I Bought An Abandoned House In North Sweden! I Ep. 1 

Would you dare to leave everything behind and start all over in a country you have never been?

Just came across this video and saw you talking about the "slimy spiderweb" on the walls. That's actually fungi, so you should definately remove it (WITH CARE, so you don't spread the spores into other areas). Just a heads up from somebody who's worked with this kind of stuff :)

Welcome to northern Sweden! We bought a house (also 100 years old!) last summer 2 hours south of Kalix! We're from the UK, looking forward to following along :)

Your husband is very intelligent. That is nice to have when buying a home

i would reccomend you get a sweedish lawyer to represent you in the purchase of the house.. he will be able to check the papers, make sure you're not dooped (as to the state of the house and any demands from the munincipaly or other surprises) and keep that unproffesional realtor in check.. ;)

You must have quite a good lifestyle in Switzerland. The house you bought was not abandoned, it belonged to someone as their Summer House. That is very common and usually we are happy to live a very simple lifestyle in the summer. I have many friends who have houses and fittings just like the house here, it needs a few repairs and a lot of cleaning. Of course it is not built for the winter and if it is a home you would insulate all the walls. The empty house next to where we live has just done this, it took about 3 weeks. Out toilet looks like yours and works quite well.. I cannot believe you bought a house before discovering the huge cost of living in Sweden first! Those repairs will cost a lot unless you do it all yourself. Consider yourself very very fortunate to be offered a job. Several of our friends who are Swedish have 'children' who have university degrees and have been unable to find permanent jobs, just waitress and children's minders after school. Well good luck. We have German, French, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian neighbours in our village of a few hundred people. - except the Norwegians and the Germans have left after struggling a few years to build their dream. The Danish family only come to hunt! The French family work harder than anyone and have built up their own organic farm and import luxury French foods. They are fluent in Swedish, like 'natives'!

Alberta Canada, enjoy seeing your progess

Ooo! Welcome to Sweden!! It will take some time for you to get use to people up norht, but talk to the neighbors and ask about everything. People up north love to help and do understand they are not very talkative. If you ask and are friendly they are going to go thru fire to help you. I grew up in the northern part of Sweden, not as far as Kalix though. What you need to do with the mold in the basement-get some help right away, that is really nasty stuff. Good luck!!

What an exciting adventure, good luck and I will enjoy watching both of you make this house a home.

Can’t wait for the renovation to begin.

What a cute house with lots of potential. Best wishes from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Best of luck to you on your new home and renovation from Buffalo, New York! Looking forward to watching your progress 😊

Kalix? My grandfathers birth place, Kalix, bredviken. We had to sell his house after he left us sadly. Too far away to keep it maintained for just a few weeks in the summertime

Hi guys. Just found your channel. We live in the south of Sweden, but also lived in Härjedalen for a while. Is it in the Kalie you are going to live? Looking forward to follow the renovation 👍🏻 Good luck and don’t be afraid to ask for help. Great people up there!

Good luck on your journey. Even as a Swede I wouldn’t dare moving all the way up north. Just an advice if regarding the windows. You might be able to just renovate them and put low-emission glas in the inner window, it would save you a lot of money if you do it yourself, money better spent on a good heating system. Regards,

The mirror on the second floor in bathroom is from the 30s or 40s i think. Most of the furniture is good stuff, and i think you can reuse the most of the floorboards.

You are such a nice person 😊good luck and all the best for you

Hi Derrick!!!! Mom just showed me last night Mimi’s channel!!! I’m so proud of y’all!!!! I can’t wait to watch every episode! Sending you much love! 20:10

Omg! I lived in this house when I was a baby 🥹 my parents sold it because problems with the the outer walls, it was falling apart already in 98

Good luck with new home! If possible get paper work done. Papers can be done online (w/o help from bank or realtor) and signed where ever owners can meet you (bank office etc..). With ownership execute your plans and remember to make sure frame is okay before building on top of it =).

Your vid popped up and looked interesting. I like the look of the house. It sure does need a complete reno though. I am in Australia, never seen snow. I am quite happy about that, looks like quite a pain. Although we have more snow fall on our alps than Switzerland does. That is a crazy thought. Our alps run for 3700 klms, so I guess that explains it. Keep the vids coming. I have subscribed, so I don't miss.

As a born Swede( in the middle of) - Welcome to Sweden! My fiance is from Kiruna and his mom posts a lot of pictures of the Northern Lights.

Good luck with your project 🍀 and hello from Lugano 🇨🇭

Excited for more videos

Hola, what an adventure you're about to embark on! I believe in follow a dream[s]. It's so very beautiful up north of Sweden. You will do just fine I think....looking forward to follow your renovation/restoration, for sure! We have done a similar thing - it's a lot of hard work but it's all worth it in the end. Promise! I'll follow you from Valencia region. Buen suerte & saludos desde España. ✌💚 Subbed of course

Hej and welcome! In Sangis 19 km from Kalix lives a couple from Switzerland who run the campsite there.

Uiiii das wird spannend! Schade, dass ihr erst am Anfang seid - da muss ich ja geduldig warten, bis das nächste Video kommt,,,, 😅. Ich bin gespannt und wünsche euch alles Gute. Liebe Grüße aus Norddeutschland! ach, Kennt ihr den Kanal von Roaming Wild Rosie?

Welcome to Sweden You will love it! I have moved to Bali but I still have my ”stuga” in Sweden and return every year…. It’s very special

You sound like you're from the Netherlands, you don't have a Swizz accent. I live in Södermanland, Youre going to enjoy Sweden

Glorious place

This is awesome to see, I will defiantly follow this to see how you guys fix the house! New friend to the channel here! :) I myself grew up a few hours south of where you guys bought the house (Luleå) but moved down to Gothenburg in 2004, so watching this makes me miss home in a good way! :)

I approve this video🤪

Welcome to my area. 😊 I hope that you will love it here. Best wishes from a small Kalix village.

Wouaou Beaudine, so schön ❤❤. Warte auf nächste Video. Alles Gute and euch.

Keep on!!

Welcome to Sweden.

I went to school in Kalix. Fun! Welcome.

Can’t wait to see how you renovate this beautiful house, we are following your amazing adventure, sending much love to you guys , charliey&gary ❤️

17:30 Hello to both of you!! What an exciting adventure that you have started on!! A new country & a new house!! Do you mind if I ask what made you want to leave Switzerland? I live in the USA in Tennessee & have always wanted to visit there!! Looks so beautiful ❤️ But I can't wait to follow along with you!! Good luck & best wishes!! Take care!! 😊

Wow! Nice ❤ great Vlog.

Looks like a very fun project! Welcome to sweden! My sister actually also lives in Kalix!

Welcome to Sweden! I wish you good luck with your renovation! :)

It will be interesting to follow along on the renoproject. And to see what you think of Kalix and Norrbotten. I find it absolutely beautiful. Good luck!

i love this so much! very well put together video and I am super excited to follow this journey! can't wait to visit the north and hopefully see the northern lights! Congrats on getting the house - wishing you all the best!

Good luck to your Sweden project! 🍀 I’m from Northern Finland but we have been many times on holiday in Kalix and there nearby. Seaside is very Beautiful. IKEA is there not far away in Haparanda.

WOW 😲 beautiful house 🤩

Wow! You are going to be very busy. Happy for you.

I don't know the layout but if it's possible, you can knock a wall down to make more open space

Location is so stunning ❤

Good luck with your renovation. Sweden is a beautiful country.

Enjoy Sweden , I am also from Switzerland moved to the USA in the 80. Now age 65 we moved into a wood cabin upstate New York…

Those 3 doors in that tiny space grinds my gears xD

I like thath you move to my hometown. I know Edith she lives I thath house. I whichall my luck to you. I not live ther now but I longer all thimes to move back.

Yall are very brave in a myriad of ways. God Bless. I just couldn't handle the snow and cold

How did you find a 100-year-old house in Sweden? On which river do you drive your boat? It looks very beautiful.

Good luck 🍀

Wat een leuke video Beaudine! Ik ben benieuwd naar jullie volgende video😊

Just a litle warning. Don´t put too much money in to that if you are not planing to live there for a very long time. You wont get it all back.

Welcome to Norrbotten, Kalix AND our village, Risögrund! A great little place where I live with my family. Hope you guys will enjoy living here.

Waaaaauwwww....wat geweldig om te zien❤❤❤ Love it...❤❤❤ en wat een spannend avontuur!!! Zoooo veel bewondering voor jullie!!! En wat mooi gemaakt de video...benieuwd naar het vervolg 😊 En wat is het er betoverend mooi...en wat een schattig huis ❤❤❤

Welcome to northern Sweden 😀 we live in Skellefteå

Professioneel hoor Miem! Klasse! voor de eerste video

Follow mode on😊 greetings from the netherlands

Hi, im Christian from Sweden. I found your vlog and looked at it with great interest. Im glad you enjoy Sweden. It will be fun to follow your life here, getting a job, fixing your house etc. Greetings

When you are renovating PLEASE watch out if you plan to do the insolation by yourselfs, many of these old houses have a ton of aspestos if they have not done any reno there might be aspestos in the walls and cealing.

Wellcome to Sweden! Would love to see you post more videos. Northern Sweden need alot of doctors, nurses etc etc so finding a job would be no problem for you (as you probably allready noticed).

Just out of curiosity, why did you want to move to northern Sweden? Why not somewhere a little less extreme like Italy where the weather conditions are more favorable and the prices similar. I wish you all the best and will follow along in your journey, but I hope you are prepared for year 1 which will be a good reality check :)

Complete renovation you say? Outer panel looks ok from a glance but if you are going to add extra insulation, rip it all out, add say 45mm extra insulation and redo the paneling before you install your new windows.

Har alla blivit galna? Det är ingen lek att flytta så långt norrut, jag bor i sthlm och skulle aldrig komma på att flytta så långt norr. Mycket att vänja sig med årstiderna mm.

I love Verbier in Switzerland

Welcome to Risögrund, live like 800 meter from you :)

Nice video and good luck with the renovation! How much did the house cost?

I would worry sick because of that mold and spider web looking thing, which I would think …is…actinomycete?

❤you will have a safely life for the next years.... follow you actually just for a short time, "thx for sending see you next time"

Hi ek kyk graag saam na julle vordering van Suid Afrika, hoop julle verstaan my Afrikaans

Amazing 😍❄️🤍

Welcome To My Country 😀🇸🇪

Hoi leuke vlogs ik heb een huisje in norbotten ca 70 km van luleå

How you find this house. for example if some body want to buy some house in sweden same like you. how to find these old houses . is any official website or some others ways please guide me details thank you.

Check so the house not haw a k mark if it has there can be a thue things you guys nead too follow .

Vad är en x-ray?

Halo Leute! Warum wüsste ich früher nicht, daß hier deutschsprachige neue Leute sind! Schreib einfach! Ich würde euch gerne mit Haus helfen. Ich wohne in Kalix Kommun auch!

You sound Dutch and your husband is American? 🙂

Ho What kpb u got there?