Before We Build Our Portugal Lake Retreat, We’re Renovating THIS (Mobile Home Tour + Big Plans)
Published: 2025-05-21
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Published: 2025-05-21
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The main lakehouse renovation will take a significant amount of time, involving multiple phases including design, approval, construction, and final inspections, before it is ready for occupancy.
"And there's an estimate of how long it's going to take. And it's going to be a while because we still have plans and specs to complete designing, get that approved, start construction, get final inspections. All of these things have to take place before we can start to live in the actual lakehouse."
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The mobile home on the property will be used for accommodation while the main lakehouse is undergoing renovation.
"So, our plan is while the actual lakehouse is being renovated, we are going to use the mobile home that is on our property."
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The mobile home renovation is a priority project and will be one of the first to be completed to allow comfortable living on the lakehouse property.
"we're going to be working multiple projects at once, but one of our priority projects. One of the first projects we need to get done is the mobile home so that we can start to be here at the lakehouse property and be comfortable."
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The mobile home will be updated and given a facelift to enhance comfort for the family of four.
"But what we want to do is update it, give it a facelift, make it more comfortable for our family of four."
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The mobile home's porch needs replacement, possibly with new pallets or a more durable and easier-to-maintain decking wood.
"immediately that's one thing that we need to think about replacing is the porch. Maybe we'll do pallets again. Maybe we'll use some some other decking wood, something that will last a little longer and be easier to maintain."
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The mobile home renovation will be done on a budget, aiming to achieve significant improvements with limited expenditure.
"we don't want to spend a lot of money renovating the mobile home. Uh, I think we want to do it on a budget, but I think we can do a lot with a little bit of money."
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The mobile home's exterior will be pressure washed, patches filled, and windows and seals assessed for good condition.
"but we can pressure wash it, fill any patches, assess the windows and the seals, make sure all of that is in good shape."
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The speaker plans to add more wood to the woodpile very soon.
"Oh, our wood pile. That's going to I'm going to be adding to that very soon."
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The main lakehouse deck needs to be replaced due to its instability and safety hazard.
"This is This is why we need to replace this deck. My foot almost went through the floor right here."
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The mobile home's kitchen layout is not expected to undergo major changes, as its current configuration is functional.
"The layout, I don't think it's going to change all that much. It makes sense that the kitchen is here. You got a nice window looking right out of the sink. So, I don't think we necessarily have to do anything major to the floor plan."
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Much of the mobile home's interior, specifically the thin wood paneling, will be replaced with long-term, cost-effective solutions rather than just painted over.
"Uh, but I think we're going to I think we're going to replace all this. I thought that maybe we could we could paint over it, but that's like putting lipstick on a pig. I think what we want to do is we want to do something that is a little, you know, that that's longterm. Uh, we don't want to go overboard as far as cost, but I I think we are going to uh replace a lot of things."
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The flooring in the mobile home will be removed and replaced.
"I think we're going to take take up this this floor, change that out."
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The mobile home's privacy glass doors will be replaced with normal glass to increase natural light and enhance the indoor-outdoor ambiance.
"If you can put some normal glass, you get more light in here. You get you you have you have more of that indoor outdoor feel."
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New interior wall material, likely a paintable wood-based product instead of drywall, will be installed in the mobile home.
"So, we're going to put up new wall, not drywall, but some sort of other other wood material that we can likely paint over all of this."
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The entire mobile home kitchen will likely be replaced, potentially with an affordable IKEA kitchen or a custom carpentry solution to best fit the narrow space.
"Yeah, we we'll we'll probably replace the entire kitchen. Maybe with an IKEA kitchen. IKEA kitchens are affordable, but the thing the thing about this kitchen, it's a very narrow kitchen and so it might make it might make sense to hire a carpenter to do something a little more customized so that it fits into this space."
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Bunk beds are planned for Sonoa and Malia in the mobile home's first bedroom, likely requiring repositioning to a specific wall and removal/relocation of an existing closet to fit.
"I was hoping that we could get bunk beds in here for Sonoa and Malia. Uh, let's see. How can we do this? I mean, we I think we could do bunk beds, but they would pretty much there pretty much wouldn't be room for anything else. I think what you do is you do bunk beds not on the window side, but on this side. Maybe. Could they sleep? This isn't long enough to go this way. But maybe if we move the bunk bed to this side, remove this closet and put it over here. You'll have the bunk beds stacked on this side, a closet over here."
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The mobile home's bathroom layout might be reconfigured to a smaller, more efficient size, thereby expanding the space available in the adjacent first bedroom.
"It should, you know, maybe we could do something with the layout if we move this bathroom. I I think this bathroom is a lot bigger than it needs to be. If from an efficiency standpoint, I think you can make a smaller bathroom and make it more efficient. And if we make this bathroom smaller, then we can move this wall over and that first bedroom can have a little more space."
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The mobile home bathroom will require new fixtures, including a vanity, mirror, sink, and shower.
"So, what do we need to do with the bathroom? Uh vanity, mirror, sink, everything. Uh new shower."
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The speaker and Christina plan to share the mobile home's master bedroom.
"Now, me and Christina are gonna be sharing this. And I think we can both fit in here nicely."
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The speaker and Christina will need a larger bed for their mobile home master bedroom.
"Christina and I are definitely going to need a bigger bed."
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Recessed lighting and efficient, smaller furniture will be implemented in the mobile home to maximize space and prevent a cramped feeling.
"I think what we can do is with the lighting have recess lights, have furniture in here that is more efficient, smaller because when you start to fill a space like this with a a couch and a chairs and a table, you know, the space quickly starts to get eaten up and then you start to feel cramped."
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The mobile home has the potential to sleep more than four people if a convertible couch bed or other pull-out sleeping options are added.
"I actually think you can you this place can sleep more than four, especially if you get a couch that's also a mattress that's a couch bed and you do like a pull out thing."
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The main lakehouse renovation will take a long time due to multiple stages: design, approval, construction, and inspections, before it's habitable.
"And it's going to be a while because we still have plans and specs to complete designing, get that approved, start construction, get final inspections. All of these things have to take place before we can start to live in the actual lakehouse."
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The author plans to use the mobile home on the property as a residence while the main lakehouse is being renovated.
"So, our plan is while the actual lakehouse is being renovated, we are going to use the mobile home that is on our property."
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Renovating the mobile home is a top priority and will be completed first to enable comfortable living on the property.
"One of the first projects we need to get done is the mobile home so that we can start to be here at the lakehouse property and be comfortable."
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The author intends to update and renovate the mobile home to make it more comfortable for their family of four.
"But what we want to do is update it, give it a facelift, make it more comfortable for our family of four."
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The author will discuss plans for the land behind the mobile home in an upcoming video.
"I'm actually going to talk about what we're going to do with that in an upcoming video."
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The mobile home's unsafe porch needs to be replaced with either new pallets or more durable, low-maintenance decking wood.
"immediately that's one thing that we need to think about replacing is the porch. Maybe we'll do pallets again. Maybe we'll use some some other decking wood, something that will last a little longer and be easier to maintain."
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The renovation of the mobile home will be done on a budget, with the belief that significant results can be achieved with limited funds.
"The thing is, we don't want to spend a lot of money renovating the mobile home. I think we can do a lot with a little bit of money."
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The mobile home's exterior will be pressure washed, patched, and its windows and seals will be assessed and repaired.
"we can pressure wash it, fill any patches, assess the windows and the seals, make sure all of that is in good shape."
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The author will use a new drone to inspect the mobile home's roof and the entire property, potentially including the footage in the current video.
"I just got a drone and I'm going to take the drone up. I'm going to fly it around uh the entire property. Hopefully, I can get the drone footage for this video so you so we can check out the roof as well."
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An upcoming video will discuss the most feasible plans for managing the large orange orchard.
"I think one of our next videos is going to talk more about that some of the things that we think are the most feasible."
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The author plans to add more wood to the wood pile soon.
"That's going to I'm going to be adding to that very soon."
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The author plans to replace many interior elements of the mobile home for a long-term solution, rather than just superficial fixes, while remaining budget-conscious.
"I think what we want to do is we want to do something that is a little, you know, that that's longterm. Uh, we don't want to go overboard as far as cost, but I I think we are going to uh replace a lot of things."
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The uneven and water-damaged floor of the mobile home will be removed and replaced.
"I think we're going to take take up this this floor, change that out."
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Replacing the privacy glass in the mobile home's double doors with normal glass will increase natural light and enhance the indoor-outdoor feel.
"If you can put some normal glass, you get more light in here. You get you you have you have more of that indoor outdoor feel. You can bring the inside in."
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New wood-based wall material, other than drywall, will be installed in the mobile home and likely painted.
"So, we're going to put up new wall, not drywall, but some sort of other other wood material that we can likely paint over all of this."
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The entire kitchen will likely be replaced, potentially with an IKEA kitchen, or a carpenter may be hired for a customized solution to optimize the narrow space.
"we'll we'll probably replace the entire kitchen. Maybe with an IKEA kitchen. it might make sense to hire a carpenter to do something a little more customized so that it fits into this space."
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The author plans to install bunk beds for Sonoa and Malia in the first bedroom, strategically relocating the closet to create more functional space.
"I was hoping that we could get bunk beds in here for Sonoa and Malia. But maybe if we move the bunk bed to this side, remove this closet and put it over here. You'll have the bunk beds stacked on this side, a closet over here."
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The entire bathroom needs to be renovated, including making it smaller by moving a wall to expand the adjacent children's bedroom. New vanity, mirror, sink, and shower will be installed.
"All of this this is Yeah. All this all that needs to be re redone. if we make this bathroom smaller, then we can move this wall over and that first bedroom can have a little more space. Uh vanity, mirror, sink, everything. Uh new shower."
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The author and Christina will acquire a bigger bed for the master bedroom.
"Christina and I are definitely going to need a bigger bed."
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The author plans to install recessed lighting and use smaller, more efficient furniture to maximize space and avoid a cramped feeling in the mobile home's living areas.
"I think what we can do is with the lighting have recess lights, have furniture in here that is more efficient, smaller because when you start to fill a space like this with a a couch and a chairs and a table, you know, the space quickly starts to get eaten up and then you start to feel cramped."
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The mobile home is predicted to be able to sleep more than four people, especially if a pull-out couch bed is added.
"I actually think you can you this place can sleep more than four, especially if you get a couch that's also a mattress that's a couch bed and you do like a pull out thing."
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