This person walked the entire Pacific Crest Trail by herself, much of it in snow and freezing temperatures. I think she can handle the house. Congratulations Rosie!!!
Yeah, but why does she want to live in Sweden? Live in England or NL or France. The winters are are much warmer! Honestly, the Swedish winter is really cold. You can't do anything for most of the year due to snow and ice!
@@teekanne15 The PCT thru hike is 2500+ miles from the Mexican Border to the Canadian boarder. It takes 4-6 months of living in a tent and carrying a 35/40 lb.pack through mountains and all kinds of terrain. She’s one very resource, capable person who is in top physical and psychological condition. Finishing that trail takes incredible determination and mental toughness. She’ll be fine.
Ok, maybe others said it already: as a carpenter I´d advice you to care for the roof first. If permanent water comes in, the house will be rotten one day... Next, isolate the roof from inside, it will make the whole house much more comfortable to live in. An idea about bathroom. Where you have the shower now, you could build a solid cabin around, could be heated simple with wood. Shower and sauna maybe? About the toilet I would care for next year. And don´t put any money inside the house before you didn´t care for the roof! Before you put money in fancy windows, check your local craftsmen. If they´re ok, they´ll give you good advice and can help you a lot! Good luck!!! and my respect....
I started at year two, so it’s nice to come back to the beginning and see how you decided what needed to be done first. You are incredible and I love that you take your time planning on what to do with your home.
Hi Rosie love the Cabin videos. Don't worry too much about the apple tree, just plant another near it. Reason being is that the tree is reaching its natural end of life. And if you plant next to it, the new tree will thrive from nutrients of the declineing apple tree. The lichens are a whole ecosystem by themselves and are growing on there because the tree is not growing incrementally very well anymore. Deadwood is soo good for habitat as well. 😊👍
I agree with Kenny, but before giving up on the tree, try pruning it in march-april. remove dead-looking branches and those that grow awkwardly. also put some manure or high-nutrient soil around the tree and see if it helps!
@@ingefara4755 yeah totally. Deffo worth a try mulching. I've been experimenting with fresh willow wood chip as mulch as well. Supposed to set off the mycology in the soil more. Pruning maybe risky, but having said that, it's really showing signs of retrenchment anyway? So nothing ventured nothing gained😊👍
I got a couple of plum trees that are covered with that. I've got a neighbor with a huge apple tree, hardly any lichen. Oh, in the fall when the apples drop, you may find a moose enjoying the crop. Let it be. Do not try to pet. My daddy, a Canadian, use to ask me "what's the most dangerous animal in the world?" Lion, Tiger, I'd reply. "Nope, a female moose," was his answer. Not much good advise to a Southern California boy, but here in Sweden, good to know.
Welcome to the north. Your first jobs are water and firewood.Yes you may have electric heating but when a winter storm hits you can be out of power for days and then the water will freeze and damage the waterpipes.If you have any.You can never have to much firewood,trust me.greetings from Finland.
You cant heat up a house with candles 😝 fix the chimney first for heating the house..let a sotare look at that chimney so you need what to do or not,then the water,if you need year around water you need to dig down the water lines and isolate them..if you want a water closet ..you need to buy a own suagetank for your property..only that gonna cost roughly 100k with all job done..that's why you dont buy a summer house, because its gonna cost 2-3 times more then you buy it for
@@spiritwolf7 not for heating of course, but for unevitable powercuts!'been there, done that😃 Firewood préférable has to dry for 2 years for it to give longlasting dry fires, not the ones that make fumes and dangerous soot. And look up how to make à small terracot candleheater, just to heaten up Spirits à bit and keep the wolves at bay😇. We find hot waterbottles in bed and small plastic ones in your clothes during daytime very efficient whilst renovating👨🎓😉
You are a inspiration to a 71 tear old man. I have seen multiple videos you have made. I am a subscriber. I have a few acres that is very much like yours without the buildings. I have built a dome for shelter. I have solar panels and a water catchment. You are a continual inspiration. Your motivation and creativity is wonderful. Hoping you understand the sense of community you are creating. Thank you.
awesome...I like where you said "creating a sense of community". A community that takes courage and determination to do things we want to do and live the life we want.
Dear wild Rosie Here are some facts . 1:58 The electricity is connected to the fuse center in the house. Probably and it is connected correctly, the guest house is connected to a main fuse on incoming power. 2:27 A spruce grows there. Spruces are toxic to grass and kill the grass. 3:44 I do not want to scare you but nothing I see here is done by an electrician but an amateur. (I am a retired electrician) 4:23 Pine contains turpentine and kills almost everything that grows nearby. Pines grow in a mixture of soil and sand. Or just sand. In Swedish, the area is called where only pine and low plants and one grows Mo. Mo is mostly sand. 4:35 One might think that Swedes like to cut down trees. 69% of Sweden is covered by forest. Swedes are bored on forest from 59 latitude and north out. 4:58 The apple tree is mismanaged and go wild. You can fix it by cutting it into stages for three years. If you do it faster, the tree will die. 7:12 This is what was called the rough entrance. Here they put dirty shoes and boots. It's called in sweidish "Veranda". Here it was only shoes, boots and outerwear from the beginning. 7:52 From the beginning, the kitchen was probably where you stand. The kitchen used to be the largest space. In the kitchen people slept because it was hot. They had a special sofa that could be turned into a double bed. You make socks, sew, carve etc in the kitchen during the winter (six months). What is a kitchen now may have been a room with a stove. But often only the kitchen was used in the winter. You had a so-called nice room that you heated up temporarily if there was a visit. 7:59 The wood boilers are still manufactured today. They are easy to learn how they work. As it is a wood boiler that requires that you know about chimney draft, oxygen to the wood and so on, you should have help from a Swede. If you try it yourself, you may be poisoned by the smoke or that it smokes in the middle of winter and you have to run out. As you can see, all exterior doors in Sweden go outwards. This is because in Scandinavia and Finland the house has always been heated with wood. If it were to start burning in a kitchen where people slept, you can not have a door that opens inwards, but it was important to get out quickly. 8:15 This electrical outlet is correct! There were never bathtubs in older Swedish houses. It did not fit in any room that was hot during winter. 8:33 Very common that ladder or a steep staircase was hidden. This was so that the heat would not disappear into the wind. 9:42 The two lower cables are installed by an amateur. 9:54 Do not be afraid now, it works but looks strange. Much here is amateur connected. Three fuses for water pump? It seems strange. I do not know what it would cost you to bring an electrician there. It does not look good on the outside then you may wonder what it looks like on the inside. If you can afford it, an electrician should fix it. It can be flammable! There is nothing wrong with the fuse box. You can keep it. Though I think it looks weird. The phases seem to be only two? It should be basic connected which are three main fuses 16 amps. Other secondary fuses 10 amps which allows you to charge an electrical outlet with about 2400 watts. Under the fuse box is a ground circuit breaker. The button on the far right switches off if there is an electrical fault. The second button is for testing so that the earth leakage circuit breaker works. You should print it once a year. Then an electrical fault is simulated and the whole house will run out of electricity. But, there is a "but", even if an amateur has connected electricity as we see in the video, the earth fault circuit breaker does not trip. The cables can be pulled correctly but incorrectly and carelessly connected in boxes and electrical outlets. An electrician should check it. 10:31 Before you can fire, you must have an inspection of the chimney. It makes a chimney sweep. When testing, the chimney sweep also presses the chimney with compressed air and checks that it is tight. Now it's winter and it's been almost half a year since you recorded the video so the chimney might be Ok now. Anyway, I think you fix most things. This is how it is with cheap old houses in Sweden. They can be lived in but can take a few years to fix.
Thanks for all this again!! The electricity certainly needs to be checked. I believe it was installed by one of the previous owners, possibly during a time when that was still allowed. He cut through the old wires but left them hanging in the attic which is some of that mess. House only has 6 and 10A, will have to see if I can get that changed as some areas in the house could do with 16A. And then see what needs replacing. Add a few sockets as well as some rooms are lacking. Saving up for that right now :)
@@wildrosie Installing electricity without a licensed license has never been allowed in Sweden. If you have the knowledge, you have to change wall switches and wall sockets. Nothing else. Ey went from 220 volts to 230 and 237 volts, depending on where you live. When the voltage is raised, the current drops and suddenly everyone had to use 0.75 square meters of cable up to 10 amps and 2300 watts and 2400 watts per phase, respectively. 6 amps disappeared in the 1970s but are still in old cottages. 6 amperes = 1400 watts. If the cables are replaced to 0.75 square, you do not need to replace. It is very expensive to change! If something in the future will go on TV or three phases so the voltage is 400 volts x 3 In Sweden, we use 0 volts as a return on the load of what you connect to the electricity. Between 1 phase and 0 volts, it is 230 to 237 volts. Between phase and phase (which is 120 ° phase shift) there is 400 volts. The future = Incoming 3x400 volts plus grounding (grounding is changed to 0 volts) It is equal to three 16 amp fuses in the electrical box. Then you can have as many 10 amp fuses secondarily as you need. Or you confess what you have now and use it. Then you save many thousands of kronor. But take it easy. You are not sitting in the lake as we say in Sweden 😊
The reasons for the multiple entrances is probably both that the house used to be shared by two families and that you may want to have one entrance that you keep clean and one where you bring in firewood, keep dirty outside clothes and similar. That saves you from dragging dirt and snow into the nice parts of the house!
I recently moved to a cabin in the north of Sweden from Miami and I learned so much about myself. It was a silent chaos, but it taught me so much about myself. I now post on RUclips about self improvement and hope to reach this level of quality content and narration. Much love to everyone 🙏🏽
The reason people used to have a "honey pot" under their beds for night use becomes evident when it really gets cold and not just "a little chilly." You really are going to have to get a vehicle unless your family is willing to continue to help you with projects. Seriously. How much timber and insulation and water pipe and food can you haul just using a bicycle even if you get a little cart to hitch behind? I love that you got this place. It is the best location of the houses you looked at. I have no idea what your income is, but that house is going to take a bit to get it to be a year-round home.
She does not drive. All the more admirable that Rosie is doing do this without a car and on subsistence income. The costs of running a private vehicle in Sweden are high.
Yes, it's going to be a big project! It's definitely less convenient not having a car (I aimed to get a driving license before coming here but couldn't due to lockdowns. And now I'd rather spend my money on wood ;) ) So far I've managed but it's taken some improvisation. There's a hardware store that can deliver building materials and wood and if I do bulk orders then paying for the crane delivery is worth it. We'll have to see how it goes in the coming years. Right now I do like not having a car - it keep the world a bigger place and I appreciate everything on a smaller scale.
Lovely property, I like it very much, congratulations. My advice if I may? by all means plan where you want to put bathrooms or windows etc but you must attend to the following in order to have a basic functioning shell. 1. Repair roof/walls to make the shell watertight. 2. Obtain advice regarding the chimney breast and make plans from there, I think part or all of it may need to be removed due to the cracks. 3. Insulation. 4. Water and Electrics These works will entail a large amount of work and mess and need to be done first before new kitchens and decorations. Best of luck Paul
I very much agree, having bought a house in northern Sweden myself. This is a lovely place, and it is a lot lot lot of work, time and money you have to invest.
Agreed! My husband and I bought an older home in Germany which we renovated and brought up to date. When we watched this video, we saw a lot of work and very core priorities, which you elucidated nicely.
Dear Rosie, it’s the third round for me watching your videos. They are so relaxing, calming, inspiring, beautiful and funny. Thank you so much! I scanned whole youtube, didn‘t find anything coming close to yours. So I just start again…Happy Paulin from Hamburg!
Obviously you have never lived in Sweden ever, you want to keep as much heat in the house as possible. The winters in northern Sweden can be very cold. Sheet metal pipes on the outside of the house bring in the cold very quickly when they start to cool down. A concrete chimney keeps the heat for almost 2 days.
This is good to know! I did think of removing the chimney but I'm trying to design everything so I can do it all myself... (unless it's not allowed.) For now I'll probably have the existing chimney fixed. The stove in the kitchen is probably pretty good for heat so would be nice to keep
I love it! It's pretty cool knowing there's an entire world of people out there living different lives from our own. I find people so interesting. I look forward to your journey, Rosie. Love from America.
The apple tree is fine. The lichens is a good sign..sign of a clean eco system and air. Try pruning and see what happens. love the house and good luck ! X
Wow what a project. I once had a house in Sweden that I did renovate. I think you should call the community Sotnings service and they will see over your fireplaces and pipes and tell you what to do, so you can get it approved. Wish you all the best.
The moss and lava on the apple tree is not a bad sign. The most important thing is to insulate the attic floors and get the fireplaces working. You must as you say do something about the water. Make sure the roof is waterproof everywhere. I would not make anything to the kitchen except painting it. These kitchens from the 40s are often very good and now very populair in Sweden. If you want things from example IKEA they will deliver the goods for some money. Lots of stuff can be sent for and delivered to the nearest grocery store, ICA. I am looking forward to see how you get on and hope you will enjoy doing it.
Hi Rosie, that Chimney in the attic seems to me to be very dangerous, I am not an Engineer though🤔 a chamber pot for at night would be a good idea. When you get your indoor bathroom, you probably thinking of a compost toilet, which makes it far much easier, rather then having to get a septic tank. I am really looking forward to your progress with your new home. The best of luck to you 👍😉🇮🇪🍀
At the beginning of this video I could see how thrilled you were about embarking on this adventure. Your happiness made me happy too 😊 I found your channel at year 3 so I’m going back to the beginning and watching everything in sequence. Thank you so much for making these videos. You are such an inspiration!
What a wonderful little house! Take it easy with renovations. Be careful with the renovations. Don’t do everything at the same time. Most important is electricity, water and heat. It can be cold in Sweden in the winter. Look forward to see more videos from you! Welcome to Sweden!
Great point! Work out a priority list. It might be fun to do X but the heat, electric and plumbing (water & waste) will allow all other projects to easily follow.
@@MD-wk3gj yes i worry a bit because winters can be very harsh there especially when there is deep snow and she doesn’t have a car to pickup groceries etc.
Yes make sure the roof, the electricity, chimney and the main pipes are ready and winter proof. All around Insulation would be great too. After that you'll be ready for any next project. I wish you all the best! Looking forward to your projects!
It is a very nice place but a lot of work to do. I guess you already figured out that the roof is the most important thing to fix and I very much hope you've done and finished this before the winter ( and the snow) has arrived. I also hope the windows are at least waterproof, if not windproof. And I very much hope your fireplace and this wonderful oven in the kitchen are working propperly. As somebody who grew up with an outhouse I would suggest having an inside composting toilet as soon as possible because an outhouse in the summer might be ok, but in the winter with -20 °C in the middle of the night and the shit freezing while pooping is no pleasure (and it's certainly not healthy). Anyway, I guess you found out this already by yourself. Finally I hope you can enjoy this first year in your own little house and things turn out well for you and the best eher possible life you could live.
Is it two or maybe three years now? I'm still glued to your videos. Still WOW! Have you planned the birdfeeder for the squirrels yet? Winter is coming! ;-)
Greetings from Florida! The cabin is very charming with a lot of potential. I recommend working in a space for a prepper pantry. Because you don’t have a car and it is somewhat isolated, a bad winter snowstorm could leave you holed up with limited food supplies. Here, I have a very large red oak TV cabinet that I converted into a prepper pantry. We call it the ‘Grocery Store’, because we can ‘shop’ there when we can’t get to a real store. It took awhile to fill it, so we did it gradually, buying two and three duplicate items at a time, but it is invaluable during hurricane season. You might also build a wood box so you always have dry wood for your fireplace. I am subscribing now, and looking forward to watching all your videos! 😊
Congrats on the house! Looks very nice. Remember to use proper materials when/if renovating a log-framed house (no plastics etc) to avoid mold. - a Finn who recently bought a 200yr old country house :)
A cheap but very functional camping shower can be bought for 3-400 SEK at Clas Olson, Jula, Biltema and the like. It's charged via USB-cable, you just drop the pump end in a bucket with warm water and on you go. Have used it myself for years.
Guessing a bit here. Door in the kitchen = to bring in firewood and to have easy access to the kitchen from the outside (you eat outdoors as much as possible when you're at the summer house). The other door on the extention = probably for easy access to the outhouse. Main door = self-explanatory. When fixing the wall above the window you should examine the entire roof of the extention. They have probably built the roof all the same and might have to be redone in it's entirety. It's a couple of days work if you're handy, as it is a small extention. Take your time planning for how you are going to make your repairs and make sure you understand how the house is constructed. It's better to spend time with a roof over your head planning then trying to figure out what to do when you're in a rush to close up your house again.
Honestly, I'm completely in love with your beautiful home. Never seen anything so magical and beautiful all in one go! I'm itching to see your transformation videos. Best of luck with your re modelling
The three entrances are probably 1) the big main entrance for everyday use/guests, 2) the side entrance to use if you're wet/muddy so you don't make a mess on the floors, and 3) direct access to the backyard so you don't have to go around the entire house, especially if you're in a rush for the outhouse.
Our backyard backs to a nature preserve too, it is living in a parkland. Everyday, we see wildlife, deer, coyote, fox, an albino skunk, huge snapper turtles💯 Never let it go->will be heavenly
Hey Rosie! I love, love, love your cabin in the woods. If I may make a suggestion, your first priority should be to install a new roof. The reason behind this theory is to save the house from any more water damage and moisture to the rest of the home. Second, I would make sure all window are double glazed and insulated well before winter. The other things are cosmetic, knocking down a wall or two and just putting your own stamp on the place. These are just my thoughts. I wish you well with whatever plans you do, and will continue to watch you transform this lovely cabin into your home. Sincerely, Mary❤️
Hi! Very nice little house you bought in a great surrounding! I am a German who moved to Sweden in 2004 and bought a summer house in 2007. I also was renovating this house quite a bit and would like to share two main lessons I learned: 1. As others wrote already: Things take time! Especially, if you are not a professional and first have to find out how things work. I guess the “pi” factor may be a good estimate. 2. Find out, as soon as possible, the rules/laws you officially have to follow. Discuss your plans with a local architect who knows the people at the “kommun” and who can give you advice about the official rules and how the people at the “kommun” are dealing with them. The problem in the Scandinavian countries (I meanwhile live in Norway, even worse here) is that they have strict rules about how a house for permanent living has to look like. Even if you are fine with very little comfort the rules/laws decide how you have to built your house. E.g. already changing the inner walls (not even talking about load-bearing walls) has to be indicated (“bygganmälan”, not to be mixed up with “bygglov”). For me the main challenge was not the technical but the legal part. Good luck!
@@thetwins0707 As an EU citizen you have the right to work, study or live in Sweden without a residence permit but you need to be employed, self-employed, a student or have sufficient means to support yourself. If you plan to live there for one year or more you need to contact the Swedish Tax Agency to register yourself in the Swedish population register and get a Swedish personal identity number. Just google for the info, it's easy to find, and good luck :)
From what I've been able to tell (as non-scandinavian, for the record), the kommun in Northern Sweden are generally a lot more lenient about this sort of thing than the south, and the south is already a lot more lenient than most of Norway. I'm looking to move to Northern Sweden myself, and it's definitely part of the reason why I'm more strongly considering Sweden than Norway. Would love to know if I'm actually wrong, though.
Firstly, congratulations on finding your new Sweden home In the woods (very cute home!). I know your journey of fixing up your new home as well as preparing it for the upcoming winter will have it's challenges, however I look forward to following your progress and I hope your renovation plans go as smoothly as possible. Prioritize, don't over plan and do not overwhelm yourself (it's a marathon not a sprint!), roll with the punches (we are here for you when you need to vent ;)) and finally, stay positive! Happy New Year to you!🏡🥳
I literally had to remind myself that I have all the time in the world for this renovation, just before Christmas. Everything was going wrong and much slower than anticipated, of course! But I came out here for the journey and not to live in a finished house, so trying to stay flexible and just go with it. Thanks for the support!
Rewatching this video almost three years on is so fantastic to see how far she's come, but also so funny to hear "that's next year's project" when I don't think she's even gone back up to the attic once since 😅
After watching this, I went back and watched the first two videos on cabin hunt. What an amazing journey! Congrats on getting a place you fancied and good luck with the upcoming renovation. I can't wait for the updates. I have the exact same dream of living in a quite remote area surrounded by nature. I'm not able to fulfill that dream for the time being so I'm going to live vicariously through you until that day comes for me 🙂. I will be taking notes and learning from your experiences as well. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us.
I lived for five years out in the country and I loved my outhouse. I mean what is there not to like! I had the most pittoresque look from the door, wildlife and changing seasons. I did not mind the cold at all during winters, I just took a little less time there. When living in the countryside you learn to have warm clothes since it might not be too warm inside, either. My outhouse is one of my favourite things I miss from that era. That being said by a thoroughbred city girl.
I’d definitely start by looking into that chimney. The last thing you want is to put in a nice new kitchen just for the flue to fall down on top of it! Perhaps you could remove the horizontal flue and run it straight out the roof? You’d Have two chimneys yes but you’d have heaps more room in the loft. After making it watertight I’d personally start at the top and work your way down, the outdoor shower would be good enough for summer. -Great channel by the way, I recently found it! :-)
You are very welcome to Sweden. Congratulations on finding your dream home in the woods. What a wonderful house! You will have a lot to renovate so get help from neighbors and friends. What do you need help with first? Which nearest city can you buy food?
Nice to see how you just decided to move to a other country and even buy such a beautiful piece of land and go live on it . I would love to do this too some day,but I do not speak Swedish 😬 MASSIVE RESPECT for living your dream and sharing your personality and story’s with us! If it were not so far I would love to help you renovate but I see you are managing just fine 👍 . Greetings from the South of the Netherlands 😁,stay safe!
Love it. Love the video with the wind noises, no music background as I can hear your own voice authentically. Thankyou for inviting me, the viewer, into your real and lovely home. It's perfect Rosie. 💯
Welcome to Västra Götaland (if I remember correct from your last video). I also live in this region in the country side. I'm very excited to follow along in your project as it's inspiring to see different solutions for things. Winters can be either mild or cold in this region. Last winter was freezing. Good luck and have fun with it all :) Best regards, Paulina
This video popped up on my RUclips. It's amazing seeing how much you have already done Rosie when you look back at this video! You are putting so much love and care into your home ❤
What a darling little house. It will be so cosy when you have made it your own. An indoor bathroom would be essential - imagine going outside when the ground is deep in snow! The attic space could be made very special. Regarding your apple tree, lichen often grows on them and is not harmful at all. It doesn't live off the tree, I even have it on my car aeriel in the UK, and it is a good sign of low air pollution so you are blessed to have it!
I think it's lovely! We started with nothing but an old ramshackle house and a chicken coop on our property. Now it is all cute and clean, comfortable living, and has pastures and shelters and gardens... Blessings and happy home making!
there usually are multiple entrances, a clean one and a dirty one. You enter through the dirty one whenever you are covered in snow and what not and that's where you leave the overclothes to dry
Lichens are just an indicator of good air quality. The tree just needs a good prune in the early spring.you want an open goblet like shape. Cut out any crossed & rubbing branches and reduce any new growth by a third. Don’t be too sore on it, you can renovate it over a 3 year cycle.
Thanks for the info! The apples from this year were all soft and not edible… Do you think the tree could get back to full health if I prune it the coming years?
Some people have suggested to get rid of that chimney. It is propably worst suggestion that anyone can make. In UK it might work out, but in Swedish winters your wood usage would go sky high with metal oven & pipe. Chimney has 2 main purposes. To lead some smoke out(obvious) and to store heat. Big chimney can store heat for hours and you need to fill it only couple of times per day and that metal oven & pipe some suggested is warm only when you have fire there. That is a bad, bad thing.
Get a five gallon bucket to use to go to the bathroom in house. Dump in outhouse. Use a pool noodle around top to cushion edge. Off grid with Doug and Stacey has a video on toilet composting. Roots and refuge videos would bless you with their planning strategies. Charles Dowding no-dig garden videos. So much charm and potential on this property. One day at a time.
The warm water boiler might work? It's just some rust. The past owners probably had each of the out houses connected with extensions cords, but you can't sell the a house like that. So try to connect it and see if you get the shower working :)
That's what I always wanted I always wanted to have a log cabin in the woods. Of course it will never happen because I don't have a red cent. When I was younger I should have thought like that. But when were younger we never think smarr.
Third entrance is definitely good for access to a close by firewood store, constantly needing firewood in winter it would be a priority to have easy access to that. Having experienced a walk to get firewood on a daily basis it really makes a difference having it right next to the house
I saw this wonderful thing high up in the Alps and in Austrian villages: they pile up their firewood beautifully against one or several walks of their hoose. It is easy in recherche and à huge insulation.
I think I would build a bathroom on the inside especially if you are planning on being there in winter time. The way Sweden gets so cold there is no way I would go outside to an outhouse to use the bathroom! Unless the outhouse was heated then I wouldn’t mind it.
What a smashing place......your voice drew me to watch. I felt a dream of amazement. All of the power to you and your space. Thank you for sharing :) A Canadian that lives under the stars looking for good humans too smile with.
Apple trees have a long life, a good pruning will help, remove grass underneath from trunk to 'drip line" (the farthest outer twig tips) and add, but do not dig in, fresh horse manure if horses are not being fed fermented food. It's very low in nitrogen but with lots trace nutrients and full of humus which helps soil.
The way the chimney is connected to the fireplace chimney is anything but good. You will have problems establishing draft and most likely get unwanted smoke in the house. If you would move the stove, then it might be better to get a straight pipe up through the roof. The pipe inside will heat the kitchen and the small pipe from the stove is really easy to put in the roof. It is worth changing that around, because you want the wood stove to heat the house to do a good job. When your woodstove can not get rid of its smoke properly you will get sut in the chimney that can easily cause a chimney fire and worse.
What you should do about the shed. Turn it into a suana. and fix the shower too. But first and most importent, contact someone who can check the house struckture and isolation before you start plan anythinng else. Make a budget. And make sure you add an hefty room for contingusie costs. You neveer know what appear when you start reno. an old house. And most importent you must learn the building rules and standards applies here in Sweden. They are not the same as in England. We have a winter climate to consider to when you renovate old buildings. So you must learn what that implies
So sweet! There is so much potential in your little homestead. If you collect rainwater in barrels, it would give you more water. For example, for the shower. Until you get it replaced, you could use a solar shower bag when there is enough sunlight to warm it.. A Murphy bed or sleeper sofa would give the guest house more options for those who stay there. Some solar lighting would be great for the outhouse. Down the road, a screened-in side porch or sunroom would give you another room to use in two-three seasons for that door you don't want to use.
Very cute place! Just a note, be slightly cautious of the chimney in the attic as it may be asbestos. We found that out on an old property we were renovating and we had no idea we thought it was just concrete or something but it was asbestos and is very dangerous to be near or handle if disturbed. Yours looks very similar to ours which is why I thought I'd give you a heads up. Best of luck and enjoy 😊
Congratulation to your new lovely home🙂👍. What a fantastic journey you have in front of you. Having said that, there will be a LOT of work for you (I have renovated something similar) and I am so glad to hear you will have some help. One of priorities will be to figure out how to insulate the house otherwise it will be costly to heat in winter, in my opinion. Best of luck with everything and I am much looking forward to follow your project 😊😊👍
..and, there is this saying for all DIY renovation enthusiasts - ALWAYS count with Pi...in other words, everything will take 3.14 times longer time than what you originally plan/hope..🙂🙂😬 Above rule of thumb has been scarily accurate for me..😬. So, my advice is to let the renovation take its time and try not to be too stressed about it 👍😊
You have three entrances for practical reasons - for example if you want to carry something out to the outhouses you can use the "back door" not the front entrance. Workmen may want to enter the house from a different entrance to your front entrance.This is something that you will solve as you decide how the layout is going to be Just tuned to your channel- loved it right from the start its going to be great Best of luck🇨🇮
Wow...You sure got yourself some work to do. But you seem very positive about your plans, and give the impression that you will be happy doing it. I don't know if I would be able to do all of it myself, and I am a guy. But maybe I did, I'm just older now and it seems more impossible. My house was not completed when I bought it, and I did lots of huge work on it...and still do. It's good that you have your parents that can give you moral support and strength. I did something similar after my divorce, not that far away out in the bush though, but in a recreational area with lots of houses and well spaced out. At first, it was a very quiet area and almost nobody here in the wintertime. Still a very quiet place though, and no traffic noise at all. Anyway, quite interesting to follow you around looking at all the different houses, and I think you found a really nice place. Good luck with all your projects!
Hello and congratulations! Would only recommend dry toilet separate "dass Isak" for outdoor toilet. Advantage gives no odor in the outdoor toilet and handles the faeces more easily. Good luck!
You are my new role model. It's amazing how much you are capable of! I'm so hooked on this story, it's literally past midnight and I'm watching the story unfold video by video. It's really exciting because it feels like I'm watching my future, as this is exactly something I'm looking to do once I have the funds to do so.
Hi Rosie, what a Awesome, beautiful, cozy little cabin you have. Still you have a Lot, of work, but you'll manage. Have a lovely Thursday. Greetings from us:Anne&Harry from nearby Amsterdam, Holland 🇳🇱. 🖐🐾🐾❤😘👍👍👍👍
This person walked the entire Pacific Crest Trail by herself, much of it in snow and freezing temperatures. I think she can handle the house. Congratulations Rosie!!!
Changing home can be much more terrifying than a dangerous but time limited adventure.
WOW! I didnt know that... now I understand more fully why Rosie is so amazing. Truly. Admiration is an understatement.
I would love to hike it ❤
Yeah, but why does she want to live in Sweden? Live in England or NL or France. The winters are are much warmer!
Honestly, the Swedish winter is really cold. You can't do anything for most of the year due to snow and ice!
@@teekanne15 The PCT thru hike is 2500+ miles from the Mexican Border to the Canadian boarder. It takes 4-6 months of living in a tent and carrying a 35/40 lb.pack through mountains and all kinds of terrain. She’s one very resource, capable person who is in top physical and psychological condition. Finishing that trail takes incredible determination and mental toughness. She’ll be fine.
Ok, maybe others said it already: as a carpenter I´d advice you to care for the roof first. If permanent water comes in, the house will be rotten one day...
Next, isolate the roof from inside, it will make the whole house much more comfortable to live in.
An idea about bathroom. Where you have the shower now, you could build a solid cabin around, could be heated simple with wood. Shower and sauna maybe?
About the toilet I would care for next year. And don´t put any money inside the house before you didn´t care for the roof! Before you put money in fancy windows, check your local craftsmen. If they´re ok, they´ll give you good advice and can help you a lot!
Good luck!!! and my respect....
I started at year two, so it’s nice to come back to the beginning and see how you decided what needed to be done first. You are incredible and I love that you take your time planning on what to do with your home.
Hi Rosie love the Cabin videos. Don't worry too much about the apple tree, just plant another near it. Reason being is that the tree is reaching its natural end of life. And if you plant next to it, the new tree will thrive from nutrients of the declineing apple tree. The lichens are a whole ecosystem by themselves and are growing on there because the tree is not growing incrementally very well anymore. Deadwood is soo good for habitat as well. 😊👍
I agree with Kenny, but before giving up on the tree, try pruning it in march-april. remove dead-looking branches and those that grow awkwardly. also put some manure or high-nutrient soil around the tree and see if it helps!
@@ingefara4755 I agree. Exactly what I was going to recommend.
@@ingefara4755 yeah totally. Deffo worth a try mulching. I've been experimenting with fresh willow wood chip as mulch as well. Supposed to set off the mycology in the soil more. Pruning maybe risky, but having said that, it's really showing signs of retrenchment anyway? So nothing ventured nothing gained😊👍
that three needs a good cut down on the branches, you could and should remowe about 60% of the branches, talk to a gardener about it for advice
I got a couple of plum trees that are covered with that. I've got a neighbor with a huge apple tree, hardly any lichen. Oh, in the fall when the apples drop, you may find a moose enjoying the crop. Let it be. Do not try to pet. My daddy, a Canadian, use to ask me "what's the most dangerous animal in the world?" Lion, Tiger, I'd reply. "Nope, a female moose," was his answer. Not much good advise to a Southern California boy, but here in Sweden, good to know.
Welcome to the north. Your first jobs are water and firewood.Yes you may have electric heating but when a winter storm hits you can be out of power for days and then the water will freeze and damage the waterpipes.If you have any.You can never have to much firewood,trust me.greetings from Finland.
Candles!!!
You cant heat up a house with candles 😝 fix the chimney first for heating the house..let a sotare look at that chimney so you need what to do or not,then the water,if you need year around water you need to dig down the water lines and isolate them..if you want a water closet ..you need to buy a own suagetank for your property..only that gonna cost roughly 100k with all job done..that's why you dont buy a summer house, because its gonna cost 2-3 times more then you buy it for
@@spiritwolf7 not for heating of course, but for unevitable powercuts!'been there, done that😃 Firewood préférable has to dry for 2 years for it to give longlasting dry fires, not the ones that make fumes and dangerous soot.
And look up how to make à small terracot candleheater, just to heaten up Spirits à bit and keep the wolves at bay😇. We find hot waterbottles in bed and small plastic ones in your clothes during daytime very efficient whilst renovating👨🎓😉
Firewood is the key. Also helps having at least some trees on your property in case you can't buy firewood, which was the case for me at some point.
Yep, there is no such thing as too much firewood. Especially when the electricity is redicilously expensive.
You are a inspiration to a 71 tear old man. I have seen multiple videos you have made. I am a subscriber. I have a few acres that is very much like yours without the buildings. I have built a dome for shelter. I have solar panels and a water catchment. You are a continual inspiration. Your motivation and creativity is wonderful. Hoping you understand the sense of community you are creating.
Thank you.
awesome...I like where you said "creating a sense of community". A community that takes courage and determination to do things we want to do and live the life we want.
Dear wild Rosie Here are some facts .
1:58 The electricity is connected to the fuse center in the house.
Probably and it is connected correctly, the guest house is connected to a main fuse on incoming power.
2:27 A spruce grows there. Spruces are toxic to grass and kill the grass.
3:44 I do not want to scare you but nothing I see here is done by an electrician but an amateur.
(I am a retired electrician)
4:23 Pine contains turpentine and kills almost everything that grows nearby.
Pines grow in a mixture of soil and sand. Or just sand. In Swedish, the area is called where only pine and low plants and one grows Mo.
Mo is mostly sand.
4:35 One might think that Swedes like to cut down trees.
69% of Sweden is covered by forest. Swedes are
bored on forest from 59 latitude and north out.
4:58 The apple tree is mismanaged and go wild.
You can fix it by cutting it into stages for three years.
If you do it faster, the tree will die.
7:12 This is what was called the rough entrance.
Here they put dirty shoes and boots.
It's called in sweidish "Veranda".
Here it was only shoes, boots and outerwear from the beginning.
7:52 From the beginning, the kitchen was probably where you stand.
The kitchen used to be the largest space.
In the kitchen people slept because it was hot.
They had a special sofa that could be turned into a double bed.
You make socks, sew, carve etc in the kitchen during the winter (six months).
What is a kitchen now may have been a room with a stove. But often only the kitchen was used in the winter.
You had a so-called nice room that you heated up temporarily if there was a visit.
7:59 The wood boilers are still manufactured today.
They are easy to learn how they work.
As it is a wood boiler that requires
that you know about chimney draft, oxygen to the wood
and so on, you should have help from a Swede.
If you try it yourself, you may be poisoned by the smoke or that it smokes in the middle of winter and you have to run out.
As you can see, all exterior doors in Sweden go outwards.
This is because in Scandinavia and Finland the house has always been heated with wood.
If it were to start burning in a kitchen where people slept,
you can not have a door that opens inwards, but it was important to get out quickly.
8:15 This electrical outlet is correct!
There were never bathtubs in older Swedish houses.
It did not fit in any room that was hot
during winter.
8:33 Very common that ladder or a steep staircase was hidden.
This was so that the heat would not disappear into the wind.
9:42 The two lower cables are installed by an amateur.
9:54 Do not be afraid now, it works but looks strange.
Much here is amateur connected.
Three fuses for water pump?
It seems strange.
I do not know what it would cost you to bring an electrician there.
It does not look good on the outside then you may wonder what it looks like on the inside.
If you can afford it, an electrician should fix it.
It can be flammable!
There is nothing wrong with the fuse box.
You can keep it.
Though I think it looks weird.
The phases seem to be only two?
It should be basic connected which
are three main fuses 16 amps.
Other secondary fuses 10 amps
which allows you to charge an electrical outlet with about 2400 watts.
Under the fuse box is a ground circuit breaker.
The button on the far right switches off if there is an electrical fault.
The second button is for testing so that the earth leakage circuit breaker works.
You should print it once a year. Then an electrical fault is simulated and the whole house will run out of electricity.
But, there is a "but", even if an amateur has connected electricity
as we see in the video, the earth fault circuit breaker does not trip.
The cables can be pulled correctly but incorrectly and carelessly
connected in boxes and electrical outlets.
An electrician should check it.
10:31 Before you can fire, you must have an inspection of the chimney.
It makes a chimney sweep. When testing, the chimney sweep also presses the chimney with compressed air and checks that it is tight.
Now it's winter and it's been almost half a year since you recorded the video so the chimney might be Ok now.
Anyway, I think you fix most things.
This is how it is with cheap old houses in Sweden.
They can be lived in but can take a few years to fix.
Thanks for all this again!! The electricity certainly needs to be checked. I believe it was installed by one of the previous owners, possibly during a time when that was still allowed. He cut through the old wires but left them hanging in the attic which is some of that mess. House only has 6 and 10A, will have to see if I can get that changed as some areas in the house could do with 16A. And then see what needs replacing. Add a few sockets as well as some rooms are lacking. Saving up for that right now :)
@@wildrosie Installing electricity without a licensed license has never been allowed in Sweden.
If you have the knowledge, you have to change wall switches and wall sockets.
Nothing else. Ey went from 220 volts to 230 and 237 volts, depending on where you live.
When the voltage is raised, the current drops and suddenly everyone had to use 0.75 square meters of cable up to 10 amps and 2300 watts and 2400 watts per phase, respectively. 6 amps disappeared in the 1970s but are still in old cottages.
6 amperes = 1400 watts.
If the cables are replaced to 0.75 square, you do not need to replace.
It is very expensive to change!
If something in the future will go on TV or three phases
so the voltage is 400 volts x 3
In Sweden, we use 0 volts as a return on the load
of what you connect to the electricity. Between 1 phase and 0 volts, it is 230 to 237 volts.
Between phase and phase (which is 120 ° phase shift) there is 400 volts.
The future =
Incoming 3x400 volts plus grounding (grounding is changed to 0 volts)
It is equal to three 16 amp fuses in the electrical box.
Then you can have as many 10 amp fuses secondarily as you need.
Or you confess what you have now and use it.
Then you save many thousands of kronor.
But take it easy. You are not sitting in the lake as we say in Sweden 😊
The reasons for the multiple entrances is probably both that the house used to be shared by two families and that you may want to have one entrance that you keep clean and one where you bring in firewood, keep dirty outside clothes and similar. That saves you from dragging dirt and snow into the nice parts of the house!
It's also safer to have multiple entrances in case of a fire
She did say two families shared the house.
I recently moved to a cabin in the north of Sweden from Miami and I learned so much about myself. It was a silent chaos, but it taught me so much about myself. I now post on RUclips about self improvement and hope to reach this level of quality content and narration. Much love to everyone 🙏🏽
The reason people used to have a "honey pot" under their beds for night use becomes evident when it really gets cold and not just "a little chilly."
You really are going to have to get a vehicle unless your family is willing to continue to help you with projects. Seriously. How much timber and insulation and water pipe and food can you haul just using a bicycle even if you get a little cart to hitch behind?
I love that you got this place. It is the best location of the houses you looked at. I have no idea what your income is, but that house is going to take a bit to get it to be a year-round home.
She does not drive. All the more admirable that Rosie is doing do this without a car and on subsistence income. The costs of running a private vehicle in Sweden are high.
Yes, it's going to be a big project! It's definitely less convenient not having a car (I aimed to get a driving license before coming here but couldn't due to lockdowns. And now I'd rather spend my money on wood ;) ) So far I've managed but it's taken some improvisation. There's a hardware store that can deliver building materials and wood and if I do bulk orders then paying for the crane delivery is worth it. We'll have to see how it goes in the coming years. Right now I do like not having a car - it keep the world a bigger place and I appreciate everything on a smaller scale.
Lovely property, I like it very much, congratulations.
My advice if I may? by all means plan where you want to put bathrooms or windows etc but you must attend to the following in order to have a basic functioning shell.
1. Repair roof/walls to make the shell watertight.
2. Obtain advice regarding the chimney breast and make plans from there, I think part or all of it may need to be removed due to the cracks.
3. Insulation.
4. Water and Electrics
These works will entail a large amount of work and mess and need to be done first before new kitchens and decorations.
Best of luck
Paul
I very much agree, having bought a house in northern Sweden myself. This is a lovely place, and it is a lot lot lot of work, time and money you have to invest.
Agreed! My husband and I bought an older home in Germany which we renovated and brought up to date. When we watched this video, we saw a lot of work and very core priorities, which you elucidated nicely.
Dear Rosie,
it’s the third round for me watching your videos. They are so relaxing, calming, inspiring, beautiful and funny. Thank you so much! I scanned whole youtube, didn‘t find anything coming close to yours. So I just start again…Happy Paulin from Hamburg!
knock out the Old concrete chimney and put flue pipe in on an outside wall with woodburned & your get more space in loft
Obviously you have never lived in Sweden ever, you want to keep as much heat in the house as possible. The winters in northern Sweden can be very cold. Sheet metal pipes on the outside of the house bring in the cold very quickly when they start to cool down. A concrete chimney keeps the heat for almost 2 days.
This is good to know! I did think of removing the chimney but I'm trying to design everything so I can do it all myself... (unless it's not allowed.) For now I'll probably have the existing chimney fixed. The stove in the kitchen is probably pretty good for heat so would be nice to keep
I love it! It's pretty cool knowing there's an entire world of people out there living different lives from our own. I find people so interesting. I look forward to your journey, Rosie. Love from America.
Also from American...sending Rosie love from the West coast of northern California.
@@71suns What's up Cali! Lived in Washington State for a few years in the 80s. Love the left coast!
Rosie I came back to watch this again. I’m much older & I wish I had your guts or intelligent. Wish you all the good things, health & happiness. 💚💐
The apple tree is fine. The lichens is a good sign..sign of a clean eco system and air. Try pruning and see what happens. love the house and good luck ! X
Wow what a project.
I once had a house in Sweden that I did renovate.
I think you should call the community Sotnings service and they will see over your fireplaces and pipes and tell you what to do, so you can get it approved.
Wish you all the best.
The moss and lava on the apple tree is not a bad sign. The most important thing is to insulate the attic floors and get the fireplaces working. You must as you say do something about the water. Make sure the roof is waterproof everywhere. I would not make anything to the kitchen except painting it. These kitchens from the 40s are often very good and now very populair in Sweden. If you want things from example IKEA they will deliver the goods for some money. Lots of stuff can be sent for and delivered to the nearest grocery store, ICA. I am looking forward to see how you get on and hope you will enjoy doing it.
Hi Rosie, that Chimney in the attic seems to me to be very dangerous, I am not an Engineer though🤔 a chamber pot for at night would be a good idea. When you get your indoor bathroom, you probably thinking of a compost toilet, which makes it far much easier, rather then having to get a septic tank. I am really looking forward to your progress with your new home. The best of luck to you 👍😉🇮🇪🍀
At the beginning of this video I could see how thrilled you were about embarking on this adventure. Your happiness made me happy too 😊 I found your channel at year 3 so I’m going back to the beginning and watching everything in sequence. Thank you so much for making these videos. You are such an inspiration!
9:17 That's normal in older houses. Usually there is a wooden support structure under that overhang though.. :p
A dream. Now all you need is money, time, patience and endurance. Looking at later videos it looks like you are on the right track :)
What a wonderful little house! Take it easy with renovations. Be careful with the renovations. Don’t do everything at the same time. Most important is electricity, water and heat. It can be cold in Sweden in the winter. Look forward to see more videos from you! Welcome to Sweden!
Great point!
Work out a priority list. It might be fun to do X but the heat, electric and plumbing (water & waste) will allow all other projects to easily follow.
@@MD-wk3gj yes i worry a bit because winters can be very harsh there especially when there is deep snow and she doesn’t have a car to pickup groceries etc.
Yes make sure the roof, the electricity, chimney and the main pipes are ready and winter proof. All around Insulation would be great too. After that you'll be ready for any next project. I wish you all the best! Looking forward to your projects!
And good insulation. It would save electricity and heat. Plus fixing the roof.
It is a very nice place but a lot of work to do. I guess you already figured out that the roof is the most important thing to fix and I very much hope you've done and finished this before the winter ( and the snow) has arrived. I also hope the windows are at least waterproof, if not windproof. And I very much hope your fireplace and this wonderful oven in the kitchen are working propperly.
As somebody who grew up with an outhouse I would suggest having an inside composting toilet as soon as possible because an outhouse in the summer might be ok, but in the winter with -20 °C in the middle of the night and the shit freezing while pooping is no pleasure (and it's certainly not healthy). Anyway, I guess you found out this already by yourself.
Finally I hope you can enjoy this first year in your own little house and things turn out well for you and the best eher possible life you could live.
Is it two or maybe three years now? I'm still glued to your videos. Still WOW! Have you planned the birdfeeder for the squirrels yet? Winter is coming! ;-)
Greetings from Florida! The cabin is very charming with a lot of potential. I recommend working in a space for a prepper pantry. Because you don’t have a car and it is somewhat isolated, a bad winter snowstorm could leave you holed up with limited food supplies. Here, I have a very large red oak TV cabinet that I converted into a prepper pantry. We call it the ‘Grocery Store’, because we can ‘shop’ there when we can’t get to a real store. It took awhile to fill it, so we did it gradually, buying two and three duplicate items at a time, but it is invaluable during hurricane season. You might also build a wood box so you always have dry wood for your fireplace. I am subscribing now, and looking forward to watching all your videos! 😊
Congrats on the house! Looks very nice. Remember to use proper materials when/if renovating a log-framed house (no plastics etc) to avoid mold. - a Finn who recently bought a 200yr old country house :)
Lovely house ...and it's yours alone .. that's the best part
A cheap but very functional camping shower can be bought for 3-400 SEK at Clas Olson, Jula, Biltema and the like. It's charged via USB-cable, you just drop the pump end in a bucket with warm water and on you go. Have used it myself for years.
Guessing a bit here. Door in the kitchen = to bring in firewood and to have easy access to the kitchen from the outside (you eat outdoors as much as possible when you're at the summer house). The other door on the extention = probably for easy access to the outhouse. Main door = self-explanatory.
When fixing the wall above the window you should examine the entire roof of the extention. They have probably built the roof all the same and might have to be redone in it's entirety. It's a couple of days work if you're handy, as it is a small extention.
Take your time planning for how you are going to make your repairs and make sure you understand how the house is constructed. It's better to spend time with a roof over your head planning then trying to figure out what to do when you're in a rush to close up your house again.
Honestly, I'm completely in love with your beautiful home. Never seen anything so magical and beautiful all in one go! I'm itching to see your transformation videos. Best of luck with your re modelling
You should make a sauna. There you can wash also in winter. And its nice too.
Rosie, I still hope that you one day tackle the attic and make something cozy of it 🥰 😁
The three entrances are probably 1) the big main entrance for everyday use/guests, 2) the side entrance to use if you're wet/muddy so you don't make a mess on the floors, and 3) direct access to the backyard so you don't have to go around the entire house, especially if you're in a rush for the outhouse.
I have been catching up on your journey all day. The perfect thing to do on a cold rainy Sunday.
I just love that attic space..wiuld make a great Guest Room or even a fabulous Sewing Room❤❤
So cool to see this video. I have seen many of the later ones, and wow look how far you’ve come! What an achievement - incredible
Our backyard backs to a nature preserve too, it is living in a parkland. Everyday, we see wildlife, deer, coyote, fox, an albino skunk, huge snapper turtles💯
Never let it go->will be heavenly
Hey Rosie! I love, love, love your cabin in the woods. If I may make a suggestion, your first priority should be to install a new roof. The reason behind this theory is to save the house from any more water damage and moisture to the rest of the home. Second, I would make sure all window are double glazed and insulated well before winter. The other things are cosmetic, knocking down a wall or two and just putting your own stamp on the place. These are just my thoughts. I wish you well with whatever plans you do, and will continue to watch you transform this lovely cabin into your home.
Sincerely,
Mary❤️
You are a brave woman. I don’t like being alone, especially in the woods. Love your videos though. Do your thang!!
Hi! Very nice little house you bought in a great surrounding! I am a German who moved to Sweden in 2004 and bought a summer house in 2007. I also was renovating this house quite a bit and would like to share two main lessons I learned: 1. As others wrote already: Things take time! Especially, if you are not a professional and first have to find out how things work. I guess the “pi” factor may be a good estimate. 2. Find out, as soon as possible, the rules/laws you officially have to follow. Discuss your plans with a local architect who knows the people at the “kommun” and who can give you advice about the official rules and how the people at the “kommun” are dealing with them. The problem in the Scandinavian countries (I meanwhile live in Norway, even worse here) is that they have strict rules about how a house for permanent living has to look like. Even if you are fine with very little comfort the rules/laws decide how you have to built your house. E.g. already changing the inner walls (not even talking about load-bearing walls) has to be indicated (“bygganmälan”, not to be mixed up with “bygglov”). For me the main challenge was not the technical but the legal part. Good luck!
@@thetwins0707 As an EU citizen you have the right to work, study or live in Sweden without a residence permit but you need to be employed, self-employed, a student or have sufficient means to support yourself. If you plan to live there for one year or more you need to contact the Swedish Tax Agency to register yourself in the Swedish population register and get a Swedish personal identity number. Just google for the info, it's easy to find, and good luck :)
From what I've been able to tell (as non-scandinavian, for the record), the kommun in Northern Sweden are generally a lot more lenient about this sort of thing than the south, and the south is already a lot more lenient than most of Norway. I'm looking to move to Northern Sweden myself, and it's definitely part of the reason why I'm more strongly considering Sweden than Norway. Would love to know if I'm actually wrong, though.
Firstly, congratulations on finding your new Sweden home In the woods (very cute home!). I know your journey of fixing up your new home as well as preparing it for the upcoming winter will have it's challenges, however I look forward to following your progress and I hope your renovation plans go as smoothly as possible. Prioritize, don't over plan and do not overwhelm yourself (it's a marathon not a sprint!), roll with the punches (we are here for you when you need to vent ;)) and finally, stay positive! Happy New Year to you!🏡🥳
I literally had to remind myself that I have all the time in the world for this renovation, just before Christmas. Everything was going wrong and much slower than anticipated, of course! But I came out here for the journey and not to live in a finished house, so trying to stay flexible and just go with it. Thanks for the support!
With snow in winter, you cannot open the door if it turns to the outside...
Rewatching this video almost three years on is so fantastic to see how far she's come, but also so funny to hear "that's next year's project" when I don't think she's even gone back up to the attic once since 😅
After watching this, I went back and watched the first two videos on cabin hunt. What an amazing journey! Congrats on getting a place you fancied and good luck with the upcoming renovation. I can't wait for the updates.
I have the exact same dream of living in a quite remote area surrounded by nature. I'm not able to fulfill that dream for the time being so I'm going to live vicariously through you until that day comes for me 🙂. I will be taking notes and learning from your experiences as well.
Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us.
I lived for five years out in the country and I loved my outhouse. I mean what is there not to like! I had the most pittoresque look from the door, wildlife and changing seasons. I did not mind the cold at all during winters, I just took a little less time there. When living in the countryside you learn to have warm clothes since it might not be too warm inside, either. My outhouse is one of my favourite things I miss from that era. That being said by a thoroughbred city girl.
Its also good for your health resilience , outside toilets are a good thing !
I’d definitely start by looking into that chimney. The last thing you want is to put in a nice new kitchen just for the flue to fall down on top of it! Perhaps you could remove the horizontal flue and run it straight out the roof? You’d Have two chimneys yes but you’d have heaps more room in the loft. After making it watertight I’d personally start at the top and work your way down, the outdoor shower would be good enough for summer.
-Great channel by the way, I recently found it! :-)
Sweden is just beautiful!
You are very welcome to Sweden. Congratulations on finding your dream home in the woods. What a wonderful house! You will have a lot to renovate so get help from neighbors and friends. What do you need help with first? Which nearest city can you buy food?
A portable composting toilet might be a good way to go until you 're ready for all the plumbing and septic requirements of a full standard bathroom.
By the expression on your face, I can see the excitement in your eyes and the smile to 👍❤
Nice to see how you just decided to move to a other country and even buy such a beautiful piece of land and go live on it . I would love to do this too some day,but I do not speak Swedish 😬 MASSIVE RESPECT for living your dream and sharing your personality and story’s with us! If it were not so far I would love to help you renovate but I see you are managing just fine 👍 . Greetings from the South of the Netherlands 😁,stay safe!
It's moss on your trees. It doesn't harm them and Only grows when the air is pure and clean . Beautiful place .
First: Congratulations!
Second: The stuff in your trees are lichens. They don't harm your trees. Comes from good air quality. So enjoy 😉
Yup. It looks quintessential Swedish all right that little summer cabin. Fun to watch!
Love it. Love the video with the wind noises, no music background as I can hear your own voice authentically.
Thankyou for inviting me, the viewer, into your real and lovely home.
It's perfect Rosie. 💯
Welcome to Västra Götaland (if I remember correct from your last video). I also live in this region in the country side. I'm very excited to follow along in your project as it's inspiring to see different solutions for things. Winters can be either mild or cold in this region. Last winter was freezing. Good luck and have fun with it all :) Best regards, Paulina
This video popped up on my RUclips. It's amazing seeing how much you have already done Rosie when you look back at this video! You are putting so much love and care into your home ❤
What a darling little house. It will be so cosy when you have made it your own. An indoor bathroom would be essential - imagine going outside when the ground is deep in snow! The attic space could be made very special. Regarding your apple tree, lichen often grows on them and is not harmful at all. It doesn't live off the tree, I even have it on my car aeriel in the UK, and it is a good sign of low air pollution so you are blessed to have it!
I love these tiny little ”torps”! You got such a gem here, an unpolished diamond!
I think it's lovely! We started with nothing but an old ramshackle house and a chicken coop on our property. Now it is all cute and clean, comfortable living, and has pastures and shelters and gardens...
Blessings and happy home making!
Hi Rosie that stuff on the apple tree is lichen. It will do no harm to the tree. Research it. Im enjoying your videos you do tidy work.
Hi from New York wow you are some woman taking on a big project by yourself it’s wonderful to follow along with you good luck
I ❤ the wallpaper in the mini-house.
there usually are multiple entrances, a clean one and a dirty one. You enter through the dirty one whenever you are covered in snow and what not and that's where you leave the overclothes to dry
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That stuff on your tree is lichen and will do it no harm at all. And it’s beautiful
Lichens are just an indicator of good air quality. The tree just needs a good prune in the early spring.you want an open goblet like shape. Cut out any crossed & rubbing branches and reduce any new growth by a third. Don’t be too sore on it, you can renovate it over a 3 year cycle.
Thanks for the info! The apples from this year were all soft and not edible… Do you think the tree could get back to full health if I prune it the coming years?
Some people have suggested to get rid of that chimney. It is propably worst suggestion that anyone can make. In UK it might work out, but in Swedish winters your wood usage would go sky high with metal oven & pipe. Chimney has 2 main purposes. To lead some smoke out(obvious) and to store heat. Big chimney can store heat for hours and you need to fill it only couple of times per day and that metal oven & pipe some suggested is warm only when you have fire there. That is a bad, bad thing.
Muchas felicidades por ese trozo de mundo que encontraste seguirémos tus progresos.
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Really lovely cabin! As tradition you should have a picture of the Swedish King and Queen hanging on the wall inside the outdoor loo! :)
In Norway, there is the same tradition. Imagine hanging pictures of the King and Queen of Saudi Arabia on the toilets there!
Get a five gallon bucket to use to go to the bathroom in house. Dump in outhouse. Use a pool noodle around top to cushion edge. Off grid with Doug and Stacey has a video on toilet composting. Roots and refuge videos would bless you with their planning strategies. Charles Dowding no-dig garden videos. So much charm and potential on this property. One day at a time.
The warm water boiler might work? It's just some rust. The past owners probably had each of the out houses connected with extensions cords, but you can't sell the a house like that. So try to connect it and see if you get the shower working :)
That's what I always wanted I always wanted to have a log cabin in the woods. Of course it will never happen because I don't have a red cent. When I was younger I should have thought like that. But when were younger we never think smarr.
Third entrance is definitely good for access to a close by firewood store, constantly needing firewood in winter it would be a priority to have easy access to that. Having experienced a walk to get firewood on a daily basis it really makes a difference having it right next to the house
I saw this wonderful thing high up in the Alps and in Austrian villages: they pile up their firewood beautifully against one or several walks of their hoose. It is easy in recherche and à huge insulation.
I think I would build a bathroom on the inside especially if you are planning on being there in winter time. The way Sweden gets so cold there is no way I would go outside to an outhouse to use the bathroom! Unless the outhouse was heated then I wouldn’t mind it.
What a smashing place......your voice drew me to watch. I felt a dream of amazement. All of the power to you and your space.
Thank you for sharing :)
A Canadian that lives under the stars looking for good humans too smile with.
Apple trees have a long life, a good pruning will help, remove grass underneath from trunk to 'drip line" (the farthest outer twig tips) and add, but do not dig in, fresh horse manure if horses are not being fed fermented food. It's very low in nitrogen but with lots trace nutrients and full of humus which helps soil.
If you lay some temporary insulation upstairs.Which can be used at a later date.You will keep heat in and stay warmer.
This is going to be a an adventure that you will remember when you're old to be one of your greatest!
The way the chimney is connected to the fireplace chimney is anything but good. You will have problems establishing draft and most likely get unwanted smoke in the house. If you would move the stove, then it might be better to get a straight pipe up through the roof. The pipe inside will heat the kitchen and the small pipe from the stove is really easy to put in the roof. It is worth changing that around, because you want the wood stove to heat the house to do a good job.
When your woodstove can not get rid of its smoke properly you will get sut in the chimney that can easily cause a chimney fire and worse.
Ooh and get vattenfall to put a new electricity box in.
What you should do about the shed. Turn it into a suana. and fix the shower too. But first and most importent, contact someone who can check the house struckture and isolation before you start plan anythinng else. Make a budget. And make sure you add an hefty room for contingusie costs. You neveer know what appear when you start reno. an old house. And most importent you must learn the building rules and standards applies here in Sweden. They are not the same as in England. We have a winter climate to consider to when you renovate old buildings. So you must learn what that implies
So sweet! There is so much potential in your little homestead. If you collect rainwater in barrels, it would give you more water. For example, for the shower. Until you get it replaced, you could use a solar shower bag when there is enough sunlight to warm it.. A Murphy bed or sleeper sofa would give the guest house more options for those who stay there. Some solar lighting would be great for the outhouse. Down the road, a screened-in side porch or sunroom would give you another room to use in two-three seasons for that door you don't want to use.
I am so happy to be in on this home project. I wish you the very best of living in your new home. Congratulations😘😘😘😘😘
Wait until the snow and winds come, then the three entrances will make more sense ;)
Very cute place! Just a note, be slightly cautious of the chimney in the attic as it may be asbestos. We found that out on an old property we were renovating and we had no idea we thought it was just concrete or something but it was asbestos and is very dangerous to be near or handle if disturbed. Yours looks very similar to ours which is why I thought I'd give you a heads up. Best of luck and enjoy 😊
I thought that about the chimney possibly being asbestos too.
But what a lovely little cottage!! XX
I thought the same! Keep an eye out for asbestos!
Never heard of asbestos being used in Swedish old rural chimneys.
Beautiful 😍 I’m sure that’s lichens on your tree which is a great plus not dangerous for any trees. Magical place you have xX
Looking forward to seeing all the new changes that will come in due time. Love the cabin and it's surroundings!
The upstairs reminds me of Heidi's bedroom at her Grandfather's. Love it.
Congratulation to your new lovely home🙂👍. What a fantastic journey you have in front of you. Having said that, there will be a LOT of work for you (I have renovated something similar) and I am so glad to hear you will have some help. One of priorities will be to figure out how to insulate the house otherwise it will be costly to heat in winter, in my opinion. Best of luck with everything and I am much looking forward to follow your project 😊😊👍
..and, there is this saying for all DIY renovation enthusiasts - ALWAYS count with Pi...in other words, everything will take 3.14 times longer time than what you originally plan/hope..🙂🙂😬
Above rule of thumb has been scarily accurate for me..😬. So, my advice is to let the renovation take its time and try not to be too stressed about it 👍😊
You live your dream now, wow. It gonna be nicely and a really home to you.
From Hawaii, I’m looking forward to your journey. Main thing is for you to be at peace and happy.
You have three entrances for practical reasons - for example if you want to carry something out to the outhouses you can use the "back door" not the front entrance.
Workmen may want to enter the house from a different entrance to your front entrance.This is something that you will solve as you decide how the layout is going to be
Just tuned to your channel- loved it right from the start its going to be great Best of luck🇨🇮
Wow...You sure got yourself some work to do.
But you seem very positive about your plans, and give the impression that you will be happy doing it.
I don't know if I would be able to do all of it myself, and I am a guy. But maybe I did, I'm just older now and it seems more impossible. My house was not completed when I bought it, and I did lots of huge work on it...and still do.
It's good that you have your parents that can give you moral support and strength.
I did something similar after my divorce, not that far away out in the bush though, but in a recreational area with lots of houses and well spaced out. At first, it was a very quiet area and almost nobody here in the wintertime.
Still a very quiet place though, and no traffic noise at all.
Anyway, quite interesting to follow you around looking at all the different houses, and I think you found a really nice place.
Good luck with all your projects!
Rosie, I love your cabin, it has so much character and charm. I think you will do such a marvellous job in renovating this cabin. So excited!
Hello and congratulations! Would only recommend dry toilet separate "dass Isak" for outdoor toilet. Advantage gives no odor in the outdoor toilet and handles the faeces more easily. Good luck!
You are my new role model. It's amazing how much you are capable of! I'm so hooked on this story, it's literally past midnight and I'm watching the story unfold video by video. It's really exciting because it feels like I'm watching my future, as this is exactly something I'm looking to do once I have the funds to do so.
Hi Rosie, what a Awesome, beautiful, cozy little cabin you have.
Still you have a Lot, of work, but you'll manage.
Have a lovely Thursday.
Greetings from us:Anne&Harry from nearby Amsterdam, Holland 🇳🇱. 🖐🐾🐾❤😘👍👍👍👍
It has a lot of potential. Big thing will be getting ready for winter . I love it
You have quite a new adventure, very exciting for you, looking forward to your next video
Take care
I'd start with replacing the fireplace chimneys, they look the most dangerous and also not to regulation.