Getting Ready For Repairs: Preparing The Old Outbuilding

In this video, we are getting ready for repairs on the old outbuilding that needs some serious fixing up, oh, and a new roof, new doors and a couple of windows. Watch as we begin the long process of clearing out the stone farm building and yet again uncovering the flag stones and old animal waste gully in this the run-down building ready for a DIY overhaul.
Don't miss the previously unseen aerial photo from 40+ years ago showing just how lovely this farm looked.
With swallows flying around and Great Tits nesting in the bird box, we have the bluest sky, warm temperatures and the most beautiful sunset.
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[@thecornerhouseproject]

It has been a busy week with getting the outbuilding ready for work to start, a trip to the tip and some visitors. It is nice to now have access to all of the stuff that came out of the outbuilding. A little spoiler, watch out for an aerial photograph showing the farmhouse and surrounding buildings as they used to look roughly 40 years ago. A lot has changed.

[@TheHavasu_77]

I’m so excited to see the out building getting rebuilt and pointed and roofed!! You’ll have so much storage space for your tools and lumber and stuff!! 😊💚

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Ah so are we. We never got to use the space before the roof collapsed, luckily there was very little in it at the time. We are hoping to have a workshop and storage space under one roof. Keep your fingers crossed for us that it all goes to plan :-) Thank you for always joining us and I hope you have a lovely week :-)

[@Omaivo2904]

That was hard work! Loved to see the earial photo. Thank you for the video. Have a good week!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It was a lot of work that is for sure, well worth it though as we are more organised now than we were before. The old photos is lovely isn't it, sadly most of the buildings have gone now or started to fall down but it is still lovely to see. You have a nice week too and thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@brendagillespie2165]

Hi Dawn and Ben. I am in my 70’s now. I grew up in a house that my parents tore down and built back up while we lived there and there were 7 of us kids to boot. I also have renovated homes I lived in as well as building the home I lived in for most of my life. Maybe that’s why I love watching you 2 so much. I can relate. My dad used to say “ I have to make it ugly before I can make it pretty”. I have moved the same stuff around many times while building or remodeling. It’s just part of the process. Everything looks so organized now. Good job. Thanks for sharing the photos. Also thanks for wishing rain in Florida, it has rained just enough for the last 3 days. Thanks again for sharing your journey 🌳🌳🌳🪨🪨🪨

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Brenda. I love your Dad’s saying ❤️ I think I am going to keep that in mind when I’m next in despair at all of the mess around us. I’m also very glad you can relate, I think living here has made it harder to get going on the house at times, it would have been far easier to have not been living here but if your parents can do it whilst having 7 kids in the house at the same time, I’m sure we can get on with it too. Thank you because I think it was the metaphorical kick up the backside I needed to hear, I find it soo overwhelming sometimes when I think of all the upheaval that is needed to just to do any of it while we live in it all. Fingers crossed when we get the outbuilding done and reroofed, we will have the space to get some of the unnecessary stuff in the house outside whilst we start on the rooms in the house. I am so glad the rain wish came true for you! What a relief when it finally happens eh?! Thanks again for your comment. 😊❤️

[@chisamosa]

The picture gave me goosebumps! How wonderful to see what it was like….and that’s just recent history. It looks like your one little outbuilding was in rough shape even way back then.

[@WestCorkWander]

I remember the day that a man came around selling those arial photos. They were all printed off in a little folder, but he was looking for maybe 100 euro or the like for it. Dad was furious at the cost and said he had no interest in buying the photo. A couple house later when I was cycling on my bike I found the photo down the road flung in the ditch, so we ended up with it anyway for free🤣 Yours is a great one though because it really shows the extent of the buildings around, how lovely. This is a really exciting project, I can't wait to see it develop, well done 💪

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Awww wow! It was clearly meant to be for you to have the picture! I believe in fate and how things are meant to be or not! It’s a lovely photo to have, I know you can see images nowadays on Google earth but their never quite close enough or old enough are they, or not for this area, to see how everything has changed over time. So to be able to see it how it was back then is quite amazing! We’re very excited to get going on it and get that roof back on…it’s quite handy as we have videos we can watch of a couple we “know” on how to do it all 😉 ❤️

[@christinerowlands539]

I love watching the birds flying in and out of its box and it's lovely hearing all the birds songs amazing - they got an album there 😂

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It’s amazing isn’t it? I watched the video back last night and even I was amazed at how many birds are singing! Dad made the bird box too which makes it even more special! He was chuffed to bits when I sent him a video of them going into it ❤️

[@marionmounsey4737]

You guys are just amazing, always smiling and happy to work on your land, it’s coming together, progress all the time, well done 🙌❤️ always eager to sit and watch you fab videos, well done, see you next Saturday xx❤️

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Marion. We are always happy, well, most of the time. It was a job that needed doing a long time ago but all jobs led to this one. We have a clear outbuilding ready to start, the timber is all sorted and now accessible and the last of our belongings now have a new home and accessible in the other outbuilding. Fingers crossed we will get started this week :) Thank you for always watching and commenting. See you Saturday :-)

[@christinerowlands539]

Blimey,all that wood,you could make loads of things with that Guy's.xx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It’s lovely isn’t it? Bit of woodworm damage here and there on some of it because it came out of the house but it will be good for outdoor stuff. Xxx

[@paulandlaurahausman379]

How true when you said, "It never ends". I make piles of my sewing fabric, lose sewing items, and keep, keep, keep! In the end, all I am doing is moving it from one place to another. Crazy for sure. My husband is a keeper of stuff too. We had a Rummage sale at my Church and I asked him if he wanted to donate. No was the answer to downsizing just a little. Then I asked a couple of men at the sale if they were willing to give up some stuff and I was surprised the men would not give up anything. The wives just rolled their eyes. So, it's a thing to keep 10 screw drives, 4 hammers, broken air compressors, etc, etc.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha, it never does! Maybe I just need to make peace with the fact we are going to move things multiple times until we’re done lol. I am terrible for hanging onto to all sorts of stuff…”just in case it will come in handy one day” ! I’m not a fan of throwing anything away, not the best trait when you’re short on storage areas! 😂

[@LewisC1944]

You are so brave with the jobs you are taking on. Your land is looking SO much better and L am sure your Outhouse will look super too. I really admire you both. XX

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Carol. For complete beginners to all of this I don't think we are doing too badly. Maybe slower than expected on some things but we are learning and building confidence. Hopefully, when it finally gets a roof on it it will look great. Thank you for all of your support and for being a channel member :-)

[@tracybush8115]

A furry angel was watching you playing with his wheelbarrow. Ben, your wood pile stayed up by the grace of God, haha! Only teasing. Sweet angel watching a larger sweet angel! Busy birdhouse! Dawn, you and I organize exactly the same way - new wood pile looks great and Ben, your stone piles are super. Love the flag stones in the outbuilding. Photo is terrific! This building will be fantastic as your work room to do carpentry etc. or storage when it's done.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I don't think there was anything in that video that you missed out... let me go and check... be right back....... Nope, you mentioned it all, thank you so much :-) Steve always like to know how to do things, he can cook, clean, plant things... a clever little sod really for a cat. Alan on the other hand just wants to be friends with the cows. I think the wood pile was indeed by the grace of God to be honest as it tried to collapse on me when I was piling it up at the start. But it lasted as long as it needed to. Get me! Dawn is a great organiser, if it wasn't for Dawn everything would still be in boxes, I would have no idea where anything is and I would be swearing and banging about complaining that I can't find anything. If it has a place, Dawn sorted it. If it doesn't have a place, I took it from it's place and left it out hahaha. The stone piles aren't finished, but I will get there... maybe. It is so nice to see the flag stones and gully again. It wasn't any amount of time after clearing that building to it's roof collapsing and that was that, we haven't seen the floor since really. All sorted now though Tracy and raring to go on the stone work. Hopefully, although it is a huge job, it won't take us forever. We won't do a 14 day challenge though as we all know how that went. We are looking forward to it being finished, just to have a space, with a roof :-) Thank you so much Tracy for always being here :-)

[@ellenchapman5293]

Hi Dawn and Ben, what a mammoth task, clearing and sorting all the wood and the stones, funny how it looks like twice the amount when you got it all out of there. You will be so happy that you went to that bother when you need a piece of wood of the correct size for a job and can go out and just pick it up without shifting stuff to get to it. Sorting the stones into sizes must have been back breaking too. There is no stopping you two once you get going on a task. So looking forward to the main task beginning next week, here's hoping the weather plays ball for you xx Just 'cos I like to put my tuppence worth in after watching the vids, does not mean you have to reply each time, with the amount of work you have and the amount of subscribers, that is becoming a full time job on its own.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Of course we have to reply. You have taken your time to watch and comment so we like to always take our time to reply to you, but thank you for thinking of us. You are so right with the wood being sorted, until uncovering it, we had actually forgotten what we had and how much of it. Doing other jobs now will be a lot easier as before we just sighed and said "it's in the outbuilding under the tarp" and it never got done. I have a confession with the stone sorted.... we have two piles at the moment, massive and everything else lol. But the everything else pile is much tidier than it was. I will get to sorting them properly though to make it easier. Fingers crossed we will get the weather but a bit of rain won't hurt in the least, we always need some rain at our house. Thank you so much Ellen for always giving your tuppence worth, we always like reading and replying :-) Have a lovely week.

[@Cuernavacachica02]

Hi Dawn and Ben! What an amazing sunset!! That was payment for your hard hard work! You’ve taken on another mammoth tsk but the two of you are up to it and I can’t wait to see it! Do always love to see the garden!! What an amazing photograph!! The property’s changed!! Love the kitty with the cows!! See you next time!!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Josefina! It was sooo beautiful, the drone didn’t even do it justice of how amazing it looked. I like your faith in us! Haha…but I do think we can do this…it might take a lot longer than someone who knows what they are doing but we will get there! Yeah the house and land has changed a fair bit over the years, fingers crossed we can make it look similar once again lol The cats are living a fantastic life here, it warms my heart to see them running at full speed down the land and launching themselves like Spider-Man at a tree! I’ll have to remember to bring the camera down in the evening to catch what they get up to! ❤️

[@sharonheron7559]

I saw the artificial heron in among all the stuff in the outbuilding and thought ‘There’s my namesake!’ 😂 great to see your work paying off. Glad you had some dry weather. ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha he’s great isn’t he? Back in England Lukas worked at an aquatics shop and the heron was going to be thrown away as it’s a bit broken and it doesn’t stand so well and spends most of the time either legless or lying down but once we get some sort of pond going he can have pride of place! The weather has been amazing of late, makes doing all this stuff outside much more enjoyable! ❤️

[@sharonheron7559]

@@thecornerhouseproject Can’t say I am ever legless, but I do like to lie down - especially after grandchildren visits!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

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[@rontanser9369]

Hello again, this is a PS, I don’t suppose you remember to ask that lady who brought the photograph and live there if there was drains in the yard at the back for the water to flow into?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hello again 😊 we did ask and the only drainage she remembers is the one we call the alley that runs between the two buildings that took the water from around the house into the ditch. The back of the outbuildings had always looks like it did for her and she’s never seen the drainage that we’ve uncovered recently. So I would say it’s been hidden for a very long time.

[@TomMaxwell-g1x]

Great progress Ben and Dawn , with nearly everything out of the barn it looks massive , looking forward to next vid x

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Tom. If I remember rightly, it is 7m x 3.5m. Not massive but a nice workshop and storage size. Thanks for watching. Have a nice week :-)

[@bobbiebrandel3152]

It will be exciting to see the beginning of the rebuilding. A lot of work, but you did get some things organized and that should help. How wonderful you have a photo of what it looked like at one time. Loved watching the birds.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We can't wait Bobbie, Dawn has waited so long for this time of year and for everything to fall into place so we can make a start. Wood organised, other bits organised and now we are raring to go. We do love the birds out here. The cows are back in the fields too which is nice after such a wet 7 months. Finally they get to stretch their legs. Thank you for always joining us Bobbie. Have a lovely week :-)

[@10928rob]

Wow!! a lot of work you have got there, don't overdo it, and pace yourselves, please! I got really excited about the amount of really useful timber you have got (chicken shed🐔), and you do a great job of tidying up, It Sounds to me that you can't wait to get on to the stone laying. Dawn - Ben. great weather you are having🌄, nice vlog. xxx❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We will try not to Pa, but we have a habit of not pacing ourselves so can’t promise! 🤣 oh so much timber there, a bit woodwormy here and there but for outdoors it’s perfect. It was all treated to saturation before it was stored away but the little blighters still came out! So much easier to get to it now it is all organised properly and accessible. Just need the outbuilding sorted for storage once the roof is back on and we’re good to go then. Looking forward to getting on with it, apprehensive about it but once we get started it’ll be fine I’m sure of it! ❤️xxxx

[@jeanhawken4482]

Those Timbers will be so handy

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Door frames for the outbuildings are cut from the joists from the living room and the boards making the doors are all floor boards from the bedroom above the living room. We have a good few joists left and it is lovely timber. Have a lovely evening :-)

[@kaye-q1k]

Well done it’s a big job to fix that building. But I know you will get it done.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It is a big job but slowly and surely we will get there. A huge learning curve coming up, but we are looking forward to it. Thank you for always watching and commenting each video :-)

[@patkilmurray4702]

I remember watching early on as you pulled all that ivy off the Outhouse and have to say it's looking so much better now and it will be beautiful when finished, even better than the old photo which was lovely to see. And you are so lucky that the blue-tits approved of the accommodation, ours weren't impressed and decided not to stay😢. I saw that one of the cats was finding it interesting, as well as the cow! Aren't they having the best life.❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Pat, how has your week been? Yes, it certainly looked different then to how it does now. But it did still have a roof which is more than can be said for it now lol. Fingers crossed we can make a start next week and really crack on with it. The lime has been brought out of retirement as have the tools and now we are just waiting on the hessian. The birds are in and out, in and out. They always have a good look around for the cats before going in, but it seems with them both being out and coming back with food that they have chicks, we can't hear them but we are sure they are in there. But yes, the one cat is always interested unlike the cow watching cat haha. They seem to be loving their new home as are we. Thank you Pat for always joining us and commenting. Have a lovely week :-)

[@colettelavery7452]

Dawn and Ben as usual both busy busy.A lot of very hard work achieved getting the outbuilding ready to start working on the stonework. A lot of graft to get the walls stabilised.Knowing you ,both of you will achieve it .The ariel photo is lovely to see, I have no doubt you will achieve getting it back to its former glory. I am sure you are doing a nice job on your trowel digging. Take care and mind yourselves God bless xx

[@dishmurphy6539]

I think the subtitle of a project to restore old buildings & property is “It Never Ends”. From my perspective, that’s great. There’s always something to work on & towards. Impressive as always ✌️💙😃

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha, I like it. It certainly never seems to end in our case. Maybe one day everything will have it's place and we can stop moving things from a to be and c and d. We don't mind it never ending, buildings or land as we are enjoying it all. This fantastic weather is quite something though, we definitely chose the right time to be working outside. Thank you as always Dish and for being a channel member. Have a lovely week.

[@patriciasmith9712]

So satisying, good work guys - a lovely video

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Very satisfying! Thank you very much 😊❤️

[@rebeccazody1278]

Excited to see this latest project here. Stay safe

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Ooh us too! It’s been a long time coming this one! 😊🎉

[@kathryncooper7452]

Making good progress, can't wait to see the out building when you're finished.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Nor can we Kath. The hessian has only just arrived though and rain this week will have put an end to any lime work even if the hessian was here sooner. Hopefully, soon we can actually make a start on it. :-)

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

omg dawn n hubb , i just gone back n watched this one again omg u have sooo much progressed ////// Exploring our one acre homestead and the stone outbuildings for the first time xxx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It’s amazing isn’t it? To see just how much needed doing when we first got here! We forget sometimes and then we will see some of old video when Ben is editing and then we realise how much we have done so far. It’s easy to forget when you’re down in the dumps and feeling like you haven’t done very much! Xxx

[@carolinerobinson8442]

👏👏👏👏 well done looking great xxx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Caroline! How are you? Xxx

[@carolinerobinson8442]

@@thecornerhouseproject Very well thank you xxx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

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[@Mitch-Hendren]

That was some cleanup. I'd forgotten how much was in it . Its been a great few days hasnt it . Got some trees planted bit of roof painted . Doing the outside stuff while the weather is nice . As seems to be happening all round. Next doors building a shed. Down the lane is painting the house . Have a great weekend . 🙂

[@thecornerhouseproject]

So has we Mitch, it just kept coming out. All sorted now though and ready to start :) Did you get the roof finished? Trees being planted is always a nice thing, I always feel like I have achieved something when planting plants and trees. Yes, everyone is busy. Here they are moving the cows, they are finally all out of the sheds and into the fields. 10am this morning was two cows and two calves walking past our door to the field..... never a dull moment. When they have finished painting theirs, they can always pop up and do ours. Just a thought haha. See you soon Mitch, take care :-)

[@neutonrenda2303]

Wow you've been busy, and done loads. So lovely to see the bird using the nest. I also can't believe how different it looks after a few cuts with the mower, wow. Judging from the photo it was already a jungle forty years ago, so well done.❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you, we do like to be busy and there’s so much to do, it’s hard to not be busy lol. It’s quite a transformation isn’t? Mowing just makes it look neat and tidy without anything else being done. Fingers crossed with enough regular mowing we can encourage the grass back too. I think it’s always been quite an abundant bit of land! 🤣

[@rdcork1]

Very nice into Ben 👌👌 looking good!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Rob. We thought the wheelbarrow falling over gave it that "real life" feeling.

[@jaymanishere]

That is going to be a huge task. Since you plan on removing the gable end, i think that I would take down the gable end, then remove that corner. That way you can ensure that everything is rebuilt and safe.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Jay We plan on taking it down to the bottom of the window, but now we can get into the building properly to inspect it, it is possible we may only have to go down to the top of the window lintel and be able to repoint as needed below that. But we will see how it goes when we start taking the top down. The quoin stones are in good shape, it is just everything after that haha. We have so many stones we will be able to pick and choose as we go to make sure we use enough through stones to give the wall it's strength back. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan Jay. We will let you know. Thank you so much for your input, it is all helpful :-)

[@simonworthington2529]

Great job indeed in what a vision to see a before and after and the garden looking so flat and green. Getting the wood removed out the back and hope its well covered as more lashing rain to come. The inside of the shed looking so clean and the stones sorted into piles looking well organised. I must say your flying through stuff is very impressive. Getting that old photo of years gone by is so important and very grateful you received it. Well done again on a great job + smiley faces.

[@adrianhayes6146]

All that wood, fencing and gates (if only temporary) and then.......? You are both working great together as usual. Take care from beautiful Lancashire.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Wood store, animal houses, doors, I think I may be over estimating how far it will all go haha. It is lovely always working together but it takes us twice as long as we chat about different things, go off for a wander, or just a quick look over there, or a discuss about how we could do this, that or the other. But it is always nice. Have a lovely week and thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@rontanser9369]

Ireland seemed to have had another dry-ish week. How was your water situation?.? I hope you’ve got some hard hats. When you start doing that wall. It looks very precarious

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Ron, it has been a glorious week. We had rain on Tuesday which gave us plenty of water, and a good downpour on Wednesday which topped it back up. It doesn't take long with no rain though before the tanks start getting low. Oh yes, the hard hats are handy and we aren't scared to use them, overkill or not, a stone is better on the hat than on the head. Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a nice week ahead :-)

[@dorygeancunningham8027]

I love the fact you can talk to people who live in the corner house. What a wonderful picture they shared with you. I do hope they are as proud of what you two have done so far as we are. It’s neat watching the cats in the background. I’m not sure if it was the same one watching the cows as was previously trying to figure out how to get a closer look at the bird in the bird house. I was secretly hoping he wouldn’t jump up there but if he did get up there, all he’d want to do is sniff them. Don’t you just love how your vocabulary is growing, because I would have said filler rocks too. Well enjoy the secret digging and if you find anything cool please share! See ya next Saturday.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww it’s so lovely to be able to speak to them, they piece together little things that are puzzling us and it’s so helpful and also it means we get to find out as much as we can about the history of the house and land. It’s great. The picture is the icing on the cake, to be able to see what it all looked like back then. Oh they really are pleased and amazed at what we’ve done so far. Alan was watching the cows and it peaches who was watching the birds (naughty girl!) She’s the only one who is a pain with those. We have a water sprayer at the ready for when she gets near there, and now she knows if the sprayer is picked up she is on her way out of there! 🤣 Steve sometimes has a sit and watch but Alan hasn’t paid any attention to them, he prefers cows and dogs! 😮🫣 Oh we have so many more new words than we started out, I have done so much reading and watching on stone buildings and stone walls, I like to learn as much as I possibly can before I start anything. Ben’s more of a get on with it and figure it out as you go, I like to figure it out before I go! 🤣 it calms my mind to be prepared! We most certainly will share if we find good things from the digging 😊❤️ See you next Saturday!

[@scottsorby7966]

Massive visual improvement sorting the work area out, much safer for you guys too Lots of hard work ahead but Id say that every stone you put in will be instant gratification as you watch the barn become whole and stable again.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We are really looking forward to it and you are right, each stone will be a great boost. Slowly but surely will be our plan I think not that we need a plan, we do slowly anyway :-) Thank you Scott for joining us and commenting :-)

[@MARIOCABU]

Hi Dawn & Ben. Los felicito por este excelente video de hoy, lleno de trabajos preparativos a lo que todos estamos esperando: "La primera cucharada de Cal" en la restauración de las instalaciones exteriores. Me cuesta un poco escribir hoy, es que quedé algo emocionado con lo que nos cuentan aquí, al final de este video, y créanme que me pasa lo mismo cada ves que responden, les agradezco mucho su genuina preocupación por los que hacemos comentarios para alentarlos y acompañarlos en su alegre aventura (a veces dura, pero siempre alegre aventura). Impresionante la foto aérea!!!! estoy pensando en tomar una captura de pantalla y guardarla. Se que voy a ser uno de varios que les va a sugerir lo siguiente: Levantar el dron, buscar el mismo ángulo, y superponer las imágenes, para ir viendo los avances a medida que vallan reparando las instalaciones exteriores. Dos veces, en sus respuestas, me preguntaron como estoy... bueno, de ahora en adelante se que tengo que responder a vuestra gentileza. Estoy bien, muy contento de haberlos encontrado, feliz de acompañarlos, y algo emocionado hoy. Un gran saludo desde Santiago en otoño.🍁🍂

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Buenas tardes Mario, esperamos que te encuentres bien y que las hojas de otoño en los árboles luzcan increíbles. El otoño es una época encantadora del año. Gracias por las felicitaciones. Fue un trabajo largo pero logramos tres trabajos en uno. Hemos movido y clasificado la madera, ordenado y almacenado las últimas pertenencias en el otro edificio anexo y finalmente el gran edificio a reparar está bastante claro. Ahora, como dijiste, solo estoy esperando una cucharada de mortero de cal, o tal vez dos cucharadas. Realmente nos sentimos abrumados con la cantidad de comentarios que recibimos en el video anterior y muchas personas se tomaron el tiempo no solo para comentar sino para pensar realmente en sus comentarios. Estamos muy agradecidos por los comentarios y siempre haremos nuestro mejor esfuerzo para responder a cada uno. Pensamos en hacer eso con el dron y ahora que los dos enormes árboles han desaparecido del frente de la casa, puedo obtener el mismo ángulo. Si vuelves a mirar la foto antigua, verás dos árboles pequeños, no eran pequeños cuando nos mudamos aquí jaja. Muchas gracias por tomarse siempre el tiempo de ver nuestros videos y dejar comentarios tan lindos. Que tengas una hermosa semana por delante :-)

[@ditiller2182]

My goodness how many hours do you sleep ? So exciting to watch you two, if I was younger I would do the same ! Love this to bits !

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hello Di, thank you for watching and commenting and being a newish subscriber :-) Not enough hours I don't think haha, but we sleep well once we go to bed. I don't think there are many days where we don't do something in the house or on the land. Thank you again and have a nice week :-)

[@pennyneal2456]

Well at least you can pop the wood through the window I stead of going the long way round. That is good. 😊

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Worked out quite well didn't it haha. Saved a load of time doing it that way. Thank you for watching and commenting Penny :-)

[@maureenthompson158]

When you had the drone pics were you able to see any patterns in the ground stones? Love to see the old buildings coming back to life. Thank you!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Maureen. Sadly not. Even before Dawn had the happy accident of uncovering the new gully there we no signs of anything. We will keep looking though :-) It will be lovely to have this large outbuilding finished one day, complete with a new roof and painted red. The one is a huge learning curve for us as we will become builders and roofers all in one, something we have never done before. Thank you for watching Maureen and of course being a channel Member :-)

[@marcusd2380]

Hi folks nice relaxed video this week and watching u pair work u do take ur time and work methodically unlike myself lol. Excited to see if u get buioding stone next week. I would love to try that. For me this week I put a small foundation in and plane to build a small resting wall this week to allow the lawn to be laid for the kids play set. Keep going folks

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I think Ben would rather work faster and less methodically sometimes but in the long run being methodical saves time down the line and you don’t have to do things twice or more! That’s the plan anyway…doesn’t always quite work out that way! 😉 Ooh so do we, scared of it but definitely up for the challenge and excited to get started. Aww fantastic just in time for the summer, the kids will love it and it gives you the peace of mind of them being safe to run around and just be kids. I’m sure you’re job will be completed much sooner than ours 🤣

[@nik2141]

Lovely to see the birds nesting and the weather cock, did you find that in the house/land?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We are chuffed with the Great Tits nesting in that box. Dawn's Dad made and calved it. Each day we would see birds popping in and having a look and then not going back. So to see the Tits return day after day was really nice. We think they have chicks as both mum and dad fly in and out with food all day long. The weather cock was a present from Dawn long ago and now needs a coat of paint. Once the roof is on the outbuilding I am hoping to fit it up there. Not the best place as it is shielded but the house from the wind, but it should still look nice. Thank you for watching and commenting Nik :-)

[@helendoyle2058]

you are both doing a great job..would love to be there helping

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! 🤩 being there in spirit and support is pretty good in my eyes, so thank you for that 😘

[@christinerowlands539]

The garden looks great guys 👌 loving the Ariel photo too. xxx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Auntie Chris. Aww us too with that photo, it looks like a little village all of its own. ❤️

[@juliakillingback1411]

Well done ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you very much Julia :-)

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

OMGGG greatnews welldone ,your all ready when ur materials come ,yeyeyyy cant wait dawn ,i love watching you too thankyouxx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Fingers crossed the hessian comes quickly and we can make a start getting that first wall repaired. It took a whole lot longer than we though to get it empty, but we have all the wood sorted and accessible along with the last of our bits which we all over the drive. So we have done 3 jobs in 1 :-) Thank you for watching Diana and always commenting :-)

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

@@thecornerhouseproject its bloody exciting times dawn love ur videos ,you and ben make great work ,,,cant wait for more ,roll on hessian , its like the irish homestead ,sam n rebecca ,there at it as well ,/i mean buldin ,i love it roll on next video ,u can see i gave gave up wrk and wait for my youtube favourites lolll love u two xxx

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

weelll done Ben and Dawn you have done so much to ur home so far ,cant wait till next video xxx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hessian finally arrived yesterday! 🎉 so nothing much done to the outbuilding this week unfortunately 😞 next week though…good to go! We’re very glad you choose to spend your retirement with us! Xxx

[@guyprot-zq1dz]

Bon courage pour le boulot de titan 😊😊

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Merci beaucoup. Espérons que la toile de jute ne mettra pas trop de temps à arriver et que nous pourrons alors commencer. Merci d'avoir regardé et commenté :-)

[@patlawrence5999]

Thank you for explaining most grateful take care

[@thecornerhouseproject]

No problem at all 😊 Thanks for watching 😊

[@SweetOne.]

I'm only a minute in and laughing my arse off. I Love you Two!! Two Hobbitzes moving stone. You have a lot of new viewers and I don't think they know just how tiny Dawn is in real life, all 4'10" of her - Go Dawn with that wheel barrow!!!! ok back to watching . Oh off camera digging, well I never lol. You did a major amount of prep work and sorting, Big job but so important. Well Done!! Time for a cup of tea and some archaeology

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha I can just hear him saying “hobbitzes” love it! I must say though…you shaved a whole 2 inches off me, I’ll have you know I am a lofty 5ft tall! 🤣😂 I know eh? The digging urge was just too strong! Oh yes, very glad we for the outbuilding emptied, makes it far easier to move around when there’s not much in there. ❤️

[@SweetOne.]

@@thecornerhouseproject I'm also Undertall at 5ft (with my shoes on and hair fluffed lol) Sorry for making you shorter - It must have been the hole in the ground that you were standing in (teasing). The Vertical Challenge is real though and it takes twice the effort for us. My son changes my light bulbs as he can do it without a ladder, then he pats me on the head. I tell him to cut it out I don't need to be any shorter hahaha I can't wait to see what you have found "not digging"

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha…ooh no every mm it’s important. You’re right though it does take a lot more effort when you’re short…it’s a pain in backside sometimes! Cars are my pet peeve…even with the seat all the way forward I still have trouble with reaching the pedals! 😂 As for the digging…not too much I’m afraid 😞 but maybe this weekend we might be more successful. ❤️

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Interesting

[@sandyfry9306]

Lovely!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Sandy and thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@sandyfry9306]

@@thecornerhouseproject very welcome!

[@christinecarroll9364]

Hi, I haven't commented before as I only 'found' you a few weeks ago and didn't want to comment on 'old' stuff. I have been binge watching ever since. Caught up now! You are both doing a grand job. I'm English and living in and renovating an old stone house in France. My first experience of repairing the walls and pointing was exciting and nowhere near as daunting as the job you are about to embark on. I'm sure that you have researched the techniques etc., and you'll do I fab job! I also follow a youtube channel called 'Finca life', based in Spain. They live off-grid. They have done lots of stone wall repair (with lime) and also paved their courtyard in stone crazy paving - again with lime, it looks really good. Worth a watch!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi and welcome aboard Christine! Ooh so you know the struggles of living in it whilst you renovate?! 🫣🤣 Yes I have watched finca life, funnily enough just yesterday I watched him repairing his stone wall. I’ve done so much reading and watching…I feel mentally prepared but we will see how it goes when it actually gets going how much I have retained lol The hessian finally arrived yesterday so fingers crossed for some half decent weather next week to get cracking properly. 😊

[@janconway2880]

Is the wood to be used inside, if you have a bedroom not in use, you could stack inside for easy access. Maybe not they are major big boards.Brilliant photo of years gone by of property, love it

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It will probably be used outside, mainly because it came from the house and because of the extent of the woodworm we’re not sure we want to chance brining it back in. It’s all been treated but we did notice some new activity on a few bits still when moving it. So it will have to stay outside. It’s a beautiful photo, to see how it all looked back then is lovely.🥰

[@Brooklyn19-k3s]

Can I suggest you use some of that wood to make a log store 👍🏻😁 xx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It is a much needed structure but never got around to it yet. I am sure we will before the winter though. It is on our list haha. Thank you Rhiah for watching, commenting and for subscribing.

[@Brooklyn19-k3s]

@@thecornerhouseproject you two really are the nicest people

[@jeanrichardson2044]

Do you plan to rebuild the gable in the same style? I look forward to the renovation. Its an interesting building.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Jean Yes, we hope to take the stones out and put them back in the same sort of place. We may not have to drop the whole gable now we have been able to get in and have a better look, but we will see. The inside wall repairs will be done trying to follow any pattern there is so it doesn't stand out to much. Note the word "trying". Being new to this scale of stone work repairs, we will see how it pans out. Thank you for watching and commenting Jean :-)

[@johnoneill5812]

Nice to see you again. Here in Canada, it's the "May Two-Four". The 3rd Monday of May is Victoria Day which is a holiday in honour of Queen Victoria. It's the unofficial start of summer in Canada and the weekend when gardens get planted because there is almost zero chance of frost. We call it the "May Two-Four" because the most common case of beer purchased this weekend contains 24 bottles of beer :) Looking forward to this phase of the project. My comments and suggestions will be minimal since my expertise in working with stone and mortar is limited to watching Dan on Escape to Rural France. One suggestion would be to practice with a couple of minor repairs in a less damaged area before you tackle that badly damaged corner. Best regards and keep your fingers and toes safe when handling the larger stones.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi John, pretty much zero chance of frost sounds like a winner to us. If it is the unofficial start of summer, when is the "real" start of summer? Love the name of it. And will you be planting up the garden or just taking part in making the 24 bottles less? haha Well Dan is how we knew we could do it, well, certainly the joists with the method he used. From buying this house Dawn has watched days and days worth of videos to do with lime mortar and last year put it to good use with the joists and repairs on the stones where needed, as you will remember. We also now have a lovely growing collection of books from old buildings to stone walls and everything in between including a book all about lime. You know us, in for a penny, in for a pound. Fingers and toes will be looked after as much as possible. As ever, thank you John. Have a lovely May Two-Four :-)

[@johnoneill5812]

@@thecornerhouseproject I did indeed plant a bit of a garden; green beans, carrots, onions, and potatoes with a few annual flowers to make the bees happy. One can of beer was consumed after my labour. (At almost age 67 consumption has been greatly reduced.)

[@mocarra100]

See, that didn't take you long at all. Look at how fast you did it 🤣 you did it so fast. You are really coming along, sincerely. Are you going to use this building for storage, or something else? You can use the wood for the roof? And wow, that's quite a bit of wood 🪵 and really nice stone floor. Wow, really hard job guy's, well done. Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖 PS look where you've come from, a tent when you first got there, and now look at you all 💖

[@thecornerhouseproject]

All of it Jackie in 28 minutes, and used the strimmer and mowed the land, we have been practicing to do things faster haha. It will be used as a workshop and storage, finally, after nearly 12 months we will get the workshop we tried to get and things kept going wrong. Third time lucky and fingers crossed. We still have some brand new joists and the ones from the living room that we took out are lovely, strong lengths of timber, so hopefully we can get the framing done for the roof without having to buy to much extra materials to do it. We will see though. Yes, the tent seems so long ago now and thankfully we have been able to slow down compared to those times too. Thank you as always Jackie :) Have a nice week.

[@alanlucas2886]

thanks both

[@Bently2849]

Hi Guys! So nice to see you both and you have made such great progress on the outbuildings! Never mind the photo of the house et al from 40 years ago. It will look awesome when you have had a chance to upgrade from now. When you have an opportunity to finish rebuilding the stone walls and adding a roof, it will make a great place to store so many things and get the outside area tidy! So delighted to see you both and all the progress you have made and thanks again for the Tuesday video as well. That made the week go more quickly and that was really nice. Take care and see you next Saturday if not sooner (maybe)??!!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Cristy, we are getting there. All tidy and ready to start, just twiddling our thumbs now waiting for the all important hessian to arrive. It is a huge area for a workshop and storage, as was the initial plan before the roof collapsed, and we are really looking forward to one day having it complete. If we find anything of value we might surprise you with a mid week. As of now though, nothing new to report :-( Have a lovely week. Thank you for watching, commenting and of course being a channel member :-)

[@alanlucas2886]

hi dawn and ben

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Alan, how has your week been?

[@alanlucas2886]

@@thecornerhouseproject had better lol carnt wait a week for you pair lol you need a mid week one please

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I am sure now and then we might be able to drop an extra video in just for you :-)

[@alanlucas2886]

@@thecornerhouseproject love you pair

[@mariarichmond4179]

Question?are you going to put a door on either side of the building?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Maria, we may have double doors to take advantage of the wide opening, but it wasn't this way originally, it used to be only 3ft wide. The stone in the ground is worn down from the feet of people and animals in and out. So it is possible we may rebuild it to just 3ft wide, but it would be at the cost of nice wide doors. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@heatherlaird-mcleod3271]

Hi Dawn & Sam, lot of work ahead. Did you know that Irish Government are offering $70k grants to renovate old buildings & homes in 2024.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Heather, thanks for watching and commenting. Yes, it is a brilliant grant but does come with some hurdles we which decided we wouldn't bother jumping. Our miniscule budget meant we wouldn't have been able to reach the required level of renovation within the time period. You have to have everything done to their standards and paid for all up front before they will pay you back. So although 70k would be nice, in affect you have to have it to spend in the first place. Not going for the grant has also worked as an advantage though as we are 100% free to spend time doing what we do and when we do it, spending on things when we can and don't have any time constraints. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@JaneyH]

Hi guys Another great share of part of your journey It amazes me how back in the day when those byres were built that they got corners of them so sharp and perfect.. did they use the perfect size stones or chip at them after? The angles are amazing.. Thanks for sharing 🍀

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Janet , Ooh it really is with how precise the stones are. They are chipped/cut to size before they go in. It truly is amazing when you see the size of the stones and beautifully they are go together. I’m just hoping we can do it justice when we fix it! 🤞 Those blokes certainly knew what they were doing back then…we on the other hand….🤣

[@patlawrence5999]

When do you think you will be back in the house renovating?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Pat. There are loads of jobs which need doing, like the plaster being removed as needed from the wall before being re-plastered, a kitchen a living room ceiling to be fitted and so many more jobs inside. Until we can get this building fixed though it is hard to work in the house when living in it at the same time as there is nowhere to put the stuff for the large jobs which needs a room cleared. Also the weather is amazing at the moment, it seems we chose the best time to be repairing the outbuilding. Thank for watching and commenting :-)

[@lmdyment]

I’d be more worried about the wall falling, not the pile of wood. I think you need to rebuild wall from outside to help stabilize the wall to then take out the wood and work on the inside of the wall. Not judging, just from watching stone wall repairs. Especially that corner of the building. Who is J M carving on the stone? Love the pic from the air.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oh we were worried about that too but if all the timber falls it’s hard to get anywhere near the wall when it’s all over the floor of the building. Luckily neither of those things happened 😉 we also have/had a big pile of soil and roots and a large tree stump behind the wall that was stopping us getting to fix the wall from outside. We’re getting there with it all now though…just a long process before we get to do any repairs. J M is the previous owner and when the roof fell in this piece of concrete capping was swinging off the edge of the building. It’s says “J M 1936” Thank you, yes it’s been so handy and lovely to be able to have aerial shots of the buildings and area. 😊

[@weareboundtooneanother]

I love the cats, but it really feels like they are going to decimate the bird population. Maybe look into breakaway collars with bells on them to give them a fighting chance.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yeah that was our concern but to be fair they’ve been very good with not catching the birds or at least we haven’t seen them catching any. They do catch mice though and often bring them home 🫣

[@weareboundtooneanother]

@@thecornerhouseproject Awesome. Call me nervous Nelly :) but I did have my cat run in the house with a still alive but horribly damaged bird in his mouth and I had to pry his jaws open to retrieve the poor thing and end it's misery and then it's mate stalked and attacked us for months on end. It was traumatic.

[@getreal6978]

That girl is an Amazon. Are you sure she is not a Yorkshire woman?. Didn't think they built girls from Kent like that. Builds walls and looks good. Having said that I would not change my girl she has her qualities too. My shirts are always ironed, great cook and she looks good on my arm.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha thank you! 😁 The girls from Kent are much tougher than you would think…well at least from our family anyway! 😂 I think my dad wanted boys! He got…..4 girls! 🤣😉 I do however old my hands up and say I never iron! Never have. Everything else but no ironing.

[@janiceliles9877]

I started my viewing somewhere in the middle and am finding it difficult to start from the beginning. Am I missing it, or does it not exist that you have a chronological list from the beginning? Would love to watch the progress from day one. I’m a hard worker but y’all make me look like a slacker😜 Janice from Mississippi in the US.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Janice 👋 yep we have a playlist from the beginning here 😀 kzbin.info/aero/PLn3p4fQJRREfIf2I76Dud6qkPTC0EHPrF&si=3haIv3zY_ICa1rul Please excuse the terrible filming quality and audio from the early days 😆 and also welcome along to our channel 😀

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

Hope you are both ok and havnt worn your bodies out doin all this wrk , been lookin for ur weekly video hope ur ok ???? xx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Diana…we had a little hitch with Ben’s laptop playing up 🫣 We stuck a community post out last night as a heads up to let people know it’ll be out today instead 😊 It’s all ready to go for later on. We’re absolutely fine…usual aches and pains but not worn out just yet 😂

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

@@thecornerhouseproject well dawn i did worry if u or ben was feelin rough,? paul my husband s been soo ill all week since last mond , like badddd mans flu ,i bnn directing my self away from his flippin coughin ,funny the other day he fell asleep cause of bein so rough , i kept lookin over at his settee to see if he was breathin lolllll, i am awful arnt i ,loll yeahh ackes and pains i dont like gettin older ,hh wish i lived near ya wed get on soo well n have cuppas, ,,( yorkshire bags deffo ))) lolll ..you two are soo gd at gettin stuff done ,i love it tyyyyxxx

[@billymacneil3839]

Hey Ben why does it always look like Dawn is doin all the heavy work lol just kiddin bys you guys never stop always movin forward won't be long it'll be done,

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha you noticed that, I have it down to a fine art now. If there is work to be done I show willing, if it is heavy work, Dawn does it hahaha. Seriously though, although I am only 5'6", Dawn's height at 5'0" is her only downfall as sometimes she just isn't quite tall enough for some things, like swinging the big timbers around and up and over the wall before going out the window. But she does seem to do a lot more work than I do. Hopefully this week we will get to make a start, although thunderstorms are due up here tomorrow afternoon and Tuesday, so we will have to keep our fingers crossed we can get out the at some point. Thank you Billy for watching and commenting :-)

[@pitsnipe5559]

You guys need to slow down! I’m too old to watch people work that hard. 😁

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha! I think we’re too old to keep on working like this sometimes! 😉🤣

[@CynthiaEvans-i2f]

❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

👋❤️

[@MariaSpooon]

It's nearly a year, doesn't time fly when you are having fun. 🏚☺🌳🍀 Post all that you want and don't take any notice of people trying to tell you how to record your life.🏚

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oh it really does! We can’t believe how quickly this almost a year has gone by! Hopefully the next coming year goes by a little slower, so we can pack a bit more into it! 😂 Thank you and you’re completely right because this is our life and what we are doing and we prefer what we post to be how our life really goes rather than led by KZbin views if you see what I mean? ❤️

[@MariaSpooon]

@@thecornerhouseproject You are where and when your supposed to be.☺🌼🍀