Old Irish Derelict Cottage Restoration || From SAD & DARK To HAPPY & BRIGHT! 

Myself and my 2 boys were disappointed you weren’t at the ploughing this year Adrian, i think every influencer in Ireland was there lapping up the attention! But i have to give you the full respect as while others were posting photos with companies and selling there merch you posted a video of how happy you were that your calves were better and were out at your work as normal. You didn’t let stardom change you, an honest hard grafter mate. Always encouraging others to give stuff a go. I’ll shake your hand one day sir

It’s history Adrian, and history is important to be kept, if we don’t know where we’re from, we don’t know where we’re going

I love the cottage, anyone who suggests tearing it down doesn't need to live in it. The place is full of character and history, you've done the right thing preserving it till the time comes when someone wants to do more. 👍❤️

I said it before and I’ll say it again , Adrian I don’t know how you get through so much stuff along with rearing the family and looking out for your elderly parents. It’s unreal what you get through lad. Respect to you.

Wow, you were like a whirlwind and look at it now. It's always incredible to see what you can do with a bit of work and paint that spills in all the right places. Amazing.👍

I recall my dad saying one of the first things to do with an old place is fix the roof. No sense doing anything until you can be sure the rain won’t come along and undo it. True you might have to fix enough of the building to support the new roof, but other than that, roof first.

Who ever built the Cottage will be so proud & greatful that your taking the time to restore it instead of flattening it

The work you've done, and the look of the Cottage, is a real credit to you Adrian. It's clearly a testament to your skill and vision - and a great break from the Day Job. Thanks for the Video.

Adrian being half Irish I so remember cottages like yours when we came back to Ireland every couple of years. Unfortunately a lot of them went to rack & ruin and I'm so glad you're fixing it up for future generations. You've done a grand job 🎉🎉🎉

Yes, that house looks happy now. Great job Adrian.😊

She’s looking bloody good cobber

I was very excited when I seen the picture for this video, I've been waiting for the cottage to be worked on again. It's such a charming little place.👍😄

Always looking forward to the wee cottage , but every week am here for your content. Your friend from up the road ❤

A red corrugated roof will make a stunning finish to the cottage to keep it authentic 😊

Your wife is right - the cottage does look happy now

Fair play Aidrian. Between... planning, procuring material, tools and narrative. Up and down off ladders, recording film and cutting silage. Great show. Thanks... If only we had you building the children's hospital.

Everybody needs a hobby or diversion from regular work. My father had a model railroad all over the cellar. Your diversion is a little larger but I hear your satisfaction in what your doing. Good for you.

Looks great Adrian. Nice coat for the wee cottage for the winter months - Eamon

Adrian, you are an inspiration to us all. & funny with it. Great vlogs as always.

Adrian, we in South Africa often do the same with old old houses. It is a fantastic undertaking and gives a person so much pleasure to see the wonderful transformation of any structure being renovated. I have done the same to two very dilapidated houses. This is a wonderful endeavor sir and your videos give thousands of people much viewing pleasure. Best regards from South Africa

The Cottage look's happy , you look happy , your wife & girl's are happy , job well done Adrian .

Your words at the end are a good wrap for this. Happy house!

Adrian, you seem to be a rare kind, with your determination and will power!!

The wee cottage is coming back to life. It does look happy.

Loved Adrian's words of wisdom regarding your work on the cottage. It's a job, but a relief from day-to-day farm duties, brings you and your family joy and even if you aren't skilled in all the trades you can teach yourself how to make repairs. (Usually with youtube! 😊)

The view from the droan is spectacular. The hills almost look like pyramids, please show us more of your beautiful Irish farm.

The cottage is looking really nice with the facia, gutters, and fresh coat of paint. I would agree with your wife, that it looks happy. If I have a hesitation to starting a job, I go back to something a co-worker told me a long time ago, "First, you have to want to do it". That helps me get going sometimes.

Adrian you have done a fantastic job of tidying that cottage it is a credit to your gift of multi-tasking good for you.

Well done Adrian. The place is really starting to come back to life again.

Really enjoyed watching you do this . Thankyou for showing. I like how the splashed paint look is . Very nice . Take care .yes your wife caught it . It looks happy for sure .shines .

The cottage looks fantastic! Your external improvements are great in just a few days! The new paint job looks fantastic!

My admiration for you shows no bounds, such a practical guy who just sees a job that needs doing and gets on with it, not only that but every task that I have seen you do turns out excellently, well done, keep up the good work.

I first found your videos when you started clearing back to the cottage, it’s great to see you restoring it and I’m learning lots from you in my own cottage and future animal owner journey! Thanks a mil for sharing

I cannot believe how far you have come from watching the first episode Adrian looking great keep up the good work

Adrian never sway from your personal adventure in life. Gods speed 👍🏻🇨🇦☘️

Who's been a busy boy then?! And yes, your wife is right, the little house does look happy! ☺

"I don't know how it came around the corner there.. " 😂😂😂

FFS..I about fell out of my chair laughing at the paint 'getting the all of window sills...even around the corner'. It looks like a completely different cottage with the exterior walls repaired, new gutters, and painted. Awesome! What an absolutely gorgeous area in the aerial views. You are absolutely right that ANYONE can do these projects, you just have to get over your fears of doing a bad job. If you do a bad job, you learn something from it, correct it, then do a better job on the next project and so on. Just like everything, practice and you get better. You will find that the cost of a job is about 1/3 materials and 2/3 labor. So, if you look at it this way: spend 1/3 of the job cost on the materials, 1/3 of the job cost on tools, you are paying yourself the remaining 1/3 as profit (sweat equity). Your next job will cost even less and go quicker because you now have experience AND tools. They both grow with every project you do. At 61, I do nearly all of my own vehicle and home maintenance, have done many renovation projects on several of my own houses as well as rental properties, and helped family and friends because I have : 1) little fear of trying something new, 2) a vast array of skills from doing projects, and 3) a sizeable collection of tools. I figured out long ago, why would I want to pay someone else good money to do crappy work for me when I can do that myself for free! Seriously, start small, give new things a try, watch videos (like this one and nearly anything else you want to try is on RU-vid), and work to succeed.

Adrian, tis a fine piece o work, she is.

It's amazing how that grey paint splashed so nicely.

Sunday morning wouldn’t be complete without watching your video! Keep up the great work Adrian 👍

Great work! It sure does look happy and charming 🌞

Looks great, weather worthy now.Thats the important part, because if you don't do that first,any amount you do on inside will be for not. if weather gets in , The wife is right "It looks happy now. Thank you for sharing,looking forward to seeing more.Have a Blessed day ,Love from USA

Good work, the cottage brought me to your channel, turns out I enjoy the farming or digger restoration videos just as much! Great content with all kinds of variety!

A coat of paint makes all the difference, good job Adrian .

Nice work Adrian fair play, and it looks like u got it all done after your night out 😂

It truly does look happy! Very nice work Adrian!

What a Perfect Building for a “Air BB” !

Adrian The cottage now has some character. It definitely doesn't look sad any more. HAPPY it is 😃😃😃

Great to see new life being brought back into old houses, to many small roads with closed houses and no one in them, fair play to yea Lad!

Yes it does look happy now great job enjoy seeing from my home land life. Bless you and your family ❤

Wow big difference with the white paint !!! The place is shaping up nicely ! The drone shot of the surrounding fields is simply awesome reminds me of where I am from in County Offaly ! But now in the states ! Well done !!

Hell of a job, well done. You're wife is correct, the house looks happy.

Absolutely brilliant Adrian what a man 110 % by far the best farming on RU-vid

Aye, great video Adrian and spoken from the heart. Preservation is a great first step but you still voiced your hopes for the cottage for the future - and intertwined with your hopes for the girls and grandchildren. We can see you were happy - and that's worth a lot! Keep going fella!

Came for the farming stayed for the cottage 😊

I feel Adrian this cottage is coming along very good. The effort and skills you have put into the renovation is 💯%. Total turn around with a fresh coat of paint and new gutters. Well done 😊

Adrian, I man I worked with 40 years ago said. Its only ever a mistake if you haven't learned from it. The rest are lessons. You don't know what you are capable of until you try things. If you're happy doing it then it's never a chore. Cottage looks well.

I’m so happy to see so much progress on the little house!! Your wife is right! It looks happy now, I can hear its big sigh of relief all the way across the pond. Can’t wait to see what you do with it next.❤️🐝🤗

Wow what a big difference you have made to the little cottage. When I see how great it looks and hear you say it will need a 90% rebuild I can hardly believe it when I see the work you have done on the frontage. A full rebuild wouldn’t have the same character.

Wow! Looking forward to watching you restore this little cottage.

And a well earned mug of tea it was to. 👍

Brilliant video, I’ve loved watching the depression disappear from the cottage from when you first uncovered it and as your good lady wife said; it now looks happy. Can’t wait for the next stage 😊 I look forward to every Sunday. Sarah 🇬🇧

I have been a plasterer for 34 years and I now know how you feel when you watch builders doing farming videos ! good job though fit to last another 100 years maybe

Wow what a difference to when you started :) Looking great.

Cracking job. The cottage has come a long way since the very first video.

Amazing that someone wants to restore an old house like that.. In Skandinavia they bulldoze houses if there are just the smallest thing wrong with them. Why we dont have many old houses in the country side anymore.

You and your family have turned that cottage into a home.. simple.. that's why it's happy.. excellent work as usual.. I would say I'd give you a hand but I know the kick you get out of achieving this yourself.. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

your a man of many talents Adrian, what a transformation, looking forward to the next episode. 👍👏🇮🇪

It was well worth saving it's got character 👌

A job well worth doing. Whilst the coat of paint does nothing for being able to live in the house, it most certainly makes you want to live in it! Sinead saying that it "looks happy" is a perfect description. It probably is quite excited too that it knows that it will have further improvements done to it. Somehow, that coat of paint has put the soul back in the house. Of course, the filling of the cracks and the new gutters actually do a lot for the preservation of the house.

Watching you here working on this old cottage I’m reminded of My Father’s attitude towards building work; “near enough is good enough”.

It is amazing how a nip and a tuck, plus a little makeup, brings out the natural beauty that lies underneath. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BRAVO😊 (🇺🇸)

When your using a mastics gun try pushing it along rather than pulling it, pushing it pushes the filling into to gap while pulling it pulls the filler out, I was told that by an old builder after many years of pulling the gun along, I think he called me a plonker or something lol

Thanks for the video. Always enjoy seeing different dairy farms

Well done, Aidrian. Great video . Michael, Dublin

It is amazing how a coat of paint can really brighten the cottage up and makes it look great

Wow! I always liked the cottage anyways but yep it’s definitely very happy now and will be filled with love and laughter in the future!!! I love any of your videos whether you are working on the machines, the cows, the cottage, or the fields. It makes my Sunday morning!! 🥰

Loving this renovation, you should get George Clarke over to do a documentary. I hope you do a time lapse slide show once it's habitable, starting at the small wood in the corner of a field with no sign of a house 🤠

I love the way you just tackle the job and go for it full tilt. It's how to get things done 👍

So glad to see the renovation started.....looks like a back breaking chore working on the lower wall. Looks happy...😊Blessings to you and your family. Hope your father is well.

Great video Adrian it’s some difference a coat of paint 👌

It's incredible to see your enjoyment and enthusiasm for the project. It comes across well in the video. It must be so satisfying to see where the house is now since you started. Thanks for taking the time to film it. Looking forward to the next chapter 😊

Wow transformation what a bit of paint can do awesome.

I always say You Learn Something New Every Day (and i am 80) you have definitely learnt as you go on

Good stuff ud be surprised how good a lick of paint will spruce up a place

I definitely wouldn't tear it down. Yes it needs work but it can be made good with some time and effort.

Great video and an even better achievement with some wise words of wisdom thrown in ...

Can't wait to see a new roof on the house😊

Well done Adrian, some transformation, great video

Great job what a difference the paint alone made !!

Adrian only one comment to make that is when you take the bog down please make sure granny isn't sitting on it at that time🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Cottage looking great looking forward to seeing it finished Another great video has always Adrian Sinead and girls 👍

Seeing the progress you have made on this dear cottage , that has many stories to tell , makes my heart happy ! Thank you !

Great video Adrian, it all makes sense to preserve what you can now to make it easier for planning for the renovations in the future and the cottage looks “happy” 👍🏼👍🏼. Enjoyed watching.

I cannot agree more. Two things I’ve been in building all my life. But decided to build my own home 2 hours from the nearest city. I’m using salvage materials. Well the first year I made mistake after mistake cause of all the new challenges you face. But at the end of the day I’m winning now. Second thing is to build a home keeping in mind what has made you happy in the past. Yes we’re the same vintage. Cheers for the great content

Really lovely wee cottage now that you done it up Adrian. Great job and the white paint looks great on it

Can’t wait to watch this after work. My aunt used to live in a cottage just like that until a few years ago just outside Monaghan town.

Congratulations Adrian, you must be chuffed with that progress. A job well done and time well spent. Your some man for the tools, I do always say to myself there Mustn't be a tool you don't have 😂 so I was very surprised when you didn't have the sockets to take the jib off the digger, but you have them now. Love the videos, look forward to watching them every Sunday morning. Take care 👍

Yes Adrian, it does make you look good😀