We're back! Latest property tour of our newly renovated home in Bulgaria
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Ignore the negative,it’s stunning,especially that kitchen,wow
@@petebartlett2229 thank you!
You have done really well. Love the styling in the house.
Thank you!
It's great to see you back! Don't let one negative comment get you down! The majority of us are here because we love seeing your journey and that beautiful home you've worked so hard on. It's absolutely stunning, and your life in Bulgaria looks amazing! Keep doing what you're doing - you're inspiring so many of us! 👏🏡💪
Thank you that is so kind of you to remind us of this!
This video was randomly recommended to me. If 'Don't judge a book by its cover' was a house, it'd be yours. The inside is gorgeous and it's obvious how much work was put into the home. I'm proud of y'all and wish y'all all the best moving forward!
Oh what a lovely comment to receive, thank you! You can find some real gems behind the derelict facades here!
It's all beautiful. Particularly the shower! And the roof outside.
Thank you very much!
Brought a tear to my eye. Amazing. Keep Smiling !
Oh that's lovely, thank you
Lee Emily give yourselves a big pat on the back ,the transformation is outstanding . I was beginning to think you had stopped videoing. Just ignore bad comments if you are happy with the way things are going then who cares what others think. All the best wishes👍👍👍
Thank you Paul, we are really pleased
Absolutely amazing transformation Lee has done magnificent
@@garysouth3433 thank you!
Hi to the lee family.been watching from the very 1st video you posted, I'm so impressed with all the hard work and sacrifice you have shown through the hard years. Hopefully early next year I will be looking to buy a house in bulgaria. Please keep the video's going as I look forward to seeing them. Best wishes to the lee family.
Thank you so much, do get in touch if and when you are ready to buy for any advice! From the lee family! 😉❤️
I'm so impressed about the work that has been done in a relative short time! I absolutely love the kitchen and adore the shower... 😍
Thank you lovely Inge! x
The cleaning... so relatable. The house is beautiful. Thanks for the video
Ha ha yes, it's never-ending! 🤣
You guys believe in Bulgaria more than many Bulgarians do, put us to shame. Your home is amazing, a work of true love and inspiration! Many thanks for sharing!
@@vdivanov oh my goodness me, what a generous gift, we were not expecting that. Thank you for your support, we absolutely love this country 💗
They are two very wonderful human beings ❤
@@OffGridWithTheUdens aww shucks. Right back at you 😘
Your house is an inspiration to us as we muddle through our build. Thank you for all your patience ❤
@@violetinferno3592 thank you and good luck!
Wow what a difference 👏 So much done in such a short time! It looks incredible 😍
Thank you guys!
Beautiful home❤. Try not to be concerned with any negative comment, please be proud of all the work done.
Thank you for sharing and taking the time to video and chat with all of us.
Thank you for appreciating us sharing! x
😮😮😮 house is looking gorgeous! The kitchen floor is stunning, you've both done so well. The negative Nellie's don't understand how much time and effort goes into making a ruin look as good as this!!!
@@lozzalew86 thank you darling, really appreciate it x
Missed you guys . Glad you made super progress. Looks amazing.
Thank you!
Looks amazing! Well done Lee, what a difference from the last property (must have missed what happened to that) and cannot believe how grown up Hudson is! You must be so happy to be living in a proper home instead of a building site Emily, really is beautiful! ❤
@@goalieflyingkaitunc9124 thank you! Yes sold last house to fund this project, delighted to be here!
love everything in the video, love the floor in the kitchen, wished we had done this to ours and also the wall in the shower. Superb. Amazing it really is. When we work on ours for 2 weeks in the hot sunshine in summer, we know how hard and difficult it is. Wish we were there fulltime, rural Bulgaria is beautiful. Take care
Thank you for your kind comment and appreciation of the work!
The house and all the rooms are looking class. The bathroom is like a hotel standard! Well done Emily and Lee!
@@jmck6320 thank you! That's exactly what we wanted it to feel like a bit of luxury
Just watched your video, what a fabulous job you've done. Love the shower. We've lived here for 7 years now, and it's great to see young people enjoying this life. All the very best xx
Thank you so much, the shower is special isn't it?! We are five years in but still feel new, and loving it more and more! xx
Kitchen is so beautiful
Thank you, it's a dream to cook in!
Wow ! What a great job !
Thank you!
It’s bloody beautiful, well
Worth the wait for the up date. You should be very proud Lee lovely job 👍🏽
Thank you so much!
That's some transformation. Great to see you back on guys.
@@rosmertagardens7147 thank you!
Hudson looks so much like Lee. The house is looking lovely, you've worked very hard. The bathroom & kitchen are stunning. It's about time you had a lovely home to enjoy and grow.
We hate talking money, but also understand why people want to know.
Thank you so much for appreciating how far we've come! We started keeping a log of how much we spent as we know we will be asked, but lost track..we will sit down and try and give a better idea in a future video as I know so many people are keen to understand costs of such projects.
That bedroom view! What a gorgeous bedroom Hudson has ❤️ The drama of the kitchen. Floor is to die for. The bathroom. Loving the colours you’re going for. You guys are amazing, you’ve done it!
@@annabelsmart5305 thank you so much Annabel, we're really chuffed!
You've done a great job on the house, I love it!
Thank you so very much!
I’m sorry people have to be so mean, please don’t let the negativity harm how far you’ve come. Well done
Thank you, we don't let it get to us too much now
Great to see you guys and looking well. Missed watching your videos. Well done on the build and still following your dream.
@@RainbowTubb thank you!
What a beautiful home you've made from this shack of a house! I really admire you for your bravery to take on such a difficult project! Im happy you chose Bulgaria 🇧🇬 and want to welcome you here!
Thank you so much, we are so glad to be restoring and bringing this place to back to life, we love your country!
Glad you are feeling more settled. What an amazing job on the renovations! Ignore rude people - they are just miserable in their own lives. Hard work clearly pays off
@@Storm20172 thank you so much
I am impressed to the point of envy!
You have much to be proud of as you carve a rich and meaningful life out of a block of Bulgarian opportunity. A life on your own terms, in your own way is the best we can hope for on this earth.
Yes, I am envious. 🙂
@@MattelAquarius thank you very much!
I love love love your kitchen and bathroom so stylish ….
And the space .. oh my word I’m so happy for you
Glad you’re all well and thriving
@@thelifeobservant9688 thank you so much, do write, sorry haven't been in touch xxx
You both have done amazing ,well done glad your back, seen Lee with our van life friends who bought from him , you have come so far ,love seeing you frive ❤love Kevin Michelle
Thank you ! Yes many van lifers here and interested in Bulgaria now!
Looks fantastic! Great work all of you.😀
Thank you so much, hope you are both well, miss you guys!
What a transformation! You two really have the ability to see what can be done and to actually do it. Very tastefully too. 😊
Thank you! Glad you like it
The kitchen is a dream!! I love the floor. Well done in such a short time.
Thank you so much!
You're doing a great job with the place, and you have every reason to take pride in it.
I think Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria and one day when you take a holiday it would be nice if you made a video tour.
I look forward to seeing more progress.
Cheerio!
Thank you for your kind comment. We rarely travel to Sofia unless heading to the airport, are closer to the city of Veliko Tarnovo, maybe one day we will do more travel type videos!
I love your choice of colour in the kitchen and bathroom, it looks stunning.👌
Thank you very much, we love the colours!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 great news- I was so near writing again
Not even seen the video yet but happy to hear from you
You should feel proud, you've done really well. Love the tank, something I have always wanted to do when I can afford it. Can't believe how much Hudson has grown since I last seen him.❤️
Thank you
Absolutely brilliant! Looks stunning 😍 well done guys
@@samelsdon620 thank you!
Woow, you've done so much work. I feel like I've missed 1-2 years of renovation works. It looks really lovely, great job! Браво! What I really like is how you see potential of old houses, something that Bulgarians have forgotten, everyone nowadays looks for a modern building to buy and live into. You just bring them back to life with so much love
Thank you for your kind comment, we love the old houses!
The bathroom is amazing and the kitchen looks stunning.Where did you order the units for the kitchen can’t believe they cost 4000лв😊
Thanks Mariya, we got the kitchen from www.videonov.bg, you can order the parts online, very good!!
An enormous amount of work completed in a pretty short time. Or maybe I'm comparing to how long it would have taken me. 😆 It looks great! Like Emily, I had a hard time envisioning the kitchen and bath area when it was raw space. Lee sure has a good eye!
@@FlyingGeraldine Thank you for appreciating it 🤗
Sooooo good to see you back ❤ try and ignore the negative ninny's xx
@@angelay1925 thank you!
Great to see you back , glad youre all happy in your new home , looks amazing
Cheers buddy, come visit for a cuppa when you are next here please keep in touch!
@ourderelictdream I'll take you up on that ,all the best to you all
@ourderelictdream Just like to add , I think you made a great choice moving to Bulgaria , I don't want to be negative but the UKs not all that now , think you got out at a good time , just my opinion , forget all the silly opinionated keyboard warrior s , in the big scheme of things life's better over there if you can make a living ,and obviously you can, all the best
@@eddiebirch2067 yes we hearing this a lot. Even some of our family are considering the move!
Well done! You have done huge amount of work - I have remember what was at begining, and I see what is now . Excellent work. May be I"ll copy some of yоur ideas...
Ha ha feel free to copy, so glad you like it!
Looks amazing, well done guys
Thank you!
Just found your channel, well done in everything so far! Waves from VT ❤
Thanks for finding us and saying hi! Hudson waves back!
nice job with the house, dont care about negative comments ,they dont have a life,just do your stuff :)
ha ha thank you!
Υπεροχο σπιτι, συγχαρητηρια❤
Thank you!
I unsubbed as I thought you guys had quit YT! So lovely to see you back :) Please keep the videos coming again, and show us some more houses for sale in your area. I saw Lee on another channel selling a house as big as Arundel! Resubbed, and I cannot believe Hudson has grown up so much in 5 months! Happy days!
Aww thank you for subbing again, we really appreciate it! We shall try to be more regular this time! Yes he is growing so much, a little boy now, no longer a toddler
Wow your house is gorgeous, well done to you both. Can't believe how big Hudson is too, he's s lovely boy. Yeah saw Lee on telly, he is famous now. Ignore all the hates, can't wait to have your vlogs back, love you guys from Zoe xx
@@Zoe-Rox aww thank you for the lovely comment Zoe x
Great to see your progress, wow, what a transformation. It looks amazing already, loads of hard work no doubt. I wouldn't be so sensitive with the negative comments, the people writing them are sitting on their backside watching TH-cam, you are out there doing it. Greetings from Cape Town.👍❤️
ha ha! Thank you so much for the comment
Wonderful
Thank you
Cracking job, ignore all the keyboard critics, i'm slowly renovating my poorly bulit house and know how much work goes into a project and how difficult it can be to stay motivated and see a job through to the end especially when you are a bit of a perfectionist which i suspect Lee is and no finished job is ever quite good enough. Just scroll past all the a holes and concentrate on the positive comments.
Thank you for understanding the hard work and good luck with yours!
Just a tiny piece of advice from me - if you intend to plant veggies, select the plot and pay some local to plough it with a tractor in November. May sound stupid but from what I can see in the video, the land hasn't been ploughed in years. You'll struggle to do your veggie patch plus your crops may not attach well. Plough it , put some ammonium nitrate (or animal dung) and prep for spring ( nan used to grow the seeds over the winter on the windowsill, then in spring prep a greenhouse with a bed of animal dung and let them grow even bigger and stronger before transferring them to the ground). She used to to put a lot of animal dung in the soil prior to putting them down. Don't get my word for it tho, I used just to help her when I was a kid ;)
This is so lovely of you to share this local advice. We don't feel ready yet for growing, we may start some small raised beds next year for now until we work out what we want from the garden. It is very sloped so we have to manage that! Thank you 😍
@@ourderelictdream I noticed it's sloped. A good digger driver can amend that in a few hours. But as you still have work to do inside ( sealing and filling door frames, loft insulation etc) I guess you're not there yet. Still tho, if you like spring salads and onions ( not much work involved, unlike tomatoes and peppers) you can prep a small patch with a shovel. I used to do for my nan about half an acre ( some bits with local friends, eg the potatoes patch) . Child labor wasn't a thing in the past xD. She passed away in 2011 but last time she prep a garden was like 2008( she was too unwell since, working with the land all her life).
Bulgarian childhood was very simple and hardworking xD we used to joke that village life is five working plus two sweating days xD
Life used to be cheap and relaxing. Then we joined the EU and things went mad. Nowadays people have better life standards on paper but it's just on paper.when I was growing up , a beer was 40 stotinki in a bottle of 0.5l, a bread was 50 stotinki. We didn't have much and yet they were far happier times without much stress :)
@@svetoslavtodorov2427 yes we've had a digger in already for ground works, we'll get to looking into the outside next year, this is a long project for us. We do plan to grow but for now I really enjoy supporting all the locals and buying from the village markets our produce. What wonderful memories you must have of your time with your Baba, thank you for sharing
Wonderful progress - congrats - the house is beautiful! 😍 Have you thought about solar + power banks to cover power cuts? Some rooftop panels and a power bank (I have the EcoFlow Delta Pro which you can add extra batteries to and will run most household stuff) would keep the house basics going for days - benefit of no noise either. Initial set up quite expensive but having that backup in BG winters is great!😅
Yes absolutely, it is definitely something we want to invest in, just not quite there yet financially for this winter, but part of our long-term plans for the property for sure! Thank you so much for watching and commenting
Amazing video again 👏 amazing house ❤
As you know, could not have done it without you...😘😘
Lee has done a fantastic job
@@ramfrancisuk yes he has, thank you 👍
COMMENTING EVEN BEFORE WATCHING
I've missed your videos
I was wondering were you guys were & how you doing - LOOK at all these comments, people are vested in your lives & videos
Love from Sofia
Oh bless you Mike, your comments always make me smile 😀
We're so glad you're back! You've both done an outstanding job in such a short time! We should be over in the next 6-8 weeks permanently - a long time coming, but hey! Did you manage to sort a discount code with Ilina in Pleven for the windows? I need to order those asap lol! More questions - where were your sofa and kitchen from - both look fabulous (you were a bit ahead on us, we don't even have the toilet, but need EVERYTHING doing!) Be proud of yourselves - Hudson is a credit to you both and the house looks fabulous x
@@NikkiJHaig thank you so much! We don't have any kind of discount/arrangement with the window company I'm afraid. Sofa and kitchen from videonov.bg, cheap and cheerful! Enjoy the journey with your project, thanks so much for your lovely words 😘
You’re doing amazing guy’s. Don’t worry about the hater’s they must have a boring life. Tell Lee I’m sure we will bump into him again soon in pratica lol or at ours in karaisen , Take care all😊
Thank you guys, I'm sure he will bump into you for sure, he lives Praktiker 🤣🤣🤣
Amazing ❤
Thank you!
❤❤❤❤❤ love the shower. ❤❤❤❤
It's a dream!
oh my life its absolutely gorgeous xx
thank you! 😍
Well done it’s going to be beautiful ❤
@@Cathy-ty3fp thank you!
Lovely to see you all again! The house is amazing. Lots of hard work from both of you!! Don't do an Adam and make sure the last 10% gets done! 😂😂
@@ourlittlebulgarianadventure oh thank you lovely people. Please let us know when you're next in the area so we can see you xx
@@ourderelictdream Definitely, we'll arrange something once my Mum has gone back to the UK. 😃
Ignore the negative comments (I know it's easier said than done) as long as you are happy that is all that matters. I think the negative Nancy's probably don't understand Bulgarian village life and how different things are to the UK but hey if you wanted to live a UK life you would have stayed right? That is what I keep telling myself anyway every time we come over to our house as we are doing it bit by bit on holidays for now until we move over (early retirement) in 3 years time 👍. We might call on your expertise and experience in renovating over there when we start to do more than the basics 😬🤞👍. It all looks amazing, well done on the results 🥂
@@traceycampbell580 thank you Tracey, the problem is more the Brits abroad than at home 🤣🤣 please do reach out for any questions, always happy to advise where we can x
Wow!!! You've done an absolutely fantastic job with the house! Thank you for the tour, this video was well worth the wait. :) Side question just out of curiosity - how's Hudson doing with the nursery being in Bulgarian?
Thank you so much for lovely comment and glad you like it! We are lucky to have found a small private nursery with a Bulgarian and English speaking teacher so they can communicate well and hopefully he will pick it up over time.
I've just found your channel, 😊your home is stunning ❤️ ❤️ I have subscribed so I'll binge your posts 😅 and as for people making nasty comments ignore them, there will always be sad pathetic nasty people but there is a lot more nicer people who watch you ❤❤❤
@@barbaraannwalsh6974 thank you Barbara for subscribing!
Thank you. I hope to come over in February 2025 to buy some property I will be in touch nearer the time, my budget will be £20.000.
@@ivanlee1428 great news Ivan, look forward to hearing from you. Hope you are open to a project 😜
@@ourderelictdream yes open to house project as I'm a simi skilled builder and roofer .looking to retire in bulgaria.
Bloody awesome!.. Channel name change to "Living The Dream"?
Lee's fish business should defo make a channel, even if it only has a couple of vids of coral it means theres a presence if someone googles the name.
@@InquisitiveBaldMan loving the name suggestion, ha ha. To be fair the rest of the house is still a ruin so for now we can be true to our roots. I think Lee would definitely like to share his plans on the corals, he is so passionate about it
Looks amazing think the last one i watched was the windows being fitted but looks like it worked out really well and pretty fast. I can see the roof that has been retiled and straight aswell! Can't see any guttering though (only joking :P )
@@IThelpTeam ha ha nice one 😜
@@ourderelictdream hope u get your fish up and running soon son u living the dream now malta didnt want u like life gibs u lemons u made it work and worked hard now u reap the rewards all the best
Love it. Colin and Justin couldn't have done better. Where's GOZO where you married?
Thank you so much! Gozo is a small island off of Malta
May I ask how much you spent all in all for this, it’s absolute amazing and I would love to do something like this
Thanks for commenting, we mentioned in the video we just don't know where we're at with a total cost I'm afraid but will be sharing future videos on prices of things!
@@ourderelictdream ok thank you for your time to repoed
I like the grey, yours looks quite blueish is that the case? Where dis you get the paint and what shade is it?
@@specialistcarmarketing we did a colour match of our worktop in praktiker. It was called 'Guiness' 🤣
@@specialistcarmarketing to add..the green kitchen makes it look bluey, it's definitely grey 🩶
Please accept a very positive comment from me.
I'm always interested in seeing what you're up to.
@@NeilBarratt thank you very much!