We Spent 6 Months Renovating This Abandoned Italian Stone House | Ep. 15

Six months ago, we started renovating our old stone house in the mountains of Umbria, Italy. What started as a cold, dark and forgotten house slowly became our home — one room at a time. In this video, we're taking you through the complete six-month transformation, from demolition and endless sanding to building the kitchen, bathroom, furniture and finally seeing the finished result. There were plenty of problems along the way, a few unexpected discoveries, and of course… a few moments where “Nicolas happened again.” 😂 And after six months of work, our first guest room is finally ready for you to visit us! But this is only the beginning. Next door stands a 300m² stone ruin that has been waiting for us for decades. That will be a very different story… Welcome to Vista Verde – The Italian Dream. ❤️ Filmed in Umbria, Italy 🏡 Old Italian stone house renovation 🔨 6 months of renovation 🌿 Life in rural Italy Thanks for watching! ❤️ #Italy #Umbria #ItalyRenovation #HouseRenovation #Renovation #ItalianHouse #LifeInItaly #VistaVerde We are Nicolas and Bieke, a Belgian couple with two small dogs — Miguel & Mirabel. In 2025, we sold everything and moved from Belgium to Italy to buy and restore two old stone houses in the mountains of Umbria. This channel documents the real journey of buying property in Italy as foreigners — from the house search and paperwork to renovating a ruin step by step and building a new life abroad. 🌿 On this channel you’ll find: – buying a house in Italy – the real cost of moving to Italy – renovating old stone houses in Umbria – navigating Italian laws and bureaucracy – learning Italian as beginners – expat life in rural Italy with two dogs No romantic filters. No “Instagram Italy.” Just the honest process of starting over in another country. Our long-term goal is to transform these stone houses into a small boutique B&B and retreat space in the Italian countryside. 🎬 New episodes every 2 weeks. If you’re dreaming of moving to Italy, renovating abroad, or building a life from scratch — subscribe and follow our journey. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 The beginning 00:30 Demolishing the old room 02:25 Building the walls & bathroom 04:00 Sanding... and more sanding 07:55 Building the interior 08:15 Building the kitchen 11:05 Building the bathroom vanities 13:15 Nicolas happened again... 😂 13:45 Hanging the TV & finishing touches 15:00 Clearing the view 15:50 A crazy discovery & our B&B coffee view 17:05 The end result 18:20 What's next? The 300m² ruin ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━