The First Skip Arrives for a HUGE Cleanup at my 200 year old Irish Cottage & Homestead - Ep. 74
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Today's video sets the foundation for the HUGE and DISGUSTING clean up that my Dad and I are about to embark on this week. We also get some good news about the grant progressing.
As always your support and feedback is SO appreciated. The next few weeks of videos will have lots going on, and hopefully this will lead up to a lot of progress for the house and land over the Summer. Hearing your thoughts on things is always a lovely boost and motivation.
Morrigan's Cottage is a 200 year old traditional stone cottage set in the west of Ireland on just under 4 acres. Originally this house would have been used by the local farmers, rented from their British landlords. Dated back to at least the early 1800s, someone has been consistently living here and farming this land since then, up until about 4 years ago when the house was left vacant by the previous owners.
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The second of 3 parts of a busy week at the cottage, feels like a little progress is being made at least, and finally we have some movement on the grant ❤ if you like what you see make sure to subscribe and follow us along on the journey 😊
A skip in the right direction. Happy for you Aisling! 💛
Thank you! It felt like a step, even a small one but at least things are being doing and that helped the mental health a lot 😂
We're dreaming of the day we can get the skip! 😄Well done with that, must be so satisfying to start clearing stuff out.
It was so good to start loading the skip, it was actually hellish work digging through someone else’s trash but it feels good knowing we made a little dent! The skip was such good value too (I think lol) your skip will happen soon hopefully!!
Oh Aisling I did warn you about the 12 week (at least) delay re grant approval. Its a huge pain in this country. Anyway, I'm loving the skip, I can tell you it's the first of many. If you are up for a "help out Morrigans Cottage" flash mob to come voluntary to help out you should put the word out. I'd be happy to help as I live in Dublin but have a house just outside Westport and know how hard it is to get things done on your own. Anyway, just a thought. Loving your solo progress 👍🏻 Thank you for another great upload 😊
I was really hoping it wouldn’t be so delayed but I’ve build a bridge and I’m getting over it and just letting it be 🥲 but we’ll get there right! Omg a clean mob would be amazing, it’ll be in Saturdays video but my dad and I had SUCH a hard time clearing out that dump pile it was horrific!! But still so much left to do! So I will deffo let you know if something like that would be done! Extra hands would be amazing also very fun to meet up I think!
@@morrigans_cottage fantastic Aisling, we await your call, look so forward to helping should you desire 😀
@@jmch2186 I really appreciate it! And it would be great to actually show people the place, not a lot of people come down to visit me lol
I would love to help clean up the rubbish but a bit far in Australia
@@dianestevens2659 a world away in Australia but I appreciate that you’d like to help :) ❤️
you can use the tires as raised flower or garden planters. ! spray paint and plant. get a shovel and scoop that garbage up ...
Oh that’s such a good idea I just looked up some pictures and they can be so cute!
@@morrigans_cottage :)) glad to help !
Much appreciated! Now to pick colours for them lol!!
So satisfying filling a skip! I bet you are glad you just went ahead and got it, you could be waiting forever for bureaucracy to get its act together! ❤🐱🐕
I felt so good getting it, it was so good to fill it, wait til you see the next video, what we managed to put in there is actually the stuff of nightmares! Much love to you and Kizzy from me and the girls ❤️
Exciting about the grant. We will pray they come soon for inspection!! What a job you have cleaning up things and filling the skip, oh, but how much nicer things will look! Hang in there, you are making progress!!
Thank you so much! It felt good to start loading the skip, but it was tough work! Fingers crossed we’ll have some movement on the grant by November! I’m going to use this time to start really planning what I want to do! Thank you as always for all your kind words ❤️
Well Good news at long last and damn the time for waiting, but this was a few weeks ago so fingers toes and all that I can cross is, for news this week, but the grass and all the work you have done outside is lovely, and hopefully that skip got to make a good dent on what you wanted cleared. Big hugs to all, xxxx Dede xxx
I think it’ll be another month until we hear anything but that’s ok, it gives me some time to finalize my plans for the place and save extra money but I just can’t wait to get the go ahead! Big love and hugs from me and the girlies ❤️
Great to see movement even though you haven't gotten grant approval yet. Hopefully that comes through soon for you
It does feel like a little progress is being made so I’m thankful for that at least
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Happy you heard an update re the grandad it’s been a while. Great job on getting the skip and glad your dad can help. Great idea about the nets to prevent flies coming in You’re doing great work
Thank you so much I really appreciate that :) and it’s great to get a little bit of work done and things moving :)
great news about planning you will be set up in no time
I know I’m delighted that at least the planning part is done and we’re on to the next stage :)
Hello sweetie sorry for the wait but you can see the light at the end now .. The skip was a great idea ,, BTW I think you’re amazing. love and hugs
The wait just gives me a little more time to plan, trying to see the bright side of it, even tho it’s an inconvenience! And thank you so much, I definitely don’t feel amazing but hopefully in the end the journey will live up to it! Love and hugs from me and the girlies ❤️ thank you for all your support
Epic work Aisling. Really feels like big progress at last. Excited for you
Thank you! It does feel like a big step! Wait until your see Saturdays video! It shows the real extent of the rubbish and work!!
Congrats on the planning permission and nearing the finish line re the grant. There must be decades of rubbish buried/discarded on the land, I've seen other people on youtube who discover the same thing, disappointing, exhausting to remove it but one positive is that you're cleaning up for mother nature and the wildlife. Looks like a bulldozer would be a real help😮. Well done and great your Dad was there to help. ❤
Thank you! Was great to get planking sorted anyway, and hopefully by November the engineer will be in! I actually have a holiday booked in November so my mental plan is as soon as im back from that some work will hopefully start! We will definitely need some kinda digger or something to help clear the rest, but happy with what we got done! Big hugs to you both ❤️
I love your secret admirer cow, so cute. Glad to see the skip, clean--up is going to be terrific. Yes, it's truly a shame that people left this beautiful land in such a terrible state, tossing garbage like that, but all is good because you have come along to bring a fresh lovely energy back to the property.
I felt so much better clearing things out knowing it was no longer on the land, but there’s a lot more work to do! Saturdays video will show us doing the dump pile and it really was just so awful 😂 I absolutely love that cow, I really hope the farmer doesn’t move them yet!
I would keep the wood,if you intend having a fire in the house later on ,the wood will burn in the fire,we have a range in the kitchen always looking to help light it.🔥
Any wood that isn’t totally rotten or painted/covered in nails I’ll keep for either firewood or little diy projects! A lot of it is pretty destroyed though but hopefully a good haul of wood will come from it! I’d love a range in my kitchen!!
Yay planning email finally came through 🎉 🤞grant will be approved soon. Shame about the glass you found, people can be so thoughtless when discarding rubbish. Grass is looking lovely and I'm sure the skip will be full in no time. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Very relieved at least planning has done its part and fingers and toes crossed by November we’ll be in and work starting! It was SO nice to get the skip in! Honestly the glass I show in this video is like a snowflake on the tip of the iceberg… Saturdays video will show the absolute HELL the trash pile uncovered…. It was horrific 😂
@@morrigans_cottage awwww nooooo. Keep your chin up and chipping away, it will all be worth it in the end 😁
@@melaniepowell9595 it so will, and honestly we got a huge amount done but it felt like we were at the city dump, the trash just kept going and going and going… it was awful 😂😂
Carry on❤ My favorite part of this video was the cute white face of the snoopy cow❤
That’s one of my favourite cows! I’m really hoping the owner doesn’t move them because I love seeing them outside the house! ❤️
When loading the skip break the rubbish up as small as possible, that way you can get more in. I have filled more skips than had hot dinners 😂 It's so satisfying to fill up the skip and get the rubbish off the property.
So I have to say, my dad is an EXPERT on loading skips, and like you he really enjoys it and finds it so satisfying where I was like just throw it in! In Saturdays video you’ll see how we did and he packed that thing to not having an inch of room in the end!!
I would leave the metal "doors" as some protection during winter. And wear safety goggles strimming especially as there are broken glass pieces there.
That’s a good idea! Removing the doors were more just to help us unload the shed the way the crap inside is stacked it’ll be hard to move it as it is but it’s not something we’ll get to any time some I don’t think
I was thinking the same as you.,about protecting animals, like a couple of donkeys.Anyway what you said is a good option.James
@@James-rn6lo hi James! I’m glad we’re on the same wavelength with it! Lots to think about anyway and plenty of time to decide!
Well the gate works, that's something. What sort of people would dump all that crap on the land, especially glass which is so hazardous to wildlife. Disgusting.
Yeah it really sucks to have all of that dumped, but we’ll get it cleaned up and looking good in no time 🥲
I wish I were younger. I'd help you. I live in the USA.☹️☹️
I appreciate that you’d be willing to help if you could though :) it’s always the thoughts that count
Hi. Im from the south of ireland and like you i have an old thatched cottage 200+ years old. Only. My cottage is in a bad way. Im trying to do something to it soon hopefully.
I was told i ca. Get grants for mine too only i need to get on it. Have you had any issues with the grants and appying???
Hi! Oh that’s so exciting you’re in a similar journey! I can’t imagine doing a derelict house or something worse than mine! Best of luck to you with it!
You should definitely try get the vacancy/derelict grant if your house qualifies, and there’s also the SEAI grants that can be used in conjunction as well. I haven’t gone down the seai grant route, but have applied for the vacancy grant. No real issues with it as of yet, but I’m just finding the process very slow. I applied back in may and still waiting in an inspection, but the delays are more specific to my county council, so your council might move a bit faster! Best of luck with the project keep me in the loop with it I’d love to know how you get on! And if you e any questions let me know!
@morrigans_cottage I am indeed. I inherited a farm with a very old limestone cottage that had branches as roof rafters 😄. However when I applied for the planning permission. I was told It is a protected structure and a national monument.🙄🫣 I recently got informed that someone living by me took a photo of it and entered it into the east cork camera group. Didn't it come second in the competition 😆 I didn't even know.
Anyway thank you for telling me. Seeing you so driven to get yourself to where you want to be has given me the push I need to get me going. Thank you for that.
@@tarabis3921 that’s really hard when it’s a protected structure, it does tie your hands on what you can do. There are other grants you can apply to as well, I’m not sure what they’re called but they’re the heritage grants for protected structures or protected famr houses etc. I know you can get a lot more money as you are tied to doing things a certain way!
@@tarabis3921 if you have an Instagram or anything I’d love to follow your journey along! Also if you haven’t already there’s a lot of Facebook groups dedicated to helping people fix up these old houses, if you search vacant/derelict houses on there all the groups should come up if you haven’t already :)
Having only found your channel yesterday, I haven't seen everything yet, but I was wondering if you've heard of the "no lawns" trend? I've seen it on a reddit sub and they barely if at all, have any mowing to do AND they are super beautiful :) :) I've seen in the early vids that you love the flowers and such so I thought I'd throw it out there. Lots of them are clover cover which seems appropriate for your location :) It's very soft, doesn't require mowing, helps the bees and makes pretty little flowers. win win...win
Hi and welcome to the channel!! I have seen a few videos on clover lawns and it definitely interests me! At the moment the garden and rest of the land is very boggy so it all needs to be dug a bit and drains put in, but once that’s all done I’ll definitely be looking into it because it actually looks so nice! Thank you for the suggestion!