We are John, Tara, Crusoe, and Sawyer Newby. A family who have taken root in Northern Portugal where we are renovating an abandoned farm into our dream off-grid homestead for us and our children. We share new episodes documenting our projects every Wednesday and Sunday and we'd love to have you along for the ride.
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Thanks for being here folks, this is going to be fun.
Should of put the roof on first to protect the frame and before the siding goes on cos if it rains it's going to get inbetween the siding and cladding as nothing on top to stop it .
I’ve seen some other channel folks use a notched out piece of wood to push the last bit of plank thru the saw as a protection against losing fingers, sometimes after they’ve lost one or two!! Might make the last push a bit easier too rather than moving around the other end. Just a thought 😁
Your ad for Global Shields Travel insurance came at a perfect time! My daughters taking her first trip across the pond to Ireland and need insurance coverage! Thanks Newby's!❤😂😂❤
Tara I've seen in kitchens where they created open shelves right under the uppers that would have all the every day used dishes & stuff. Just a thought.
Tara have you thought of having John build a wood platform with drawers for the bed this way you'll have more storage (that is if there is enough head room in the bedroom).
Enjoyed the video. Love watching you and John work together, Tara. 😊You guys make such a cute😊 couple. So nice that y’all have so many wonderful neighbors and community people to help out.
I absolutely love your channel, have for awhile now. I have loved it all. Watching the boys grow, Caruso from real little. You have done so much on your land. It is so beautiful. I love watching the changes. You both have such good taste in things. You have come so far. It is truly a wonderful place. I really love the new wall. Its going to look so nice when its all done. I cannot wait for your next video. Love watching you all. Your boy's are so precious.😊
Love watching the progress on your farm, irrespective of whether it is building, gardens, creating new things like the barbecue, the underground storage bunker etc . . . I am totally over-awed by your joint talents, of which many seem to be self-taught. Saw someone's comment about repairing the broken tile, the Japanese repair artefacts, and paint the repairs with gold, showing that they did have a previous live . . . it is called Kintsugi, creating something even more beautiful out of something damaged.
I'm not sure John, but I think you're supposed to tape that fabric that you put up to make things "waterpoof". What I mean is where the 2 pièces of fabric meet.
You need two super king size beds for four of you my wife and I sleep in a super king size bed and we would hate to down size bed size we would never sleep in a smaller bed.
Could you have a whole glass door in the kitchen? Luckily, it doesn’t get really cold there and you can be outside so much. Is there a possibility of a skylight? Or a window high up like a port hole?
Please please don’t trust Obi wondering off by himself he absolutely no match for a wild fox or boar or those dogs. I really worry about wondering off kids, chickens and pups.
Love the extension ! and if you really stuck for space in winter you can have transparent sheets on the pergola ....and have a playground for the boys.
No insulation on the walls? It’s going to be a cold winter! I know you intend it to be temporary, but it may not be. Still I love you guys and your steel determination 💞
JOHN … My brother will be travelling like you did, just going wherever he feel like or want to. How did you book insurance if you don’t have a return date to anywhere. First thing they ask on global shield is dates. I did shoot them a msg. Would like to know how you booked it.
Loving the spectacular view from the new lounge room you're building. Also think the bookcase idea in the stairwell is a great way to make the stairs safe, add some character and create a storage space
All is looking great! So glad you have the recess to hide the water heater in . . . that will really help your bathroom! 😍😍😍😍 Love how you both support each other and model patience and kindness to your boys. Beautiful.
All that ppe and yet still no gloves? But I am glad that I am not the only one that mentioned it. Anyway so glad to see that you're getting on with the build . Keep it up hopefully without breaking anymore floor tiles !! 😅 Rich W Ely UK.
Good to see the increase in use of PPE 😂 for those of us who work in high risk industries (i work for an iron ore mining company) PPE is a good start to protecting yourself from the illness and injuries from construction work.
Well done Newbys. I love watch you both build and John's way of putting up a bit to see just how things will look. It might not always be practical but I certainly understand how that way keeps one's enthusiasm and energy up to keep moving forward. Bravo ❤❤❤❤
I'm totally with you, Tara, 'this way up' definitely suggests turning the roll the other way up. It should say something like 'this side facing outwards'. Hey, John, loved watching the time-lapse cladding going up, I hope you do the rest in the same way. It's so satisfying to watch.
Just made a karaoke version of the Portuguese Eurovision song 2024 with some language multiskilling. You will find the full original vocal, karaoke with backing vocals and without backing vocals with Portuguese to English translation. Whether you are English or Portuguese you can learn some sentences and words either way WHILST you learn the song and possibly make a total spectacle of yourself at your next karaoke or even impress your Portuguese neighbours how you can not only understand the song but can sing it to. These three files have just been uploaded on my channel. We have done the audio editing, the lyric syncing and the synced English translation. Give it a like and a subscribe we are not monetized due to copyright but you spreading the word on what we do helps thanks.
Tara, i have done the walk of shame like you dear! You think you're finally in the right and you've done everything correctly only to get the loving pat on the head of you did a silly again love!
I think the cladding looks nice Jon, however, doesn't the triming for the window and door frames go under the cladding? I truly dont know but it seems like it should.
We mothers always have so much on our minds, all the time. Sometimes it’s a bit harder than other times when we have to multi task and think about a third or fourth thing we have to do, all at the same time, and we do forget things, sometimes……. 😉🧡
