My name is RJ, as a filmmaker, photographer and carpenter I capture the process of the things which make me happy:
Restoring the old & neglected and building something new.
Follow me in my journey of restoring my ancient house, located in the Ligurian alps of Italy.

Contact: Instagram or by email.


Build by RJ

The wood for the roof has arrived, so time to haul everything up! Everything is 4 meters long so they delivered it as I could not fit it in the back of my Defender.

6 months ago | [YT] | 77

Build by RJ

The quantity of wood shavings from making one front door out of old cheese boards.

Follow me on Instagram to see more behind the scenes photos.
www.instagram.com/buildbyrj

10 months ago | [YT] | 25

Build by RJ

I just uploaded a kindly different video about how to import a vehicle into Italy.
At first I heard that it is quite a difficult process and if you do not know where to start it can hold you back quite a bit.
Importing your own, beloved vehicle is quite an important part when moving abroad, at least for me it was.

I have done quite the hours of research and decided to make a short video guide as a help to others who might feel overwhelmed at first about the bureaucracy. It is a quite tedious process but perfectly doable if you follow the few steps.
I hope it helps!

Be sure to follow the rest of my renovation project in Italy!

11 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 4