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  • thank you

  • and you're gonna notice a huge

  • difference we no longer have a roof I'm

  • so strange it's so strange

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  • it's a bit of a weird feeling doing this

  • to a house you almost feel like you're

  • you're destroying it and this looks like

  • a ruin at the moment

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  • guys today is the big day you can

  • probably hear all the noise in the

  • background that is because today is the

  • first day of putting a new roof in the

  • Chalet yesterday the crew came over in

  • the late afternoon that they set up the

  • scaffolding and then they arrived early

  • this morning and they've been removing

  • all the old tiles uh but yeah it's

  • coming off we've got half the tiles

  • already removed off of the roof and yeah

  • it's exciting to finally see progress it

  • was a whole ordeal of finding a roofer

  • we're on our second roof for now finally

  • we're taking a step forward with this

  • house renovation because it felt like it

  • was paused for so long

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  • okay so Sam's getting a first look at

  • the house without the roof

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  • are really different yeah yeah wait till

  • you go in look at this look at that what

  • a great space

  • totally open yes

  • I mean we're gonna have to hope that it

  • doesn't rain it's not meant to rain no

  • thankfully thankfully we're gonna throw

  • some Plastics over those yeah uh objects

  • going inside the house

  • look at all that light

  • it's uh

  • it's so strange it's so strange that you

  • get there huh yeah oh look at all the

  • ants crawling on the wall yeah there

  • were ant nests wasp nests bee hives 20

  • years of uh

  • time there was uh there were some new

  • occupants the creatures made a home the

  • creatures came and made themselves feel

  • very welcome in here it's just come wow

  • I I'm speechless honestly

  • it is so bright in here because we no

  • longer have a roof oh look at that oh my

  • oh my kind of kind of shocking to to see

  • it looking this way uh but I have to say

  • it looks a lot more inviting and

  • welcoming and homey now that there is

  • actually daylight pouring into the house

  • because I mean the the electricity isn't

  • connected at the moment so whenever I've

  • been working in here it's just been very

  • like dark and dungeony uh that sort of

  • vibe but man everything just like moved

  • along so quickly like honestly the the

  • roofers arrived yesterday they started

  • taking off the the old tiles and that's

  • basically what the first day was spent

  • doing and then the second day they

  • removed was what's called in Spanish

  • which you can still see a bit of it

  • left here like these actually it's all

  • over the floor let's just look down

  • all that right there is machimbre

  • so basically today they removed the

  • machimbre and the beams and they they

  • worked so fast that I'm I'm kind of in

  • shock I was not expecting to see uh the

  • house in this state when when I returned

  • later this afternoon like I left at noon

  • and I came back a few hours later and

  • we've got a completely new place I'm

  • kind of in shock uh they say we're gonna

  • have a new roof in within the next two

  • and a half weeks and

  • yeah I I'm still like taking it all in

  • I'm gonna set you down somewhere because

  • this camera is actually

  • kind of heavy

  • let's put you here

  • with a little piece of wood holding up

  • holding up the lens so we can see each

  • other but yeah I would say

  • um

  • it's a bit of a weird feeling

  • like doing this to a house you almost

  • feel like you're you're destroying it

  • you're massacring this I don't know

  • beautiful construction that was built 80

  • years ago by my grandfather

  • um

  • but like I I am trying to keep its

  • Essence like what it is at its core it's

  • just this this roof was in such a bad

  • State like originally we were just

  • thinking of replacing the the exterior

  • roof like not the ceiling but then oh

  • like once we started looking at it a bit

  • deeper and more closely we could see

  • that the beams were rotting in the

  • exterior there was just a lot of water

  • coming in and like a lot of damage has

  • been done we had to like knock back part

  • of the walls and

  • yeah it will look better I guess I have

  • to remind myself like

  • oh right right now it's it almost feels

  • like we're bringing it down to the Bare

  • Bones but it will look better and it

  • will feel like a home and this place

  • will continue its history in the family

  • third generation I'm hoping to improve

  • upon it and

  • yeah I don't know

  • I'm having a hard time speaking because

  • I'm still like soaking this in this

  • looks like a ruin at the moment

  • you know

  • like an old Jesuit ruin that you would

  • find in this part of the province of of

  • Cordoba

  • but yes like I said the idea isn't to

  • destroy it's to restore

  • um try to reuse as much of the materials

  • as we can like for example these

  • beautiful beams that you see up here

  • like this is a hardwood that was brought

  • over from the province of missiones

  • which is kind of like tropical jungle

  • because my grandfather used to work in

  • forestry

  • um so you can't actually get these types

  • of beams anymore uh so we were talking

  • about like the roofer and like the

  • construction guy like okay what what use

  • can we find for this so it doesn't go to

  • waste and they're like well this could

  • be used to to make like a nice outdoor

  • gallery like a covered patio where you

  • can have your morning breakfast and just

  • sit out there in the afternoon with a

  • bit of shade enjoy the weather enjoy the

  • scenery or we can also use part of it to

  • build a wooden deck on the exterior

  • because right now it's it's looking very

  • muddy like we don't even have grass so

  • those are some possibilities to give new

  • life

  • to these wooden beams we have here and

  • what else can I tell you I got stung by

  • a by a wasp today on my arm it was not

  • pleasant but there was a wasp

  • infestation in the roof and in the

  • bathroom like we still have a lot of

  • stuff that we need to move out of there

  • but I do not dare go in again

  • um

  • and yeah

  • let's let's show you around a bit and

  • then I'll keep talking

  • thank you

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  • also since we're kind of on a roll with

  • the dead mice in this house renovation

  • remember we found one in the kitchen let

  • me show you another if you're squeamish

  • look away this one still has a bit of

  • fur these dry poor little Mossy it's

  • almost he didn't make it hopefully he

  • lived a good life while he was in here

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  • all right

  • guys little update today is day three of

  • working on the roof in the Chalet I have

  • been sent on a mission to get some raid

  • some spray

  • um because there's just

  • so many different things attacking the

  • crew from ants to wasps the bees are

  • gone now

  • um but yeah the Wasps are really feisty

  • so they're trying to make some smoke uh

  • to shoe them out of the the ceiling

  • they're stuck between like the roof or

  • and the ceiling and they don't want to

  • leave and the Ants are also biting ants

  • who knew that ants uh could bite and

  • cause so much pain but indeed that is

  • the situation

  • so yeah I'm just walking over to the

  • market thankfully it's just a short like

  • three minute walk

  • um and buy a market I just mean like a

  • little tiny convenience store so

  • hopefully they have what we need

  • so the guys can keep working

  • so yes that is today's adventure

  • spray has been procured so hopefully we

  • can continue with the job at hand

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  • good afternoon guys day three end of day

  • three I'm up on the scaffolding and I

  • just wanted to show you a little bit uh

  • what the roof is looking like so the

  • fiber cement tiles have come off and now

  • we just have the like the inner ceiling

  • I guess we'll call it in the kitchen and

  • the bathroom it hasn't come out of those

  • two areas because of the wasp and ant

  • infestation we will get to that in in

  • the coming days we will get to that

  • tomorrow uh but yeah I just want to turn

  • around the camera and show you how it's

  • looking

  • there's a chimney

  • we still have a few beams left that need

  • to be removed

  • you can see the the ceiling they're like

  • wooden planks that's the kitchen we're

  • looking at right now we no longer have a

  • roof but we will be getting a beautiful

  • beautiful roof in the coming weeks which

  • is very very exciting can't wait to see

  • that so here we've got some of the brick

  • and mortar that came off the roof

  • some big chunks right there

  • gotta pile that up somewhere

  • and

  • down the hill

  • we've got samolito why don't work

  • samuelito yeah it's looking clear yeah

  • remember when we couldn't even see down

  • here yes we had no idea it was even this

  • steep yeah it was just so much Bush it

  • just it almost looked level you know

  • what a difference

  • little by little yeah thank you for

  • working on that you've been focusing on

  • the Landscaping yeah I I I've come to

  • enjoy it it's like uh it's almost

  • meditative yes you come out here

  • I I I'll be honest like I I've actually

  • written some blog posts in my head while

  • working here I have plenty of time to

  • think and I love it cool

  • yeah Sam's been clearing out a part of

  • the lot

  • that is known as La Finca because down

  • there it used to be an area with lots of

  • fruit trees like plum trees peach trees

  • apple trees all sorts of fruit trees and

  • it's all overgrown with sarsa as you can

  • see some of these trees have died others

  • have grown old and no longer seem to

  • producing to be producing fruit

  • so yeah that's where he's been working

  • and yeah I'll just keep showing you a

  • little more around the house

  • here we've got some of the beams that

  • came down like I mentioned yesterday

  • this is all being reused this is wood

  • from like uh the tropical part of

  • Argentina this would have come from the

  • province of missiones where my

  • grandfather used to work in forestry and

  • yeah this is hardwood so we're going to

  • give it new life so we can continue

  • enjoying it here in the family and yeah

  • there's more wood over here let's just

  • give you a little little tour guys so

  • you can see what a construction site

  • looks like this wood in particular

  • it looks like it has tar on top of it

  • this came off of the the ceiling part of

  • the ceiling I don't even know but it

  • came off the ceiling and then we've got

  • all the

  • machimbre

  • which also came off the ceiling

  • so yeah there's just loads of garbage

  • everywhere it's going to look a little

  • messy before it starts looking pretty

  • but that's kind of what we're up to so

  • here we are coming round to the other

  • side of the house the back side

  • and

  • well here we've got also a bit more

  • rubble and I'm protecting my little My

  • Little Peach Tree that we've got here

  • um because they threw a lot of the

  • rubble on top of it so I've come and

  • like dug out a little hole for it I put

  • some of this foam around it so the

  • little guy can Thrive once we remove all

  • of this

  • and yeah I think that gives you a pretty

  • good idea

  • of what's happening around here end of

  • day three and we'll be checking in again

  • tomorrow

  • alrighty guys day four of the roof

  • coming off

  • um so yeah we are inside the Chalet

  • right now this is the the entryway the

  • foyer and the roof is off as you can see

  • we still had the the machine the the

  • ceiling when we were here yesterday but

  • that has now been lifted off and if we

  • walk into the kitchen notice how bright

  • it is because there's no roof here

  • either so that is the the major change

  • in in the last couple of days no in the

  • last 24 hours is that there is no

  • ceiling and no roof at all in this house

  • it is completely open to the elements

  • definitely hoping it does not rain in

  • the next few days we did check the

  • forecast it looks clear but you just

  • never know and I mean

  • we don't really have a plastic big

  • enough to cover all of these different

  • rooms so yeah hoping that the clear

  • skies remain that way because we do have

  • a few items still piled up like anything

  • that's books and stuff like that I did

  • throw garbage bags over it and I mean

  • try to cover things as much as possible

  • anything super valuable I shoved into

  • the closet where there's a bit more

  • protection but I mean

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  • but if you do look in the the main

  • bedroom there's there's still stuff in

  • there as you can see the only room that

  • is still

  • safe for now

  • is the bathroom and that was because of

  • the the WASP infestation attacked

  • everyone and I think people were like

  • okay let's just leave that for now uh so

  • yeah I guess the major update would be

  • that all the wood has arrived for the

  • new ceilings so that includes the beams

  • and man all these Spanish words that I

  • just cannot translate into English for

  • you because I don't know them but

  • basically what's going to become our our

  • wooden ceiling there's just different

  • types of beams different widths so yeah

  • that wood it is Pine it came here

  • natural so we have to treat it and first

  • it's being treated with an insecticide

  • so we don't develop termites or any kind

  • of problem like that and then afterwards

  • it's going to be varnished with a satin

  • finish so we didn't want gloss or super

  • gloss but we also didn't want knit mat

  • so the next step up from matte would be

  • the satin so that will be the finish and

  • yeah the guys have started working on

  • that they're doing the insecticide first

  • I have been all over the place today

  • that's why I was not here to film the

  • delivery of the wood or the treatment of

  • the wood but basically guys oh my gosh I

  • went to like three different Western

  • Unions uh

  • what's stressing me out these days is

  • bringing money into Argentina and

  • getting the blue rate as opposed to the

  • official rate but yeah I don't I don't

  • even know if I should dive into that

  • because oh that could be a 20 minute

  • video and I feel like it would be a rant

  • and there wouldn't really be any useful

  • information it would just be me

  • frustrated I don't know uh but yeah

  • basically I've got materials to pay for

  • I've got workers to pay and yeah trying

  • to get money at the blue rate is a

  • little bit tricky

  • um but anyways I will get that resolved

  • that is my number one priority at this

  • time so oh there's still books here this

  • needs to go in a box

  • what do we have we have schlotzfeld

  • yogged hoof on Chevron oh a book about

  • German shepherds in German a German book

  • about German shepherds well it seems

  • that

  • our family has been fond of German

  • Shepherds for three generations

  • it's not all that surprising guys is it

  • so let's go in here shove this probably

  • 100 year old book into a box

  • just need you to survive a few days here

  • little book

  • um so yes wow this is a five minute

  • ramble already that is all for now I

  • will see you tomorrow because my workers

  • have informed me that they are working

  • Saturdays and they are working Sundays

  • and I am just in shock like these guys

  • who are working on my roof are some of

  • the hardest working people I know uh one

  • of the guys shows up at 7am because he

  • lives nearby other people show up around

  • eight and they're coming from like an

  • hour away

  • so yeah I'm super impressed with their

  • punctuality hard work ethic

  • and yeah very very pleased I've already

  • recommended these roofers to some

  • friends of ours who are also in need of

  • a new roof

  • so yeah good times good times guys

  • alrighty I'm looking forward to resting

  • and I'll see you a bit more refreshed

  • tomorrow

  • so we are walking over

  • to the property

  • see what's progress was made today

  • particularly to check out the wood

  • the wood you excited to see the new

  • ceiling yeah you've been talking about

  • it all day so let's check it out

  • I'm excited to see this installed it's

  • gonna be so nice

  • uh so yeah just heading on over

  • also look at this more land has been

  • cleared excellent news all around we've

  • got

  • a few different people working for us

  • doing different things

  • so exciting times guys yeah I haven't

  • been to this area that's been cleared

  • yet I did a little bit of snipping

  • actually when we first came here in May

  • yeah but this is

  • becoming so much more open all the time

  • I know look look to that to that side of

  • it specifically specifically yeah how

  • does it look looking really good I mean

  • honestly every time we come to the

  • property we notice it different in the

  • sense that the work that we've put in

  • and the work that we have other people

  • doing just kind of like accumulates adds

  • up it compounds a little bit and

  • yeah

  • it's just getting impressive let's go

  • you know the first thing you notice the

  • smell oh yeah you smell the the varnish

  • we have to try not to kick up too much

  • dust because we'll we'll ensure it's dry

  • by now it's been out in the sun for the

  • whole day oh we're being greeted by the

  • dog everything the Sheep it's all

  • they're all dogs the Sheep hello hello

  • creatures yeah so we're starting Monday

  • with laying down the the central beams

  • yeah I mean wow

  • we have a new roof it's going to bring a

  • whole new outlook to the to the place

  • yes I mean it's uh it's fascinating to

  • to have walked around with the roof off

  • it just feels it almost feels like

  • you're walking around in a ruin or

  • something that's another problem

  • you know gets over the over the trust

  • issue oh all the dogs greeting us at the

  • same time

  • okay Luna don't be nervous

  • okay

  • this is

  • gracias Luna so sweet

  • so this is the current situation roof

  • off and it has been raining uh

  • yeah nothing to keep the water out so

  • this is where it is puddling

  • so clearly our floors are not even

  • as you can see because it only happened

  • there

  • same in the kitchen

  • oh my oh my

  • so yes in the last video we were talking

  • about how potentially we want to keep

  • the original oh my we want to keep the

  • original floor tiles and um

  • shine them buff them there is there's a

  • term for this type of tile to to make it

  • shine again and like really show its

  • color

  • so well I think we're actually gonna

  • have to remove all the tiles and even

  • out the floor

  • underneath the underfloor I don't know

  • the terminology for this in English

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  • um

  • but yes hello we this is my first

  • morning here after a rain a heavy rain

  • so

  • uh yeah yeah yeah

  • I have a lot of work to do this morning

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  • well guys so it is the end of week two

  • actually of putting on a new roof in the

  • house and I thought I would check in and

  • give you a little update things have

  • definitely slowed down a little bit

  • during the second week for starters we

  • had a lot of rain like two days of some

  • seriously heavy rain this is my second

  • morning coming in and finding that the

  • house is flooded there you can see a

  • giant puddle in the kitchen which I will

  • have to clear out again

  • and yeah also it's been a lot of prep

  • work so the beams the wooden beams were

  • delivered and well we've had to treat

  • them with the insecticide and then also

  • varnish them so we're maybe not seeing

  • as much progress in terms of the

  • installation but work is still being

  • done today we're also waiting on another

  • big delivery of materials and some sand

  • and brick because we're going to need to

  • kind of like finish up some of the the

  • walls that

  • sort of came down or had to be knocked

  • down a little bit

  • there

  • a couple gross this bottle there we go

  • there and here inside the house

  • so this wall here

  • so up here we need to complete that wall

  • then here behind us complete that

  • section as well and yes our beautiful

  • wooden floors

  • which that's a whole other topic the

  • floors are sunken I thought we were

  • maybe going to be able to just leave the

  • floors intact but no the floors need to

  • come up regardless it's going to be a

  • question of whether we want to keep the

  • these original

  • tiles not tiles they're like individual

  • pieces of wood that have been put

  • together like a like a jigsaw puzzle

  • um the installation is going to be a bit

  • tricky and expensive or new wood but

  • anyways

  • quick little update there while I wait

  • for the crew to arrive

  • and yeah that's that's where we're at

  • guys

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  • delivery day we are getting sand so we

  • can go ahead with construction so very

  • exciting times

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  • not the smoothest but well here we are

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  • here

  • you're a Peabody studying the stubbing

  • you're okay it's far away

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