Depending on if they do want a wine cellar they could use the 2nd room for wine storage and put a door through to it to keep it cooler then open up the bricks and put a window in the larger room and maybe use it for wine tasting .
The smaller room downstairs should be the wine cellar. The bigger one with the window should be your sitting room where you can have guests and enjoy the wine. Best of luck, you’re doing a great job.
I was thinking along the same lines. If you want a "secret room," make it the smaller side with the power panel. Could be wine storage/ safe/valuables. Larger side could be lounge/bar/sitting room or even personal home theater. I love the idea of a secret room though. Shouldn't all homes have one or did I watch to many mystery movies and Scooby-Doo doo episodes as a child? 😂
The gardens are a treasure! So many mature plants that have gotten out of control. Before you start hacking and clearing, please get a gardener in to identify and recommend how best to prune back each area. Like houses, old gardens can also have good ‘bones’. Just discovered your channel and look forward to all your projects and progress.
Before you cut back on the garden, consider the fact that the bushes stops the noise from the main road travelling to the rest of the garden. Plus it stops passers by to see you there.
True, but they might want it a bit more curated? A bunch of brambles isn't exactly nice, and will continue to take over the rest of the garden if left on it's own
Iv been in similar Victorian houses, and their cellars were the same footprint as the ground floor. I believe you have alot more room down there. There was one house that had a tunnel running to the church, across the road. A small pilot hole and an endoscope will do the trick finding the extra rooms. Keep up the good work.
Be practical. In the end, with things getting strange out there it is better to be prepared for what may be coming. What you have in your basement is a readymade cold storage for canned/preserved foods. Sure, go ahead and make the smaller of the two rooms your wine cellar if you want, but keep the larger of the two rooms as cold storage. Let's face it, it is cold down there and it would defeat the purpose of that readymade cold area if you heated the space up just to make it comfortable just so guests could have a place to sit and sip wine. That's crazy. It's much more practical if you would take the wine upstairs and enjoy it with your guests in your living room. Let's face it, if push comes to shove you could very well need a place to store up food if things get any crazier out there. It's been great watching you two. Keep up the good work. You have great work ethics, and your ideas have all been spot on for the most part. It's wonderful watching your enthusiasm. I'm a 77 yr. old great Granma, and you both remind me of when I was younger flipping houses. I'm still doing tile work, and an occasional wall papering job or paining. I still like to keep my hand in it. Looking forward to watching the rest and catching up on you two. Be blessed.
out takes are some of my favorite parts of youtube! Love the house, and the whole property. As an American all I can think of is the secret garden when I see the overgrown garden. Magical to me
Glad you’ve gotten a metal detector! It’s so important, as you discovered with the surprise gas main. If you are planning to grow your food, that wine cellar area will be needed as food storage! I would suggest a comfy sleep-able piece of furniture in the larger cellar. On those extra hot days/nights, trust me, it’s heavenly. So I agree about the fruit cellar flooring, except I’d not sand the brick side. Is there another area you could tie in the cobblestones? Maybe the patio or smaller path? I’m loving your journey. Did you get a grant to accomplish this project?
What a lovey garden!! I would bet there will be many beautiful surprises in the spring when many plants begin to bloom. Give it a season before you cut it back. You may find some special plants waiting for you.
I'm a fairly new subscriber of a few weeks and finally getting round to watching my missed episodes from the start. I love watching the two of you together, working so hard and getting so much done, but having a wonderful time sharing the experience. Lovely! I also wanted to say that your tours are outstanding! You're very clear and move at a perfect pace - no rushing through and no dawdling so we forget where we just came from in relation to where we're going. I love that you continuously keep us oriented as to where other things are that we're sort of grounded to, like the kitchen, the front door, etc. And Louis has such excellent camera work. Always steady and keeping pace, but a good distance so we can see and hear you, but also get a look at the spaces. He's quite nimble on his feet - there are often trip hazards in his path and I hold my breath, praying he doesn't take a tumble! Those plant pots on the narrow path around the side of the house made it an obstacle course! Well done! Onto the next in my quest to catch up to where I started! ❤
As much as I understand why, I would perhaps reconsider making an around-the-corner-patio. Heavy rain is an ongoing challenge and there needs to be some soft of greenery (like grass or shrubs) to soak up the water and keep it away from the house's foundations. And please don't clear out the garden all at once. Live with it a little to see what's in it and if it's to your liking. So jealous of your house project 😍
Ich liebe alte Häuser. Sie haben durch die Geschichte und all die Besonderheiten von kleinen und großen Dingen einen Charme den Häuser unserer Zeit niemals erreichen können. Die Bauhausperiode macht einfach alles platt 😢. Ich wünsche euch weiterhin gutes Gelingen, tolle Ideen und ein glückliches Leben in dieser herrlichen Villa. Grüße aus dem sonnigen Odenwald in Germany 😂 🇩🇪
The metal 'X' on the 1st floor wall between the two windows at 9:20 is a wall anchor plate / wall tie. These are used for 'structural reinforcement against lateral bowing', i.e. when two walls on opposite sides of a building are bowing out away from each other. It might be worth considering a solution like this for the similar structural issue on the main house - it's quite a common solution for older properties.
I love the cobbled floor! I would clean them up. Sad you cannot seal them with a clear resin as cellars are renowned for being damp from the floors upwards. We have a cellar that when these houses were built the builders cemented the floors. House was built on marshy land that was originally all farmland. Lady Henderson gifted the land to the Royal Marines for their families. Build in 1919. We had to literally renew all the wooden beams and floorboards as they were riddled with woodworm. Labour of love I’ve many years. New roof that was the most costly are it is a huge roof with many peaks and chimneys. But here I still live almost fifty years on. Still have children and some of my adult children. With eight children coming over time it had to grow, extend. It will stay within the family long after we have gone. 💖
The stones need to be able to breathe. Back in the day, they would throw water on the floor to evaporate up, keeping food stored in the basement cooler, in particular meats and dairy.
I would not cut back or remove anything from the garden yet (you have enough to do elsewhere any way) but it's best to see what comes up in the garden throughout the year (take notes because you wont remember everything and the exact location) Then work around the plants, trees and bushes that you want to keep
When you get around to dealing with the garden, get yourselves an Oregon three tooth mulching blade to use instead of an ordinary brush cutting blade. It will demolish brambles and scrub faster than you would believe and leave only a fine mulch behind. Leaf-blow that onto garden beds and under the shrubs, and all the nutrients return to the soil to feed the plants you want to keep. The loft above the stables would originally have been where the groom(s) and possibly a coachman would have lived.
I love your beautiful house project ,soon to be your home. I can't wait to see more, if I've missed one or more videos ,I then binge watch them. Keep doing what your doing, youes are a inspiration. 😊😊😘😘
I'm hooked!! Thank you for sharing the journey to bringing this gem back to life! Please keep the videos coming - thoroughly enjoy seeing the progress .....
a suggestion for areas that you want cut back outside. I would first agree that getting a consultant out to check out your trees/bushes etc would be great, see what is really really worth keeping. Goats, I live near Portland, Oregon USA we do things "differently" here...goats (need at least 2 since they are pack animals) will eat anything and everything they can. You stake them out on a long cord for most of the day and they will eat the grass down to the ground and all the bushes back...they even eat blackberries (aka brambles). Put them up for the night (in an outbuilding) next morning stake them out in a new area...keep moving the areas around plus they leave manure behind! People here actually rent out their goats to people for just this purpose (@ $50 per day per goat you may want to buy some and then sell them (or rent them) when you're done) I also wonder if your greenhouse was really an animal coop. I saw the front door was wood framed with chicken wire, usually greenhouses have solid doors and one that age would have been glass and updated to some kind of plastic in the mid 1900's...I'm thinking chicken coop but they could have used it for growing/starting plants too. I love love love the grapes, they are very easy to transplant and take little to no care. such a grea idea putting in a multiuse space/kitchen in the garage...you want people to want to work at your home, given the choice between your place and another (for a job) they will chose YOU since you are thinking of the workers in the little ways. great ideas!
Great to see some other parts of the house and the garden. It's great watching what you're up to and I'll look forward to seeing a regular update each week.
Great videos! I am very jealous as ive always wanted a big project like yours. Its worth keeping in mind that the cellar will always be damp. Therell be soil directly under the floor and no damp proofing on the walls. I would advise against putting wood or fabric down there as itll be mouldy really quickly. Alsi, try and remove as much of the existing paint as possible and use a water based paint. If you dont, the paint will turn yellow. I had all the same issues in my 1800s cellar
May I suggest on the area towards the house, that you do tiered planting beds - 2 tiers with a stone wall along the length of the long area. Gosh, I so want to send you photos of various layouts that my hubs built for his customers in the Oakland Hills.
Schoolhouse Homestead channel is a couple turning an old school turned barn into a home. They have a cellar area that they will turn into a little speakeasy area. They’ve also saved some items to make a little museum of the old school.
Perhaps you might want to do a joined video with one of the guys who do free lawn mowing with a YT channel ? Win win joined adventure. Just an idea. Love this channel, thank you😊
I do a walk way around the whole house for bad weather easy walking around the house. Plus you can use it for vegetables plants box buckets of potatoes plants carrot lettuce herbs strawberries
I'd use the larger cellar room as a 20s speakeasy style bar/lounge, and the cobbled smaller room as the wine cellar. Maybe you could put in another Stained glass window into the 'speakeasy area' to continue the theme from the ground floor? Speakeasy were hidden away, so a hidden door to that room would be a great shout. Xx
You should try to save the vine, it is obviously suited to your climate. I think you may have a terrace under all the growth on the left hand side of the house, where the steps go down to the garden.
It is better not to put the glass in, if you want a wine cellar, as it will damage the wine, but I think somebody else has already written about this. I would recommend to live in an already mostly renovated house for several years before deciding what to do with the cellars. In a couple of years you may want to start gardening or just get into making preserves and the room would be just ideal for keeping all the preserves or extra fruit. Some of the preserves require a cellar (as the water for some pickles, for example, should always stay cold, it helps them with staying crunce and delicious). It can also be just a room to hide in, if the heat wave hits.
I couldn’t make out what was freeze-framed in the greenery by the greenhouse. Can anyone tell me? Also, I appreciate the genuine feel of these videos. Milly isn’t putting on an over-rehearsed, false upbeat on-camera persona. I even enjoyed that very brief moment where she pointed out to Louis where he should stand.
I’m so inspired by you both. Absolutely wonderful to be on this journey with you. Your adventure is the complete opposite to mine.. I built a modern eco friendly house in the Australian bush so to watch you restore this beautiful old gem on the other side of the world with all of its unique challenges is fascinating. ❤
I’m going out on a limb here, about the cellar….. Give it a ‘dungeon’ theme and a ‘dungeon’ door! If you ever have children, they would LOVE that as a play den. As kids, we adored our ‘dungeon’. I love your new home. It’s bringing back memories from my childhood!
If you decide against a wine cellar, you could make a super cool "mess" room for future kids (assuming, sorry) where messes are allowed like paint and clay and water tables and you don't have to worry about floors...
Please preserve some of the wilderness of the garden and don't make it all a lawn! It's beautiful! I get that it's not really accessible like that but I'm sure there's a compromise!
Gardens with bushes and plants everywhere are really pretty. You don't need lawn everywhere, there's not much use even for that much lawn. The bushes and such give you privacy, you're not looking into a wall as well as greenery when looking out of windows. I'd keep a row of bushes next to the patio too, otherwise there will be just a wall, which would be quite meh and a huge shame, since you have such pretty bushes.
I’m really enjoying your videos. What a lovely house it is and what it will become. Well done for keeping original features. Looking forward to the rest of the updates.
I know this is months old, but I'd love to see the only working toilet. Weird request, I know 😅 Your workshop stadder is about the same pitch as the basement stairs in my 1850 US Colonial 🤣
Greetings to you, a follower of your work and the restoration of your beautiful home from Egypt I admire your beautiful spirit and your insistence on restoring the beauty of the house again and enjoying living there happily Perhaps you should consider the possibility of converting the stables into a studio for rent, because I believe that taking care of the house and garden will not make you need to practice sports in the future.
That long strip of garden garden looks perfect for a couple of 75cm strips of market gardening style no-dig experimenting (paper pot chain planters etc. are expensive but probably easy to make)
So glad to hear you are going to take down that hideous extension to the garage. I HATE pebbledash! I'm so envious of all of the space you have, right there in the city! Question -- how can it be a conservatory if there aren't any windows?
Lots of potential with the garden. The greenhouse area of the garden looks like it is the least overlooked (and must get some sun, otherwise why would anyone put a greenhouse there.) So I would put a seating area and small patio down there and grass the rest of it, apart from a couple of meters around the house which I would also have as paving.
Are you in France? I don't know if you would be interested but I watch another one and it's called the Pethericks. Billy and his family bought a chateau and they redid that and live in it and he bought a convent a while ago and now they're redoing that. So if you have any questions you might look him up he's in France I don't know what part of France or anything. But they have broke through the floors that the last people had put in it and found nice old floors and scrub those up and it looks nice. I just thought you might be interested. He's a wonderful guy Billy is. Anyway I like watching you guys you're doing a good job. I would have never in a million years got on that scaffold though lol
@BelgraveVilla you certainly have your work cut out for you! Poor Lois! I never understood why they didn't arch entryways on stairs. That garden has so much potential! Will you be going off the pictures you have? I'm guessing some of those trees and bushes are potential as old as the house! Once you renovate the garden...you could propagate some of them and sell them as heirloom plants!
I don't know how how the house feels in Summer but I put my office in our cellar and it is honestly the best thing I ever did. It's always fabulously cool to work in!
If you plan on keeping the room as a cellar, wine or other wise, don’t put glass brick in. Light will heat the room and UV can damage wine.
Wait that’s such a good point 😂 I didn’t even think about that. Thank you!
@@BelgraveVilla however, if you’re looking for a great cooler office or studio space, then putting a window in wouldn’t be a bad idea!
Unlikely to be a real wine cellar?
Depending on if they do want a wine cellar they could use the 2nd room for wine storage and put a door through to it to keep it cooler then open up the bricks and put a window in the larger room and maybe use it for wine tasting .
What do you do for a living?
The smaller room downstairs should be the wine cellar. The bigger one with the window should be your sitting room where you can have guests and enjoy the wine. Best of luck, you’re doing a great job.
I agree. I don't know much about wine, but I believe light is the enemy of wine. Probably the reason for wine *cellars* and they never have windows...
I was thinking along the same lines. If you want a "secret room," make it the smaller side with the power panel. Could be wine storage/ safe/valuables. Larger side could be lounge/bar/sitting room or even personal home theater. I love the idea of a secret room though. Shouldn't all homes have one or did I watch to many mystery movies and Scooby-Doo doo episodes as a child? 😂
The gardens are a treasure! So many mature plants that have gotten out of control. Before you start hacking and clearing, please get a gardener in to identify and recommend how best to prune back each area. Like houses, old gardens can also have good ‘bones’. Just discovered your channel and look forward to all your projects and progress.
If I were 40 years younger I'd volunteer to come help with that garden while they're working on the house! They've got gem of a property!
@@marshawargo7238 I would also. Perhaps you could organize a group of volunteers. I live in the USA.
@@marshawargo7238 Same here!!That area right outside the green house would be a lovely little secluded patio space.
Before you cut back on the garden, consider the fact that the bushes stops the noise from the main road travelling to the rest of the garden. Plus it stops passers by to see you there.
True, but they might want it a bit more curated? A bunch of brambles isn't exactly nice, and will continue to take over the rest of the garden if left on it's own
Iv been in similar Victorian houses, and their cellars were the same footprint as the ground floor. I believe you have alot more room down there. There was one house that had a tunnel running to the church, across the road.
A small pilot hole and an endoscope will do the trick finding the extra rooms. Keep up the good work.
Be practical. In the end, with things getting strange out there it is better to be prepared for what may be coming. What you have in your basement is a readymade cold storage for canned/preserved foods. Sure, go ahead and make the smaller of the two rooms your wine cellar if you want, but keep the larger of the two rooms as cold storage. Let's face it, it is cold down there and it would defeat the purpose of that readymade cold area if you heated the space up just to make it comfortable just so guests could have a place to sit and sip wine. That's crazy. It's much more practical if you would take the wine upstairs and enjoy it with your guests in your living room. Let's face it, if push comes to shove you could very well need a place to store up food if things get any crazier out there. It's been great watching you two. Keep up the good work. You have great work ethics, and your ideas have all been spot on for the most part. It's wonderful watching your enthusiasm. I'm a 77 yr. old great Granma, and you both remind me of when I was younger flipping houses. I'm still doing tile work, and an occasional wall papering job or paining. I still like to keep my hand in it. Looking forward to watching the rest and catching up on you two. Be blessed.
I was thinking that the room with the stone counters and floors looks like a dairy space. That whole area is perfect for storing food.
The cellar was definitely a food store. How lovely to be able to store all your preserves, fruit and vegetable etc...
out takes are some of my favorite parts of youtube! Love the house, and the whole property. As an American all I can think of is the secret garden when I see the overgrown garden. Magical to me
The garden will be amazing, can't wait to see it done, you're stuck with me for a good couple of years!
Ahh we’re so glad to have you😄❤️
Can't wait to see the garden all cleared up-it will be beautiful!
Glad you’ve gotten a metal detector! It’s so important, as you discovered with the surprise gas main. If you are planning to grow your food, that wine cellar area will be needed as food storage! I would suggest a comfy sleep-able piece of furniture in the larger cellar. On those extra hot days/nights, trust me, it’s heavenly. So I agree about the fruit cellar flooring, except I’d not sand the brick side. Is there another area you could tie in the cobblestones? Maybe the patio or smaller path? I’m loving your journey. Did you get a grant to accomplish this project?
Such a beautiful place 🤩 a greenhouse ❤ a kitchen garden would be an awesome addition right outside the kitchen 🥰
What a lovey garden!! I would bet there will be many beautiful surprises in the spring when many plants begin to bloom. Give it a season before you cut it back. You may find some special plants waiting for you.
I'm a fairly new subscriber of a few weeks and finally getting round to watching my missed episodes from the start.
I love watching the two of you together, working so hard and getting so much done, but having a wonderful time sharing the experience. Lovely!
I also wanted to say that your tours are outstanding! You're very clear and move at a perfect pace - no rushing through and no dawdling so we forget where we just came from in relation to where we're going. I love that you continuously keep us oriented as to where other things are that we're sort of grounded to, like the kitchen, the front door, etc. And Louis has such excellent camera work. Always steady and keeping pace, but a good distance so we can see and hear you, but also get a look at the spaces. He's quite nimble on his feet - there are often trip hazards in his path and I hold my breath, praying he doesn't take a tumble! Those plant pots on the narrow path around the side of the house made it an obstacle course!
Well done! Onto the next in my quest to catch up to where I started! ❤
As much as I understand why, I would perhaps reconsider making an around-the-corner-patio. Heavy rain is an ongoing challenge and there needs to be some soft of greenery (like grass or shrubs) to soak up the water and keep it away from the house's foundations.
And please don't clear out the garden all at once. Live with it a little to see what's in it and if it's to your liking.
So jealous of your house project 😍
Ich liebe alte Häuser. Sie haben durch die Geschichte und all die Besonderheiten von kleinen und großen Dingen einen Charme den Häuser unserer Zeit niemals erreichen können. Die Bauhausperiode macht einfach alles platt 😢. Ich wünsche euch weiterhin gutes Gelingen, tolle Ideen und ein glückliches Leben in dieser herrlichen Villa. Grüße aus dem sonnigen Odenwald in Germany 😂 🇩🇪
An herb garden on the patio would be nice since it’s next to the kitchen
The metal 'X' on the 1st floor wall between the two windows at 9:20 is a wall anchor plate / wall tie. These are used for 'structural reinforcement against lateral bowing', i.e. when two walls on opposite sides of a building are bowing out away from each other. It might be worth considering a solution like this for the similar structural issue on the main house - it's quite a common solution for older properties.
Oh my--these videos are addictive. Beautiful work.
Cellar could be a personal gym/weights room? Storeroom? No rush...rooms will fill up, it's magic how it happens!😘
Omg the larger room in the cellar would be a great cinema 😮
Canadian stair builder here…those cellar stairs are a menace!
And don’t even get me started with garage stairs.
I love the cobbled floor! I would clean them up. Sad you cannot seal them with a clear resin as cellars are renowned for being damp from the floors upwards. We have a cellar that when these houses were built the builders cemented the floors. House was built on marshy land that was originally all farmland. Lady Henderson gifted the land to the Royal Marines for their families. Build in 1919. We had to literally renew all the wooden beams and floorboards as they were riddled with woodworm. Labour of love I’ve many years. New roof that was the most costly are it is a huge roof with many peaks and chimneys. But here I still live almost fifty years on. Still have children and some of my adult children. With eight children coming over time it had to grow, extend. It will stay within the family long after we have gone. 💖
The stones need to be able to breathe. Back in the day, they would throw water on the floor to evaporate up, keeping food stored in the basement cooler, in particular meats and dairy.
How wonderful!😊
I would not cut back or remove anything from the garden yet (you have enough to do elsewhere any way) but it's best to see what comes up in the garden throughout the year (take notes because you wont remember everything and the exact location) Then work around the plants, trees and bushes that you want to keep
I’m binge watching to catch up and this house just gets cooler and cooler!
😂bloopers yeah! please keep doing/showing that.
Will do! 😄😂
Call Ben from Flawless Cleanings - he's an expert in taking out overgrown gardens and returning them to what they used to be.
Natural light + wine = vinegar... That being said I LOVE this project. Subscribed and eagerly waiting new videos! ❤
You’re doing a great job in explaining. If people watch it from the first episode they can follow along easily!
I'm so glad I found this channel, loved catching up on the build.
When you get around to dealing with the garden, get yourselves an Oregon three tooth mulching blade to use instead of an ordinary brush cutting blade. It will demolish brambles and scrub faster than you would believe and leave only a fine mulch behind. Leaf-blow that onto garden beds and under the shrubs, and all the nutrients return to the soil to feed the plants you want to keep.
The loft above the stables would originally have been where the groom(s) and possibly a coachman would have lived.
I love your beautiful house project ,soon to be your home. I can't wait to see more, if I've missed one or more videos ,I then binge watch them. Keep doing what your doing, youes are a inspiration. 😊😊😘😘
I'm hooked!! Thank you for sharing the journey to bringing this gem back to life! Please keep the videos coming - thoroughly enjoy seeing the progress .....
a suggestion for areas that you want cut back outside. I would first agree that getting a consultant out to check out your trees/bushes etc would be great, see what is really really worth keeping. Goats, I live near Portland, Oregon USA we do things "differently" here...goats (need at least 2 since they are pack animals) will eat anything and everything they can. You stake them out on a long cord for most of the day and they will eat the grass down to the ground and all the bushes back...they even eat blackberries (aka brambles). Put them up for the night (in an outbuilding) next morning stake them out in a new area...keep moving the areas around plus they leave manure behind! People here actually rent out their goats to people for just this purpose (@ $50 per day per goat you may want to buy some and then sell them (or rent them) when you're done) I also wonder if your greenhouse was really an animal coop. I saw the front door was wood framed with chicken wire, usually greenhouses have solid doors and one that age would have been glass and updated to some kind of plastic in the mid 1900's...I'm thinking chicken coop but they could have used it for growing/starting plants too. I love love love the grapes, they are very easy to transplant and take little to no care. such a grea idea putting in a multiuse space/kitchen in the garage...you want people to want to work at your home, given the choice between your place and another (for a job) they will chose YOU since you are thinking of the workers in the little ways. great ideas!
I'm so glad I stumbled on this channel at the 2nd video. Really nice seeing all these updates. I hope you're both not feeling too overwhelmed!
so exciting project, you two seem to get along so well during diy, happy to follow your progress
What a perfect room for a root cellar.
Love the videos guys. It's very interesting and exciting.
Beautiful house
Love what you are doing! It's great to save these old buildings. Will be following your progress. 😀 Thanks Ray 🇨🇦
Thank you so much Ray 😊
You guys are great!! I subscribed from your short today, and now the bingo continues!!
Great to see some other parts of the house and the garden. It's great watching what you're up to and I'll look forward to seeing a regular update each week.
Looks like a dairy and food storage space in your basement. The stone floors would be kept wet in the summer to keep the rooms cooler.
In the out takes Louis face in the floor, made me jump!! Cheer!!😂
Great videos! I am very jealous as ive always wanted a big project like yours. Its worth keeping in mind that the cellar will always be damp. Therell be soil directly under the floor and no damp proofing on the walls. I would advise against putting wood or fabric down there as itll be mouldy really quickly. Alsi, try and remove as much of the existing paint as possible and use a water based paint. If you dont, the paint will turn yellow. I had all the same issues in my 1800s cellar
The garage / barn and stables would be an amazing air bnb eventually !!
You are going to have a fabulous house at the end 👏👏. The "bones" are there, and will be developed over time.
Fabulous project 😎
May I suggest on the area towards the house, that you do tiered planting beds - 2 tiers with a stone wall along the length of the long area. Gosh, I so want to send you photos of various layouts that my hubs built for his customers in the Oakland Hills.
Schoolhouse Homestead channel is a couple turning an old school turned barn into a home. They have a cellar area that they will turn into a little speakeasy area. They’ve also saved some items to make a little museum of the old school.
Perhaps you might want to do a joined video with one of the guys who do free lawn mowing with a YT channel ?
Win win joined adventure.
Just an idea.
Love this channel, thank you😊
I do a walk way around the whole house for bad weather easy walking around the house. Plus you can use it for vegetables plants box buckets of potatoes plants carrot lettuce herbs strawberries
I'd use the larger cellar room as a 20s speakeasy style bar/lounge, and the cobbled smaller room as the wine cellar. Maybe you could put in another Stained glass window into the 'speakeasy area' to continue the theme from the ground floor? Speakeasy were hidden away, so a hidden door to that room would be a great shout. Xx
You should try to save the vine, it is obviously suited to your climate. I think you may have a terrace under all the growth on the left hand side of the house, where the steps go down to the garden.
We’re definitely going to try! i think you could be right, we’ll have to investigating 😊
It is better not to put the glass in, if you want a wine cellar, as it will damage the wine, but I think somebody else has already written about this.
I would recommend to live in an already mostly renovated house for several years before deciding what to do with the cellars. In a couple of years you may want to start gardening or just get into making preserves and the room would be just ideal for keeping all the preserves or extra fruit. Some of the preserves require a cellar (as the water for some pickles, for example, should always stay cold, it helps them with staying crunce and delicious). It can also be just a room to hide in, if the heat wave hits.
I couldn’t make out what was freeze-framed in the greenery by the greenhouse. Can anyone tell me?
Also, I appreciate the genuine feel of these videos. Milly isn’t putting on an over-rehearsed, false upbeat on-camera persona. I even enjoyed that very brief moment where she pointed out to Louis where he should stand.
It was a bunch of grapes that are growing in there! 🍇 That is so kind, thank you very much for that! 🥰
I’m so inspired by you both. Absolutely wonderful to be on this journey with you. Your adventure is the complete opposite to mine.. I built a modern eco friendly house in the Australian bush so to watch you restore this beautiful old gem on the other side of the world with all of its unique challenges is fascinating. ❤
That's so kind! Thank you so much for following along. Your home sounds amazing! 😮❤
The wine cellar looks great for a man cave. You could repurpose the stones removed earlier for the garage.
A stackable w/d in the walk in primary closet and an industrial set elsewhere for linens, blankets and nappies. If we are dreaming…
I’m going out on a limb here, about the cellar….. Give it a ‘dungeon’ theme and a ‘dungeon’ door! If you ever have children, they would LOVE that as a play den. As kids, we adored our ‘dungeon’. I love your new home. It’s bringing back memories from my childhood!
lovely garden gate
14:38- I literally jumped and screamed when I saw him! 😂
If you decide against a wine cellar, you could make a super cool "mess" room for future kids (assuming, sorry) where messes are allowed like paint and clay and water tables and you don't have to worry about floors...
For the garden where you are considering a second set of steps from the patio, please consider a ramp there for utility cart or wheel chair access.
What a beautiful house/garden. It's got so much potential. I really enjoy watching and will continue to follow your progress. Good luck to you both 🙏🏻
Love the hidden door! Yes yes yes! Maybe one of those cupboards that opens into doorway
BEN flawless cleaning does an amazing job in yards .. he is awesome. Thats not a clay pot, thats a jigsaw puzzle 😅😅
She a keeper Louis, more worried about you than things that can be replaced
Haha
I understand what you're saying but if basic empathy is all you need to be a keeper your standards are too low 😂😂
Please preserve some of the wilderness of the garden and don't make it all a lawn! It's beautiful! I get that it's not really accessible like that but I'm sure there's a compromise!
Gardens with bushes and plants everywhere are really pretty. You don't need lawn everywhere, there's not much use even for that much lawn. The bushes and such give you privacy, you're not looking into a wall as well as greenery when looking out of windows. I'd keep a row of bushes next to the patio too, otherwise there will be just a wall, which would be quite meh and a huge shame, since you have such pretty bushes.
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And not only privacy from passing eyes, but the bushes reduce the road and traffic noise. I agree with the happy compromise idea.
His face between the floor boards made me gasp out load on the train lol
I’m really enjoying your videos. What a lovely house it is and what it will become. Well done for keeping original features. Looking forward to the rest of the updates.
That’s so kind, thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying it 😊
Wow, l can’t do DIY, but love watching a project like yours progress, brilliant!
I know this is months old, but I'd love to see the only working toilet. Weird request, I know 😅
Your workshop stadder is about the same pitch as the basement stairs in my 1850 US Colonial 🤣
Greetings to you, a follower of your work and the restoration of your beautiful home from Egypt
I admire your beautiful spirit and your insistence on restoring the beauty of the house again and enjoying living there happily
Perhaps you should consider the possibility of converting the stables into a studio for rent, because I believe that taking care of the house and garden will not make you need to practice sports in the future.
That long strip of garden garden looks perfect for a couple of 75cm strips of market gardening style no-dig experimenting (paper pot chain planters etc. are expensive but probably easy to make)
I'm an avid gardener and was thinking of spaces they could have a veggie garden lol.
So glad to hear you are going to take down that hideous extension to the garage. I HATE pebbledash! I'm so envious of all of the space you have, right there in the city! Question -- how can it be a conservatory if there aren't any windows?
It's going to be amazing!!! 👏👏
The kitchen by the gym area would be great to make a kitchen for canning food keep you canning jars ect..
This will be beautiful when finished. Loads of space for outdoor living and gardening.
Reasonably clear, ummm no 😂. And that’s not your fault! Even if it’s just a guess, a hand drawn squiggly sketch would help ❤😂
Lots of potential with the garden. The greenhouse area of the garden looks like it is the least overlooked (and must get some sun, otherwise why would anyone put a greenhouse there.) So I would put a seating area and small patio down there and grass the rest of it, apart from a couple of meters around the house which I would also have as paving.
This house with that garden is a gem
Ahh thank you so much!! We’re in love with it! 🥰
Can’t believe how much you have done already
Good Insulation in walls and around windows like the ami do save to winter electric bill gas bill
Look forward to seeing everything you do. Thanks for sharing. 😊 🇨🇦
How about a cinema room in the basement? Great work guys 💪
Would love to see a dovecote in the garden ❤
I think it will be a good idea to put a sauna or hot tub in the basement!😂
I think you can rent a heard of goats to clear your bbrambles. But it depends on your area.
Perfect cold storage room for homemade pickles and jams.. 'Belgrave Villa preserves'
So exciting!
And you can put freezer area for you meat. add solar panels tankless water heater
An spa with a sauna in the cellar Will be great! 🤌🤎
I think the bigger brick floor side of cellar would make a great speakeasy and the smaller cobble stone floor side for the wine.
Are you in France? I don't know if you would be interested but I watch another one and it's called the Pethericks. Billy and his family bought a chateau and they redid that and live in it and he bought a convent a while ago and now they're redoing that. So if you have any questions you might look him up he's in France I don't know what part of France or anything. But they have broke through the floors that the last people had put in it and found nice old floors and scrub those up and it looks nice. I just thought you might be interested. He's a wonderful guy Billy is. Anyway I like watching you guys you're doing a good job. I would have never in a million years got on that scaffold though lol
It’s going to be amazing when it’s all done 😊 looking forward to tagging along
That house goes on and on! Will be a beautiful garden. How can you afford such an extensive renovation project?
Was wondering the same thing! Being so young how did they afford to buy and renovate??
Looks amazing, hope you've deep pockets as it's such a big job! Cellar for wine needs to be cold& dark,windows will make it too hot
@BelgraveVilla you certainly have your work cut out for you! Poor Lois! I never understood why they didn't arch entryways on stairs.
That garden has so much potential! Will you be going off the pictures you have? I'm guessing some of those trees and bushes are potential as old as the house! Once you renovate the garden...you could propagate some of them and sell them as heirloom plants!
I don't know how how the house feels in Summer but I put my office in our cellar and it is honestly the best thing I ever did. It's always fabulously cool to work in!
You should up a castiron gate at the front so it limits people access
What a neat place