Looking Forward - My Italian Adventure

I'm Shona and I'm moving to Italy to renovate an old farmhouse in Piedmont... with no mortgage, and a very tight budget, the plan is to set up an organic smallholding, and a holiday rental business which involves renovating not one but 2 houses with very limited DIY skills. One will eventually become a holiday rental. The other I will live in. 
I'm brand new to renovations, but my builder brother has promised free consulting over the phone. I have experience growing vegetables, and I've taken a few beginners courses in Venetian plastering, tiling and micro cement - but essentially I have loads to learn. 
Follow along as I learn new skills, and make new friends in a new country and turn my dreams into reality!