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Dream Life Portugal
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Registrace 14. 03. 2019
Living my dreams
After living in my van for three years, travelling across Europe I decided to make a new life in Portugal. In 2022 I bought and renovated a previously abandoned village house in the seaside resort of Vieira de Leiria. However, after encountering my dream home in September 2023, an old stone house in Monsanto, I decided to sell my house in Leiria and move to Monsanto, 243km north east of Leiria. The inside of the house, barn and adega need a complete renovation and the vinyard and orchard need bringing back to life.
I invite you to come along on this journey with me and I hope that I can inspire you to follow your dreams, whatever they may be. Hit the SUBSCRIBE button and join me.
If you're an environmentally friendly brand looking to work with me please reach out
EMAIL: suzimussell@mindfulvanlife.com
INSTAGRAM: suzimussell
FACEBOOK: pg/mindfulvanlife
WEBSITE: www.mindfulvanlife.com
After living in my van for three years, travelling across Europe I decided to make a new life in Portugal. In 2022 I bought and renovated a previously abandoned village house in the seaside resort of Vieira de Leiria. However, after encountering my dream home in September 2023, an old stone house in Monsanto, I decided to sell my house in Leiria and move to Monsanto, 243km north east of Leiria. The inside of the house, barn and adega need a complete renovation and the vinyard and orchard need bringing back to life.
I invite you to come along on this journey with me and I hope that I can inspire you to follow your dreams, whatever they may be. Hit the SUBSCRIBE button and join me.
If you're an environmentally friendly brand looking to work with me please reach out
EMAIL: suzimussell@mindfulvanlife.com
INSTAGRAM: suzimussell
FACEBOOK: pg/mindfulvanlife
WEBSITE: www.mindfulvanlife.com
WATER STORAGE TANK TO PLUNGE POOL - Stone House Renovation Portugal
This week is all about converting the old water storage tank into a plunge pool. How far did I get with the project. Watch the video to find out. I also have a new furry friend at the house.
This video will be published as usual on Sunday.
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I love hearing from you so please do leave me a COMMENT. I read and answer them all.
If you would like to support me in any way below is my PAYPAL and Buy Me A Coffee link. Maybe you would like to help me buy another tree or plant. I would be so grateful.
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Clean Up Begins - STONE HOUSE RENOVATION PORTUGAL
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 16 hodinami
My first visitors arrive from the U.K. and some more jobs get completed inside the house. I also start the clean up process outside in the courtyard, inbetween spending time with even more friends arriving from the U.K. Membership If you would like to support my channel and receive perks Click the Link Below czcams.com/channels/2tFGyTYmbL9-s5kjMvMcqg.htmljoin Thank you for being here and please...
PROJECTS AT MY STONE HOUSE RENOVATION PORTUGAL
zhlédnutí 7KPřed 14 dny
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STONE HOUSE RENOVATION PORTUGAL - Complete Project Timelapse
zhlédnutí 13KPřed 21 dnem
This video is sponsored by Flextail Link to Tiny Repeller. Use Code DREAM15 for 15% discount shrsl.com/4kewv If you buy Flextail mosquito repellent products you can claim a free pack of mosquito repellent mats every month on the website using the link below. www.flextail.com/products/free-mosquito-repellent-mats Wow, what an incredible transformation. Four months of renovation from derelict bui...
Cost of STONE HOUSE RENOVATION Portugal
zhlédnutí 9KPřed 28 dny
I wrap up the first phase of the Renovation of my Stone House in Portugal with a walk around the house and talk about all the associated costs of renovating these two one hundred old barns. Next week will be a complete project timelapse video. See you then. Thank you for being here and please do give the video a LIKE and if you can possibly bear to watch the adverts a little as it really helps ...
DID WE FINISH - Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 12KPřed měsícem
My builder set a huge goal of completing the long list of things to finish by the end of the week. It has been a week full of laughter, tears, music and a lot of hard work. The last two days were bonkers with seven men on site. All I am going to say is that I am impressed - BUT did we finish?! Watch the video to find out, it's a good one! Thank you for being here and please do give the video a ...
Kitchen Progress and Renovation Update - Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 8KPřed měsícem
I've started painting the kitchen cupboards, the septic tank is ready, and all the tiling has been grouted. And furniture has arrived! Things are getting really exciting now. I give a project update of what is left to do and can it all get done in one week? Please do tell me whether you think it is possible in the comments. Thank you for being here and please do give the video a LIKE and if you...
BATHROOM TILING AND FEATURE WALL - Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 6KPřed měsícem
This week the tiling throughout the house is almost completed, including the bathroom walls, the wood arrived for the feature bathroom wall and the 2nd fix plumbing work has begun. Oh and did I mention I have the beginnings of a kitchen island. Thank you for being here and please do give the video a LIKE and if you can possibly bear to watch the adverts a little as it really helps to support my...
KITCHEN BUILD BEGINS - 100 Year Old Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 6KPřed měsícem
It's Week 13 of the Stone House Renovation here in Monsanto and a lot has been happening this week. The biggest news is the kitchen build has started. It's going to have a rustic, farm house kitchen look about it - when it's finished! Thank you for being here and please do give the video a LIKE and if you can possibly bear to watch the adverts a little as it really helps to support my channel s...
BEAUTIFUL FRENCH DOORS into my VINYARD - Week 12 Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 2 měsíci
Finally my french doors arrived and they are just as I imagined they would be. Managing expectations of a project of this size can be tricky. I have a vision in my head and then I need to relay this to the builders in a way that I get what I had visioned. So far it's working out pretty well. Thank you for being here and please do give the video a LIKE and if you can possibly bear it watch the a...
WEEK 11 OF 100 YEAR OLD STONE HOUSE RENOVATION PORTUGAL
zhlédnutí 7KPřed 2 měsíci
The tiling of the first room, which will become the kitchen and living area, has continued. The weather in Portugal suddenly got hot so I take a well deserved trip to my local river, just 15 minutes away, to while away an afternoon, and I got to see a beaver, or it may have been an otter. Let me know what you think it is in the comments. Next week a lot of things will be happening, hopefully ne...
LET'S TILE - Stone House Renovation Project Portugal
zhlédnutí 8KPřed 2 měsíci
Let's do it! It's the end of week 10 of the Stone House Renovation here in Monsanto Portugal. After having been to the UK for a few days to support my daughter running in her first marathon in Brighton. It's been a slow week prepping the floor ready for tiling but the week ended on a high. Thank you for being here and please do give the video a LIKE and if you can possibly bear it watch the adv...
OLD STONE HOUSE RENOVATION PORTUGAL
zhlédnutí 2,9KPřed 2 měsíci
Welcome to my channel Dream Life Portugal. I am currently renovating a 100 year old stone house in Monsanto, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal. I invite you to come along on this journey with me and I hope that I can inspire you to follow your dreams, whatever they may be. Hit the SUBSCRIBE button and the notification bell and join me. I post videos every Sunday morning. If you're an environmentally frie...
WATER AND SEPTIC TANK DISCOVERY - Stone House Renovation Project Portugal
zhlédnutí 8KPřed 2 měsíci
It's been another long week of rain but finally the sun made an apearance and we could continue with the outside work of digging trenches for the water pipes and uncovering the septic tank which was hidden underneath the old outside bathroom. Thank you for being here and please do give the video a LIKE and if you can possibly bear it watch the adverts a little as it really helps to support me a...
LET'S GET DIGGING - Old Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 3 měsíci
Week 8 of the Stone House Renovation Project has come to an end and once again so much has been achieved. I can't say I feel the end is in sight but we are certainly getting closer. This week Paulo built a beautiful stone feature wall for the bathroom, the digger arrived to dig channels outside for the pipework and the ceilings are all painted. In this weeks video I also share about how I stay ...
BIG CHANGES Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 8KPřed 3 měsíci
BIG CHANGES Stone House Renovation Portugal
SIX WEEKS INTO STONE HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT PORTUGAL
zhlédnutí 5KPřed 3 měsíci
SIX WEEKS INTO STONE HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT PORTUGAL
BEDROOM & BATHROOM WORK BEGINS - Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 3 měsíci
BEDROOM & BATHROOM WORK BEGINS - Stone House Renovation Portugal
CONCRETE FLOOR LAYING - Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 12KPřed 3 měsíci
CONCRETE FLOOR LAYING - Stone House Renovation Portugal
OPENING UP DOORWAYS IN MY STONE HOUSE - HOUSE RENOVATION PORTUGAL
zhlédnutí 7KPřed 4 měsíci
OPENING UP DOORWAYS IN MY STONE HOUSE - HOUSE RENOVATION PORTUGAL
REPOINTING WALLS - STONE HOUSE RENOVATION - PORTUGAL
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 4 měsíci
REPOINTING WALLS - STONE HOUSE RENOVATION - PORTUGAL
FIRST WEEK - STONE HOUSE INTERIOR RENOVATION - MONSANTO PORTUGAL
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 4 měsíci
FIRST WEEK - STONE HOUSE INTERIOR RENOVATION - MONSANTO PORTUGAL
OLD STONE HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT BEGINS
zhlédnutí 7KPřed 4 měsíci
OLD STONE HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT BEGINS
Van Life Memories - Lucy, my van, is for sale
zhlédnutí 2,7KPřed 5 měsíci
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NEARLY TIME TO RETURN TO PORTUGAL - Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed 5 měsíci
NEARLY TIME TO RETURN TO PORTUGAL - Stone House Renovation Portugal
ONE YEAR OF HOUSE RENOVATION IN PORTUGAL
zhlédnutí 4,3KPřed 5 měsíci
ONE YEAR OF HOUSE RENOVATION IN PORTUGAL
HOW I ENDED UP LIVING IN PORTUGAL - Old Stone house Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 5 měsíci
HOW I ENDED UP LIVING IN PORTUGAL - Old Stone house Renovation Portugal
LAST MINUTE JOBS - Old Stone House Renovation Portugal
zhlédnutí 5KPřed 6 měsíci
LAST MINUTE JOBS - Old Stone House Renovation Portugal
My Adega Home - Old Stone House Renovation Project
zhlédnutí 4,3KPřed 6 měsíci
My Adega Home - Old Stone House Renovation Project
I FOUND TREASURE IN THE WALLS - Old Stone House Renovation - Portugal
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 6 měsíci
I FOUND TREASURE IN THE WALLS - Old Stone House Renovation - Portugal
Wonderful video as always. If you think the rain came in that window because of the force of the storm, then I would suspect all the windows and skylight are not sealed properly. Is there any way you could find out how they sealed them and how to check the rest of them for leakage potential?
They obviously havent done a good job sealing your windows 😢
This poor little dog prefers to be at your house cause he feels more love and I’m sure better fed. Thank you for taking care of him. Your house and pool are looking absolutely beautiful 😻
It’s looking lovely and I hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Adding one thing brings many ideas for adding to the pleasure.
Pleasure to see the transformation. Good builders?
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Essa cama azul é bonita
Entretanto já deve ter chuvido e a piscina com a tinta fresca levou água
How wonderful
I would keep the outhouse and use it for storage. The pool looks great. I agree with the other post that tiles along the top edge would look great. Isn’t Portugal well known for their tiles? Actually the price of the paint for the pool paint is pretty reasonable. That is a bit cheaper than we would pay here in Canada for cement paint. Also agree with the post about the window and siliconing it. You really want to get on top of that as water on wood can just destroy it. Love your videos and looking forward to seeing what else you are going to do. Greetings from Vancouver Canada
It looks like the dog wants to be with you. He is a lovely dog. He and kitty are forging a bond it looks like. The pool looks great. Hopefully the 2 days of rain filled it. A low dose of chlorine should keep it clean. I think you can get a floating dispenser, maybe? 🙂👍👍🇨🇦 Is it the borehole that needs a pump?
Susi love the splash pool. Have a good week.
One coffee cup ☕️ and your video in the morning is a perfect beginning of the day ❤ I loved you pool color! Beautiful blue!
Living in Spain at the mo. Happy birthday.
Preventative ear mite oil for the cats ears and some dewormer could greatly help your cat to gain weight. Hope he continues to eat and be healthy! Your home and land are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing! 😊💖
Slap n go 😂😂❤
This is gonna be a beautiful courtyard when completed. Love the blue color. ❤ cute sundress by the way. Perhaps the doggy is the universes’ way of helping plump up your resident cat. 😅 Im enjoying watching your reno vids
Hi the spash pool came out beautiful. Some silicone around window will do the trick. And then all those planks/wood and stuff will fit into that drain /toilet shed thing. Make use of it as a store place for outside things? Tne outside of the pool you can put some natural stone tile's to go with the wall's .Greetings from South Africa, Cape Town 🐕🐈🤗🙏🌺
Hey Suzi,hope you don't mind me suggesting, cut the "- formally Mindfulvanlife" from your channels name. It's confusing and clunky. Dream Life Portugal sounds nice, easy to remember and catchy. Forgive my abruptness. I feel it will help you gain more subscribers. Lots of love! P.s. can't wait to see the dip pool with see water in it!
Some of those beautiful Portuguese tiles around the pool top edge would look amazing! What a lovely relaxing area you will have to enjoy! 🎉🎉🎉
Hi Suzi, looking at the start of your post, again the subject of outhouse!!🙄 My suggestion is to perhaps knock down three walls to just below stone wall . Keeping wall adjacent to carport as is. That way you have your view!! You could put some troughs on top of low walls for sun loving plants! The door can be used as a tabletop/ workbench for garden chores, or seedlings or throw a cloth over for outdoor picnics! All is lovely! I have been selling soo much on Market place as my family have their own ideas... And my son has said, when i ask, what he is going to do with my loved pictures...I will hang them in a room and have a candle in the middle!!!!!😅 So dear Suzi, a membership with offers, i must decline, but hopefully can continue to watch your lifestyle in Portugal.🐈🦋🐝🌦️🇿🇦
Wow that dipping pool is going to be wonderful ❤️
15:10 mark..impossible to resist to a face like that❤.Think sooner or later you gona adopt him also.
Cosmos flowers remind me of my dad. Love it.
Hi , I hope you don’t mind me commenting on the window leakage. Regardless of the rain coming down on the window with force. Wouldn’t proper insulation/water barrier membrane for window instillation work? I would think if water is coming in then the window insulation/barrier is not working. What do you think?
Have a nice sunday.🌼🤗
Has the cat had a deworming treatment?
You are just being blessed by animals loving you back.
Gorgeous!❤
Have you given any thought to placing colorful tiles around the inside top edge of the pool?
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If it were my small breeze block building, i would get creative to beautiful it with paint, lattice and climbing roses and keep it for valuable storage for your garden tools and other things! 🪴🌹
You paid so much money for the remodeling and still your front door has a gap up and down, bigger than a inch. You need a curtain for the winter or fix it.
The front door was actually not part of the build. It needs to have this gap as in the winter the rain makes the wood swell. I have a length of door brush that will go on the bottom of the door. At the moment it’s nice to allow the air to circulate under it into the house as it’s very hot here now during the days. 😀💕
8K! I am so happy for you!
Thank you!! 🙏🥰
Yes, I forgot about the view. That's the most important thing.
Ça me parait plus compliqué de découper du béton que le bas d’une porte? Pourquoi y tenez vous ? Bon courage pour continuer avec ces n’énerva les murs!❤
The door is metal so would have been a lot harder to cut. The concrete took a few minutes to do 😀💕
@@dreamlifeportugal ah ok 👍
Great work around your land
Thank you Miriam 🙏💕
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It's looking great...so what now for the adega?
Thank you 🙏 I’m going to talk about the Adega in this weeks video 😀💕
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Hi Suzi, if you really hate that " outhouse" (eyesore at the mo) get a quote from handyman, who will take down both structures pronto! Then you have the other one for tools etc. If you plant anything out of a pot, the roots will eventually block your french drain. I'm sure you have pictured it all gone, repurposing the tiles and cement blocks as you did at previous house. I suppose the electrics are safely cut off and water connection to basin and loo. Two nice pots with trays on painted septic tank tops will be your immediate view. Or stick with the vintage look and beautify it! Ideal area to park two cars and have the usual 4 steel poles with tent awning over!
My priority is the dipping pool currently. I will need to hire a man with digger to lift off the granite roof of the outside bathroom as it has a very heavy huge piece of granite. No way any people can lift this and I would like to repurpose it as you mentioned. Beautification will happen all in good time. Love your comments every week, thank you 🙏💕
Have you thought about growing a climber on the front of the aepttank building - bougainvillea or plumbago would be lovely and provide a lovely thing to look at from the house.
I would really prefer to see the view. I will plant a passion fruit plant and bougainvillea once I’ve tidied everything up 😀💕
Maybe after creatively painting the structure, you will decide to keep it. You could always use the walls for storage and holding some of your tools, etc. Once the door can be closed and locked it is an area where you can lock up things when you are out of town as well. Would it not be beneficial to use the other area as a carport and just repair the roof, rather than tearing it down? There is so much potential for outdoor entertaining in your courtyard too. Such a cute place.
Maybe, although ultimately I prefer to see the view. I am still trying to envision how I want the courtyard area to look. I think it’s just going to evolve. 😀💕
Ou cortar o necessário na porta em baixo, ou faze-la abrir para fora
It’s been sorted 😀💕
Thank you for sharing this video and showing us your friends❤ I think painting the walls of the septic room is a good idea (in the meantime) and in the future, you can tear it down. I believe the view without this room is stunning, though... Ms. Kitty loves to follow you everywhere- so sweet and cute ❣️🐈❣️. Can't wait to see your project with the water tank 👍😊👍
Yes, absolutely. And kitty loves to me near me although he gets under my feet a lot. Water tank is progressing nicely 😀💕
This kitty is your kitty.
Looking forward to you painting the sunflowers there Suzi, have a good week xxx
Hi Suzi great video enjoyed you outings and like your future ideas. Enjoy
Thank you for your nice feedback. Always appreciated 🙏💕
Hi Suzi, it must of been great to see Michelle & John, I hope they are feeling better now. Your place is looking so great. I hope to visit one day. I'm looking forward to seeing you paint the outhouse, especially with flowers, take care, Sonya xx
Hi Sonya, yes it was great to have them here. You’re always welcome. 🌻💕
Hi Sonja. We were honoured to be able to visit! I hope you can visit soon, it is well worth the trip!! The house truly reflects Suzi's labour of love.