Swedish Forest LAND Tour | I Bought a House in the Middle of Sweden’s WOODLAND

In this second part of my two part house tour series, I take you around the land of the property that me and my sambo, Merja, managed to purchase in the middle of the swedish woodland for 1.3 million swedish kronor.
If you havent already, go check out Merjas channel here: youtube.com/@anythingbymerja?...
Here are the sources:
- Our house is called a 'Sekelskifteshus' - [www.polarpumpen.se/kunskapsba...](www.polarpumpen.se/kunskapsba...)
- Owning forest in sweden - [www.skogsstyrelsen.se/aga-sko...](www.skogsstyrelsen.se/aga-sko...)
- Insulating properties of snow - [www.jlconline.com/how-to/roof...](www.jlconline.com/how-to/roof...)
00:00 Intro
02:00 Around the Main House
06:48 Important Decision
07:13 History
09:54 Front Garden
15:11 Owning Land
16:36 Back Garden
21:55 Mystery Building
24:55 Water Pump House
26:00 Expansion Plans
26:36 Outro

[@bobnh05]

About your old apple trees. In the spring, they will have beautiful blossoms. They will attract birds and beneficial insects. You might also find out that they are antique varieties that will provide good eating, not to mention shade in the summer. There are ways to recondition the trees through selective pruning, layering amendments under them, etc. In the US we have what's called Extension Service aagents who will come to your property to advise you on such matters. Perhaps there is an equivilent service in Sweden. Thank you for the tour and for the beautiful sunrise and sunset. Best wishes on beginning your new job.

[@98Zai]

Agree, if nothing else you can still plant new trees while keeping the old ones as young trees will take a long time to bear fruit (10-20 years). Wild animals will come eat the fallen fruit in the Autumn and it's a viewing pleasure.

[@stenthomasroth4161]

The good thing with the root-cellar is that vegetables don't freeze even if the outdoor temperature is -20 in the winter. In my cellar the carrots are fresh and crispy all to spring. It's good if the humidity is quite high, if it is dry the roots will be soft and floppy.

[@kjelljohansson1799]

Hi im a swed. i think we should talk a little geography of sweden. I see many englich guys have no clue about how bigg sweden is. Im born in a town called Sollefteå 140 km north of Sundsvall. Swedens geographicly Zero point is a place called Flata klacken between Ånge and Bräcke about 40 km northvest of Sundsvall. Now that means that place are the zero point of sweden in Lenth and whith . If you go up to Sollefteå you have 840 km to Kiruna in north and 840 km to Gothenburg in the south. If you stand in Gothenburg and lay out a strait line south you come to a place just outside Paris in France. Now you maybee get a hint of how Bigg Sweden is and what is up north or down south. Hope you like it KJ.

[@ulfdanielsson3931]

You have a root cellar, jordkällare in Swedish. Very good for storing potatoes, apples, onions and other stuff from your crops in autumn till spring. And paint. If it is a good root cellar, it is never minus degrees in it, in spite of very cold outside.

[@cindym4946]

The sunset was amazing. My grandfather was born in Sweden and emigrated to the US before my grandfather was born. Love learning about Sweden! Looking forward to your future videos.

[@theNamesPhillip]

That’s so cool! Hopefully you get to experience the country at some point but it’s awesome that you have a connection here! Imagine the history!

[@WolfHeathen]

Just put a small awning above your AC with mini gutters so you don't have to deal with ice build-up underneath. It'll also keep it shaded in the summer. An insulated cover for your AC is also a good idea so it functions better in cold weather.

[@theNamesPhillip]

I heard that made the unit less effective, but I haven’t fully researched it, do you know anything about that? Thanks for the suggestion by the way!

[@tortap]

Also, it's common to build a little stand for the outside part of the air-air heatpump so that is not bolted to the wall. Less sound/vibration on the inside.

[@jaysmith8199]

The sunset was stunning. Don't cut down your apple trees. Careful pruning will bring them back to health. You need to sort your house first. A comfortable healthy living environment is essential for body and mind. Good luck with your new job 😊

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thank you so much and you’re completely right! 😁

[@andersjohansson4734]

@@theNamesPhillip You could look into grafting (ympning) different varieties of apples to the old root stocks. But you would want to ask a pro for help with pruning and if grafting is even a good idea.

[@SCOOPER3896]

Brilliant vid Phil. You need to concentrate on your house. Your wood storage is also important but your house is the main concern. What a difference between summer and wimter conditions. Can't wait for your next vid.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Yes, very true. The house is priority number one, as soon as we can get people out to do the major fixes, we will. The wood shed can wait for sure! 😁 Yeah it’s crazy how big of a difference there is . In fact, until I move to Sweden, I feel like I never actually experienced four seasons (at least to this degree) Thank you so much, I’ll try and make it a good one 😁🤞

[@chriscansdale6389]

Hi Phillip, a few things I noticed.. from what I can see, the majority of your house cladding appears to be pretty sound. It looks like most just needs a light sanding and resealing and that's just normal for timber clad houses (very common here in Australia). Another thing that's common here with older houses and chimneys is the installation of a stainless steel flue pipe inside the original brick chimney. It means the chimney doesn't have to be in perfect condition, it's much more efficient than an open fire chimney and can be retrofitted with original fireplaces by fitting a "hood" that connects to the flue. Perhaps that gives you options? My first property in the country was 3 acres, the original 1930s farm house on the 3 acres of house 'yard' of an old commercial apple farm. We had several of the original trees left that were over 70 years old. PLEASE don't cut those trees out. They just need some careful pruning to remove any dead wood, clear the centres for better airflow and take off those wayward low side branches (like the one that snapped off). They will be amazing producers with a bit of love, usually heavy bearing every other year. That yellow sign on the wood shed is likely referring to a lack of electrical earthing/safety breaker. It looks like it has only a 2 wire supply to it, hence the warning. It's not the end of the world as long as the wires and light fitting etc are in good condition. Lastly, your root cellar would normally have ventilation that pulls air from down low and exhausts from the top, the top vent alone wouldn't do anything for airflow on its own, hence the mould smell.. If you could, I'd definitely try and get that neighbouring property. We found our 3 acres the perfect size to have all the self sufficient food gardens etc we needed and it was just the right size to not be too much to care for whilst still working in full time jobs..

[@heureuse8568]

Stainless steel pipe in chimney is a great solution! Easy to clean as well since it's round

[@anythingbymerja]

And I think out of those two shots, the sunset was the best 😍

[@CRSPHRNYC]

Same :)

[@Jonsson474]

Great technique with the scythe there. 😉

[@denisemeredith2436]

The sunrise and sunset were both stunning. Scything is an art and there are youtube videos to help. Rather than get rid of the apple trees, give them a good prune. The land looks amazing.

[@carolineleonard8214]

On the wood ants. Be super super carefull. They are very sensitive to perceived attack/disturbance. They bite like ffeck and will spray formic acid if they hate you enough. I accidentaly drove through a nest in a 4*4, they attacked in their thousands with formic acid sprays all over the bodywork.😊😊😊😊😊 tidy your shed you slovenly worker😊😊😊😊 seriously you will need the floor space as you sort the house renovations. Please keep the great posts coming, very interesting indeed. I think that yellow thing may be a trolly for moving logs, however, I'll need to see it better.

[@chantaln6843]

I love renovation channels. A weekly vlog captures my attention. Let me suggest KZbinr “Cole the cornstar” & “A drill & a dream” as channels that are good models Meanwhile, enjoy your beautiful new home.

[@carolineleonard8214]

Loved the faceplant. Don't cut down the apple trees, prune out the middles to get a bowl shape for branches. At worst, you have enough space to use the apples for cider/apple vinegar/schloer or juice. Before you grow seriously, work out where the sun rises and sets over the growing season and use that area first. You may need an earth greenhouse, as they are an engine room in cold climes, certainly cold frames will be worth making out of the older wood left around. Has Marja tested the acid content of the soil? When does the soil get to 7°C?

[@ukoowkolli4905]

A comment from neighboring country; spruce monocultures are also common over here and they can be a bit problematic even tho they are of a native tree species. Here spruce has been and is planted close to 90% of all reforestation (after the major end harvest), becouse it is growing fast and also moose isn't interested in eating young saplings (they like to eat everything else). So with high numbers of moose going around (and other deer species), there is a danger that no-one plants birch or pine, and this causes couple of problems. First, spruce is planted to places, that aren't suited for spruce (like dry poor soil, which would be ok for pine), which is a problem when climate change makes summers more hot and dry. Then the spruce gets subceptible pests that actually can kill a big tree quite fast. One species monocultures aren't good for the environment also in other ways, as a spruce monoculture can hold only a small number of species, that othervise would be present in mixed forest or old growth forest with big amounts of rotting dead wood.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Yes exactly! Funnily enough, Maria was explaining this to me when she was watching the video as well and it’s a lot easier for viruses to spread amongst the trees if they are of the same species! Thank you so much for that knowledge, this is something I absolutely want to become more knowledgeable on, and there is so much to learn!! 😁

[@nadinefravel2283]

Sunrise for sure … both stunning shots good eye!

[@target844]

The sign says" förbjudet att gå upp i stolpen utan säkerhetsåtgärder" and "forbidden to climb the pole without safety measures" It is put on wooden power poles that are damaged by rot or in some other way that have not yet been replaced. So a warning about structural integrity, not electricity. Electricity risk is quite obvious if it is used for power. The sign likely remained on the pole after it was removed and reused it for the woodshed, so not added for your electrical installation The anti-rot treatment can be quite nasty, especially for old poles. It is not something you what to have where you for example grow food. Remember that when you tear it down, it will limit the potential reuse. If you dispose of them leave them at the återvinningscentral with other impregnated wood. The shed looks quite structurally sound. The roof structure has clearly been replaced quite recently, they would have checked if the rest is sound if a large project like that was done. Most of it looks to be a log house that is very strong. Unless there is no clear sign the wood walls or joists are rotten. I am not saying you should go up but would not have hesitated walking up there if it looked like we wee see in the video

[@theNamesPhillip]

Oh that’s great to know thanks for that, I’ll make sure to get rid of it properly when I replace the shed for sure 👍 And as for the shed, that’s promising at least, I have been planning to take the risk soon in order to check what is up there but at the very least I’ll have it on video 😁 Thanks a lot!

[@todormladenov8975]

Thanks for the good video again mate. I stay myself in prefab brick clad Swedish style house in Motherwell Scotland. 21 Clyde Terrace to be exact in case you wanna see it by the street view. I would advise you to put a fresh coat of paint ASAP this will prevent any further rotating of the wood as I can see the bottom of the timbers start already rotten in. Then you can replace the worst bits.

[@OllyJelleyWildlife]

That workshop is magnificent!

[@kimmoore2681]

Hi Philip, just found your videos. Congrats on the new house. One thing is for sure you would never get a house of that size and caliber for €116,000 in Ireland!!!

[@seanjamescameron]

Look forward to seeing your food garden in the Summer.

[@CreativeHuckleBerry]

Save the Apple trees, those are very old and that's why they look dead, they need little bit of love and thinned out. It's important that you do this on specific months or you could kill them, "if you decide to save them". Takes forever to get an Appletree that size, we have one here that is half that size and is planted in 1990. Those im sure was planted just after the house was built. We make apple jam out of ours, some bring the apples to a local place, where they press them and you get apple juice 😋 Could be wrong or right, but there are some things with the Shed that stands out 🤔 Take it with a grain of salt, i didin't intend to write a bible, but enyways.. 😂 The "Shed" looks alot like an "Mormors Stuga" english "Grandmahouse" in Finnish where i live we call them "Mummonmökki". They where the first house a family built and stayed in, if the family got bigger they could expand it or build an even bigger house that we call "Bondstuga" english "Farm house", where the firstborn then married and started a family themselfs. Grandma usually stayed and lived in the first house, when the children moved into the new house. The reason why it's called "Grandma House" is often becus Grandpa went away seeking money/job whatever he could find, that often meant going to America or Canada. Looking back at the picture at 7:30 i can see it's an small Chimney on the Shed, so i guess im correct that it was an House at some point, could have been an tiny forge aswell. The Shed has a mutch more newer roof over it and a new expansion "not orginal". Can clearly see that someone built over and around the house to make it into an Shed. The layout and the door at 12:39 is typical what you would see in a Mormors stuga and not in an Shed. The wierd window up in the ceiling at 13:03 is what you would find in the really old houses. An Shed would not have such precise and well built logs at 13:20 13:40 can see the logs are going all theway back to the window on the second floor, it's the typical size of an Mormors stuga and i can see it hadd isolation or "have been isolation" on the top of the orginal logg house roof, that's something you wouldn't do if it was just an Shed. They isolated often with lightweight dry clay or sawdust, bottom part under the wooden floor at ground level, was often sand and sometimes sawdust, witch is why some houses rots faster then others as sand/sawdust sucks in moisture, not good for wood and paradise for mold. Very importan that the air vent at the stone foot are free, so the wood can breath, or else you will get mold very quickly, you can ofc put metal mesh over the holes but be carefull not to plug the holes when the warmer periods are coming. Im guessing back in the 1964 "mabe" someone renovated and put metal roof and expanded and built over the old Mormorstuga, the logs to me looks way older then the other things around.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Wow, thanks so much for that great comment! I will see what I can do with the apple trees, I’ve been thinking about bringing someone over to check them, because the one that snapped in half was our healthiest tree and it looks rotten on the inside! 😬 And that’s really interesting about the shed and you definitely have a lot of knowledge on it! I’m glad that someone tried to keep it standing, it is a very charming building and and adds a lot of character to the house! Thank you so so much for all the information!

[@AndyTausK]

Hello Phillip, sunrise is pretty, but sunset is magical in my opinion. Tfs, it’s so interesting. I‘m looking forward to more videos. Greetings from cologne Andy

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thanks so much! I’d agree with you, it was just incredible 😁

[@anythingbymerja]

Such a great video, well done Phillip! ❤

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thanks so much! ❤️

[@johnbanton5921]

Thank you for opening my eyes to the property you've bought and everything inside the boundary. Good luck with your new job and I look forward to two weeks time 😊

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thanks so much for your positivity, I’ll keep trying to bring great content 😁

[@trzwik]

I love the sunrise and sunset… bit if I have to make a choise I love the sunset more.. the color of the sky ❤

[@Juliegriffiths1]

Sunset was my favourite. Though they both were beautiful. Thank you for showing around your exterior area. Even in the snow its beautiful.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thanks for your positivity! The sunset was my favourite too, I was absolutely blown away by it! 😁

[@JezHarper]

The sunset shot was gorgeous ❤

[@theNamesPhillip]

It is not always like that but it was definitely incredible to catch on camera!

[@thomascleo]

LOVE THIS,,,❤❤❤

[@fvbokhorst]

super cool !! next year will live there as well . Good luck

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thanks, you too!

[@mikaelmartin9288]

I would definitely insulate a small part of the shed, for instance the “paintroom” and put in a small heater to keep the temperature a few degrees above zero, and store frost sensitive stuff there over the winter, such as paint, glue, or what ever that will be damaged by frost. Saw some buckets of “Falu Rödfärg” in the main room in the shed, and that paint is probaly aleady damaged, and you will have to buy new and spend unnecessary money on that😮. By the way, and wonderful house and property you have got there and thanks for maintaining a piece of Swedish history 😊

[@theNamesPhillip]

Great idea and you are absolutely correct, the paint is damaged and I had to buy more wood glue 😅

[@jane1740]

I really loved the sunrise view from the drone :D

[@theNamesPhillip]

It was beautiful! I need to get more footage of it, but we often get rolling fog through our property and it makes the Sun look amazing!

[@gordonbrown5340]

Phil, excellent and eloquent

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thank you so much!

[@simon_vann]

0:23 😂 you mad fool. Great vid Phillip, loved the tour

[@theNamesPhillip]

Haha modern day Evel Knievel 😂 thanks a lot!! 😁

[@jadediable]

Love your videos about the house and land so interesting, please do a video on that abandoned house just a walk over maybe

[@tpoulson1]

Hello again. We loved the start of the video! My other half reckons the planes are called ‘Jack’ planes. They’re for ‘roughing off’ large lengths that are uneven, then you would use a smoothing plane. The strange wheeled device could be a wheelbarrow or it could be a tool for unrolling cable as you walk along? The painting has a CND earring - so it could be a picture of a guru or just some dude who was against nuclear war. I’d date it to the 1960s. The sunset was a stunner! Keep up the good work - we’re loving it.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Oh thank you, I definitely enjoyed the making of it! 😅 oh yes I think they are probably right there! There’s a lot of uneven wood lying around, so I guess I have material to practice with 😁 Oh yes, I didn’t think about potentially being something to do with cables! I’m really interested in finding out who this portrait is now, I really hope it’s not an obscure character because it would be so difficult to find, but you could definitely be right! Thanks so much!! 😁

[@tpoulson1]

That portrait is a head scratcher. I did a Google lens search and found some very, very odd looking art, but nothing that looks like your man. He doesn’t look like a swami of Indian descent, but could be Thai? I couldn’t find any guru that looked like him. Then I thought maybe a Buddhist monk, but monks are all clean shaven. Also, is the painting unfinished? The bottom half looks like it’s not finalised, which hints it being a hobbyist artist. The style of the painting and the use of colour is accomplished and recognisably the hippy movement. Basically, I’m out of ideas 🥴

[@Alixstair]

Great content - love this channel. It would be interesting to get an insight into everyday activities such as grocery shopping and travel to work. SUBSCRIBED!

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thanks so much! 😁 this is definitely something I’m thinking of doing, especially this week when my first week of work is taking a toll on the old ticker 😅 I’m planning to do some Swedish content as well

[@caybay2389]

Bless you both you deserve to achieve your goals and you are very talented and motivated its lovely that you have ambition love from the UK 🤗👍❤️

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thank you so much for your positivity and kind words! 😊

[@caybay2389]

@@theNamesPhillip you deserve it and thank you for your responding back that's very kind of you👍🤗

[@erikneek]

Love your videos. Keep up the excellent work! The picture at 20’40 looks like Bhagwan Did I already mention I love your videos. 😀

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thank you so much, I’m so glad you’re enjoying them! And that’s a very good guess, it does look very similar!! Thank you! 😁

[@Jo.H.]

Beautiful home. Goodluck in your new job

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thank you so much!

[@Jo.H.]

@@theNamesPhillip 😊

[@MaximilianAbraham]

Best Intro ive seen in a long time bro

[@lenalast8064]

I loved the sunrise, so beautiful! Thanks for the tour. I really like your videos and that they have variey to them! A more holistic view 😄 Looking forward to the next video and good luck on your new job! Greetings from an Swedish UX designer ✨

[@theNamesPhillip]

Tack så jättemycket! This first week has been super tiring due to all the information and everything being in Swedish! it’s a great challenge but exhausting 😅 thanks so much and cool to have a fellow UX designer here, vad spännande!!

[@janeskeet3506]

Good Luck with the new job ~ I hope you love it. Also, the two shot from the drone, definitely the sunset for me, those colours were so intense, just gorgeous. I don't think the grim reaper will feel threatened by your scythe skills just yet either 😂 Thank you for such an informative video, it really helps others like myself who are looking to buy a house in Sweden, I've learned more from watching three of your videos than anyone else.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thank you so much, I had my first day and it was amazing (although exhausting, with a whole day of Swedish) 😅 Yeah I definitely agree there, it was so incredible to see in person and just so unexpected! Haha, yes I guess I need the 10,000 hours of practice first 😂 And thanks so much for the kindness and support. I’m glad I’m able to provide some value 😊

[@DebbHarper]

Yeaaaaa a piece of wood is older than me 😅 and I really expected the real woody woodpecker to fly in during the 5 seconds of peace 🤣 love the snow dive, was getting worried with the poetry 😂 and then you brought the Harper humour back 😅. ALSO I cam picture a zip wire from the house to the shed and a tunnel from the water house to the house as well 😀 xx

[@theNamesPhillip]

You’re trying to make my renovations, kill me 😂😂

[@sevenstarred]

0:22 would be tempted to do the same thing 😂 that sunset is magical 😍 so much to do, but the property has sooo much potential 🤩 would really love to see renovation series, before and after footage would be amazing 🤩 best of luck with your new job as well 💚

[@theNamesPhillip]

It was super refreshing! 😂 yeah it definitely was incredible! Yeah so much to do, thankfully so much time! I would love to do before and after pieces though that would be great! 😁 and thank you so much, my first day was awesome (but exhausting) 😂

[@jntd4160]

I believe the Teletubbie hill is a cellar?! They built the same mound on Talasbuan as a cold cellar to keep food and make cheese. I have a similar root cellar in my basement. Forgive me if it's already written below, I didn't find it. Absolutely love your humor! From Teri in Michigan, USA....(I came back to edit this because I feel so dumb for not watching the entire video before posting my comment! You asked us to comment below what we think the Tubbie hill is but then you gave us the answer! ugh! lol!

[@theNamesPhillip]

Oh thanks so much Teri I love to hear that! 😁 you’re definitely correct with the cellar and Talasbuan is an amazing channel! Thanks so much for your support and positivity!! 😁

[@JezHarper]

The roof structure in your shed (the A frames) are much newer than the rest of the shed. You should be fine going up there 😂

[@theNamesPhillip]

I’ll at least make sure to have it on video when I do 😂

[@dvogonen]

Don't cut down the apple trees before having tried the fruit. If you are lucky one or several trees produce tasty apples. Cut down the other trees and try to restore the ones producing good fruit. If you are lucky some selective pruning can get them going. If not, you can always cut down the trees in a year or two.

[@blackforestwanderer]

Hey Phillip, thanks for the garden Tour. Maybe you could let one old apple tree on the property for the insects and the birds. I wish you all the best for your new job!

[@theNamesPhillip]

Great idea, thank you so much!! 😁

[@florentinalily]

Change the air source heat pump for a Panasonic Aquarea. They work down to low temperatures. We have one to run a huge stone bastide and adjoining gite (in the Pyrenees) with solar and conventional radiators. We also have wooden shutters on doors and windows; thick interlined curtains on all windows and doors; insulation between each floor and thick insulation in the attic and roofspace.

[@donquixote1502]

Death spiders and death room...are you ok 🤣🤣😂😂

[@theNamesPhillip]

😂😂

[@joannewall5499]

Hope the new job has gone well xx

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thank you very much, I finished my first week and it was great! A lot of Swedish though, so it was exhausting 😂

[@caybay2389]

The apple trees you could try and prune them right back and wait and see if they come on again sometimes they can i.

[@ingamajbjornstrom9400]

Hi Philip, about the odd looking wheelbarrow in the shed. It is used to carry heavy stones. It's low to the ground so you can roll the stone on top in stead of lifting it. Good luck with everything!

[@theNamesPhillip]

Oh awesome, that seems about right, especially seeing as there are so many heavy stones in the area!! Thanks!

[@mariaengfors6723]

Don't kill the Apple tree's give them a chance, a lot of our heritage fruit trees gets that big. They need some pruning for sure, but they seem salvageable. It will most likely be cheaper to get someone there to help with them than getting new trees, that most likely won't give a lot of fruit for several years to come. Nothing stopping you from planting more trees as well in case it doesn't work, but these will at least feed the bees and bumble bees in the spring until the new ones matures.

[@thewitch69]

your house is gojus apart from the murder doors lol and it being sub zero in most rooms id not cope with that at all I thought my house was chilly in middle England or middle earth,I love the murder telly tub room too lol oh and sunset wins every time

[@dennismoore8351]

Sunset

[@StockNerd]

Your scyth technic looks funny .

[@theNamesPhillip]

😂 I’ll get better, I promise!

[@meselve2013]

hello Philip, watching Kalle Flodin and his sambo, I saw her having one of these sturdy rectangular black plastic containers for mixing cement etc. beneath their heating device. She had to attack the ice with an axe. I guess it IS additional maintenance but keeps the wetness from the house. Greetings from Hamburg

[@theNamesPhillip]

Oh, I really should check out that! I was originally thinking of putting a sloped metal tray underneath but the cement could also be a good idea! Thanks so much for the tip! 😁

[@siegriedroy6467]

Groundcellar

[@pjk1714]

Getting advice to trim back, you should see Apple this season or next. Apple trees don't have to be shoulder tall. If you plant pear trees close by, you may end up with a great baking apple like we did.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Yeah, we’ll definitely see how they go, it’s very difficult to tell from the video, but the tree that snapped in half was on the inside and that was considered our healthiest tree. I hope we can fix it and I’ll probably get a professional in! There were no apples last summer and I would definitely love to have pear trees!!!

[@idamartinsson4212]

The good thing about spiders is that they dont like mold! So if you have spiders in your house you dont have mold ☺️👌

[@ulfdanielsson3931]

Try to restore the apple trees by cutting, cutting.. we have very tasty apples in Sweden and old trees are the best.

[@erikcarlstrom6803]

At 15.09 it is a homemade wheelbarrow, maybe to transport lumber and such. You could quite easily build one if u hade the wood, tools and a wheel.

[@tortap]

The wood shed is made of old telephone poles. Hence the warning label. They are preassure treated. Do not burn them in your stove inside...

[@LyLong-xc2sg]

Cảnh đẹp quá bạn oi❤

[@dennismoore8351]

Some of these windows in the shed would be great for cold frames to extend your garden season.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Oh great idea, thanks!!

[@Twocitygirlsoffgrid]

In sweden it's a tradition to have a picture of the royal family in the outhouse :D Don't ask me why but every outhouse have one. Who your guy is i have no idea about. Maybe a futuristic picture of Gustav Vasa :D

[@theNamesPhillip]

I kind of hope that’s the right answer 😂😂

[@willaharlatt4862]

damn you make me feel old.........i was born before your parents AND in the 1950s lol

[@jonasras46]

If you have a "jordbruksfastighet" you can bye for instance a chain saw and it's tax deductible.

[@camillal4916]

What a beautiful place you have! In old swedish "toliet houses" there are usually pictures of swedish kings and queens hanging on the walls. Back in the days you took newspapers and magazines and tore a page to use as toilet paper! But you could not of course use pictures in the newspaper of your king as toiletpaper, so you put it up on the walls instead! Maybe someone wanted to take up this tradition and painted a man, to hang on your toiletroom, who actually looks like Oscar II, king of Sweden, 😊?

[@theNamesPhillip]

What an interesting piece of history and that resemblance is uncanny 😂 thank you so much! 😂

[@tatjanameyer4022]

Jordkällare - earth cellar which is great potatoes etc aswell as for canned mushrooms, berries, fruit, pickled. Cucumbers and beetroot etc. I just have to fix it. I live in q log houcefrom 1832 and the oand around 1,6 ha. I enjoyfoll8wing your journey. O, I livein south west of Finland.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thank you so much and I’m glad that you like it, I’ll try my hardest to keep it up 😁 oh lovely, Merja is actually from Finland so we’ve been there a few times. She has family in Seinäjoki and I used to live in Oulu for a few months 😁

[@tortap]

Unpopular opinion? But remove all flowebeds along the wall. They will trap water and lead that under your foundation. Also part of why the panels are starting to rot from below. When you fix the gutters make the donwspots not discharge by the house. I saw a barrel to collect rain water thats fine use that in your garden but if no barrel make under ground drainage pipes that lead water away from the house. And make the ground fall away from the house with a dense top layer, no gravel, grass you can mow is fine.

[@northengirl2884]

Please...think twise with the old apple trees 🙏. Maybe a good spring trimming would be enough? For you'r wife, growing hemp is good too. Fiber and food.

[@theNamesPhillip]

We will see what we can do to save them, the one that was snapped in half was our healthiest looking tree and it was actually rotten on the inside 😬 oh yeah, and he would be a really good idea! Thank you!! 😁

[@DarrylREvans]

Little hill for food. Keep food chill.

[@florentinalily]

Some great vlogs are really short and more regular. Don't feel you have to put out long content to get the punters in? Have a look at Escape to Rural France where the content is really short but almost 'live' and obviously not so incredibly time consuming from the editing point of view? Thanks again, a joy x

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thanks for the tip! I might start doing that actually 😁 this first week has been pretty exhausting, but I feel like I’ll get into the swing of things soon 🤞

[@yvonneh1457]

First... I want to say that I'm sooo happy I found your channel at the very beginning so I can see the progress you and your partner are going to make as you make it. I love that! 😊Also, Sunrise is beautiful but I've always loved sunsets so much better, and it seems Sweden's is no exception 😁I can't tell you much about the condition of your house and outbuildings, but if I may suggest some "constructive advice" because I don't really like the term "constructive criticism" ... you may want to invest in some sort of lighting for your cameras when showing darker places. Also, what in the hell... what kinds of spiders actually come out in snowy weather in your region!?@?! I live in South Mississippi, (USA) so when it gets below like 50 degrees all the flying insects and spiders go into hiding (thankfully... hahaha)!!! And... the "murder door" and cat who also looked murderous... that was too funny! 😂 We have two cats, currently and have had four others and I agree that sometimes they do look like they are contemplating our death... 🤣🤣🤣 But we love them all the same 😉 Anyway, I can't wait to see more of your vids, and good luck with your new job! I think you will totally smash it! 👍💯

[@theNamesPhillip]

Thanks so much for the positivity and constructive advice!! 😁 I’ve always been a sunset type of person as well, it’s just so dramatic! Yes I’ll definitely get a light film with, that would add a lot of value to the videos, thanks 💪 oh I think those spiders were actually trying to stay warm and taking shelter, they just weren’t doing a very good job that’s it 😂 I’m not sure what species they are, but the small ones look like false widows, maybe they like snow 😅 hahaha yes, I know the look 😂 my family used to foster cats for years, so we’ve had over 20 cats and each of them had that look 😂 thank you so much for your support, appreciate you 😁

[@StockNerd]

The ventilation you pointed at is the outlet, there should be an inlet at a low point. It might be that which is clogged.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Oh fantastic, thank you very much!

[@john3Lee]

A very interesting video - ref the apple trees..... You might be better off grafting some healthy vibrant apple tree stems onto the old wood.... Research needed !!

[@marcusbiller867]

Hey Phillip, do you check your house for Radon? Maybe those holes in the foundation are for that? Might want to measure for a week or two and let us know how that goes?

[@theNamesPhillip]

Good idea thanks for the suggestion! We haven’t actually tested for radon. More for ventilation, it’s common for a sekelskiftehus like ours.

[@johnbeans2000]

I love Swedish forests even when they are "newer" but like you said when they are packed together too close it really is ugly. Especially when you see the tree branches dying it just looks weird.

[@astridcyanistescaeruleus4126]

Hej, have you removed all the asbestos already? Btw isn't too expensive considering the location? Tack

[@florentinalily]

leave the doors open on the root cellar for ventilating it?

[@stiglarsson8405]

At first, welcome to Sweden! Värmland is still south of sweden.. its no bother for you that sweden is even longer up in the north! In anyway.. I still think you bought a grand parents house, that is renovated to be a summer cottage! At second, dont trow the baby out with the bathwater.. wait to you know how it is to live in an old time house! There is modern issues that you need to concider befor you change the style inside and outside.. and your garden! All the electricity, watch out for "amateurs" instalations/DIY things! Change to a earth fault breaker central and earthed sockets! One earth breaker for every fase, and even supliment ones for special things! And then your chimeny.. one supose to heat up the house in winter by burning firewoods! Its altso a insurance condition.. it must be aproved for burning firewoods! And one need cubic meters of firewood in such a house! In anyway, you have a well, its protecteced by electricity, put a separate earth fault braker on this, its the same for your cars engine/internal heater.. you dont want to wake up and all your electricity is gone becuse of a fault engin heater! Its this.. living in sweden one hope to survive the winter, its our moste concern! If one survive the winter, then one altso been able to make a realy good summer season! And then other things, check your plumbing.. you probably have private/on your property sewer system, the first owner used outhuses and spread there fecals on there land! Check it, now its ounderground in worst case a tank that need to be emptyed by comunal service! Then to the external and internal and your garden, internal it looks like a grand parents summer cottage, keep it, at outside, there is probably timber in the walls, inside the outer panels! Isolation is often a good thing in those old houses, one can do it inside or outside.. or both! Modern swedish houses have about half meter walls, mostly isolation, and three glass windows! And the windows and glases in your "outhouses", there is such a thing even in old times as double windovs, those supose to be mounted as an extra layer in winter time, to keep the cold out! Dont cut your apple threes down, hope that you learn to know some swedes and even a gardener, it takes 10 to 30 years to make it bear fruits.. in the meantime you could have cut down some very special old swedish speciment of swedish apples.. dont do that.. please! But anyway, my mother is frome Hälsingland, the linnen part of sweden best linnen out of this in the whole sweden, do you self a favour, go there, buy it there.. if she persiste to use linnen.. she proably want to knew some secrets about it, she can find it in Hälsingland! Take her to a tour to Hälsingland!

[@SwedishWoodlandStories]

Don't take the old apple trees down, if they are just badly maintained. Planting new ones and waiting for fruits can take more than 10 years, maintaining the old trees could mean a bit of a loss of some harvest in the first year, but being worth it in the second year. We've had an apple tree in our old house which was around 10 years old and just was about 2 meters high with around 5 apples. I guess it would take another 10 years until it gets some more fruits worth harvesting. I'm yet afraid of planting new trees this spring, as i guess we have to wait at least 10+ years to get an acceptable amount of fruits to work with and maybe planting the trees more for the next generation, than for us.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Oh thanks for the advice! It seems like only one of the trees are giving apples. Maybe if I take care of them, they might start producing apples again?

[@SwedishWoodlandStories]

@theNamesPhillip yes :) it worked for us with two trees at our old house. It's not complicated, just giving the branches room and light. There are several methods. The best is, when it's still cold and freezing, so it brings its energy into the remaining branches in spring. It's basically thinning out all twigs growing vertical up, crossing branches and twigs growing outside in. Looks empty and weird the first season, but can produce fruits in the following season again

[@annicaesplund6613]

​@@theNamesPhillipContact an arborist who can have a look.

[@eternity7477]

Whilst trees like pomegranates and avocados may take many years to start bearing fruit, apple and peach trees will start the second season. I agree that saving the existing trees will be best, but I just thought I would share my experience with apples.

[@SwedishWoodlandStories]

@eternity7477 which kind of apples? Mine took many years to start growing, from seed to fruit took it more than 10 years. Some of the younger trees had just a hand full of fruits (maybe 5-8) per season within the first 15 years :/

[@kaatchef4598]

The trees weren't planted poorly. The forest company just didn't do their job as to maintaining a forest like that. Normally after about 10 to 15 years the forest company should have gone back to the planted forest and cut down about 30% of the forest. They do this my having a minimum distance between trees to optimize tree growth. The side benefit from doing this, means returning nutrients to the soil. The forest company just didn't do this. As Swedes don't give a shit about clear cutting and destroying ecosystems.

[@caybay2389]

I think your right about taking down that side shed and moving it else where, deal with the ants as they may take over your house

[@mykolharper]

The painting looks kinda like lao tzu. The peace symbol would fit his vibe, not so much the earring and lipstick haha.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Good guess, I wish it was super obvious and I was just being silly 😂 the lipstick could’ve been added on afterwards 😅

[@mykolharper]

@@theNamesPhillip Did you add on the lipstick?? hahaha

[@frogg626]

Great video, a few quick questions about ownership of the land. Are you a Swedish citizen? And/or was it required to buy the land? Did you pay in cash or did a Swedish bank give you a loan? How much do you have to pay in property tax? Do you get good electricity, water, gas & internet there?

[@theNamesPhillip]

First of all, these are great questions, and I will probably make a video about these topics because there’s a lot to say on them. 1. No, I’m not a citizen, I’m a resident by extension of Merja. I’ve applied for my citizenship and I do have the criteria for it but I haven’t yet been accepted because there is a queue. It isn’t required to be a citizen. 2. A Swedish bank give me a loan. I have a decent business here in Sweden so it made it all the more easier to get one. The only thing we paid in cash was the downpayment, which I believe was 15%. 3. I’m going to have to come back to the house tax question because I can’t remember all the top of my head. 4. Yes, we have fibre optic which is essential for me as somebody who works in tech, we have water drawn from a well to our taps, we have electricity (will be quite expensive while our chimneys aren’t working), and I’m not too sure about gas in our particular area as we don’t use it. Thanks for the questions. I hope that helped!

[@helensimmelink1069]

Hej hej, Just found you on KZbin and love your video's. Can you tell me where (in wich kommun) you are living? To give me an idea. Tack!

[@MrMandelll]

Den där enhjuliga kärran. Jag gissar att den användes till att köra de stora 50-liters mjölkflaskorna av metall man använde förr. De skulle stå vid vägen på ett mjölkbord (sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lkbord) så att (mjölkbilen) lastbilen från mejeriet enkelt kunde lasta på dem och samtidigt lasta av tomma returflaskor.

[@theNamesPhillip]

Åh tack så mycket för tipsen! det är vettigt, eftersom det var en gård tidigare!

[@mcljot]

Hi Philip, one of the most difficult things for me to get my head around is the construction methods for houses like these that I see on hemnet. I am a semi-proficient DIYer, and I understand pretty well the challenges and solutions for renovating houses from different eras in Ireland, but I find it hard to get good info about construction methods for these 1930s - 1960s houses in Sweden. For instance - do they mostly use suspended floors? (Floorboards laid onto perpendicular joists). Are concrete floors uncommon? I see quite a few of these houses have been retrofitted with underfloor water-borne heating. How well does this work with suspended floors, where there is no thermal mass like in a concrete floor? Are houses mostly timber framed, with soft insulation in between the frame, and then cladding on the outside and inside? Is there typically some kind of membrane fitted to the wall? Is it common to install rigid insulation or insulated plasterboard slab internally, to bump up the insulation? What is the typical wall thickness? What is the typical window construction - I don't see many folks on KZbin fitting engineered double or triple glazed gas-filled units, which I would expect would be the most common window upgrade. Are attic spaces usually insulated between joists, and then floored? What does the roof construction look like - an A frame with membrane and then roof covering (slates/tiles/shingles) on top? What I'm trying to understand is the original construction so that I can figure out where it would be possible to add most value in a retrofit/renovation. Is this a topic you would be interested in covering? As best I can tell, nobody has covered this before on KZbin and (speaking selfishly!) it's one of the things I'd find most valuable :D The very best to you! Alex

[@theNamesPhillip]

Hey Alex these are great questions! I said it in my first two videos, but I’m a Muppet he’s going to try his hand at DIY 😂 I’m not all too sure of the answers to your question just yet but the hope is that I find this stuff out as I go. I can tell you that my particular house is a ‘sekelskifteshus’ which translates to ‘ turn of the century house’ and is a certain type of design of house that was really common towards the start of the 1900s. I know the website polarpumpen.se have a pretty good summarisation of the qualities of these types of houses, but there will probably be other websites that speak to build specifics as well. These will definitely be things that I research before I start renovating, so it will be things that I explain on video, I just haven’t managed to get to that point yet! Thanks so much for the suggestion though, and those questions are amazing , really gives me something to think about! 😁

[@mcljot]

@@theNamesPhillip Thanks Philip! That website is great, much obliged. Do you have any approximate plans for your own retrofit/renovation? All in good time, of course :) Our current favourite is the other side of lake Vanern from you, near Trollhattan. Hoping to get some kind of 3 month rental starting in March to test the water. Fingers crossed. Cheers!

[@Forestcityflygirl]

not sure why you used the flash function to transition between your clips in this video. i find that it actually hurts my eyes to watch.. I'm disappointed since i really do enjoy your videos. hope you reconsider using it in your next video.

[@gunlindblad5202]

Ta inte ner fruktträden, ta dit någon som beskär dom istället. Otroligt mycket vackrare, det tar många år att få träden till en snygg storlek.det är verkligen jättefint där och försök köpa den andra fastigheten också.

[@Gurra_Gforce]

Har du satt på elementen nu? / Remberd to turn on the radiators this time?

[@theNamesPhillip]

Haha tack så mycket, ja det gjorde jag 😂

[@Gurra_Gforce]

@@theNamesPhillip 👍

[@anderslarsson8950]

Ta inte ner äppelträden, ympa på det går mycket fortare att få frukt. Dessutom kan ni ympa på olika sorter på samma träd.

[@TRguy64]

As a Canadian, I always feel akin to others that also live in the FAR north, especially those enjoying rural life amongst the forest. My latitude is on par with the Netherlands, but it gets sooo COLD here, am zone 3, so even colder than what you experience, but also at times strong pushes of winter warmth, we've been a glorious +13 C several days of late with copious sunshine. I enjoy gardening and indeed the winter cold restricts what can be grown, but plenty enough fruit trees and all do manage with selection of hardy stock. And, oh yes, snow is an amazing insulator, just 12 to 15 inches will prevent very deep cold from penetrating into the ground, even many nights of -40 C the frost will not penetrate the ground beneath the snow! YES, do use triple glazed windows and a good idea when replacing your windows and siding is to install sheet foam board as additional insulation. As for your apple trees, these are long lived trees and can become really gnarly and still produce good quantity of fruit, your trees don't appear all that old or too bad off.

[@ceesh5311]

hey on what longitude are you guys? it seems pretty fucking cold!!

[@misspnaylor]

Hi Phillip, It’s me again. In my last message, the Swedish channel I mentioned had a typo. 🙄 it should have said ‘Mindsparx’. Hope this helps. Pauline

[@theNamesPhillip]

Oh yes thank you! I subscribed to his channel is seems amazing! Thanks so much for that suggestion Pauline it will come in handy for sure!!