I am speachless. This was the best Q&A I have ever watched. I hope I can take time to rewatch it all and you will be open to comments that will take some thought. Your thoughts are so aligned with my thinking about how I see life. Thank you.
Such a great “interview”…such honesty and frankness, I actually knew you would answer questions like this Bart, your whole personality shows this as fact….i really enjoyed this video…thank you for allowing us to see deep into your life, not something I think I would do but really enjoyable to know deep facts about someone I enjoy watching !
Thank you for a great Q&A. Been watching you for a while and your work ethic, skill, and creativity is inspiring. Loved the stories of your life. Much more adventure to come. Greetings from Southern California.
BART. Thank you for your open and honest insight into your life. Most surprising details I must say. I would have said all day long that you spent your life working in construction. How wrong could I be. Most fascinating mate. I feel there is lots more to come. Enjoy the rest of your downtime. Stay warm and healthy in the week ahead🍷
Hi Burrough. Yeah not really a construction worker. Thanks for the comments and support. I actually restarted this morning although the alarm didn't get me out of bed instantly.
Bart, wow. That was an open and heartfelt video. Your life, so far, sounds full of changes and adventures. I firmly believe Life is a series of lessons to be learned. Neither good lessons, nor bad, just lessons. Thank you for being so honest about your journey. You gave so many details and it was interesting to discover what drives you. The thoughts and experiences of an intelligent, hardworking and adaptable fellow. Continue to enjoy the good things in life: Silence, distance from the drama and space to breathe and think. Sounds wonderful. Keep warm. Take care for now.
Lo sigo desde hace tiempo y he visto todos sus videos, siempre pensé que es un hombre increíble, pero ahora además sé que también ha tenido una vida increíble. Lo admiro mucho, mis saludos desde Chile.
I am seriously impressed with your cutting of this video, it must have taken hours to do! And a lot of the cuts are near enough seamless, well done! Most of the time it just felt like a tiny glitch - missable if you're not being attentive or look for it, because the monologue is never interrupted. If you just listened you'd never notice the cuts at all. I like how you formatted this Q&A as well, the subjects flow well and you didn't have a lot of repetition since you built up towards the answers in a logic order. I think you've levelled up again. 😁 I cannot for the life of me imagine you in a bank...you must have been bored to tears after living such a day-fly-life for so long. I can't really say it surprises me that you've led a restless life. You know, I don't think I've ever learned so much about geography and history before watching a channel focusing on renovation, and I love it! I think it would be great to get little things like that now and then, some trivia or history or anecdote, maybe as a short? That thing about not sticking out - I could never fit in anywhere, and it was only once I stopped trying to fit in I could finally be happy. And the funny thing is that while I kept trying it only felt as if I got more and more isolated, but nowadays when I just allow myself to be me I've got a lot of friends. Life's never really what you expect it to be when you're young, I guess. I think you'd make a great host, even if it will be bit of a learning experience how to take care of a B&B, but you've got a friend that I'm sure can give you a lot of tips once the time comes! Even if it feels a bit overwhelming right now it's a bit off and I think the more of the property that gets finished, the more you'll probably want to fill it with people. Have you considered letting the last apartment (now workshop) become more of a social, shared indoors area, by the way? That way you can keep enjoying it even after it becomes a B&B.
Nice to hear I levelled up again. But I have to say this one took a lot of time. Really. Anyway. Funny to hear you talk about the geography and history. I could talk about that endlessly. And well I think we both understand very well what it means to try to fit in and why it doesn't work. I think in the end being happy with who you are and what you do is the most valuable thing. The rest will follow. And I have a social shared indoors area. It's below the tiny house but it's still messy and full with tiles for example. I am already making some designs for the furnishings and I would also like to have a bit of of a kitchen block there so I can prepare all kinds of tasty food.
Wonderful insight into your very interesting life thank you for sharing I can’t understand why your channel is not growing your such an informative person and your videos are always a jo to watch 👍👍
Just as i thought...a very intelligent well travelled , well studied interesting man..likes doing his own thing....i would change the name of the channel👍👍👍
Authentic, honest, interesting, no click bait but "just" YOU! What else to ask for, better than 99,9% of any other RU-vid content. Love your project and (hopefully) will be happily renting one of the apartments one day! All the best for 2024! 🤍
wauw, I am impressed and at the same time taken aback with your life experiences and plans for the future. You come acrosss as a very intelligent person, with enormous energy, many interests and incredible drive. I do hope that curiousity propels you and not so much your insecurities. Your dedication to your sons is commendable, raising them as your greatest accomplishment. Maybe you will do the same for any future grandchildren. A very good decision to live a day's drive away from your family (and the Netherlands). You should be proud of everything you have achieved so far and for being you. Thank you for taking the time effort and honesty to do such an indept Q&A.
You have put a beautiful anchor in your location..... ...and others will see the new growth , like a shoal or soon growing Environs that nurture... Good job...plow on pilgrim...
I watch a range of channels on RU-vid and trial many more before I unsubscribe. Yours is as compelling as Martijn Doolaard and I’ve followed you from the start. I don’t understand the algorithm that has managed to let so many bypass your content but I hope your QandA will motivate more followers. You're a trooper Bart to us who’re following already, and we look forward to following your progress.
Hi Simon. Thanks! For me it will be important top keep having fun. And concerning the rest. Sometimes you need a bit of luck in the beginning. And have some good quality footage too. I am a novice. I look forward to less building work. That I can tell you. It hit me a bit starting this year. Thanks for sticking around.
i love the lintels above the openings in stone. how they are oddly shaped and stained dark brown to match windows. almost like they are decorative instead of necessary. you really have thought of everything. i’m enjoying your channel so much. keep your chin up when things don’t go as planned. i’m sure that is hard but you handle everything with humor and grace. very impressive!
Thanks Doreen. Those are chestnut. Very strong and almost indistructable. Some people replace them when doing a renovation. But I checked all of them out in the beginning and decided none of them needed to be replaced. Does look better than new ones.
WOW ! I suspected that you were a gifted individual, but now I am convinced. If you ever write a book about your fascinating life, I want to be the first to buy it. Your life is so full of events, love, travel and experiences, that it would sell like hot cakes. I wish you health, peace and prosperity in this New Year 2024. A warm Quebec hug.
Thanks Monique. Actually, believe it or not. But I already tried to write a book 2 times. Maybe the third one will be good enough to go ahead and have it edited and ... who knows ... published. To me that sounds like a fun thing. I bet there will be many new experiences coming this way.
You are a wonderful storyteller and you do it with such clarity and simplicity! I enjoy watching people renovating or constructing their homes, so surreal watching an image in one's mind unfolding in reality. My first dream house became real when I was 6-7 years old, A playhouse built with bamboo in Sri Lanka with my dad (RIP dad) I never forget the excitement. I could never think of moving into a house built by someone else and not having my hands and creativity placed on it. Enjoy seeing your paradise becoming real. What an awesome feeling! Blessings from Blackforest in Germany!
Yes Mal. I can fully imagine the excitement. Like the first time I built myself a treehut. May not not looked like much but I could get up there and it felt like mine little home I built myself. Sri Lanka must have been beautiful and what a lovely product: bamboo!
@@borgopoggiodeifiori Bamboo was growing like grass in our backyard and meters tall. Now I enjoy pine trees instead, in the beautiful blackforest. Life is great as long as we have memories to step into, time to time. Hope you enjoy your paradise build...though it can be not so nice when there are so many things has to be done by one person...
@@malgaa3655 Will manage for now. I like Bamboo too but you have to contain the roots otherwise it grows wild. I might plant some but I haven't decided where. Pine is not a local species here. And people here don't like them too much since the wood burns to fast for their stoves :)
Great video! Really interesting, honest and inspirational. I started watching your videos because I liked how grumpy you seemed to be. It was refreshing to see someone who was honest about how difficult and unpleasant some jobs can be! Anyway, the project itself soon became fascinating and now I look forward to the rest of your progress. Everything of the best for the new year.
I really enjoyed watching your Q&A! So open and honest and wow, what an interesting life you have led, so far! I'm looking so forward to seeing your home and garden developing in 2024! I still don't know in what part of Italy you are in? Maybe I just missed that part? But I still don't know 😂. I really enjoy watching your content! Keep up the excellent work! Happy 2024 and wishing you all the best going forward! Sending you great love and energy from Cape Town, South Africa! 😂🎉😊❤
Thank you Vivienne for these beautiful words. I am located in the Southern part of Piedmond about 50 minutes from the beach. They call it the Alta Langhe.
Hi Bart...really enjoyed your q and a.. The whole world has been your playground and you have made every new challenge produce a positive outcome. Just subscribe d. ❤ from Northern Trelawny, Jamaica. 🇯🇲. I also need to be close to the coast. 🌺🐠
Oeee Jamaica? Waoh. You're not to far from the sea. Worked in Montego Bay, Negril and Ocho Rios most of the time. Mi shud visit Jamaica again sum time soon. Miss di beach, Di slow life an di reds Stripe. Ieri!
It was inspiring, interesting and heartwarming. Thank you for this very open video. It will be a wonderful year with much progress. Can't wait to see it and visit your place one day. Thank you
Hi Bart, zo een eerlijk en transparant levensverhaal met zoveel ervaringen, ups and downs, geografische en familiale veranderingen…..dit is zo uitzonderlijk en hiervoor een groot respect met je levensfilosofie en toekomstplannen! Door al deze levensfases mag je zeer trots zijn op je werk maar ook als persoon, hier kunnen nog veel individuen van leren! Zoals reeds eerder vermeld zijn wij volgende week in het zuiden van Italië voor een bezoek van een Paladiaanse villa. Dit zal een grote uitdaging worden gezien deze woning sinds 15j onbewoond is en hopelijk zijn de geometra/architect zeer open en eerlijk aangaande de renovatiekosten, maar mijn echtgenote en ikzelf kijken hier reeds verschillende jaren naar uit. Het gaat je opperbest Bart en kijken uit naar de volgende vlogs! Groeten vanuit België, Luc
Dankjewel Luc. Veel succes. Je mag me altijd een mailtje sturen. Als je vragen hebt, kunnen we eens videobellen. En misschien heb ik in de herfst tijd voor een roadtrip. Lijkt mij leuk om die Villa eens te zien!
Beste Bart, bedankt voor je reactie en ja graag met je in contact blijven (wat is je E-mailadres?). Ik hou je op de hoogte aangaande het huisbezoek in Italië volgende week. Het gaat je opperbest alsook je verdere renovatieproject! Groeten, Luc
Thank you for this Q&A.....you have certainly had an amazing and interesting life with so many wonderful turns. You are so positive and always move forward and have learned and have applied all you have learned into your everyday living. Thank you for this time and your openness. Have a wonderful week and look forward to your future projects. Thanks again for taking us along with you as you are so inspirational!!
Best Q&A I have ever seen, you certainly are a well travelled individual ! You are nearly there with most of the apartments and the terraces look great. Hopefully the roads clear of snow soon and you can ride that bike, keep your battery charged up! Shame that there’s mo smaller 80-100m2 properties left in the area. I’m at same age as you but not yet finished work, I’d better get myself retired soon.
Hi Nordkapp. Much appreciated. Stonehouses. You can find smaller ones between 30-60 sqm. Most of those will be ruines. Owners tend ro make holes in the roof as to avoid paying property taxes. Brickhouses mostly feom the 50s onwards are available in all sizes. I do recommend to take into account a complete renovation. From insulation (non-existend) to single glass windows, lead plumbing pipes to simple electricity....
@@borgopoggiodeifiori many thanks for those insights. If one did buy a 30-60 Sam ruin, I presume you cannot easily extend a 60 sum by 40 sqm to make it a 100 sqm?
If you find something, you have to check with a local architect what classification the property has in the land registry. If you can convert it into a house, you can extend every property. The % depends on the region. For example in Piedmond it's 20%. So say you have 40 sqm, you may add 8 sqm. Now everything depends on the property but if possible you can do things like adding a terrace on top of the new area. Question of studying the object and being creative. A good local architect and/or is recommended.
Aqui desde Puerto Rico, calladamente viendo los videos, aprendiendo de otros, creo que me pasa lo mismo me canso y busco un nuevo reto,con 55 años también pensando si a final de año llego a Portugal. Ya veremos, me toco mucho lo de crecer en finca y vivir en el caribe, he sido agroempresario y caficultor por los últimos 20 años me encanta el proyecto de las terrazas. Salud para cumplir sueños, un abrazo.
Hola Francisco. Suena como una gran nueva aventura. ¿Comprarás una finca en Portugal? Me he estado preguntando sobre el koffie en Europa. Creo que una vez leí un artículo sobre experimentos con plantas de café. No recuerdo si eso fue en Italia, España o Portugal. Todavía. ¿Es siquiera posible? Tal vez sepa más porque ha estado en la industria agrícola durante tanto tiempo y especialmente como caficultor. Buena suerte de antemano. Háganos saber cómo va más allá. ¡Gracias por tu comentario! ¡Abrazo!
Pues el café lo voy a mantener en Puerto Rico y pienso traerlo y vender a través de e-commerce ,estoy comprando algo de terreno con aceitunas para trabajar con aceite a Puerto Rico. Acabo de leer el otro día que lograron una cosecha de cafe en Azores por la compañía Delta.me imagino algo super exclusivo al ser de poco volumen, sigo viendo tus videos y los interiores se ven tremendos. Un abrazo grande.
¡Ah, entonces eran las Azores! Por cierto, creo que las cosas no van por buen camino con los cafetales. El cambio climático causará problemas. Y, por supuesto, también de nuevas posibilidades. ¡Por ejemplo, en los Países Bajos ya se cultiva té! ¿Puedes imaginar? De todos modos. Me alegra saber que continúas siguiéndome. Mantenme informado de tus aventuras en Portugal. Me gusta viajar en los inviernos. Eso es... en el futuro. cuando tenga mis apartamentos en orden aquí.
Hi Bart, All I can say is Wow! What an incredibly adventurous life. I wasn’t expecting that😊 My heart was breaking for you when you had to leave your childhood home & travel to the Netherlands 😔 You have led an amazing life, well lived & traveled. It’s lovely you have children. They are your legacy, a little piece of you somewhere else in the world 😊 In time they will be visiting you with their children.😊 I was just wondering how many languages do you speak? I can see that you love being creative & working with your hands. You have done an incredible job on your piece of Heaven in the Italian mountains 😊 long may it continue. Great Q&A. Till next week. Take care. 😊👍🏻
Thank you Ann for all the compliments. I do speak 5 and than in some languages I know some sentences and words. And I do look forward to those grandchilderen running up this hill.
Big fan , not for you 😂 but your little chateau on that beautiful spot in la bella Italia 😊. Don’t ask for Coffey or sponsorring , your place is to big for me 😂. Succes ! Waiting for the summer shots and all the green with flowers 😍
Hi Michel. I wonder why I would not be allowed a coffee. I am only human. But thanks following and I also hope to see lots of green and flowers on the hill.
Bart, real nice job you're doing! Also the location, although a litte bit far off ( still remember all the turns from Alba to Cortemilia, sitting next to a crazy driver ) , is good. Monfforte, La Morra and Barolo are becoming to " Riminish ", so people will move further away for real nature, rural aereas, etc. Not such a fan of drywalls but your results are amazing. Interesting life also, finally i found someone who defeats me 10-2!
Hi Roberto. Don't know about any competition going on there but I get it. If you are ever nearby, do stop. I can show you some roads that are way more challenging then that Alba - Cortemilia ride. I went back and forth 3 times last week. It is different with a bus camper. Taking the corners a bit too fast and the entire equipment flies through the van.Monforte, La Morra and Barolo. Must sees, but not really to stay if you ask me.
Yeah from Bossolasco you still need to cross two valley's. And the not the easiest ones. Up to Feisoglio it may be doable, but the climb to Prunetto is a different thing. Pretty hard I imagine.
Het is mooi om wat meer te weten van jouw achtergrond, ik ben benieuwt wat je de komende kan doe met de temperaturen die mogelijk op je af gaan komen. Ik wens je het beste toe en heb er al het vertrouwen in dat je dit jaar een heel end de juiste richting op gaan komen. Tot volgende week.
Dag Jasper. Ja het wordt koud. Maar nu gaan we naar binnen. Electra.. tegelen .. keukens uitrekenen, ontwerpen en bestellen. Binnendeuren bestellen. etc. Veel regelwerk ook. Goed moment
A bit of advice if you take don’t think about sailing , I know your way of thinking but put your feet down and focus on your little paradise. Perhaps you need to do videos about your area.
Dear Jose. I do listen to advice. And you are absolutely right. This has my full focus for the moment and the near future. However it was dreams that brought me here and made me do this. And I believe one should keep dreaming even if some of them will never turn into reality. Greetings
Recoucou Bart ça m'énerve je comprends pas l'anglais mais j'aime bien vous écoutez c'est bien dommage j'aimerais tellement comprendre ce que vous dites en tout cas vous faites un travail merveilleux 😊 bravo 👏
Salut Françoise. J'ai vu que vous aviez trouvé le bouton de traduction. J'ai eu un autre visiteur dimanche et ils m'ont dit que les traductions ne fonctionnaient pas sur un écran de télévision.
D'autres personnes me parlent également de ce problème. Je pourrais essayer de traduire automatiquement dans d'autres langues, mais la traduction automatique n'est pas géniale et même la version anglaise, je la réécris moi-même. Puis si on parle beaucoup....ça me prend des heures. Généralement tout le dimanche matin ou le samedi après-midi.
Világpolgár. Ez a szó jutott eszembe, mikor megnéztem ezt a videót. Fantasztikusan gazdag életút. Mintha 10 ember életét élnéd! Tele vagy ötletekkel, tettvággyal, szorgalommal, kitartással, rengeteg energiával! Azt hiszem, a gyermekkorodban elveszett szabadságodat keresed mindenhol és mindenkor. Az álmod megvalósult, hazaértél erre a domboldalra, itt van a szabadság! Örülök, hogy kicsit megismerhettelek, nagyon érdekes, értékes és különleges ember vagy!
Elmondok egy mesét neked. A nagyravágyó oroszlán megirigyelte a rák szabadságát és elhatározta, hogy ledobja a láncait. Megtette , és kiment a barlangjából. Mivel egyedül volt, félt, hogy mi történik majd vele. Kiabálni kezdett, de senki sem hallotta meg. Ekkor megfordult, és elindult visszafelé. Útközben megértette, hogy a szabadságot nem kinn kell keresni, hanem benn, magunkban. Azóta újra a barlangjában van, visszatette a láncait, és egy tapasztalattal gazdagabban éli az életét. Ha tetszett a mese, jelezd kérlek, tudod stílusosan, mint a rómaicsászárok a gladiátoroknak.
Elmondom a mesét újra. A nagyravágyó oroszlán megirigyelte a rák szabadságát. Elhatározta, hogy ledobja a láncait, és kimegy a barlangjából. Meg is tette. Kinn azonban egyedül volt, félt, hogy mi fog történni vele. Kiabálni kezdett, de senki sem hallotta meg. Ekkor megfordult, és elindult visszafelé a barlangjába. Útközben megértette, hogy a szabadságot nem kinn kell keresni, hanem benn önmagunkban. Újra feltette a láncait, mikor visszaért a barlangba. Most egy új tapasztalattal gazdagabban éli a régi életét. Ha tetszett a mese, jelezd kérlek az ismert jellel ,tudod stílusosan, mint a római császárok a gladiátoroknak: élet vagy halál.
