$35K « New » Property in France

[@edbi5505]

Les pierres saillantes sont probablement des boutisses parpaignes, c’est-à-dire des pierres faisant toute l’épaisseur du mur et liant les deux parements entre eux, cela permet d'éviter ce qui est arrivé au premier mur éboulé vu dans la vidéo....

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Bonjour, Nous attendions votre commentaire! Vous nous avez aidé pour les fourrures et montants ainsi que pour l’isolant! Nous avions couru au magasin tout changer! Maintenant vous nous éclairez sur ces pierres saillantes… Au vu des autres commentaires tout le monde pensait que c’était des solives/bastaings! Merci encore, votre connaissance est immense! 😊

[@sloppy.giuseppe3860]

Necessary purchase, no adjoining neighbours and extra land is priceless in of itself and now you have a cool extension

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

That was necessary, we agree! Thank you!!! Have a great Sunday!

[@angelicapadro8433]

Great investment. Only thing you will have to tackle right away is the wall next to your living room so that it does not affect your structure. Lots of love from Florida.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Thanks a lot Will work on that wall very soon! Love to beautiful Florida! ❤️

[@hmeyers5114]

Look at the inside of the house. The "posts" sticking out could be the floor joists. You *had* to buy those adjacent cottages. Too bad the sellers waited until they were crumbling before being reasonable about the price. With the stone from the wall you will have plenty of stone to use to support the walls in the appendages. Gorgeous property with lovely potential. And - a WELL!

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

We definitely have a reserve of stones now, especially from the other outbuildings that crumbled in the back of our property! Will take a look at those posts from the inside! Thanks a lot 🥰

[@MarianneInmarsilia]

Worth every centime…priceless to have had the opportunity to reunite the buildings. It would’ve been a nightmare for you if a developer had bought it. Congrats on your long term project ❤

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

So we agree, I (Maria) have been bothering Nate about it for 2 years, never felt serene until we got it! I think that we would have sold if someone else would have purchased it! Cannot wait to gather the two sisters again! Thanks a lot 🥰🥰

[@jamesbaker429]

You could pollard the trees in the traditional way ,just clear the ivy and overgrowth,the grounds need sorting out you may find most of the stone you need there already ,the crack needs urgent attention as your neighbours access lane is in danger.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Thanks to the person who wrote that pinned comment, those stones sticking out are called in french « boutisse de parpaigne » basically bond headers, large stones (thickness of the wall) whose role is to link the walls together…

[@chandeliers1022]

🍎Nathan and Maria, Fabulous sunny day in our part of the world! Hope it's the same for you! Just found your channel and love your house you guys bought. About the trees in front of the house that you said you want to cut down, you don't have to cut the tree down if you don't want to, you can relocate them in the back or a different area on your property. All you have to do is make a circle around the tree about two feet away from the tree so you can get down to the roots and cut it. Then you get a machine to dig up the entire tree and replant it if you want to. Of course if you guys do it, you do it a little at a time until it's done and just rent the machine to dig up the trees or get a tree person to do it for you. Maybe it would be cheaper than cutting it down, so maybe you would like to check it out. About the other addition of the building you bought, where you have the crack on the side of the building, it's because as you showed on your vlog, there's a huge stump near the street on the side. That tree that was there, the stump has a root and so the tree thinks it's still alive and causing the roots to come out amd push up on the side of the building. It's a very old tree that was there, but years ago before they put the road, there was grass and that tree. You need to try to cut it with a chainsaw anywhere you can cut and put some ammonia or Clorox a couple times to kill the roots of the stump. If you don't, the tree thinks it's still alive and the roots will push up the side of the building again. Look again and you'll see what I'm talking about as I saw it on the vlog. If you're considering buying fruit trees, it's best to buy two of each kind so they can pollinate each other and if one dies, you'll have the other one. Plant them four to five feet away from each other and put two of a kind four feet away from each other. Don't put an apple tree and then a pear tree, an apple tree and a pear tree. They do better with two of a kind four feet away from each other. It takes four to five years to get good, big, juicy fruits so you guys better get started!☺️ Do you know in your area if there is an acre or two for sale? Can you please send us a realtor's information so we can check it out? Happy DIY! 🌴

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

What a delightful comment! We enjoyed every line of it! We will take every piece of advice for the trees! We bought a crumbling property that’s for sure, we will try our best with our means to make it beautiful again! We actually bought in the north of the department (Gironde) not so far from the department of Charente (Cognac is close), There are properties for sale all the time, sometimes in very bad shape! In France we use the website leboncoin.fr to look for properties, it’s a mix of Zillow and Craigslist! Thanks a lot again ❤️

[@micheleotero4644]

Love your show.. Magnifique...beaucoup de travail... Looks like you need more help Too much work .. Greetings & blessings from USA..

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Aww thanks for watching! Merci beaucoup! 🥰

[@ΜατίναΚαραγιανιδου]

I think it would be wise to ask an expert gardener's opinion about your trees and garden. It saves you from mistakes you can't take back. This new building of yours can easily accommodate either people, you transform it in a separate house or a shed/barn for all the things your garden, present and future, will need to be maintained. I suggest you clean as must of all that tall grass you can and the waste vegetation of the new side, which will clearity and better visioulitation of possible plan. As for the red door garage.. You can change the position of the door maybe to the other side. Or keep it for the small vehicles that are used to cut grass, mini work tracks.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Hello, thanks for the input, all the advice is appreciated! We are still thinking about what can this addition become… good advice for the red garage door! 😊

[@davidmurphy1653]

I would repair stone split reinforce gable wall it really wouldn't cost that much and would stop it from getting worse or effecting your house. Time and lime mortar and love.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

I like the idea of mortar and love… and the low cost! 😊😂

[@NoraToal]

Wow, what a nice property - good potential. My guess about the floor joists sticking out of the wall is that they were used during construction as part of the scaffolding. Good luck.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

I think you are right 😊 Thanks a lot ❤️

[@Tracy_R]

Definitely take your time and live with the trees way they are safely of course. .And you'll see what needs to change overtime. But I wouldn't cut the trees down yet. You need the shade in the protection. Good luck god bless

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

You are right! Also plenty of work to do in the house to be worrying about trees lol! Thank you so much and god bless you too! ❤️

[@Tracy_R]

@@ohiotobordeaux6295 blessing from Columbus, OH. First time seeing your video 📹. Subscribed. Congratulations on your 🏡.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Thank you sooo much! I have been (Maria) to IKEA columbus before lol back to when I lived in Ohio! 🥰

[@marielucier7982]

Clean it out, get rid of the floor surface upstairs, get acros installed in the right places to hold up beams, get a acros to hold up the roof where the wall is crumbling, get help replacing the floor beams (helps with wall support too), get scaffolding, work on the crumbling wall while supporting the roof with acros in that area. Make sure there are no leaks in the roof. That is most likely why the wall is crumbling. I watch some big renovations over there. 😊

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

I’m just going to screenshot your comment and use it as a note! Lol 😊 This is absolutely what we need to do, we have done some wall reparations off cameras before… I just wished we had much more time! Thanks a lot ❤️

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Another reason for the walls crumbling is that we are in a area where floors/soils are clay. They expand and crack with humidity and drought, which let the walls on top move… that’s why in the region the stone houses are the ones that last the most because stones allow the wall to move… I hope it’ll be fine 😊

[@marielucier7982]

@@ohiotobordeaux6295 I just watched you guys for the first time and don’t know what you know. If you need any local examples Bordeaux Life with Edd and Anna … they have been working on a small house they bought to rent out. It had a lot of problems and a below street level bottom level that could flood. There are others I watch that do serious beam replacements and serious brick/stone rebuild/fill in work.

[@scottjamieson5104]

Thanks!

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Oh wow thanks a lot Scott! We appreciate it! We will use it to buy termite treatment 🥰😅

[@3tI8P-lj2lo]

Please get a structural engineer's advice and some professional help with those walls. They are beautiful buildings. I hope you can restore their structure strength. I've worked a lot on old buildings. This looks like something with which you'll want professional help.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

We will definitely get help! Thanks a lot ! 😊

[@Leed216]

I am curious who did you have to purchase the additional ‘house’ from? Same people that had your house or different?

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Actually the property has always belong to the same family(at least since the 1700s’). We bought the first one from a man and the addition from his extended cousin…since it had been in the same family for centuries it got divided during inheritance… We would have preferred to buy it all at once but that was different owners!

[@aukebij3193]

did you do the wall next to your living room with regular concrete?? because then things will definitely go wrong. These old houses are built with lime sand cement and if you close that up with regular concrete it can no longer breathe and the wall will break down from the inside.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Hey! If you are talking about the cinder block wall that came in front of the stone wall, the massons we hired actually let a gap of 20 cm in between, they don’t really touch each other…

[@aukebij3193]

@@ohiotobordeaux6295 It is not about whether they touch each other or not, it is about whether fresh air can get in. These lime stone sand walls were often bricked with a filling of cement, horsehair, fine straw or even horse manure. These contain natural fibers that absorb moisture. and repuls it if fresh air cannot reach it breaks down and your wall crumbles from the inside. These types of walls consist of three parts, which is why they are so thick. the two outer surfaces simply consist of stone and lime sand cement, the inner part of it called harting, however, consists of lime sand cement stone waste and a natural fiber such as straw or horse hair or horse manure (usually horse hair or straw) in fence walls they did not do that . but in house walls they did to allow water vapor to be discharged through the walls. If the cinder block wall is completely closed, then you do not have that air flow. The easiest solution is to drill a hole of one cm every meter at the top and bottom of the cinder block wall so that fresh air can reach the old wall.

[@janineclemons746]

I really like the new/old building. It's rather primitive. I think you should save it.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Thank you ❤️ I think we should keep it too!

[@jtholland1013]

Is this property “protected? Could u work having a professional stabilize structure just to keep from crumbling or being a hazard? Dont forget to look for French Govt grants for historical properties… you’ll have more problems letting it just fall apart

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Hi! The property is free from any protection, we are definitely working on hiring some professionals! We took insurances, to protect ourselves at least… We will work on stabilizing soon! Thanks for the comment and ideas, definitely checking for government grants! 😊

[@debbierudolph9489]

​@ohiotobordeaux6295 you could build gites to let in that building

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

@debbierudolph9489 that’s a good idea.. so many possibilities for the future! 😊

[@leoabdruck4817]

Now that you are the owner, you will be responsible if the leaning wall collapses. And that can be very expensive. Hopefully no one will be harmed, then it will be even more expensive in France. Have fun with the beautiful property!

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Very responsible 😬, subscribed to every option possible with our home insurance lol! But definitely something to take care of! Thank you! 😊

[@nj6918]

With all of the renovation experience accumulated from your first property, what will you approach differently on this new one?

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Don’t take any shortcuts, buy what you need upfront, because time is precious! 🥰

[@scottjamieson5104]

I think this would make a perfect "father-in-law" suite and I know a guy who would be willing to fix it up for the low cost of some home cooked meals 🤣🤣🤣

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

I like the idea! Definitely a plan! 😂

[@vivianrodriguez479]

Grate buy congratulations hope to see soon🎉

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Thank you ❤️❤️

[@sloppy.giuseppe3860]

"Then they put their drain here, very smart" - it sounds like sarcasm, but they must have done something right for it to still be standing 230 years later. Its lived to tell the tale, I doubt anything built using modern techniques and materials could do the same

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Exactly! They knew how to build things to last! 😊

[@mattyj74]

Congrats on the purchase! Just throw some duct tape on those walls and they should hold fine 👍

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Hahaha we will!!! Lol

[@h2energynow]

Like playing monopole

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

I wish we had used that money to finish our house 😭😂

[@Cquinn70]

nathan are you a qualified builder?

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Not at all lol

[@edbi5505]

Louis XVI n'est pas le dernier roi de France, il a seulement été raccourci d'une bonne tête, c'est Louis XVIII qui a régné un an de 1814 à 1815, mais plutôt insignifiant comme personnage, bon courage pour la suite ...😉😁

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Oh ouiii c’est vrai! Ce dernier roi ne m’a pas marqué! 😅

[@jijoufj802]

Trop bien 😊😊😊

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Merciii

[@debbierudolph9489]

What does the symbol on the wall of 2 x back to back C's?

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

I think you are talking about the tie rods, those metallic X! They are giants tie rods to hold walls together.. stop them from falling… inside you find a long bar and outside you can put the shape you want! In French this is called « tirant »

[@myaj1718]

❤️

[@Leed216]

I’ve heard from other YT channels that those ‘posts’ sticking out of the walls is left over from where they would put planks to finish building the walls. So kind of like scaffolding but on the wall.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

It got to be that, that’s the only solution we see too! 😊 Thanks 🥰

[@heatherarthur6232]

You could use the stones from the old house to rebuild your stone fence.❤

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Absolutely! ❤️

[@Cquinn70]

is your channel making any income yet?

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

We are eligible to it, but don’t post enough… lol

[@hafidayousfialaoui7794]

Bravo mes enfants

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Merciii ❤️❤️❤️

[@barbarakloise6790]

That is so weird they sold each place separately! That 2nd house is def. meant to be with the other house. Why would you want someone living right next to you like that never!

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

The two properties didn’t belong to the same persons… You often find this kind of composition throughout Europe, when properties get divided into their children and etc etc…so the two properties ended up belonging to cousins! We gathered them back now! 🥰 I was ready to leave if someone had bought next to us! 😂

[@sheridavis261]

What a great addition. I think you could not afford to not buy the next door property. You could have lost the entire side of your house. Also, the yard will be wonderful to have.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Exactly our thoughts! Our future bedroom is centimeters from the addition! We just had to! Thanks a lot 🥰

[@susanjamieson]

Such a shame that they let it decay like that. Good that you can find peace in knowing you will support the other side of your house's wall!

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

I know right… at the same time, if it would have been in good shape that would’ve been the same price lol

[@susanjamieson]

True!

[@brucen4719]

Very cool! Its a great place for Nathan to create a man-cave.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

All his! He can live like a caveman there 😅 Thanks 😊

[@thoml1846]

YOu should have a muti directional mic or a mic on each of you as most of the time you cant hear what she is saying

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

I actually got mics for this videos and thought that was good 🥲 I will try to get those multi directional mics in the future! 😊

[@carolethompson9335]

I am able to hear your husband really well, but I can hardly heat you, which is a shame.😊

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

I’m sorry! Will try better next time! 🥰

[@barbarakloise6790]

You guys don't seem to know much about anything. Those things you are calling pillars are most likely floor joists. Pillars are upright and hold porches and roofs etc.

[@ohiotobordeaux6295]

Obviously! He meant « pillar like » We live we learn I guess lol

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