I'm sure they are happy to see a young couple moving in and not to mention that it gives them something to do, while building a relationship with their neighbor! Old people are awesome!
@@TokyoLlama please tell me you're gonna have a big community barbeque to thank everyone for helping. Not trying to pressure you, but you said you wanted to have some barbeques when the house is all done so why not have your first one be a big one to thank everyone for their help? Also really enjoy the vids, super interesting
@@Stumbo99 it didnt initially, since it seems like it might be a long time coming. Granted he did a lot within 2 months but who knows how much longer until then?
Binge watching your videos. WOW... that's a lot of work. But clearing out the bamboo... yikes. I've done that - without power tools. Not fun at all. In the end, you are going to have such a lovely place to live and raise your family. Bravo.
Yes, trying to keep as many of the materials as I can. A lot of it is pretty insect- damaged though. And I do plan on building a greenhouse at some stage.
Great to see the locals helping you out. I love the sense of community!!!! What did you do with the van that was in the hut that was pushed over in the end?
Yes, everyone has really embraced the project. Our new neighbours have also been very welcoming. We still have the van for a couple more days (we pushed it out of the garage) - someone is coming to take it and the other car away.
It is definitely a win-win opportunity for the helping neighbors. With this having been farm land, chances are many of them admired or worked on this property. It must have been heart wrenching to witness it decay for the last 5 years. The willingness to help is their way in honoring this land. Japanese are so respectable.
Im jealous, looks like all the neighbors were having fun helping clean up. I had to get ugly with my neighbor because he kept throwing dog poo over my fence. We havnt spoken in 5 years. The one on the other side is a nosy, flirty 40 year old divorced lady that dosnt like my wife. The ones across the street are my parents, love them, no complaints. Anyways I love older, rural people, they are a treasure thats getting harder to find.
Somehow we fell in with a local building company and the bosses were amused at what we were doing and said "We are on your side" . Plenty of free stuff because they cannot store or keep tabs in the returns. We have free range around the incinerator and the workers set things aside. We are also friends with a guy who pulls down houses and he calls us to come a loot anything before demolishing the property. Generous people.
This is the awesome that makes Japanese people great. They probably also knew the prior owner and are happy to see the place brought back to life. Small communities are usually pretty tight nit in rural Japan.
Ohh that is just wonderful. I can imagine that for a tight-nit community, an abandonded place in their midst probably makes the people living their sad too so them all helping together is just wonderful and such a beautiful experience.
I think it is much better to do things with thought and care like this, the way only older people do. Paid clearers would be under time pressure and things are done quickly to save money. You are very lucky to have help from these wonderful people.
This is amazing, did anyone of the helpers know the previous owner? Also I'm not sure if it is a cemetery in the intro but if he's there it would be so special to go pay respects to him :)
Im totally infatuated with your videos! My girlfriend and I have been daydreaming about maybe one day buying an abandoned house too so its cool to see you going through the motions of bringing it back to life 😅
Working with a bunch of old guys from the neighborhood would be a hoot. No shortage of opinions on how to do things there. Also, no shortage of stories about how it used to be.
Amazing renovate old house project!!!After I watched a couple of your videos and I really respect u that u made a big decision to renovate old house and have given very good information about how u are doint it!!! ...and also u give the new perspective about Japanese culture, people & etc., Thank you very much!!! GAMBARE!!!
Really awesome and honestly a bit inspiring to see so many nice people helping you guys out! Looks like you've got some great people living around you.
Just started watching your series, i LOVE it, keep it up :) Fascinating, i didn't notice at all - so far, that it was an actual road going to the house... looking forward to the existing and non-existing videos so far to see how this project develops :)
Fantastic video! I just discovered your channel today and couldn't hit the subscribe button fast enough after watching a couple of your videos! Wish I was there helping out and getting to know your mother-in-law's friends. I've been to Japan a couple of times and hanging out and talking to the older people was as cool as hanging with people my age. Hope to watch all your videos soon and hope you keep em coming!
My, my, the recycling and rubbish haulers must of been so happy to see your place for a few weeks, with all those lovely Mountains of nicely sorted materials waiting for them... or did they just send a few trucks just for your place alone?
Hello! Look how much accomplished with Senior Community of friends. We love to be useful. One of my great nieces lives in Japan. She is native, too. I think it's a Good idea, especially if you have children to live in the country. I will be interested to find out if she feels the same. Thanks for instructional content. Foundation looks newly restored. Congratulations !
That reminds me of when we had to empty out a neighbours house of accumulated hoarding after she had to retire to nursing facility and her kids wanted nothing to do with her house; took nine(9) large construction dumpster's (the seven foot tall variety) filled to over-capacity, just to find out how damaged the house actually was.
Wow - what a clean up (beginning!). Are there tips, recycling plants and green waste recycling in Japan? You guys are going to get very fit and very tired!! It will all be worth it in the end though - the house is beautiful. Full of soul. Cheers, DEB T (NZ)
The people in the community must be so happy that someone who appreciates that house is moving in to the neighborhood. In a previous video, you mentioned that it's only a 45 minute train ride to the city, so perhaps your new community is not suffering from de-population? If it is, and your kids are attending local schools, the community will be so happy to have more students to keep the schools open. Some country schools are down to their last 5 kids and will be closed within a few years. There are so many beautiful properties and communities in rural Japan and it would be wonderful if people could move back in. Perhaps work-at-home lifestyle changes from the pandemic will help bring people back to the countryside?
This area is not being hugely affected by depopulation as yet - mostly aging. Our town is 10-15 minutes drive from the station so it's not as convenient as other nearby places. Some of the local schools have recently merged due to a lack of numbers. I think some people that can telework are already starting to move out of Tokyo.
That was actually alot of fun to watch. Hope to see more. I am looking to buy a house in japan too but not permanent resident nor am i married to a japanese person so guess its a no go for me.
Ah sorry. Yes, it’s difficult I hear without PR. One alternative option is a reform loan through a renovation company. Don’t know if they’re just as strict as the banks though.
I work in solar as an electrician and gotta say that panel you removed from the roof is OLD, probably one of the first commercially available (Not sure about Japan though)
@@erxu Ahh solar thermal, makes sense. Not my expertise, but not sure what is would be doing on a shed/garage. Also those looked like cables coming off of it and not hoses. But I could wrong as well.
@@rushedman that's exactly what it was..a solar water heater..we have these in Greece where we don't use natural gas for boilers, since it's not available on the islands(maybe in some places of the mainland) and since we have Sun 300+days a year, it's a cost effective solution. My guess is since this was a rural home, they had a similar situation, and as far as the placement is concerned, why ruin the image of the beatiful roof, when you can install the heater on the shed? Also easier access if/when if malfunctions.
@@reman81 That is where I would honestly just suggest a ground mount. But fair enough I just am glad I was not the one who ran all that pipe. Plus the loss of heat from the distance (Probably around 30 meters at least) of the shed to the nearest building. Just does not seem all that practical. But in a pinch I guess that would work.
@@rushedman sure, but if you watch the first video, you'll see the property also had many other smaller buildings and sheds around it, with outdoor kitchen and toilets etc to serve workers other than the family. It looks the previous owner had some serious rice business going, and maybe that heater served the outside more than the main house. and since the house was surrounded by tall bushes(seen in the photos of when it was built), and bamboo trees as well, maybe they had an issue with getting enough sunlight in ground height?
Previous owner is smiling!
I’d like to think so!
Yeah, smiling from heaven, RIP 😇😇🕊💖💖
Waiting for ES6 sadly yes
@@yumikumi2 Perhaps their children or grandchildren are watching and seeing "the old place" get cleaned up.
I'm sure they are happy to see a young couple moving in and not to mention that it gives them something to do, while building a relationship with their neighbor! Old people are awesome!
Totally agree!
That clean up looked like it was a fun community event
It was fun and did have a community feel to it.
@@TokyoLlama please tell me you're gonna have a big community barbeque to thank everyone for helping. Not trying to pressure you, but you said you wanted to have some barbeques when the house is all done so why not have your first one be a big one to thank everyone for their help?
Also really enjoy the vids, super interesting
@@Stumbo99 I would think the property might not feel nice enough to clear a space to have that just yet but probably eventually!
@@mintayayy27 i thought the "when you're done with renovations and clean up" was implied?
@@Stumbo99 it didnt initially, since it seems like it might be a long time coming. Granted he did a lot within 2 months but who knows how much longer until then?
Binge watching your videos. WOW... that's a lot of work. But clearing out the bamboo... yikes. I've done that - without power tools. Not fun at all. In the end, you are going to have such a lovely place to live and raise your family. Bravo.
Thanks very much! I can't imagine doing the bamboo without power tools...
Without all the clutter and extra vegetation it looks pretty big now! I'm looking forward for more. cheers.
Will show the inside of the house all clean in my next video!
You should save some of the building materials from the structure's that you'll be taking down and build a greenhouse with it. Recycle/reuse! :)
Yes, trying to keep as many of the materials as I can. A lot of it is pretty insect- damaged though. And I do plan on building a greenhouse at some stage.
@@TokyoLlama Kia ora bro ... don't forget chooks!
If the grans see this, I've enjoyed watching your progress towards restoring this home!
I'll let them know!
@@TokyoLlama puedes mostrar como quedo luego de estar completamente renovada la casa?
Aww. Love the progress made in this. Pluss seeing everyone clean the place :)
It’s been great how everyone has helped us out. Would have been much more difficult without them!
Great to see the locals helping you out. I love the sense of community!!!! What did you do with the van that was in the hut that was pushed over in the end?
Yes, everyone has really embraced the project. Our new neighbours have also been very welcoming. We still have the van for a couple more days (we pushed it out of the garage) - someone is coming to take it and the other car away.
Tokyo Llama out of curiosity: Where did the car, van and bikes went? What did you do with all the belongings inside the house? Thanks!
What happened to the cars and bike?
Nice work! Excited to see more. You really have a jewel in the rough there.
Thanks - starting to make progress.
It is definitely a win-win opportunity for the helping neighbors. With this having been farm land, chances are many of them admired or worked on this property. It must have been heart wrenching to witness it decay for the last 5 years. The willingness to help is their way in honoring this land. Japanese are so respectable.
Im jealous, looks like all the neighbors were having fun helping clean up. I had to get ugly with my neighbor because he kept throwing dog poo over my fence. We havnt spoken in 5 years. The one on the other side is a nosy, flirty 40 year old divorced lady that dosnt like my wife. The ones across the street are my parents, love them, no complaints. Anyways I love older, rural people, they are a treasure thats getting harder to find.
Wow the whole town is getting in on the action, that’s great that you have such nice neighbors and friends.
ugh, I'd love to live in a home like that! It's a dream home for me
Somehow we fell in with a local building company and the bosses were amused at what we were doing and said "We are on your side" . Plenty of free stuff because they cannot store or keep tabs in the returns. We have free range around the incinerator and the workers set things aside. We are also friends with a guy who pulls down houses and he calls us to come a loot anything before demolishing the property. Generous people.
This is the awesome that makes Japanese people great. They probably also knew the prior owner and are happy to see the place brought back to life. Small communities are usually pretty tight nit in rural Japan.
Ohh that is just wonderful. I can imagine that for a tight-nit community, an abandonded place in their midst probably makes the people living their sad too so them all helping together is just wonderful and such a beautiful experience.
I cant wait to see it all finished!
Starting to look like a home again
And so glad to see everyone getting stuck in and enjoying themselves 👍😍
I feel inspired. To do what I don't know but none the less I feel inspired.
Its going from Ju-On to Ghibli
Hahah! Yeah really!
Your family and friends are a great blessing on the clean up. I think there enjoying themselves.
Japanese are such industrious people. I have great admiration for them. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
what great family and friends bless them and you in putting lots new love into grand home great job
Thanks very much!
Makes me so happy seeing place come to life and how amazing everyone helping
Look at that foundation!! Holy moly, enough concrete for a dozen homes!!
I think it is much better to do things with thought and care like this, the way only older people do. Paid clearers would be under time pressure and things are done quickly to save money. You are very lucky to have help from these wonderful people.
Beautiful clear view of the house now too!!
All that gorgeous mulch for a huge garden!
3:05 Me showing up to help with group projects! Lol
Lol, you should see me when it's time to do the dishes...
@@TokyoLlama Lol I hated doing dishes when I was younger, but now I don't have a choice, and I developed OCD with how they should be cleaned! Lol
This is amazing, did anyone of the helpers know the previous owner? Also I'm not sure if it is a cemetery in the intro but if he's there it would be so special to go pay respects to him :)
Wow the guy in the hat had some powerful chi he put his hands up and the structure fell.
Little old neighbours are very hard working and they come with the added benefit of being really dang cute while they work!
I just discovered your channel but I'm crying. It's an amazing project... the community is amazing. Cheers!
Wow! So much work being done by the community, I loved watching them all work together to demolish that little shed/garage thing real team work.
Im totally infatuated with your videos! My girlfriend and I have been daydreaming about maybe one day buying an abandoned house too so its cool to see you going through the motions of bringing it back to life 😅
Thanks for the comment - I was daydreaming a lot about it too, so it’s been a fun process so far.
Amazing job, nice to see human beings helping each other.
Happy to see how it is going. And...this community is great
Working with a bunch of old guys from the neighborhood would be a hoot. No shortage of opinions on how to do things there. Also, no shortage of stories about how it used to be.
Wow, what a huge improvement outside!
What an amazing house ! Happy you Found it and are restoring it to its former beauty.
Wow! All that help and what a difference.
This was really great to watch!
Community and generosity are heartwarming qualities!
Only I thought about my neighbor totoro when they moved into an abandoned house and their neighbors helped a lot with cleaning? :D
That was my first thought too! Where are the soot sprites!? =D
Amazing renovate old house project!!!After I watched a couple of your videos and I really respect u that u made a big decision to renovate old house and have given very good information about how u are doint it!!! ...and also u give the new perspective about Japanese culture, people & etc., Thank you very much!!! GAMBARE!!!
The house and area is beautiful!
Really awesome and honestly a bit inspiring to see so many nice people helping you guys out! Looks like you've got some great people living around you.
Just started watching your series, i LOVE it, keep it up :)
Fascinating, i didn't notice at all - so far, that it was an actual road going to the house... looking forward to the existing and non-existing videos so far to see how this project develops :)
Fantastic video! I just discovered your channel today and couldn't hit the subscribe button fast enough after watching a couple of your videos!
Wish I was there helping out and getting to know your mother-in-law's friends. I've been to Japan a couple of times and hanging out and talking to the older people was as cool as hanging with people my age.
Hope to watch all your videos soon and hope you keep em coming!
Very big house. Warm regards from Jakarta, Indonesia.
that ending look bit dangerous :o I hope the renovation goes well. Looking forward seeing more videos. haven't watched them all yet.
Another great little video. Onto the next one.
My, my, the recycling and rubbish haulers must of been so happy to see your place for a few weeks, with all those lovely Mountains of nicely sorted materials waiting for them... or did they just send a few trucks just for your place alone?
This channel is so wholesome
You've given me an idea. I like the concept of what you are doing.
SON GENIALES LOS JAPONESES LA SOLIDARIDAD VALE ORO!!!! GRACIAS POR COMPRATIR ME ENCANTA SU CANAL SALUDOS DESDE EL CARIBE♥
It is truly beautiful! Much Happness.
Good friends make good family.
Thank you for the video, Thumbs up.
Wonderful story
You made my day with your films
so cool to see them helping you out
I think i would have started that tractor first and bought a bushog for it.Huge timesaver!
Such a cool house
you have great friends!
Hello! Look how much accomplished with Senior Community of friends. We love to be useful. One of my great nieces lives in Japan. She is native, too. I think it's a Good idea, especially if you have children to live in the country. I will be interested to find out if she feels the same. Thanks for instructional content. Foundation looks newly restored. Congratulations !
That reminds me of when we had to empty out a neighbours house of accumulated hoarding after she had to retire to nursing facility and her kids wanted nothing to do with her house; took nine(9) large construction dumpster's (the seven foot tall variety) filled to over-capacity, just to find out how damaged the house actually was.
‘It’s to good to have community ties...’ so I can watch others do the hard work! Joking, hehe!
Me encantó el vídeo que buenas personas ♥️🤗
I bet it will be expensive to get rid of all the garbage, the house is amazing
I love this ♥❤💜💙 what a pleasant video to watch :)
Thanks very much for watching!
Que genial todo el proceso!
Wow - what a clean up (beginning!). Are there tips, recycling plants and green waste recycling in Japan? You guys are going to get very fit and very tired!! It will all be worth it in the end though - the house is beautiful. Full of soul. Cheers, DEB T (NZ)
I love a good community spirit :)
I really hope your channel will grow and have a lot of viewer.. cheers
If I lived near by I would have loved to work on this place I am a retired stone setter and landscaper
How many buildings are on the property, it looked like 2 houses, great video
amazing nice project!
The people in the community must be so happy that someone who appreciates that house is moving in to the neighborhood. In a previous video, you mentioned that it's only a 45 minute train ride to the city, so perhaps your new community is not suffering from de-population? If it is, and your kids are attending local schools, the community will be so happy to have more students to keep the schools open. Some country schools are down to their last 5 kids and will be closed within a few years. There are so many beautiful properties and communities in rural Japan and it would be wonderful if people could move back in. Perhaps work-at-home lifestyle changes from the pandemic will help bring people back to the countryside?
This area is not being hugely affected by depopulation as yet - mostly aging. Our town is 10-15 minutes drive from the station so it's not as convenient as other nearby places. Some of the local schools have recently merged due to a lack of numbers. I think some people that can telework are already starting to move out of Tokyo.
Would some solar panels be and option to use in some spots of the property?
good job ..
We’re there things that you salvaged. I thought something like the solar water heater would work well if refurbished
Men throwing things off of a roof. Boys at play, it transcends race + culture. Good job guys.
Really cool hat 😂
Amazing !!
Just chucking the solar thermal heater off the roof wouldn't have been my first move but it's certainly the easiest way!
POWER!
I've lived in Japan and it's tough to get rid of rubbish. Did you have to pay a lot for someone to take it away?
Were the solar panels broken? or why did you demolish them completely?
those rooftops great for SOLAR PANELS
That was actually alot of fun to watch. Hope to see more. I am looking to buy a house in japan too but not permanent resident nor am i married to a japanese person so guess its a no go for me.
Thanks for watching. You could buy one without PR or spouse visa - would need to get a work or investor visa to live here though.
@@TokyoLlama i am working here. Been here for 5 years. But seems getting a loan without PR or spouse visa is next to impossible.
Ah sorry. Yes, it’s difficult I hear without PR. One alternative option is a reform loan through a renovation company. Don’t know if they’re just as strict as the banks though.
@@TokyoLlama ohhh thats a good idea. Any recommendations?
I hope the typhoon didn't do any damage to your area.
3:06 Every time I want to help with something.
Holy rising sun!!! 😱😎
I work in solar as an electrician and gotta say that panel you removed from the roof is OLD, probably one of the first commercially available (Not sure about Japan though)
If I'm not mistaken that contraption is a solar water heater...sort of a solar panel but not to generate electricity. You see them all over Japan.
@@erxu Ahh solar thermal, makes sense. Not my expertise, but not sure what is would be doing on a shed/garage. Also those looked like cables coming off of it and not hoses. But I could wrong as well.
@@rushedman that's exactly what it was..a solar water heater..we have these in Greece where we don't use natural gas for boilers, since it's not available on the islands(maybe in some places of the mainland) and since we have Sun 300+days a year, it's a cost effective solution.
My guess is since this was a rural home, they had a similar situation, and as far as the placement is concerned, why ruin the image of the beatiful roof, when you can install the heater on the shed? Also easier access if/when if malfunctions.
@@reman81 That is where I would honestly just suggest a ground mount. But fair enough I just am glad I was not the one who ran all that pipe. Plus the loss of heat from the distance (Probably around 30 meters at least) of the shed to the nearest building. Just does not seem all that practical. But in a pinch I guess that would work.
@@rushedman sure, but if you watch the first video, you'll see the property also had many other smaller buildings and sheds around it, with outdoor kitchen and toilets etc to serve workers other than the family. It looks the previous owner had some serious rice business going, and maybe that heater served the outside more than the main house. and since the house was surrounded by tall bushes(seen in the photos of when it was built), and bamboo trees as well, maybe they had an issue with getting enough sunlight in ground height?
We tried to get bamboo to grow at our place, and it never survived. Maybe that was for the best, looking at your yard.....
Bamboo is hugely invasive. Be glad for sure, it's like kudzu!
The last guy just used the Force and the build downs.
That was me!
@@TokyoLlama clearly a Jedi!
So I tell my kids.
Demolition Ranch would be so proud...
I hope you salvaged as much wood as you could.
Was that a solar panel of some kind on the roof?
Yes, it was a solar boiler. I’ve heard the modern ones are pretty good and affordable - we may get a new one down the track.
I would have loved to saved that solar heater (did you double checked it was totaly useless0?
0:15 wow a sunlight water heater
I know !!!