Cottage renovations | Building a house in South Africa | Millennial Homesteader | Day 4 progress

Cottage renovations. Building this cottage has been enlightening. We hope you enjoy this video.

[@NaMalinga]

Wow! That was a quick build. Enjoy the decorating Audrey 🥰.

[@StareheManor]

Wow this is dope

[@WandiLu]

It's looking so good already! Thank you for sharing

[@millennialhomesteader]

Than you Wandi 😍

[@sandanista2002]

Hi from London. 👋🏾 also subscribed to your instagram. My SA partner and I are so inspired by you both. I love that although you are loving your homestead, you do not sugarcoat for social media. This is clearly hard work. Strength to you and blessings to you. 😊

[@lifeinthecountrysidehome]

Your house is looking great.I am looking foward to seeing the finish product.You can use the excess bricks to make more raised beds in your vegetable garden.

[@millennialhomesteader]

Thank you so much. Fortunately we are still building so we will get to use them. 🤩 then the last bit will be for beds for sure. I have always wanted to try that

[@mokgaetjidorothyledwaba1557]

Good work ❤❤

[@millennialhomesteader]

thank you.

[@tryordiegarage]

Nice one guys 🎉 living the dream 🙏🏻

[@millennialhomesteader]

thank you so much 😍

[@winnieseboni8387]

Hi Audry and Masana I enjoy watching your homesteading channel from a South African perspective. I wish you all the best in your future plans. Proudly 🇿🇦 🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@millennialhomesteader]

Truly appreciate this. Thank you so much.

[@olwethunene3601]

Had to go back and listen to what you guys were saying at the 13-minute mark, the door stole my attention😅

[@millennialhomesteader]

that door got me as well. 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-zt1pq7hq6y]

That's going to be a big house...nice. There is no place like home...enjoy your lives.

[@millennialhomesteader]

It's looking good indeed.Thank you so much, we can't wait to create a home here

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

Wow it’s looking good. I think I might be starting a saving pot so I can fly out to visit I was wondering why you did not take advantage of the views but I suppose privacy is important

[@R1M1r1m1]

The quality of the homes in SA is A+ compared to other countries. I can't wait to see the end results.

[@millennialhomesteader]

So true, we toyed with the idea to do it ourselves 🤣🤣🤣 but so glad we did not

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

Are you planning to use a solar panel for the lights?

[@mariasofia5257]

Hi guys, can you please remind me what website you used to search for land/homestead. I'm sure you mentioned it in one of your videos but I can't find it now. My husband and I have lived abroad now for many years but have decided to return to SA.

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

Please what is your nearest airport ❤❤ I need to work out flight cost 😅

[@LearningLife77]

Guys, I am looking hard for land, but I won't lie, after hearing that this isn't your dream place it worries me. Do a lot of people get onto land and then see more and better places once in? Will I also get the itch to move .. scary

[@millennialhomesteader]

🤣 Buyers remorse is a real thing. And what's worse in this case is, unlike buying a house that you can see what it looks like and you can even get it assessed by a plumber/an electrician etc. you can't really do this with land. You won't know how it is when it rains, it will be a surprise when the rainy season comes. You won't know how the sun moves unless you stay/camp at the property for a few days. Right now the way our farm is set-up it doesn't allow for a lot of movement and we also don't want to cut down a lot of our trees. our neighbour across decided to build a wall on his property and it cut into the road that we all use 🤣🤣🤣 so trucks struggle to move. Our other neighbour has decided to build multiple permanent structures and they are not even allowed to, and that's a problem. 🤣 There is other weird things that pop up along the way that you think would not bother you but you realise they do bother you. Another big one for us is we need bigger land, we used this one to learn. But we need at least 28 hectares so we can build a sustainable home for our family (parents especially as they are getting older and hopefully our siblings will join too) but yeah... buying land is not easy, take your time and assess the area.

[@LearningLife77]

@@millennialhomesteader Thank you so much for the advice. I didn't think of all the unknowns that can happen beyond what we can prep for. Definitely need to have a feel for the land longer than realistically possible. I'm currently in a house with the wrong orientation to the sun and it's regretful.

[@denisfadolo7909]

Please give us a video of animal slaughter, thank you ❤❤