Our 25K Portuguese Quinta - Garden update and self levelling the kitchen floor

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Hello and welcome to Portugal on a shoestring. We are Brian and Diane and in 2023 we bought a 120 year old abandoned property in central Portugal. Join us as we begin a new life, renovating our house and managing our land on a shoestring budget. Watch as we learn new skills, make mistakes and discover our new home.
We welcome any and all questions and suggestions. One thing that we found difficult in our preparations for moving to Portugal was finding our about costs and processes, so we would like to be as open as possible and will try to answer your questions as honestly and openly as possible.
In this week's episode I use self levelling compound to prepare the kitchen floor for tiling and Diane gives an update on our plans for the garden and the mountain of work that we need to climb to get it how we want it.
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Brian and Diane

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@janehadfield2417 6 күн бұрын

Great to see someone doing it right! SPR’ing the door first! 💪🏽👏🏽

@Portugalonashoestring 6 күн бұрын

Thank you, we don't always do things the right way but we do try😁

@janehadfield2417 6 күн бұрын

@@Portugalonashoestring haha 🤣😉

@isabelinhagomes9076 26 күн бұрын

Looking forward to next videos😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗🤗

@Portugalonashoestring 26 күн бұрын

More to come! Obrigado 🙂

@JacynthePiche Ай бұрын

Hello, good luck with your project

@Portugalonashoestring Ай бұрын

Thank you for subscribing, there's lots to do should be plenty more videos on the way 🙂

@bensouthwell1339 26 күн бұрын

add the mixture to the water slowly stirring all the while always having it in liquid state. A good stir and there should never be lumps, slowly does it. Anyways good luck with the project and may all your Brambles be little ones.

@Portugalonashoestring 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for that, I ended up on the last few bags pouring a third of a bag at a time into the bucket and that made it a lot easier. Even little brambles are evil !! 😂

@pamelabaronesa 25 күн бұрын

Bom trabalho , a quinta vai ficar linda, boa sorte!

@Portugalonashoestring 25 күн бұрын

Obrigado 👍

@darrenzerafa2500 15 күн бұрын

Great job with the self levelling. We have a house in Figueros dos Vinhos area, and come up every now and then. We also need to do self leveling. How much were the sika primer and the sacks?

@Portugalonashoestring 15 күн бұрын

Thanks, the primer was about €20 I think. The self leveling compound was on offer at Leroy Merlin at the time at €15.95 per sack. 10 sacks covered approximately 15 square metres at an average of around 10mm thickness. If you only need a smaller depth then you can use a slightly cheaper product. The stuff we used can cover up to 50mm depth and is harder to use as it is more viscous.

@lisajones1036 15 күн бұрын

Hi Diane, where are the boundaries of your property?

@Portugalonashoestring 14 күн бұрын

Hi, I will do a quick walk around the boundary in this weekend's video but as a quick guide, it runs along the stone wall at the back of the garden, along the stream and then around the house, total of about 1450 square metres, plus the house covers approximately 250square metres🙂

@lisajones1036 14 күн бұрын

@@Portugalonashoestring oh thank you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻