We move into our new temporary home on wheels! Episode 5
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2023
- After 10 months of travelling Europe in a motorhome with our kids, we have decided to buy a base in Ireland. We fell in love with this ruined farm, and the plan is to renovate it & create our Irish off grid Homestead.
Please follow along on our journey.
Becky, Sam, Isabella & Euan
“May joy and peace surround you, contentment latch your door, and happiness be with you now and bless you evermore!” “May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields.
I love this! Thank you for such beautiful words. ❤️
What you found looks like an old horse cart harness. The reins would go through the rings maybe. the old guy next door would know. what a lovely man.
Ahh yes Gabriel is a gent. It is a harness. Seems obvious now I look back 🤦🏼♀️ Thanks for commenting. 😉
This place was just waiting for this family to show up. A marriage made in heaven!
Thank you! I just hope we can do it justice!
Finding ‘the man’ for the job, that is what the Irish pub was invented for! Yes drink is taken but the business networking that happens is fantastic.
Sam doesn't drink. 8 years sober! Networking has to find a different path for us and fortunately, it has as Sam has done some work locally as a joiner, so he met other trades! 😁👍
@theirishhomestead does he play golf? That is another good place.
I fecked my back up completely, so couldn't swing a club, so I had to use the pub.
We came to Ireland for 3 months in September 1999, still here!
My ancestors came to the US from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. I would love to visit their homeland before I’m gone. Your place is beautiful.
Yes, so many Irish left for the US I hear. You should make the trip over it really is a beautiful place. Everyone needs to kiss the Bllarney Stone at least once in their lives! 😉❤️
Cement degrades the stone over time and forms damp in pockets. Use block and cement or stone and lime. What a beautiful view.
Sam plans on doing a lime rendering course as lime will be the route we take. Thank you for the advice.
The leather object is a castle from a set of working horse harness. The reins go through the metal rings and along the back of the horse.
Thanks, I did think it may be related to a harness. I love it. ❤️
Just discovered the channel and subscribed. I'm going to binge watch the latter half and will be looking forward to the rest.
Enjoy! It's been a process just to get to this point, that's for sure.
New sub here. Very exciting to watch you film the beginning of your new life. Right now subbed at 9.14K subscribers and binge watching your previous vids. By next year subs will have tripled! I am of Irish heritage living in Michigan, US and love your appreciation of the people and natural landscape. So much work ahead but how amazing to see what you have already done! Becky and Sam, Your family is definitely not afraid of hard work!
Awesome comment! Thank you! Love that you are enjoying watching, makes all the work creating these videos worthwhile. ☺️
Your property looks better every week you share with us. Keep up the good work.
We love it so much here, hope we can do it justice. Thanks 😊
Just started watching the channel. I love seeing this work being done. Bringing that farm back to life will be epic. Enjoyable for all of you. Wish youz the best.
Aww thanks & thanks so much for following & supporting us. 😊
Good morning. What a lovely introduction Bec’s with the sun ☀️ rising behind you 😍 Your voice is so lovely and calming as you tell your journey 👍🏻 Sam is a real character and as you’re from Stockport which is near where I lived Urmston Manchester I love your manc accents lol 😂 Still catching up but love in it 😘 xx
Selling up, relocating, travelling for near a year and then buying and relocating to another country - some of life's biggest and major events. And you're all still alive and together - no mean feat, so Congratulations to you as a family ...
Thanks so much. We have done a lot this last year. Safe to say, it's been the best year of my life so far. We are like a different family now to where we were in 2022. I'd say it's been the making of us.
You ha e do e soon much it looks,s amazing already lol e watching g ea h week so proud of you all loo,ing forward to seeing g you all soon lots of love e and hugs xxxx
I've only just seen your chanll and I'm looking forward to see how you get on with the rest of your planning. I live in the North of Ireland and travel to the south very often. Ireland is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. I wish you and your family the very best of luck for the future buddy. and welcome to Ireland.
Awesome! Thank you! We agree Ireland is beautiful and we love how welcomed we have been here. 👍
Definitely a gorgeous sunrise. How blessed you are with such beauty to behold. ❤
Couldn't agree more! I love it here. Thank you. 💚☘️
You're doing great guy's! What beautiful sunrises... What views! What an opportunity! Well done 😊👏 x
Thanks so much! 😊
My oh my, the gravel makes such a difference! Having your mobile home will make all the difference. Keep all the wood for the future wood burners, as it is amazing how much you need as winters are very harsh. Well done , I so enjoy seeing your progress. Great to have the clothes dryer and the trampoline !
Hi, thanks so much for the supportive message. Everyone has been so lovely cheering us on! 💖
what a lovely family. welcome to Ireland.
Thank you. We are in Co Leitrim.
Home is what you make it you doing a great job
Thanks Neil. It's a great start for us but a long road ahead.
Ooh I think the old barn tool was actually part of an old rabbit trap!! Thank goodness they're no longer legal in Australia but they were certainly used a long time ago. 😮
Eek really! 🫣
What a lovely piece of land, and wonderful stone buildings to make your own. Safe journey back to the UK to close that chapter down.
Looking forward to what lies ahead. 😊🇨🇦
Thank you so much. We are doing our best to end the motorhome chapter, but probably the wrong time of year for buyers! Coming back regardless this week, though, as lots we can do while waiting to sell.
Happy your family had found land in a lovely part of Ireland! Cead Mile Failte!!!
go raibh maith agat. Lovely Leitrim lives up to its name for sure.
Looks like neck saddle where the reins would’ve been fed through.
Loving your journey. We did the same 7 years ago. Bought a derelict ruined barn in north west Scotland. I felt your pain Becca when the digger dragged the soil away. Ours had to be done too as it was also a bull field. We found lots of crockery, metal bits and horseshoes. Kept everything we found. Regret not trawling through everything though but we didn’t have the time sadly.
We’re organised now and mainly been growing a garden from scratch.
We also got our digger guy to scrape out our duck pond at the same time too. It’s been like watching ourselves all over again. No regrets. ♥️
Hi I absolutely love this! Glad to hear no regrets! I'd love to see your before & afters especially of the duck pond & what you house the ducks in. We are on Facebook if you get chance to send some over that would be fab. Thanks again for the positive comments xx
Ok dokes. I’ll send over pics. I have the before and afters but hubby has the buildy photos on his phone which I’ll get him to send me. I’ll send what I have just now 💚
@Green.witch. thank you, I'm excited to see them.
yes i agree for a pony and trap
Just found your channel and loving it. I live in the mountains of western North Carolina in a cabin. I've been working on being as self sustaining as possible for my arthritic 63 years. I heard on the news here that Honda is pulling out of the market here in the US. Honda makes awesome generators like the one you have. Great video!
Hi! Wow, I feel honoured you like our channel. We have the passion & and ability, but it seems like the governments don't like us doing things our own way, so anyone doing it regardless is amazing & inspirational. Especially with arthritis. That's sad news regarding Honda. We will cherish ours that bit more now!
Kids Nearly Same Age I’d Say As Ours ,
Ours Are 15 & 13 ,
As I said Earlier me an My Wife And Kids are From Meath, I’m a Truck and Deisel Mechanic, and Know Many Down There Where You Are , we Have a lot of Bits And Bobs Old And New in our Yard We Will Watch Closely Your channel in Case We have Something that Will Help You all I’m a bit of Storer , Of Old Stuff And new , if We Can Help you’s We Will Send it Over To Yous ,
God Bless , From The Farrell Family In Co. Meath.
Thank you guys that's so lovely of you. Yes, ours are 12 & nearly 11. All help is greatly appreciated. Sometimes, it all feels a bit overwhelming. 🫣
Wow, well done all of you! 🙂👏
Thank you 😊
Beautiful sunrise and sunsets. Your place is looking much better. Have a lovely day.
Thank you so much 😊
Amazing progress just goes to show what you can do with ur skills and nerves of steel to tk the risk and just go for it inspiring well done fambo Xx
Thanks She, will be seeing you soon. Xx
leather with the rings is part of a harness set for a draft horse carriage, love the history you're finding
Thanks, Selina. Found a few other bits, too, since so may do a little clip of all our findings so far. Love the fact the place is so old and we are getting a glimpse of how people lived here.
New viewer. So excited to watch your adventures. My ancestors are from Ireland and we’ve only visited one time but I fell in love right away. So this feels quite nostalgic for me. Gabriel reminded me of my grampa 🥰. Mom’s maiden name was Ireland! Anyway good luck ☘️
Aww, I'm glad you're enjoying the nostalgia. It's a beautiful place to be sure. See, I'm even starting to sound Irish! 🤣 Hope you can return one day. 🤞☘️🇮🇪
the item at 21 is a carriage driving harness for horses the round rings are for the long reins to be put through its definitely more fancy carriage than solid workhorse stuff
Aren't the little shamrocks on it lovely. Do you think it's restorable?
Getting there guys. And going by your clothes buddy you're gonna love the Irish road racing when it comes that time again!
Yiu would be correct, Sam is really excited for that! 🤣
Enjoying it all so much!
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks. 😊
Good video, great work, noted your ash trees aren't looking to healthy maybe have a local treecare professional have a look, ash dieback has unfortunately taken control and is obliterating the ash population.
Hi thanks, yes sadly pretty much all our trees are dead or dying. 😔
Greetings from Glenfarne in Leitrim. Welcome and very best of luck with the Reno! Interested to see how you get on, hope all goes well ☘🌲🍂
Hi! Thanks so much. We love Leitrim and can't wait to explore it further once we have our car! Trying to get around in a 7.5m long motorhome is not easy! 🤣
The land is looking so much better already 😊
Thank you, we have worked so hard on it. Hoping it pays off.
A friend’s parents have ducks, and they do have an island in their duck pond, because of the foxes. The only problem is that they have to get the eggs by boat. Well, I say problem - fun. Right?
Ha that would be my kids' dream collecting eggs by boat....and quite possibly Sams too! 🤣!
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much!
Great job! Loads of progress!👌🇨🇦
Thanks, we are trying but think there will be a bit of a lull now whilst we try to sell the motorhome.
Great video, your getting a lot of the ground work done. Good luck with the static. Hope you have a good trip back to the UK and get a good price for the van. Thanks for bringing us on your journey and I look forward to following your progress.
Thank you so much. Fingers crossed! 🤞🍀🍀
Beautiful sunrises. Great job. Emproving ea video. Lovely children. Love duck pond.
Thank you so much for your kind comments. 😊
Wow that’s some work you’ve put in. The physical work outs look intense. I love your sunrise footage, I hope your new home will make the most of your beautiful views. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Karen, the sunrises & sunsets here are phenomenal. Very cold in the static last night, though. 🥶
Fantastic. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
The leather item is for putting reins through to control the horse.... For ploughing etc..... I think! 🤔🙂
I think you're right. A few people have said this. 👍
Good luck in all your endeavours. X
Thank you so much. 💓
Absolutely amazing ❤
Thank you. ☺️
Just found your channel and I love it. I am here on an acre in the USA
Aww, thanks. I love to hear from people watching us in other countries! What do you do with your land?
Wow you have worked hard last week, especially in that heat. Place is looking amazing. What a difference already
Thanks, it's definitely been a hot one, but so grateful it wasn't raining as it made things easier being dry.
I have seen people who renovate old buildings use pieces of wood they find and attach small pieces of paper, books, tools and things like that to the wood. Put it on the wall as art. 😊
Ahh yes we plannon having a cabinet/wall of curiosities! We have kept everything we found. I love the history of the place.
Amazing progress!
Thanks so much. It's definitely a labour of love.
Good luck !!!
Thanks!!
Greetings from Canada. 🎉
Thanks for watching! Feel honored so many watch us from Canada 🇨🇦
Just found your channel and watching all your videos, I was born in Scotland (ST Andrews) but have been here in Calgary Canada since 1966 All the best keep the videos coming
Thank you so much for all your kind comments & support. It means a lot. 💗
Entertainment for the kids, power, a duck pond, trailer to live in. You’ve been busy. Great job on the stairs.
Thank you, so excited for some rain to fill it now! 😁
greetings from Tipperary its all looking good guys well done
Hi guys, lovely to hear from you, especially as it's a long, long way to Tipperary! 😉 Sorry couldn't resist!
@@theirishhomestead lol no one has ever said that to me before lol NOT !!!!
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Keep doing what you love
Thanks we will do. 😀
Love your enthusiasm for this new venture! The work involved is good for the soul. I’ll be watching your progress mainly because I’ve toyed with the same dream. A ruin in Ireland with a bit of land and self sufficiency. 👍🏼❤️😁🇨🇦
Thank you. We love the place. I agree that when hard work is working on something you love, it's definitely good for the soul.
grand old house beautiful spot
It really is a gorgeous place to be! Thank you 😊
Pond will be lovely
I hope so. Looking forward to getting some ducks to enjoy it also. 😀
Good luck guys........
Thank you 😊
Love the Dunlop tee-shirt 😊
👍 Sam loves his road racing, especially the Dunlops
You could also have a water wheel generator with the outlet from the pond
That's a sterling idea! We will look into it! Thank you! 😊
Just found your videos am watching from usa..love them and good luck to you..
Thanks and welcome to our channel. Love that you're watching from the 🇺🇸 X
Hi guys , we found your videos looking for a little insight to what could be!!
After finding your channel you have confirmed we are making the right move as our situation is next to identical to yours , Preston to Ireland escaping the madness of city life !!
Soon as the house sells I’ll be in Ireland with my joinery tools and camper .
Best off luck , keep the videos coming ☘️
Brilliant! Get yourselves out here! You won't regret it! Thanks for the support.
We have the plot good to go , soon as we sell this place , we are on the boat!!
@@robertwilson6547 brilliant👏 hope you sell soon.
Wow you have done a lot in 2 weeks. Looking forward to your next Video.
Thanks so much! 😊
Congratulations Nova Scotia, Canada
Thank you 😊
I knew the accent was familiar I’m from Tameside! Good luck with your adventures I can’t wait to see where it takes you
Thank you so much for the support. ❤️
Welcome to Ireland, from a Welshman in Roscommon
Thank you so much. 👍
Keep going .. your getting there.!! To that dream..
So proud of you all. .
Love to you all.
Dont forget i am here if you need a hand. Working hol maybe... Lol.
We will definitely need help soon enough. Sam will definitely be in touch.
A second power adapter sold by Bluetti will quicken your charge dramatically. There are videos on here how to do it. I’m sure you probably know and looks like you have plenty of openings but watch out for carbon monoxide if you are running the generator under a roof. Good luck.
We now have 2 adapters. Thanks for suggesting it, but we quickly realised how much faster we can charge the power banks with 2. Much better. 👍
I believe that book was the book of common prayer, the 1st prayer book written by Thomas Cranmer, my grandad had a copy of this book and I remember the middle paragraph
I love finding the belongings of the family who lived here! History is fascinating to me and a great education for the kids and us of course!
I would keep all the treasures you find like the scythe and display it somewhere. It may be worth a couple of $$. Other things as well. :) They are the history of the farm. Not many people have that left. Hubby would know for sure what the shamrock piece is but I'm guessing a leather Yoke.
Hi, yes, it's a harness. Lots of people have let us know. I love how they are a part of the house's history, and we are going to have a display cabinet for all the things we find. They are all priceless to me. Will be great for out future guests to see & learn about the history of the place. ♥️
@@theirishhomestead ♥
hi just found you on youtube brill video have just subscribed looking forward too the next vid oh by the way i am from bolton not to far from where you used to live in stockport lol
Hi, thanks for subscribing. I'm too hungover to do a video today! 🤣Went out for a friend's birthday last night, first night out for a year! Will get it out tomorrow, hopefully! Stockport has seen me off! 🤣
If you are going to get a lawn mower get a Honda like a generator they start first go and go forever 🌺
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very nice! but please ;) show more how the work is doing, not just the end result. It is allways so much more fun to see people working than just talking about it :D
I know we are bad at this! Sam gets cracking with things, and we think afterwards, damn we should have filmed that! I promise we will try to do more 'action' footage!
ABSOLUTELY 💯 BRILLIANT 💯 AND BEAUTIFUL 💯 I ADMIRE YOU SO MUCH THE STRENGTH 💪 AND THE HEART YOU ALL DESERVE ❤, I SEE IT 👀 IN YOU ⛪️ THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY 💯 BRILLIANT 💯 👏 😢😢 😮.
Wow, thank you ☺️ so kind of you .
Loving this Irish adventure. I live in the uk and would love to move over to Ireland and get a house with land. Would you be able to do a video on the legal stuff moving to Ireland? Can any British resident move there or do you need a family in Ireland? Also a bit about buying the property and land and your experience with it would be great. Wish you all the best, Neil
Hi Neil. The UK ,& Ireland have a special agreement so you can buy property here just as an Irish person can buy in the UK. To obtain residency here it takes 5 years unless you have family. Sam has Irish citizenship so it's only 3 years then for me as his wife. Buying land/property is straightforward, just put down an offer & see. Nothing here is set in stone though until contracts are exchanged. Gazumping happens often. Then just instruct a solicitor. Hope this helps but I'm no expert. Becky.
No problem with people from the UK GOING TO IRELAND it works both ways
Hi Neil. You should check out Cheap Irish homes on UA-cam, and yes British people can move to Ireland, without any problems.
1st October am binge watching, built our vegetable garden on hardfill, after 30 years, the vegetables have always been good, only built it 6 inches high.
Hi! Thanks for binge watching us! 😉 What is Hardfill? The land here is very waterlogged and clay! I'm thinking I'll have to do raised beds! 🤔
Hard fill is stones and rocks but not crushed as fine as yours, house and garden are on the side of a rise, only place for the vegetables was beside a old loading bank that had hard fill applied around it, but big stones had been used, similar to what you have been digging out of the barn.
When we did one renovation removed the old wash house it had 3 different layers of cement under it. They must of just kept on adding cement to build the floor level up every 20 to 30 years here in New Zealand.
Hi lovely guys. Keep going. It’s gonna look amazing!! Any news on the grant yet?
Thanks. We are sending the application in shortly. Keeping our fingers crossed but heard its taking months to get a decision at the moment.
Only just found your channel subscribed and receive all notifications looking forward to each new video just watching what have we done to the land 👍🏻 how big is the actual land if thats ok to ask ? Just over a acre went back on you videos 👍🏻
Hi & thanks for your support it means a lot to us. Yes, it's just over an acre we have.
Through the magick (sic) of UA-cam your video popped up today. I watch several US based homesteading channels (ok, I'm a Yank living in Germany; they give a vicarious taste of home.) I'm interested in seeing how you make a homestead out of your land. So far I see many common elements. Many US homesteaders start out in camper vans, then mobile homes which I think you call a Static. Then either renovate an existing structure or build. I recognize your ambition and will be keen to follow.....and I did it. I subscribed.
Thank you for your support! We are going to give it our best and hopefully we can make it a success. The static isn't fun right now! Serious changes need to be made before winter arrives!
Winter. Can't forget that. All the best.@@theirishhomestead
It's a part of the harness for pulling a cart for the horse
It's an amazing step for you and whole family, and sometimes it will be hard, but I believe you'll rock it! Thank you for the wonderful pictures of the rising sun, to let us see the progress of creating your homestead! All the best for you and everytime a reason to smile! ☘🍀☘
And that Leather-Piece, which you found, seems like a piece of a belt for cows. But may be I'm wrong. Nevertheless don't throw it away. 😊
Greetings from the North Sea coast of Germany!🏖(We got 30°C. the last days)
Thank you so much for your lovely comments. I keep all the things we find and will use them somewhere in the house. I think it was some sort or animal harness for pulling a cart maybe but not sure yet. Thanks again for your support.
It is the part which sits on behind the withers n the reins go through the girt is missing
Thank you! Love finding out what these things were used for. Just wish we had photos of them in use!
I’ll find some photos
I can’t post photo but if you Google donkey pulling turf cart , you’ll find some
I grew up in a house like this with a stanley range and open fire providing heat for the house. Theres a reason that house now has central heating. Ill never forget waking up in winter freezing cold. Please get an oil burner if only just for the morning or as a back up.
Yes we are considering oil as a back up. Still researching our options as it was important to be off grid but also important not to be cold! 😁
That's a mighty home😊 great set up will you be insulating the pipes
Kids look to be having a awesome time
All the best from Tyrone up North
Thanks, the kids love it here! insulation is going to be a priority, but our neighbours insulated theirs, and it still froze in Jan! 🥶
@@theirishhomestead up grade on the insulation
Have you thought about oil central heating it would make life in winter a lot more comfortable
Yes we are looking into it. Thanks
Ohhhh! A static is what we call a mobile home!
I don't know much about Ireland, but can you put in winter veg in some planter boxes? It would give you a head start while you're waiting for your landscape to grow back. Winter squash, leeks, onions, and broccoli would be useful if you're into sustainability.
You have slews of huge rock. Why not make your steps out of rock with some packed gravel around it? Just a thought.
Yes we keep toying with making some no dig beds for winter. Bec is going to do that once we have some good weather. 👍
Fantastic progress that you have made with some hard work. Did you use some stabilising fabric under the 200 tonne of hardcore that you put down? Looking. forward to see your future and how you go forward with anticipation. Good Luck and best wishes Drew & Linda 🏴
Hi guys, we didn't as it's just a hardstanding using cheap browning for trucks, deliveries etc. When we figure out what we are going to do with landscaping, we will put that down before the decorative gravel.
I was raised in a Irish cottage and I can tell you if you lime it while it's nice on a cottage you will be liming it every single year as it turns green and slimy u got the chance now ruff plaster it and paint it same effect with out the bother
Thanks for you advice, what do you recommend to ruff plaster it with on the outside
As Sam said we feel like everyone has a different opinion on what is best to do with the outside walls, and the inside walls & the floor 😆 We would love to get some advice from people who really understand these old stone cottages in such a wet climate. Any advice is much appreciated.
Timber Around the sides of your mobile home , as soon as you can it will stop the wind blowing under it, pallet Planks or old Floor Boards bit of varnish youl feel the Difference
Thank you. Sam is on it! Hoping to show you all on the next video. 👍
Love hearing the cows😊....are your neighbours ok with the noise of your lovely children playing?
Hi, yes all good. The neighbours are amazing & so lovely. We are lucky tbh. 👍
Good luck with your property, big issues with planning in lreland at the moment, and very difficult to get contractors to do the work unless you have a million quid to spend on it.
Wowsers! Really!? Thank goodness Sam is pretty handy! We had heard trades are difficult to find & not cheap!
Beautiful peaceful and pollution free sunrise beats the rat race by a country mile what a perfect way to raise your family far from the madding crowd
I love that we are definitely far from the madding crowd! Thank-you.
I just found your channel. What a wonderful adventure your family has begun on your 200 year old farm. I can't wait to see more. 😊
Thanks so much! We appreciate your support. It is lovely that people are genuinely interested & excited about it as much as we are. ❤️
Hi there, only just found your channel, but loving the videos and I've subscribed. Would you mind sharing which agency you found the Irish homestead through please? Thanks and all the best!
Hi, thanks for supporting us. Most properties are advertised on www.daft.ie which is how we found our place. Hope this helps.
You are a modern pioneer Sam. I think the old skills are the best. Start with the basics and learn your trade, eh?
He is definitely on the right path. I've never seen him happier & more excited about anything. 😀
horse harness
The pitts!!
Thank you.
How did you manage to find the land ?
Looking myself but nothing yet
Great vids wish you all the best
Daft.ie It was an interesting search buy great fun. Lots of fabulous places who need new owners with plenty of vision, resources & the ability to laugh in the face of boggy ground! 🤣
Turn that horse shoe in the sitting room upwards or you'll let all the luck run out... 😀.
Omg, isn't it the right way round? I hadn't seen that! I will fix that at once! 😫
interested in buying a motor home, to do the same sort of thing, in The Outer Hebrides, either live in that, or a static caravan....
If your alone the motorhome would be great. Having kids meant the space in the static is an added bonus.