DAY ONE transforming our STORYBOOK STONE HOUSE in Portugal

oh, the moment we were all waiting for wo wo wo after almost a year of waiting and working to shape the land surrounding our lovely watermill. In this episode our amazing team of Ukrainian roofers are back as the transformation and renovation works are carried out inside the Mill finally begins what they did in one day it almost blew me away look how big this is welcome back to our channel If you are new here we are Britney and Drew two hopeful adventurers who got married and after 8 years of living in Van they found the property of our dreams and we moved to the other side of the world, to Portugal, where we are now documenting the journey of

transforming

this historic watermill in our first home without wheels.

Now, let's take a deep breath and let it out. the adventure begins we have been waiting for this for a long time the guys who built our roof our builder is here and they are ready to take action and start on the inside of our

house

it is a great sign a great feeling in that b we did it I don't expect the guys show up so quickly, but we're glad you're here, the sun is shining, so here we are, King taking names and doing jobs, and the first step they're going to start taking today is to eliminate. all of the things that you see here or at least for the most part most of the things that you see here will probably stay because I think these are the tubes that they will use for electrical and plumbing or something like this, but you know, all of those things that are up there in the theater, all the wood that has to be removed, they will also build the stairs or they will move these stairs and they will build the walls that will separate our bedrooms in the upper area, so this is like everything is happening very quickly, We weren't really expecting them to show up this morning, but we are happy every time they come and are ready to work.

We always say, "Okay, let's do it," and there's a lot going on here. our mule, the giant bag of river clay that the vendors placed here before the walls and roof were built, I'm not sure how it will turn out, but we'll see that they slowly brought out all their supplies. Luckily, Andy and Terry aren't coming today. so there will be no interference in this area because it looks like they are using the windows to get the wood out of our room. So smart as you come in through the window, this is a multi-dynamic workplace. Look at that day, it's so beautiful.

I'm warming up, we have a couple of boxes that we are going to take out to put in our container, although the rest will go outside, we will keep it covered under tarps. Vlad told us that basically they are going to get to work, the electricians are going to come, he is going to do all the plumbing. I love it, they are here to work. Let's get the job done, guys. I think that means we could be in on Summer Dreams. Wow, it's really surprising to see how big it is without everything in here. I will definitely feel different when there is a wall separating this room and the one behind, which will be our room here.

Yeah, this would be really cool for part of the build process because now we'll be able to do some good thinking there. There will be an exit there, there will be like a cloudy bed hanging there. We want to have closets in this section. Incredible, how nice it is to have the team back. I couldn't do it without these guys. They were all smiles when they appeared. Again there are a couple of new guys for the cre definitely glad to have them back. I can't think of a better team to help us. Quick question: Do we determine how we want these walls to be placed and how thick we want the shelving to be because we want the door? that's going to be for this bedroom we want it to be a sliding shelving unit so wherever the wall is built here it needs to step back a little bit because we want the shelving unit to be flush with the wall that's built on the left side this is similar to what we were saying except that the bookshelf would sit back and be flush with the wall so it wouldn't stick out like that, it's hard to find that example because few people like to make their walls one further forward and one further back, you know, but because we're building ours currently we have a little more options, there's this amazing option, but it would block our bedroom, you know, the other wall that's going to be here yeah, it's too tight for the hallway space, okay, I thought it was cool, even though there are so many. a lot of decisions are happening right now, this will be the year of decision making, we predicted that my first video of the year, if you remember, but when we put the door, we feel like we are not so alone in all of this when Do you have to share the questions?

Too bad we filmed these episodes about 2 or 3 weeks before the actual time, but that's also fun when building your own place, yes, someone is waiting and the crowd is pouring out the window. Who would have thought they made it so much easier? We should have thought about using the windows when we moved everything back and forth between here and now inside the Container, but you know how it was with that Annex wall sticking out, we would never have thought of that. Right there, that's true, the level that Nelson hasn't even dug yet, that's true, yes, this was much more in the way back then, little by little it also looks like it might rain, if you're lucky, you don't know, at the farmer loved this rain, it's the most.

It has rained in seven years. They told me, what do you say?, girls, they say that it has rained a lot right now. I know and it seems like he's not making time. It got very dark, very fast. I know it was very sunny. The tities are in the Box, get out of the way, it's backing up, just came back with all the bricks, the cement to make the interior wall, oh my goodness, well there are interior projects and exterior projects for all types of weather, Yes, those are the bricks for an exciting future bedroom and bathroom.

There are moments that I never want to forget, these days, these days when we lived in the caravan and the future of our lives and living situation were still unknown. I think it's very exciting to see the dream come true. Yes, they both established a After a lapse of time, we can see them download cool articles that come out, One Direction materials that go to the other, just like all our articles here that we have dragged to our Terrace, they are also covering things in his truck. a lot of wood there we have a lot of other miscellaneous things here we have our crowd everything is covered here are you covered?

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Let's add a camera. Look at the QR code on the back. Let's scan it by adding the device. We already have an older Aro Link. put a password there. I love how easy it is to manage multiple cameras here in the app and look we can see live what we're looking at on the camera look how wide it is it's us guys I know we could start Vlogging with our du3 we'll be able to too use our Aro link to spy on the kittens. Drew just mounted the du3 on top of our camper here and I'm very excited about the motion tracking technology and that both lenses.

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whether we are here or not we can monitor everything so if anyone is detected on this camera we will go through the app can talk to them from wherever we are and now until March 25th, which is tomorrow, if you're watching this video on the day it's posted, they're having their spring sale and using our code Mr and Mrs Adventure rec 5. % off your order when you click our link in the description, the cats they're like what happens at dinner it'll be served in about 15 minutes 15 minutes kitties so I came here to take a look and you'll be able to see things. are getting ready, you have the bricks here, the bags of cement that you will use, the tops that you will use for the wall that will be in this area and then in the second bedroom, look at all the bricks to make this complete. wall, it will feel good to have divided bedrooms and of course a bathroom here.

I have never seen this place so open. Well, they are walking around taking action. It's cool to watch what's about to happen here, including this door. we've never had a good look, they took all the wood that covered this whole section of the room, they took it out, it's like a 4 foot tall door, they had to cut it that way to open it, that's one of the requirements of the camera, what makes this a The legal house was changing the pillars, changing the board there, putting in legalized skylights and opening that big door. Things are about to get crazy here, so right now they are taking measurements of where this wall will go to divide the bedroom and The important question I was just asked was the wall with the blocks, how do we want them to sit?

We want to place them level and flush with the inside of this Beam on the inside of the bedroom or on this outside part so Let's go outside, this is just a guide attached to the wall that way you can place them flush in this exact area , smart movement and here they are using a laser line that goes through the floor to measure. It's cool to see where that wall is going to go and there's the start of wall r b plus two for bom bom a B together if you see he's lifting it up now for the second level show W wo wow guys who knew I had no idea that this would happen today, that's incredible.

We were gone for a moment and they are opening the door we need. I mean, woohoo eer Big Boss and Big B El Big cany B on that, we have Portuguese classes. I know we have. Come on, they're not going to build the whole wall in one day, although some say they could, they really wanted to, but their stomachs probably want some dinner, he joked, he'll be back at 6:00 in the morning, yeah. We finished at 6:00 in the afternoon, they'll be back at 6:00 in the morning, but no, they'll be back at 8 in the morning, yeah, thank God, really, because Drew and I really just want to live. inside that house, especially when it comes to the heat of the hot summer, you know, it's really cool to have a team doing this.

Also, for the legal occupancy license, we have to have a certified builder supervise all of this and I am very grateful because they give Drew and I peace of mind because we trust his work. I did it well wo oh and look the kittens are all waiting for us it's the trio they are the best we love you we love you if anyone is new to our Channel, this is Tom, baby and meu, the mother below, she is about four years old, the two above are about 2 years old each, we are a happy family, kitty, kitty, he wants a snack, you want a snack, good boy, good boy, oh oh, and he melts there.

He says: Are you so happy? I trained her to jump onto my lap with treats. Good girl, good girl, take a look at yourself, Wonder Kitty. You have fun, you have fun. The sun is rising right now. The birds are singing. The boys just arrived. They just said. To me, they're going to do a big removal project and that involves cutting out the bottom area right in front of what we call the theater room, where there's a ton of cement for the top area on the floor, they're going to cut it out. flat and flush with the rest of the room and then the original staircase that led next to the bathroom area.

Britney and I have been arguing for a long time that they are going to rip out all that cement today, which is going to take a ton. of hammering a ton of wheelbarrows, a ton of hours of work and they will take it all away from us so we can start doing what we want and make it happen. Many decisions are being made. This is a big step forward, so the idea. Here we have to get all the broken gravel out of there and put it where the base of our patio will be very soon, this whole area will be covered with piles like that, they really have to hammer to break the bonds between the type of metal.

The straps and the thick onesrebar there is hard work to cut. Now I can appreciate the whole process of creating it and then putting it out. I brought some sticky notes from the states which are helpful. I'm going to try to write diaku. Yu in Ukrainian here looks more like shapes than letters, and the reverse is there guys, you've definitely never written that before I get there, I have some new data in pastel colors for our team that grew today our team that grew our team that They grew and now they will grow even more. I'll be for the delivery guy.

Okay, yeah, Britney Mar. Wow, check this out here. Yes, there is a lot of material that they released. Look at everything he just built. This was a good place to put it, we'll probably get the shredder again in the future and I'll pack this all up before we build the nice patio here in the future. I see they have it open, it's pretty wild walking through it. At first I love the feeling of being able to come in now and be up here and look at the whole room, let's take a look upstairs and see what progress they've made.

Oh, they're on the back of this triangular wall right now insulating. The top section of this room is a south facing wall, so it gets baked in the sun, so it is very important that they insulate the inside side of the bricks and put a double layer on it. Check out the cute new lentils that will go with this one and that one. We were very fortunate and grateful that the mill vendors had more of these beautiful kastana lentils, that way all the doors in the house will match and have them, and after making sure the back of the first layer of bricks was completely covered by insulation.

They've started laying the second layer of bricks and as you can see, they're almost done here. This will make a big difference in the summer by leveling this area of ​​the floor so it is the same as the rest of the living room. dining room and kitchen area, creating a larger, more usable space. Wow, what a pity, Pat, see it, see it, yes, fish. I can't wait to show them to you. I walked in here for a moment right after the guys left to see what it looked like. and then I was like oh no, I can't, I can't experience this without you because what they did in one day almost took my breath away, wait, let's turn on some lights for our audience, here we go, are you okay?

Ready, wait, but did you shoot? You started again. I can't, should I just work with him? Yes, work with him. They jackhammered us and made us this beautiful front entrance, but it's like Regal. Look how big it is. You know, what's crazy. It's quite a dangerous job to be under these falling

stone

s while he was chiseling. I mean, you were filming it, yeah, I know, but they didn't have the exit gate at the time, so this is the first time you've been able to. I actually walked through it and this was one of the main things that the camera required us to fix and now we can look there.

What made me feel so out of this world was just the fact that up here now that there are walls, it actually feels like a house, it feels like there are these really cozy little nooks that we can choose from, it's really cool , this is crazy, I mean, look at these top beams, which is one of my favorite features that they added because they are on all the frames, the turret here, the lentils are beautiful and I love that this wall is a little bit in so that our bookshelf can slide, wait, they're revealing, wow guys, she just revealed our door idea, no, we showed them, we showed them before, okay? but I'm still excited about it, we had to refine the measurements on that, but it makes it feel much more Dynamic of a landing when you come up from the stairs, you know it's not just like the wall, it's like wa Circle is reserved but with more space and I think we're going to leave this door open a lot because we didn't really want to close it in general, so having the shelving will feel like a lot of normality. opening like another entrance to a cool room.

In fact, I think we might want this as our bedroom, especially if it goes out to the backyard and has the Antique Stones that we want to frame here. This has to be our bedroom. It's really giving you a It feels different to have it open with no stuff everywhere and see the grandeur of the new walls here, wow, that's the next project, removing the staircase, it's like stairs to nowhere, they chiseled this entire floor and They put all the materials there, there were two of them. guys, in one day, yeah, this whole section had a lot of material here, look at that, yeah, you can see the steel frame under the big support pillar here, yeah, and those stairs are next, we're coming for you, the team coming for at least be careful oh wow wow it's going to be the base of our future backyard grill patio we just have to bring the um bring the knocker back here get the knocker back the compact the door wow what an episode what and guys of the episode that we love to show for you, the transformation of our magical email.

It is a pleasure to be able to share it on YouTube here with you and this is the first day of the truest transformation of the interior of our house in which we will one day live and be for many. of you have seen us transform away from home for so long and here we are, it's coming and happening now, well, not now, but soon, not right now, but like these days, these weeks, so you guys are amazing and we See you next time. Sunday for our next episode, we love you, goodbye, enjoy the sounds of the creek.