Welcome back to Italy. I have an update on my Italian house renovation progress and the building planning permission that I have been waiting for regarding the design to extend my main house and renovate the two barns and outbuilding of the farmhouse. The news is not what I expected.

How to buy a house in Italy and actually buying a house in Italy is the easy part. The hard part is the renovating, restoring, rebulding and extending of an Italian house. Maybe this is what some people see as the big challenge and what makes buying and renovating a house in Italy sometimes more difficult than it could be. Is the the Italian way and the Italian lifestyle - maybe. I can accept that.

Maybe these delays and setbacks are there to help see that a grand redesign and big extension may not be what my family needs. We like the outdoors - do we really need a big house. While there is positive in here, it feels quite upsetting to be at this point after having so many meetings and discussions over the past 6 months.

The lifestyle of owning a home and farmhouse in the countryside of Le Marche is one of the best decisions I have ever made.

Having taken advice on what the building rules and regulations are in Italy - especially in the region of Le Marche which has its own layer of seismic acivity regulations - and listened to what the authorities usually accept when it comes to planning permission, I have now been through some major changes and redesigns to get to this point. Having this plan rejected was a curve ball and was not what my Giometra and I were expecting.

In this video I show you around the top of the land and field so that you can see the views from ground level. The drone shots are amazing over Le Marche but those long afternoons relaxing in the Italian sunshine need a lovely outside space on the ground so I show you the view.I also show the permitter and how my land is marked and separated from the neighbouring farmland - there are not many fences in rural Italy - and show you what the farmer has helped me with regarding the upkeep of the field and what crops and plants will be grown on there this year.

There is an update to show you the fixing of the drainage and how the commune local to me in Corinaldo helped with French drains and water run offs. The person who was coming to clear the barns had to cancel so I figured the only way forward is to do the clearing up myself. DIY.

This gave me a good opportunity to see what I could do with these barns in the future and how I could renovate them so that they become functioning barns agains and not just an are with a collapsed roof and a few tree growing through the building.

Finally, as I explain the new of the change of plans for the redesign of the house, I venture down to the beautiful town of Sirolo in Le Marche region and take a walk along the beach to think through what plans come next for my little dream home in Italy.

If you like the channels that I am inspired by, such as WWOG Wild Wonderful Off-Grid, Martijn Doolaard, Mr and Mrs Adventure, and escape to rural France, then you are in the right place (there are many more great channels that I watch and am inspired by...)

Thank you for watching. As always please say hello, ask a question and if you like the content please subscribe as it does help my channel grow.

CHAPTERS

00:00 The Town Hall said no.

00:38 French drains and storm damage.

01:53 The view from the top.

05:01 What shall I put here?

06:38 Update from my Giometra.

08:25 Let down so DIY.

11:47 Log storage.

14:00 The big change. Bad News.

15:57 Lots to think about.

19:50 Sunset fire.

20:39 Time to reflect.

22:14 The driveway end result.