UNBELIEVABLE!😲 MASSIVE BACKYARD TRANSFORMATION! At Our Abandoned & Derelict Property in Australia 🇦🇺 

I had a mate do similar. He added 6” fencing, gates and gardens. 6 months later the realestate said how nice it looked and that they were raising the rent. He removed everything he built and stopped paying for water to be wasted on the lawn. It took him another 2 rental’s to not care about having someone else’s property looking nice. He’s never had a rent increase in in about 8 years 😂

@@downunderfulla6001 problem is I want to live in a nice place I could afford. I'm a home owner now but my last landlord Dropped the rent so we would stay longer. You get good tenants and bad tenants but also good landlords and bad landlords.

Thank you! And thank you for sharing your journey! 😁

If I was that neighbour I would be so happy Im no longer living next to a tip!!

Those Bougainvillea thorns were the worst! They would even pierced through the bottom of our shoes! Thank you and thank you for sharing in the Journey! 😁

Thank you! Yes lots of chainsaws! Thank you for sharing the Journey with us 😁

In the garden it was the ride-on mower.

Haha not in Queensland 😂

Thank you!! 🙏😁 oh so many bottles!!! And they are in the house too…

Definitely 💯

Could of left the Norfolk and the Jacarandas 😢

I understand how you feel but I think it's great that they have removed a number of non native species that are quite invasive. They have said they will be planting a lot of native species which is far more beneficial to the local wildlife. With a garden in this overgrown state, this was the only way they could have done it. Things grow quickly in this environment, so I think we'll see their native garden take shape in a short time.

@@gglydie4242 ...which will be fine in 50 years, but in the meantime, I would have left some structure and shade in place, not to mention beauty.

Yes! In our next video you see the reason we had to remove so many trees…and also showing some of the larger trees that we did keep…thank you for checking out our videos! 😁

If they didn't say it was a 90's house I would have guessed 80's maybe even 70's. There's some much older elements. Guessing someone liked some dated things when they built the house

@@Lea-bw9wj it does look more 80’s to me, might be very early 90’s? I built my first home in 95 and the kitchens, bathrooms and fitting were definitely more modern. The house I grew up in was built in 78 and the taps and bathrooms do look more similar to those. I had a friend whose parents built multiple new homes over the years, but they were all stuck in the 80’s because they had a style they liked. I never understood why they built a new house, only to make it look just like their old one 🙃

Yes….we have saved a lot of the mulch for the new gardens and also offered mulch to the neighbors 😁

Did you also save the larger pieces to dry and then use in the woodheater? I love seeing it all take shape.

Lots of “weed trees” on the block like Cocos Palms

Absolutely agree, cutting down all the mature trees instead of trimming some back has just made this house and garden 10 degrees hotter in summer.

Yep. And people wonder why their is climate change. Well there you go.

The tall trees are dangerous also. They needed chopping for the solar panels

I am sure these people have well considered keeping n what is dangerous or needs to be removed! They have taken such time into cleaning n keeping inside obviously they care about the environment as well. Great job guys x

Thank you for understanding why we needed to remove the trees….we love trees, but yes they were damaging the house…you’ll see how in the next video…thank you for sharing this journey with us!! 😁

We love that you watch our videos with your grandson! 💚 thank you for sharing in our Journey….it is a very beautiful place to live…we are very blessed 😇

Thank you! And thanks for watching and sharing in our Journey! 😁

Thank you! And thank you for sharing in our journey 😁

Oh...it was probably a cat 😂😂😂

Hello😀 yes we agree... they do look like they are about to fall over! However the mangroves growing along the bank are protected here so they had to remain...and lucky for us we don't have any crocodiles down this way...the creek does come from the sea so it's tidal and plenty of wildlife and birds etc....Thank you for watching and for sharing in our journey!!

Loving the videos all the improvements

Thank you! And thank you for all the support…the well wishes and positive messages definitely out weigh the criticism…we have been blown away by all the support! The video that will be posted this week shows some of the reasons why we had to remove the trees…and yes, we are looking forward to planting the right trees, in the right place….thank you for your kind words and for sharing in our Journey! 😁

@@UNXPIR3D that’s ok, just think it needed to be said. Can’t wait to see what you end up doing with the place 👍🏼

@@Noniinthebush and well said it was! 😎

Not busy bodies - people are invited to watch this project, and comment. Personally, I loved seeing the progress on cleaning, sad to see the leftovers from someone's (hopefully) long and well-lived life, and very sad to see the scorched earth approach to the outside. I wouldn't have commented on this if you hadn't been so rude.

@@sroberts605 you have to have scorched earth to make a nice lawn and I’m sure that’s the plan. At the end of the day S Roberts, it makes no difference how sad you are or what you or I think, the new owners will do what they want because the property is theirs to do so. I’m sure you’ve done things to your property that I myself and many others would hate, just as I have probably done the same. The thing is, some of the comments were such that would make the owners feel bad, and none of us should be doing that because they’re only sharing their dream with all of us. Thank you for your reply 🙏🏼

How? 🤔There was only the narrative at the introduction.

It's their record of this transformation so I appreciate the story they are telling us, and they are making a great record for themselves. If you don't like it, don't watch it, or turn the sound down. No need for a negative comment.

I disagree, way too many trees in a small area.

It needed rejuvenation, not clear felling, there where some beautiful features that could have been accentuated, imo

Wrong kind of trees to be growing so close to the house. Replacing them with native plants will attract native birds to the yard and be less likely to invade underground pipes or drop heavy branches. Have you seen the video that was in the news of the 5 metre python slithering from a roof to nearby trees? That would put anyone off having trees close to the house, particularly when they’ve already had that snakeskin.

You should never have tree's that close to a house. They looked like they might not have been healthy. Plus if they are Gum Trees you really don't wont them close to your house. There's a very good reason they have a nick name of widow makers.

@@Lea-bw9wj a small number, maybe 2 or 3, of the hundreds of Eucalypts are known as widow makers, the worst one is actually Angophora floribunda, its not a Euc, that grove over by the fence could have been left with under plantings of ferns/cycads, instantly establishing a lovely rain foresty visual affect of a large area away from the house, job done, money in pocket, very little work for large impact and lot of time/money saving in the long run, but hey, they might have hated the idea I've made "mistakes" with properties I've bought so I am in no way judging or condemning them, I have however worked in horticulture for 40yrs, you learn to see the potential of "stuff" others cant, rejuvenate the garden, live with it, work out functionality to your life and go from there, turning a potentially quaint "Hobbit" garden into a snooker table is just not something I would suggest, but again, they might like snooker tables or have lots of money to pay landscapers I'm just stoked they have their own home, very happy for them to be able to achieve in an economy like this, big thumbs up to them 👍👍