Off Grid Southern Italy

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@wendygilbert7939 42 минут бұрын

I enjoy your commentary. Really appreciate your insights into building a healthy family culture. Thank you

@lilac6940 3 сағат бұрын

Oh, that was lovely. I watched one of the first vignettes of the summer, I think, and then this last one. What a beautiful diary. Poignant, trying so hard to finish the roof and having to leave it en medias. Throwing rubble into the shed and locking it up: is that metaphoric for something too? Love the fading away of the last images of your son first looking out over the land of his summertime, and then turning calmly forward into what lies ahead. Hope another summer in Italy is happening already now for you three!

@lilac6940 4 сағат бұрын

So much more than the typical 21st-century fixer-upper show, this is a picturesque vignette of a great-grandson and his family connecting to their heritage tangibly and with respect and love. Your authentic methods of true restoration of your farmhouse seem metaphoric, somehow, of the restoration of lost heritage, and the rain and panoramas of the land and sky fit into that as well. Sharing this with us is a gift. Thank you.

@retiredarchitect3462 10 сағат бұрын

Two suggestions: 1. (health wise) wear a dust mask. 2. (marriage wise) take the heavy end when moving refrigerators.

@melissahamm8122 22 сағат бұрын

Wow Mr off-grid southern Italy guy I am totally impressed I have never seen this technique of tree trimming before it's genius and safe you are doing a magnificent job and I think everything is going to be just fine only very minimal damage to the roof with those two little terracotta shingles and also now you have firewood for the whole winter good job love your Channel and thanks for sharing this is outstanding❤

@patcardiff2563 2 күн бұрын

Looks like your lovely ice cold water stream even in hot summers the water seems to be ice cold

@PhyllisFicarrotta-yg1om 3 күн бұрын

How many people can go back to their ancestral homes? All historical buildings should be saved. Rural living takes some getting used to, but once you get used to the quiet and peaceful environment you will love it. Good video.

@batanghardinero1539 3 күн бұрын

Where are you guysss!!! I need more of your vids!!!

@lolitabonita08 3 күн бұрын

if you do not want the property i will be more than happy to take it out of your hands...low income, senior looking for a place to live...i wish i have someone that will inherit a land with home for me...yeah in my dreams...anything is possible.

@paulcope834 4 күн бұрын

I'm worried that if i buy a property in Italy it may be reclaimed by a long lost relative. Is there a way I can be assured that this won't happen?

@SouthernItalyHomestead 2 күн бұрын

Well, if a property is being sold then it's owned by the seller. The risks to you primarily come from how the seller obtained the property. If they obtained it more than 20 years ago, you're pretty safe from any imaginable situation. If they obtained it less than 20 years ago then you'd have to look carefully at the title history and ask a notaio (Italian notary) to do this check for you to explain any irregularities. I would consult with a notary to see what kind of documentation you should ask to see up front before agreeing to any purchase.

@cinziam457 5 күн бұрын

Beautiful music at the end :)

@thetreeleggedman9444 8 күн бұрын

Beautiful place guys. Do you mind if I ask, why did you buy some of the most expensive tree gear on the market.? The pants, the saws, the Zig Zag. I don't get it. Cheers

@SouthernItalyHomestead 8 күн бұрын

So my hope for the 462 is to eventually do some chainsaw milling, and from what I understand it's actually not powerful enough to do heavy milling. I've seen a few people use a 462 to mill oak but one has to go gently with it. So, a smaller saw would be fine for falling around here, but for milling I'm maybe being a little cheap and taking a risk if I push the engine too hard. We have a Granberg chainsaw mill and milling chain already but haven't had time to use it yet. I could have gone cheaper with the pruning saw probably. Was briefly considering an Echo CS-2511T for example. As for the pants, I knew I wanted full protection (both front and back of legs) while climbing. I was considering Arbortec and Cloggers because that's what I'd seen others use. When I tried on the breatheflex pants, they just felt very substantial in terms of material, so I went with them thinking they'd offer more protection if something happened. They are hot though and not great for summer work. About the zigzag, I was debating climbing on a friction hitch instead, but I had no experience climbing and knew that this would slow me down because I am not very physically active most of the time. Every day spent at the house in Italy has a cost associated with it, so I sometimes consider speed when thinking about cost. If going there were easier and if I could take my time, I would probably have at least tried climbing a friction hitch instead first. But if I show up to do a project and don't finish in time, it's extremely irritating to me. Especially when things like weather can interfere with plans, I may only have a short window in which to work. Knowing what I know now, I would prefer to climb on a Unicender or something similar. Being able to attach midline would have sped up work, being able to switch between DRT and SRT quickly would have sped things up as well. Basically I felt like I did it as cheaply as I could (the several tree projects so far) without significant slowdown to work. There's also the time associated with doing the research to compare and so on. At some point I just had to make decisions because the trip was coming up and choices had to be made.

@mradventurer8104 12 күн бұрын

Nice. The title says southern Italy. I know Puglia is very dry and this looks very green. This means this area is somewhere south of Abruzzo and north of Puglia??

@SouthernItalyHomestead 12 күн бұрын

Our place is in the cultural territory of Sannio, which covers parts of Campania, Molise, and Abruzzo. Specifically, the house is in the foothills of the Matese mountains. Water is abundant here. There are two natural springs just a short walk from our house, for example, and the surrounding towns have many such springs and waterfalls coming down from the mountains.

@johnanderson5256 14 күн бұрын

I would relay plywood then a water proof membrane then the tiles. Do right do it once

@SouthernItalyHomestead 12 күн бұрын

The reason we do it like this is because we're basically certain we'll be redoing that roof eventually. We just don't yet know what to do with the space below. Still unsure of how to best use the space.

@nordicislandliving 18 күн бұрын

Beautiful series - can't wait for the next videos.

@paolaarchimbaud9076 20 күн бұрын

Beautiful dreams in Italy, art, love and sensitivity.

@paolaarchimbaud9076 20 күн бұрын

Italy, nest of love and art.

@JeromeDymond 22 күн бұрын

Any updates on when you’ll be returning?

@SouthernItalyHomestead 21 күн бұрын

Editing a video right now from a recent trip. Not sure how much longer it will take to edit but should be posted within a few weeks.

@JeromeDymond 21 күн бұрын

@@SouthernItalyHomestead - Thank you for the reply!! I really enjoyed your previous videos, looking forward to seeing what is to come!

@ms-mac521 25 күн бұрын

👍👍👍

@JacynthePiche 27 күн бұрын

I don't understand, what make you guys think that your child is responsible enough to handle a axe, sorry, but many years of experience has show me that regardless how smart is a child, he is still a child

@SouthernItalyHomestead 26 күн бұрын

Axes typically aren't sharp unless specifically made to be so. His is not, and doesn't need to be for it to work. I happen to think that he can handle that specific task, and more importantly he was very excited about it. A year prior when he saw me splitting firewood, he ran up and wanted to use the large one but of course couldn't lift it. That's when I had the idea to make him his own. Thinking back to my childhood, those moments of being able to do something a little more 'grown up' were some of the most thrilling and encouraging memories that I have. When my grandfather let me use the hammer to nail something down, yes I hit my thumb a few times. To this day, I still have the marks of small scars from boyhood. We let our son take small and supervised risks when we feel he can handle it, and I happen to think that doing so is very important to a person's development.

@hendrikthiele7549 28 күн бұрын

These last words of the video gave me... chills. In a good way.

@NovaTechMarketing Ай бұрын

So lovely and heartfelt. Beautiful work - thank you!❤ 😊

@idreamcaster Ай бұрын

Those recorded bird sounds are overbearing, almost like a mic placed on its head.

@cornelone3860 Ай бұрын

Congrats ! Very good to see your passion . I do the same with my heritage house from my greatgrandparents . All of my heart in the job just like you do . The feeling is uplifting to restore a piece of history of our family . I hope you will enjoy every day your journey ! In bocca al Lupo ! 🤌🤌🤌

@PaxPixie7 Ай бұрын

I love that you’re reclaiming your family’s old homestead.

@hugolafhugolaf Ай бұрын

These roof tiles are not affixed or attached to anything? They are just lying on top of one another??? Crazy! Nice chainsaw!

@SouthernItalyHomestead Ай бұрын

There are many ways to do it. Traditionally they're just laid directly onto wood. I guess the traditional clay tiles have a rough texture which gives them much friction against each other and wood. They are kind of 'locked in place', at least when the roof has a low pitch like ours. Around here people will also put rocks on top of the tiles, to weigh them down and protect from wind. For now we're just doing minimal maintenance so that we can use that part of the building as storage, and may come back to do it 'better' once we know what we'll do with that part of the building. Some people do fix barrel tiles using various systems, for example nailing them to wooden battens (you'd have to carefully drill holes in the tiles, though). I've also seen some 'S'-shaped hooks that allow you to lock tiles together.

@hugolafhugolaf Ай бұрын

@@SouthernItalyHomestead So that explains the rocks I've seen on top of roofs in Italy! Pretty cool! Great channel! Being an Italophile, I enjoy living vicariously through you, haha!

@ivanramos3201 Ай бұрын

What a really well made vídeo!!! I love it!! You guys will have a wonderful live in this place and your son will have great memories from his childhood… Wishing the best!!!!

@quinnabun1173 Ай бұрын

You got this girl!!!!Girl power all the way!!!😅

@quinnabun1173 Ай бұрын

One smart man right there!!!!Job well done to you!!😊

@gtc3650 2 ай бұрын

Just curious, are any of those large trees you’re cutting up good enough for milling? With all the thought you’ve put into everything I’m confident if they were you would have saved but have to ask. Thanks for sharing, I’m a handyman and feel inadequate by some of the things you’re tackling.

@SouthernItalyHomestead 2 ай бұрын

The oak species around the house is Q. cerris, which is not milled commercially in this area from what I understand. The reason is that these trees tend to have large cavities and they tend to get wind shake (fractures between growth rings). I've also read that boards will tend to warp more than other species when drying. Still, I think we may mill some for use in various projects with the understanding that most of the tree will end up as firewood. I have dried out a few pieces just to see how it looks and I think we can mill and use some. Finding the time to do so is hard though.

@udz39 2 ай бұрын

Your carbon footprint will be enormous from flying over the pond back and forth once this house will be finished. A absurdity from a ecological point of view.

@SouthernItalyHomestead 2 ай бұрын

I agree it's less than ideal and have done the carbon math in detail. Hard to find a good solution. Previously we lived in Europe, and that would be a better situation in many ways, but it has to work financially as well. Many competing variables to balance.

@carinevalery3053 2 ай бұрын

J'aurais profité de refaire la toiture pour refaire le mur d'origine... et agrandir la maison...

@SouthernItalyHomestead 2 ай бұрын

Bienvenue! On ne refait pas la toiture 'pour bien' en ce moment, ce travail c'est juste pour ne permettre pas la pluie d'entrer dans la partie en bas. Il serait bien de agrandir la maison, mais c'est plus qu'on peut faire en ce moment. Peut être un jour. 😊

@carinevalery3053 2 ай бұрын

Je comprends. Vous faites un travail superbe dans les règles de l’art ! C’est déjà beaucoup 👍👏

@carinevalery3053 2 ай бұрын

Un travail monacal ! et la voix seule avec le bruit du travail manuel, c'est superbe !!!

@ms-mac521 2 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@LindseyMoody-ef6pj 2 ай бұрын

Just binge watched your 6 episode's. Thoroughly enjoyed them. Can't wait to see some more. Good luck with your ventures. ❤

@muldfox 2 ай бұрын

Americans in Italy... hmmm. Bye.

@SouthernItalyHomestead 2 ай бұрын

Yes, go away.

@SarahMulvey-yj7tw 2 ай бұрын

_Today, a record number of Americanos can't afford rent and they may think they've got it bad on their side of the Atlantic, but spare a thought for the little island on the other side of that great ocean. A land of black taxis, red buses, stiff upper lips, and corrupt property factors. What is a "property factor", I hear you Americanos ask. Well, a property factor is a private company which is supposed to take care of the maintenance of private homes or apartments in a neighborhood, and they do this by employing plumbers and electricians and cleaning companies, etc. That is, a property factor is a "bridge" between homeowners/tenants and the actual people who carry out the actual maintenance. In return, the homeowners/tenants pay the property factors (a.k.a. residential factors) a fee (perhaps monthly, and perhaps other fees as well, as is deemed necessary by the factor themselves.) But this is where the trouble (for the homeowners/tenants) starts. When they the sign the Deed which (among other things) says that they will pay a collective fee to the property factor, the ability to choose whether or not they wish to pay is essentially and legally taken away from them. It's like collective punishment. They may own their own home and may not want to be burdened by the maintenance of common areas in an apartment (for the SIMPLE reason that they don't live in an apartment!), but their hands are tied -- they signed the Deed (without doing so they'd not have been able to own their own home in the first place) and they are now at the mercy of the property factor who (if they are dishonest, and in most cases in this country, they ARE) can inflate charges, and bully and threaten homeowners with legal action if they refuse to pay up. Probably the WORST property factor in the UK is called _*_James Gibb Property Factor_*_ based in Scotland. This company is, for all intents and purposes, a _*_criminal organisation._*_ They will charge astronomical fees (far above and beyond what other factors would charge for similar "services") and they won't answer emails or phone calls from apartment residents when they complain about a broken elevator or light fixtures or dampness on a wall or leaky plumbing or a backed up toilet. The Directors of this wretched company have been STEALING money from clients for years, but no one can stop them. In fact, the _*_Group Managing Director of James Gibb_*_ happens to be the _*_CHIEF EXECUTIVE of the PROPERTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND (PMAS),_*_ I kid you not. That is how corrupt Scotland has become. James Gibb's No.1 priority is to squeeze as much money as possible from clients and use intimidatory tactics to prevent them from taking to social media to air their grievances about this criminal company._ If you look at uk.trustpilot.com/review/jamesgibb.co.uk and read all the POSITIVE reviews about James Gibb factors, you will notice the similarities in word construction and style of writing. Several posters have noticed this. I am pretty sure that *James Gibb* has employees writing FAKE reviews in order to counterbalance the dozens of NEGATIVE (genuine) reviews by disgruntled clients. This company is really, really insidious and corrupt. But they know no one will stop them, least of all the Scottish Government. One more thing. Whenever you see on a BAR CHART the number of one-star reviews versus the number of five-star reviews, and you see that they are the two biggest bars, and two-star, three-star, and four-star, are nowhere near as big as ONE and FIVE stars, you can bet that the chart has been manipulated. This is because, mathematically, things tend to assume a Gaussian shape, or a bell shape with the median being the highest, e.g. distribution of IQ takes on a bell shape. But here, you have the median being the least, and that's a giveaway that the distribution is fake as f#%k.

@lucaparise92 2 ай бұрын

Penso che aver pulito le fughe dei sassi e averli fugati con calce sarebbe stato piu bello che intonacare tutto di nuovo. Comunque un consiglio, se non smalti con la cazzuola e usi la spatola, tienila con la mano girata verso l'alto, fatichi un quarto

@lucaparise92 2 ай бұрын

Bello vedere il nipote di Italiani che hanno lasciato il proprio paese a causa della povertà, ritorni a far rivivere quei posti e con cosi tanto rispetto senza stravolgere niente. I paesi cosi non si spopolerebbero, vorrei ci fossero piu persone cosi, bravi 😊

@josephburgio9843 2 ай бұрын

Hello, new to the Chanel..just wondering what part of southern Italy you are located...i was born in Realmonte Agrigento....thanks

@SouthernItalyHomestead 2 ай бұрын

Near the border between Campania and Molise.

@PDZ1122 2 ай бұрын

It's amazing that people can make a living using a computer and a laptop in the middle of nowhere. It's also sad that this means that a vast proportion of the population essentially produces nothing. It's virtual paper pushing.

@jeremysills6464 2 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed watching your videos, I watched all 6 of them, it made me feel at peace with the future, the music in combination with the beautiful scenery, your beautiful family and your soft voice has made me feel at ease, as bleak as I may view my future it has given me hope. Thank You.