Agro Tourism in Portugal? Or off Grid Farm in Portugal? House in Portugal | You choose!

Agro Tourism in Portugal? Or off Grid Farm in Portugal? House in Portugal | You choose!

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Okay, good afternoon, Sarah! What a lovely,  crisp—well, actually warm—winter afternoon,   isn’t it? I think it might be a bit too warm in  my jacket, but it’s a beautiful December day.  We have a great smallholding opportunity  here. There’s just under a hectare of   land—9,000 square meters and some change.  It’s all fenced, though it’s terraced in   layers, but essentially flat. There’s an abundant  water source that runs all year round with sluice   gates, so if one area doesn’t have enough water,  it can be diverted to the rest of the property. 

This property has four separate urban artigos, or  plots, with four buildings. One of them is an old   mill, though I wouldn’t call it habitable at the  moment. It’s more of a feature, really. There are   a lot of buildings here, not even counting  the ruins. One of the ruins was a two-story   home before, and there’s also an old chapel. Because these buildings are all built out of   stone, I’d be very surprised if you couldn’t  register them clearly. It’s like a mini-village!   Do you want to look at the chapel now? Actually,  let’s start by showing people where we are. 

First, this is the property’s boundary.  The limit runs behind us here. You can   see the fence, which follows the property line  down into a triangle and along this area. The   fields down there, where the donkeys are  grazing, don’t belong to this property,   but everything on this side of the fence does. That’s the stream, and it’s worth mentioning   that it marks the boundary. All the land  between the stream and the road belongs   to this property. The stream is fed by  a natural water source on the other side   of the road, at the far end of the property. This really is a perfect off-grid opportunity.  

The ruins are fascinating, but the chapel and  stonework are truly the standout features.  So, where are we? We’re about 10 minutes from  Figueiró dos Vinhos. What’s interesting here   is the stone—it’s as close as you can  get to Welsh slate. It’s beautiful,  

much different from the sandstone or  limestone typically found around here.  The walls of the chapel are in quite good  condition. It could absolutely be restored,   and you’d be mad not to! The value  of schist stone houses is remarkable.  Look at the old gate post here—such a charming  detail. Everything from here down is part of the   property. The sheep likely aren’t included, but  maybe a deal could be made. See the big green tree  

in the middle? That marks the boundary—it’s  just on the other side of the stream.  Oh, and look at the stream! The sun is catching  the water, making it glimmer. It’s hard to see   with the light right now, but it’s beautiful. Now, to my naked eye, I’m not quite sure what   the camera is picking up. Okay, well,  come and have a look through here.  This is the old chapel, isn’t it? You can  see exactly where we are, and you get that   beautiful double view. I mean, that is gorgeous  and could be turned into something really special. 

They actually rebuilt the building you can see  on the other side of the road. Although it looks   like a warehouse, it’s actually used for their  festas (festivities). Oh, there—you can see the   top of the chapel from here, can’t you? We’ll take  a better shot of that later to show it properly.  That building was the replacement for this  chapel. It’s got a charm, like something Robin   Hood would have hung out in. So, where are we heading next? Are  

we going to the land, or are we...? No, let’s go around the land first.   I think that makes sense with this lovely  light. Then we can work our way back up.   We’ll need to retrace our steps a little bit. What have we got here? A lot of olive trees   and bamboo. That’s obviously where  the water is. Let’s head down here. 

Ah, well, here we are at one of  the houses. Currently, the sheep   live in it, so it doesn’t smell as fresh as you  might like. But that’s okay—you can’t smell it!   Some people like that countryside,  “sheepy” kind of smell. 

Not inside the house, though. No, not in your living room.  Oh, look at the lambs—winter  lambs! That’s how mild the weather   is here. You get lambs in December! That brook we mentioned earlier runs   all the way along the fence line. You  can see it coming down here, I think.  And here’s the man himself: the  owner. The shepherd, the gardener,  

the gate fixer—I’m sure he wears many hats. While we’re here, let’s show you the water system.  Okay, let’s do that. I did tell the  owner he might end up on camera. He   said he didn’t want to be on the internet,  but I guess we weren’t too clear about that!  This is where the water comes into the  land. You can see it starts here. It’s   born out of the rock further up—a natural  spring. Look at how massive it is here.  I think we’ll just follow him.  He knows where he’s leading us. 

Yes, let’s go with him. That’s how it flows into  the mill, but we’ll look at that on the way back.  It’s great land, though. Right now,  it feels a bit like Wales, doesn’t it?  It really does—it has that vibe. And  look, the land is so flat here. The stream   runs all the way along. We’ll get to the end boundary soon. This part has   been branched off artificially to power the  mill. Many years ago, someone clearly designed   this system with care. And here’s the stream again. Good dog!  

It’s a bit marshy just here, but the  shepherd’s guiding us well, isn’t he?  You can actually see out there—I’m not going to  go too far, but over by the road, just under it,   you can see the tunnel. Yes, you can see where   the water comes out of the tunnel. Exactly! And here’s the stream again. And here, running along the side  of the land, is the stream. This  

place is full of flowing water. There’s the bridge, with water running   underneath. I don’t think we could have missed it,  though Sarah wants me to re-show you the bridge.   I’m not walking all the way there because I  don’t have wellies on, but honestly, waders   might be a better idea than wellies right now. So, the point is, if in the summer there isn’t   as much water coming out of the mine, the  owner can shut off part of the stream. This   redirects the water down here, and he always  has enough for the farm. He has permission   to do this, so there’s always water for the  land, which is key for a holding like this. 

The water comes out of the rock on the other  side of the road, and it must be incredibly   clean. That’s what he’s trying to show us. Okay, let’s head back. Oh, now he’s showing off   in his wellies. I should’ve brought mine for this! You can just see the houses up at the top. It   gives you an idea of how big this place is. It’s  huge! The house on the right is currently lived   in, but just the upstairs. The underneath  of all these buildings has great height and   could easily be converted into habitable spaces. The house on the left, which fronts the road, is   perfect for restoration. It’s massive, with high  ceilings and excellent potential. If you wanted to  

use it for commercial purposes, it’s already set  up with three large doors opening onto the road.  So, we’re talking about one, two, three houses,  plus the mill, which is registered but only 20   M². The ground floor of one house has been  structurally reinforced with concrete beams,   so there’s a lot you can do with this. There’s so much potential here—it’s a veritable   wonderland! Even the animals are friendly.  The dog is so sweet. I was trying to get him  

off the road earlier, but the owner just said,  “Forget about it—he knows how to cross the road!”  When you explained this to me before, I  didn’t quite grasp the scale. It’s massive!  This house here, where the sheep currently live,  is a habitable property. The one behind it is   a newer build with concrete construction,  and it’s completely livable. The big house   on the left is occupied upstairs, and the  house furthest back, which fronts the road,   is the one needing full renovation. So, there are four properties here in   need of some renovation, plus the mine, the ruins,  and the chapel, which are included in the sale but   aren’t fully registered on the paperwork yet. Now, let’s look at the sluice system. This  

is how the water flows into the  mill. Let’s follow along and see.  Here’s where the water comes  out of the mill. Oh, wow!   Look at this—it’s incredible. Let me adjust the light. Sorry, I’m   realizing the mic isn’t picking  this up clearly. Okay, here we are. 

This is the wheel system. The water would  have flowed under here to power the wheel.   You could definitely do something with this  water. If you have a year-round supply, you   could turn it into electricity or another energy  source. The beams on this side are solid, so   the structure is still in great shape. Now, where to next? Sarah, where are we going?  Let’s say hello to the geese. Oh, wait,  I’m not sure we can get through that door.  

Maybe we’ll check from the other side. And here we’ve got some   lambs. There are four of them, but  the owner is expecting more soon.   It’s unusual to see them this early in the  season, but spring is usually when the lambs   arrive. Stone walls are everywhere here,   adding to the charm. The owner mentioned he’s  prepared for more lambing as spring gets underway.

In fairness, it's a little  dark, and it smells of sheep.  "I don't think I've been in here before.  I don't think the sheep would let me in."  "Time sheep would let you in? Oh my God,  look at that! Sorry, I’m not going to   say that—look at that!" "Obviously, the sheep   aren’t bothered about the spiderwebs." "Well, they can’t reach them, can they?"  "Nope. Wow, look at this  building! That’s bedrock."  "Yeah, I know for sure it’s built on bedrock." 

"Wow, I’m sure of it now. Look at  all the stonework and those steps."  "Not quite sure what’s going on here.  Come through here, and you see—"  "You know, I thought that beam looked  really solid from the other side."  "Yeah, you want to come to this side.  Look at that—that’s a huge tree!"  "One day, someone’s going to  knock back, and we’ll all faint."  "It’s enormous, though, isn’t it?  It actually goes around the corner." 

"Yeah, it’s built back into the bedrock. It  must have been an entire tree, wasn’t it?"  "Look at the head height here—it’s not  so great. Are you okay with the spiders?"  "Spiders? No, they’re not my thing." "Look! There’s an old peg here. That   must’ve been used to shut something. Fantastic!" "Okay, we won’t talk about that.   Let’s get out of the sheep pen." On top of it is an old house that needs complete  

renovation. It’s got loads of gear inside. "Sorry, um... we just had to cut. I had to change   the battery on the camera. I got overexcited  about the tractor—totally overexcited!"  "Look at that tractor! Now she wants a tractor!" "Right, okay. I’ll get down, which I’ve been  

moaning about for years and never allowed to  have, and now she’s happily sitting on one,   wishing she had one. But there we go." "Yeah, just show you this little tractor. Now   she’s stuck on the tractor and can never leave!" "Probably wouldn’t go as fast as a   dune buggy, anyway. Right, so I’m in  the vehicle hut. We’ve just come back   up from the water and are now walking back  up the land after changing the batteries." "Now we’re going to and got hot on  whatever day of December it was. We  

changed—we both took our coats and jumpers off." "Yeah, so I think we should just start with the   first one. Absolutely everyone that comes  past here beeps because they all know him." This house—well, I can see they’re  downstairs, so this is a renovation project.  "Although you’ve got concrete beams there. Yeah,  this is the one right on the road. However,   look at the space you’ve got, and  this is the perfect renovation to me."  "This would make a fabulous little cottage,  wouldn’t it? It’s not very little. Well, actually,  

yeah, fabulous Stone House—that’s more like it." "Let me reiterate, you’ve got plenty of light   because you can turn all the doors into windows." "Underneath, if you look at your beams,   they’re good, and the height is well enough for  you to probably pick up a board and see through,   but we can as well. No, let’s leave it alone." "So, that would probably be the kitchen,  

however you want to do it. The amazing height  would make this an easy three-bedroom house."  "I think we can go out here, can we? Right,  hello, buddy cat. Let’s do that, then." "From here, you actually get a really good view  of the size of that house. And then this one,   obviously, I’ll write it all  down, what for the sunshine."  "Oh right, can you get this? I can, yeah, just get  a general size. It’s absolutely huge. Just look at   the height of the doors. Yeah, it tells you all  you need to know—it was built on a big scale."

"Even the gates are massive, and yeah, party  room—I mean, look at this—it’s gorgeous, isn’t it?   Well, this is where he winds down with his mates." "This is the party room, okay. So,   I’ll be leaving. There’s quite a  little system going on up there."  "This is where he hangs out with his  mates. So this is underneath that said   party room. Didn’t it, then? Hi, okay." One enormous house with a cat. Then,   one of three rooms—they’re all the same. "We’ve just been in one party room. This is   number two. Actually, if you go up, the colors on  those stones are beautiful, absolutely stunning." 

"It’s the height that gets me—it’s brilliant.  It’s probably over two meters, isn’t it?"  "Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s  where I could see through. It’s   got a lentil—you could put a door there." "Look at this stone—it’s red! Beautiful."  "Okay, come on. Is it all those tools?  Maybe we should just become farmers."  "I absolutely hate gardening, though. It’s  not really. I wouldn’t mind driving tractors."  "Right, let’s go up there." "Okay, sure, for sure, if I let’s go  

and do the main house. We can close it up. There’s  the third one. Someone lives here at the moment."  "There are rental clients in  this house, but as you can see,   it’s got a lovely balcony and nice chairs  with nice views. We’ll do that in a second."  So, we’re coming into the old house, which  is completely rented out and habitable.  "Large bathroom, yeah. Very large bathroom."  "In there, we do have a lifted toilet  seat. Oh no, Sarah’s absolutely mad—she  

has run out and closed up immediately." "We’ve also got an attic. I think the kitchen is   actually smaller than the bathroom at the moment." "Yeah, there’s obviously a fireplace behind there,   and as I do or don’t get told off by  saying stone, you could just remove this.  

We’ve got a nice wide hallway that shows  the size and width of these houses—clearly   built by people with affluence." "We’ve got a bedroom to the side here."  "Yeah, you do that." "Alright, got a nice   big double bed. I mean, they’re not the  biggest of rooms, but they’re comfy."  "Yeah, yeah, there’s a good double  bed in there. Watch your head."  "Don’t bash your head in that one as well." "There’s an attic upstairs. This is what Sarah   was asking about, but it’s just an attic. I  mean, there’s no possibility of habitation." 

"Oh, I know what I say—you could take all the  ceilings out, go straight up to have a vaulted   ceiling, and it would be absolutely amazing." "This would be a bigger, definitely   bigger bedroom. The fact is, you’ve got  somewhere if you want to come and realize   all of these buildings and everything else." "I’m doing this because I opened the curtains,  

so now I have to close them again. I made the bed  for whoever is sleeping in here, so he’s going   to come back and wonder if he’ll notice mommy  bear. Sorry, I don’t know—I can’t get back out."  "Seriously. Don’t humiliate me. There’s  obviously some gaming going on here. Right,  

there we go—a gaming chair." "So, we have a pellet burner there,   behind you. This is a really good house. I’m going  to follow behind you and turn the lights off,   as I opened all the curtains before." "Maybe you’ll get that balcony now—what  

a wonderful place. The sun’s right in my  eyes at the moment, but I can assure you   this is a really pleasant place to come to  drink a cup of tea in the morning—or if you   prefer something stronger, that’s nice too." "Nice wide space so you could put a table out   here and take advantage of opportunities." "Sarah’s having trouble with the high-tech  

door. I’m going to leave him with  that—it’s probably a good idea."  "So this one with this fence here went underneath,  but it’s obviously a completely separate entity.   They’ve got a lovely-looking dog, but he’s  in there because he doesn’t like strangers."  "Well, maybe there’s one  room for a change. We won’t   go in there because he doesn’t want to—there’s a  reason for that. Yeah, obviously, underneath the  

house again, a mixture of concrete and wooden  floors, with big concrete beams. That’s the   kitchen and bathroom." "Although, I feel like I’m   the wrong way around, but that’s what he told  me. That’s definitely plumbing. Look at those   walls—they’re concrete. Well, yeah, it’s solid." "There must be another one as well. Yeah,   there is—on the other side of this  wall here. There’s another one,  

the same as this. I haven’t got a key for it." "We’re talking about an easy three-bedroom   house again, same as the first one." "Yeah, yeah, that’s bigger. It’s a   little bit cold here, though, with it  being December and semi-in-ground."  "You’ve got a nice private courtyard, but we  can’t get in there—it’s locked. It’s the same."  "I'm going to shut this one now and then shut  that gate, and he can let the nice-looking   dog out that might eat me." "Well, that’s probably all." 

That’s okay, we’ll just go down here. "I don’t think it’s slippy—I’m just a bit scared." Okay, right, so first of all, hello. I'm about  to get attacked by geese. I just know it. Yes,   chickens and geese. Yeah, we know, mate, you're  not happy about it, and we won’t be here for very   long. There we are, chickens and geese living in  perfect harmony. What’s on the other side? I'm not   going around there. Well, there's more. Okay, so this is very scary. Yeah,  

very scary. Spiders and geese, apparently.  Right, okay. Tigers and lions and things—little   tiny spiders. So that’s right, I haven't  been in there yet. He's looking at it.  Oh, yeah. Okay, it just keeps going. This  house doesn’t stop. We can do that one   first. Let’s go through. Yeah, yeah, I’ll go in. Well, this one is rather dark. It is rather dark,  

and I’m just testing the floor—it’s concrete, it’s  big, it’s stone. Where does this go? Oh, why am I   doing that? We’re on top of the sheep house. Yeah,  which was the other really dark place underneath.  Okay, now he’s got that door open for us, but  again, it’s all stone, isn’t it? Look at the   color of that. Look at the color—gorgeous.  Yeah, it’s just beautiful. This could be...  Okay, come on. Right, this has been a  really touristy area, hasn’t it? It is,   with all the river beaches. I think you might  need to watch where you’re putting your feet,  

babe. I’ll TR on that case of finding  out that you’re in a sheep’s house.  It’s another big room, isn’t it? Well, this is  obviously a very old house. Yeah, there were   three bedrooms, weren’t there? One, two, three.  I mean, this is very traditional Portuguese—tiny   little rooms, cold the way you keep warm. Oh, I can see a window. We’ve got two little  

window seats here. Yeah, but I’d say okay, there’s  one crack there, but generally speaking, solid   build, roof, everything. Again, it’s all stone.  This one obviously needs complete renovating, but   it could be another lovely house. Right, with this, got the veranda. Don’t  

just stand on it. I just ran out of batteries.  I’ve been doing this just as long as you. Right,   right, and here we have, I  think, yet another veranda.  I think you’re pointing the camera at a piece.  I know I am indeed. B H, let’s have a look at   this sheep. Hi, sheep! There we go. I’m going  to spin us around—there’s the courtyard. Yeah,   that’s where we were—free sheeping. Okay, that’s the entrance to the kitchen.  

Need to say goodbye here. Is there more?  Is there more? Another house? Good Lord,   it just doesn’t stop, does it? Sarah, sorry. Right, so there are   the sheep houses, as I’m calling them. No,  what you said—sorry, sheep houses. Geese   houses. I’m walking a bit stupidly—it’s because  I twisted my ankle, I don’t want to do it again.  Hello, pretty cat! Right, so now we have another  completely habitable house—smaller. Up your feet,  

can I call this one a cottage? Call it  Fred if you want. We have got lights.  Okay, so we do have another. It’s not that  bad. No, it’s not that bad. You can tell.   Another toilet seat up. Oh gosh, men. She just  didn’t do her due diligence. Normally Sarah runs   around everywhere wildly, shutting toilet seats  wherever she goes. My lifetime chant—trank,   trank, trank—that’s all you ever hear. I haven’t been here today, so… Right,   that looks out onto a roof. A roof, yeah. More  light could come in—not the most exciting views,  

but the reality is we’ve got another  completely habitable cottage. The floor's   good, the windows good, and it needs  heating. I mean, yeah, most places do.  It has got—oh, toilet seat down! What?  Kitchen? Yeah, fireplace, decent-sized   kitchen/diner actually. It’s more of a kitchen  table, really, than a kitchen dining room.   But it is a kitchen/diner. You’ve got a lounge  there and two bedrooms, or one. Yeah, totally. 

Hang on. Kitchen/diner, bathroom, lounge, bedroom.  Yeah, it could be two bedrooms differently,   but let’s call it a one-bedroom. Another  one-bedroom, spacious one-bedroom cottage.  You’re blinding me. Yeah, that’s just my actual  thing, you know that. I do it. I’m quite dazzling.  She’s not listening. Of course I’m not.  No, I’m not. Sorry. Let’s go this way just  

for the fun of it. Okay, together, right  into the sun. We’ve got two minutes and   30 seconds. Right, 30 seconds—me and the cat. So summing this up—well, it’s enormous and you   have huge potential here for family, community,  business, rentals. We are 10 minutes from Figueira   da Foz and 10 minutes from Praia Grande—both  tourist areas. River beaches everywhere, off-grid,  

agro-farming—absolutely perfect if you want to  use the water for electricity or get it working.  But if you don’t need to, there’s  electricity right there. So, this is,   I reckon, probably going to go out on New  Year’s Day. This will be our New Year’s Day   release. Might be earlier than that, yes, but  we’re not allowed to do it earlier than that.  Welcome to 2025! Bye, thank you.  Please do like and subscribe

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