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That's pretty bad that the dog was running around outside that whole time and then comes in and takes a s*** that dog needs to learn some respect!! Lol
It's both sad and mildly humorous that he has to put a disclaimer to NOT invade his personal life. Let's just hope people listen. Best of luck to you Alec.
@Paul Taylor And that's exactly the kind of thought process that makes such a disclaimer necessary. Just because he chooses to share some aspects of his personal life does not constitute an open invitation to encroach on the things he does not wish to share.
Except yes it does in both the UK and usa. It makes you a public person under the law. And that removes your right to sue for slander or libel. Its like those Yahoo's that accept Facebook tos and then post about how Facebook doesn't have the right to use your data even though you agreed to it in the tos.
Let's say you knock on his door, I'm sure he'll tell you to piss off and there you have it, that's a visit, reasonably peaceful. Continue to be on his premises and it's also a trespass. Take some photos when he opens the door and it's invasion of privacy. Hang around in the streets with hundreds of others and I'm sure somehow you're breaching the peace. Unfortunately the paparazzi have a habit of pulling this kind of stunt, whether you give them your address or not. That's what he doesn't want. That's why he requested no visitors. 🙄
@@joshschneider9766 You obviously have very little understanding of any privacy laws...... Just because you have a RUclips channel doesn't automatically give people the right to wander up to your house and invite themselves in, and anyone doing so is guilty of Trespass at the very least. Your comment about Slander and Libel is also absolute drivel. The whole reason behind every single Slander and Libel court case ever is that somebody in the public eye is trying to defend their character against untrue accusations (either in spoken or written form) made against them....... if they weren't allowed to, then the whole point behind these terms would cease to exist, and therefore there would be no such offense under Law. Your "understanding" of the Law would seem to make Stalking and Aggravated Trespass completely legal too then would it?
Looking great, it should be a wonderful home once its cleaned up. Its sad that we live in a world where you have to ask people to respect your privacy instead of trusting that they would just know to do that. This last year I have had several people show up uninvited and unannounced even though my address isn't listed on any of my videos or web site. One guy said he had been looking for hours, that should have been a clue.
It should be common sense that if you're not personally invited to someone's home or you've not requested permission to visit a person especially if you're a complete stranger to them, you don't have a right be accepted or catered to when you show up out of the blue.
So let me get this straight... They take the time and effort to select a house with a pre-installed rat-flap (because cat-flaps are so last century) to make the local rodent population feel welcome, but us fans aren't welcome? /s (it's also kinda sad that I need to clarify that this is sarcasm in this day and age!)
While being a Fan is nice and good, it doesn't mean you should just try to find their place and jump out of a bush screaming _„I am a fan!“_ Not that it matters much in a year or so, when Alec isn't even in England... While I love it to have up to date videos and not videos that are months old, it is always an option to just show videos from America when you are in England and the other way around. It is just sad that he maybe even has to do something like that, but I hope that there were only a few times something like that happened and that most of us don't try to invade Alecs privacy like that. ...nonetheless, as a fan I am going to say that a meet and greet would be fun.
So happy to see this Alec! Remember finding you years ago when you just started vlogs and talking about your work and learning and teaching from the first Workshop. Amazing to see your progress and what you've achieved is immense!!!
It's really sweet how much effort you put into not showing your wife on camera. It's easy to tell how much you care for her and are trying to keep your personal life, well, personal.
@@Gundmalm it was, but he's always tried his best to keep her out of his videos when possible, like with the power hammer painting video he only ever let the camera see her back
@@benediktlechner6813 I think it's just her wanting it to be kept to a minimum not, not at all. I don't know if he's spoken about it ever, but I don't see why it matters, just repsect her wishes and if people are not weird about it, she will probably he more comfortable in the future.
I like how firm he was, “your are absolutely not welcome to come and stop by …. Do not come to our house” not that he was rude but it shows professionalism and authority. Good job and congratulations
Why wait for the master bedroom? I barely make it in the door before I get comfortable in my own home. I guess Jamie in the bath blows that plan out of the water.
I remember being here when you had that small shack, less then 500k subs and Sam was the camera man. Watched almost all of your videos since then and if your not the best example of hard work, dedication, and perseverance. Then I don’t know what is. Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏
Its frikin wicked how i started watching him back before he even had 50k and was still living in england still trying to get financially stable. And now he is doing better than ever expected! Congratulations on the house! And eager to see your future endeavors!
Alec I've been watching you for years. I've been a hobby smith for several years, you've been a huge inspiration to me this whole time. Congratulations on winning in life. Much respect for the shout out. Not alot of people are willing to stop and thank people.
I love the firm, no nonsense statement on respecting your privacy message at the end. You are absolutely right and everyone who watches you especially those for a long time knows how important respect and privacy is for someone and their family.
While you've got it all torn up you may want to consider upgrading the wiring. Having modern wiring for power can make a difference. Also consider adding ethernet and co-ax to all the rooms.
@@MrJonnyd55 Ethernet wiring still has uses. I installed it in 1999, just before the WiFi era. We used it for a few years before it seemed obsolete. Fast forward another 15 years and it turned out to be a boon when we upgraded our TV/telecom service which required wire runs from the gateway. Also can be useful in a large home that needs multiple WiFi access points for good coverage.
@@billtheunjust exactly this. wired is way more stable. even if the ethernet in the rooms just get used to connect a wifi mesh point, the will be worth it
Yeah, but it's when he gets to part 6 and the house falls down and then he has to rebuild it from scratch. However in the end it would be an utterly fantastic looking house that everyone ends up drooling over.
I had the same issue with the suspended timber floor down stairs and damp walls. I ripped up all the timber floor and injected a new dpc. Then dug down enough to lay a concrete oversite, put 100mm of insulation and have a latex screed. I also put in wet underfloor heating, it was the best thing I did in the renovation by far.
I thought the situation was something like that. Kudos to you for making the best of the situation. The garden looks gorgeous. I couldn't help but laugh at "the dehumidifier has been running for a few hours and already getting full" since here in Texas that time period would have meant emptying the bucket at least twice. I look forward to the Steele Home Improvement Show in future updates. Maybe handforged doorknobs everywhere? Or at least the front door.
Everyone should realize that the house actually isn't that big, Alec is like 3 feet tall remember. Im actually more surprised that he managed to find a scaled down house.
I'm glad to have been able to help you along the way by always buying your materials and your 2x72 kit grinder. I hope that with that I will produce enough proper products and buy my own home as well. Happy to help, and thankful for yours. Cheers
congratulations on getting your new home. its been a pleasure to go on this journey with you. we thank you Alec for all the work you do. look foward to the future. And thanks again....
I remember Alec working out of a small shop with a dirt floor, so happy to see where you have made it, congrats on the house and I look forward to seeing where the future takes you
I dunno. For all the money his viewers have put into buying his house he should be inviting them over for morning tea. Can't beat a good scone and a nice hot cuppa lol 😜🤣
I can't even start to imagine what's going on inside people's heads when they think they're entitled to turn up at someones doorstep, just like that, and demand a house tour, because "I'm a fan!" ?!
As much as we liked having you here in America, I enjoy you just as much in the UK and it honestly didn't make your videos any better or worse. Glad to see you buying a house and "making the best of it"!
amazing that it needs to be said "do not come to our house". I would imagine it quite rude to just show up to someone's home without first having permission to do so. Secondly, seems as though the Mrs. has become more comfortable with her appearance on the channel, as there seems to be more of her on at least this episode. Hope to see you back in Montana, and hope when you do get back, you do a colab with Will.
This last year I have had several people show up uninvited and unannounced even though my address isn't listed on any of my videos or web site. One guy said he had been looking for hours, that should have been a clue.
@@BlackBearForge wow... people must be raised differently these days. Was raised that you never invite yourself to a friends home let alone a stranger!
@@BlackBearForge You're pretty well out in the sticks as well... some pretty impressive (read: over enthusiastic and slightly scary) research to find you and then dedicate the time to show up. It's a fine line to walk being a warm, approachable personality that viewers can connect with and also making it clear that your private life is your own. As a teacher I have similar issues but far less stalker-like... in most cases.
Some people don't view celebrities as private people, even their place of living should be open to the public. I don't know why someone would think that. But just looking at what happens with the bigger youtubers with children as fans, where the parents bring them to the youtubers house and expect the youtuber to welcome them in and let their child do whatever they want. It's crazy what people think they are entitled to when they just watch someone online.
@@kdkrueger112 not people "this days", there have been always people like that.. just now is much easier to find those places out and travel in general
love the message at the end, it really is important to set solid boundaries right away for your family and peace of mind. Congratulations on the house.
It looks like a great home and I can't wait to see it finished and watch the whole 80 part remodel series where you break stuff and fix stuff and break something else and fix other stuff while trying to figure out if you need a new something or if you can just build it
Congrats Mrs. Steele, Alec, and pups. Been watching you for what feels like forever now. Just about 6-7 years. Love the progress your business has made! Hope to see you back in Merica one day, but am thankful to still be able to watch your videos regardless!
Typical of houses without a proper foundation barrier near a garden. French drain, and an engineered water collection system should fix the problem. One house i restored maybe 10 years ago had massive flooding issues + 20 cm in the rainy season inside the basement. We fixed it with barriers and a massive 5 meters deep, 1 meter wide (concrete sewer liner) pit, in which we threw about one meter's worth of gravel to stop it from creating ice. It was so efficient, that the neighbor's adjacent house also stopped having water issues in his wall.
Also if it’s on stumps, I know the au/nz standards state you need at least 300mm from ground to barer. I’ve had to pull up entire subfloors to dig out dirt from houses before and I tel you it sucks! Moisture seeps through the ground and causes a lot of moisture under the house, under the sub floor and inevitable mould. Something to check out
Alec, since you’re not in the US shop right now, would you consider letting one or two of your staff there do a project or two for the channel? Do you have craftspeople there?
We bought a house with my girlfriend and had 7:00 slap in the face also. Whole wood plank floor needed to be gone, old wet woodchip insulation dug out (about 20x150liter sacks of shoveling) right around this summer that was also super nice +28-30c all the time :) Glad we got it done though. Even the scaffolding (or whatever its called) under the floor was rotten from the moisture and needed to be rebuilt to support new floor.
Ive been watching since the Katana project, and have loved every video. From long and short builds, to repair and refurbishment of tools, to the old Steele vs Stelter. Your enthusiasm for your work has been increadible to behold.
How sweet, that you’re giving up part of your master bedroom, so that Jaime doesn’t feel cramped in that tiny room. 😆 Congrats on the new home! You’ve definitely earned it! Be sure to take the time to enjoy this new chapter in your life.
This is great. Have a series of videos covering home improvements. With a background of woodworking and forging and smithing, what can he accomplish. Go crazy. This could be good. Iron railings, kitchen cabinet handles, gates and fences... Toilet paper roll holders...etc... Maybe a hidden room for special stuff.
Yes yes yes!!! Get an electrician in to look at EVERYTHING from the mains incomer, the board and all the wiring! A house of that age potentially used a type of wiring call VRI or VIR wiring (Vulcanised Rubber Insulation/Vulcanised Indian Rubber). Over time the sheathing becomes VERY brittle and can fall off with the slightest disturban e (such as knocking down fixtures and fittings and walls nearby) exposing wires and is responsible for a HUGE number of spontaneous electrical fires over the years. So if you're ripping walls open and exposing wiring (as you are) then its worth getting it inspected and *considering* whether it might be beneficial to spend some money (I know, easy for me to say, hard to do) and get the house rewired now, to prevent problems in the future.
So basically, what you’re telling me is, that if I hire Jamey to edit my videos, i also run the risk of walking into my bathroom to find him making himself at home… Fair nough, he’s an awesome editor!
Congrats Alec! So many fantastic youtubers have being crossing milestones lately and I love to see it. Someone mentioned a 17 part renovation series in the comments and I know I'd be in on that too.
Will admit I wanted to just drive past the Montana shop and be like “hey that’s Alec steeles shop! Sick!” when I took a vacation there but definitely wouldn’t have “stopped by”.
That's not the world. Don't be so pessimistic. It only takes 1 person out of 2.35 million to ruin his privacy. Maybe at most there will be a few dozen if he lives in or near a crowded area. But that's relatively speaking nothing compared to his fanbase.
Also Alec "sure am glad I worked my ass off creating something and can provide for my family." Whiners "He's got enough money to provide for himself isn't that worst?"
Glad to see that Mrs. Steele and others are wearing breathing protection with the mold in the house. Congrats on the new home and on finding your "ghost." My daughter's husband is about to be stationed in Germany and my daughter is going with her. I was hoping to go visit but with the whole state of affairs these days, that isn't looking possible yet.
Hello Alec. Super happy for you. I have a request that you continue posting videos about updates on your house and time lapses of it. This helps alott to understand how to react in situations as the damp walls. Thank you again for all the wonderful videos you post.
Beautiful house pal. As a builder I would recommend getting new windows and doors would help keep the heating bill down with all new argon gas filled glass and pvc windows. Can't wait to see the house finished 👌👌
I like to think you'll just be randomly finding Jamie taking a bubble bath in your house. Just a random Wednesday morning, you wake up and go to do your business and there he is in the tub chilling with a Glass of wine.
In regards to the butler bell, they used to have areas in the floor or carpet that you could stand on and would ring the bell, just something else to look out for even though it was a button behind cabinet All The Best Fabrizio
Given when it was built I'm surprised Alec wasn't going around just pointing at everything saying "that's got asbestos, that's got asbestos, this light switch? Asbestos"
@@GLUFSAREN I tried getting the state involved to clean out the asbestos, but the school superintendent and the town council shut it down before it even got to most people in the town. Then I moved to a different high-school.
I'm glad Alec added this part at the end of the video, but in case people didn't watch to the end, I'm just going to echo it here: You are being given a glimpse of the home AT ALEC'S CHOOSING, but you are NOT ALLOWED to go to this place for any reason. Please respect the Steele Family's privacy, you are not allowed to visit for any reason. This is their HOME, and you must respect them and their wishes for it to remain private, regardless of what they allow for you to see on the internet. That is all.
@@_fabiosi089 haha for me that very expensive average house price in the UK is £250k , depending on the area a house with a stand alone garage with those big rooms is easy £1m
@@matthausholzl2645 hab letzte Woche ein Garagenstellplatz gesehen am Stieglmayrplatz, (Duplex Garage ! ) Für 120.00 € . In bad english : i saw a garage in the western part of Munich for sale... The price was about 120.000€
Please continue the remodel videos. I would like to see the progress as well as the result. Congratulations on the home. I’m in the process of buying a home myself.
At regular intervals, Alec is required to have a video series where he remodels a new space. We thought it was just new workshops, but through a newly discovered loophole he can remodel a house instead. Joking aside, congrats on the new house!
I think its time for a ‘Alec Steele Life’ youtube channel for all these sorts of videos; houses, garden, cars, travelling etc. would be nice having more frequent casual videos like these, great fun to watch. Congratulations to you both :)
Sadly the reality of buying any older home is that many people cheap out on correctly repairing water intrusion issues. Have a ball fixing it up! We're looking forward to seeing the journey.
A very wise disclaimer at the end there, I can only hope folks respect it, you and your family. Take care over there Alec! Absolutely in love with the house so far.
Someone hiding all the rot accumulated on what was a home with great bones! The flooring was cheap Chinese bamboo and thin, thin , thin, the built ins catalog items made from MDF with veneer on it- wet, rotting plaster walls covered by cheap wall paper. I don't care if the previous owner did that job of a "flipper" did it- it wouldn't have passed any codes inspection in texas or Louisiana where I have worked. I also doubt that a bank would have knowingly underwritten a loan if they had any knowledge of the poor quality- bankers, even fast dealing, British ones, like to see strong positive value added to protect the property- that isn't what I just saw removed from that house. FR
The previous owner of the house we bought a couple of months before did it. Awesome looking, 30-40 years old hardwood floor, that only needed some love and care - but he was so smart, and laid a layer of extruded foil(? that foamy type of film for maybe heat insulation?) all over it, and put down some presumably second hand laminate. The original hardwood floor started to rot and mold; I was able to scrape it up like wet cardboard...... Of course the original "glue", a tar-like material was untouched by the damp environment, so we had to chisel that thing up. Nice times, nice times..
if the hardwood flooring has gaps, air gaps, and is uninsulated, then it's a decent choice. not all hardwood or wood floorings are ideal living surfaces, despite their nice appearance
Leaving the hardfloor there and cover it to make it impossible to it to breathe and get rid of any moisture is a decent choice? Tell this to the 10 months old baby of theirs who lived in that room, with that blackish, nice smelling mold. :-D
Oh man so awesome to see you succeeding so much! I’ve watched your channel religiously for more than 4 years I think it is so fantastic what you’ve done! I’m loving the house and loving the reno!
Alec: A nice small garage, about 5m x 6m Everyone in UK Suburbia: That's huge! I only have 2m x 3m enough for 1 car and a toolbox! Everyone in UK Cities: What's a garage? That's the size of my whole flat!
@@RecoilOperated i own a two story town home at 1500 square freedoms. Almost half the bottom footprint is a two care garage which makes it around 25 wide and 17 long in freedoms.
I can feel you. Just bought a house two months ago. It's a ton of work. But we just moved in a half finished house and its the best thing we've done ever. And yes, I now have two workshops to setup, the dream of every maker to have your very own space.
There's a good chance it's a fixer upper that recieved set dressing and rough possible internals. That was my first place, a teeny postage stamp yard in a rougher neighborhood. It was cheap. It was close to work and we moved out after the first speeding drive by. We ended up moving into a trailer
It's a bit of a fixer upper in that it's dated in some respects but actually quite grand. That's getting on for a million pounds worth of house in the UK, if not more. Houses are insanely expensive here
Was just going to say that, looking at the area (probably down south somewhere) that's easily a million pound ($1.4m) first home, even with a dated interior. Not bad going 👍
Congrats on the home, I worked on a 12th century Manor house in Suffolk, and the servant bells that were on pull wires not electric kept going off when no-one was in the rooms 😀
Alec also has more firearms training then most americans. he hung out with the warrior Poet John Lovell. something tells me his american abode will have a proper armory.
Maybe he is fed up from all the visits to the shop, or worried about his wife, you know people who watch youtube can be weird, specially if you think is ok to visit a stranger
Not sure the neighbors would want the shop as much as we do lol, I can see the value going up as the demolition commences, they do say you make your money on purchasing not selling, great work guys looking forward to more of this content
I look forward to watching you and your father build the cabinets for the kitchen. Take a 3 week vacation at a mexican resort sounds like a good way to get back into the United States.
@@garethbaus5471 well it seems to be one extreme or the other over there! apartment in NYC can cost millions or a stunning house and plenty of land in louisiana can cost just a couple hundred thousand... madness!
@@oMaGicKsv in the parts of the US where you can buy a mansion for a few hundred thousand dollars the jobs are bad enough that it might as well be a billion dollars.
Congratulations Mr. Steele and family! Initially I was WOW what is he doing. Then you mentioned moisture in the walls n floor. Bad deal! Do hope you find the sources and remedy the issues. Eh it happens in older homes and new alike. No doubt your renovation will be epic as ever! Blessings to the Steele family now Crawford out 🧙♂️🙏
Congrats on the new place, hope the damp rot isn't anything too major to get fixed, my place has been a case of "what else has not been done properly".
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Ghosts hate it when you renovate their house
Are you still in the UK an is that gonna be yalls second house for when your visiting family?
yo alec, when it comes to it do you want me to give you some tips on plastering? :D
Dude! Huge congratulations! I especially like the poop bedroom
Hello Bobby, fancy seeing you here
Oh it’s you. Nice to se ya Bobby boy!
The poop bedroom is really what changes it from just a house to really being a home. Congratulations Alex!
Thank you 🙏🏻
That's pretty bad that the dog was running around outside that whole time and then comes in and takes a s*** that dog needs to learn some respect!! Lol
It's both sad and mildly humorous that he has to put a disclaimer to NOT invade his personal life. Let's just hope people listen. Best of luck to you Alec.
@Paul Taylor And that's exactly the kind of thought process that makes such a disclaimer necessary. Just because he chooses to share some aspects of his personal life does not constitute an open invitation to encroach on the things he does not wish to share.
@@ninefingersnate3733 well said!
Except yes it does in both the UK and usa. It makes you a public person under the law. And that removes your right to sue for slander or libel. Its like those Yahoo's that accept Facebook tos and then post about how Facebook doesn't have the right to use your data even though you agreed to it in the tos.
Let's say you knock on his door, I'm sure he'll tell you to piss off and there you have it, that's a visit, reasonably peaceful. Continue to be on his premises and it's also a trespass. Take some photos when he opens the door and it's invasion of privacy. Hang around in the streets with hundreds of others and I'm sure somehow you're breaching the peace. Unfortunately the paparazzi have a habit of pulling this kind of stunt, whether you give them your address or not. That's what he doesn't want. That's why he requested no visitors. 🙄
@@joshschneider9766 You obviously have very little understanding of any privacy laws...... Just because you have a RUclips channel doesn't automatically give people the right to wander up to your house and invite themselves in, and anyone doing so is guilty of Trespass at the very least.
Your comment about Slander and Libel is also absolute drivel.
The whole reason behind every single Slander and Libel court case ever is that somebody in the public eye is trying to defend their character against untrue accusations (either in spoken or written form) made against them....... if they weren't allowed to, then the whole point behind these terms would cease to exist, and therefore there would be no such offense under Law.
Your "understanding" of the Law would seem to make Stalking and Aggravated Trespass completely legal too then would it?
Alec: “do not come to my house”
Jaime: “but then where will I have a bath?”
I believe it’s “both”
lol 🤣🤣
@@garrettgonsalves6224 "Bawth"
Looking great, it should be a wonderful home once its cleaned up. Its sad that we live in a world where you have to ask people to respect your privacy instead of trusting that they would just know to do that. This last year I have had several people show up uninvited and unannounced even though my address isn't listed on any of my videos or web site. One guy said he had been looking for hours, that should have been a clue.
oh that sounds awful, sorry you had to experience that.
It should be common sense that if you're not personally invited to someone's home or you've not requested permission to visit a person especially if you're a complete stranger to them, you don't have a right be accepted or catered to when you show up out of the blue.
This is one of the primary reasons why I have not started a RUclips channel. I just don't want to have to deal with all the crazies that come with it.
Sorry to hear that. Thankfully out where I live there's plenty of privacy loving, shotgun wielding southerners to help people mind their own business!
The only way I would ever show up at a someone's home is invited and bringing food.
Kinda sad that he has to remind people to respect their privacy…
People don't realise that Alec (or other public figures) is not our friend. This relationship is just business to customer with extra customer care.
I'm gathering this has been an issue by the fact that he had to say something about it.
i absolutely agree ... it is a sad state of the world .
So let me get this straight... They take the time and effort to select a house with a pre-installed rat-flap (because cat-flaps are so last century) to make the local rodent population feel welcome, but us fans aren't welcome? /s
(it's also kinda sad that I need to clarify that this is sarcasm in this day and age!)
While being a Fan is nice and good, it doesn't mean you should just try to find their place and jump out of a bush screaming _„I am a fan!“_
Not that it matters much in a year or so, when Alec isn't even in England... While I love it to have up to date videos and not videos that are months old, it is always an option to just show videos from America when you are in England and the other way around.
It is just sad that he maybe even has to do something like that, but I hope that there were only a few times something like that happened and that most of us don't try to invade Alecs privacy like that.
...nonetheless, as a fan I am going to say that a meet and greet would be fun.
If Alec is going to do a series on home remodeling, I can't wait to see what metally-contraptions and innovations he decides to install!
Think of all of the fabricobbling
Respect Alec's privacy. We can go to meet him at events, buy merch, and his products but let the man have a private life. He deserves it.
Isn't it sad that this even needs to be said? We are only entitled to the slice of life a video creator chooses to share.
@@michaelhislop4840 worst part, some will take it as a challenge to go visit him just to piss him off.... only because he said it.
@@ric_dk-9520 already looking for it!
Big congratulations to you and Mrs Steele! Love the Butler bell 🤣
I love yours and your dads chanel keep up the good work guys
Make Jamie the butler!
So happy to see this Alec! Remember finding you years ago when you just started vlogs and talking about your work and learning and teaching from the first Workshop.
Amazing to see your progress and what you've achieved is immense!!!
It's really sweet how much effort you put into not showing your wife on camera. It's easy to tell how much you care for her and are trying to keep your personal life, well, personal.
What about 1:15 i think that was her 😅
@@Gundmalm it was, but he's always tried his best to keep her out of his videos when possible, like with the power hammer painting video he only ever let the camera see her back
@@Gundmalm *continues to not blur her face throughout the video
@@benediktlechner6813 I think it's just her wanting it to be kept to a minimum not, not at all. I don't know if he's spoken about it ever, but I don't see why it matters, just repsect her wishes and if people are not weird about it, she will probably he more comfortable in the future.
@@GLUFSAREN fully agree. just found it strange to blur only some spots.
I like how firm he was, “your are absolutely not welcome to come and stop by …. Do not come to our house” not that he was rude but it shows professionalism and authority. Good job and congratulations
Well, this IS the internet, to make sure every last idiot and all the crazies get the message, you gotta assert dominance.
If he was back in Montana that little speech would probably be adorned with a black rifle hung up in the background lol
@@connorcampbell5274 Fr tho😂 Montana don’t play around. Neither does Texas but I’m bias ha
"We've got a hell of a lot of stripping to do in the master bedroom."
TMI, Alec, TMI.
10:55😅😂👍
Why wait for the master bedroom? I barely make it in the door before I get comfortable in my own home. I guess Jamie in the bath blows that plan out of the water.
As soon as i started reading this comment. It started saying it in the video.
Blind people: 😱😱
Deaf people: 🗿🗿
I remember being here when you had that small shack, less then 500k subs and Sam was the camera man. Watched almost all of your videos since then and if your not the best example of hard work, dedication, and perseverance. Then I don’t know what is.
Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏
Congratulations on being a homeowner! Just a tip though; when doing demo work, the larger the chunk you remove, the easier it is to clean up!
But smashing things into tiny bits is so much more fun.
@@eaglpaul1 sure is totally worth the extra time to clean up
Its frikin wicked how i started watching him back before he even had 50k and was still living in england still trying to get financially stable. And now he is doing better than ever expected! Congratulations on the house! And eager to see your future endeavors!
Nice! I'm sure that will transform to a great home for all four of you, or is it five? Jamie looks rather comfortable there in the tub.... :) :)
Mr and mrs steele alone in a big house,.im sure number 5 will be here in about 9 months 😉
@@ollyjk don't forget Jamie. So... number 6 will be there in 9 months...
Lmbo! So true
Alec I've been watching you for years. I've been a hobby smith for several years, you've been a huge inspiration to me this whole time. Congratulations on winning in life. Much respect for the shout out. Not alot of people are willing to stop and thank people.
I love the firm, no nonsense statement on respecting your privacy message at the end. You are absolutely right and everyone who watches you especially those for a long time knows how important respect and privacy is for someone and their family.
While you've got it all torn up you may want to consider upgrading the wiring. Having modern wiring for power can make a difference. Also consider adding ethernet and co-ax to all the rooms.
Ethernet and co-ax…… lol. Why not install a VHS recorder and a CD player too.
@@MrJonnyd55 wired will always beat wireless internet. And the coax is nice so you can put a cable modem in any room.
@@MrJonnyd55 Ethernet wiring still has uses. I installed it in 1999, just before the WiFi era. We used it for a few years before it seemed obsolete. Fast forward another 15 years and it turned out to be a boon when we upgraded our TV/telecom service which required wire runs from the gateway. Also can be useful in a large home that needs multiple WiFi access points for good coverage.
@@billtheunjust exactly this. wired is way more stable. even if the ethernet in the rooms just get used to connect a wifi mesh point, the will be worth it
@@billtheunjust Gigabit ethernet cable (Cat 6).
We bought a home....so we can destroy it ;) Congratulations Alec!!
Pablo!!!! love your work man!!!
"This is my home, stay away" Love that, on a more serious note, much love to you and yours, and well done on your success
A man's home is his Castle.
Forget about forging. I want a 17 part series of you working on that house!
Congratulations by the way!
Yeah, but it's when he gets to part 6 and the house falls down and then he has to rebuild it from scratch. However in the end it would be an utterly fantastic looking house that everyone ends up drooling over.
I had the same issue with the suspended timber floor down stairs and damp walls. I ripped up all the timber floor and injected a new dpc. Then dug down enough to lay a concrete oversite, put 100mm of insulation and have a latex screed. I also put in wet underfloor heating, it was the best thing I did in the renovation by far.
I thought the situation was something like that. Kudos to you for making the best of the situation. The garden looks gorgeous. I couldn't help but laugh at "the dehumidifier has been running for a few hours and already getting full" since here in Texas that time period would have meant emptying the bucket at least twice. I look forward to the Steele Home Improvement Show in future updates. Maybe handforged doorknobs everywhere? Or at least the front door.
Everyone should realize that the house actually isn't that big, Alec is like 3 feet tall remember. Im actually more surprised that he managed to find a scaled down house.
Does he have exceptionally hairy feet and love gardening as well?
😂
Man the bots really took a liking to you.
@@buzzkillington5498 haha not wrong there lol
I don't know why there is so many bots on youtube these days lmao
@@BenCos2018 yeah I wish they would do something about them because they can get annoying pretty quickly.
I'm glad to have been able to help you along the way by always buying your materials and your 2x72 kit grinder. I hope that with that I will produce enough proper products and buy my own home as well. Happy to help, and thankful for yours. Cheers
Alec saw Demolition Ranch was nearing the end of their Abandoned Mansion series and jumped on it. Truly a man of and for the people.
I was wondering if I was the only one that watched them both.
@@t8erlove me too!
Not gonna lie, the heartfelt thank you cut directly with the “refurbishment” was brilliant.
congratulations on getting your new home. its been a pleasure to go on this journey with you. we thank you Alec for all the work you do. look foward to the future. And thanks again....
I remember Alec working out of a small shop with a dirt floor, so happy to see where you have made it, congrats on the house and I look forward to seeing where the future takes you
was thinking the same thing!!
It's so sad that Alec should even have to tell people to not go to his house, I feel as though it should be common sense
Common sense is not very common. It is sad but better he say then some over entitled individual get their feathers ruffled.
Not alot of people have common sense these days... Better safe than sorry
Agreed
Common sense is a super power in this day and age. You’re either born with it, or you’re not. And more often than not, people are born without it.
I dunno. For all the money his viewers have put into buying his house he should be inviting them over for morning tea. Can't beat a good scone and a nice hot cuppa lol 😜🤣
I can't even start to imagine what's going on inside people's heads when they think they're entitled to turn up at someones doorstep, just like that, and demand a house tour, because "I'm a fan!" ?!
You’re just mad no one wants to come to your house
@@hsvr C'mon dude, that was a lame insult. 😂
@@johndoesen1718 you don't have fans you wouldn't understand.
@@ouchhurts That makes absolutely no sense?! 🤔
@@johndoesen1718 soooooo then you do have fans
direct me to them I wanna see.
That moment when Alec decides to make his entire house of Damascus Steel.
It'd be fun. But quite frustrating 🙃
With gold engraved doorknobs on all the doors.... 😆😆😆
"It's not a load bearing wall."
Yeah, I've said that a couple times.
At least you've been lucky enough to not only get to say it once, lmao.
It's actually famous last words...
Same! Then you freak out and start ringing your tradie mates for supports until you can put a beam in!!! 🙈😳😂
@@kasie680 wooden walls in British brick houses aren't load bearing. Certainly not in 1920/30's houses like that.
@@FFVoyager oh ok, that’s interesting 🤔
Gotta love how British he is, "Utter dampness." love it.
As much as we liked having you here in America, I enjoy you just as much in the UK and it honestly didn't make your videos any better or worse. Glad to see you buying a house and "making the best of it"!
amazing that it needs to be said "do not come to our house". I would imagine it quite rude to just show up to someone's home without first having permission to do so. Secondly, seems as though the Mrs. has become more comfortable with her appearance on the channel, as there seems to be more of her on at least this episode. Hope to see you back in Montana, and hope when you do get back, you do a colab with Will.
This last year I have had several people show up uninvited and unannounced even though my address isn't listed on any of my videos or web site. One guy said he had been looking for hours, that should have been a clue.
@@BlackBearForge wow... people must be raised differently these days. Was raised that you never invite yourself to a friends home let alone a stranger!
@@BlackBearForge You're pretty well out in the sticks as well... some pretty impressive (read: over enthusiastic and slightly scary) research to find you and then dedicate the time to show up. It's a fine line to walk being a warm, approachable personality that viewers can connect with and also making it clear that your private life is your own. As a teacher I have similar issues but far less stalker-like... in most cases.
Some people don't view celebrities as private people, even their place of living should be open to the public. I don't know why someone would think that. But just looking at what happens with the bigger youtubers with children as fans, where the parents bring them to the youtubers house and expect the youtuber to welcome them in and let their child do whatever they want. It's crazy what people think they are entitled to when they just watch someone online.
@@kdkrueger112 not people "this days", there have been always people like that.. just now is much easier to find those places out and travel in general
love the message at the end, it really is important to set solid boundaries right away for your family and peace of mind. Congratulations on the house.
It looks like a great home and I can't wait to see it finished and watch the whole 80 part remodel series where you break stuff and fix stuff and break something else and fix other stuff while trying to figure out if you need a new something or if you can just build it
"We got a lot of stripping to do in the master bedroom" - Alec Steele, 2021, 10:54
Congrats Mrs. Steele, Alec, and pups.
Been watching you for what feels like forever now. Just about 6-7 years. Love the progress your business has made!
Hope to see you back in Merica one day, but am thankful to still be able to watch your videos regardless!
Typical of houses without a proper foundation barrier near a garden. French drain, and an engineered water collection system should fix the problem. One house i restored maybe 10 years ago had massive flooding issues + 20 cm in the rainy season inside the basement. We fixed it with barriers and a massive 5 meters deep, 1 meter wide (concrete sewer liner) pit, in which we threw about one meter's worth of gravel to stop it from creating ice.
It was so efficient, that the neighbor's adjacent house also stopped having water issues in his wall.
Did the neighbor chip in? :P
Also if it’s on stumps, I know the au/nz standards state you need at least 300mm from ground to barer. I’ve had to pull up entire subfloors to dig out dirt from houses before and I tel you it sucks!
Moisture seeps through the ground and causes a lot of moisture under the house, under the sub floor and inevitable mould. Something to check out
What's wrong with fixing the DPC?
Alec, since you’re not in the US shop right now, would you consider letting one or two of your staff there do a project or two for the channel? Do you have craftspeople there?
Alec couldn't just get a house and live in it?
Alec: gets new house
Also Alec: destroys new house.
tO bE fAiR
All the damp and rot he has discovered means the destruction was inevitable. (Heck, probably made the financing affordable!)
😂😂😂 that’s what we did too
I would have done the same. Beautiful exterior. Interior is terribly dated.
Don't think of it so much as "Alec Destroys new house" but more as "Alec Reforges new house".
@@thulsadoon i mean statistics say it's probably a child writing the comment so you really couldn't blame them for not knowing any better about it lol
The state of this place looks all too familiar...are you sure someone lived there before? :) Excited to see what you do with the place!
Nice to know you also like Alec's content! You have an amazing channel, keep on your great work!
We bought a house with my girlfriend and had 7:00 slap in the face also. Whole wood plank floor needed to be gone, old wet woodchip insulation dug out (about 20x150liter sacks of shoveling) right around this summer that was also super nice +28-30c all the time :) Glad we got it done though. Even the scaffolding (or whatever its called) under the floor was rotten from the moisture and needed to be rebuilt to support new floor.
I mean it's no Angrycops crack house.
Ive been watching since the Katana project, and have loved every video. From long and short builds, to repair and refurbishment of tools, to the old Steele vs Stelter. Your enthusiasm for your work has been increadible to behold.
Buying your first home has to be the most stressful, exhausting, exciting, and wonderful time in one's life. Congratulations to you both.
I can just picture Alec with a home reno show. Also, nice to see Mrs. Steele isn't super camera shy anymore.
How sweet, that you’re giving up part of your master bedroom, so that Jaime doesn’t feel cramped in that tiny room. 😆
Congrats on the new home! You’ve definitely earned it! Be sure to take the time to enjoy this new chapter in your life.
I thought he was gonna live in the bathtub
This is great. Have a series of videos covering home improvements. With a background of woodworking and forging and smithing, what can he accomplish. Go crazy. This could be good.
Iron railings, kitchen cabinet handles, gates and fences... Toilet paper roll holders...etc...
Maybe a hidden room for special stuff.
Get the electrics done, it’s looks it hasn’t been touched since it got built! I remember when you didn’t have a millions subs. Well done 💪
Yes yes yes!!!
Get an electrician in to look at EVERYTHING from the mains incomer, the board and all the wiring!
A house of that age potentially used a type of wiring call VRI or VIR wiring (Vulcanised Rubber Insulation/Vulcanised Indian Rubber). Over time the sheathing becomes VERY brittle and can fall off with the slightest disturban e (such as knocking down fixtures and fittings and walls nearby) exposing wires and is responsible for a HUGE number of spontaneous electrical fires over the years.
So if you're ripping walls open and exposing wiring (as you are) then its worth getting it inspected and *considering* whether it might be beneficial to spend some money (I know, easy for me to say, hard to do) and get the house rewired now, to prevent problems in the future.
@@Burnie1601 if it has that cable you need to re wire it. The amount of properties ive seen. Plus it might have asbestos fuse cartridges as well
with all the naked walls that's the best time to do that !
@@wiwigt3617 it is but sometimes you tell people they don’t want to. An cost them in the long run. Electrician here :)
So basically, what you’re telling me is, that if I hire Jamey to edit my videos, i also run the risk of walking into my bathroom to find him making himself at home…
Fair nough, he’s an awesome editor!
Congrats Alec! So many fantastic youtubers have being crossing milestones lately and I love to see it. Someone mentioned a 17 part renovation series in the comments and I know I'd be in on that too.
The world has stooped so low that Alec has to ask people not to stalk him. Lovely home Alec.
Yeah I was gna say something too like dang dude.
Will admit I wanted to just drive past the Montana shop and be like “hey that’s Alec steeles shop! Sick!” when I took a vacation there but definitely wouldn’t have “stopped by”.
That's not the world. Don't be so pessimistic. It only takes 1 person out of 2.35 million to ruin his privacy. Maybe at most there will be a few dozen if he lives in or near a crowded area. But that's relatively speaking nothing compared to his fanbase.
Loving the bromance between Alec and Jamie 😂
Dont stop here.. i need to see the progress and finish results.. congrats and much love from Malaysia❤️
Alec “a roof above our heads”
Everyone else “mansion”
Alec “I’ll be right back, the butler bell is ringing”
RUclips pays good money when you got the clicks and the rpc or something
@@rickmortyson4861 RUclips does but those businesses are really good.
I'm pretty sure most of his money is made off sponsorships
Also Alec "sure am glad I worked my ass off creating something and can provide for my family."
Whiners "He's got enough money to provide for himself isn't that worst?"
I’m not saying suggesting he’s showing off…I’m suggesting his idea of a roof above his head, is actually a pretty big house 👍🏻
Glad to see that Mrs. Steele and others are wearing breathing protection with the mold in the house. Congrats on the new home and on finding your "ghost." My daughter's husband is about to be stationed in Germany and my daughter is going with her. I was hoping to go visit but with the whole state of affairs these days, that isn't looking possible yet.
That's sad to hear. Where are they going to be stationed?
Hello Alec. Super happy for you. I have a request that you continue posting videos about updates on your house and time lapses of it. This helps alott to understand how to react in situations as the damp walls. Thank you again for all the wonderful videos you post.
Beautiful house pal. As a builder I would recommend getting new windows and doors would help keep the heating bill down with all new argon gas filled glass and pvc windows. Can't wait to see the house finished 👌👌
I like to think you'll just be randomly finding Jamie taking a bubble bath in your house. Just a random Wednesday morning, you wake up and go to do your business and there he is in the tub chilling with a Glass of wine.
In regards to the butler bell, they used to have areas in the floor or carpet that you could stand on and would ring the bell, just something else to look out for even though it was a button behind cabinet
All The Best
Fabrizio
Alec, let me tell you, I would LOVE a home restoration series from you
Given when it was built I'm surprised Alec wasn't going around just pointing at everything saying "that's got asbestos, that's got asbestos, this light switch? Asbestos"
Light switches made from compressed asbestos are a well known problem.
@@MemphisMechanic Wait seriously? I didn't know that, wow.
The first high-school I went to had asbestos in it. After 4 years of being out of that school, I'm finally losing the cough I had.
@@TheWoodsman661 The whole are behind my highschool has houses filled with the stuff too. Luckily the Hishschool was built more recently.
@@GLUFSAREN I tried getting the state involved to clean out the asbestos, but the school superintendent and the town council shut it down before it even got to most people in the town. Then I moved to a different high-school.
I'm glad Alec added this part at the end of the video, but in case people didn't watch to the end, I'm just going to echo it here: You are being given a glimpse of the home AT ALEC'S CHOOSING, but you are NOT ALLOWED to go to this place for any reason. Please respect the Steele Family's privacy, you are not allowed to visit for any reason. This is their HOME, and you must respect them and their wishes for it to remain private, regardless of what they allow for you to see on the internet. That is all.
Holy moly that's a huge house. Image how many broken sword breaker fit in it
Yup it is in the UK depending on the area you are looking at £500k + more than likely 750K
@@OneForAllGaming1985 sounds kinda cheap to me ( I am from Munich) 😂
@@_fabiosi089 haha for me that very expensive average house price in the UK is £250k , depending on the area a house with a stand alone garage with those big rooms is easy £1m
@@_fabiosi089 ooooh ja ^^ gerade mal die monatsmiete für n 50m² studio apartment in schwabing hahaha
@@matthausholzl2645 hab letzte Woche ein Garagenstellplatz gesehen am Stieglmayrplatz, (Duplex Garage ! ) Für 120.00 € . In bad english : i saw a garage in the western part of Munich for sale... The price was about 120.000€
The wholesome speech mixed in with utter chaos is gold
Please continue the remodel videos. I would like to see the progress as well as the result. Congratulations on the home. I’m in the process of buying a home myself.
At regular intervals, Alec is required to have a video series where he remodels a new space. We thought it was just new workshops, but through a newly discovered loophole he can remodel a house instead.
Joking aside, congrats on the new house!
I think its time for a ‘Alec Steele Life’ youtube channel for all these sorts of videos; houses, garden, cars, travelling etc. would be nice having more frequent casual videos like these, great fun to watch. Congratulations to you both :)
You mean.. "Life Steele" videos?
Sadly the reality of buying any older home is that many people cheap out on correctly repairing water intrusion issues. Have a ball fixing it up! We're looking forward to seeing the journey.
A very wise disclaimer at the end there, I can only hope folks respect it, you and your family.
Take care over there Alec! Absolutely in love with the house so far.
This is the quality blacksmithing content I subscribed to Alec Steele for.
I really love the wholesome and blessed speech thanking everyone just interspersed with phenomenonal chaos and danger
I've done the "punching and kicking" method of demo several times. Congratulations!
Who in their right mind puts laminate flooring over hardwood?
Beautiful home. Congrats!
Someone hiding all the rot accumulated on what was a home with great bones! The flooring was cheap Chinese bamboo and thin, thin , thin, the built ins catalog items made from MDF with veneer on it- wet, rotting plaster walls covered by cheap wall paper. I don't care if the previous owner did that job of a "flipper" did it- it wouldn't have passed any codes inspection in texas or Louisiana where I have worked. I also doubt that a bank would have knowingly underwritten a loan if they had any knowledge of the poor quality- bankers, even fast dealing, British ones, like to see strong positive value added to protect the property- that isn't what I just saw removed from that house. FR
@@fredericrike5974 I think you underestimate the average person's awful, awful taste. Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.
The previous owner of the house we bought a couple of months before did it. Awesome looking, 30-40 years old hardwood floor, that only needed some love and care - but he was so smart, and laid a layer of extruded foil(? that foamy type of film for maybe heat insulation?) all over it, and put down some presumably second hand laminate. The original hardwood floor started to rot and mold; I was able to scrape it up like wet cardboard...... Of course the original "glue", a tar-like material was untouched by the damp environment, so we had to chisel that thing up. Nice times, nice times..
if the hardwood flooring has gaps, air gaps, and is uninsulated, then it's a decent choice.
not all hardwood or wood floorings are ideal living surfaces, despite their nice appearance
Leaving the hardfloor there and cover it to make it impossible to it to breathe and get rid of any moisture is a decent choice? Tell this to the 10 months old baby of theirs who lived in that room, with that blackish, nice smelling mold. :-D
Oh man so awesome to see you succeeding so much! I’ve watched your channel religiously for more than 4 years I think it is so fantastic what you’ve done! I’m loving the house and loving the reno!
It's amazing what £50 can get you in Norfolk these days
Alec: A nice small garage, about 5m x 6m
Everyone in UK Suburbia: That's huge! I only have 2m x 3m enough for 1 car and a toolbox!
Everyone in UK Cities: What's a garage? That's the size of my whole flat!
The Americans have spoiled him. 😏
@@AdmiralStoicRum this. I was just thinking “man. Sucks that his garage is so small”
Americans: damn. that's only 2.19x2.62 bald eagles. I don't think my two F750's and duce and a half will fit in there...
@@RecoilOperated i own a two story town home at 1500 square freedoms. Almost half the bottom footprint is a two care garage which makes it around 25 wide and 17 long in freedoms.
I can feel you. Just bought a house two months ago. It's a ton of work. But we just moved in a half finished house and its the best thing we've done ever. And yes, I now have two workshops to setup, the dream of every maker to have your very own space.
Jesus, that's a hell of a first house. Fair play, what you've achieved is absolutely staggering.
There's a good chance it's a fixer upper that recieved set dressing and rough possible internals. That was my first place, a teeny postage stamp yard in a rougher neighborhood. It was cheap. It was close to work and we moved out after the first speeding drive by. We ended up moving into a trailer
It's a bit of a fixer upper in that it's dated in some respects but actually quite grand. That's getting on for a million pounds worth of house in the UK, if not more. Houses are insanely expensive here
Was just going to say that, looking at the area (probably down south somewhere) that's easily a million pound ($1.4m) first home, even with a dated interior. Not bad going 👍
While you’re breaking into the walls you should modernize it! Redo the electrical, redo the internet, and television cabling!
Congrats on the home, I worked on a 12th century Manor house in Suffolk, and the servant bells that were on pull wires not electric kept going off when no-one was in the rooms 😀
Anyone who understands how many swords this man has made shouldn't need to be told to respect his privacy 🤣
Alec also has more firearms training then most americans. he hung out with the warrior Poet John Lovell.
something tells me his american abode will have a proper armory.
@@RecoilOperated both of which are illegal where he is currently living.
@@DVankeuren Would be just as scared of him with a hammer tbh. Have you seen what he can do to steel with it haha xD
the last ten seconds took me by suprise, im so used to hearing you happy and joyful. i DEFINITELY paid attention
Maybe he is fed up from all the visits to the shop, or worried about his wife, you know people who watch youtube can be weird, specially if you think is ok to visit a stranger
I was here before 20k subscribers congratulations brother what a blessing, may God continue to bless you and your family on your journey
Not that I would ever dream of finding your home and coming by, but that was quite the mood shift there at the end of the video.
I agree
Not sure the neighbors would want the shop as much as we do lol, I can see the value going up as the demolition commences, they do say you make your money on purchasing not selling, great work guys looking forward to more of this content
Congrats!!!!! Especially in this market! I bought a future-upper myself and closed on it last week! I just started ripping everything up too!
I have learned so much from Alec Steel, and all of his collaborators. So inspiring. You deserve to have a comfortable, safe place to sleep
Well, Alec isn't doing too bad for himself!
Congrats!
Congrats!!! I bought my first house and remodeled it during the shutdown last year here in the states. Have fun!
I look forward to watching you and your father build the cabinets for the kitchen. Take a 3 week vacation at a mexican resort sounds like a good way to get back into the United States.
Anyone from the UK knows that house is a huge flex... and man you've earned it! Congratulations mate😘
Anyone in the US knows that as well, even if you have to pretty much redo everything.
@@garethbaus5471 well it seems to be one extreme or the other over there! apartment in NYC can cost millions or a stunning house and plenty of land in louisiana can cost just a couple hundred thousand... madness!
@@oMaGicKsv in the parts of the US where you can buy a mansion for a few hundred thousand dollars the jobs are bad enough that it might as well be a billion dollars.
Congratulations Mr. Steele and family!
Initially I was WOW what is he doing.
Then you mentioned moisture in the walls n floor. Bad deal!
Do hope you find the sources and remedy the issues. Eh it happens in older homes and new alike.
No doubt your renovation will be epic as ever!
Blessings to the Steele family now
Crawford out 🧙♂️🙏
"Utterly moist" is now a favorite attempt at not overstating
The "Don't you bloody dare!" sounded like something from Monty Python!
Congrats on the new place, hope the damp rot isn't anything too major to get fixed, my place has been a case of "what else has not been done properly".
Been here since Barker St. Still remember when you were terrified of the idea of making a sword. Glad I could help