GHOST TOWN TOUR 2024 - Portuguese Town Renovations

In this episode of "GHOST TOWN TOUR 2024 ". i give you an update on all the information i have on the ghost town. I have some interesting a facts about several houses.. and also yo9u get to see what a mess it is in all the property ownerships 👻
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[@trevorhartley5166]

MARIA is the Boss 😂

[@travellingarts93]

What a variety of stories that ghost town has ,you are part of it now ,enjoy your presence there it will add yours to theirs have fun, thanks for sharing.

[@hilaryporter7841]

Fascinating village information, do update regularly, it's like a ' who done it' , but in this case it's a 'who owns it' mystery. You could plot the village on a large wall mural which you gradually update as you discover more. Enjoy your videos greatly, they are 'off the wall'.

[@user-mr6rt6rb5v]

Good idea the mural, you have a huge wall, the one à Rua Principal😃

[@Lee-yb2zr]

We appreciate the effort you have made in dressing up for this tour. Very NICE. 🎉🎉🩳🩳🩳🩳🩳👕👕👕👕👔👔👔👔

[@johnsteven6666]

We have someone from Portugal at work, i told him i was looking for a place and he said to be very careful as they will steal from you. I have seen a lot of videos of people who have bought land and some of it doesn't belong to them.

[@gncl7599]

That's why you need a local (or someone that speaks and reads portuguese well enough) with legal knowledge to read REALLY WELL the property papers.

[@DanielPinto-oh4yb]

There are lawyers and solicitors whou could check the statue of the house/ land ,registration,t due taxes and others debts ,implantion legalities , building licenses etc before you buy so you don´t have any problems after...

[@cilenee]

they won't steal from you, but they will certainly try to sell it for higher prices, but its not only in Portugal that happens. it doesn't make much sense that they buy it and don't belong to them, as previous comments said : you have many ways to be sure that the land is what is, who's the owner and what's the value for m2.

[@AdianGess]

Thanks Jasper that was really good info and video

[@qoriquentegallegos8397]

It sounds as if the quickest way to gain most of the village would be to marry Maria🤣. Of course, you would have to comfort all the women on your waiting list or those who have a crush on you from your channel!!

[@fincalavita4842]

😂

[@cilenee]

😂😂😂😂 or be adopted

[@assuncaomeireles198]

Excelente vidio meu amigo Jasper. Gostei de saber certas coisas da cidade fantasma. Pelo tem uma vizinha simpática a Maria. Bem haja Thank you very much 🤝🤝 🐕‍🦺🦮

[@roneldastrydom2077]

Nice outfit, love your Ghostown

[@ecowarrior1888]

Interesting tour, where is the dude who was sorting out your garden, he was great, strimming and making flower beds. Excellent choice on the braces with your fire engine red shorts styling in Ghostville 😊👻 All family of Maria except you but if you get the rest of the buildings who knows you will be remembered as a cousin hundred removed 😁

[@monsha6150]

That was a very interesting and entertainig story of your ghost town……..it calls out for a calm mind and patience ……all this emotional values😅, if property tax would be high…then who knows…😊. You certainly are the right guy for this town❤

[@thordrewsean]

id love you as a neighbour and to build the perfect paradise with you, we just toured France and was disappointed in the village life, it wasnt what we wanted for our family, your village looks perfect to start what we want.

[@fincalavita4842]

Love this video, so cool all the history❤❤❤ did you find Maria?😂

[@mk-xq1tt]

Such a lovely little town. With all the work you are doing the other folk that left may return and renovate their buildings - bring everything back to life.

[@gncl7599]

Just tell Maria to call you Gaspar :)

[@GM-cq6ez]

Great idea! The name Gaspar, derived from the Old Persian Kaspar, means “treasure” or “master of treasure.” Calling one by the name, Gaspar, reminds him of how precious he is.

[@adbc8213]

Your village makes so much more sense now! Your dream is coming true Jasper! Stay with it... stay healthy!!!!

[@cazicature]

Great video Jasper, thanks for sharing, love finding out the history 👍🏻😊

[@portugalonawingandaprayer473]

Hazel ☘️ … Thanks for update ! The village is looking very smart indeed 🙏☘️😘

[@gnarly706]

These ghosts towns are great.

[@GotMoreCakes]

spotted you on google maps when I was roaming the area looking for a house, also, that's a beautiful shorts and braces combo 😀

[@jacquelinerice8826]

Loved the tour keep doing your thing to make you happy! GOOD Luck Bisi

[@cilenee]

Yay great video, (I saw the previous tour also) more communication with the viewer, like👍🙂 nice to learn about the ownerships and houses arround, and the facts/story. Very curious to see the news about the houses you pointed as "coming soon"eheh the people that are trying to sell the house/ruin at badaneira are trash! first: you have the lawful right of buying it/ beeing offered to you first to buy , because you have the adjacent land, second: it seems that the registration papers say that you're the owner 😂 dick moove of them, so sad to know about it.... I hope you have a new house at 0 cost! (well less the lawyer expenses and bummer about all of it) ❤

[@jenniferstrachan7084]

Just loving the outfit Jasper.Shorts white shirt and braces cool 😂😂😂

[@GM-cq6ez]

Thanks for the tour, Joao, and revealing the history of your adopted town. Some advice: Neem niet te veel hooi op je vork!

[@mariadange06]

Thanks for the 👻 Town Tour, l hope you sort out the last shed ownership on your land deeds. Maria & family are sweet, good that you have someone who knows historical knowledge.

[@SwimCoach8]

So strange, folks grasping to the past. Even when it's little more than a pile of failing or nearly failing rocks. You didn't mention this, but have you been able to get a sense of when the town was last an actual functioning town? How long have these properties been abandoned? Amazing the government has kept services available for so few residents. Thanks so much for all the time you put into the channel. Was wonderful touring your village!

[@jan9562]

What in your opinion makes it a not functioning town? There are still people using and maintaining lots of the buildings - living lives there part time and a few fulltime.

[@fatimajachobsen1361]

Hey Jasper, looking gooood in this outfit 😉 Nice overview of the village 👍, it’s so nice of you to share all of the stories you know. If Fátima wants to sell to Fatima… I’ll move after the summer 😬😅🤩 I hope to see you again soon, not sure when though. Hello to the Chef and to the girls. Take care 😘 Fatima

[@user-ln4gh6vm2j]

Your doing a great job on the ghost town

[@brunobarros116]

Check the site of the home care that own the house i did buy some years a flat in the same situacion it was a auction

[@stephenjamieson1003]

Great update, thanks Jasper cheers 🍻

[@mariareid4908]

Interesting tour of “Ghost Town” Thank you … Love Sra Maria 🥰

[@DutchVigilante101]

Great video Jasper! We like the history and background of 'your' ghosttown! 🙂 Are there more ghosttown in the Castelo Branco area like your neighboring village Malhadil? It would be great to buy and renovate these kind of village projects.

[@gemeames1597]

Really nice video Jasper. I enjoyed learning about the history of the town and about the families who once lived there.

[@shanebrownrigg8632]

great vid jasper,your so funny and keep me entertained

[@bohammarberg4072]

Good morning!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@higheriam]

Gotta love the shorts with suspenders. 😊 🦺 🩳 👟👟

[@snakey319]

Project kamp cleaned their font aka waterfall, that metal door is where the water can gush forth.

[@100Noddy]

💜

[@susana1129]

I would freak out! No one lives there! Maybe you can make a hotel with all those houses.

[@stephaniepelc1618]

Thank you for that informative video. It really is such a cool village😊

[@ellelyn2000]

Well done Jasper, great job telling some of the mystery and history

[@rt3box6tx74]

I think Jasper should finish his reno and hire out as a manager to help absentee owners get their houses ready for rental or sale... Slip a clause in the contract that he has first right of refusal if they do eventually sell. I've seen such an approach work out very well for a real estate co owner near me in Texas. Even offering convenient landscape services for absentee owners would establish a line of regular communications that would encourage familiarity which would help owners feel more comfortable in opening negotiations. People hate the idea of selling to a stranger who will make a 10x profit on their family's land. Nice tour, so can you tell us how many houses in the village are move-in ready?

[@snakey319]

He has to be the Mayor first, and that is after he gets the house in order.

[@rt3box6tx74]

@@snakey319 How much does that mayor job pay? 😁

[@spritch-me2or]

google maps did a street view of the Town in June 2023 , you are hanging at the gate with the dogs. you are the towns rock star.

[@mertenspeter4680]

Mooie video Jasper. interessant om de achtergrond van het dorp te horen...

[@sherryc2443]

❤

[@makoke1matsuri]

Excelente tu video 👏👏👏👏💪. 🙋‍♀️

[@84parsons]

Wow man so many complications stick with it Jasper

[@mafish7962]

❤❤❤

[@fernandarosa4996]

João não tarda muito e és o dono da aldeia, bora lá reconstruir isso e alugar aos "camones" 😊😜

[@filiperodrigues889]

Ganha juízo

[@fernandarosa4996]

@@filiperodrigues889 Quem lhe pediu opinião? Era apenas uma piada, só você é que não percebeu, haja paciência 🤫🫣

[@user-um8qb4fn8s]

❤very nice video about your livingspace...so emotional...thank you for your guide! Stay safe and enjoy 🎉 !😊 Bernadett

[@bruxanja]

A lot is possible in Portugal, I see people selling half of their house, even sometimes with a tenant in it. Glad to hear that you got a lawyer to sort it out.

[@heikoj9646]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@ctownsend4600]

Enjoyed the Vlog tonight. It was fun and eye opening on the complicated business of buying land in foreign countries. I’d just like a container home near the digger! We all know how awful smoking is and we all like you so much we don’t want to see you hurting yourself. Did you fix that look out hole in the fence for Chloe and her sisters (I don’t know how to spell her name🤓), the one Toby is sneaking into ! You’re a good man, take care till next week!💝

[@l.g.4451]

This tour was so interesting and informative. I think it was last week that I asked you to give us an update on what you own there and what you still wanted to buy, etc. Hearing the backstories was fascinating. You must have patience to wait it all out, but then, you have plenty to do on your own house. Did you already do a video on why you moved there and why you picked the place you did? I just find it all so interesting. Thank you for doing this.

[@sharol946]

You out did yourself. Thoroughly enjoyed the tour.

[@ellelyn2000]

Just Beautiful 🎉🎉🎉

[@berklia]

you are a brave man

[@brunobarros116]

In case of de alf house you can to court and ask to proced with ( processo de divisao de coisa comum )

[@19bigred55]

Really enjoyed your updated tour of the Ghost Town!!

[@petermak750]

Heel bijzondere aflevering dit!❤ Zelf woon ik ook in een dorpje in centraal Portugal, en alles wat je beschrijft is zo herkenbaar, geweldig. Onze doelen om in Portugal te wonen lopen niet geheel parallel, maar het leven hier ervaren we hetzelfde denk ik. Bijzondere video, succes met de volgende activiteiten. Wie weet ontmoeten we elkaar een keer om ervaringen uit te wisselen. Succes met alles!

[@cilenee]

"João, oh João! Tareca onde é que anda o João? " 😊 priceless

[@Takomanny]

I think she sad careca😂

[@cilenee]

@@Takomanny Why Maria call the girls careca ?

[@justoneacre7873]

The roof on your house is looking really good!

[@dennisbrooks6988]

Thank you Maria!

[@Ashton60578]

I am guessing those are chimney tops. I love the different designs... Thanks for the tour.

[@annar6430]

We ❤ Maria too 😊

[@MrCaldeiraRibeiro]

Jasper nice to see all the village again. And also with all the new informations about all the houses. Related to your land where you have the yard two things could ocurred 1st when they were trying to sell you the land without the little house the went to Camera Municipal or Junta freguesia and try to split the land in the part they selled you and the part of the house, and they were told not possible. 2nd option they knew what they were doing and sell you with the house included even if that wasnt true. Like now you have to get rid of the hot potato. Sad. I hope one day you be able to buy all the village and update it like you have doing.

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Whatever happened to Duarte?

[@cilenee]

living his adolescent/pre adult life!

[@nicovanwyk3456]

You certainly dressed the part of Mayor 😂

[@FirmRod5]

There are many ruins in my village where I was born. Luckily there are still people residing there. I’m going there in September to make renovation plans to the rustic house where I was born in. Regarding the name property name of Badaneira. It was very common to name to name properties unusual names. I’m not aware of any significance or meaning to the word. I’m sure Maria would know! She’s your personal history book “ Joǎo” 😜

[@thebimbler7190]

I thought any property being sold has to be offered to the neighbours first

[@ernie7065]

I remember Jaspar explained that to us.

[@filiperodrigues889]

but i wanna see this ghost town behind the scenes!! please! i love this village....so pretty, u are a very lucky person living there!

[@GhostTownVlogs]

Becoming a member would be one option 👻

[@filiperodrigues889]

​@@GhostTownVlogsTo see more of the village Garridas??

[@MyBrendel]

I love what you’re doing … do you want to start an off the grid village

[@RagingBlade1]

Hi 'Joao', You are certainly part of the village life now and your vlogs will help someone in the future track the history of a heritage that is being lost. It is a shame that with property rights and establishing ownership takes so long in Portugal, it is improving in the more central regions but small villages is still hard to know where and who retain the original registry. Registro Predial is at the local Camera may hold some information but also, the Portuguese, especially the likes of Maria, still hold strong moral values, they are a fountain of knowledge and maybe it would be good to pull together all of their knowledge about this village, people who lived there and moved away to retain as record for the future. Some of those who went abroad will not even know they have these rights in Portugal as the inheritance laws are automatically applied 'built into the law'. You may want to pull together different family trees as that be useful information for anyone visiting. I sometimes think, what is Jasper doing now? but you keep going and despite the mistakes and having to redo things, you are making it work. Good luck and GOD BLESS,

[@Davidnumber23]

sounds like the Portugese really go out of their way to let their surroundings go to ruin.

[@josedacosta9847]

Do you want to buy the all village?

[@2jorgeafonso]

Portugal é o país das Marias :)

[@sogggyyy]

Maria and Jasper town.

[@borbolettaazul]

legal, mais tem aqua sufficiente?

[@MelancholyRhyme]

What are the prices of these properties approximately? asking for a friend :D

[@ernie7065]

Please stop smoking. You were panting just walking around. We really like you & your vlog. My wife was a smoker and now has stage 3 lung cancer. Please try to stop smoking. Please.

[@gnarly706]

Not just smoke cigarettes smoke weed too, I don’t agree smoking cigarettes I smoke cigarettes is really bad.

[@GM-cq6ez]

@@gnarly706 Weed is sold in many forms: coffee, tea, cookies, brownies, etc. Don't smoke!

[@LorraineinAustralia]

Wow.. that was so very interesting Jasper, Joao, whoever you are today😉😉 So much intrigue, so many channels to follow, it’s like a game of Chinese whispers, trying to get to the source, the truth ,actuality. Dear Maria, what a sweetheart, looking out for your interests. I look forward to seeing more of the puzzle unfold. Cheers…🐨🐨

[@Mydamian55]

Its close to Bananeiras. Which could be translate to banana city. So maybe a long tine ago they where growing bananas over there.

[@DanielPinto-oh4yb]

@@Mydamian55 Bananas only in Madeira Island ....

[@gnarly706]

Open up a shop.

[@portugal1969]

Build Ur own

[@gnarly706]

Wind turbine cool. Then make electric at night make enough electricity sell back to grid.

[@ernie7065]

Winds often die at night.

[@notdoingsogood2024]

I came to say that I would buy that green house with the large tree in front, also that if the owner of the other 'niceish' house got some cold hard cash flashed, it would probably be a different story. People like cash. But then I saw a comment and I decided to add this little morsel. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that cigarette Smoke, Smoke, Smoke till you smoke yourself to Death. You'll meet Peter at the golden gate, but he'll just have to wait, Cause you've gotta smoke another cigarette. 😂 p.s. I smoke, smoke, smoke it all myself, but am trying to cut it. I will just ingest my cannabinoids, sweet treats. ❤

[@GhostTownVlogs]

Let me see you come and record a video here in 34 degrees going up and down the mountain for 2 hours 👻

[@notdoingsogood2024]

@@GhostTownVlogs I wish! If possible someday, you're on. But like I said, I'm trying to cut down and stop smoking myself. lol I live at 6,700 feet above sea level, the stairs are getting harder.

[@gnarly706]

Are you going put any sun roof in? Or on your building. Or the solar panels can go on the roof.

[@gnarly706]

Put sign post up names off the areas.

[@iamthenotbenamed365]

the Wish is the Father of Thoth ...

[@gnarly706]

Open up a village shop.

[@bensouthwell1339]

first time I have seen Jasper in a White Shirt ... I think he has come into some money ! Or maybe it just came of that old washing line.

[@forthefunofit3230]

cause he always working!!!!!! you work in white shirts during construction? i think NOT!!!

[@orlabuckley9641]

No offence Jasper. but I reckon the little house on your land, firstly that must have been very upsetting seen as you approached her but she still puts up this house for sale (or did she include some of your land for sale)

[@gnarly706]

Street names things.

[@leonasimmons162]

How old are these homes ?

[@DanielPinto-oh4yb]

The house sold for 600 euros by the Finances a lot of times people who bought it are relatives of the person in debt so after sold the debt is extint and the family got her house back for a fraction of the original debt Lol....

[@CeeTee64]

lol , I think the meaning of " badaneira " means ( trouble maker ), don´t know...at least that´s what badaneiro (man) means ..I think!

[@GhostTownVlogs]

Well that suits the situation on the land haha 👻

[@snakey319]

No one told jasper we call all girls Maria, the boys are manel. It's Portuguese humor. Jasper , theres realtors in NJ selling land in Portugal, they think it's big money down the road, good you started on GhostTown early. Is it easier there for Portuguese to get property or permits?

[@GhostTownVlogs]

Well I got told that that goes for your girlfriend and boyfriend. A girlfriend is called minha Maria and the boybriend would be called meu Manel.. isn’t that correct? 👻

[@snakey319]

@@GhostTownVlogs Oh yes, instead of saying how is the wife you can say how's your Maria?

[@brunograca1988]

There is this thing called usucapião.. you should looks into it.. usually when you take care of some property after some years you can claim it.. because many families emigrate no One is around to contest so... Thing is, i know of cases where the owners were around and still got robbed.. you also need a witness or two to do this but in portugal with little money you can do preety much any thing...Im portuguese so i know believe me

[@DanielPinto-oh4yb]

Usucapiao aplles when you occupies a piece of land for 20 years continuously without oppostion from anyone...then even without documents/registration you could regist it in your name...

[@brunograca1988]

@@DanielPinto-oh4yb eu sei senhor e sei mais... É por essas e por outras que de vez em quando aparece nas notícias que houve um que limpou outro com uma enchada pela cabeça... Há muita maneira de apanhar moscas

[@marisa01082012]

😂😅

[@srenloe43]

Do the owners pay property taxes on their properties?

[@GhostTownVlogs]

Very little here 👻

[@srenloe43]

@@GhostTownVlogs Can you the public see what properties are in delinquencies if so that may be information you could use in your procurements. Good work enjoy your videos but stay healthy

[@user-lb7cc1kt2x]

I didn't think you were allowed to have survaillance cameras on public areas in Portugal? Are the villagers happy to contantly be filmed?

[@GhostTownVlogs]

You don’t get the concept ghost town 👻

[@user-lb7cc1kt2x]

@@GhostTownVlogs I get that there are other people who own houses and come to town and people just passing through the village, and they are all being filmed by your survaillance cameras on the road. And I thought that was illegal due to the privacy laws.

[@gnarly706]

Is weed legal in Portugal? How much weed do u smoke?

[@DanielPinto-oh4yb]

Legal as a user point of view....and as long you don´t have a larger quantity in your possession if somebody plant some in the land( and the soil and climate is pretty good for it) soon you will have the GNR knocking at you door 😀