I enjoyed watching you and James renovating the village house so much. I can't wait to watch the progress as it happens on your own house.

Brilliant content again. Your lead builder is a super star, he seems to be really enjoying himself . This looks like your forever home.

That couch on the roof cracks me up every time. I guess I'm easily amused. You seem to have to really good builders.

Hi from Canada.

Andy, give yourself a pat on the back. It's going well - and it's great for us watch. I'm glad you found some hard working builders.

Oh boy . That blood sunset was just Epic !! Great progress once again . Its going to be a work of art

18:05 - that is an amazing view.....

Beautiful sunset !

Love the idea of a gazebo on top of the cistern 😊

Its all got a rose tinted glow pal. Your positivity is sparkling and the NOW, you've shaken the shadows of despair and I am dead chuffed for you... keep it up. Love from blighty 🙂

Happy New Year Andrew, I’m so glad you found a good crew to do all that hard work, you’ve practically worn yourself out on the village house! Love the idea of the gazebo over the cistern and wow, that red sunset, gorgeous! Will and Chris jumping over the water puddles is priceless!💕🇨🇦

Love the guitars

You're right. These guys are really something, I wish I had guys like this working for me. This was an amazing video! Thanks Andy

Incredibly amazing episode! Loved the progress you showed. Can't wait to see the cistern episode! Love you channel!

Good job, greetings from the netherlands

Just browsing and caught your channel - to say I'm mightily impressed would be an understatement! Gorgeous location, stunning grounds and lovely dogs! 'It's called life Jim, but not as we know it!' Looking forward to future uploads - keep safe!

Such a beautiful setting and the house is coming along splendidly. I am cheering you on from Texas. That work crew is doing some great work. Your dogs look so happy. The trees are so unique...

Happy New Year! So happy to hear your resolve to ignore any and all negative comments! It’s YOUR channel and you have every right to do what serves you best. I found great power in learning how to delete and block. I think to myself as I do it, “Poof! Goodbye!” :-) I wish you all the best this year, Andrew! Be safe. Be happy. Be well.

Beautiful property What you can do with the stone walls is leave 1 or 2 parts of it uncovered (no plaster, no dryboard), clean it, point it (colored pasty pointing) and then apply protecting varnish, with a light pointing from the top towards the wall looks great inside the house, maybe a picture hanging too.

Happy New Year from Washington state, south of Seattle! I hope 2024 is wonderful for you, and that you're under your new roof before the end of the year!

Just love watching the start of a new project - looks like the team are making good progress. I'm sure you'll hit your goal of being in by the end of the year 🎯

If I had house for renovation I would love to have you for help 😊 I think you great 🎉

Happy new year, 😊😊

Lovely vlog Andy/Andrew! I've watched all through the village house renovation and it's great to see your energy levels are back up. You should be proud of everything you do. Can't believe you let the negative comments get to you. You're such a hard worker and produce a great vlog and seem like a really nice guy. That shot of the dogs at the end really got to me. Gorgeous. 👍

Happy New Year from Haiti 🎉

Great progress again…. Keep up the great work all of you. And A happy new year to you and the boys 🎉

Man imagine if you had a giant cement pumper truck.😊 You’d be done in a week! ☺️😉

Greetings from Sweden.

Well, one good thing you can say, you don't have to identify the interior load bearing walls! You can pretty much see everything you need to see! I was just watching another couple doing the same cover as you over their fresh water well. They left an opening at one end to access the well's interior for cleaning or whatever. Great minds think alike huh? Gorgeous sunset! I don't think I've ever seen such a total scarlet sunset like that before! Breathtaking! Why do you suppose Medieval Faires always include belly dancers no matter the country? Chocolate is the reward for eating healthy! If I have to eat vegetables, I'd better have a bit of chocolate as a reward! The trick is not to eat more chocolate than vegetables. Yes, it's a challenge. I don't particularly like vegetables. Have a good week! Blessed Be!

Happy new year 🎉 from Scotland

Happy New Year! 🍺🎉2024 is on! Exciting progress in the house. The support for the roof is different than before, yes? You have a great crew. 🙂👍👍🇨🇦

Looks like a lot of progress since last time. I wish you well for the New Year and in your home by next winter.

I know on farmland in Spain they build drainage ditches all around the side to catch the water and keep the land dry... it also acts as a source of water to use as irrigation since it rarely ever empties... Anyway loved the video as per usual... love the boys anxious to be off on walks the builders are sure cracking on...maybe winter is THE time to build over there? (Mad dogs and Englishmen) thats why they're so happy to get on with it.. even if that house is only built with old stone and rocks look how long it's stood up for! I am sort of amazed at how they can just push the internal walls over..hmmm... This is going to be a cracking home Andrew and echo what someone else said, you were knackered after the home reno in the village in all that heat! They're really making that roof secure which is good to see, building regs have changed a lot since that house was built... you've definitely made the right choice engaging them... you deserve a rest... even though I can see you are itching to get involved. Happy New Year Andrew... it's going to be fantastic. :)

Happy new year. 🍀 A bit of rain 🌧️ must not scare you, although it worried me that the walls would get wet. I hope the roof is finished soon ☔️ We have had rain for 13 weeks now, with some days with a bit of sunshine. Quite the opposite as to your place. Your place is gorgeous . We are hoping not to drown here in the Netherlands 😅

Hard to see but looks like they’ve done a good job building those steals, looks like they’ve used hairpins and ring hairpins in wiring them up.

Great channel mate. I've been following you from the start. I'm a self employed decorator in England for 35 years and it's hard to keep finding the motivation. Just keep ignoring the negative comments matey and keep moving forward. Do what is best for you. There will always be people out there who try and knock you, just blank it and go for it. All the best fella. 👍

Your videos are very much more interesting than the past videos. I think the editing has become much improved.

Happy new year🎉 Great Content again! Thank You for sharing

A wonderful change of weather. Glad you are able to enjoy it! Progress on the old house is coming along nicely. Considering the extent of the rebuild, the work crew is doing great! May 2024 be a good one for you, and may it see you nicely settled on your forever property👏🏻👍🏻

Happy New year Andy 😊🧚‍♂🎆🎊

Hey Andrew, great progress all round 👍. Thanks for the spectacular sunset 😊.

Yay. I've been waiting for your next video. Glad you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year Andrew. I'm ready for whatever the New Year brings. Glad to be able to follow yours, Will's and Cris's journey. Can't wait to see what you have instore for us this year. Stay positive as always. Cheers 🍻

That sunset - amazing! Portugal reminds me so much of Australia. I am loving your videos so thank you for the time and effort you take. It really does show and come through in your videos. Happy new year to you 🎉 and best of luck with the house this year. I’ll be cheering you on from the other side of the world.

well done andrew looking great have a great yr

Great job. Wow. Incredible.

Andy the tank is looking fantastic 👍

Nice to see you back. Going to be an exciting year !

Happy New Year…the house is really coming along !

Andy, good on you for the glasses and ear gear. Please watch your hoodie ties. If your saw grabs one of those, it’ll ruin your day!

Great progress! and with the New Year and good help things will move along nicely! Enjoy the journey and take care of yourself!

عمل راءع متشوقة للفديوهات القادمة بالتوفيق 🏡👍🏻 نادية من المغرب 🇲🇦

So many surprises tucked into this one!! From the super pretty music choices to the sunset to the medieval pagentry and of course....the fantastic cistern!!! And the house is coming along great too !!! I just love watching your videos to be sure!!! And indeed..some people just want to bring others down ..ignore them!! Totally nevermind it !!! ❤

It’s good to see the slow and steady progress with the roof Andrew. Yikes, giving up chocolate! That is a serious resolution! Having been diagnosed as prediabetic in May of 2023 my diet and lifestyle has changed considerably. I haven’t given up chocolate though. I have given up sugar sweetened milk chocolate and have discovered a few dark chocolate bars that i can enjoy a piece or two after dinner without issue. That is a bummer about the rock work around the well. Oh well you win some…. Hope this week goes well. Great video and I love seeing those blue skies and spectacular sunsets.

Best in the New Year Andrew from Canada. Can’t wait to get back next month. Starting to look great …… you are so lucky to have this crew work on your home using by gone techniques ….take care. Life is Great.

Welcome to the new year Andy…🎉💥👍👊

Happy New Year Andy. Every week we are seeing more and more advances on your home, warms the heart. We have a female german short haired pointer same colouring as Chris and shes as daft as a box of frogs, loyal though. Have a good week ahead Andy xx

Andy, We just love your decision to keep your place! And we are watching and anticipating each new issue of this rebuild project. Love your devotion to your two "hunds" too! Oh, and the Chocolate competition was really deliciously fun!

Oh my God, what an amazing sky. The work is incredible also. Well done Andrew. Heavy stuff. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Happy New Year! Thats the reddest sky I've ever seen!!

Happy New Year, Andrew.

You will be making the cracked well beautiful, I just know it! The new cistern is perfect, it was a totally interesting build and the top looked like stainless steel instead of concrete! I’ve wondered if Chris is getting better especially with his food insecurity, I remember when he used to ransack the kitchen. As far as those negative comments, yes, by all means don’t give them any attention. Thank you Andrew, take care!

Great to see you back Andrew… Carlos

Inspiring. This is my wife’s iPad, passed on recently. I regard your videos as ‘must’ watch stuff. Andrew you are refreshing in a world of look at me! Stay true to you. Look forward to each episode. Better than T.V.. Billy

those guys method is really old school that's exactly how we did it in Portugal when i started some 26 years ago, things definitely changed but hey, they still get it done and they're doing great work. The old man is a freaking beast,I've had some guys like him working for me that was the when men where men generation

Oh, that red sky! Stunning. Good on you re the negative comments. Life is too short. Carry on.

Andrew don't put too much pressure on yourself with everything that is going on with the build. Not all "negative" comments are unhelpful they can at times be useful. Go with the flow and enjoy this exciting chapter in your life.

Your skies are so pretty. In Oklahoma they are always spraying those chentrails across the sky, messes up the beauty

18:06 that sky looks like something out of Flash Gordon. Very interesting the way that you are building the cover for your water storage and also very cool to see how the builders are tackling your house. They have ingenious techniques to brace the form work. Also, the guy who used the scaffolding as a ladder at 3:42 … damn, I’m jealous of his knees. I am curious about one thing… I thought you’d said in one video that that last true interior wall (as opposed to the thick wall that used to be the original exterior wall) was also going to be taken down. It looks like it’s staying?

Andy have a look at 12v lighting with wireless/blue tooth switches, also have app based control, saves a lot of wiring, works like a cambus system on a car, very eco and good to use with solar

Love the progress, loved that beautiful red sky, love your goals! Have a great week!

Your house is going to be beautiful! Have a nice week Andrew!

I really enjoy your videos and I think you should keep ignoring the negative comments. Their opinions don't matter if they don't pay the bills. I had an idea - have you considered using the cistern water to cool the gazebo (which is the American term for a bandstand)? I'm not sure if it's feasible, but my idea is to utilize the delta coefficient from the water below, which the ground would insulate and, therefore, have a lower temperature to cool the underside of the gazebo's roof. I was thinking of a small and efficient electric pump that would pump water up from the cistern through flat tubing that runs through the underside of the roof. This pump could be powered by solar panels and the water could be dropped back into the cistern on the opposite side of the intake. According to Google, your highs are in the range of high 20's to low 30's Celsius, so this might not be worth the effort.

The place where you live is beautiful, your house will be spectacular.

Great to see the progress on the house...a really enjoyable series Andrew!

Nice to see green on the ground, while most of the Northern Hemisphere is covered by snow with a cold -40C. Baltic sea froze for the first time in 25 years! All the respect for the hard work, Happy New Year.

Wow, it's beginning to take shape and the cistern looks great 👍. I just love your dogs ❤️. It's sad that there are people out there who think it's okay to be negative and mean 🤷. Folks, choose kindness over unkindness always!

Happy New Year to you Andy! Here's wishing fast progress on the house renovation so that you can move in and finally get a proper sleep. Hang in there! 🤗🤗

Amazing, it's really coming together nicely. Looks like you found good reliable builders

Happy New Year Andrew!!! Loved this episode of the water tank roof and what a good idea to have a place of entertainment on top of it. How about one of those circular wood & glass pods with a table and seats in which you can retrieve and eat with your friends when the weather is not so good? I’m sure all your hard work will pay off and I look forward to see the final result. Keep up with the good work. I admire your tenacity.

Andrew, You have me looking at properties in Portugal now..... I will keep you posted... Hope all is well over your end. Carlos 😀

You do an excellent job. Love the pacing of the videos and the natural sound. I work in tv and do home renovations as well. Great job, Scott

I really love your content, every week I look forward to seeing the beautiful scenery and of course all the progress 😊 All the best for this new year.

You are going ahead and making some great steps you did a very good job of the underground tank well done good luck for the future hope you meet your goals.

Enjoy your content and really admire your attitude and the love you have for your dogs. Look forward to your videos and really appreciate your skills. Everyone makes mistakes and it is always how you learn from them and adapt that is the most important thing. The vision for your home is stunning and i have no doubt you and the boys will enjoy your home as you should. Congratulations and I hope all your goals and dreams come true this year. Keep up the great content and work. 👍

🎉 Happy New Year! 🥂🍾 from Austria 🇦🇹

That red sky really makes up for the rainy cloudy days.

To day you made me happy for you!!! You was using ear protection when using the grinder. Thank you for that. Because it hearts me to to know that you are going deaf and i dont think you deserve that. You must take care of you, so your body and mind lasts for a lifetime in your new forever home listening to the birds and crickets when your getting older. With all your hard work and positiveness you realy deserve that. We have a bit more winter here in middle of Sweden now about 70cm of snow and -28c. Interesting to see the progress with the roof, stay safe and go forward 🙂

Happy New Year Andrew. Really great progress on your roof. That’s exciting! Love the idea of a gazebo over the well. I bet you will get a lot of use out of that. Really looking forward to following along on the rest of the build. xx Pamela

Happy New Year Andy, and the best wishes for you to move into the house or some part of it by the end of this year. Thank you for the inspiration on following your dreams. My mate is renovating a tiny house in Setúbal, on his own after having a lousy crew that did a crap job and he's had some issues with moisture coming from the ground up through the walls, as the house is built on soil and thats that. I humbly suggest you to get to know what sort of barrier you have got on the floor that prevents this sort of issues. My dad, who used to be a builder, suggested to my friend to dig into the walls next to the floor as far in as possible and filling up the floor with a thick layer of leca as well as laying an impermeable sort of fabric barrier with the edges also laid inside the walls. A bit tricky to explain., but you seem to have a very experienced crew who are doing a great job and they probaby have plans for this type of issues when the time comes. All the best.

You do you and don’t let the negative comments get you down. The jobs looking awesome 👍👏🇨🇦💕

It really looks frightening how much the builders carved out of the old stone walls. I think you would not have dared to do this to your house 😱. But with the longitudinal beams and the ring beam in place, the new roof will be 'solid as a rock'. Cheers and a happy new year!

Exciting times! I have followed your progress since you posted video 1 and before I made the move over here and I am pleased to say I am living here now too with my family in the Algarve and going through the house building process myself. Happy New Year mate

Yes, a naked(stubble) wall would add much character to the place, a few walls would bring out its charm.

When I saw you standing on your roof supports all I could think of is... You'er a braver man then me Gunga Din....

Happy new year, Andy! The work appears to be progressing nicely and the cistern looks great and I like your idea of a gazebo on top. As always I enjoy your video content and thank you for sharing your journey. Chris and Will are looking happy and active. Stay well.

Very interesting figuring stuff out is half the fun changing plans as you go along . Seeing things in your mind and then bending and weaving them down the road learning new skills and then realising at the end an easier way was possible . Well for me in any case . I like your style and thought process your plot is super cool . Don't forget to enjoy yourself and stay healthy and take time out for you good luck fella and your two canine pals .

Happy New Year, Andy! 🎉❤ Setting goals and saying them out loud instead of making a resolution has been extremely effective for me! I know you will meet and probably exceed every goal you set. We all love a good time-lapse video, so i know we will thoroughly enjoy all the work you share, but you won't have the bother of stopping to explain and reset the camera. Im so very happy for you. My husband and i will be in Portugal in march. I cant wait to feel that beautiful warm sun again.❤ Much love to you, chris and will from Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦. Xx

Happy New Year, Andrew, Chris and Will! Thanks for another amazing video; it´s been so instructive to watch you as you identify problems and work out solutions. Here´s to much progress this year, and to your being able to move in by next winter. And thanks for the gorgeous sunset. Cheers!

Feliz año nuevo,se viene el techo ya falta menos

That's what I loved about living there, peeing down one minute and the sun, cracking the flags, the next!