Be rally interested in how you level of the ground. I have a similar plot and been let down by three ground contractors now, so will be trying to work out how to do it myself.
I thought you were joking when I read the description. Your existing garden is massive how you think it’s not 😂! You can get two houses 🏠 on their let alone another land to extend it! Looking good tho 👍🏾
Just an idea for when you start doing videos on your work on the land. What would be great to give context to the viewers is an aerial map (even sketched), showing where you are working and what you are intending to do. That way over time people can see how much you've changed it. Just a thought. Keep up the good work!
We bought some land back in 1989 that had planning permission for a double bungalow. As we were building It the lands previous owner turned up and offered the 9 fields around it which totalled 114 acres and we spent three years after we finished the house clearing and improving the fields and it was hard work but got there. Like you the shanty sheds in two of them and two old railway box bodies were just full of junk Then 7 years ago the same land owner came knocking on the door asking if we would like to buy the fields on the other side of the road as his son was not interested in farming as he was retiring. We agreed a deal and purchased but only started using it about three years ago. We decided to turn over an acre to pick your own veg on a small scale and probably the best thing we have bought to get around and make light work of moving stuff around was our Honda pioneer utv and trailer Tools. Seeds, Plants Rubbish, fencing etc all made easy. Good luck with the project it will be great to follow your progress as I enjoy your vids but as you probably already know there will be plenty of advice flying around but enjoy the project sir.
@@thomaspako what we paid in total for the two blocks of land would today probably cost us fifty times as much. We had known the owner for life and to be fair we got a deal that was way under value and we did offer the going rate. We helped him for free after he lost his wife many years before and I think he appreciated it in his offers. He retired and said he was going to Canada and visited about 18 months ago happy again with life as he had met another lady. His lad is a family friend and they both appreciate how we have developed and managed the site. We were lucky being in the right place and helping him through his loss and we appreciate what we have. Its hard work but rewarding.
@@paulwood7798 It sounds like you're a good man. Really deserved what you have. Not many people like that anymore. Hard work's my second name, my friends can't understand that I relax while doing stuff, everyone nowadays assumes that relaxing is only achievable in a pub or in front o tv. Every time I choose my garage or garden over everything else ( with cheeky motorbike ride sometimes). Anyways wish you all the best!
I can already feel your aches and pains Stuart, I'm sure you will do a great job of making good use of the land. Does ITS sell radox if so buy yourself a 5 gallon drum of the stuff. Good luck can't wait to see how things progress.
Make sure you check with the local planning authority what the use of the land is currently allocated for in land use terms. Don't fall into the trap that many people do of assuming it can be used as a garden.
Congrats. Very jealous. Looks bigger than 0.5 acre. Your land is probably home to many animals. You could prune back the brambles, but leave a section for all that wildlife, around you border. Makes a good fence too, to keep out farm animals grazing on the other side. Excellent videos.
If you're looking at getting a small excavator to level the land, it would be good to use it to clear your brambles first and put them on an area you won't need to disturb to mulch later. You could move the junk in the stables/barn to a closer location with the aid of the old trailer and using the excavator to pull it along to save on manual handling and even use it to load the skip. If your ground isn't too firm, a skid steer loader with a 4 in 1 bucket would be ideal for moving the junk and levelling out.
wow. i'de love that land. what a wonderful wild life avon it would make. you could plant lovely trees and cover for different birds. it's nice to see someone not selling half their back garden to developers and spoiling it. sounds like them skips are going to cost you a fortune.. good luck with it. keep us informed.
Cool. We have done something similar and once we cleared it and opened a bit of fencing we had planning enforcement tell us we needed to apply for full planning for change of use from agricultural to residential. Ball ache and lots of rules and regs about what you can do (and largely can’t do with agricultural land). Even re putting up a shed etc. Good luck
Oh how I envy you. I bought a similar plot at my last house, but where you’re looking to grow stuff I put in a hen house and 3 goats! Get your fencing sorted and they’ll do the rest!
Congratulations on your purchase and on the matter of the car parts and stuff some of that is rare and would be sought after as I know from being in to old cars I suggest you could sell it as a job lot to some autjumbler or some one in the older car scene you could enquire and ask local vintage or classic car club with some roofing those sheds come back best luck
What a great opportunity. I'm interested to see how you will tackle this - I'd be inclined to get a Bobcat in there to clear the entire lot and make a clean slate to build from.
Great addition Stuart, some powered transport would be useful and save the legwork...or go the full Clarkson with a Lambo Tractor. Any thoughts on using some of the land for green energy production, ground source or solar for example? Best of luck and I look forward to the next one....Proper DIY needs a Proper Digger
That looks great & will provide Proper content for years to come. It looks like it's well used by local wildlife too. I hope you can leave some as a wildlife area. An area left wild will do good things for your future crops.
An excellent purchase. Very interesting plot of land. I can see many hours being spent on there. Surely you can now justify the purchase of a small tractor with a modest trailor to assist in the clean up, levelling and reworking of the land. Please do get ITS to send you a couple of free hard hats when working in the sheds. I was wincing watching you dodge the collapsing iron roofs! Best of luck with the project. Looks amazing and that workshop is going to be a brilliant episode.
I see a quad bike in your future, that you can hitch up that wagon to, to move the rubbish to the skips. Looking forward to the videos, and the progress each week. Good luck, Stuart.
Proper project! I would recommend an Oregon mulching blade for your brushcutter, it will make mincemeat of those brambles. Look forward to seeing how you develop this space, perhaps a large compost bay similar to Charles Dowding? You’ll definitely have plenty of material to fill it!
Congratulations on your purchase... i guess with all car parts there has to be vehicles access? Can I suggest you have a chat to some local farmers sho could get a 10ton trailer in there for you to fill up... some farmers where I live will dispose of some materials in holes they need filling. You may even be able to offer some of the old farm machinery as part payment... Could work out cheaper and a lot easier then a load of skips...
Yup, you definitely have your work cut out for you. May I suggest you retain an element of 'wild'. You're gonna have a lot of foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, etc, that call your new piece of land home. It will also allow for better growth and pollination of the fruits, and vegetables you wish to grow. Have fun 👍🏻
Congratulations on the new land! Very jealous from my house with postage-stamp sized garden. If you need a new Hermit to move in, do let me know! Haha.
20 mill brambles but half an acre of land. Eviva metrification! After 30+ years living in Italy I can't remember what an acre is. Oh looked it up, 4000 ish square metres. That field seems much larger than 2000+ square metres to me. It will probably feel that way when you're tidying it up. Buona fortuna!
"Hmm the house is all fixed now. What should I use for material on my RU-vid channel? Oh I know I'll buy some problems that need fixing." You're going to need a big digger for this land. Start by building a giant Dutch or Scandinavian style barn so you have somewhere to park it.
A great longer term project. The uneven field pattern could be Ridge & Furrow or as it is known in my part of the country Rigg & Furrow which is an archaeological feature created in the middle ages & onwards to increase surface area and create natural drainage. Someone has already mentioned goats as a great way to clear the brambles. Look forward to seeing your progress.
I think a tractor will be more use than a new drill. I reckon you will be pushed for time for editing videos when you start working on that area of land. 🤠👍🏴✔️
Bonnet off an fx4 taxi. All the car parts worth putting on ebay, even with some rot may be just what someone needs for their project. And gives more money towards future power tools. A lot of work but very envious.
Stuart you could do like our neighbour use the mini digger to clear the brambles whilst you try to level the plot. Probably much easier than using brush cutter. Also per other comment check that you have permission to use plot as garden
All green foliage burn with all that wood. Weigh in all metal and re use the sheets on the shack side for the roof. Definitely wouldn’t be paying for a skip for brambles
Well done, it was worth buying this for the 'free' car trailer 😉 building a log store and sorting all that wood is the first job I'd do. Then,honestly, i'd get professionals in to clear all the sheds away
I've dealt with a lot of brambles and that established growth looks super dense - don't underestimate it! I'd get as many friends and family as possible to help get stuck into that!
You say your garden not big it is massive and now you got a larger one. I think you should sell.it for houses . Most people do not have garden anywhere near a big ads your garden without the extention .
You need goats to clear those brambles, than pigs to get all the roots out. if you strim them any little bit that remains will grow back. sides goats are fun
All im going to say is please please don't sell it to a developer such a shame for a lovely bit of land if its turned in to another housing estate and ide live to have a plot like that wish I lived nearby ide love to help clear it up
Congrats. You really landed the jackpot with that house and the opportunity to get the extra land. Looking forward to the Proper DIY swimming pool and pool house
Er, Did i hear you say mini digger. !! Really!!!.Looks like ye just increased yer workload X plenty. Shrub/Brambles, wae the right equipment and a couple of weeks not a problem. " i hear Dartmoor ponies are good fur that sort of thing."🤣
Exciting project, but please think of the wildlife after you've cleared it out. All those brambles and hedgerows will be teeming with life (an Hawthorn can house 1,000+ organisms). Plenty of trees, hedging, and long grass will kelp them survive. Also, plenty of scrap metal there worth a fair bit. Don't chuck it all in a skip!
Bloomin Heck ! If you’re open to suggestions (Not always serious) would you consider turning your newly acquired land into “Stuart’s wonderful DIY-Land” - theme park for frustrated people with drills, sheds and no ideas ? I’d happily buy a ticket Sir - Strewth what a project ! I hope Mrs Proper DIY is chuffed too, good luck Sir.
Well now Stuart, how does it feel being the owner of a TIP !!!! Am I right in thinking that a bowling Green and pavilion, are not in your immediate plans?. I wish you well in whatever you choose to with this land, but it’s sure going to be hard work !!! Kind Regards, Barnacle Bern. 😎
