We Finally Finished Our Terracotta Veranda! (Before The Rain Hits)

With a heavy rainstorm heading straight for central Portugal, we have a strict deadline: finish and grout our entire outdoor terracotta veranda before the weather ruins months of prep! In this episode, Simon tackles the tricky and uneven terracotta edge tiles, carefully cutting, grinding, and fitting each piece on site so we can get the veranda completely sealed in time. Along the way, we stumble across a giant €100 palm tree abandoned near the eucalyptus field, rescue it, and soak it back to life in our wheelbarrow! We also sit down to make a major design pivot to our homestead master plan. What do you think of our new homestead layout and the chicken run design? Let us know in the comments below! In This Episode: 00:00 - Racing the Rain: Finishing Our Veranda 00:22 - Trimming & Fitting Tricky Terracotta Edge Tiles 02:16 - Hand-Grinding Tiles to Prevent Chipping 03:49 - Soaking in the New Sealed Windows & Doors 05:43 - Cleaning Tiles & Checking True Terracotta Color 06:32 - Kitchen Hornet Interruption & Small Group Tour Thoughts 08:05 - The Secret to Mixing & Forcing Tile Grout 11:19 - Rescuing an Abandoned €100 Palm Tree 13:05 - Loading the Palm & Soaking It in the Wheelbarrow 17:05 - Grouting the Veranda Floor Before the Storm 22:00 - Major Homestead Master Plan Changes (Pool & Garden) 23:26 - Unveiling 3D Prototype 2 for the Chicken Run 25:28 - Veranda Finished & What's Coming Next! LIKE and HYPE this video if you enjoyed it! SUBSCRIBE! It's FREE!    / @theindigoescape   Catch up on our build: 🍿 Watch from Episode 1 (Full Series Playlist):    • Stone House Renovation - Start Here!   ⏳ 4 Years in 1 Video (Multi-Year Timelapse):    • We bought an abandoned house in Portugal |...   📺 Catch up on the current season (Year 6 Playlist):    • Year 6 - Everything we did in our Stone ho...   🌱 Stay connected: Instagram:   / theindigoescape   Visit our travel website: https://www.indigotravel.co.uk 🎥 About this project:We're Omar and Andrea and we bought this €32K abandoned stone ruin in central Portugal and with the help of our brother in law Simon we are turning it into our dream off-grid homestead for us, Andrea's mum and our three cats Tony, Luna and Iggy. Welcome to The Indigo Escape! #PortugalRenovation #FarmhouseRestoration #StoneHouse #OffGridLiving #DIYRenovation #Homesteading #TheIndigoEscape