Hello Phillip! As a native Swede owning, and having restored, many similar houses in the countryside I think you made a good deal, depending on location of course. The upstairs bathroom represents a total lack of knowledge and responsibility on behalf of the previous owner, which unfortunately is quite common. And yes, Your feeling that the electrical installment in the bathroom is illegal is very much correct - Illegal and dangerous! However, it's actually not a very big deal for an electrician to move the entire circuit-box to a different room. It's not cheap, but I'm sure you can get a quote that is not as expensive as you may fear. These old houses were not designed to have bathrooms at all since they had outhouses. You can absolutely put a real bathroom in but it has to be done right. Local plumbers and carpenters in the countryside are normally used to working with these challenges and can build a new bathroom that will work well in your old house. Remember that you may get a better deal if you do the work off-season. A roof-layer for example will be most busy in the fall when people need the roof waterproof for the upcoming winter. So possibly it's easier negotiate the price for a new roof in the spring. As you mentioned, plumbing, electricity and chimney need to be handled by a licensed professional with the right paperwork. If not your insurance may not cover any damages that may occur. In worst case scenario, the house flooding or burning down. Also, make sure to upgrade your insurance to cover house-fungi (Äkta hussvamp). It's a relatively inexpensive option that will save you if your house becomes infested with this type of fungi that occurs in Sweden. If it happens there is basically nothing to do but demolishing the house and building a new one. It's not clear from your video, but if your house only has one air-heater (Luftvärmepump) I'm afraid that is not enough. That big of a house needs at least two of them. And don't get ripped off by the big sales organizations like Polarpumpen, Sverigepumpen or Zave that demand pre-payment. Get one from a local firm where the person you talk to on the phone is the same person that actually comes out and installs the heater for you, and then sends you the invoice. Another tip is to take out and clean the filter in your Air-heater (indoor unit). This will improve the efficiency of the heater. Judging by the state of the electrocution-bathroom, the previous owner more than likely has not done this. Another thing is that in the old days people had plenty of carpets in every room. Not only to keep their feet warm but to insulate the entire house from the cold ground. The thing with these old houses is that you can't just get advice and products from any modern home improvement store. If you insulate and seal your house with modern products and techniques you may end up with irreversible mold and fungi. If you paint with modern latex based paints over old linseed oil paint, the new paint may chip off after only a few months. The list goes on - and on. But remember, everything is possible and well worth the extra effort. You just have to teach yourself about old houses. Don't take advice from someone living in a modern house. Talk to owners of similar houses. Google everything about culture building renovations, and old craftsman methods. Ask the staff in the shops that specializes in renovation of old buildings. These shops products are usually quite expensive but you don't have to buy everything there. In many cases the knowledge itself is key. (links below) If you need all new bathroom furniture and fixtures there are some firms in Germany with really good prices including delivery to your doorstep. A good relation with neighboring farmers and foresters are key to success with your new property. They usually have left-overs from both suitable lumber and paint that they may sell for cheap, or sometimes even give away if they like you. Of course appreciating a bottle of Scotch in return :) Also, your underground pipes may break, your trees may fall, your road may collapse, or you may get snowed in. Then you are depending on help from the farmers trucks, tractors and excavators. To renovate our old houses takes a little longer, and a little more effort, than fixing up a modern house. But in the end it will guaranteed be worth it. To sum it up, congratulations to a beautiful house that, if cared for correctly, will bring you decades of joy and pride, as well as a long term good investment. ALL WELL! /Carl kulturhantverkarna.se/en/ www.sekelskifte.com/en www.nackabyggnadsvard.se www.gysinge.com www.overjarvabyggnadsvard.se/c/begagnat/beg-dorrar-overjarvabyggandsvard/ fonsterantiken.se/begagnat/dorrar

Please get those chimneys fixed, those temperatures in your house are insane!! 😂 That said, congratulations on getting your dream house, it looks fabulous. can’t wait to follow your journey

The windows are most likely from the late 50s or early to mid 60s, judging by the fittings. Definitely not as old as the house :) Still very nice windows though, made from core wood. Just change the inner glass to a 3 or 4 mm energy efficient glass, makes a huge difference, and you can still keep the old "lively" glass on the outside. Good luck from Sweden!

1. Make sure your pipes don't freeze. You will get water damage when they melt. 2. First things to check after that is that your underground drains are working and that the roofs don't leak. 3. Insulating doesn't do as much as you would think. It is expensive and largely not very effective. Also, you will introduce mould into an old house if you insulate it too much because old houses like that breathe through the walls by design. That is how they were intended to work. If you go against the original design expect all sorts of trouble. Therefore, instead, overdo the heating system. If electricity is cheap, that's good, you can use underfloor electric heating. If not, you need heat pumps. But on top of that you need to burn a ton of wood every year. The best system would be to have water pipes under floors and have a multi heater for the water which can warm the water with wood, electricity, even oil. But if that is not practical just add heat pumps and fire places and burn a ton of wood. Yes, I think that is what was most important to say. I've lived in an old house for a decade in Finland if you wonder whence cometh these opinions.

The totally unnecessary sun protection will make a huge difference when it gets above +27c. The best way to keep the house cool is to make sure that the sun does not reach the window. Tiles are the best looking option in a bathroom, but...tiles are cold to walk on in the winter even with working heating, so the only way tiles will be nice in a cold climate is to also install underfloor heating, which is also a big expense . Therefore, people also more often accept the uglier option.

The upstairs landing would make a beautiful library. Your home is so beautiful and offers so much potential!

Those long narrow rooms on the upper floor (walk in wardrobes, bathroom and weird guestroom) looks very similar to storage rooms we had in our house from the same period. They are colder than normal rooms so mice and bugs don't like them and thus fitting for storage of things and clothes/textiles. (Since you have no attic or basement meant for storage in these houses). They also act as extra insulation between the outdoors and the rooms you live in and want to warm up.

Welcome to Sweden! We are having one of the coldest winters in 25 years I think so I hope you stay warm! And hopefully there are no Russian attacks in the close future. Enjoy! Sweden is a lovely country

Welcome to Värmland Phillip. I live just a bit further north in Hagfors kommun. When you showed ice inside your bathroom, with surrounding plumbing, I was worried . The next couple of days will see temps. of minus 25, or even below. If you haven't already done so since posting this video, I'd implore you to place a portable electric heater in this room.

I'm in bed in my well heated flat in Uppsala, yet I shiver while watching this video. Can't believe the temperatures you have to endure! But the house is so beautiful and will be great once fully restored. Welcome to Sweden!

Your windows are mouth blown. It's a nice thing to have, and very expensive to buy new (mouth blown)...During the 19th century, craftsmen created windows and other glass products by manually spinning molten glass on a blow pipe, which produced glass with a wavy quality. What a beautiful cat, and your house is beautiful and full of potential. Enjoy the ride!

I think you got it for an excellent price. If this house was in northern Minnesota in the Grand Marais area, it would easily sell "as is" for $300,000. Grand Marais is commonly known as the "Norwegian Rivera" here in Minnesota. It has a similar climate too. I think it's very charming, and I would stick to fixing the major structural problems. As far as the upstairs bathroom, I would remove the bath tub and put just a toilet and a sink away from the electrical. Maybe some type of composting toilet and remove all plumbing from the upstairs. Since this is an old farmstead and doesn't have the insulation that most people are used to these days, I would make a smaller cozy living space on the bottom, and you could make some small co-working or summer sleeping areas on top. An outdoor sauna with an outdoor bathroom with a shower and cooking space would make it an excellent hostel place in the summer, and also pay for the extra heating and renovations to live there year round. Just my thoughts.

Your home is going to be beautiful. Fingers crossed you get the chimneys sorted soon so you can have more heat. Candles can raise a room's temperature by a degree or two, so if you'll be in one room for a while, it might be worth lighting some. It's the flames that help, so multiple smaller candles is better than one big one. It won't make you toasty, but when it's really cold, a degree or two is noticeable warmer. If you still need to use your hands, but want s bit of extra warmth, fingerless gloves actually do make a difference. If you can get some reusable hand warmers, you can pop them in boots a bit before you plan on leaving the house as they'll warm the inside of the boot for you as boots stored in a cold room get very cold and are not pleasant to put on. Hopefully you'll have proper warmth soon though. Our boiler broke the other winter and the kitchen was 5°C for a few months. That was in the UK. It was pretty miserable, so I can imagine with how cold some of your house is, it must be pretty tough. The days are gradually getting longer though, so hopefully it will start to be a little less cold for you soon.

Just stumbled on your channel. I’m watching from North Carolina USA and love watching European home renovations. Can’t wait to get caught up.

The type of cast iron stove can be a really good and cheap heat source. Back in the days people picked dried pine cones from the forest floor during summer and stored in jute sacks. Once really dry the cones were used as fuel. High heat and slow burning (but a bit loud since they were crackling alot).

Thank you for showing us around. That was really interesting. I wish you good luck with all the renovations.

potential is a beautiful thing. your home is lovely & you get to make it yours ! which is wonderful! i already imagine the 2 of you growing older gracefully here.

Man.. that is my dream home. The traditional swedish house, 2 floors, symmetric.

Just found your channel. Love the cat, the house and your genuine personality. Anything what you and Maria want to post will be interesting. Owning a large house is like a never ending journey.

I'm so glad I found your channel !!! What a beautiful house . I'm excited to see the changes you make. I can't wait to see the chimney situation repaired - I'm cold for you 🙂

The walk-in closet was likely never built to be warm. It is not uncommon in old Swedish houses to have cold spaces like that. If the roof ends below the ceiling height of the upper floor there will be some part of the room that do not have ceiling height. It was not uncommon to have a wall where it is possible to have full height, which results in some space like where your walk closet is. That storage was often not heated and therefore not insulated from the outside, insulation would have been put in the floor and the doors made to handle the temperature diffrence. If the storage is not something you need every day the low temperature is not a problem. If the house is heated it will likely never be below freeing. In the house where one pair of my grandparents lived there is three storage accessible from the inside, the house if from the 1920s. Where my other grandparents lived full length of the house on the second level at the backside is a long uninsulated space, there is a couple of cm gap between the wall and the roof. It is on the north side of the house and keeps quite cool in the summer, my mother used to sleep there in the summer. It was also used for drying washing if it could not be done outside. It was alos used for storage. One of these spaces like that on the front side is completely inaccessible, you would need to climb over the insulation in the attic to get there, It has a window for the look with a curtain that has been there for decades. The house is from 1930 but was rebuilt in 1950. The awning outside the bedroom is not useless, it is a very efficient way to keep the bedroom cooler by blocking direct sunlight but still letting light into the room. They are more efficient in keeping heat out compared to blinds or curtains because the fabric that is heated is away from the house, not in or behind the windows like the alternatives. It is not uncommon that power warrants like that have sun, wind, and rain sensors to automatically deeply and retract it. You can cool the house with the air heat pump but it is likely quite a new addition the the house. I use awnings like that every summer and I live 700km north of you. They are called "markiser" in Swedish and I would consider getting more of them for the larger windows on the ground floor depending on the orientation of the house and how warm it gets inside. They are not very good-looking when deployed but are quite invisible when not in use The small side extension i what sometimes is called a svale or förstuga (lobby in English). An uninsulated space with doors to the inside and the outside. The advantage is to reduce airflow tot he the outside when you enter and exit the house. It is also a place to take off and leave your dirty shoes and other clothes to keep water, mud, and snow away from the inside of the house. In North America, it is called a mudroom. Consider keeping it for that purpose, do not try to make it a warm room or tear it down unless you you tried to use it for at least a year and do not like it. Fix the internal with some benches to sit to put on boots on and appropriate storage for clothes and shoes. The room before it where the cushion blocks the cat flap could be a place to keep jackets etc in the winter, there is not a lot of storage space in the main entrance. I think it is a more useful entrance than the main entrance for a large part of the year and makes it easier to keep the living space clean.

I came across this video via Facebook, and I'm glad it was shown to me! It's such a nice video highlighting the pros and cons. Your honesty and realism when you're showing around the house are very helpful for someone thinking of making a similar move. And ofcourse, props to the camera and edit work, looks really clean! Best of luck on your adventure, I'm sure it will turn out to be a beautiful, cosy and warm home. ❤

It is going to be a beautiful home bro. Ur on ur way up. Love the fact u call ur woodworking projects thing 1 thru 6. Funny as hell man. I hope to meet ur neighbors and town folk close by in future episodes. Thanks for content

Just found your channel and loving the house content! We moved from the UK two years ago to northern Sweden (near Skellefteå). We bought a house last summer in the forest and are also discovering all the things that need repaired etc! First things on our list were having a new fire installed, the chimney inspected and then new heating! It’s been an expensive year, haha! Looking forward to more content! :)

Beautiful House, but really, I think ? it should be taken down to the studs. Insulated, re wired, re plumbed, and tear down some walls, to open up rooms that have no purpose, then update your fireplace, and chimney, then add efficient wood stoves. Start at one end of the house, so you can still live there if possible. Have an overall plan! And stick to it. I would look under the ceiling panels in your primary room, ie master bedroom just to see what’s up there underneath. I wonder if you have insulation? I’m not sure what you can afford, but your house would warrant putting big money into it. Are you handy?

Loved this video! That landing area would make a great library.

Well as a person who just finished changing the whole electricity system of my new house, I guarantee with you that it is totally worth it (find joy through challenges i suppose) Your electricity box looks exactly like mine, with old button and to be honest at first I did not want to do it at all. But once we renovate, we want to do it good, also electricity box inside a bathroom is not really a safe idea. When I change my electricity system, I also change the location of my electricity box as well. It is a hassle yes, but good for your safety and the quality of your home Take your sweet time, feel your house and you will know what need to be done ❤

The Landing at the top of the stairs needs a scalextric race track! 😂😂

It will be a beautiful home.Love your cat❤️. First job definitely is to get the chimney or chimneys repaired, it will make all the difference. After that it will feel like a home instead of a house. Is so spacious but strange how both bathrooms seem long and narrow. Can’t wait to see your next video, thanks for sharing!

Really enjoyed your house tour and look forward to following your renovations!

you’ll be VERY very happy to have that shade in summer… I’m in Stavanger in Norway, and shades would be a must on this house

You’re both basically living my dream. Am looking forward to your journey. I can see so much potential in those rooms and the house. My brain automatically just goes into interior decorating mode when I see a canvas with so much character and potential. Hope you guys can fix the chimneys first.

Loved your video. Love the house. Praying you get the chimneys working really soon. Glad you guys love the house. Make sure all the plumbing is protected from the cold of course. I am in Texas, USA so your land and snow are absolutely beautiful to me !! Also the price of that house is extremely cheap. Keep us posted.....

The "warped" window glass is common in old houses and most likely it is a result of hand made glass

Absolutely brilliant and so informative and I cant wait to visit and help with painting and diy 😍

Congratulations on your property purchase. It reminds me of the house our eldest daughter and son-in-law bought. There was so much wrong with it that my SIL, who is very handy with repairs, spent much time and money fixing. After substantial updates had begun, our daughter realized the original layout didn't work for them. They restarted with a clean-sheet CAD as-built of the house and developed three new workable layouts for the space. Their place originally was like yours, with the "what good is this room?" comments, but after redesign they loved it. Making sense of the layout probably doubled the property value as well making them happy. Whatever you do, good luck.

Congrats for having a beautiful home 🏡 bless you. Don't rush furnishing it enjoy every moment of it and in the end of the year you will find it so beautiful and cosy.

Just a note for people who are looking, you can find houses in the south of Sweden for decent prices, especially in old summer-house areas. My house(fully renovated) cost 950 k swedish kr, 60 m2 and 2000 m2 garden, more then enough for two people, i added some work for 100 k to make it my own. 20 minutes from Lund and 30 from Malmö. No road-sounds nor trainsounds, fiber water waste included. Sure if you are looking for a bigger house then it will be harder, but in the north of Scania and Småland there are a lot of cheap places that are bigger , but for me : larger house = more work. cheers

Absolutely love your house and location and I’m sure it will be beautiful when it’s done although it looks good now ,will look forward to updates .😊

Windows from before ww2 (at least) were only 1layer glass. Then they often had another frame with glass to put up in the winter, you might find some in the basement or attic. You need to make a small "artic entrance" on the outside, this will help you to not to drain a lot of heat from the rest of the house. Looks like they have removed a lot of doors from earlier days. My grandma always used to heat a brick of soapstone, out it in a multi layerd textile (cotton) bag and put in the bed (with down and wool - syntetic will not do. I still feel good with a cold temp in my bedroom. Do not try to make yiur beutiful house a picture of modern floorplans and colors. See what you can find from its original designs. Happy work and results from Norway

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Love how much potential it has, and with a fridge the size of a room! *"COLD"* was the most frequently used word throughout the video 🥶❄🤣

interesting the things you find hideous in your home, people pay good money to install (real hardwood flooring, wood plank (shiplap) ceiling, fitted kitchen, and a stand alone freezer). From my perspective, I love your new home!! Please prioritize the heating, as freezing temperatures can damage the interior fixtures.

Beautiful; gosh what an awesome project ♥️

Such a lovely house. The landing will be perfect for a reading nook/library or just a place to sit and relax. It looks like your staircase is made of wood? It will look stunning if you strip the colour and give it a bleached look. It will go with the general feel of the house. I can't even imagine a house that cold. I live in a place where we have maybe two or three subzero days throughout the whole winter. I love following channels in cold countries and imagine living in such cold.

seeing that spinning bike in the living room unlocked some childhood memories lol. my parents bought a cabin in sweden when I was 8 or 9. no running water, no electricity. we spent the entire first summer renovating the cabin and my dad installed some solar panels. but in the winter we barely got any sun so by 2pm we had to generate electricity in a different way: my dad and I had built a spinning bike that generated electricity. so every day we had to take turns on the bike so that we’d still have electricity for lights etc in the afternoons and evenings. i hated it at times but at least it kept us warm haha. sadly the cabin burnt down 4 years later :( we suspect it was set on fire because it was also regularly broken into and vandalized whenever we weren’t there.

The house is gorgeous - so much potential and in such a great location. A suggestion for the front space (the one where you mentioned about the old glass in the windows) is that you make it a library/reading nook? You could pop bookshelves a couple of comfy armchairs in there. I was also thinking the same for the large landing space upstairs. A couple of chairs, some bookshelves and some low tables with lamps on would look great. The lamp idea would also work really well in your living room to bring the space together and cosy it up. Lamps create that lovely cosy feeling - with softer light and they are also lovely design features if you choose them carefully. Personally I prefer lamplight over central ceiling lights any day. The house is so exciting and looking forward to see how you develop it. Can relate to the old house problems - water, heating etc. I've got an 18th century cottage in Cornwall and boy has it been a labour of love - lots of tears along the way too! But living somewhere with character and history is so interesting.

My daughter and I are currently saving up to move from the UK to Sweden so your video's are really useful for us. Thank you

I recently travelled to Sweden and definitely would consider it to make my own self sufficient home, so I am interested to see how this develops to a self sufficient home! Definitely need to insulate the house..

It can be very exciting to start building/renovating your dream home but also very stressful 😅 I am looking forward to following your footsteps, as I am planning to move to Sweden in the next year or so and maybe build my second house or buy a fixer upper. It will be very interesting to see all the process of how you manage to fix things, permits etc. Best luck 🤞

Wow, this was super interesting! Thanks for sharing and all the best for you both. ♥ :)

Using the chimneys for heat means you need air-tight modern wood burning appliances, so that requires modern double-insulated smoke pipes and caps - these can be run inside your existing chimneys. Fireplaces are relatively useless for heating - they suck more heat out than they provide. You will also need one or two good battery powered saws (mine are Stihl) and a 20 ton splitter. In Canada we have very good and inexpensive wood stove companies, and I suspect that Sweden/Europe does too.

Such a great place !! Lucky you guys ❤

I love the house and what an absolutely stunning and beautiful situation it is in. I suppose for me, the first thing I would spend my money on, is getting the fires and chimneys fixed. I would then decide on what layout in the house would work best for you. It may involve moving some walls or purposes of rooms so you would want to get that sorted first before concentrating on insulating the house the best you can... obviously the rooms you use the most first. Then the rest is dressing and that can come step by step later. Cant wait to see what you do and I am so envious of the adventure ahead of you. What a dream :) And what a gorgeous cat :)

Hello ! Cozy house. I see that you have single-layer windows, before it was very common to insert a layer of windows on the inside of these you have here. See if you can find any extra windows you can put in, you will notice a lot about the warmth and coziness in the home. Good luck with the house.

Congrats for your beautiful home. Greetings from Brazil. You've got a new subscriber ❤

I love the home and thise kitchen cabinets! The space at the top of the stairs would make an amazing library area with sitting too read do computer work ect.

Välkommen hit! Looking forward to seeing what you will do with the house :)

You are exactly right about the snoody robes. I have one and I live in Finland. Warmest thing ever! Lifesaver ATM!

The landing upstairs would be a great library! Looks like an exciting project!

For the floors, I would use Osmo poly wax oil, clear coat. Two coats, dries and cures in about 24 hrs depending on temperature inside. It is more expensive than linseed oil but very hard wearing.

Hi, great house! Firstly, chimney fixed, insulation (allowing house to still breathe) get the fires working continuously so plenty of wood and triple glazed windows/use extra heating methods but I’m not sure what would be most useful and economical. After this you can think about the cosmetics. Best wishes for your futures in your lovely new home! In U.K. my bedroom was + 14 in our bedroom and I was so cold 😂😂

This s my dream too! My Swedish friend (also a UKpostsr) has just bought a summerhouse near Sala and it needs a lot of work. I’m going to visit in the summer and I can’t wait! . Currently it’s as cold as yours though. Good luck with your project, I look forward to following your progress.

I’m another muppet from England who bought a house in Sweden. I use it over Christmas and summer. We’ve had it in the family since 2007 and I bought out the family in 2019. It’s near Kramfors up north and next to a train line 🤣. Keeping it warm in the winter is an absolute pain. I’ve decided to rip out the old boiler and go for ground source heat pump. It’ll be expensive but worth it in the end.

Your house tour reminded me what Swedes us to say about British plumning, like its better to mount water pipes on the outside of the house in order to easier repair them when they freeze 😊😂. You should defenately spend some more money on electricity and heat up your house more until the chimney is repaired. Espessially important of course in bathrooms and kitchen where you have water. I also suggest as soon as you get warmer in the house to crawl under the house and look for water leaks. And if so, turn of the water until you have repaired potential leaks. Regarding bathrooms in Sweden, i dont agree they are built or renovated cheap. Most go for floor heating, tiles on floors and walls and nice glas showwer walls and fancy bath tubs. The small corner rooms in houses like your were often calles kattwind, a place for storage and funcioned as a climate buffer between outside and living spaces. For a coming renovation you need to insulate walls and ceilingns as well as replacing the windows to 3-glase windows. The price you have paid for such a house is a barging. Same house around Gothenburg would probably be 3-4 times higher, and around Stockholm even much more. But with a million SEK spend you will still have very much house for the money 😊 Put up the heat and good luck. 👍

Congratulations on the house. It's gorgeous...! 🏠

I think your house is beautiful and once you get the insulation and fires sorted will be so much better, they I would think are the priority as you don’t want mould growing, looking forward to coming along on this journey with you xxx

Roaring fire sounds very good

Floor-insulation can may be also interesting in such a cold area. A lot of work… but it doesn’t have to be done all at once. I ‘m supporting you all the way. 😃🍀 Keep yourself warm 🔥🧤🧦🧣

Lots of people over insulate their old houses in Sweden. Blocking the original air intakes and chimneys, that were the original ventilation. Resulting in overheating and mould. Maybe hold that thought until you have the chimney cleared and all the fireplaces lit all day. As well as 20-30 m³ DRY firewood, times two for next season. I've lived in a similar house for 15 years. And got the same advice myself. Which saved a LOT of money!

Thank you for sharing. Cheers from Denmark

If you can't insulate, just start putting wall hangings and carpets everywhere. That'll help a lot. Also, get a air dryer to remove extra humidity and feel warmer.

I just happened upon this, and I think the house is great! Can just imagine it in the summer, so airy and light. I guess a mason to reconstruct the chimneys is the first thing that needs to happen. Will be checking in later. Need to thaw out a little after watching!

Ok just found your channel and only half way through this video but late and have to go to bed so before I do and before I forget what I was going to say - a couple of tips - heat pump on the wall- everyone has them in New Zealand. They are both for heating and cooling your house and are the cheapest type of electrical heating you can get. However I use mine for taking the chill of the air when I’ve been out all day and not had the woodburner going all day. I live near the bottom of New Zealand where it gets very cold in winter and we like to have a wood burning stove which heats our living, dining and kitchen area (open plan) and towards the end of day it’s so warm we open the door to the hall and then the bedrooms. It’s a big burner and very very efficient as it burns the smoke twice to get rid of noxious stuff and emits very little bad stuff to the air outside. It was expensive but it’s the law here that if you have a wood burner it has to be of a particular standard. I love it because you can cook on it if needed but it’s so efficient at burning wood that you use less wood but it puts out more heat so off you are going to ever get one try and get a Yunca - a large one and your home will be toasty warm and you can even get them with wet backs to heat water but it does mean you get a bit less heat out of the fire as it’s heating water as well. The heat pumps are great but just not the same heat as a wood burner which is radiant heat. Also make sure you clean the filters on the inside of the wall mounted ones and floor if you have them too. It easy you just flip up the lid and pull the mesh plates out and soak in detergent ( dishwasher detergent is the best to use the scrub Ruth a brush, rinse, dry and put back. The outside h just needs a high pressure hose directed at the fins to get rid of dirt and it’s done! Your floor- never use oil on surfaces you need to clean. You need to seal it with three coats minimum of polyurethane in a satin finish. Then your floor can be washed without damaging the wood and the mop just glides over it. Same for tables or benches- must use polyurethane which is hard wearing and you can clean with ease. Your old heaters in the house may look pretty but probably not efficient and that means you chop and use heaps more wood than you need to snd the heat output won’t be as great. Windows are not true double glaze. That put in the secondary glaze as a separate window and take it out in summer in many places in Sweden. Make friends with your neighbor and as him or her to come over to you house and explain how thinks we’re done in the past or now. This will help you heaps to understand how to use things and fix things etc. Good luck Lynne New Zealand

Watching from Belgium, such a big house, like to see diy renovations, here they do under floor heating specially in bathrooms, i think you maybe try to cover those windows with curtains where possible so the cold from outside can less come inside, greetings and love to see more👍

Welp, you won't be bored!! One of those odd downstairs rooms would benefit from a greenhouse bumpout and a passive solar heat system. And a floor drain. If you're going to grow some of your food supply it will be an important way to extend your grow season.

That stair hall is gorgeous. You might, over time, put mementos in there, a bencCh to sit on? But enjoy the openness of the space! Keep it light and airy and just feel how wonderful it is to step out of the bedroom and into that landing space. I'm totally jealous! LOL :D Congratulations

Someday I hope to move to Sweden, this helps a lot and would love to see more.

I stumbled over your video in my feed, I couldn't resist to look in. I'm a Danish guy and I live in the southern region of Denmark like 15 min. drive north of the German border. Your new home reminds me on "Emil fra Lønneberg". I'm sure you will get a nice and cozy home, once you get those chimneys fixed and can hold a normal indoor temperature. As others mentions the pipes with running water should be protected to not get freeze, so remove water where you can, to limit the risks for or broken pipe. I agree that having the fuses in the bathroom is quite weird, so maybe you could make like a walk-in cabinet in front, for towels and stuff and simply make the room shorter. This might however become difficult due to the way pipes are running, so maybe move the entire bathroom to another place in the first floor, because you wouldn't like to not have a toilet on that floor.

A bit of feedback. You both have some work to do, but I bet it will be great in end. Attic, 500- 600 mm loose woodinsulation (total, can still use the old). Vents to move condensation. Cost repaid in 5-10 years. Bugnets to avoid getting hornets on addict. Pax eos 100h in downstairs bathroom, it is a ftx vent that uses bad air to preheat fresh incoming air. Cost 11 k sek + installation of duct to areas that need the heat. Redraw entire electrical system, looked like a rats nest. Air to air or air to water heater, but as it is lacking the pipes, I would go for air to air. Remodel upper bathroom to a toilet to lessen cost. Bedroom, looked like egg tempera paint, so check that up, as it can flake if use other paint.

What a beautiful home!!!

I love it so much potential, I can’t wait to see everything you are planning to do with it 😉

As someone commented. Insulate it to much is not a good idea. But for energy savings, replace the windows with modern three glass windows will save a lot of energy. You can get those in a style that will fit the house. Another thing people do that living in big old houses is that they in the winter don't heat all the rooms they don't need as much. Just enough to keep the house in a good shape. The most important thing also with an old house is to have a good roof, you don't want any leaks.

Beutiful old house. You have 2 chimneys, make shore to get someone in to fix them right away, also as quick as possible get a heatingsystem for the house. Since you have chimneys you should hsve a heating system that includs fire, look at pelletheating. The house is built so that when the chimneys get to warm the ventilation works great. And also skip that summerhouse heating. I wood not start to put extra insulation in until I lived there with proper heating 1 or 2 winters. To put extra insulation in meas that you also loose a lot of the original charm and beuty. There is arkitechts that can help you to solv some problems and it is not to expensive. The small bedrooms is whats called kattvindar and basicly wardrobes or storage in the old days, probably not insulated since they are not meant to be lived in. Keep in mind it has been a summerhouse! I just had my bathroom done and depending on size about 350-400000kr each and heatingsystem (pellets) about 300.000kr. The rest of the house you could probably fix yourself. About swedish bathrooms, they are the best! Specially when it comes to cleaning, just use the shower and clean the whole room, simple. And keep in mind in sweden we do hate to much stuff so forget about to much decoration, don’t make it unsellible. About the elctricety, I wood advise you to change that in the whole house, some computers must have earthcable and what I could see it is old. But you need to have a certified electrician to do it, check out thevrules before you start a projekt so you don’t end up having to do it again.

A beautiful house and I can't wait to see what you do with it! Also, I feel much better about our UK weather after seeing your indoor temperatures, I'll stop complaining now lol (probably not tbh).

Subscribed! I like the style even inside (I'd keep the kitchen as is & even the red staircase😁). The price is shockingly low for the size and the decent shape of that house. Also, I hear you about not wanting to go North too much & wanting daily life services.

I am jealous of your pantry!

I grew up in Alaska. We were remote as well. We had freezers in our downstairs area for meat and cheese since we bought in bulk and my dad hunted moose and deer, and was a fisherman. They are beneficial.

Looking forward to following your adventures! Damn that’s 🥶

Its a great canvas to start from but i would look at taking out most of the walls upstairs if practically possible and completely re configure the house and dont mess with rebuilding stone chimneys put up new safe steel ones inside the original we did this in southern spain also look into putting in pellet burners if you can get pellets as they are fantastic we have two as well as a log burner.

25:00 what i think you should do that i would like to see is an upfront scoping of all your 'major' tasks, gantt flowchart prioritisations, smart task lists for each, budgets, coverage of these, trade contacts and references as you have done in this vid. and count your hours of labour input too! oh, and keep a diary/journal (when so and so is due/turned up, comments (walked cement through the house 😱), your ups and downs learning. 😊 glada renoveringar 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️

The house is amazing and in a beautiful setting. I moved from England last month and now live in Motala, just bought a house and trying my hand at DIY also. Good luck

Very jealous dude! Can't wait to see what you guys end up doing to it!

Looks small from the outside but it’s huge on the inside. No of that stuff would ever pass code in the US. I can’t wait to see it when it’s done

Fireplaces add character and I would get on with getting them working and any source of heat put on. Piles of wood by the fires look cosy and bigger warm rugs and throws make a difference as would curtains to keep in warmth or shutters. Candles and sconces on the wall give warmth. The kitchen cabinets could be painted and some people cut hearts out to make it look more rustic. A big kitchen table and chairs is needed and some copper pans.

A stunning house in a stunning location. Once you have the insulation, chimneys and floors sealed, it will be beautiful. I’m in the UK and for £99 you’d maybe get a wreck at auction in a pretty grim area.

Great video, beautiful home, that stairs is sick, I'd love to slide down that in a sleeping bag, but what really caught my eye was the Terri's chocolate orange book.

Such a beautiful house congratulations. First you have to make sure that chimneys are sorted, once that’s in place on professional person is working on it start working on insulating the entire house any gaps, nooks, corners pipes have good insulation make sure windows are a good quality ( double glazing (unfortunately plastic are best for winters of such magnitude)) so no cold seep true them. Once this things are done and entire house is sealed you can change inside don’t rush you don’t want to skip something and have to re do again waste of money and time. Try to make a kitchen, one bathroom living room and bedroom to be comfortable for next winter coming then slowly make a room at the time, but make sure you do the first steps properly as they are the most expensive and important. Good luck I bet you will make a beautiful improvements in that house.

Good luck! It is such an appealing house and such a beautiful area. It's easy to see why you love this property. My sympathies regarding the unhappy surprises, though, and having to live in such cold right now. I wish I had some suggestions for what to do with some of your issues, but I know too little, especially about your dreams for the house. I think if I were in your situation, I would be heading to friends or family to get warm...and then maybe request a brainstorming session! (I've never lived with that kind of winter.) Anyway, I do wish you both good luck with your dream.

Greetings from Finland! 🇫🇮As you will be fixing up the chimneys and roof, I highly recommend building a wood heated sauna indoors as a addition to bathroom if possible. It takes up a bit of space, but it also heats the house when used. I wish you a happy year 2024!