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Living remote is the best, the road is noisy, but there is not a lot of traffic, we have got used to it 👍

Sweden is amazing, a great place to live 🇸🇪👍

@@tapasandfika certainly is. I would never move back to England

@@mike_themechanic you are very lucky 👍

Glad to hear that, the guttering has held up well over time 👍

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Good luck on your house hunting, we are sure you won’t regret it, Sweden is wonderful. We were lucky to have a friend in Sweden who we transferred monies to and then they paid in Sweden, not sure there is another way, but we bank with Revolut and we were able to transfer money to Swedish visa debit card for a purchase they made for us, it is supposed to take 30 mins but took 24hrs. Another way maybe transfer to the agent or solicitor, maybe? Any way all the best 🇸🇪❤️

@@tapasandfika Many thanks for sharing that. All very useful information and I’m sure there’s a reach around somewhere in there. I understand the Swedish have strict anti money laundering laws just as we do in the UK and we definitely want to do this properly. Just wish I was wealthy enough to even need to launder money!! All hard earned savings and pension money. Really enjoying your videos - best of luck and thanks for sharing your journey 🇸🇪🧡

Wish it was easy, best of luck 🤞🏼

Thank you! Sweden really is a great place 🇸🇪❤️

Thank you, it really does feel like a dream here 🇸🇪❤️

Have fun on your trip, the Ferry is around 6 hrs 👍

We are planning to do a look around our village video soon 👍

Although we love Sweden, even the snow, it gets so cold in the winter, so we plan to live in this one in Summer till October each year only 🇸🇪❤️

Thanks for the info! The chimney really does seem to hold the heat, it’s a really impressive heat output from such a small burner area. We paid 70000 SEK plus some fees totaled about £6.3k at the time, we are about half way up Vasterbotten region, so quite remote, approx 10hr drive from Stockholm 👍🇸🇪❤️

@@tapasandfika Yeah, I got where you are. I meant more "local location", like close to a lake/the sea, close to stores, close to child daycare/school. Things like that

@@tapasandfika Found this illustrating the principle, they're not all exactly the same though. www.gabrielkakelugnar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/funktionsskiss_gabriel_kakelugn.jpg

⁠we’re lucky we are on bus route etc but nearest shop is about 16km away and main schools are 40-50km, no traffic though 😃🇸🇪❤️

They really are amazingly cheap compared to anything in the UK, they are also cheap to own in terms of yearly costs. But they are remote and Winters are very cold we recorded -43C on our max min temp guage this winter 🥶 🇸🇪❤️

I think you are right, we know the building was relocated and rebuilt as the road and railway moved North. This became its final resting place, it really is amazing how resourceful people were back in the day 👍🇸🇪

Glad it was helpful! With the dogs you need a euro pet passport if possible else a Uk vet animal health cert to travel The cost of dogs on car on eurotunnel is around £20 per dog each way, but easiest way to travel to France with dogs 👍

@@tapasandfika Thank you so much :) i'm thinking to go to northern Ireland i heard theres a vet over there that can give an EU pet passport i know the health certs can cost a bit if you want to travel more then once

You are so welcome! Canada 🇨🇦 is great, We’re making slow progress but have just put a wood fired hot tub in the garden, more fun than work at the moment 😃

Glad you enjoyed it, it is a brilliant drive in the summer 👍

@@chrisrea7347 thank you, Sweden really is paradise for outdoor life, we love it 🇸🇪❤

It was not cheap around 500 euros but really has lasted well, all is still perfect 👍

Cheers 🥂 it’s great to be back in Sweden 👍

Thank you, we’re going back in less than 3 weeks, we are counting down the day 🇸🇪❤️

We just jet washed to get the old paint off and then painted with the extreme Portuguese exterior paint, so far so good 👍

Great thanks for the info!!

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

Cheers, where we fish on the river is license free, lots of Northern Swedens rivers are 👍

We are semi retired, so don’t work in Sweden 👍

@@tapasandfika Lol....ok, good deal!

The border with dogs has always gone smoothly except once on our return to the UK where we had the wrong year written for the worming treatment, but we kept the receipt from the Portuguese vet so the border control edited the pet passport and ok it 👍 . Was a bit stressful at the time 😀 The problem is pet paperwork really is subject to human error and a lot is hand written. We always double check things now and keep all receipts 👍

@@tapasandfika I had the same Q. About to take the same trip with my Pup and the sticking point is always at border crossings. Totally agree = triple check the Pups paperwork to ensure no errors.

Any type is ok, we use the soft ones👍

Yes, absolutely, really is easy to set up, plus seems pretty indestructible, brilliant materials. 👍

Nice one 👍 definitely look at Blocket.se and search Stuga and area to find cheaper log cabins. Hemnet.se has more completed homes. Also maybe rent somewhere and ask around as lots are sold by word of mouth in the area we are in. Best of luck it’s amazing in Sweden 🇸🇪 👍

No problem, glad you like it 👍

Wendy and Star love the woods and think it’s theirs as we’ve never seen another dog in them 🇵🇹❤️

Thanks for the visit ❤️

No problem, glad you enjoyed it 👍

We hope to one day have a our second cabin to rent, a few years away though 🤞🏼, there’s loads of great bargains in Portugal and Sweden especially good if you have a bus to live in 👍🇵🇹🇸🇪

@@tapasandfika I have a rental house in Sweden, so that's no problem. I hope that all works out for you !!!!

Cheers 🍻

Thank you, we’re not ready to rent anywhere, both are great to travel to, especially in a Campervan 👍

Thanks, great meeting you both too 👍🇵🇹❤️

Thank you Helen, we are so pleased with it 🇵🇹❤️

It's a fantastic size, its huge achievement for DIY's as you said yourself, it give us other DIY's the confidence to try things and I love your honesty re mistakes etc, not all youtubers are as up front. 💪

Thanks, we don’t mind sharing our mistakes, and really enjoy taking on things, it’s all worth it. 👍❤️

Thank you, we do buy from DIY shops so could be done cheaper from bulk suppliers, the door and patio door were a lot cheaper than we thought. 👍🇵🇹❤️

Thank you, much appreciated 🇵🇹❤️👍

Some of it was crazy, the normal cement we add lime cement to and the render is only lime cement, hopefully it will all stay good 👍 🇵🇹❤️

Thanks, it was worth it, we plan to turn our original bedroom into a large bathroom, it’s a small bedroom 😀👍👍

Thanks Jo 🇵🇹❤️

Cheers Mick 👍👍

Cheers, the rock in the wheelbarrow certainly made a boom 😀👍

Yes, hopefully in a few days, we’ve nearly finished the barn conversion, it’s been a mega project 👍

See you soon Phil 👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️