I bought a house in Italy for 65k plus see the Roof Repairs and a bonus of some city views of Ceglie

[@vevohelena]

Puglia is a peaceful and beautiful place to stay. They have beautiful clean beach ⛱, Good food and beautiful views of nature. And as well the people are very friendly too.i hope you enjoy your stay.😊

[@larrynelson3329]

Beautiful house and garden

[@alannasandell2300]

Great work ❤

[@robertsteele8688]

Ciao Renzo!.... Very nice work on the roof refurb!....how'd you go about securing such a good contractor right away?, a very fair price, and he speaks good English too!....molto bene!👍....... LUV watching your vlogs!.....and, in a very positive light!, keep developing your camera work....per favore mio amico!!🤌😀🙏😘.......When you film, i can feel your excitement and passion,....but just like eating in Italy, slow w w w w down that camera, take your time and savor it all😋

[@ValerieBarris-wr5mv]

Wow, you got the right roof repair man. Maybe he can paint all of the outside of the house. Beautiful property.

[@NakedPuglia]

I know! The roof was a big priority, and that roofer is great, Interior is next. Then on to the outside. Which I may tackle myself.

[@fjdkfdfjdf33]

Looks like a great job on that roof! Congrats!

[@NakedPuglia]

Thanks!

[@masseriamo8564]

Nice work! The job on the roof looks well done and is absolutely mandatory before starting any other work. Make sure that the drainage is diverting the water immediately off the house and check if there is any insulation in the floor as you will be battling damp, which can be very frustrating. I have renovated three properties in Puglia and learnt my lessons. Feel free to reach out if you need some info and most importantly enjoy the ride!

[@NakedPuglia]

Thank you, I will! I've been for a few strong storms and I'm good on the drainage. The moisture/damp thing I've heard is an issue with the stone houses. Not sure how I'm going to address that. I am only using calce paint so the walls can breathe better. It's been closed up for 20 years which didn't help.

[@masseriamo8564]

@@NakedPuglia using calce paint is a good start and there are several other things you could do, depending on how much effort you want to put into it and of course cost. Drainage on the outside of the house and get the walls to breathe can be an absolute game changer. There's as well some special render that you can use, which helps a lot. You can use that one to plaster the first 50-70cm (sorry I'm on metrics ;-) here) from the floor up. There are many more things you could but as you already figured out yourself there is only that much you can do with such an old stone house. But hey, looks like you have a wonderful project going there. I'm based in the Salento region, in Galatina, feel free to pop in.

[@Sunshineprincess04]

Hope you're excited as I am for you. I'm looking forward to seeing you transform your new home. Love it.

[@NakedPuglia]

I am!

[@makalevidze]

The guy has only four videos and over a half of the million subscribers! Well-done, Renzo! )))))

[@sharonammirati2042]

That red wrought iron bunk bed, gotta keep it ❤ ❤ i see cones on the roof ..is this the area of the Trullia cone roof houses? watch your finger on the lens😅.. what a lot of interesting work ahead, so many discoveries..looking forward to forthcoming results.

[@NakedPuglia]

Yes Alberobello is about 40 minutes away. The Trullo are all over this part of Puglia!

[@MarieDPalermo]

really enjoying your videos so far! the intro to this vid is very funny... reminiscent of Ray Liotta in Goodfellas! my favorite movie btw Congratulazioni!

[@NakedPuglia]

Thank you. Ray huh? I'll take that

[@billybythebeach]

Renzo good luck with everything! Love watching your vids and excited to see how they progress and learn ! Puglia sure looks good. I’m so fascinated and with you on your journey. Cheers from miami :)

[@NakedPuglia]

Thanks so much!!

[@nilzaortiz6081]

God bless you, love italy i live in florida more than 35 years.

[@NakedPuglia]

Wow, thank you

[@puffypanda7516]

Be interesting to find out how much it cost to do the roof with the resin and how much it cost to strip the roof to reveal the stone cause they’re two the things that I will need to be doing thank you very much. I do enjoy the video and I hope it keeps on more popular

[@NakedPuglia]

@puffypanda7516 Thank you, the roof repairs came to about 3800. I'm not bringing the roof back to stone, just the inside. Redoing the electric to put it in the walls and stripping to stone on the inside and finishing the interior is going to be roughly 20k +/-. It's a big job to bring it back to stone. I'm hopeful.

[@puffypanda7516]

@ I used a similar product on a balcony in apartments that I own about eight years ago and they’ve been watertight so I think you should be lucky if it’s been put on rights thank you very much. for getting back in touch, hopefully me and my son will be doing something similar.

[@Freddy-qt2qu]

@@NakedPuglia, ciao,what they have done for 3800€ to your roof?

[@obfuscateidentity2329]

Good price for roof repair. Looks fantastic now.

[@jamesstufano1504]

Great video

[@NakedPuglia]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you

[@valiboico919]

Benvenuto nella nostra bella Italia🎉

[@roccosisto8196]

Born in Puglia. Want to go back

[@NakedPuglia]

Love Puglia!

[@annettemccabe3669]

They have a few cooking schools...and a famous Scottish food writer , Sophie Grigson , lives in Ceglie Messapica...programs on the Food Network ....

[@NakedPuglia]

@annettemccabe3669 ahh Sophie, yes we met at one of the expat get togethers in October.

[@SamManor-r5i]

Great youve begun YT Channel. I’ve watched PastaGrammar since they began about 3rd video too... and in just a few yrs they've grown & created great biz for themselves. You now have opportunity to do the same. Funny Cute: while in restaurant you tell us all to look & see it from inside while you turn in circle... but entire time, lol, camera was on you! Great house & will enjoy to follow & see the scenery. With the olive trees etc... do you think you’ll be pressing your own oil? (Where that thought came from idk!) I’d be interested on occasion as you talk w/ Italians how they feel about ExPats moving into Italy too. You know we hear that the towns in Italy is dying... and that’s it’s overrun by migrant crime... but I am realizing it’s not as bad as news had my mind wrongly thinking. YOU are 54... perfect age to make that jump... I also feel it’s impt to share that if you have the thought in back of your mind, make the move earlier than later. I’m 65 and looking to make the move... but oh how I wish I’d have done the move at 54, as you still are young enough to have a great ten yrs to build the life you desire & accomplish more. Just bcause you retire~ it doesn’t mean to give up on ambitions to do & create more that will still benefit you in the future... a small biz etc. It’s a great place for Round 2 of life! So this is my own regret- to not have planned life out to make this jump at 54! Enjoy your new life! I had lived in Ankara Turkey for three years... and it’s wonderful to be amidst new and different culture & continue learning... it also caused me to appreciate America... so many of us take it for granted. Best to u on new channel. .

[@NakedPuglia]

Thank you! I always wanted to move to Italy. Even at 55 I wish I would have done it sooner. I have a lot of family that live in Italy and I've been visiting since I was a child. So a slight change in career for me and here I am! I won't be full time until around May of 2025 though.

[@stevewuertz3598]

Welcome to Italy and I subscribed and wish you well. I'm trying to plan a move within the next two years. I'd (and many other foreigners) would appreciate your detailing renovation costs. Often times, I don't save a property I'm viewing thinking it will be too much $$ when all I know if the cost of materials and labor in the USA. I'm finishing the renovation of a 120 year old place in Austin Texas that I'll sell to fund the Italy move. I've been looking more at in Town,/Village/Borgo setting vs rural as I'd like to be nearer to a potential dating pool as I may be moving as a straight single guy . BTW-what was the summer heat like? The ungodly Austin summer temps are what is driving me away and I had the guess/hunch that Puglia would be too darn hot.

[@NakedPuglia]

Thank you! Ostuni is a good choice lots of people year round. Ceglie is small but has an eclectic group of people. Young and hip(20 30) to older more seasoned like myself. Bari reminds me of East Village NYC in alot of ways. And Lecce is also amazing. The summer heat is nothing for me coming from Florida and definitely not like the crazy heat records the US has been having. I'd say the weather is a bit more like Southern California.

[@frankserrecchia5754]

I hope you get to 1k subscribers.

[@NakedPuglia]

🤞

[@alemassa6632]

1:22 Why is the best decision you ever made?

[@NakedPuglia]

It's hard to explain in so many words. I just feel so happy when I'm there.

[@alemassa6632]

@@NakedPuglia The main target in life is to be happy.... so... well done!!

[@DavidS-qp6zp]

Around minute 4.33 you say something about the Olive Grove, and then what sounds like “ and actually a sucking Garden”. So I even played it back a couple times. Can you please tell me what I was supposed to hear? Thanks 🤷🏽

[@NakedPuglia]

@DavidS-qp6zp sunken garden. I think my mics batteries were dying.lol

[@DavidS-qp6zp]

@ That makes more sense 😝

[@annettemccabe3669]

👌

[@stevengilleyOU812]

I wonder why you did not have them water proof all all of the roof? Was it too costly?

[@NakedPuglia]

@stevengilleyOU812 You want to keep it natural as possible. Plus there are regulations on what you can do. It's totally waterproof though trust me.

[@rhvre]

Great video! Just one question... was the resin waterproof? :D

[@puffypanda7516]

@@rhvre in the UK there’s a product on the market called lava 20 I would describe it as rubber rather than resin it’s definitely flexible. Hope that helps.

[@NakedPuglia]

Yes, it is!

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

Why does he insist on going topless? Part of the subscription drive?

[@alicemagari]

The channel is called naked puglia 😂

[@sharonammirati2042]

​@@alicemagari plus, hot weather, hard work, why not??

[@alicemagari]

@@sharonammirati2042 I'm not the one complaining but he seems pretty chill hiring all sort of contractors

[@maggiomc1]

443 subscribed ..saluti from Lecce

[@NakedPuglia]

Bravo Lecce!

[@bacan6217]

The previously owner has cemented the cones and this is not good at all because the roof needs to breath

[@NakedPuglia]

I know. I wish they weren't. The cost to redo them is too prohibitive for me. Thanks for watching!

[@annettemccabe3669]

...Sophie Grigson...Slice of Italy... Food Network UK

[@NakedPuglia]

Yes she's here. She goes to the expat gatherings alot.

[@chuckmurray1825]

I'm going to Portugal (the Algarve) from Atlanta. I looked at the potential to move to Puglia but I was really concerned about keeping a driver's license because apparently, you must pass a driver's test in Italian by your 12th month.

[@NakedPuglia]

Yes the Italian system for cars and drivers licenses is so backwards. If you're from the EU and some other countries you can transfer it. But not from the US, you have to take a test. If you become a resident then you do have to get an Italian license. If you're not full time you can use your american one. And you can't buy a car unless you're a resident. It's stupid

[@obfuscateidentity2329]

Can't you just drive with the AAA IDP + USA drivers license?

[@chuckmurray1825]

@@NakedPuglia So you basically have one year to become fluent in Italian to take the driver's test or you lose your freedom of movement. That was a deal-breaker for me.

[@davidwhittle410]

So why not just go to another country in the EU to sit your drivers license and buy a car there problem solved

[@chuckmurray1825]

@@davidwhittle410 I don't think it works that way for non-EU citizens.

[@carolinekaplan542]

do you need help from a fun cook/gardener/lawyer looking to semi retire?

[@NakedPuglia]

Maybe!

[@obfuscateidentity2329]

Lol are you good with three hots and a cot if you help with the manual labor?

[@lucianomennucci9347]

Good luck gonna take you your lifetime,I sold a house in Tuscany, so take over a year permit over permit is very distressing

[@neutonrenda2303]

Hehehe, I love your camera work, you are really funny showing off all of them cracks.🫣😁

[@NakedPuglia]

😊 thank you