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You shouldnt have to justify how you do things Your doing things to how you can afford it and theres absolutley nothing at all wrong with that Your doing a great job xx❤️
So agree! Just ignore the ones that seem to be angry!! People can be so judgemental. I also am binge watching your vids. Nice to see people in the UK working so hard for their dream!!! Keep on keeping on 💜💜💜
Wow, I could listen to you guys all day long !! It is lovely to see two young people knowing what they want in life and prepared to work very hard to get it. I take my hat off to you both.
Ditto. When we were young, we worked hard, did things to improve our condition, etc., and these days we just keep hearing about how "young people today" don't do any of this. I love to see counterexamples. I look forward to progress, and success, and happiness in this.
The joy of being a natural grafter in a society of wingeing and bleating wet blankets is that without even lifting a finger, you're already out in front because this lot have recused themselves from the race of life before the start line. If anyone needs more persuading that this appalling waste of spermatozoa and gametes exists and thinks thus, I'd refer them to the majority of the questions in this very vid. A gentle reminder that ⅘ of the answers are to be had by simply watching the video.
I downsized to a residential lodge by the beach in Devon. Downsizing and un complicating my life was a great feeling of freedom and I realised how little I needed in order to be happier. Great channel. I wish you all the best. ❤️
Thanks for doing such an honest and personal video, especially about your finances. Its very encouraging and realistic that you can do this in the UK. All the best
This is amazing. I have converted a van into a camper on a budget of £2.2k including the buying of the van and now we have a taste of the free life the next step is to have our own land. Yous guys are smashing it well done. Looking forward to watching through your vids. Much love and many blessings ❤️
Great plan and huge project! You both have courage and strength to look through all that mess to see your beautiful future. Here in Canada, we bought a 1912 old but solid two story house for super, super cheap. It took a lot of time and sweat to gut it completely and fully re-insulate...which is on going. Definitely worth it as we only heat it now with two electric heaters. The natural gas heater in the basement is not needed except when -40C. Last spring after Russia invaded, I planted 80 potatoes, 4 fruit trees and 10 rhubarb around the property. I hope you do the same for food and economic security. I remember in 1993, we lived in Chester, Cheshire and times were tight. My mother organized us four boys with backpacks and we walked to picked up hundreds of pounds of windfall pears at Bishops high-school. We ate pear jam every day that year. Best of luck:)
Literally just stumbled across this channel and already subscribed... Loving the honesty and genuine vibes you guys give. Also loving the tiny home venture and DIYING. Look forward to all the updates 🤙
Lovely video, well done on finding your land. The UK has a demand for houses but it is so so hard for the individual to find land for their self build. You come across as being really together on this whole adventure, which is so so important. Good luck and thank you for sharing this with us.
Thanks so much Jay! We really can't believe we found it and it's actually ours after 2 years of searching! It really don't feel real. Thanks so much for watching 😊
Bloody brilliant guys - how inspiring! Cannot WAIT to see how you get on! If we're ever home while you're still renovating, we'll be sure to come and give you a hand!!
Thanks so much guys, we would LOVE that. Charlie and Josh are keen to come down too (I/Emilie used to work with Josh!) So maybe you could make a joint trip out of it. We are also 15 mins from our favourite surf beach, so we'll have to cook our sunrise breakfast on the beach that we do for all our visitors and we can have a cheeky surf/sunrise swim too! xxx
Was great finding out more about you guys and your plans and story! Love how to diversified during the pandemic, being a Professional Photographer myself, I know how tough it was. Can't wait to see what you do with the land!!
Thanks so much! I hope work has picked up for you also post lockdown! It's was a tough 2 years for sure haha! Can't wait to share with you what we get to here next!
Have you thought about using some of the area as an outdoor wedding venue? Alot can be sculpted with your existing forest, build an outdoor bar from palets etc. Also, are you building a barn/warehouse on site so that you no longer have to rent from the council?
Thanks Anna, lovely idea, we wouldn't want to run weddings on our land and as we are at the end of a residential street and have lovely neighbours, we wouldn't want to annoy them with wedding music/partying etc we're happy just capturing weddings, rather than hosing them 😊 within our planning, we are aloud to have 3 garages on our land (one for each residential park home) so our goal will be to stop renting the warehouse and move our warehouse in our garages on the land xx
Found your channel this morning and think I have watched them all. I admire your drive and enthusiasm to push your plan ahead, it sounds like you have it all planned out. If I may give a little advice to help you:- If you have the time and its not too difficult to separate the aluminium from the wood. keep the Ali to one side and either take it to the scrap man or get him to pick it up, its worth good money. If pulling more tree/bush stumps out as per the landy and the willow stump, then half the length of the strop it gives more pulling power and you start pulling sooner, hence makes it quicker. That heat was very hot especially working outside, I was digging trenches for foundations on an extension. Had to keep taking water breaks. Looking forward to the next video, keep up the good work.
Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to comment Paul! Great ideas! We've been piling up all the aluminium and any metal to take to the scrap! Hoping it will amount to a little bit of £££ to help pay for wood for our first cabin build! Thanks for the tip on the Landy! Will let you know how we get on next time with that method 😊
Such a great change to see a genuine lovely couple, being totally HONEST explaining in detail how they afforded to fund the life they have chosen - so unlike the MANY fake people doing youtube channels , secretly funded by mummy and daddy. Good luck to you on your journey.
Thanks Micky, we always want to be honest and transparent on here. Especially to help show people that you don't need to come from 'money' to get what you want out of life 😊
Thanks so much for your support and for joining us on our renovation journey! Can't wait to share with you what we get up to over the next few months :)
I think that you’ve answered everything I was thinking but I wasn’t thinking about cheap tools…I was actually thinking what a good generator you have to keep everything going and charged….and I knew Maggie was a pointer…she is a gorgeous girl….I am really enjoying your videos..Thankyou for sharing ❤️❤️
Great to hear answers to some of the many questions that have run through my mind as I've watched your other videos. Good for you for sticking with your dream of finding a plot of land to build your own tiny home and for having the determination to create businesses and work hard to get what you want out of life. You're both an inspiration and I wish you every success. One final question, as well as glamping are you planning to offer touring pitches or an overnight Aire facility so those of us with our own set of wheels can come an share in your slice of heaven and support your vision?
Hi guys. Sounds an amazing project. Word of warning on the chassis - take a look at The Restoration Couple channel. They had a nightmare with ordering a chassis, but found a good company in the end. First guy ripped them off, and he’s still trading somewhere with a different company name.
Thanks Craig, thanks for the tip! Funny you should say that as I actually posted in a facebook group asking if anyone could recommend a caravan chassis company and the restoration couple messaged us and pointed us in the right direction! We've ordered one last week with the same company they got their replacement ones from :)
Your tools are fine, from a joiner who has too many! Tip, when using treated timber treat all the cuts or that's where the rot will start. I use an old basin and stand the wood in it for a minute. Keep up the good work!
You had an absolute touch with finding that site! I laughed when you said you would build your first cabin in time for Christmas, everything takes 3 or 4 times longer than you think. Touring caravan life isn't fun 😂
We live in central Portugal and have a Podengo, a Portuguese pointer a great dog, a very friendly/nosy girl, we got her free, the last of the litter of a stray. She has the same personality as yours and loves running, we walk 1 mile every day she runs 10, she is around 18 months old. We bought our place in 2016 and had to renovate that, with much less work and only 4000m2 (1 acre) of land, but full of olive, fruit trees and vines. I am much older and, like I said, have done a lot of clean up work you have done, but nowhere near as much. Looking forward to watching the rest. Having your own business is great started mine in 1985 and it's still going, like you I am not wealthy and never want to be. My mother was a Davies.
Just found you guys and currently binge watching your videos!!! We have had a caravan on Anglesey for nearly 30 years and it gives us such a sense of peace every time we visit. If only we were younger.....!
Another wedding videographer here. Like so many others here I've watched all your videos in the past couple of days. Im not jealous much! What a great project. There is so much potential in that land. 100% behind your explanations of cheap tools, cutting up the clearly rotten caravans and not using skips. Ignore the haters. Enjoy your journey. I'll be following every step of the way.
Thanks so much Chris! Hope you've had a good wedding season, we've got 2 weddings left to shoot this year, then we are full time renovating until next wedding season, so exciting! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment :)
Well done. From Toronto Canada. At 73 yo I marvel at the young people today doing a project like this. Best of luck at your project to have a house by Xmas.
Lovely video, thank you for all the answers, glad I found your channel, really looking forward to seeing everything you do with the site, I’m very envious, good luck, all your hard work will pay off, you are a lovely couple.
Amazing content guys! I am loving watching your plans getting together, do no feel you have to justify yourself for anything you're doing, you are doing an amazing and impressive job.
Yesss thank you for sharing! I have just been talking to someone about this and planning my land searching strategy! You guys are such an inspiration- I love that you’re real people actually doing it rather than people buying for holiday letting nonsense and not actually living there! That being said imma be coming to stay at some point when you have it all set up! Whoop!
Thanks so much Sam! How is your search going? Let us know how you get on! Best advice, ask everyone and everywhere! As you never know who might be selling :) Oh amazing! We'd love to have you! xx
@@CampOutWest I am just sorting out some leaflets which I’m going to attach to fence posts when I see a nice little plot with nothing on it! I am a bit of a hippy dippy gal and had an astrology reading recently, which gave me some timescales on when I should start looking etc! 😂 gotta try everything 😂
Critics are people who "go places and booh things".... never mind the critics, you two are doing all you can with what you can afford, which is actually a great sample for all your viewers, especially the younger generation. People should always only spend within their means
it all kinda makes sense now i always thought the videography was amazing considering you were just tearing up a caravan park. the lighting always seemed to be spot on
Fascinating story, wish you the best of luck. The tools you have are more than adequate. Brand names don't always mean better, it's often how they are used!
Watching from Nashville, Tennessee in the USA. Cheering you on and wishing you continued success on your ambitious project. I know you’ll make it beautiful!
I watch a few channels were they have bought land like yourself, The amount of times u tubers get comments saying exactly what your comments said ?, you must have rich family, do u work. Why do some people think just because someone bought land outright they must be from rich backgrounds. Not thinking these are people who have worked and SAVED hard, and probably did without certain things in life to actually be able to save. I really wish you both all the luck and many Happy years on the land 😊
I came across your videos, very interesting. I live in the US and I didn't know how many different words the UK uses to describe same things here. Example: Caravan verses Mobile Home or Manufactured Home Park, I think you said skip verses dumpster. I live in a Manufactured Home Park, with the exception instead of renting each lot, which is mainly the norm, we bought the lot with the home on it. You are doing such a great job in your videos! thank you for posting all the progress.
Hi Katrina, thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to comment 😊 we've never heard of manufactured home parks before! It's so cool how different names are from place to place! So cool you live in yours too!
Thanks Jonny, we think it makes sense to be transparent so people can see you can do anything with a little hard work 😊 we are also too new/small to see any 'youtube revenue' haha to us that just seems like a folk tale right now haha!
People have said about selling the caravans, what I was going to suggest as I've done this myself, you can sell the aluminium from the caravans. It's a metal that if you take to a scrappers you'd get more money than you'd realise
Hi you two, very interesting video, how lucky you have been buying the site with all those amenities. I think you are amazing and I see you becoming millionaires. Great to hear more videos on the way, can’t wait. xx Tony
Thanks Tony, we really couldn't believe our luck when we found out it had all the services in place! And to think we put off viewing it for a whole year before hand! Very lucky the seller got in touch with us a year letter and asking if we were still looking!
This may seem an odd thing to suggest, but if you know someone in the area who keep pigs or goats you could ask if you could borrow them. section off pieces of the land and let them clear the ground. They do all the hard work and have a good time doing it. Paige with remove any roots of weeds without damaging the land and provide their own fertiliser if you know what I mean. Best of luck to you both and maybe add a go fund me page for your tools and a link for those fabulous hats!
Thanks for the tip Lisa. We actually contacting some people locally that have goats but is around £500 a week to rent them, so we opted not to haha. Oh thank you! You can shop our hats here 🙂 www.lovainestore.com
Love how the work is done, recycling, using what you find close by and free items, love how normal and open you both are, very good work, watching from Belgium 😉👍
Honestly you're living my dream. I'm trying to convince the misses to move to wales. I hate where we live in surrey it feels far to crowded. Im a country boy hence my off roading channel and wales is where i want to be. Ive just started my own business 3 months ago and i hope to save enough from it to buy our own land. I hope to follow in your footsteps. Loving the project and i wish the very best to you both.
So lovely to meet you three today! So happy you found us on here and hope our paths cross again soon :) Here is the website we mentioned www.ppproperty.com/ which has the cheap properties in Portugal! Emilie, Jon & Maggie :)
I fell apon your page on tiktok. You guys are doing an amazing job, I have binge watched tour videos. Brilliant!!! Can't wait to watch your journey. Fingers crossed some big company will sponsor you and get some sit on mower. Or something help you with renovations. Good luck guys
Just found your channel I find it really interesting as we bought some land in Cheshire that had not been touched for 20 years and have been getting it back to normal 2 years in now and the change is unbelievable but a lot of hard work for me and my wife but love every minute .we now have our own hens and growing our own food .Think the adventure motorcycle thing is great as I am into that myself good luck with the project
Think I've just found my new favourite channel. This is such a great project and a dream for many people. Good luck with it and can't wait to see how it all comes together.
Thanks so much for watching Carl! It's so cool to have you join us at the start of our renovation, so excited to share what we are up to next and the start of our first tiny house build!
You two are fantastic! Don’t listen to criticism! Pay attention to sensible suggestions but ignore anyone who is just ……well , ignorant! Carry on, very interested to see your progress!
Goats are the easiest to clear brush 20 head would clear 3 acres in less than couple months. Also check out polycrete panels for the cabins, quick and strong very thermal efficient.
Well done guys!! Really pleased the land has gone to a couple with local roots (not that I'm from Wales or anything). Can't wait to see what you do with it. Thanks for your transparency and all the very best.
I think one of those 12 volt diesel heaters would be ideal in the shower block for the winter great videos. Can we please some longer more in depth ones please keep up the good work xx
Hi Mick, thanks for your comment, I've got a 2kw lavener diesel heater I bought last Christmas time ready for our touring caravan for the winter when it gets properly cold. I need to source a decent fuel tank for it so I'm not filling it up for every night as the one it came with is tiny. We might do some more indepth video's on certain subjects in the future when we have more time away from our day jobs.Thanks again. Jon
@@CampOutWest thanks for the coment return, you can get free standing ones plus the ones like mine where you install it yourself I use a 25ltr barrel it lasts weeks on low and comes with a remote use a 12 volt battery not a power supply yours Mick
I think you two are fantastic. You are both enterprising in how you earn money. True Entrepreneurs. I am an old git but you are inspiring me to change my lifestyle. Thank you and be lucky.
Enjoying the videos I think you are doing well with the tools you have I used to clear waste land at the back of a gun range with a Strimmer saw hook then the club bought me a Strimmer on wheels marvellous piece of kit just right for the job good luck with what you are doing remember one thing you own the land you renovate how you like
An alternative to skip hire is grab hire, much cheaper and you only need to pile it roadside, especially for your green waste like trees and shrubs that take up so much space, just a thought, good luck 👍
Well you have certainly answered all my questions, thankyou very much. I can sit back now and enjoy the series and looking forward to seeing what you first cabin is going to look like as you build it. All the best Chris
You are both an inspiration!! Can i just say, I'm a bit shocked at the negative input you have received from some viewers, I hope it's a minority that are negative!! I just do not understand why some people feel they need to be negative !! And to the Wally who suggested burning the old caravans , obviously he hadn't thought it through, haha. Anyone with a pair of ears attached to their head, will know that you had just 500 pounds left after purchasing the land, certainly no spare money for diggers or skips.!! And what about the insulation in the panels? You cannot go burning that . Please try and ignore this minority. What you both are doing is exactly what I would have liked to have done 30 years ago, and to become as self sufficient as I could be. I cannot wait to see the tiny home complete.
Great to hear all the background and about your plans. Your small businesses look amazing. Of course the dog is super cute. I think you deserve a medal for taking on this renovation but you will reap huge rewards in the end. Look forward to following your adventures. ATVB.
It's funny how many people have been unhappy by the tools we're using haha! But we have had an excited delivery at Camp Out West this week, recieving our first chain saws! Wooo!
Yes we're not far from Swansea at all, we dreamed of doing this somewhere over on the Gower as the surf is much more consistent, but the prices are pretty wild over there. We're really happy we found this little place and what we can hopefully achieve here in time. Thanks for supporting and commenting.
Our wedding photography seasons is coming to an end soon so we should have some more updates going out more regularly as we get more stuck into projects.Jon
I've only just come across you guys. Binge watched your other videos, to see what you are all about. Absolutely loving your content and can't wait to follow your journey with you. Seeing the wedding pictures during this video, it looks as though you were in my home town, on the North Kent coast 😀 x
Thanks so much for watching Maria and for your joining us on our renovation journey! Ah yes! We shot at an amazing venue in Whitstable called East Quay!
Thanks so much for all the info. I'm just amazed that you aren't from a construction background as you look so confident John when building. Well, to me you do though I'm sure real builders put their 2 cents worth in. Anyway, great work and now that I've watched every vlog .. i have to wait for the next one!! Such an exciting project!! Well done and keep having fun.
So excited for you both. So great to hear the update. The negative comments that you have gotten sadden me. Thankfully, most people are kind and supportive; I feel sorry for people who walk around and go about their lives finding fault and nitpicking at everything.
Thank you so much SJ! It's funny how most people have just assumed you can only do things if you come from rich or wealthy families, they forget you can do things from hard work haha! Most of the negative comments have come from Tiktok, the youtube community seems to be a lot kinder :)
just a thought from a retired scrap man you should cut them up and take it to your local scrap yard for extras cash alluminum is about 900 pound a tonne general scrap ie cookers washers and metal is about 160 a tonne good luck
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You shouldnt have to justify how you do things
Your doing things to how you can afford it and theres absolutley nothing at all wrong with that
Your doing a great job xx❤️
Thanks Dawn 🥰 We're happy to be realistic about things and just share the reality of things/money etc xx
So agree! Just ignore the ones that seem to be angry!! People can be so judgemental.
I also am binge watching your vids. Nice to see people in the UK working so hard for their dream!!! Keep on keeping on 💜💜💜
OK, but I didn't see it like that - just helping others from their experience.
Wow, I could listen to you guys all day long !! It is lovely to see two young people knowing what they want in life and prepared to work very hard to get it. I take my hat off to you both.
Thanks so much Joanna 🙂
the voices are really soothing aren't they. In America they are called radio voices.
Ditto. When we were young, we worked hard, did things to improve our condition, etc., and these days we just keep hearing about how "young people today" don't do any of this. I love to see counterexamples. I look forward to progress, and success, and happiness in this.
The joy of being a natural grafter in a society of wingeing and bleating wet blankets is that without even lifting a finger, you're already out in front because this lot have recused themselves from the race of life before the start line.
If anyone needs more persuading that this appalling waste of spermatozoa and gametes exists and thinks thus, I'd refer them to the majority of the questions in this very vid. A gentle reminder that ⅘ of the answers are to be had by simply watching the video.
Great couple, real drive, ambition and entrepreneurship. Enjoying watching the videos. Best of luck on your journey.
Thanks so much Simon 😊
Loving this channel. Watched about 65,000 hours of US cabin builds and off grid living 😂😂so great to see people from U.K. doing something like this.
Yup, it's mainly US that do all these videos lol
I downsized to a residential lodge by the beach in Devon. Downsizing and un complicating my life was a great feeling of freedom and I realised how little I needed in order to be happier. Great channel. I wish you all the best. ❤️
Thanks for doing such an honest and personal video, especially about your finances.
Its very encouraging and realistic that you can do this in the UK. All the best
This is amazing. I have converted a van into a camper on a budget of £2.2k including the buying of the van and now we have a taste of the free life the next step is to have our own land. Yous guys are smashing it well done. Looking forward to watching through your vids. Much love and many blessings ❤️
wow what a bargin! Well done, so good you were able to get your van and renovate it in that price. Hope you are loving every second :)
Great plan and huge project! You both have courage and strength to look through all that mess to see your beautiful future. Here in Canada, we bought a 1912 old but solid two story house for super, super cheap. It took a lot of time and sweat to gut it completely and fully re-insulate...which is on going. Definitely worth it as we only heat it now with two electric heaters. The natural gas heater in the basement is not needed except when -40C. Last spring after Russia invaded, I planted 80 potatoes, 4 fruit trees and 10 rhubarb around the property. I hope you do the same for food and economic security. I remember in 1993, we lived in Chester, Cheshire and times were tight. My mother organized us four boys with backpacks and we walked to picked up hundreds of pounds of windfall pears at Bishops high-school. We ate pear jam every day that year. Best of luck:)
Literally just stumbled across this channel and already subscribed... Loving the honesty and genuine vibes you guys give. Also loving the tiny home venture and DIYING. Look forward to all the updates 🤙
Thanks so much Dan :)
Lovely video, well done on finding your land. The UK has a demand for houses but it is so so hard for the individual to find land for their self build. You come across as being really together on this whole adventure, which is so so important. Good luck and thank you for sharing this with us.
Thanks so much Jay! We really can't believe we found it and it's actually ours after 2 years of searching! It really don't feel real. Thanks so much for watching 😊
Bloody brilliant guys - how inspiring! Cannot WAIT to see how you get on! If we're ever home while you're still renovating, we'll be sure to come and give you a hand!!
Thanks so much guys, we would LOVE that. Charlie and Josh are keen to come down too (I/Emilie used to work with Josh!) So maybe you could make a joint trip out of it. We are also 15 mins from our favourite surf beach, so we'll have to cook our sunrise breakfast on the beach that we do for all our visitors and we can have a cheeky surf/sunrise swim too! xxx
Brilliant! What a great project 😀
TH-cam royalty are here!
Thanks so much for watching guys 😊 If you are ever in Wales, please come for a visit! We'd love to have you
I need more episodes… eagerly waiting for the renovation to start 😍
Thanks Claire! Now weddings will start to slow down, renovations will soon be in full swing! Stay tuned 😁
Was great finding out more about you guys and your plans and story! Love how to diversified during the pandemic, being a Professional Photographer myself, I know how tough it was. Can't wait to see what you do with the land!!
Thanks so much! I hope work has picked up for you also post lockdown! It's was a tough 2 years for sure haha! Can't wait to share with you what we get to here next!
Have you thought about using some of the area as an outdoor wedding venue? Alot can be sculpted with your existing forest, build an outdoor bar from palets etc. Also, are you building a barn/warehouse on site so that you no longer have to rent from the council?
Thanks Anna, lovely idea, we wouldn't want to run weddings on our land and as we are at the end of a residential street and have lovely neighbours, we wouldn't want to annoy them with wedding music/partying etc we're happy just capturing weddings, rather than hosing them 😊 within our planning, we are aloud to have 3 garages on our land (one for each residential park home) so our goal will be to stop renting the warehouse and move our warehouse in our garages on the land xx
Found your channel this morning and think I have watched them all. I admire your drive and enthusiasm to push your plan ahead, it sounds like you have it all planned out.
If I may give a little advice to help you:-
If you have the time and its not too difficult to separate the aluminium from the wood. keep the Ali to one side and either take it to the scrap man or get him to pick it up, its worth good money.
If pulling more tree/bush stumps out as per the landy and the willow stump, then half the length of the strop it gives more pulling power and you start pulling sooner, hence makes it quicker.
That heat was very hot especially working outside, I was digging trenches for foundations on an extension. Had to keep taking water breaks.
Looking forward to the next video, keep up the good work.
Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to comment Paul! Great ideas! We've been piling up all the aluminium and any metal to take to the scrap! Hoping it will amount to a little bit of £££ to help pay for wood for our first cabin build!
Thanks for the tip on the Landy! Will let you know how we get on next time with that method 😊
Such a great change to see a genuine lovely couple, being totally HONEST explaining in detail how they afforded to fund the life they have chosen - so unlike the MANY fake people doing youtube channels , secretly funded by mummy and daddy. Good luck to you on your journey.
Thanks Micky, we always want to be honest and transparent on here. Especially to help show people that you don't need to come from 'money' to get what you want out of life 😊
Great thanks. Here's to us all manifesting our dream land and life empowered and free! 🙌
Yes! We are big believers in manifesting! It will happen 🥳
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Wow, A young couple with drive and ambition , Its great to see , Good luck in your venture, Then again I do not think luck is needed
Thanks so much for your support and for joining us on our renovation journey! Can't wait to share with you what we get up to over the next few months :)
I think that you’ve answered everything I was thinking but I wasn’t thinking about cheap tools…I was actually thinking what a good generator you have to keep everything going and charged….and I knew Maggie was a pointer…she is a gorgeous girl….I am really enjoying your videos..Thankyou for sharing ❤️❤️
Very interesting Q & A. Brilliant to find land with permissions like that. Good luck with it all.
Thank you so much for watching 😊
You guys are fantastic !!! in a world where people cant be bothered - Love it thankyou
Great to hear answers to some of the many questions that have run through my mind as I've watched your other videos.
Good for you for sticking with your dream of finding a plot of land to build your own tiny home and for having the determination to create businesses and work hard to get what you want out of life.
You're both an inspiration and I wish you every success.
One final question, as well as glamping are you planning to offer touring pitches or an overnight Aire facility so those of us with our own set of wheels can come an share in your slice of heaven and support your vision?
Hi Steve, thanks for watching! depending on what license we can get, we would love to have some tourer/van pitches for people to come and park up!
Hi guys. Sounds an amazing project. Word of warning on the chassis - take a look at The Restoration Couple channel. They had a nightmare with ordering a chassis, but found a good company in the end. First guy ripped them off, and he’s still trading somewhere with a different company name.
Thanks Craig, thanks for the tip! Funny you should say that as I actually posted in a facebook group asking if anyone could recommend a caravan chassis company and the restoration couple messaged us and pointed us in the right direction! We've ordered one last week with the same company they got their replacement ones from :)
Your tools are fine, from a joiner who has too many!
Tip, when using treated timber treat all the cuts or that's where the rot will start. I use an old basin and stand the wood in it for a minute.
Keep up the good work!
You had an absolute touch with finding that site! I laughed when you said you would build your first cabin in time for Christmas, everything takes 3 or 4 times longer than you think. Touring caravan life isn't fun 😂
hahhah! Wishful thinking! Little did we know 😂😂😂
Love your recycling rule, well done! Enjoying your journey so far
We live in central Portugal and have a Podengo, a Portuguese pointer a great dog, a very friendly/nosy girl, we got her free, the last of the litter of a stray. She has the same personality as yours and loves running, we walk 1 mile every day she runs 10, she is around 18 months old. We bought our place in 2016 and had to renovate that, with much less work and only 4000m2 (1 acre) of land, but full of olive, fruit trees and vines. I am much older and, like I said, have done a lot of clean up work you have done, but nowhere near as much. Looking forward to watching the rest. Having your own business is great started mine in 1985 and it's still going, like you I am not wealthy and never want to be. My mother was a Davies.
Just found you guys and currently binge watching your videos!!! We have had a caravan on Anglesey for nearly 30 years and it gives us such a sense of peace every time we visit. If only we were younger.....!
Can’t wait to see how you two progress with this dream project 😍😍 wish we lived closer to lend a hand and tools.
Oh thanks Hannah! Can you imagine, we could let our pups off to play in the fields together while we're working, they'd have the best time haha! xxx
Another wedding videographer here. Like so many others here I've watched all your videos in the past couple of days. Im not jealous much! What a great project. There is so much potential in that land. 100% behind your explanations of cheap tools, cutting up the clearly rotten caravans and not using skips. Ignore the haters. Enjoy your journey. I'll be following every step of the way.
Thanks so much Chris! Hope you've had a good wedding season, we've got 2 weddings left to shoot this year, then we are full time renovating until next wedding season, so exciting! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment :)
Well done. From Toronto Canada. At 73 yo I marvel at the young people today doing a project like this. Best of luck at your project to have a house by Xmas.
Thanks so much Mr Rain :)
Well done! I enjoy watching people problem solving and making do with available resources. Your dog is a sweetheart!
Lovely video, thank you for all the answers, glad I found your channel, really looking forward to seeing everything you do with the site, I’m very envious, good luck, all your hard work will pay off, you are a lovely couple.
Thanks so much for watching and for taking time to leave such a kind comment Stephen :) glad to have you join us on our renovation journey!
you guy's deserve all the good luck in the world, great team work, stay safe warm and good health, surrey.
Amazing content guys! I am loving watching your plans getting together, do no feel you have to justify yourself for anything you're doing, you are doing an amazing and impressive job.
Thanks Laura 😊 xx
So well done. It's a real slog sorting such things. Blimey!
Thanks so much Sophie! We've got a lot of work ahead but we're so excited!
What a lovely couple so motivated and driven to achieve their goal .. so many young people could learn so much form you both .fantastic
Yesss thank you for sharing! I have just been talking to someone about this and planning my land searching strategy! You guys are such an inspiration- I love that you’re real people actually doing it rather than people buying for holiday letting nonsense and not actually living there!
That being said imma be coming to stay at some point when you have it all set up! Whoop!
Thanks so much Sam! How is your search going? Let us know how you get on! Best advice, ask everyone and everywhere! As you never know who might be selling :) Oh amazing! We'd love to have you! xx
@@CampOutWest I am just sorting out some leaflets which I’m going to attach to fence posts when I see a nice little plot with nothing on it! I am a bit of a hippy dippy gal and had an astrology reading recently, which gave me some timescales on when I should start looking etc! 😂 gotta try everything 😂
Critics are people who "go places and booh things".... never mind the critics, you two are doing all you can with what you can afford, which is actually a great sample for all your viewers, especially the younger generation. People should always only spend within their means
Thanks Grandma 🙂
Great Q&A, really looking forward to seeing the land come on👍🏻
Thanks Paul! Excited to show you what Jon's been clearing on the land!
These two are just absolute goals. I adore your lives. ❤
I had a Pointer cross. She was a WONDERFUL dog. I've often thought it is the best of all breeds.
Honestly feel so lucky she is our's! The most special pups! xxx
looking forward to the next videos! thanks for the update.
Thanks so much Claire! Cannot wait for our chassis to arrive, so we can start our first tiny house build!
I grew up with English Pointer dogs here in the states. Such great dogs.
oh amazing! The most special breed 🥰 we feel so lucky to have our sweet Maggie
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it all kinda makes sense now i always thought the videography was amazing considering you were just tearing up a caravan park. the lighting always seemed to be spot on
Oh thanks so much for saying that :) we are really enjoying using the skills from our days jobs and transferring them over to youtube!
Fascinating story, wish you the best of luck. The tools you have are more than adequate. Brand names don't always mean better, it's often how they are used!
Thanks so much! Completely agree :)
Two driven individuals, top drawer! I take my HAT off to you 😀
Watching from Nashville, Tennessee in the USA. Cheering you on and wishing you continued success on your ambitious project. I know you’ll make it beautiful!
I watch a few channels were they have bought land like yourself, The amount of times u tubers get comments saying exactly what your comments said ?, you must have rich family, do u work.
Why do some people think just because someone bought land outright they must be from rich backgrounds. Not thinking these are people who have worked and SAVED hard, and probably did without certain things in life to actually be able to save.
I really wish you both all the luck and many Happy years on the land 😊
I came across your videos, very interesting. I live in the US and I didn't know how many different words the UK uses to describe same things here. Example: Caravan verses Mobile Home or Manufactured Home Park, I think you said skip verses dumpster. I live in a Manufactured Home Park, with the exception instead of renting each lot, which is mainly the norm, we bought the lot with the home on it. You are doing such a great job in your videos! thank you for posting all the progress.
Hi Katrina, thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to comment 😊 we've never heard of manufactured home parks before! It's so cool how different names are from place to place! So cool you live in yours too!
Excellent Q&A....great little channel.... already hooked!👍
Thanks so much Arthur!
The TH-cam algorithm pointed me to your 2nd renovation video. I just love watching people develop land like this. Good luck and hope you upload soon
So grateful the algorithm lead you to us Trev! Glad you enjoyed watching :)
Thank you for your openness, most TH-camrs are so cagey about how they survive and put it all down to revenue from TH-cam.
Thanks Jonny, we think it makes sense to be transparent so people can see you can do anything with a little hard work 😊 we are also too new/small to see any 'youtube revenue' haha to us that just seems like a folk tale right now haha!
People have said about selling the caravans, what I was going to suggest as I've done this myself, you can sell the aluminium from the caravans. It's a metal that if you take to a scrappers you'd get more money than you'd realise
Thanks Mike! Yes we've been keeping all the metal etc to be scrapped together! Excited to see how much it will come too
Hi you two, very interesting video, how lucky you have been buying the site with all those amenities. I think you are amazing and I see you becoming millionaires. Great to hear more videos on the way, can’t wait. xx Tony
Thanks Tony, we really couldn't believe our luck when we found out it had all the services in place! And to think we put off viewing it for a whole year before hand! Very lucky the seller got in touch with us a year letter and asking if we were still looking!
Nice video and great advice on what to look out for when looking at land!
Thanks James! Who knew facebook would be where we would find our dream land!
Just found your channel today, great to see ppl doing this in the UK, makes it feel more realistic for me.
Thanks so much Imelda :)
This may seem an odd thing to suggest, but if you know someone in the area who keep pigs or goats you could ask if you could borrow them. section off pieces of the land and let them clear the ground. They do all the hard work and have a good time doing it. Paige with remove any roots of weeds without damaging the land and provide their own fertiliser if you know what I mean.
Best of luck to you both and maybe add a go fund me page for your tools and a link for those fabulous hats!
Thanks for the tip Lisa. We actually contacting some people locally that have goats but is around £500 a week to rent them, so we opted not to haha. Oh thank you! You can shop our hats here 🙂 www.lovainestore.com
Love how the work is done, recycling, using what you find close by and free items, love how normal and open you both are, very good work, watching from Belgium 😉👍
Oh thanks so much for the kind words Lutgarde :)
Can’t wait for your next videos. Well done guys
Thanks so much Sue! 🙂
Honestly you're living my dream. I'm trying to convince the misses to move to wales. I hate where we live in surrey it feels far to crowded. Im a country boy hence my off roading channel and wales is where i want to be. Ive just started my own business 3 months ago and i hope to save enough from it to buy our own land. I hope to follow in your footsteps. Loving the project and i wish the very best to you both.
Wishing you all the luck with your business 🙂 hope everything falls into place for you
Hi Guys, we met you today at South Stack! Lovely to meet you! Best Chris, Angela and Oattie!
So lovely to meet you three today! So happy you found us on here and hope our paths cross again soon :) Here is the website we mentioned www.ppproperty.com/ which has the cheap properties in Portugal! Emilie, Jon & Maggie :)
I fell apon your page on tiktok. You guys are doing an amazing job, I have binge watched tour videos. Brilliant!!! Can't wait to watch your journey.
Fingers crossed some big company will sponsor you and get some sit on mower. Or something help you with renovations. Good luck guys
You are such a lovely couple I wish you well with your homestead and for the future. 💚
Just found your channel I find it really interesting as we bought some land in Cheshire that had not been touched for 20 years and have been getting it back to normal 2 years in now and the change is unbelievable but a lot of hard work for me and my wife but love every minute .we now have our own hens and growing our own food .Think the adventure motorcycle thing is great as I am into that myself good luck with the project
Seasonal glamping is the way to go. Good luck, sounds like a fun long term project with a lot of positive upside potential
Thanks so much Mike 😊
Think I've just found my new favourite channel. This is such a great project and a dream for many people. Good luck with it and can't wait to see how it all comes together.
Thanks so much for watching Carl! It's so cool to have you join us at the start of our renovation, so excited to share what we are up to next and the start of our first tiny house build!
Bless you two. Your determination and work efforts are very impressive.
You two are fantastic! Don’t listen to criticism! Pay attention to sensible suggestions but ignore anyone who is just ……well , ignorant! Carry on, very interested to see your progress!
Thanks so much Barbara :) xx
Goats are the easiest to clear brush 20 head would clear 3 acres in less than couple months. Also check out polycrete panels for the cabins, quick and strong very thermal efficient.
Goats are Jon's dream!
Well done guys!! Really pleased the land has gone to a couple with local roots (not that I'm from Wales or anything). Can't wait to see what you do with it. Thanks for your transparency and all the very best.
Hi guys 👋 thanks for sharing this video update 👋 where looking forward to seeing more video update
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Thanks so much Denis! Stay tuned! Excited to share with you what we get up to next!
So impressed with your candor, especially with question #14. ❤ Love, love, love Miss Maggie 😊🤩😍🥰 (You guys are nice, too!)
I think one of those 12 volt diesel heaters would be ideal in the shower block for the winter great videos. Can we please some longer more in depth ones please keep up the good work xx
Hi Mick, thanks for your comment, I've got a 2kw lavener diesel heater I bought last Christmas time ready for our touring caravan for the winter when it gets properly cold. I need to source a decent fuel tank for it so I'm not filling it up for every night as the one it came with is tiny. We might do some more indepth video's on certain subjects in the future when we have more time away from our day jobs.Thanks again. Jon
@@CampOutWest thanks for the coment return, you can get free standing ones plus the ones like mine where you install it yourself I use a 25ltr barrel it lasts weeks on low and comes with a remote use a 12 volt battery not a power supply yours Mick
A new favorite little channel. You are doing my dream!
I think you two are fantastic. You are both enterprising in how you earn money. True Entrepreneurs.
I am an old git but you are inspiring me to change my lifestyle.
Thank you and be lucky.
Thanks so much for the kind words :) we are so grateful for how supportive everyone has been on youtube!
Have you considered trying to hold weddings somewhere on the land? Save traveling for the photoshoots :)
Enjoying the videos I think you are doing well with the tools you have I used to clear waste land at the back of a gun range with a Strimmer saw hook then the club bought me a Strimmer on wheels marvellous piece of kit just right for the job good luck with what you are doing remember one thing you own the land you renovate how you like
An alternative to skip hire is grab hire, much cheaper and you only need to pile it roadside, especially for your green waste like trees and shrubs that take up so much space, just a thought, good luck 👍
Thanks for the suggestion Mark :)
Applaud your honesty and the hard work that you’ve taking on board!
Thanks so much Don!
Well you have certainly answered all my questions, thankyou very much.
I can sit back now and enjoy the series and looking forward to seeing what you first cabin is going to look like as you build it.
All the best Chris
You are both an inspiration!! Can i just say, I'm a bit shocked at the negative input you have received from some viewers, I hope it's a minority that are negative!! I just do not understand why some people feel they need to be negative !! And to the Wally who suggested burning the old caravans , obviously he hadn't thought it through, haha. Anyone with a pair of ears attached to their head, will know that you had just 500 pounds left after purchasing the land, certainly no spare money for diggers or skips.!! And what about the insulation in the panels? You cannot go burning that . Please try and ignore this minority. What you both are doing is exactly what I would have liked to have done 30 years ago, and to become as self sufficient as I could be. I cannot wait to see the tiny home complete.
Great to hear all the background and about your plans. Your small businesses look amazing. Of course the dog is super cute. I think you deserve a medal for taking on this renovation but you will reap huge rewards in the end. Look forward to following your adventures. ATVB.
Thanks so much! Isn't Maggie the cutest! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment to us :)
wow what an amazing couple you are, such a risk you took, but you both have the urge to move forward,so yet again welldone,
I love watching your videos. What an inspiration you are. You have much to be proud of.
Thank you for your question and answer session, I am from East Anglia, by the way😊 Could the site contain a pond might help with your drainage?
I’ve been watching you guys and noticed the tools, and yep buy cheap buy twice,
It's funny how many people have been unhappy by the tools we're using haha! But we have had an excited delivery at Camp Out West this week, recieving our first chain saws! Wooo!
I'm impressed.Good luck for the future.Watching in Cape Town.
Just found you Channel.
I love the work both of you are doing to recycle.
I love your hats as well.❤
Thanks so much Leigh 🙂🙂🙂
You guys are living my absolute dream! Slightly jealous as I live in the Swansea Area and you guys are so close!
Yes we're not far from Swansea at all, we dreamed of doing this somewhere over on the Gower as the surf is much more consistent, but the prices are pretty wild over there. We're really happy we found this little place and what we can hopefully achieve here in time. Thanks for supporting and commenting.
Wow.wot a fantastic story great couple . Hard work love & determination you can achieve anything in life . They certainly living there dream. 👌
Thank you taking time from your busy schedule to answer questions.
More than welcome! We can't wait to do more Q&As
please please try and do more updates, im so fascinated.
Our wedding photography seasons is coming to an end soon so we should have some more updates going out more regularly as we get more stuck into projects.Jon
@@CampOutWest thx
Great video. Thank you! I particularly love the fact you created side hustles to keep generating an income.
I've only just come across you guys. Binge watched your other videos, to see what you are all about. Absolutely loving your content and can't wait to follow your journey with you.
Seeing the wedding pictures during this video, it looks as though you were in my home town, on the North Kent coast 😀 x
Thanks so much for watching Maria and for your joining us on our renovation journey! Ah yes! We shot at an amazing venue in Whitstable called East Quay!
@@CampOutWest yes, Whitstable is my home town.
I recognised the lobster shack 😉 x
Thanks so much for all the info. I'm just amazed that you aren't from a construction background as you look so confident John when building. Well, to me you do though I'm sure real builders put their 2 cents worth in. Anyway, great work and now that I've watched every vlog .. i have to wait for the next one!! Such an exciting project!! Well done and keep having fun.
Thanks so much D 😊 I am equally as in awe of Jon as you! Thanks for your kind words and for watching! We are so grateful 😊😊
So excited for you both. So great to hear the update. The negative comments that you have gotten sadden me. Thankfully, most people are kind and supportive; I feel sorry for people who walk around and go about their lives finding fault and nitpicking at everything.
Thank you so much SJ! It's funny how most people have just assumed you can only do things if you come from rich or wealthy families, they forget you can do things from hard work haha! Most of the negative comments have come from Tiktok, the youtube community seems to be a lot kinder :)
just a thought from a retired scrap man you should cut them up and take it to your local scrap yard for extras cash alluminum is about 900 pound a tonne general scrap ie cookers washers and metal is about 160 a tonne good luck
Thanks David! We've been piling all the aluminium together, excited to see how much we will get for it :)