We Bought This Abandoned $32K Farm — Here’s What We Built in 3 Years!

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What we built in 3 years since buying this abandoned $32K farm in Portugal If you're travelling abroad or learning a new language Rosetta Stone is offering over 60% OFF their Lifetime Subscription — no renewals, ever: 👉 https://partners.rosettastone.com/the-indigo-escape This is our most productive year yet — rebuilding a 100-year-old stone ruin, finishing our tiny house, installing water, electrics, and learning everything as we go. It's been a huge step closer to our off-grid dream. In this video: • Complete the tiny house container + extension • Build and finish my mum’s stone house room • Install plumbing, septic tank, and car park • Grow our veggie garden + improve water access • Make our off-grid life more comfortable You’ll see: • Real-time DIY building • Longform timelapses • Step-by-step transformation • All-natural sound, no talking heads 00:00 Year 1 and 2 – Buying the Abandoned Farm 01:01 Year 3 Begins – Our Most Productive Year Yet 06:45 Tiny House Extension Begins 10:17 Insulating the New Space 15:24 Closer to Getting a Toilet 21:15 Catspector Approves (Tiny House Floor Reveal) 25:53 Plasterboarding and Internal Walls Done 30:18 Our First Setback – Plumbing sucks 34:51 More Upgrades to Tiny House 38:40 Stone House Renovation: Mum’s Room Begins 44:56 Lifting the Ridge Beam 50:38 Installing the Roof Tiles 55:00 Window Lintels and Frames 59:44 Pouring the Concrete Floor 01:02:40 Building the Partition Wall 01:08:18 Starting the Plumbing 01:13:34 Installing the Stone House Floor 01:20:26 Big Infrastructure: Septic, Water & More 01:27:27 Garden and Land Progress 01:30:44 What’s Next – Our Upcoming Projects 🔔 Subscribe to follow our off-grid renovation: https://www.youtube.com/@TheIndigoEscape?sub_confirmation=1 🎥 About our project: We’re restoring a €32,000 abandoned farm in central Portugal and turning it into our dream home — off-grid, DIY, and from scratch. With help from family and friends, we’re building room by room while learning new skills and growing our food. 👉 Catch up here: Buying the Farm (Year 1): https://youtu.be/1Sm2DioTbfo What We Built in Year 2: https://youtu.be/uOTlkTzZAsQ Rebuilding the Stone House: https://youtu.be/INjDz4euWlE 🌿 Follow us elsewhere: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theindigoescape/ Newsletter: https://www.theindigoescape.com #rosettastone #abandonedproperty #DIYrenovation #stonehouse #portugalhomestead #selfsufficient #tinyhouse