Are you buying or thinking of buying a house in Italy? Welcome to mey channel where I am renovating and restore an old disused rustic rural farmhouse that I purchased in Italy for less than £50,000. I will cover why I chose Italy and the process buying a house in Italy. What is the best region and why I chose to live in Le Marche over places such as Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo and Puglia. Welcome to my new channel.

Important aspects of what was involved to buy the property, red tape, and show the challenging task of renovating, restoring and building in a rural location.

Decision on whether to go off grid or stay on grid. Can I make a homestead and grow my own food. All is yet to be determined, agreed and approved. I have a lot of research to do first.

House design plans, prices or materials in Italy, planning and town hall permissions and wine….good wine will be enjoyed along the way (and great food).

This rural farmhouse renovation will take me many years as I plan to do as much DIY work as I can on my own and with the help of friends. I plan to enjoy all that Italy has and the adventure of exploring the best regions of Italy to live in along the way. The farmhouse renovation is my priority but so was moving to Italy for the sweet life!

If you wonder what the life and lifestyle is like when moving to Italy or Europe or if you are planning your move to Italy then I hope to cover how this worked for me.

I plan to show how I found a cheap Italian house and the house search process. How the viewings with property agents went, and how I found the single story farmhouse that I bought.
I hope you enjoy my videos and pop by to say hello in the comments!

If you like the channels that I am inspired by, such as WWOG @WildWonderfulOffGrid , @MartijnDoolaard , @ateliermavi , @escapetoruralfrance , @LifebyLiving and @Mrandmrsadventure then I hope you are in the right place and like my channel also (there are many more great channels that I watch and am inspired by...)

In this new video I show you the raw state and condition of the outhouse to the main farmhouse that I bought in rural Italy. I discuss the plans for the new build extension and restoration. A view of the land and views, as always, plus I am asking for your help on what to do and how to test my natural water well. Water pumps, water purification and water testing.I build a temporary kitchen from the wood left over from the temporary deck build, which you have seen. I check the fireplace and chimney for any blockages. Finally, I gather and store as much fire wood as I can salvage from the tree trimming and cutting.
Importantly, I plan to replant many more trees than I cut down. The tidy up of the land and house is essential work to bring this beautiful old farmhouse back to life.

This is a catch up video so I note the time of year. Not quite a Timelapse but I do speed through a few things to try get up to date as fast as I can.

You should get a feel for how the Italian house was when during my first few months of owning house with farm land in Italy. There is a lot of clearing still to do but by showing you what it looks like and the condition that the house is in when I took ownership it should give you a feel for the scale of the restoration that is in front of me an what you may expect if you buy a cheap or one euro Italian house.

Chapters
00:00 Temporary Kichen 2.0
04:29 Chimney Sweep
06:50 Drone shot Le Marche
07:11 Outhouse Tour
11:44 Salvaging the good stuff
11:58 Death Trap
18:55 HELP PLEASE water well.

My website (coming soon) will be threeacresofmarche.com

Here you will find more detail content that should suit those seriously looking at Italy and want to know more about the costs and challenges.

On social I have two links for Instagram. One for myself as I explore Marche and Italy in general with the second being more specific about my house renovation of Casa Capitolo (translates as Chapter House inspired by Erin and Josh over on Wild Wonderful OffGrid).

instagram.com/casacapitolo
instagram.com/richard.nash.it

I hope you enjoy my videos and pop by to say hello and let me know where you are watching from in the comments! Please feel free to ask any (not too personal) questions.