The REALITY Of Renovating An Oldish House!
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- The reality (and REAL cost) of renovating an oldish house! BIG love to Emma Sleep for sponsoring a portion of today's video :) Code below!
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I AM SO, SO, SO EXCITED TO SHARE OUR FIRST ROOM TRANSFORMATION VIDEO WITH YOU GUYS SOON! It's been a long road with so many setbacks and so much DIY and learning ... but I'm just delighted to have an incredible room to work in and to WRITE in AGHHH! xxx
Thomas has you all COVERED with another 'Tommy takeover' hahahahaha ... let me know if you guys enjoy and what you'd like to know more about in terms of the house reno/life in general!
I love Tommy Takeover! It might be fun to have Pan Cam if he wants to video a toddler tour of the house 😂 (him behind the camera of course and muted as you said you don’t want to put him on the internet)
I love that your channel has grown with you over the years, it feels like I’ve grown along side you! It’s such a joy to watch your current vlogs. Long time viewer that’s so grateful you chose to share your life 💚💚💚
i looove the mix of aesthetic, learning something for my future and catching up with you, that is in your renovation videos. Thank you so much❤️
@L G Oh we have CCTV, I showed that in the empty house tour! The previous owners had multiple cameras installed and left it behind for us :) It's really good as it records 24/7 and you can clearly see who is coming into the garden on both ends and also out back!
@L G I think it’s a valid concern for sure, I just forget that not every follower will be aware of every update I’ve shared etc but yeah I think I’d be far more secretive about even the exterior of the house if we didn’t have all of the security ❤️ But also as someone in T.V said to me, people know where many ‘well known’ Irish people live (same in the U.K) and it eventually becomes common knowledge among people in the area who are aware of said people … but I’ve never heard of anything bad happening to any of these people or their homes, likely as they all have CCTV (our cameras are visible as you approach the house but then also some are hidden), I think the vast vast majority of people are good people! If anything were ever to happen to me I feel it would be on the street but gotta just carry on living life xxx Sending lots of love!
I love Thomas' calming attitude towards the infestation 'I see them and think, it's just one of the lads' lol :P
Love this, Mel! Thank you for showing how us normies do things 😂 My parents renovated a very old house by themselves (+occasional help from friends and me and my sister), all that while raising 2 kids and having full-time jobs and it took them 10 years!! It takes a whole lot of effort and time put into it, but now it is a safe haven for everyone who comes in here.
Best story ever 😍 Can only imagine how satisfied they feel walking around the home they created slowly over time through blood sweat and tears!
Plus, then you know everything was done right! I never trust what's behind the walls after we had to completely redo our house.
Love the Tommy takeover and hearing about the price disparities from little locals businesses, ugh it's good stuff! Love a discount story!
We’ve become masters at shopping around and sniffing out better prices! Every little helps with such a big reno but like we all need to save a few pennies at the mo, life is getting SO expensive! 💚
I'm so glad you're doing your renovation so openly and honestly, especially the budgeting and financing parts.
When it comes to buying a house 3 to 5 years down the line, my fiancé and i are seriously considering buying a cheaper older house and renovating it ourselves. That way it can be to our own liking, but aren't sure how viable that would be despite how preferable it'd be for us. Videos like this give massive insight into what it may be like and show how much you can get from it.
I think going with a cheaper older house and going into it with money to renovate is the smartest decision for sure! Our house WASN’T cheap because we wanted to live within an easy driving distance of family and friends (mainly Thomas’s family, was very very important to him) and it was important to me that my dad have siblings and friends nearby for when he gets older and even for now as he’s unfortunately got a really serious illness 😞 So we were really attached to buying in an area where it’s pretty impossible to get anything cheap! That left us with about 30k in savings for immediate reno work going in (without touching the emergency fund!) but we’ve been adding to that since we moved in … it keeps emptying faster than we can fill it! 😂 We’ve probably spent about 24k already like. And none of the rooms look good apart from my office but the way we see it, the sooner I can establish a nice video set up and a working schedule - which I’ve not had for a few years - the more money we can earn to dump into home improvements! My dad is paying for his ‘granny flat’ build himself so we are just responsible for our house … I’m anticipating that within 5-10 years we’ll spend about 100k or more on doing the place up! 💚
You should frame the prettiest pages of that newspaper for the room you found it in. It will be a great memory and remind you of an adventurous time renovating!
I. LOVE THIS! ❤️
Honestly this has been a breath of fresh air. My partner and I have bought our first home which is a reno project. Currently sleeping on a mattress on the floor with no lights as we’re in the middle of a rewire and no hot water. I kept feeling like I was somehow doing this reno journey wrong with how hard it’s being, after not seeing anything that resembles my reality of renovating. Also not wanting to complain because anyone with their own is so lucky in this climate.
Seeing this has been so comforting, we’ll both get there in the end! Thank you for being so honest with your experience ♥️
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This this THIS! It’s totally okay to find it all extremely exhausting and slow and frustrating along with feeling IMMENSE gratitude! ❤️❤️❤️ We’ll look back on these memories and smile! (Today, five of our en-suite tiles had to be broken for plumbing … my favourite floor in the whole house! 😭😂)
Same here!! Thanks for this comment. I feel less alone.
Can’t wait to see the transformation 😊 as someone who goes between liking new builds and older fixer-uppers I’m wondering if you could talk about what you think you’re “missing out” from new builds and then what you think you would miss from the older house renovation if you had gone for a new house. Just A bit of a pros and cons (from your perspective! Interested in your thoughts) 🙏🏻 older houses have more character but Renovation looks wild 😂
Ooohhhh this is definitely an interesting topic of convo for the next vlog! 💚
Honestly your vlogs are the cosiest things and make me feel so happy and wholesome. I cannot wait to find my forever home and start a family with my partner and it is so fulfilling watching you build your family! I’m so happy for you💚
😭😭😭 ‘cozy’ is definitely the goal! There’s so little left on YT these days that’s COZY ❤️
Agreed! It’s the reason I’ve continued to watch your videos over the years. Honest and positive content which feels like your sitting down for a cup of tea and a natter with your friend 🥰
I really enjoyed watching this video. It feels real and paints the true picture of house renovations. We bought a house almost 3 years ago and are also doing most of the things ourselves and we still have lots to do. Sometimes a room might take 6 months or more to do, since you may uncover new things that need fixing, or you are simply doing it in the evenings or weekends so it becomes just a never-ending side project. Despite it all, it is so lovely to see the final result and knowing that you did it yourself, you just have to try to not put too much pressure on yourself. You guys bought a 'forever home' so you will eventually get it all sorted. I think people also sometimes think that it is a race to get the house ready in a short period of time, but in the grand scheme of things if you are already living in your forever home and you are doing it yourself, what does it matter if a room takes 6 months to do? Anyway, to summarise it all, I enjoy watching your videos, it resonated with me. Best of luck with your house renovations! :)
Recently moved into somewhere that had a carpet moth infestation and it was HORRIBLE 🙃. Genuinely don’t know how the previous tenants lived with chunks of their carpet missing and dead moths in the drawers. It’s finally sorted but it turned me into a proper moth obsessed weirdo killing every bug that I spotted 😅.
Omg it’s so rotten isn’t it!? 😭 We’ve tried everythinggg … but apparently they get behind skirting and even under carpets so it’s ALL going! Will likely have to spray something too before we put in anything new! 🤢 There ARE people in forums who have been successful with banishing them without having to replace everything, but seeing as we’ve such an extreme amount of them across the house + are doing it up anyway we’re just speeding up certain things to get rid of them as I honestly can’t copeee lol
Just left a comment up above saying that I just moved out of our moth infested house… hopefully you didn’t move into our old house 🤣🤣
It would be cool to cover the conservatory roof with a lattice and vine plants! At least for temporary privacy until you're ready to get the roofing 🥰💚 I'm so excited for the office video!
This is a great idea! 😍
In the states, it’s been really difficult to get appliances in because everything is still so back ordered from Covid. We desperately needed a new dishwasher so we went to a little mom and pop place about an hour outside of the city we live in and were able to get a great dishwasher within about two weeks. The big box stores couldn’t even give us an estimated date of arrival.
THIS! Honestly certain things I ordered for the office (like the chair) took weeks to arrive and I’ve had to cancel orders because they just weren’t showing up! We went to IKEA one day looking for certain things and so much of it wasn’t in stock! 🤯 xxx
You're so right about the difference between renovating and decorating. Actually I'm always really disappointed when I find a new renovation channel and it turns out that it's only advice on picture frames and vases. So I'm looking forward to your videos for different rooms and the cost breakdowns.
And the moth infestation brought back bad memories from my childhood. I remember the dark brown wool rug that the moths adored. I think my parents bought it in Ireland on their honeymoon.
Loved this vlog, it's real. Most people know the difference between real people and the 'snap your fingers and a room is done' type vlogs, I think! You have a toddler, are pregnant, both work...so take your time, enjoy the journey. Only millionaires get houses turned around in jig time. For most of us it can take years to totally renovate, specially if it's an old house. Love that tree over your garden bench. :-)
I am a renter and will likely never be able to afford owning a home I can renovate, so watching these videos kind of feels like living vicariously through you, which makes me appreciate the reality of it even more. As a Canadian, I also just love seeing how so many things are the same and yet the subtle differences as well. For example, hardly any homes in Canada (at least where I live) have radiators because they simply don't make sense in our environment, so that's not an issue of renovation I would likely ever come across. All this to say, thank you for sharing, another cozy and comforting vlog, as usual.
No radiators? How do you stay warm? 🤯
@@juliettehamelle1747 We typically have central heating from a furnace that pushes heat through vents in every room. Some are electric, some are gas, some older houses still have wood-burning furnaces, it really depends. My house has a gas fireplace in our living room as well for additional warmth in our most-used living space. I know there are homes that do have electric radiators along the baseboards, like in apartments or townhouses, but they definitely aren't as common here as they are there. We usually have our heating on from September or October until March or April so efficient heating is important here. :)
Lacrimosa playing in the background whilest discussing the moth infestation had me in stitches!!!! Chef’s kiss!!!! Loved this blog thank you so much for sharing!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂 found it on my laptop while looking for music and just HAD to do it! I know it’s such serious beautiful music but when put next to something relatively silly it becomes comedy gold 😂
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO HONEST AND TRANSPARENT. We need way more ‘influencers’ being honest about REAL life issues. ❤️
Finding that newspaper and the snapshot of back in time is sooo cool / interesting :)
I really appreciate that you’ve shared the cost and stress side of it! We’re a military family with four kids so definitely aren’t rolling in it, but I used Lily Pebbles’ recommendation from her video for our little bathroom and it cost us £16000 AND the company, Ripples, were awful to work with! Honest vlogs and collaborations are so refreshing xxx
Mel, the blackberries 🥹🥹🥹 I am sooooooo jealous!!! My sister (aged 12) and I have spent the last 3 weekends scouring different parts of west cork for them. We managed to get kilos of them & have made crumbles and jam. It has been so much fun- really brought me back to my childhood!
I SO appreciate your honesty about renovating. My partner and I got the keys to our house this may, and I´ve been feeling so overwhelmed. It´s so much work and it takes so much time!
Thank you for wanting to show us the 'real' side of having a house and renovating it, it's rare on the internet! I always love your videos and looking forward to the office one!! It looks so cool juste from the glimpses we got to see until now :)
Oh Mel I totally feel ya! We're in the process of moving and renovating at the same time and the eternity it looks is just excruciating! Hang in there it'll be done and enjoy it while you're at it!
Your honesty is why I've always loved your content. Thank you for sharing the reality of renovating. Great Tommy take over too 😁💚.
God I love your videos. So calming and regulating every month. I've been watching you for seven years and I appreciate every vid!
I can't wait for the reveal of this lovely house reminds of me nans home, she had a garden bench just like the white one and all them lovely cat statues and birds, Loads of love❤❤
Oh how I relate to how long house reno takes!! I have spent an entire day just repairing the corners of a wall. I definitely underestimated the amount of time a lot of these tasks take.
Please tell me I am not the only one who somehow read the €€€ sings next to HEATING as one word making it "CHEATING"?! 🙈🙈😂😂 I need some sleep.
😂😂😂😂😭 don’t we all! 💚
Don’t you dare change the conservatory roof! 😭😭😭 The beauty of a glass house is the glass! It’s so gorgeous the way it is.
If you’d like some privacy (although, I didn’t even know you could legally build a two story back garden house!) May I recommend roof curtains? They’re a pain to clean, but they can make a place look really whimsical when done right.
Love these vlogs. So impressed how you’re keeping it all together. Lots of love 🤍
I have never heard of these! 😍 Will 100% look into it ahh! Thank you! Xxx
You touched a bit on the financial aspect of home renovation. I hope when you discuss this further down the line you include (deduct) all the freebies and massive discounts you have been gifted as us viewers don't get these financial breaks. Just something to be considerate of especially with how hard things are for people. Most can't even afford to heat their homes for winter.
I 100% will be! That’s why I’ve been so transparent about things so far. But in my office for example, everything was either DIY or paid for (by us) other than a mirror that was gifted! Bit of a discount on the floor too but it was like 1300 euro including installation … I will mention everything and also cheaper alternatives to expensive choices! The main saving we’ve made through my content creation has been our wooden flooring for the living area and front hall - yet to go down, and we absolutely would have held off on doing the living room if we weren’t doing that collaboration! Xxx
Love love loooooooooove the videos of the process! I said this before, I am going through the process myself, and it took a bit more than 10K for a mini studio apartment of 30m2 😅😅😅😅😅 the costs are insane, buying is really an adventure of a lifetime!
I moved into a flat that had a carpet moth infestation. The first day I remember going into the bedroom and just seeing moths covering the walls (I completely freaked out). I spoke to the neighbours and they said that they were keeping their clothes in the freezer to stop the larvae growing 😭😭 the landlord thankfully let me out of the contract, but I wish you the best of luck getting rid of the little bastards!! (My landlord was going through rent-a-kill to deal with them, I think it was pricey but it could be a last resort!)
‘The little bastards’ is right! 😂😂😂 Every time I see one I squirm, they multiply sooo fast as even when you hoover the visible larvae there are always eggs you can’t even see that haven’t even turned into larvae yet!
I love when Thomas says fair winds. Gives me the giggles.
I LOVE the dark charcoal for your bedroom! So cozy
I love looking at old newspapers! It's amazing what used to be considered "news" 🙂
I knowww, had an absolute blast reading through it! 😂😂😂
I was an architect and interior designer - I think if you have moths you should polish your floor boards and put rugs down...dont get more carpet........just an idea........Looks way more stylish anyway? Easier to keep clean too! Also Farrow & Ball to wonderful consultations on paint :) they look at the space youre painting etc
Love the glorious bench thing! Nice to see the Chip mug is still around too :D Looking forward to the office makeover!
Your vlogs always make feel as life is so worth living. They're a must for my existencial-crisis-prone mind 😅
Colour trend paint is brilliant .... and I was drawn to sweet jar straight away !! I've peignoir ( shade from farrow and ball but colour trend paint ) in my hall into dinning and reminds me a bit of that n love it!
Ooh I will look that colour up! 😍
I love you so much Melanie. I love your videos, you make me feel so cozy and warm when I watch ye speak, you show the realities of life in such a raw and wholesome way. Thank you for all the content, keep being you
I'm about to start my office, cannot wait to see your office video!
I’m so excited to edit it! 😍 Eep BUZZING for you to have a home office too!
Hey Melanie, we took on a Reno project as our first home and naively thought we’d afford to do it all but in the end we just couldn’t, the costs are immense. We’ve since moved on into (yet another) Reno project and we’ve done a lot but now the funds have run out so a lot has been put on the back burner until we Can afford and with another little one here now it’s hard to do anything!
Think the idea of you doing a vlog where you explain the costs would be absolutely fantastic because I struggle to find anyone on the internet being transparent about this and it can look to people like it was easy and would be good for people starting out to have a realistic idea of the costs, time, and STRESS 😂 Involved ❤️
You are glowing Mel! Absolutely gorgeous! Loving these house updates too ❤
i found you guys so funny in this vlog XD especially the moth infestation section...the music !!! oh my gosh cracked me up. in my family's house we've had a moth infestation in our kitchen pantry for a while now...they multiply very quickly hahaha i thought it was so hilarious that you guys just thought they were dust or flies XD oh man, good that you're able to address the problem though. you busy people, but it's beautiful to see you building the life that you've always wanted :') xx
I still can’t believe it’s all coming together 🥲 Just so happy to be creating a home with the best boys in the whole world, and now a little girl in my belly too! Feeling very whole ❤️❤️❤️ And omg stoppp I had a hunch it was something after a couple of weeks but Thomas and dad were insisting it was ‘balls of fluff’ 😭😂😂😂
@@melaniemurphyofficial 🥺🥺 that is so beautiful, and inspiring ❤️ I'm kinda a go with the flow kinda gal and always thought if it happens it happens with fam/kids stuff, but I have this mad crush on this guy for the first time like properly in my 26 yrs of life haha and find myself thinking about it now 😯😂 so your content is just so heart warming to me haha. And that is hilarious that they thought that for that long 😂😂 love it. 💚💚
I recently bought my own appartment which also needs renovating. And i can completely relate to unexpected surprises and extra unplanned expenses. Also infestation issues.
Love the reality aspect of your videos. Keep up the good job! Oh and love the "Thomas taking over" bits. Thats hilarious 💚
Everything is so beautiful, loving the breakfast and berries. Please do an updated skincare and makeup video. Loving your skin , beautiful inside and outside 😍
So, so sweet! 💚💚💚💚💚
We have them as well!!! They're freaking minging!! And give me the heebee jeebees.
Oh Carla I hateeee them even the thought makes my skin crawl as I’m really scared of bugs in general 🙈
Love this serie of vlogs. And omg little pan is really becoming a big boy. So cute. 💚🤍🧡
We do not really have carpets where I live and I think I'm glad. 😳 Good luck with everything!
That’s a bargain for the fireplace!! I’ll be doing my fireplace next year this is great info xx
Wow your little man has grown up quick! Bless!
I knowww 🥺 He’s a different child every week it’s the most incredible thing to witness!
My husband and I bought a house from 1970 10 months ago and we have been doing all the renovations ourselves and holy cow it is so much work. The first three months were really overwhelming and exhausting. We originally took 3 weeks off from work over Christmas thinking we would be able to do the bulk of the renovations but everything takes so much longer than you think. We thought a lick of paint on the walls and changing the carpet on the stairs to laminate would be all but NOPE. It is still a work in progress now I know how to renovate stairs, lay down floor tiles, paint walls and doors, install coving, top up the water on the boiler and even reupholster antique furniture. I suspect we will be working on the house for years to come but hey, we have a home and every year it will get better
Omg THIS! At the start Caoimhe and I were planning the office reno (started there because gotta keep working in order to earn the money FOR the reno) and we were like ‘there’s zero reason this won’t be done by the Glass Houses book launch on May 5th’ … here we are only finishing up and it’s … September! 😂 Because so many other things came up for us too! We always planned to do things slowly but then it’s like ‘oh our son can run now and we need to protect him from the main road outside our house. There’s no gates!’ ‘How much would two gates be? On the cheap end?’ ‘3500!’ ‘Holy shit okay!’ and it’s basically been that but with every room, mainly plumbing and wiring were the big issues we had to start addressing quite quickly! As of course the thought of spending money and time making a room look beautiful then having to destroy it in a few years to fix a leak or an electrical hazard is horrendous so we said we’d do everything right the first time and do things in the right order. So it’s meant looking at manky carpet etc for a long time! 😂 But all our hard work WILL be worth it and look at us learning new skills! 😍 xxxxx
@@melaniemurphyofficial my office was also meant to be the first room we finished since I mostly work from home. We did it quickly and then when I started sitting in there I decided that I hated it hahahah it just felt like a white box so I am currently writing this from the living room, where I work, while we add coving, re-paint and add shelves for plants to my office 😂 So doing it right the first time is definitely the way to go! In terms of finding things to do you didn't expect, our boiler broke down one month after moving in and we had to pay 2500 euros and wait a month (in the middle of winter) to get it replaced 🥲. So...many...cold showers 🥶
i loooooove your home! thank you for sharing your reno journey
I was feeling pretty crappy today and seeing this made my day 🥰
Hey 😊 blackberries come very easily off the bush when they are ripe, they practically stay in your hand, if you just touch them. If you have to pull them, like Thomas, they are going to be bitter and sour, like you had. 😁
Oooohhhhh! This is so, so interesting! I find it wild that they are growing at this time of year I don’t know why I assumed it was too late in the year! ❤️
@@melaniemurphyofficial Oh they can very well ripen towards the end of summer 😊
Just loves these videos so much! And love hearing from Thomas too!
My parents eat blackberries off of all the blackberry bushes they see when they take walks and stuff 😄 especially because it's in your own garden, take advantage of it!
look into roof blinds for the conservatory as a cheaper alternative to buying a new roof :)
Just bought an older terraced house and am sick of being asked when are you doing house renovations like I'm still emptying boxes 😂
Also….I have recently moved into my granny’s house since her passing and we’ve also had to change all of her carpets due to a crazy moth infestation…. I totally relate to the never ending “rice” grains and bald spots of thread that show the floorboards 🤢 I couldn’t deal with it AT ALL, manky!!!
the whole larvae segment had me like 😭😂☠🙃😪😷😭
I will actually inherit my grandmother's house very soon (I'm 20 right now) and it's huge with massive stables right next to it - don't know yet what to do with it. I love the idea of fixing it up for my future family but I'M TWENTY and where would the money for that be coming from... It just feels like a huge responsibility. At the same time I see your vlogs (which are sososo wholesome and inspirational) and know that most people in my generation may never own any property- it's just hard. It feels like something I shouldn't have the right to decide over until I'm 30.
At least you don’t have to decide immediately ❤️ Would it perhaps be possible to rent it out in the meantime? Would be some handy income (toward possible savings for a reno! Or for something entirely different like travel!) … I can only imagine how big of a deal that must be to you, but regardless you deserve to celebrate as that’s an unbelievable helping hand from your dear grandmother. Life is hard enough so please never feel bad or like you ‘don’t deserve it’, most of the people I know in their 50s with nice houses built them for pennies on land given to them by parents or land they inherited! And most people of our generation could only dream of that when once upon a time it was the norm. I certainly hope my home and land can go to my kids and grandkids … it’s beautiful 🥰
6:29 OMG 😭😭😭 the way you caught this too ☠☠☠
He’s so easy to make laugh I love it! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Excellent episode……. Thank you!
You are very very welcome! 🥰
Thomas' hair looks amazing!
Are you going for an overall theme through the house or are you zoning each room into their own looks? I'm about to move and I'm not sure how to approach things in my new house 😊
Definitely zoning! We like too many different things … plus I’d find it so boring if it were all super similar! The
main thing we want to keep consistent is for each room to have at least one antique/old timey looking thing mixed with lots of new/more modern stuff! I LOVE that contrast between old and new 😍
Love your vlogs! Also your fringe looks amazing! 😊
Awww, thank you SO much! Xxx
Love this! Gonna take all your wisdom for later on in my life.
Fair winds! 😂
Love your vlogs! Looking forward to many more💕
Thanks for being real!!! 💚
It's so annoying when influencers or celebrities do these stuff and are kinda sly about the fact they get so much stuff gifted and they're like "we got this done and this done." I watch sometimes this channel where they bought way newer house but redid everything pretty much and the influencer/woman in the couple was so unpatient like if they couldn't get builders or painters when she wanted. Like be grateful that you propably got most of it with for free or heavily discounted. So nice that you're down to earth and giving the costs aswell. Obviously you need patience with these older houses as you never know what might come up..
I know, I see that a lot 😣 The gratitude we do feel about ANY house related job we get is so immeasurable … we always see it as: we’re getting things done SO much faster than we would have thanks to the nature of this industry and are very very VERY lucky! Of course, most things we are doing or paying for ourselves but man every collab helps! Nobody in our position would turn down these wonderful jobs with these amazing companies … just feel so grateful every single day. And want to be completely transparent always 💚
Are your neighbours allowed to build something that tall in the back? In England you'd have to get planning permission for a building like that and you would be able to object based on privacy concerns! Love how your house is coming along :)
I’m pretty sure they got permission! The previous owners likely didn’t object as they were selling/knew them over the years etc! We don’t really mind but just won’t want a line of sight into the conservatory so turning the roof in there into a solid roof makes the most sense to me! But it’s defo a long term plan 💚
@@melaniemurphyofficial What about just "frosting" the existing glass with those films or sprays?
A solid roof on a conservatory is a great idea. You’ll find as it is it’s too hot in summer and too cold in winter, the roof will keep the temperature a bit more normal year round
Do those Blackberries have thorns? If they don't they might be "Thornless Blackberry" which is what will make them quite sour. My neighbour has a healthy plant and we share the produce as it grows over the fence. I personally love the flavour - gives you a kick.
Thank you for talking about the reality of renovating! My husband and I are currently looking to buy a house 👀.
Do you have the foam matress from emma or the other one? I‘m asking because I have very bad neck and back pain and I hope a different matress might help my poor spine 💚
We have their ‘original’ mattress which is medium firmness, the premium one is even more firm! ❤️ Honestly it’s so good … even hotel beds now, I find uncomfortable 😂🙈❤️
I loooove this series of videos 😘😘
I think we should get a Tommy Takeover video on what he eats in a day while long haul flying.
I've gone through 2 major renovations my parents did on their house when we were kids and I completely missed the significance and arguments and budget aspects back then. My mom is now building a new house on their property (it's big enough to do that) and at some point the old house will be torn down. That part may end up being my and my brother's responsibility when we inherite.. the sticker shock on all aspects of building a house was real. And now I'm old enough to understand things!
But currently we're (me and partner and our child) are renting snd the closest we've gotten to our own reno experiences is the bug infestation that came out of the new fridge the owner put in at our last place. THOUSANDS of winged termite looking things apparently hatched out of their eggs in the mechanical part of the fridge after delivery and covered the downstairs.
The owner refused to pay for an exterminator and claimed they didn't even believe us because it made no sense that they came with the fridge. Instead they called Lowe's (where the fridge came from) and asked them about it. Like, wtf is Lowe's going to do? The fridge worked fine. They're not exterminators. I think she asked for a discount on the fridge because of the bugs she told us couldn't have possibly been in the fridge. She didn't get a discount. And we didn't get an exterminator. It was insane living there and spraying bugs constantly with bug spray and windex while we waited out their life spans.
We were so glad to move. We don't know when we're financially ready to buy if it's going to be a brand new place or a fixer upper. So we'll see if further renovation excitement is in our future 😅
Love seeing your renovation updates 💚
How was the brickwork on the house? Cavity blocks or cavity space?
Hi Melanie! Could you let me know what soothing background music is? I can’t find it anywhere and I love it! Also I am terrified of bugs so your story was horrifying to me, I hope you guys are able to be rid of them soon
What I really didn't need was to watch the deep dive on the carpet moths while eating my lunch. The toastie has been put to one side.
Make sure to soak blackberries in warm salt water as they often have maggots in the middle and this will get them out making them safe and clean to eat!!
*runs to vom* 🥺😭😂😂😂
this video makes me feel better as I keep seeing Carpet beetles in my house and last night I realized my 3 dogs caught fleas... in DECEMBER in North East Usa -_______- SERIOUSLY. Anyway will deal with it. I know bugs are important for mother Earth so I try to not hate them... too much, But I can't wait till I can get rid of them in my house and on my pets, lol XD
I think it's better to just not have carpets. The moths will likely infest the new ones even if synthetic. Plus carpets are always full of allergens, dirt and toxins. Yes, hardwoods are more expensive but they're healthier and they last a hundred years.
I am not worried about an infestation in the new synthetic carpet as the living room carpet in the house is synthetic and they thankfully never set up shop in there! Even though they multiplied like crazy in every other room. On top of repellents etc and OTT cleaning I think it will be a good temporary solution as there’s just no way in the world we could justify putting down wood across the entire house, the only reason we are doing the living room and hallway so soon is that we got an amazing collab! The dream eventually is of course to have wood throughout the house but there’s too much costly work to be done in terms of re-wiring, insulating etc etc … the goal is to just keep them at bay as best we can 🥰
“you’re vegetarian. go get the carpet samples” 😂😂
Irish accent exercise "marvelous marmalade" 👌😂
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I know the emergency fund thing is really important but I'm here with like... £50 savings 🙃😂
We all gotta start somewhere! I had fifty quid to my name until I was about 24 and didn’t have an actual emergency fund that I didn’t touch until 25-26 - ONLY because I was very lucky at the time with the type of work I fell into! I got a couple of big jobs and put the money aside and have never touched it! Not for buying the house/for the wedding … I just pretend I don’t have it, that that number is actually zero! I know that my dad was in his mid thirties and would have us on weekends and would go to the bank machine and literally nothing would come out 😞 Going through big life events like divorce etc can really knock people back! It was years before he had no credit card debt and all that … my main point there which I totally should have clarified was that deciding to renovate an old house should always be based on the ability to have an emergency fund as things can pop up (like all the leaks we had etc!) and if you go into it without enough saved you may put yourself at risk of missing important repayments (mortgage and bills etc!) but a lot of people go into it thinking ‘ah it will be grand’ as sometimes older homes are cheaper to buy. Renovation is just crazy costly especially post Covid! Xxxxx
@@melaniemurphyofficial ah don't worry chick you got your point across well, I was just lamenting my own poor sense haha! You're right, life can knock you back in ways you never expect and it's a good plan to try and give yourself wiggle room in case it happens! ❤️ X
I feel like I'm not the only one, who press like before actually watching the video 💚
🥺🥲 That is honestly the sweetest thing ever! Every bit of engagement helps me to continue doing this as a job so I really deeply appreciate that 🥰✨
Just showed my bf Thomas hair growth! It looks amazing!
Loveee this ❤️
Not even pregnant but when I see Mel I click ❤
Baby Pan saying “B!” 🥰🥰🥰
We also have an old house. Renovating takes a lot of time and money... BTW: my family has had cloth moths, food moths, silver fishes, and more, and there is one HUGE advantage about these kind of insects: they can't survive outside in places that actually have a winter. Thus, they don't move out and back in again when you try to get rid of them. There are various poisons and sticky tape you can use to kill them, but the best thing to do with clothes and sheets is to freeze them, and then place most of them in boxes that are taped shut for the time you're getting rid of these f***ers!
BTW, tell your husband that moths are a HUGE problem, as they ruin clothes, you can bring them with you to other people's houses, and at some point you might find yourself wearing something infested with larvae - absolutely disfusting.
Haha I am literally going to read the bottom of this comment to him ALOUD 😂🤢😭 So important too re: bringing them to other people’s homes!
@@melaniemurphyofficial Good luck with the renovations and pregnancy BTW - your videos have brought me a lot of joy ❤
What the heck is ‘Ready Brek’? 🤔 Aldo I would never what to buy a old house and renovate but you guys look like you’re doing it well! You have the patience, I just want an ok home that just needs small updates.
Hehe oh it's basically oats that are really fine so like a powder that has been fortified ... it makes a delicious porridge and kids love it! No added sugar either x
I thought there was a rule that you can't build higher than the existing neighbouring build? I could be wrong but something to look into maybe if having to renovate your sun room is as issue!
Don't know if you are into this but there is a youtuber called XOMacenna and she is renovating her 100 year old house and i think you might like her process and some tools she uses.
Welcome to home ownership! It is always something 😂
‘You will never be done’ - I FINALLY believe it to be true! 😂 We will prob finish the house in 7 years & will want to start over! 😂
Sweet jar sweet jar sweet jar !!
Love Thomas' Tidbits!