If I were you, I'd make it a priority to build that retaining wall. No matter what the engineer says, in these past few years rain and wind here on the Alps have being increasingly violent. I understand that stabilizing the house is the number one job, but seriously, don't let years pass and keep it monitored, especially this coming autumn. This is usually the season were landslides are most common.

With all those rocks have considered using Gabion basket retaining walls? Basically wire mesh baskets filled with stone, it’s quick to build and and inexpensive especially as you already have the stone to fill the baskets

I renovated a 700 year old house in Spain myself, I know how much work it means to do such a project. I therefore like to watch your videos, they are fun and full of surprises. Just one remark: Could you give each episode a consecutive number? It would make it easier to keep track with you in the depth of KZfaq. Regards from just across the mountains, from Switzerland.

Wow, you are not only renovating a house, you are renovating a mountain. So impressed with your vision.

you should put in concrete pillions to sir behind the new stone wall. have it going 1m deeper than the wall, and have rebar coming out to lock into the morter you put in those parts of the rock wall you will place with concrete at the back of the rocks. that way it look like dry stack, but hold like a concrete one

I'm impressed by the amount of energy and commitment you are applying to this project.

It's wonderful you found talented workers that put same passion and dedication in what they are doing as you do.

In the Swiss and Italian mountains.... they have been building in that environment for many hundreds of years. It is in their blood. They know what they are doing.

Awwww, so exciting seeing something that seems like moving forward without loads of setbacks, so glad you have the motorised wheelbarrow, that you hired Andrea, & love hearing you use Italian words for which you don’t know the name in English :) ❤️💜🌞💜❤️

Make certain that the drainage of the terraces is corrected so that those times when too much rain comes the crumbly soil does not become waterlogged and start slipping downhill while gliding down against the lubricated wet bedrock.

What a pro that excavator operator🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜 is! Great of you to support the locals as well. Grady, so proud of you for talking Italian!!

I’m so happy for you. I can see in your face how excited you are. ♥️🇵🇷

I absolutely Love how humble you Guy’s are & your content & family are beautiful! Thank you Heather for all your editing & taking care of everything behind the scenes❤!🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

Yes, this is scary. I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains where rocks fall from a road cut. Only if it's solid granite does it stay put. More power and pray it stays dry enough to keep things static.

I had trees cut and let them rest sideways on our mountain to build up the soil. So that terraces would catch leaves, etc. And prevent erosion. Its still working years later...❤ SLKW

That is some impressive talent! Working with stone is not an easy process, the entire integrity of the are can be compromised if you don’t understand what you’re doing! I really enjoy watching the process and progress of your journey! ❤

How exciting! And scary at the same time! Can't wait for next week to see all the progress you are making. Regards from South Africa 🇿🇦

Very exciting developments! Must say though, I'm amazed your structural engineer raised no issues about the removal of secure underpinning of the top terrace wall - the thrust of that enormous mass above is transmitted not straight down but at a spreading diagonal vector (in cross-section). I get it that you plan to build a wall back: but this kind of structure isn't just 'a garden wall'. The forces involved with landslip, water action and frost heave are *serious* sh!t - I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you guys! 😮😂

Exciting news! That will be a beautiful hangout space! Can’t believe you’re on the way to pouring the floor! Wow!

Please consider that retaining wall at your earliest as that slate and shale is notoriously unstable, especially with rain and show pressure. Xx

I really admire your guts and determination. Many would have thrown in the towel a long time ago. Good on you!! I enjoy your videos very much. Thank you.

I look forward to your video every Sunday. So excited to see the transformation taking place and am beyond happy for your sweet family. Thank you for sharing all of your hard work with us.

Excellent video! This is such an exciting phase of your property development!!!

This is so awesome to watch, yet a little nail biting edgy. The rocks are gorgeous, and will create a beautiful wall. Nothing to do but keep moving forward! Thank You for sharing!❤

I miss living in Vicenza Italy beautiful.... The stone could also be used for a private drive way or road if you so choose too. ty for the videos and great success to your family.

Thanks for my weekly dose of Raising Voyagers Awe. Your vision, determination, and energy are truly awe inspiring.

Fantastic work! Luckily there are excavators...😄 It will be very exciting to follow the work on. Imagine if you had to dig all this out by hand! It had taken years.

So much love and commitment to build your beautiful home. God bless and waiting patiently to see the final results. Enjoying the journey in the meantime.

It’s so exciting that your starting to build back instead of having to tear out!! I’m sure it’s seemed much longer to you than me. I know there’s still a lot of hard work to come building back, but this work is necessary and having to dig out so much just seemed like unnecessary work. I know you needed to do some of it but sure seems like way to much. Anyway happy for your progress and happy you have equipment to do some of the heavy, very hard work. Really enjoy your video’s, they just don’t come often enough!! Wish there could be a new one every day. But I’m so happy we get a new one each week. Cant wait to see what you create with all the dirt and rocks. Keep on smiling, love u guys!

It's really wonderful seeing the progress being made. I love watching the things that you are doing and having done too make sure that the family is safe as you continue the process of making your dreams come true.😊

Wonderful worker you hired! You both are accomplishing an amazing feat! You're getting closer to the finish line with each stage successfully completed! Praise God! Many blessings

WoW So thrilled to see the wonderful progress! You will enjoy this for many years to come.

Very impressive hard work on your property. I am happy to see how much you understand the language. The view of your stone house and land says it all. I enjoy watching each stone being moved, thank you. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Watching this episode made me so nervous. What will happen when you get a lot of rain?

How exciting! You are moving on to the next step and its a BIG one. Your hard work, patience and perseverance is paying off. It's going to be grand! 😊❤

I’ve been watching since you first arrived in Italy, and have loved watching all you have done and am glad you hired some local talent to help get the work done. As a DYI’er myself sometimes even though I know I could do it myself, it really does make more sense to get someone that is a “professional”.. I am really looking forward to seeing the end result, as I’m sure you will be too! 😅

How amazing, it is getting real now. All that hard work preparing for this next step is very exciting. Can't wait for your next episode.

Personally I would make the stone wall now in case you have alot of rain or something.

That was amazing - Andrea is extremely talented 🎉

I am amazed how you are able to communicate quite well in Italian! The more you are forced to do so the better you will get! I had that when I went to Germany , I spoke not a word of German and then after six months I was able to understand a wee bit and after a year I was able to make myself understood! Now many decades later I speak it fluently with hardly an accent, and read and write it too. You are very courageous and brave to handle all the problems you are confronted with and not giving up, though I am sure you sometimes feel desperate and ask yourself what the heck you have taken on?!! Keep going, I am supporting you from Sri Lanka. Big hugs to you all.

I can't wait to see the transformation of this cabin into a beautiful home.

I'm glad you hired a professional!

Damn, that is exciting, and a little scary. Those stones are gorgeous! I am so glad that y'all are sharing your journey, with us. Thank you, and God bless!

I want to congratulate at this amazing guy and his family !! he knows what he is doing he will put a retaining wall for safety and also can make other houses 🏘️ 🏠 on the top 🔝, Rich or poor countries they do it , and why not him !!! and we would have more adventures to watch he 😊❤🎉🎊🎈🥂🍾😇🙏💕

Yes. So glad you hired an expert. He's brilliant.

It's so beautiful there. Great community of talented , skilled people.. Look at her smiling. She's so happy.

Incredible changes!!! Such amazing progress!!! 🥰🎶🙏❤️

Wow, lots of work! Can't wait for the end of this transformation!!!

My Andres is really good at his job and knows what and where to dig. How exciting for you another project underway😘

Wow ! What a project ! Amazing progress with the very skilled excavator ! Right on !

This is beautiful to watch and so for filling. It's a blessing on so many levels, for the whole family to see the love you put into your home. I can't stop watching. Every bit of hard work , translated into a new piece of love you poured into your home. Im not sure if you have done this or thought about it but will you be putting little surprises in the walls and boards as you build? If so would you share.... maybe a cross , a letter 💌

Well done for persevering with this huge project. It's always exciting when you make some big visual changes. Worst is to do a big job like digging out a floor you're going to fill back in - albeit you will feel happy in years to come when you're standing on it. Good job. Thanks

Who knew watching an excavator could be so enjoyable. You're making great progress.

I was holding my breath watching him scrape the mountainside away. I was worrying about the potential for erosion and slides. Then you resolved my fears by telling us you are using a structural engineer (soil or civil engineer would have been better, no? ) and there is stone siting under that rock wall. Whew! Now I can relax and watch the rest of the video. 😊

Thank you for today. David has been entertaining and I love it.

You guys are just brilliant. There is nothing you guys can’t do ! I love your videos !

Bradey, Heather & girls…THIS IS SO EXCITING! I still love all of your heart work & watching the transformations! Oh how I’d love to see it all someday!♥️

Keep it up and nobody will stop you yes I am right because we love your content and we watch your contents

Lordy people, you sure like your work! It's going to be stunning when you've finished.

Hi guys ....Top vlog on KZfaq! Just found you last night and am hooked to your journey to restore your wonderful mountain home. Your video's are so well put together and family so fun. 10/10 can't wait to see your next vlog!❤❤❤

Piano piano (come si dice da noi) state realizzando i vostri sogni. Alla fine, dopo tante fatiche, sarete ancora più felici perché in ogni punto della vostra futura casa, ci sarà il vostro duro lavoro. Come vedi Brady, nel nostro territorio, ci sono professionisti bravi che amano il loro lavoro e, quando trovano persone come te, sono felici di dare una mano per realizzare i sogni anche quelli che sembrano impossibili!!

Great job this week! ❤

I will be happy when all the digging is done inside and outside! I know little Crusoe loves watching the diggers but I can't wait till the inside build starts! 😮😮😮😮 so much stone its amazing!

...so, there is a potential, albeit unintended, that you may create your very own Old Faithful in the Italian Alps... This is quiet the undertaking. It's comforting that you've brought in the professionals for safety of all concerned. I'm amazed by your vision in what you hope to achieve. You and your magnificent house deserves nothing less. God speed!

These videos are awesome but when you are done you will have an EPIC before and after video....... 😃❤️🙏

Lovely, thank you. This is so transporting! I hope you get it all organised before the winter, so you are snug indoors. Take care, greetings from NZ 🙂

Wow! What an awesome transformation! Congrats, it looks really beautiful!

IM SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS! Those big changes y'a ll have been waiting for is finally here.

Thank you for letting me tag along from my bed to watch the world through your children’s eyes. My Grandaughter Jenna loves to watch your show and travel with your girls. For those who won’t be healthy to travel you have opened the world to us. Your laughter joy and natural fun makes it a pleasure. Can’t wait to see your beautiful home. The church bells and coo coo clock is my happy place. Love you guys.

We also got advise from an expert in Spain and we ended up with a landslide into the just completed swimming pool. The insurance refused to pay….so much for the advise, get that retaining wall up a.s.a.p. Even experts don’t know how nature acts and reacts,

WOW❗️ I Know it's a Ton of work, but it looks so amazing. Yes it's "Blood-sweat& tears" but it's so worth it. 👍👍👍

Greetings from Michigan ❤ D Town!! But really from Germany originally 😊 So good to see the progress you have made. God bless your family and protect all you do.

I don't know about engineers, I don't entirely trust them! After stabilizing the house make a priority to stabilize the retaining walls and add to it what is necessary! Blessings 💕🤗

Y’all need a “come a long” to move real heavy things. Wow everything is going to turn out so beautiful! ❤

Wow fascinating I could watch him all day!

Be safe, so glad you have people that know the terrain, and know what will calls landslides mudslides rock slides to keep you safe, so very happy so very grateful, God bless

Goodluck,it's amazing what your doing,I was overwhelmed scared for you,I want all of it to be a positive adventure not a catastrophe of rock,I know you were very cautious and made a good decision to stop for now!!!❤❤❤❤

Waw ...a fantastic change ....a way better giving you a wonderful surrounding area by the housing...so much more space....pretty cool🎉💯💫

I'd go as far as getting a drilling rig to drill large holes down into the bedrock putting thick walled pipe in for anchors attach the rebar to then form the walls. Those are some steep mountains your dealing with.

Well done Guys ! It looks amazing so far ! I just Love Italy ♥️♥️♥️

FANTASTIC ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤YOU are REALLY Creating a masterpiece !❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

VERT IMPRESSIVE!! I agree looks really nice can see the vision.. cant wait to see once the cement is in

Really am enjoying the transformation of this property. In this video where you mention the 4 m high wall you want to build at the back of that outdoor area. I am really looking forward to that one,

Unbelievable hard and beautiful work. All stay safe 🙏🏼🙏🏼👍👍❤️❤️

Wow he is impressive in how he moves with the machinery! Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Have you gotten any further with the attorney And the appeal so you can live full time?

Wow , he is really good. I'm glad you hired the best.

I look forwards for your amazing terrace! I'm sure that you asked all the permissions and, therefore, this means that all the security rules are respected to build the terrace. Don't listen people scaring you without real competence

Huge difference. You guys are glowing with excitement. Stay Safe and we'll see what's new next week. Aloha ~~🌺🐛

Love your videos. Look forward to it every week. This property will be worth millions when done.

You’re doing brilliantly and always in such good spirit. Things happening now in the world that you will know about soon. Also the GESARA will be evident. This week pivotal so hope your project isn’t temp halted with it. This is an amazing time in the history of our planet so go with the flow. You’re a great family I love to watch at work 👍🙏💛

That digger on that terrace freaks me out. I would worry he would tumble right down.

What you have done makes perfect sense, it not only makes the space more usable for the future and for now with storing supplies, but you said right at the start of your journey that there had been a build up of mud on the terraces, so you are not only returning it to what it once was, but using the ample stones you have to make supporting walls.

I guyz are such a sweet couple and family.

Thank you for sharing your video today, I enjoyed it very much 🥰

Great work . Take care that rain wash can remove the silt and destabilise terraced edges above roadway below house.

All I can say is "WOW" !!!

Very exciting to hear house building to come soon. I just wonder about all that loose rock and dirt piled up, looks like a landslide waiting to happen. Fingers crossed you stabilize it soon ish! Very much enjoy your work!!

Amazing video, thank you so much it was so informative. Who knew all that was there? Please show more of what you do inside the house if you can? And please make the videos longer too. Thank you so very much.

Absolutely awesome digging job. Now I know why my son insisted on going to heavy equipment College...it is interesting and fascinating...more space, as the terrace seemed narrow..lovely! Can't wait to see the house completed.. Stay as long as they guve you and finish your dream..visa or not...never give up... .

Wow this looks great! I'm glad you found people to help you the get the job done.