It took me 5 years of looking at places. One place had only 3 pictures on the sellers site and they were not well taken. I went to look at it, and it was beautiful, everything I was looking for. I can only assume it wasn't selling because of the crappy pictures....Everyone asks me how I found such a nice place.....Thanks for the video.
You have gone to the woods with more integrity than Henry Thoreau. You are not taking your laundry to your mother, or having someone clean for you. You are living simply. He said, “beware of all enterprises that require new clothes,” so you make your own. Wonderful.
I brought my cabin in Sweden 17 years ago.It was the first one I looked at and I immediately felt an affinity with it. Buying it is probably one of the smartest things I've done.
I live in sweden in a condo and even here People tend to be shy and by themself. But when you start to talk too swedish People they tend to open up :)!
Hi Rosie, maybe some day, could you show what a person would need to do hiking and camping, I would be very interested. Even a list would do. Thank you 👍😉🇮🇪🍀
I'm not surprised heading to the North parts of Sweden. Mobody wants to go to the south of anymore these days.. I live in Finland and we have maybe even more open space since we are about 4 million people less than in Sweden. Welcome to see Finland too some day! Our nature is very similar, very beautiful and peaceful too, maybe just a bit more lakes in here.
Yessss!! you found a cabin! Me and my sister met you when viewing a summerhouse in Sweden. BTW we bought the cabin that you show at 0:18 :D . Hope you're doing well! I'll be following your journey on here! Best of luck!
Hiiii! I LOVED that plot / cabin. I really wish I couldv'e made that work and we would've been in a bidding war ha! What are your plans with it? Please start filming as well! So excited for you guys :)
@@thankyouthankyou1172yo, idk if you have found anything more yet. From what I understand you pay the property tax(according to land type, be that forest, agriculture, temporary living or permanent living) and that's it. Obv if you have insurance that gets added and maintenence fee is what you spend on renovating and keeping it in shape.
I’m a long ways out on your journey, Rosie and I absolutely have fallen in love with your channel. You have a gift, really. I hope to be like you someday even as a grandmother ❤ thank you.
I love your channel so much I decided to go back and watch all your cabin stories from the beginning! Looking forward to seeing how it all started. Thank you for the wonderful content!
@@wildrosie/ I watch your videos twice when they first come out. First time I like to just listen to them so do that while I m doing chores. Second time I like to watch and listen at the same time. AND I am now on the last episode after watching all your videos again from the very start! You re quite the inspiration you know!!!!! I only left the message here at the beginning because I opened my you tube and this episode popped up. I started reading the comments!
20:13 quickly found out that the tap is there but there is no water, it's just part of the kitchen layout. nice, i'm gonna turn all my rooms into kitchen like room but only one functional kitchen, visitors would probably love it.
Oh how I wish I were young again...I would have gone more off the beaten path too....I totally get what you are looking for...a space not cluttered with the energy of others when it comes to neighbours. Being independent takes alot of work and a firm belief in yourself. I greatly admire your courage and tenacity. Glad you are numbering your vids..... Smart TV does not always pick up all vids nor in order...stay safe! I am rooting for you! ❤️🇨🇦 Mariya
When I bought my place… it was for the most part complete and I was iffy about buying one so done…to my surprise even as done as it was I found myself changing… upgrading…. personalizing… adding and am still not done after 3 years. I am completely comforted knowing that since things are already stable, secure…finished….my changes can be done at my pace and when I’m ready…and I can do them without any pressures…..so don’t be sidelined by something more finished than you’d like if you like it otherwise……there are always things to be done and things take time.
Thats awesome its a good way to avoid dept. :) I myself tend to be a person that never uppgrade my home not because im cheap just that I lever feel the need to guess I will be the old guy with sofa and stuff that are 50 years old 😅
So glad to have found you. You have a very strong independent spirit. I like the minimal aspect to your travel and you do not depend of personal motorised transport.
Im quite late to the party, but hey! Welcome to sweden! 😍 i've lived here all my 33 year long life and im excited to see more of your journey in the land of polarbears and wilderness (spoiler: there is no polarbears 🙄). It is fun to see my own country through the eyes of someone else, a stranger from across the pond 😅
Hello Rosie, nice to see you searching for the perfect house/cabin in Sweden, you've got almost the same requirements as me. like no roads no direct neighbours etc... If you could raise your budget a little, there are suddenly a lot more options. Did you ever think about Scotland and France?, those winters in Sweden are long and cold, but certainly beautiful.
I'm in us in Houston Texas it's not for me. I've lived here my whole life. It's made me so sick mind body soul I've been wanted to move to northern Sweden country side for a year now. You give me so much hope. I can't wait to get there. 🤞🤞🤞 I need the Nature and peace ☮️.
I hope you manage to sooner rather than later... the US has some amazing nature as well though, worst case scenario you could find something remote out there?
Hi Roseanne, really enjoyed this video - thank you so much! We share the same dream of a calm life in Sweden even though we are in completely different parts of our journey in life (I am a self employed mama of four boys, living in the middle of crazy Berlin). Do you know the German YT-Channel "Endlich Selbstversorger" by Claudia Weber? She lives really far out in Sweden (no running water, no electricity. She has chickens, goats and grows a lot of vegetables) I don't think that the road to her house is cleaned from the snow in winter, too. But she has something like a. "small tractor" which seems to be a very typical Swedish thing!? Thank you so much for sharing your experience and good luck 💕
I could not live without either running water, gas or electricity. Those are what make life endurable. I mean, we all have to wash ourselves, eat and heat our homes. Human company, I can do without.
beautiful video!!! im so glad i came across your channel and i will definitely be sticking around! some of these cabins were quite nice and i really hope you find one that suits your needs :)
With 200k up here in northern sweden you can get a castle for those money😂,but you only have 4 months of growing, dont look for cabins they are not isolated so good..,and isolate a cabin can cost as much as the cabin itself..look for a smaller house instead..a torp as we call it here in sweden..most of the so called Torp in sweden have own water wells an are already suited for the winter
I think I ended up in a torp! I never really found anything that cheap though, even up north. I think the prices have been going up this past year, or perhaps my requirements just didn't suit those cheaper properties...
Hi Cosmo, I am watching your video from Switzerland. Excellent quality and a sweet story. You are really gifted to make videos! I also enjoyed reading your Iceland and Te Araroa hiking adventures. Great great stuff! Especially the DIY Iceland trip.
I've followed your blog for a few years and have been envious of your past adventures. Was wondering what you've been up to, and great to see that you've planned a new and different adventure! Look forward to catching up on your vlogs - though hope you still have plans for long distance tramping once it's possible again.
I saw your latest video which came up on you tube decided at least for now 😅and was inspired for some reason to see your old videos and decided at least for now (I have severe ADHD and ASD and tend to get bored easily) to try and follow your journey
Wish I saw this earlier. We are selling our house but it's big and hoping for 350 to 400 sek. Anyway the village actually has more remote places for good prices as well as nearby villages. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Prices have gone up in the north for two reasons: The pandemic, people are working from home anyway so many realised they can live somewhere else rather than in the cities. And there’s also a trend to get into nature. And the other major reason is the ”wonder in the north”. There’s major investments in the north of Sweden by major battery factories and other modern tech companies and they’re gonna need to hire loads of people. And of course they’re gonna need places to live. So that’s driving prices as well. Most of that will be in the northern cities though or in areas near where those factories will be situated. The northern parts of Sweden are massive though so don’t worry too much about it. It’s not gonna be crowded😀 And I have to say, I think there are very cheap cabins elsewhere in Sweden too if you look really far away from the cities. So it might help if you widen your search to at least central Sweden as well. Anyway, good luck to you and to anyone else looking to move to Sweden. I know I’m biased cos I’m swedish, but it’s pretty amazing 😀 🇸🇪
Hi there from Holland. I love to accompan jou on your househunt... I live in my gipsy wagon and am still in love with my estate...hope you will get the same feeling once you find a place.... Will follow you...
1:43 A lot people lived in these cabins year round 150 or so years ago. It was pretty cold but they had lots of fires going and lots of kids so it was doable but unpleasant. Great videos! I hope that Sweden will work out for you in the long term!
Ohhhh how exiting you ended up in Sweden yaaaayyyy =), its so much cheaper the further up north you get but you have as you say so much better seasons for vegetable growing in the middle.
You call cabin! So interesting) We in Siberia call it winter shelter. So cool to see deferent point of view other nationalities! Thank you Google translator)))
I think you really need a car unless you live like max 10km from nearest village with a store, just thinking how you are gonna remodel with all the stuff you need to buy and haul is enough to say that. Also indoor water, not sure you want that bc thats gonna freeze in winter and explode, and electric heating is needed to avoid that, and that heating option is extremely expensive. A well is safe and free. I myself had to realise I had to get a drivers license and a car to do this
wow! what an adventure, thank you for letting us witness your journey! and the editing is lovely too! small input: the time stamps are actually only starting when you have 0:00 marked as intro before all of the other chapters! I will stick around, subscribe and am very curious to see more! thank you and have a lovely rest of the week.. and of course, happy new year! PS: was it easy to get a visa for permanent residence?
Happy new year! That's so weird because it works when I check on my computer! I can click the time stamps just fine... will have another look and adjust. Thanks for pointing out :) Ah, I've got that coveted EU passport. Wouldn't know how I could do it without... (living rurally at least. I could probably get a work visa but I'd be stuck in a city...)
Hi Rosie, I just found your channel. I am very impressed by what you do. I am Swedish and actually from Filipstad, where you checked the first two cabins I think.
I moved to Sweden 8.5 yrs ago, living in the middle between Oslo & Stockholm, 25km away from the nearest Small town. I don’t think you are being realistic. How will you manage living remote without a car? How will you make money? Don’t underestimate the cold and the long winters (it is freezing for at least 4 months here)? Growing your own vegetables is not enough to survive on, the vegetable growing season is only 4 months here.
I started this house hunt knowing all those things and decided I would just stay really flexible - if I didn't manage to get the house ready for winter or I didn't have any work, I'd just have to go back to London for the winter months and come back when the temperatures rise in spring / summer. Until everything would be ready for full time living. But so far all has been good - it's been cold but it's been okay, I've got some freelance work which I do from home and I'm 12 km from the nearest town - I can walk or cycle. I'm curious to see what will happen in the coming months, but I see this as a long term project, so whatever happens is okay
I am so glad that I found a video describing the life I wound love to lead. I wish that I could find a cabin away from people and the complications of life, but I would not be able to. Because I cannot drive, I would not be able to get any provisions. I wonder how you pass the time of day, without getting bored. Also, what happens if the plumbing or electricity fail to function? What do you do?
Hi Rosie, new to your channel. You have a fascinating English accent.. have you not lived anywhere else? Your accent sounds like a cross of English snd South African. I’m Australian and LOVE Sweden, I feel drawn to it for some reason and sure hope I get to visit one day.. but of course it’s so incredibly far from here.
I don't know if you found a place , but blocked is the best to find them . the good houses sell within a day and disappear from blocked so you need to be fast. I found a old school ( högakusten)with electricity and summer water for 50,000 sek (5,000) euro. the challenge will be that many of the sellers are older and don't speak English. good luck!
Is anything cheap in Sweden? -- but not a bad thing. Not a "cheap" population either, indeed if one ever has doubts about an ethics issue look to Sweden (and Scandinavians in general) for mature perspective. Thanks for the video lass, good luck.
Hi I’m so glad I’ve come across your channel, have subscribed 👍 like yourself would luv to settled in a cabin life , in the country side ! Look forward to seeing your vlogs 😁👍
It must have been really hard for you when you see each plot then finding they were not what you really wanted, and those with no electricity or water must have made you feel so upset making you think when would you find the house of your dreams 👍
I really think you need to visit these places in winter. Im not saying this cannot be done. It can very well be done. You can survive anything, but to live, not only survive. Im not sure if you are ready at this point. Winter in an uninsulated summer cottage in northern sweden without a vehicle to transport building materials, plow or move yourself in an emergency... Its not Instagram. Maybe if you work on the buldings only in summertime for a couple of summers and go home for the winter until you have enough wood and have the buildings at a level where you can live there. But I love your spirit and truly hope you prove me wrong.
@@josefine635 I was thinking the same thing. I am really impressed. Awsome work from her part. And lots of determination 😊 hats off from my side. But I still stand by my statement that if somebody contemplates buying or building something in Scandinavia. Make sure to visit during the winter also. Not only the summer 😊
Solar is not a reliable energy source in Sweden as the winters are very dark, specially in the northern parts of Sweden. If someone tells you that some small solar system is good enough for pretty much anything other than lighting a house during the winter they are simply misinformed or lying. Clearcutting is common practice in Sweden. There are some nightmare scenarios where forest owners have clearcut forests right next to other peoples homes, but that very rarely happens. Safest bet to avoid this when buying a cabin in the woods is to buy a forest property so that you own the forests surrounding the cabin. This is of course more costly.
Thanks for the input... I was a little sceptical about the solar as well! The clearcutting is so sad for the surrounding properties... if I had a higher budget then I definitely would've tried to buy a forest plot as well!
Hi Rosie, i really like your video's and it is verry inspirational, in my own search for a place in Sweden. I saw that you use the train and other public transport in Swedenn, ... It would be cool if you can give some tips/tricks on using public transport in Sweden (prices, where to book,...) :-)
I did notice a bit of irony at cabin four where you said you wanted something a bit more 'wild', but then said a downside was that you didn't have a phone signal there. Isn't that what 'wild' is all about?
Haha, the struggles of living in today's world!! Maybe I should've said I want a wild 'feeling'... basically just lots of overgrown trees and bushes on the land....
I'm doing something similar. I'm looking for a small cabin on a few acres of land. Land that I can turn into a garden/food forest. Hoping to grow fruit and vegetables. I want to sell produce at a small 'honor-system' farm stand. I'd love to have a heated greenhouse built so I can grow during the winter months as well. Maybe sell produce to local grocery stores and restaurants. Donate a percentage to local food pantries. Everything is so expensive right now. Anyway, new sub! Good luck with your search. I'll be watching :)
In Sweden you dont clear the roads that much. Especially not in the woods. This is the wilderness sweetie. You either get a four by four vovlo and just plow through that shit og you get your skiies on ☺ Anyway the snow in south of Sweden is not THAT big of a deal. Ypu do not get so much snow there. So its not a problem at all 👍
Wow this is real helpful. Thanks. I think i have found something for ourself in Sweden. But it is a ruin. And we wil have to work hard to turn this in to a gem. Placed my bid at 150000 The broker was shocked.
@@wildrosie Yes but this broker is not responcive and now the prevous bidder overbid us. That sucks. But hey there wil be more houses in Sweden i'm we wil find one for ourself.
It took me 5 years of looking at places. One place had only 3 pictures on the sellers site and they were not well taken. I went to look at it, and it was beautiful, everything I was looking for. I can only assume it wasn't selling because of the crappy pictures....Everyone asks me how I found such a nice place.....Thanks for the video.
Hi! Which sites are good to look out for cabins in Sweden?
You have gone to the woods with more integrity than Henry Thoreau. You are not taking your laundry to your mother, or having someone clean for you. You are living simply. He said, “beware of all enterprises that require new clothes,” so you make your own. Wonderful.
I brought my cabin in Sweden 17 years ago.It was the first one I looked at and I immediately felt an affinity with it. Buying it is probably one of the smartest things I've done.
I’ve lived in Sweden 38 years ...don’t worry about neighbours nearby , Swedes tend to keep to themselves and leave you to your own devices
I live in sweden in a condo and even here People tend to be shy and by themself.
But when you start to talk too swedish People they tend to open up :)!
her mind still in London 😁
Hi Rosie, maybe some day, could you show what a person would need to do hiking and camping, I would be very interested. Even a list would do. Thank you 👍😉🇮🇪🍀
@@letsbefreeletsbefree7183 We’re nt shy, we’re just not interested 😂💕
@@soilgrasswaterair haha thats true :D
I'm not surprised heading to the North parts of Sweden. Mobody wants to go to the south of anymore these days..
I live in Finland and we have maybe even more open space since we are about 4 million people less than in Sweden. Welcome to see Finland too some day! Our nature is very similar, very beautiful and peaceful too, maybe just a bit more lakes in here.
Yessss!! you found a cabin! Me and my sister met you when viewing a summerhouse in Sweden. BTW we bought the cabin that you show at 0:18 :D . Hope you're doing well! I'll be following your journey on here! Best of luck!
Hiiii! I LOVED that plot / cabin. I really wish I couldv'e made that work and we would've been in a bidding war ha! What are your plans with it? Please start filming as well! So excited for you guys :)
@@wildrosie I want to buy cabin no. 4 is it still for sale?
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Buying a cabin in Sweden is like my biggest dream. Thanks for the look inside these 😊
That's a nice dream! I hope it comes true one day.
It's also my dream. my concern is: if i do not live there most of the time, how much tax and maintenance fee do we have to pay?
@@thankyouthankyou1172yo, idk if you have found anything more yet. From what I understand you pay the property tax(according to land type, be that forest, agriculture, temporary living or permanent living) and that's it. Obv if you have insurance that gets added and maintenence fee is what you spend on renovating and keeping it in shape.
I’m a long ways out on your journey, Rosie and I absolutely have fallen in love with your channel. You have a gift, really. I hope to be like you someday even as a grandmother ❤ thank you.
You are so brave and I love your sense of adventure. I don't drive and have wondered how easy it is to get around Sweden. You are an inspiration!
Get a motorcycle 🏍️👍
I love your channel so much I decided to go back and watch all your cabin stories from the beginning! Looking forward to seeing how it all started. Thank you for the wonderful content!
I love that! I never imagined anyone would want to see these videos twice, but it’s amazing to hear that you’re enjoying them so much :)
@@wildrosie/ I watch your videos twice when they first come out. First time I like to just listen to them so do that while I m doing chores. Second time I like to watch and listen at the same time. AND I am now on the last episode after watching all your videos again from the very start! You re quite the inspiration you know!!!!! I only left the message here at the beginning because I opened my you tube and this episode popped up. I started reading the comments!
@@wildrosieI am doing the same. Fascinating!
20:13 quickly found out that the tap is there but there is no water, it's just part of the kitchen layout.
nice, i'm gonna turn all my rooms into kitchen like room but only one functional kitchen, visitors would probably love it.
Oh how I wish I were young again...I would have gone more off the beaten path too....I totally get what you are looking for...a space not cluttered with the energy of others when it comes to neighbours.
Being independent takes alot of work and a firm belief in yourself.
I greatly admire your courage and tenacity.
Glad you are numbering your vids..... Smart TV does not always pick up all vids nor in order...stay safe!
I am rooting for you!
❤️🇨🇦
Mariya
You totally get me!!
When I bought my place… it was for the most part complete and I was iffy about buying one so done…to my surprise even as done as it was I found myself changing… upgrading…. personalizing… adding and am still not done after 3 years. I am completely comforted knowing that since things are already stable, secure…finished….my changes can be done at my pace and when I’m ready…and I can do them without any pressures…..so don’t be sidelined by something more finished than you’d like if you like it otherwise……there are always things to be done and things take time.
Thats awesome its a good way to avoid dept. :)
I myself tend to be a person that never uppgrade my home not because im cheap just that I lever feel the need to guess I will be the old guy with sofa and stuff that are 50 years old 😅
So glad to have found you. You have a very strong independent spirit. I like the minimal aspect to your travel and you do not depend of personal motorised transport.
It’s interesting how you measure each cabin. Water, power, no near neighbours, insulation and slightly remote. You really are an inspiration.
Im quite late to the party, but hey! Welcome to sweden! 😍 i've lived here all my 33 year long life and im excited to see more of your journey in the land of polarbears and wilderness (spoiler: there is no polarbears 🙄). It is fun to see my own country through the eyes of someone else, a stranger from across the pond 😅
im rewatching all your videos and its so fun to see what other cabins you considered before you chose the one im so familiar with.
Hello Rosie, nice to see you searching for the perfect house/cabin in Sweden, you've got almost the
same requirements as me. like no roads no direct neighbours etc...
If you could raise your budget a little, there are suddenly a lot more options.
Did you ever think about Scotland and France?, those winters in Sweden are long and cold,
but certainly beautiful.
My god you have courage. I can't believe you walked all these places.
This whole video is beautiful. I fell in love with cabin six as my childhood home in Massachusetts had a beautiful stand of Birch trees!
I'm in us in Houston Texas it's not for me. I've lived here my whole life. It's made me so sick mind body soul I've been wanted to move to northern Sweden country side for a year now. You give me so much hope. I can't wait to get there. 🤞🤞🤞 I need the Nature and peace ☮️.
And the desolate cold and new language and culture will warm u up, I hope. These houses are called Stuga. 🎅🤶🧑🎄
I hope you manage to sooner rather than later... the US has some amazing nature as well though, worst case scenario you could find something remote out there?
@@wildrosie the government owns all our wildlife 😒
Hopefully I'll be out sooner rather than later like you said.
I hope you’ll succeed Alexandria!
I loved the unfiltered nature shots. Thank you!
really enjoyed the video. Instant sub! cant wait to see the rest of your journey. thanks for sharing! Good luck 💚
Hi Roseanne, really enjoyed this video - thank you so much! We share the same dream of a calm life in Sweden even though we are in completely different parts of our journey in life (I am a self employed mama of four boys, living in the middle of crazy Berlin).
Do you know the German YT-Channel "Endlich Selbstversorger" by Claudia Weber? She lives really far out in Sweden (no running water, no electricity. She has chickens, goats and grows a lot of vegetables) I don't think that the road to her house is cleaned from the snow in winter, too. But she has something like a. "small tractor" which seems to be a very typical Swedish thing!?
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and good luck 💕
ruclips.net/video/ODeYRdvpQZM/видео.html
Oh that's so cool! I haven't seen her channel before. Thanks for sharing the link :)
I could not live without either running water, gas or electricity. Those are what make life endurable. I mean, we all have to wash ourselves, eat and heat our homes. Human company, I can do without.
Really nice coming along on your journey to find the wild home you're looking for.
This is amazing! Congratulations! Can’t wait to see the next video,
beautiful video!!! im so glad i came across your channel and i will definitely be sticking around! some of these cabins were quite nice and i really hope you find one that suits your needs :)
I really like those quite places to livin in it 💔😢
Love this content! So peaceful and interesting. Can't believe you considered a place with so many mosquitoes! Waiting for Part Two.
Haha, I figured there was no way escaping those either way. But they were quite bad in that spot.... Part 2 is coming next week!
@@wildrosie If you want few mosquitoes then you should pick a place with big fields and few trees.
@@goldrush5764 That's exactly why the mosquitoes would've been more than worth it!
Thanks for making a great video! I miss Sweden
This was such an interesting video! Love watching your journey. My grandparents come from Sweden. TFS! 🌷
and i think you are going viral! Congrats. haha. i love it when good small channels start to go viral! 😄
Love your videos. keep up the good work💚
Cannot wait to see what you do with this little cottage best of luck be safe
absolutely fun to follow u on ur journey...i'm sure u'll find a nice cabin...wish u the best of lucks.
With 200k up here in northern sweden you can get a castle for those money😂,but you only have 4 months of growing, dont look for cabins they are not isolated so good..,and isolate a cabin can cost as much as the cabin itself..look for a smaller house instead..a torp as we call it here in sweden..most of the so called Torp in sweden have own water wells an are already suited for the winter
I think I ended up in a torp! I never really found anything that cheap though, even up north. I think the prices have been going up this past year, or perhaps my requirements just didn't suit those cheaper properties...
Hi Cosmo, I am watching your video from Switzerland. Excellent quality and a sweet story.
You are really gifted to make videos!
I also enjoyed reading your Iceland and Te Araroa hiking adventures.
Great great stuff! Especially the DIY Iceland trip.
Ah thanks! Yes Iceland was an adventure for sure. Sort of wish I was interested in filming back then....! Could've made for an amazing story
I've followed your blog for a few years and have been envious of your past adventures. Was wondering what you've been up to, and great to see that you've planned a new and different adventure! Look forward to catching up on your vlogs - though hope you still have plans for long distance tramping once it's possible again.
cabin 1 and 4 are stunning oh my god!!
OMG I'd love to do that too. I have lived in Pilsen (Czech Republic) all my life. People are everywhere!
I saw your latest video which came up on you tube decided at least for now 😅and was inspired for some reason to see your old videos and decided at least for now (I have severe ADHD and ASD and tend to get bored easily) to try and follow your journey
This is such an interesting video! I hope you find what you are looking for.
Well finally i found who lives my dream in the reality 🌟🤩💞🔥 I'm from Algeria much respect sis 🇩🇿✨
Wow what an exciting adventure for you.. I would love to try this too. Looking forwards to seeing how you get on 🙏🏼
it sure is.... part 2 is coming next week!
Great video, super interesting learnings for my own (not yet started) search !
Wish I saw this earlier. We are selling our house but it's big and hoping for 350 to 400 sek. Anyway the village actually has more remote places for good prices as well as nearby villages. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Respect, Rosie 👏👏👏
The algorithm decided to show me your most recent video... back to episode one for what some quality binge watching :-)
Prices have gone up in the north for two reasons: The pandemic, people are working from home anyway so many realised they can live somewhere else rather than in the cities. And there’s also a trend to get into nature.
And the other major reason is the ”wonder in the north”. There’s major investments in the north of Sweden by major battery factories and other modern tech companies and they’re gonna need to hire loads of people. And of course they’re gonna need places to live. So that’s driving prices as well.
Most of that will be in the northern cities though or in areas near where those factories will be situated.
The northern parts of Sweden are massive though so don’t worry too much about it. It’s not gonna be crowded😀
And I have to say, I think there are very cheap cabins elsewhere in Sweden too if you look really far away from the cities. So it might help if you widen your search to at least central Sweden as well.
Anyway, good luck to you and to anyone else looking to move to Sweden. I know I’m biased cos I’m swedish, but it’s pretty amazing 😀 🇸🇪
Some good info here - thanks for that!!
I understand the hardest part is finding a job, not a house :(
Great video, wish you all the best !
So happy to find your channel.
Hi there from Holland.
I love to accompan jou on your househunt...
I live in my gipsy wagon and am still in love with my estate...hope you will get the same feeling once you find a place....
Will follow you...
1:43 A lot people lived in these cabins year round 150 or so years ago. It was pretty cold but they had lots of fires going and lots of kids so it was doable but unpleasant.
Great videos! I hope that Sweden will work out for you in the long term!
Beautiful, love the whole video. Thank you for this experience.
Ohhhh how exiting you ended up in Sweden yaaaayyyy =), its so much cheaper the further up north you get but you have as you say so much better seasons for vegetable growing in the middle.
It's crazy I've ended up here isn't it?? It's very exciting!!
You call cabin! So interesting) We in Siberia call it winter shelter. So cool to see deferent point of view other nationalities! Thank you Google translator)))
I think you really need a car unless you live like max 10km from nearest village with a store, just thinking how you are gonna remodel with all the stuff you need to buy and haul is enough to say that. Also indoor water, not sure you want that bc thats gonna freeze in winter and explode, and electric heating is needed to avoid that, and that heating option is extremely expensive. A well is safe and free. I myself had to realise I had to get a drivers license and a car to do this
Enjoyed the video. Good to see you following your dreams. Good luck.
What a wonderful story.
wow! what an adventure, thank you for letting us witness your journey! and the editing is lovely too! small input: the time stamps are actually only starting when you have 0:00 marked as intro before all of the other chapters! I will stick around, subscribe and am very curious to see more! thank you and have a lovely rest of the week.. and of course, happy new year! PS: was it easy to get a visa for permanent residence?
Happy new year!
That's so weird because it works when I check on my computer! I can click the time stamps just fine... will have another look and adjust. Thanks for pointing out :)
Ah, I've got that coveted EU passport. Wouldn't know how I could do it without... (living rurally at least. I could probably get a work visa but I'd be stuck in a city...)
@@wildrosie just add 0:00 and the chapters will appear on the timeframe bar also.
I'm a new subscriber. Just watched your greenhouse video and subscribed so now watching your cabin playlist
Hi Rosie, I just found your channel. I am very impressed by what you do. I am Swedish and actually from Filipstad, where you checked the first two cabins I think.
Nice one,really enjoyed your adventure.Looking forward to part two.P
Thanks! It's coming next week :)
I moved to Sweden 8.5 yrs ago, living in the middle between Oslo & Stockholm, 25km away from the nearest Small town. I don’t think you are being realistic. How will you manage living remote without a car? How will you make money? Don’t underestimate the cold and the long winters (it is freezing for at least 4 months here)? Growing your own vegetables is not enough to survive on, the vegetable growing season is only 4 months here.
I started this house hunt knowing all those things and decided I would just stay really flexible - if I didn't manage to get the house ready for winter or I didn't have any work, I'd just have to go back to London for the winter months and come back when the temperatures rise in spring / summer. Until everything would be ready for full time living. But so far all has been good - it's been cold but it's been okay, I've got some freelance work which I do from home and I'm 12 km from the nearest town - I can walk or cycle. I'm curious to see what will happen in the coming months, but I see this as a long term project, so whatever happens is okay
I am so glad that I found a video describing the life I wound love to lead.
I wish that I could find a cabin away from people and the complications of life, but I would not be able to. Because I cannot drive, I would not be able to get any provisions. I wonder how you pass the time of day, without getting bored. Also, what happens if the plumbing or electricity fail to function? What do you do?
Cedar Canon, the vegetable growing season is not much longer here in London.
@@daisychain3007 although I prefer to be alone, it is not always easy to be alone this much
@@cedarcanoe She walked the entire PCT so you can be sure she’s knows a thing or two about extreme weather and loneliness.
Glad I came across your channel, watching from Canada ...
Ariel Bissett recommended your channel so I've immediately subscribed and am starting from the beginning 😊
Welcome!! Ariel is amazing ☺️
Sooo interesting, Rosie! Thank you!!
Hi Rosie, new to your channel. You have a fascinating English accent.. have you not lived anywhere else? Your accent sounds like a cross of English snd South African. I’m Australian and LOVE Sweden, I feel drawn to it for some reason and sure hope I get to visit one day.. but of course it’s so incredibly far from here.
She’s originally from the Netherlands so that influences the british accent from 18 years in LDN.
Awesome. Good you follow your dream.
Actually quite charming
Cabin four was lovely...
Actually really like seeing the cabin so far I like number four and number six
I don't know if you found a place , but blocked is the best to find them . the good houses sell within a day and disappear from blocked so you need to be fast. I found a old school ( högakusten)with electricity and summer water for 50,000 sek (5,000) euro. the challenge will be that many of the sellers are older and don't speak English.
good luck!
Hi Cosmo I just found your video, to bad you don't own a small truck what a beautiful place you have.
Is anything cheap in Sweden? -- but not a bad thing. Not a "cheap" population either, indeed if one ever has doubts about an ethics issue look to Sweden (and Scandinavians in general) for mature perspective. Thanks for the video lass, good luck.
Hi I’m so glad I’ve come across your channel, have subscribed 👍 like yourself would luv to settled in a cabin life , in the country side ! Look forward to seeing your vlogs 😁👍
Good prices, where i have my summerhouse they cost over 100.000$ if it's close to water and if it's beside the water add 50k more.
It must have been really hard for you when you see each plot then finding they were not what you really wanted, and those with no electricity or water must have made you feel so upset making you think when would you find the house of your dreams 👍
I am so happy for you. I wish I find my cabin one day. I wish you all the best darling. Never give up on your dreams. Good luck God bless you.
I really think you need to visit these places in winter.
Im not saying this cannot be done. It can very well be done. You can survive anything, but to live, not only survive. Im not sure if you are ready at this point. Winter in an uninsulated summer cottage in northern sweden without a vehicle to transport building materials, plow or move yourself in an emergency... Its not Instagram.
Maybe if you work on the buldings only in summertime for a couple of summers and go home for the winter until you have enough wood and have the buildings at a level where you can live there.
But I love your spirit and truly hope you prove me wrong.
so far, so good :)
@@josefine635
I was thinking the same thing. I am really impressed. Awsome work from her part. And lots of determination 😊 hats off from my side.
But I still stand by my statement that if somebody contemplates buying or building something in Scandinavia. Make sure to visit during the winter also. Not only the summer 😊
Solar is not a reliable energy source in Sweden as the winters are very dark, specially in the northern parts of Sweden. If someone tells you that some small solar system is good enough for pretty much anything other than lighting a house during the winter they are simply misinformed or lying.
Clearcutting is common practice in Sweden. There are some nightmare scenarios where forest owners have clearcut forests right next to other peoples homes, but that very rarely happens. Safest bet to avoid this when buying a cabin in the woods is to buy a forest property so that you own the forests surrounding the cabin. This is of course more costly.
Thanks for the input... I was a little sceptical about the solar as well!
The clearcutting is so sad for the surrounding properties... if I had a higher budget then I definitely would've tried to buy a forest plot as well!
Hey, thank you for sharing! Does being a UK citizen affect your living in Sweden after Brexit. How did you manage to get a residence?
Hi Rosie, i really like your video's and it is verry inspirational, in my own search for a place in Sweden. I saw that you use the train and other public transport in Swedenn, ... It would be cool if you can give some tips/tricks on using public transport in Sweden (prices, where to book,...) :-)
Train!! SJ.se
Watching this as my neighbour tries to drill a hole in my wall next to my head, and traffic is roaring outside my window
enjoyed watching subscribed,want to see more thanks !
Thanks for the film Rosie. Apologies if this question has already been asked, but where are you originally from, and why choose Sweden?
I did notice a bit of irony at cabin four where you said you wanted something a bit more 'wild', but then said a downside was that you didn't have a phone signal there. Isn't that what 'wild' is all about?
Haha, the struggles of living in today's world!! Maybe I should've said I want a wild 'feeling'... basically just lots of overgrown trees and bushes on the land....
At 18:17 i was on that gravelroad 2monts ago and worked in the forrest 👍
Hello from Ohio USA and I am new to your channel.
You remind me of me. I know subbing to your channel will inspire me to do what I know I need to do at some point ✨ Happy New Year! ✨
The only thing in sweden that scares me is the logging industry that is destroying our home and magical forests.
Love on the first sight
I'm doing something similar. I'm looking for a small cabin on a few acres of land. Land that I can turn into a garden/food forest. Hoping to grow fruit and vegetables. I want to sell produce at a small 'honor-system' farm stand. I'd love to have a heated greenhouse built so I can grow during the winter months as well. Maybe sell produce to local grocery stores and restaurants. Donate a percentage to local food pantries. Everything is so expensive right now. Anyway, new sub! Good luck with your search. I'll be watching :)
That's sounds amazing... where do you plan to do this?
@@wildrosie New Hampshire, USA :)
In Sweden you dont clear the roads that much. Especially not in the woods. This is the wilderness sweetie. You either get a four by four vovlo and just plow through that shit og you get your skiies on ☺ Anyway the snow in south of Sweden is not THAT big of a deal. Ypu do not get so much snow there. So its not a problem at all 👍
Wow this is real helpful. Thanks. I think i have found something for ourself in Sweden. But it is a ruin. And we wil have to work hard to turn this in to a gem. Placed my bid at 150000 The broker was shocked.
That is really exciting!!!
@@wildrosie Yes but this broker is not responcive and now the prevous bidder overbid us. That sucks. But hey there wil be more houses in Sweden i'm we wil find one for ourself.
10:44 nice interior...
Beautiful cabin
I live in the netherlands , but omg....i wish i lived in the swedish woods
I hope you find that which you seek!
Cabin one was ideal.
Nice, finds... Would you have a newsletter ? or website.
Would love to hear more about why you decided to move to Sweden
Next week's video! :)