So much to do on our ruined Irish farm! Episode 3 

Wow what an achievement, it must feel amazing now it's done especially as it was all your own volition. Hope we say the same in years to come! Thanks for the support. I😊

Thank you. He is loving this challenge. 👍

Yes definitely an amazing building. It's done so well to be here potentially 300 years or more!

Sam wants to put a big mancave there!...I don't 🤣

Sam gas all the PPE but I admit in the early videos he was so keen to get stuck in he forgot everything. He is more on the ball now. Thanks for commenting and pointing it out 👍

Thanks Linda. 😊

Yes a lot of work to be done everywhere.

Wow! Alabama! Love that you are watching us. Thank you. 😊

Thanks Nancy, it was heartbreaking for us to lose the chicks. We felt so bad, but we tried wuth what we could do. 😔

Ahb yes that was heartbreaking! We tried so hard to keep them alive. The swallows are back and I'm hoping they stay away from the house this year as we are working on it. Cannot face that again.

Dying!!! 🇬🇧🐶

Thanks so much for your lovely comment! We appreciate your support & good wishes....we need them! 😅

Will do that. Thanks for the suggestion 👍.

I tried my best, I still feel sad about that 😪

Oh yes that's mostly what we drink now.

It certainly will! 🤣

Thanks, II totally know what you mean. Luckily for me, Sam is so super keen & excited to get stuck in that he brings me up when I'm feeling anxious over it all.

Thanks its definitely something we will consider if we can't sell on the UK. I did advertise it on an Irish group but no joy. Done deal may be a good shout though.

I'm praying for a mild winter & quick renovations! 🤣

Hi, yes, that may be a good idea for the future once we get started properly on the house. Feel free to email us theirishhomestead@hotmail.com

Thanks will do our best to keep them coming. 😊

🤣🤣 will do! You're welcome anytime, just don't forget your wellies!

Need Sam to send me a pic of your lane.... current car is LOW some idiot built it that way 🤣

I'll tell him to send pics. You will be fine, though it's a good road, even for those crazy low cars! 🤣

I really hope so! It's magical here and I feel so grateful.

Thank you! We appreciate the support

Thanks so much! 😊 Yes it looks such a festive little place now doesn't it.

Thank you! 😃

Thank you so much. 💓

Thanks, guys! Yes, definitely a few "big jobs" 🤣 we are looking forward to it all, though. Glad you are happy to come along with us.

Thank you!! 😊

Hi Linda, great to hear from you! Glad to hear your loving living in Scotland.

The log burner & potatoes are a definite 👍

Thank you Jay. It's definitely going to be a lot of work, but the thought of what it could become keeps us going. 😊

Thanks so much, it is beautiful here.

Hi! Thank you for your kind comment. Euan is definitely more of an outdoors kid. He loves helping his dad. I hope we can just do the place justice. It's definitely a learning experience for us all. Good to hear from others who have done it & come out the other side!

Hope you enjoy! Thank you for the support. 👍♥️

Thanks James. Definitely a long road ahead. Just hope we aren't turned into snowmen this winter in the crummy static!

Thanks for the reminder, Sam has been more on the ball with his PPE recently, I told him off and mentioned lots of people had brought it up on here 😁

Hi, thanks for the comments. Not heard of this type of drainage only 'French' drains. Lots to think about for future drainage as we need LOT of it! 🙄

Hi & thanks so much. Yes, Sam's going to do a lime render course so we can get it right. We are really excited to bring the place back to life.

@@theirishhomestead That's fantastic! I did a lime pointing course a few years ago and it is a lot of fun. Having said that, we now have to repoint our farmhouse, lol xx

Ken, you are utterly right, Sam did buy all those things but got giddy & started without them. He is wearing them all the time now. Mind you, he is deaf already, so he doesn't need the ear protection....or maybe it's only when I talk his hearing deteriorates! 🤣

Thanks Stacy will look that one up. 👍

Poor little baby birds! Dreading them coming back this year. They will be gutted their old nesting site (our house) is no longer available to rent!

Thank you so much, and we are really pleased you are following our journey.

Thanks Neil. Cannot wait for that moment! 🤣

Thank you. Yes, we are hoping to eventually be self-sufficient, but so much work ahead on the house to do as a priority first. We appreciate the support. 👍

Yes it's really tiring. Hoping we won't be doing much cutting back for a while! Thanks for the advice. 👍

Yes, you are right. We do need to do that as a matter of urgency. A dehumidifier is also something we need to invest in. We also need to upgrade the power supply as we are not making it through the day with the set up we have & the petrol generator has been out saving grace but obviously costs a lot to run. It's all a learning curve. Thanks for the helpful comment. 👍

Ha ha, we love hearing others' suggestions. We enjoy sharing our journey. ❤️

Yes, it's overwhelming some days. Hopefully we can get it done before April next year!

Hi, thanks for your comments, the place has huge potential, we love it here. Yes, we totally forgot about the wind. The Go Pro is great when moving but terrible for sound outdoors. I did say I think we will try to film more with our Sony and maybe wobbly, but with better sound would be tolerated better 😉

The beauty & peace of the place definitely makes all the effort we have in front of us worthwhile for sure. Good luck with your project too. ☘️👍

Yes, we may give it a try in NI first. Thanks.

The grant is only available for specific situations and has many restrictions on it. Ill put a link to it here. We haven't gone into the specifics on any videos we have done of the process but you can get an idea watching our videos. The money is not guaranteed and is not paid upfront. You have to submit your claim at the end once the house is complete. Check out all the information here... www.gov.ie/en/service/f8f1b-vacant-property-refurbishment-grant/ Hope this helps. It's important that anyone interested in the grant does their own research. We don't want to give incorrect information or mislead anyone. It's a great scheme but you have a lot of things to get done first in order to benefit from it.

Yes we have probably around 11 dead/dying trees that we really need to fell. Sadly this whole place was like a forest but when the house went on the market the trees were cleared leaving only the ones around the edge and I think disease/damage plus not being in a orotected group had meant they are now mostly on their way out😪. It's a cost we haven't budgeted for but will have to think about it sooner rather than later. 😞

No they aren't supporting the walls. Just acting as lintels and door openings. These will be replaced.

Hi Martin, lovely to hear from you. We are just over 1.2 acres. Not huge but just enough.....for now! 😉

Yes, it is very sensible. Luckily, we have an engineer on board who is brilliant at keeping us organised. Yes, sorry, static caravan is a mobile home.

Know anyone giving one away? 😉

Sounds like a better route! 💪👍

We do indeed! Let's hope we do the place justice. 🍀

Thanks for this. It's to know the American terminology.

I bought him that last Christmas! 😀

Hmm, Scotland! Whose bonkers us or you?! 🤔🤣 Yep, lots of work to be done, but we are keen & giving it a good shot. 10 points for effort, at least, surely? 😀

Ps we are from Stockport not Yorkshire but love that you think we are from there. Such lovely places. In fact, someone else has said we sound like Compo & Clegg! 🤣 So we must sound a bit Yorkshire...its all the tea we drink from there!

Hi Derek, so nice to hear from a mate of Nicks. Hope you're getting some better yachting weather than when we were there?

We did think of setting up patreon, but in two minds about it. Will look into it again possibly. Thanks for the offer of support though. Just commenting is lovely of you.

We didn’t have good weather today. Forecast good for tomorrow so going out with Nick on his boat. A lot of the sailing channels have an option on the menu with a $ symbol where I think you can pay for “coffee/ beer” They also have wish lists for parts you can pay for. Worth looking into if you have not already. Will try and get Nicks sailing skills developer he can sail to see you.

Hi! Hope you got out on the boat! How fabulous if Nick sailed to the Irish West Coast, that would be such an achievement. So I looked into all the options for tips/donations/buy me a coffee etc but they all took a percentage of everything, then of course paypal fees on top! We decided to do as another RU-vidr has and just do a paypal link for anyone wanting to help us. Thanks for giving me the heads up to look into this.

Derek, thank you so much for your kind donation, we are thrilled! Our very first donation! So far on RU-vid we have earnt £1.17 and I think they take 55% so not exactly my best ever paid job! I also signed up to buy me a coffee so thanks for making me think about it more. Becky

Yes, we like Lyons, but we have not tried Barry's. Will give it a go, though. Thanks.

Oh teasing me with Lyons tea. Our favourite but we can't get it easily in France.

Hi! We are near Mohill.

Yes, we are applying for the derelict grant. 👍

Love that. ❤️

Yes it's always over the advertised price, hard lesson we learned there! We saw properties advertised at €35k with offers already double that, and they were still holding out for more. I think the grants have pushed prices up. 🤔

We are much better at remembering PPE these days! Thanks 👍

Not too far from Carrick on Shannon

Yes, a caravan was something we considered, but the kids wanted their own rooms after living in a motorhome for nearly a year! Looking forward to a bit of space (in a staric - how bonkers is that?! 🤣) We home educate the kids and plan on continuing this here. If they decide they want to go to school at any point, they can. Still a lot of trauma from their time in UK schools.

@@theirishhomestead gotcha, our kids are begging for space too. Roof almost gone on and kids want to camp up there in order to get outta caravan 🤣

🤣🤣 my two are planning the bedrooms of their dreams! We are just planning on how to stay warm this winter! 🤣

@@theirishhomestead Amazon basics have a great range of Sherpa hoodies... Were all kitted up. Also it's a good idea to have a space outside the caravan for living or cooking. Our kitchen is in a pump house we built and we have outdoor furniture, covered by a sail and a nice big firepit. Not looking forward to our winter in the caravan but hoping to get the kids out by Xmas at least into their new homes!

@WestCorkWander thanks we will be stocking up on warm stuff for sure! Hopefully a Christmas tree in the static will make it feel nicer, just Jan, Feb & March will be awful! Fingers crossed you're in by Christmas then you lucky lot! 🤣

Sadly, they didn't make it, but great tip if we are in the unfortunate position of having to do it again. Thank you. 😊

I love weed eater! I'll start calling it that! 🤣

And in Australia they're called a whipper snipper 😅

Oh we have millions of pairs! 🤣

@@theirishhomesteadBuy stock! 🤣

They aren't hard to find, but what Sam forgot to say was that he wanted a particular stihl model that he had been recommended by a friend, which was an older model and that was proving hard to find. 😏

We totally agree.

Co Leitrim

Static is another term for a mobile home, yes a contradiction in terms I know! Basically a big caravan with walls inside like a house suppose it's like a trailer in American terms?

The grant is something the Irish government are offering to people renovating old houses up to €70k

Good job we have become quite partial to Barry's and luckily Sam's mum gave us an industrial size bag of Yorkshire tea before we left! 😀

@@theirishhomestead Barrys > Lyons