрын

    Newcomer, here. So glad I happened across your channel. Luck to you both, and to everyone who helps you. What an upbeat, beautiful couple

  • @LorraineinAustralia
    @LorraineinAustralia8 ай бұрын

    I was introduced to you both by Bee and Theo .. they visited and looked through your garden. My goodness, you have come a long way since then Uncle Nick is an wonderful mentor to have close by. I have seen you grow and change, adapt to the realities of a completely new life and you have both done so well. Looking forward to seeing what happens next ❤️❤️❤️

  • @lukeandsarahsoffgridlife
    @lukeandsarahsoffgridlife9 ай бұрын

    I really love this guys .You have come such a long way and it is so beautiful to watch the transformation ❤❤ We love you and Molly sends kisses to Albi the wonderful cat

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much guys, glad we’ve met you along the way ☺️ cuddles and treats to Mollie and a kiss from Albi xxx

  • @cecechambers1016

    @cecechambers1016

    5 ай бұрын

    I so so love this video You guys did a wonderful job on everything 👏

  • @shaunnarochelle
    @shaunnarochelle15 күн бұрын

    the way I see people helping one another in these communities is amazing. the last few years I've had chronic fatigue syndrone and what i would give for even just an afternoon of a friends help. I hope people realise this communal helping mindset is needed everywhere, in the city too.

  • @teresajames5993
    @teresajames59939 ай бұрын

    Yes huge progress but you should have used limemortar not cement to do the walls. And icing bags need mix that’s really runny to work. 🤗🤗👍

  • @robinfereday6562

    @robinfereday6562

    4 ай бұрын

    Was hoping someone would mention limemorter

  • @artycles
    @artycles9 ай бұрын

    Huge progress, I hope you're proud of this😘

  • @miriammuskal5402

    @miriammuskal5402

    9 ай бұрын

    What a fabulous video❤

  • @ianinglis5354
    @ianinglis53549 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for your catch-up story. I joined only recently and wasn’t able to get the big picture. What a journey you have had so far. Full of admiration for what you’ve achieved. Well done.

  • @sheilakerr-jones4345

    @sheilakerr-jones4345

    9 ай бұрын

    Love carries you through…❤️💙🐾

  • @LillianEmerald
    @LillianEmerald9 күн бұрын

    "The only thing we'd ever built was a shed on our allotment and that shed then blew away" 🤣I've been there! Thanks for sharing your incredible journey!

  • @feanorgu
    @feanorgu2 ай бұрын

    Congratulations you are now living the Portuguese life, can't be more in this case, own wine, own eggs and chickens, mostly just taking care of things with no stress and reaping the health benefits of making your own food, olive oil everything! very happy to have you guys and glad i found this channel!

  • @SecretSquirrelFun
    @SecretSquirrelFun5 ай бұрын

    I had a big beautiful vegetable garden and chicken’s. I was having issues with garden pests and eventually I built the (long) chicken run running around the perimeter of my veggie garden area. The run was about 4 feet wide and acted as a chicken forcefield. It actually worked really well ha ha. The chooks obviously scratched freely during the day, but when they were in the chicken run, any bug wanting wanting to get into the garden had to either climb over or run the gauntlet of my chicken army. I miss that old garden, but I know that it is still going strong and being looked after ❤ Thanks for sharing your adventures and for bringing back nice memories for me.

  • @christine3358
    @christine33589 ай бұрын

    I don’t usually watch recaps when I’ve been a constant viewer…. This was lovely to watch and I felt your accomplishments! Well done and thanks for taking us along.

  • @EightAcreLake
    @EightAcreLakeАй бұрын

    If I were 40 years younger I would have loved to have followed in your foot steps. If only I had been as brave and if the internet had been around. Good luck to you.

  • @michelegonzalez9837
    @michelegonzalez98375 ай бұрын

    I wish I had seen this sooner. I am a Mason. I do brick and Stone. A cake bag wouldn't have got that done so much faster. It looks just like a big frosting bag. You fill it with your mud ,fill in all the cracks, then go back and smooth out go back Wherever you bought the trawl and tuck pointer and ask if they have one. It will make this kind of job so much easier in the future.

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    5 ай бұрын

    We did actually try using one but we couldn’t get the hang of it 😅

  • @julialuis7936
    @julialuis79368 ай бұрын

    You really are a resilient couple What a labour of love that kitchen. Love to see your animals interact . Congratulations on all your achievements, well done👏👏👏👏

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @pengting19
    @pengting197 ай бұрын

    Looks amazing, I would suggest creating swales or a small wetland so your always have water and would really help keep the soil moist that would be amazing too watch 😅❤

  • @sillymamacita3854
    @sillymamacita38547 ай бұрын

    It looked like that cat adopted you guys 😅 it is so sweet to see it with your doggy and how well they get along.

  • @abdimumin1652
    @abdimumin16523 ай бұрын

    Am watching u from 🇨🇦 Alberta Canada it’s amazing to see you guys work together like a team. Keep up the good work.

  • @ednahawkesworth7551
    @ednahawkesworth75519 ай бұрын

    Clarissa seeing your Timelapse video made me realise that I’ve been following you since September/ October 2021 and what a difference you have made since then! I’m so thrilled to have seen what you did before I joined you. Absolutely amazing. Keep up the good work as I can’t wait for your next videos. ❤🤩

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Wow thank you following us for so long! I loved looking back and seeing how far we’d come, and excited to see what we can achieve in the next 2 years ☺️ thanks for watching Edna x

  • @steveholmshaw8702
    @steveholmshaw87028 ай бұрын

    You should both be so proud of each other. What a fantastic life youve made for yourselves

  • @sights3255kamobrin
    @sights3255kamobrin7 ай бұрын

    Couldn't take my eyes off the screen, ❣ Continous🌬 Blessings To yew all.... Love it...absolutely love it♥️

  • @MS-gn4gl
    @MS-gn4gl18 күн бұрын

    Your neighbor selling you that land for so little given he never planned on selling is just another example of how welcoming and nice almost all Portuguese people ive met are. So happy to see y'all pull this off.

  • @kenbartlam8220
    @kenbartlam82208 ай бұрын

    What an inspiring couple you are well done

  • @zenandink3531
    @zenandink35319 ай бұрын

    Amazing transformations! And gratitude to “uncle Nick” too! Really enjoy watching every week 😊

  • @hennavanopstal1979
    @hennavanopstal19793 ай бұрын

    Beautiful people ❤ great accent, I did not learn that one at school 😅 do my best to understand. Have a good life ❤ !

  • @petefoti1041
    @petefoti10419 ай бұрын

    I just started watching you guys last summer. I enjoyed the trip down memory lane. I'm hoping to retire in Portugal for good in a couple years when the wife retires. Would love to meet up ad have a glass of wine with you.

  • @projectportugal
    @projectportugal9 ай бұрын

    Wow !! Lovely new images, such hard working soles, so much achieved, absolutely riveting footage, could have been twice as long, some hilarious shots of sanding wood 🤣such a fantastic video, we are so privileged to have made friends with such Fantastic people ❤❤❤

  • @dawnecamacho2601
    @dawnecamacho26018 ай бұрын

    You guys work very hard to bring your homestead to where it’s at. God is good. Do not give up. ❤❤❤

  • @user-rh4vp7fd8n
    @user-rh4vp7fd8n3 ай бұрын

    Whew, how inspiring and persistent you’ve both been! I’m an old artist and chef who bought property in the mountains with a derelict cabin so I can relate to the amount of work restoration and rebuilding requires. To have the life you want is so worth the sacrifice.

  • @tigercatartist
    @tigercatartist9 ай бұрын

    Fun trip down memory lane. This is also a reference point for you when things get tough and you wonder just how you can go on, you can look back and say we did it then, we can do it again.

  • @MarieMathieson
    @MarieMathieson8 ай бұрын

    For a young lady , you are amazing , I also restore and renovate all my needs , it’s very rewarding well done to you both. you are great to your animals as well !! Well done , plett SA ❤

  • @martinjames3950
    @martinjames39509 ай бұрын

    Although i have followed you since you arrived on the land it's nice to have a recap of what you have done and what you have learnt from uncle nick you can carry forward to when you renovate the other half as they say where i live BON COURAGE 🐱🐶🤗

  • @knelson5442
    @knelson54428 ай бұрын

    Clarissa your work on paper and your editing are both so fine. Keep it up. But to you and Ian I want you to know that after watching you for over a year now (I started watching from a plug in Project Portugal and then binge watching 3 years earlier this year), I do not reach for my kitchen faucet, shower or garden hose that I don’t think of what you guys do just to have enough water to survive. You are an inspiration and I should have told you so before now. This Timelapse really brought it home for me.

  • @mag1071
    @mag10715 ай бұрын

    As far as pointing the rock walls, I saw someone using a pastry bag like people use to decorate cakes. You put the cement mixture in these bags that looks as if it has a point that you squeeze the bag and the cement comes out the small end.

  • @AleeshaSattva
    @AleeshaSattva9 ай бұрын

    Thank goodness you made the leap!!!

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    💛💛

  • @pattykelly6621

    @pattykelly6621

    9 ай бұрын

    This was so much fun. Great job. Great progress.

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks Patty!

  • @mm.6991
    @mm.69919 ай бұрын

    What a fantastic journey, arduous but pleasurable. How beautiful to be able to travel with you following your achievements. Congratulations 👍❤️😘💯

  • @beatriceduana232
    @beatriceduana2325 ай бұрын

    Thank God almighty for you guys, Amen 🎉❤ lots of love for you guys, Amen and Amen

  • @chrisdouglass7962
    @chrisdouglass79629 ай бұрын

    This is a wonderful vlog 🥰🥰 when you caught Frankie mid stretch I realized my 7lb chihuahua, Lily, has longer legs!! 🤣😜😁 That was a mighty impressive run!! ❤❤

  • @knelson5442
    @knelson54429 ай бұрын

    I loved all of this. It’s such an incredible journey and you have come through and conquered so many challenges and set backs. It’s no wonder people want to help, you never expect it but you also never fail to appreciate the help either. It’s really a joy to watch you each week and this two year Timelapse was beautifully edited.

  • @michelebushnik2874
    @michelebushnik28749 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful tribute to all of your accomplishments! God bless hard work and reaping the rewards❤❤

  • @donbentley250
    @donbentley2509 ай бұрын

    I forgot how recently Diogo joined your homestead. For your next Q&A, what is the status of purchasing the land behind, because, of course, you don’t have enough trees? 🙄 You two work so well together.

  • @orlandoflorez205
    @orlandoflorez2054 ай бұрын

    What a wonderful job you are an inspiration in so many ways thank you for sharing

  • @peterwhite9261
    @peterwhite92619 ай бұрын

    You both worked so hard, and it has paid off. It has been quite a journey thus far for sure. I look forward to seeing more of the journey. Your channel is one of my favorites on KZread. ❤

  • @racebanning6390
    @racebanning63909 ай бұрын

    THAT WAS AMAZING... WHAT A JOURNEY. GLAD I FOUND YA ALL IN THE EARLY DAYS TO SEE ALL THE PROGRESS. WELL DONE, SO MUCH HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. THE HOMESTEAD IS QUITE THE HOME!! GOD BLESS.👍👍🙏🙏

  • @biddyodea3876
    @biddyodea3876Ай бұрын

    Gosh, the difference without Diogo!!! That crazy dog is photobombing literally every shot, photo and video😂😂😂

  • @micpoi7610
    @micpoi76104 ай бұрын

    You are a very courageous couple. We also build our last home, very big house in New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦 and it took us 2 years to complete it, payed $15,000 in salary as we tried to do the most if it ourselves. We were 50 and 51 when we started and we are still working on the landscape now 70 and 71. We retired at 53 for me the wife and my husband at 55 but with small pensions and money we had saved and raised twin boys, they helped us a full week in August 2023 when we started the foundation and we finally sold our other house we were living on June 1st, 2004, the date we were moving in our new home which was not quite finished inside but surely a lot more livable than pour yous as we only had to finish the doors and windows trimmings and some painting in 3,800 feet square feet home, 2 storeys, large garage a 7ft high ceiling for furnaces in basement as we have long Winters here and remaining of our house has a 4 feet high crawling space. We had the tools needed to work a bit faster and it is always easier to build when you start with a clean slate than having to repair and refinish. As I said you are a brave couple and younger but kudos to you as we were older but proud of all our accomplishments. 20 years later almost now and we will have to look at downsizing as our age is telling us to do less and look after our health. Enjoy your simple adventurous life.

  • @Khushboo-e-Hassan12
    @Khushboo-e-Hassan129 ай бұрын

    """Your videos are not only beautiful in terms of content but also in how you edit them ! keep sharing the awesome videos."🌹🌹🌹"

  • @codyleeser392
    @codyleeser3929 ай бұрын

    That was nearly perfect. I missed an intro to Diogo. I am looking forward to all the wonderful projects the next two years bring.

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Ah thank you!!

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Oh and Diogo gets found very early in part 2 😉

  • @user-uk9wf5yw7x
    @user-uk9wf5yw7x3 ай бұрын

    I did the same 20 years ago in Spain and we had a great community who helped and taught us how to do this. Roofing BBQs where a highlight when everyone got together to help reconcrete and set the old tiles back on. Great days I now live in Cambodia and am wondering about buying an old house or building a new one. I enjoyed you video well done a great life but also you will have tough times. Stay together, 😍🤩

  • @alanjones3771
    @alanjones37712 ай бұрын

    Good luck it looks fantastic iam a 70year old man I wish I was young enough to join you out there away from this wicked England 😂 Alan.

  • @missfitz5892
    @missfitz58929 ай бұрын

    I started watching you way back, you had been on the Indie Projects channel and i came over and watched from the beginning. Now i still watch you but gave up on the other channel 😊

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and sticking with us ☺️💛💛

  • @missfitz5892

    @missfitz5892

    9 ай бұрын

    How long ago was that? Do you remember

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    I think our first summer in 2021 x

  • @shaunm3206
    @shaunm32069 ай бұрын

    What great two year re cap. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

  • @paulette6087
    @paulette60873 ай бұрын

    I just found your story, so brave of you both to take on such an adventure. I am most moved by the kindness of people you have met, as well as your love for you furkids, especially the advert for the square company, so cute.

  • @annemariemoormann996
    @annemariemoormann9968 ай бұрын

    And all the while your cats were mostly napping :) Smart little buggers 😊

  • @wendyschofield395
    @wendyschofield3959 ай бұрын

    that was fantastic, i really enjoyed that.

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much Wendy!!

  • @vivienneturner2028
    @vivienneturner20289 ай бұрын

    Lovely video Clarissa! Excellent editing too! 😊😊

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much! 😊

  • @usaiulia
    @usaiuliaАй бұрын

    All young people should watch these amazing team’s accomplishments! ❤🎉

  • @CLFL14256
    @CLFL142569 ай бұрын

    I remember all these projects and am amazed that a year has passed! Time flies

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    It sure does!

  • @4711karo
    @4711karo8 ай бұрын

    I’m very happy to have found you and I’m enjoying this first video that I am watching. Your first year was crammed full to the brim. Congratulations, you have worked and learnt so much. Thank you to you both for sharing your story.

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    8 ай бұрын

    We are also very happy you found us! Thanks so much!

  • @shelleymacdonald3492
    @shelleymacdonald34929 ай бұрын

    Well now, thank you for that video. I don’t usually like the recap videos but I thoroughly enjoyed that one. Great to see the early days. Well done you two👍🏻

  • @juanitakauffman6336
    @juanitakauffman63369 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the recap of your progress. Very enjoyable. I love your shelves. They are unique.

  • @susans7091
    @susans70917 ай бұрын

    So inspiring! If I were 40 years younger I might try something similar (now 77). You have such a unique and handcrafted place. I love it.

  • @elainemcgran8828
    @elainemcgran88289 ай бұрын

    Great video. Hope it just keeps getting better for you both

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    So far so good! 😅

  • @impromptuimmigrants
    @impromptuimmigrants9 ай бұрын

    Just loved this! Look how far you've come and everything you've overcome! A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor ❤ cant wait for part 2 😊

  • @projectportugal

    @projectportugal

    9 ай бұрын

    Love that quote❤️

  • @turawolfe2841
    @turawolfe28419 ай бұрын

    WOW! You have made so much progress! Will be exciting to see what happens next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    It’s strange to look back on, thanks so much for following!

  • @carolbulmer8253
    @carolbulmer82539 ай бұрын

    Carissa and Iwan, you have worked so hard on your home. I have watched you from the beginning… i loved reliving it with you❤️❤️

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much Carol! You’ve been with us the whole way! Your support means the world to us!

  • @sydneyevans2637
    @sydneyevans26379 ай бұрын

    Great documentary! Very well done. When you got the kitchen finished and the floors tiled was when it really looked like home sweet home to me. You've put in a lot of hard work and it's been fun to see what you've accomplished. Best to all!

  • @luizalbertodesanjuan9769
    @luizalbertodesanjuan97699 ай бұрын

    Vai um joinha do Brasil , muito sucesso pro casal.

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Muita obrigada!

  • @naricewoolon3248
    @naricewoolon324823 күн бұрын

    Old i know but it would have looked good if after pointing 24-36 hrs you ran a wire brush over, cleans up pointing and rock ready for a good wipe over with wet rag blessings from Australia ❤ when cutting flowers put a small coal from your fire this will extend the life and stop green algae. You guys need goats to cut your grass, put in an area. Perhaps tie them to trees so no escaping...❤😊

  • @Kathy-3
    @Kathy-35 ай бұрын

    That's it exactly: building, farming, walking, animals. With this real life you can only be happy...also tired, aso. But mainly happy. Congregations dear Friends

  • @terryevans5476
    @terryevans54769 ай бұрын

    Congratulations on first three years. Best wishes for the next three. Love from Cornwall ❤

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much Terry!

  • @NoeleenGrima
    @NoeleenGrima9 ай бұрын

    That was such a beautiful video! Wow! Really enjoyed it. You have been doing an amazing job you two ❤❤❤❤ the land and the house looks amazing

  • @francinemoses-turner4336
    @francinemoses-turner43365 ай бұрын

    never say sorry for your Not so great editing, Its your journey, could listen to your Narrating voice every day. Very calming. One of my best friends in high school was from Portugal

  • @rhondadean5455
    @rhondadean54559 ай бұрын

    T y for recap. Events i do not know as I only just found you around the point of working on your driveway entrance. Very lovely pleasant to visit with you. Funny animals. Sweet

  • @FrankieOffGrid

    @FrankieOffGrid

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for following! I promise we’ll get the driveway done soon! 🤣

  • @rhondadean5455

    @rhondadean5455

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@FrankieOffGridcan I just say how great Nick is to help and teach you all and me. Hes a man's man. Can do will do guy. Wish I had him.

  • @leeworley5160
    @leeworley51609 ай бұрын

    Wow what a walk down memory lane. I've been with you since about the 2nd half of your first year. I think Bee and Theo at the Indie Projects put me on to you. Oh that Christmas oh how my heart ached for you in your trials. Amazing you two are. Sat nite is my nite to be refreshed and soothed by your calm sweet videos. Thank YOU! ❤🎉😊

  • @traceystickland-mottram8021
    @traceystickland-mottram80219 ай бұрын

    Great vlog and it's lovely to see how much you have done. Always love and look forward to all your posts ❤

  • @lesliekwan6654
    @lesliekwan66542 ай бұрын

    It's so good to have a recap of your journey. I remember bit of it and so proud of just how much you have accomplished. Faced every challenge and come so far.

  • @angelapriddy6308
    @angelapriddy63088 ай бұрын

    Sounds so good. I want to move to Portugal. I'm glad you're saying the things y'all have dealt with