15:20 I'm actually kinda happy to hear you speaking about your girlfriend a bunch in this video. I know you had a tough time well, just around when you bought your home, or maybe before, but anyway, I'm really glad to see you seem happy Freddy. Like.. you seem happy man, that's wonderful.
This video has convinced me that if I ever come into a lot of money, I'm buying a small, very nice house in a normal climate rather than a mcmansion in Florida.
Also... keep about five or six feet between outside a/c units. If you have them drowning in each others heat, they just don't do well. The absolute worst setup I have seen in my life was a place with four units - all a foot apart and maybe a foot from the wall, and on a roofed side porch [which served as a heat trap unless wind came from the right direction...which was generally in winter]. You could not full charge all units or they would trip offline on high head pressure. Undercharged, head pressures ran about 25psi over normal [for the refrigerant used]. Evaporator temp [derived from suction pressure] ran near 34/35 degrees to cope with the horrible arrangement. And undercharged is under capacity - collectively, the place was missing 2tons of cooling as evaporation was finished about 60% into evaporator coils. You can tell by where the condensation stops. All outside units were replaced [each with an extra 1/2 ton capacity] and a vent fan installed to clear out waste heat. But if buying anything these days... the realtor tour is a warm up act. Find out if a)property is in a 100 year flood plain [fema maps are handy] and b)better get ahold of architectural drawings with all details - home inspection services are cursory. Outside wall stud thickess matters in hurricane country and also... insulation details. After buying, I discovered that behind my brick cladding was styrofoam with taped joints and... no wrap/no shear wall of any type [plywood or osb]. To correct this, I am going to have to remove brick, fill framing with rockwool [it stands up instead of collapsing like fiberglass], sheath with plywood & wrap, insulate again [using XPS foam and jointed using foam adhesive - 1" is about all I have room for as framed], then I get to reinstall brick. If I could build my own home today... I would frame outside walls with minimum 2x6, and setback would allow for 2" XPS foam plus drainage mat to go behind brick. Bonus: NEVER install vinyl wall paper on an exterior wall, wherever you live.
I work as a mechanical engineer in the MEP industry. I would say that you should hold off the replacing your AC. Do a proper sizing. Your insulation and glass mighve deteriorated over time and now would need more cooling load to cool your house. I would also suggest that you switch to a VRF/ VRF heat recovery system. Since you have a big house and you don't use all of it, it will be easy tocreate zones and save some money in the running costs. VRF systems are mostly ductless so you don't need to bring any ducts in from outside(unless you need fresh outside air for air quality requirements). I worked in NYC and a lot of the buildings are switching to VRF/ VRV as they are efficient, fully electric and easy to install. Taking care of insulation is expensive due to the initial cost but is worth it in the long run. You might also need a dehumidifier integrated to your ac system to take care of molds and drippings. (Edit: normally vrf means vrf heat pump which can either do cooling or heating at time and not both at the same time . A vrf heat recovery system can do both heating and cooling at the same time)
I was going to say that the company that replaced the middle outside unit should have sized the system. If they didn't and installed a system to small then it sounds like they scammed you.
@@jasonfabrick9308 First clue to what is wrong with his AC; the house was built and had HVAC installed that was "relevant" to the building codes of that time, so it isn't going to meet today's codes at all. Changing just part of the twenty or so tons- 240,000 btu of cooling equipment- won't much effect the rest. Salmon, you are on the right track but the price to do this means changing virtually the entire system, may involve serious duct changes and structural problems- try 30 k is not an unreasonable sum for such a task for a house this size. I'd say junk the entire system he has and much of it's duct work and go with the mini splits; there are five tone versions that will run four or five different inside evaporators, as well as in ceiling ton evap units to recuse the architectural effects, and there are many that are heat pumps to boot. And, at a guess, this might need a budget more like under $20 K. But that is a guess and I don't work in Florida, so lots of salt on that.. The windows and closures are definitely suspect in a house that old, but may need to be handled as more of the house is remodeled/ renovated.
Bro I can even tell you how many people buy way to heavy of a AC unit for there tiny house just because they don’t wanna check there insulation. Example I wanted my garage to be warmer and cooler so instead of a mini split I cut off the drywall checked the installation and it had “fallen out” and wasn’t insulating anymore, added the proper thickness and R rating insulation and the temp dropped 10 degrees in the summer and about 15-20 degrees warmer in the winter
He should change to a heat pump from daikin. That way he can use it for cold. And also heat up the water for showers. So with 1 amazing system you can solve all the problems. I use that in a hospital. Also you can aplly solar panels, your cost with eletricity will go down a lot
such a cool property! He has a lot of content ideas and I think he should just do them. I feel like he stresses over what he thinks we want to watch. I think he should just create what HE feels like.
With the McLaren build...i hope TH-cam is cutting him BIG checks. Because the home alone is a expensive fever dream....this is the expense of buying a Florida home in basically a remote area. And not even including the possible build violations the last owner probably jerry rigged.
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu Didn't Ed buy his house years before Freddie & Tyler, considering he's the oldest one out of the 3?Initial pricewise I believe Hoovie got the best amount of land per $ but overall off of land, location and house Ed is probably the most well rounded
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu Freddy's house is over 5 acres and cost around that much. The thing is prices haven't changed much, it's just that houses have gotten way bigger. A normal house now is 3k square foot, whereas in the 80s a normal house was 1k square foot. In China it's 400 square foot.
Drought conditions? Run a hose line out into the lake and pump water for watering the grass. Should be much cheaper than using potable water from municipal supply.
THAT IS A VERY BAD IDEA ........ LOL do u know what diseases the water may have that could infest his lawn ??? he would need legal permission an wud probs have to pay legal fees overtime to be legally alloed to pump water to his lawns
I agree with pumping out of the lake but two things first: This is central Florida and the water in that lake could be brackish, salty, enough to kill the lawn. It just needs to be tested. Secondly, this is central Florida where Home Owners Associations make up all kinds of ridiculous rules about what you can and can't do with your own property and the community property - the lake. He doesn't say, he's in a HOA but upscale "communities" in Florida are famous for restrictive HOAs.
I agree don't cut down any trees, try to keep as many as you can as they provide shade and cooling for your home... Trim them underneath and cut the branches out inside so air travels thru... With Your Spa or Hot Tub, first find out if its connected to Your pool as some are... There is pool mode which diverts all water from the Hot Tub back into the pool.. The water you are filling it with may well be draining back into your pool... Most of the time leaks are cause by a circulating pump... It can also be o-ring seals at the drain plug , a leak around the unions and fittings.. the diverters or check valves... Pour some dyed water or water with food coloring into the Hot Tub and have someone below watch for leaks...
@@almondnine Tree roots will take the path of the least resistance, often growing along the side of the foundation... They can't penetrate the concrete directly... The trees main root system got under the concrete wall and tipped it over because the tree was planted right beside it, but it didn't crack it because there was no weight on it... Freddie's said His house has a basement... Tree Roots would have to dig down and get underneath the basement wall 8 to 10 feet... The only reason they would do this is if there was a leak or a water source underneath the foundation... A foundation breaks or cracks when the roots loosen the soil up and make it shift. This shifting can create huge air pockets where the foundation is basically resting on nothing.... It is the weight of the house which cracks the foundation... Concrete has great compression strength at 2500 to 5000 psi but has a much lower tensile strength at around 300-700 psi... If large tree roots grew underneath the foundation the concrete could crack because it's being placed under tension from the weight of the house, not compression.... It is the same principle if you put a stepping stone down you drive a car over it as long as it is on something flat, hard and level it won't break, but if you place a stick underneath it of a similar thickness the stone will break right in half...
Freddie, don't take down the tree if you are just going to build a huge access ramp/slope - take down the wall. It will be cheaper and you retain the shade of the tree too. The tree roots will also stabilise the access ramp/slope.
Docks can be floating, you know (and are *very* common where I live, in part because our lakes can freeze). No need to worry about supports. Just get it anchored properly.
@@Dukes3677 I'm nearly 50 and a FL native, I've seen a lot of floating docks survive hurricane season. The only fail I saw was one that used Styrofoam because it got waterlogged.
Welcome to the wonderful world of home ownership. I just spent a ridiculous amount of time dethatching, re-seeding, and laying down new ground soil for my lawn in April/May only to have it all die in this Tennessee heat wave. We need rain so bad!
Maintaining a lawn is the most time-consuming thing in the garden. The lawn constantly requires work, watering, fertilizing, mowing, scarifying, aerating... In addition, grass is the least ecological option in the garden. I suggest making a beautiful flower bed with shrubs, you will have less work, more fresh air, lower temperatures, a nicer view and pollinators will be happy. Hire a landscape architect, let him design a beautiful garden with less grass, pay more, but then maintenance will be easier and cheaper.
what about weeds, more weeds than anywhere in Florida those guys that mow lawns in Florida hate weeding, so it's hugely expensive to maintain flower beds. GRASS is best in Florida, mow it weekly or more
@@ed_cetera Before planting, we put agrotextile, preferably one that decomposes biologically after a few years. Then we cover it with a layer of bark. No weeds grow through this layer. Of course, the bushes need to be trimmed or fertilized twice a year, but it is much less work than a lawn. I say this from experience, I have a very nice lawn, but that's because I work on it at least twice a week... such fun is not for everyone. I'm starting to limit mine by planting more and more large plants.
@@Babun448 I had a lawn business in Jacksonville for 15 years. The biggest gimmick in the landscape industry is weed mat. I don't care what you lay down , anything that ends up on top of it decomposes and turns to soil. Weeds then grow on top. Weeds grow in cracks on concrete. Grass is the cheapest landscape to take care of in Fl. Water , sun weed&feed when it's a temp below 85 degrees and decent soil and really important, change your mowing pattern EVERY time you cut so you do not develop ruts where the mower runs.
Nothing wrong with that house, most likely. Probably has drainage that would not be permitted today. Might looks for better pricing on the duct replacement. Or if he wrenches everyday, why can't he wrench on his own place or at least GC the job?
The breaker rule is. If it tripped once you are safe to turn it on again in a few minutes. If it trips again right away or something catches on fire then call an electrician.
If it doesn't have a hard start on it, throw in a supco spp6. They're like $12, sometimes the old compressors have a really hard starts and the draw is tripping that breaker. A cheap hard start capacitor sometimes can salvage old AC's for a year or more. Also checking the capacitor, contactor and compressor with a multi-meter is a good thing to do before calling your local HVAC guy who will either charge you an arm and a leg or try to convince you to replace it.
All those HVAc guys especially when they see those houses, first thing they're going to do is try to sell you a new unit especially because of the new EPA rules and such. I bet I could get that thing running no problem
You need to watch Matt Risingers The Build show so you can learn what is needed to make your house legitimately energy efficient. I’m not talking windows and high see HVAC. I’m talking properly air sealing and insulating your entire building envelope. We built a house in the hot humid south and I barely have to run my AC due to using the latest building science principles. It’s 97 today and 95 humidity. You need to do a total home energy retrofit. I’ve done that before too.
I watch Matt's show and for the most part, and at least for the past couple of years, it's a giant commercial. Seems like every episode is sponsored by whatever he's installing. He seems pretty on top of things but I have no faith that he'd give an unbiased opinion.
@@Ed-ui2qe Just like anything do your due diligence. Im speaking specifically about the building science though. Not just what products to use. Get an energy audit. Air seal and insulate to the best of your ability. Use exterior insulation and radiant barriers if possible. Get a competent HVAC person that will work with your engineer to prowl;y size a system for a properly air sealed and insulated house. Not easy to find. I worked with an engineer to do a total home energy retrofit on my last house and then we did one from the ground up on my current home. It was the smartest decision of my life solely based on comfort. It is of course great to have energy bills that are less than that of homes that are 1/3 the sq ft of my home in surrounding areas.
The part they leave out of all those videos is the cost. Nobody does it because spending you end up spending $50,000 or way more on all that and save $100 a month on your power bill. Same with windows... you really don't end up saving any more unless they are really old and bad.
I bought an 880 square foot house last year in Wichita, KS and my A/C died a few months later (of course) and they wanted (4 different companies) $6000 - $7000 to replace it. I opted to buy 3 window units at Lowes's for $780 total and installed them myself and they work just fine. Electric bill was the same for June compared to last year's.
I live in Florida If you were to ignore the grass and plant fruit trees with no maintenance, in 1 year in Florida your yard would be 2 foot or more deep grass and Mimosa trees with blighted and not fruit bearing fruit trees.
It's Florida. If you don't maintain the yard, this is what it looks like. At one point, I'm sure this was a beautiful property, and now it's all Freddie's playground of disarray.
So u would he hated in the neighborhood by everyone and always wonder why. It brings insane amounts of wild animals onto the property and surrounding, it smells like absolute garbage when u let them drop and not pick them up, and I’m sorry but if u look at the people who do those “natural lawns” there whole house is a mess and falling apart with tells me everything I need to kno 🤣
The BBQ / Grill can be rehabbed rather than be replaced... Find a good patio shop that specializes in LP/Gas grills - they likely can get parts and bring things up to like new...
BBQs are cheap as- don't know where he got $5k from. I live in Australia and a nice built in one is like $2k max and that's Aussie dollars, so probs $1k USD
@@EinfachFredhaftGamingnatures aggressive in florida. Its part of the trade off for the climate and easy access to open seas. Astro turf is a good option in many cases, and its pretty good looking. You see it a lot in California Arizona, most are smaller yard areas, but its just not economically viable for acres. Making a boundry with say the pool and future garage area then with plants, decorative construction, and retaining walls etc to limit viewing would be a great application.
You need to install an irrigation system to take care of your lawn when it does not rain. After so many years of doing my own lawn, I finally got a automatic irrigation system and the grass looks great even when I growing new grass. Let me also add that you are using the cheapest hoses for outside water stuff. The green hoses such and leak like crazy whereas the flex-yellow is the best out there plus there are the black flex and weather proof hoses.
The tower is for a televison antenna. Back in the day, this antenna was used to receive over-the-air televison signals. Growing up in a rural area, our antenna had a rotor so we could point it toward the source of the TV signal.
I had to take one out of my back yard. We cut two poles with a sawsall and pulled on the third remaining pole and it slowly bent down. It doesn't weight much at all 8)
As an hvac tech, that ac that you think is “too small” is most likely not, it looks like a 3 ton, and those older houses with large additions and renovations are super difficult to work with, the ventilation and the way the duct is ran, sizes, static duct pressure and layout, and duct sealant has a huge effect on the efficiency of the heat it pulls from the house. It will be an expensive ride along I can sense, good luck!
I'm just stunned how he has a US style 'thin plywood, then dark thin slats' roof but he's wondering why it's warm in there. 😆 Trying to put AC into an overglorified wooden shack like this is like putting a bigger bilge pump into a boat that has a dozen holes beneath the waterline.
@@Enemy172 old underground duct was normally always square, still is common but it needs 3 inch cement surrounding with insulation sandwitched, or special (i believe double walled) round duct that is galvanized, has flanges and gaskets like commercial. All of this duct needs to be pitched toward one of sometimes many drain locations for condensation drainage. If not done properly, rust and deterioration most likely will form allowing air leaks and critters
@@unconventionalideas5683 Uh, no, just no. A US code-complaint double plywood wall has a Rc rating of around 1, 1.5 if you're lucky. For reference, the minimum value of any surface here is 3.5, more than twice as good. A wall must have a value of 4.5, more than three times as good. So his wall lets in heat about 3x quicker than a code-compliant wall here. His roof lets in heat about 6x quicker than a code-complaint roof. Meaning if the house was done proper, he could remove 3 of his ACs and still have better cooling than he has now.
I love this stuff! You should definitely be doing a full renovation and build series! I mean more videos means more money for improvements. It’s a no brainer.
Ya know. My first reaction was 'rich people problems" Then I was able to relate as a homeowner myself (just not that nice of a house). Then I realized I was just being jealous. You worked HARD for what you have, you deserve it. So I pray you find a compitent company to fix your stuff. That's the biggest hurdle I have found. Most of them are incompitent and ripoffs.
You probably bought a house to your needs. This is clearly oversized for 1 guy. Even for a couple with a pair of kids. This seems like he's flexing, and I've been following him for years, but this is first world problems. The housing crisis is real in America and in Europe there is middle class people living in very hard conditions, seeing this video is a bit revolting. But.. we are all here for the entertainment.
Loved the “guitars” 🎸 I’m a lucky caretaker of a ‘Gibson 62 ES 335. Best part is I traded a set of skateboard wheels for it. With a 150 watt amp. Now all the neighbors enjoy good music Loved the update too lots of work to do yet. Best wishes on all the troubled areas. 🙏❤️😎😎🎸
Outdoor kitchen. Built ins are expensive. Modern smokers & grills are portable & IMO perform great. I’d Avoid built in. Built in Fridge, skip it & go full-size. Function vs pretty. It can be done tastefully
Tavarish, Outdoor kitchens are simple... and way expensive if you let a company do it for you. Watch some youtube videos and go to town. You can even make videos on the work. You already have the plumbing for the sink which is usually the pricey stuff.
I'm a GC in South Florida. If you think it's going to cost $500k, budget $750k. Things will come up during construction in a house that's 60 years old. Especially a florida house that takes a beating from our weather and salt from the ocean.
Mate - I've been in my house since 1996. It's over 400 years old. Parts of it are livable, other bits are a bit dubious. Exactly like my cars. And my cooking. Love what you do - adore how you think, and possibly how you feel. Thanks for sharing - your make a massive number of folks feel happy. ❤
People complaining he's not building the P1, we're just lucky we get to experience this beautiful person, he doesn't owe us anything! You've got it right.
Heck yeah after all this time we finally got our guitar tour you made one really happy fan today man and especially finding out that you're a periphery fan that makes it all that much better I feel like we could actually be friends
The more I watch videos like this with you Freddy, the more I warm to you and enjoy you being honest, open and telling us about what you enjoy as you clearly enjoy things like this, which is the same as myself. I end up buying more cars, more projects both home, garden, electronics, cars, etc, and I love every minute of it all, despite them all falling apart or never getting finished! Keep doing it and keep making the content we enjoy.
The one thing that shocked me was the AC units running hard, up here in MN AC barely ever runs. My parents unit is 35 years old, runs fine. Stay strong on the house project, fun to watch.
Florida, much like where I live in Louisiana, it’ll be super uncomfortable inside within an hour or 2 when the AC goes out, especially this time of year. Mine had a capacitor issue last September, and it was 82 degrees in the house within a few hours, and my house is only a few years old.
Greets, Freddy. While my home and property are not the size of yours, I feel your pain. I bought my 2 story, 4000sq ft. home in 2016, and right when we moved in it got a new roof and new water heaters. My home has two AC units; both of them have been updated to new Trane units. All our fences have been replaced, and we replaced rotted trim on the back of the second story. We also needed to have our gas fireplace refurbished. I have replaced most for the under sink values in the house. Now, my front lawn is very patchy, so I will be seeing what Sunday can do for it. Yep, homes have projects to keep us busy.
Freddy, I’m into buying big cool odd houses too. I’m so happy you bought this property and are giving it what it deserves. You are in your dream house already, you just need to catch up on 25 years of maintenance. More house content though please!
Regarding your AC. I had the same issue with my outside unit. Decided to open it up. It would spin when I bridged the gap with a screwdriver, so I knew it was good mechanically. Ended up being a $35 capacitor that had blown. Went from blowing warm air in PA August heat with 50% humidity to being so cold that snowmen shiver.
I hope you got the property for a good price cos it looks like it’s not been very well looked after in the past. Good luck with your renovations and upgrades going forward the place will come together eventually. 😎
He did get a deal and I think it was pre-pandemic which means even if he did nothing he's doing well. It only takes a short time in FL for things to deteriorate rapidly. If you don't keep things you're going to spend a lot more to replace....
Timing. Just as I open TH-cam one of the best content creators post. It's a good day. Edited now ive watched the whole thing. Freddie i think its fair to say lots of us enjoy watching the videos on this and you fixing it up and getting it the way you want it. Always enjoy what videos you bring and you work hard. Keep doing you bud
I live in Georgia we do a drought also one thing that you might want to consider is getting a large cistern somewhere on your property and saving your rainfall. I have a 10,000 gallon cistern at the top of the Lake House property and it collects water when there's rain and then when there's drought I've got plenty of water on hand.
"Blown in"? Mate, that roof needs to be ripped off and rebuilt entirely. It's one of those plywood&glued ones. For when the builder asks "And how would you like your roof sir?" and the previous owner went "I would like it to be a giant oven please". 😆
Freddie, I moved a little while back and I am glad to know that I'm not the only one that struggles to get all the things done right away. It takes time, but a little every day and it will transform into your dream! Just like with cars, got to wrench everyday! Keep up the good work! Also the Agile's are underated, I love mine!
That hot tub looks ancient why rebuild it when you can demo and get a good outdoor kitchen and hot tub put in for less than trying to rehabilitate that.
Enjoyed the little guitar segment. I also had a BC Rich Warlcok with the widow headstock as my second guitar (mine was a platinum series though, very little difference). I agree theres something about a guitar which makes it hard to ever get rid of or sell, just like a car.
you can geek out on guitars as much as you want) this soviet guitar is literally a legend - Ural. It was terrible back in the day, to the point that it became a meme in Russia, but with modern strings and jigs you can have a more or less playable instrument with a ton of history and legacy behind it
I once had a similar "dead animal" problem in my house. Looked high and low, figuring that it must have been a dead dog or raccoon or at the very least a cat to cause that much stink. Lasted an entire summer before the overpowering stink simmered down. Couldn't find the source. The next year I was doing some kitchen renovation, and pulled up some weak flooring underlayment, and finally found the source of the stink: One tiny, little, dead mouse. You can get a lot of stink from a little animal.
@@Giedrius00 - Sadly, that house was demolished almost 10 years ago, so whether or not it was that little dead mouse that stunk up the place is a mystery that will never be solved.
@2varish I don’t know if you will read this, but look up dehumidifiers. If you live in the south, they are golden. They can dry the air in the house which not only decreases the workload on your A/C, but makes warm air more tolerable. I use to keep my A/C at 72 max before I bought one, and was still sweaty. Now it is set at 75, and I’m dry. It actually decreased my electric bill.
Love that you were able to purchase something like this, and I love that you share it with your friends and family. I'm glad you were able to purchase something like this. No house is perfect, and I'd rather have something a little older and more solidly built than the new construction cardboard that they sell everyone just because it's "New," lol. This house has character like everything you own.
Have you tried cleaning the filters on those AC units? I had the same problem, I took the front off of the unit and hit it with a water hose. That fixed the circuit breaker tripping problem.
Cleaning the condenser fins(outside unit) there are products you can buy to spray on the fins that will dissolve the muck and then just hose it off with a garden hose. It's worth having a yearly maintenance contract for the units as well. As to sizing of the system..when I had mine installed, I went through 5 contractors before I found one that walked me through sizing the system for my home. All the other ones just wanted to install a system.
Really love the blue theme of your guitars. I've played my whole life, even professionally and don't have a guitar as nice as some of those! Definitely understand cherishing gifts tho. Super cool. I lost a finger on my fret hand so I play less than I used to, but I need to get a nice setup again. Seeing stuff like that reminds me haha.
The tree removal costs are way out of line. Unfortunately everything else sounds about right. I suggest jack-hammering the hottub and add a stand-alone salt water spa. You can have it recessed. Add some solar to reduce your energy costs.
It's because it has so many things. Pool area, huge house, outside grill area. Really makes you wonder why would someone want a house where even cutting and maintaining the grass needs to be done by a gardener because there's so much of it.
@@lehelzelenka207 me personally I would demolish the house and build a small modern house which I would make sure it is going to be easy to maintain, and just like that I am going to be having a lot of free land where I could add anything
@@westmcgee9320 trust me it would be more cheaper on the long run to demolish it and build a new home and it is also going to be good for your tranquility of spirit knowing you do not live in a leaky, musty and humid dump that is falling apart
25:00 That's just a regular, old TV antenna on a mast. Nothing to do with ham radio. From this video we can clearly see the UHF and VHF parts of the antenna. At the time this was built you'd get the local channels with this, in good old analog NTSC, nowadays you'd get HD ATSC if you plugged a TV to that. No need to pay for cable if you just want the local channels :)
Two fun ideas that came to me watching this: The board over the crawl space needs to say DEAD INSIDE like at the beginning of The Walking Dead. For the bomb shelter, you should send a drone (with a light or lowlight camera) down and explore it that way - because sending a person down there is way too dangerous.
Freddy, you need to get ahold of Allyn Hane with The Lawn Care Nut. He’s a TH-camr who specializes in Florida lawns, and he works with Cleetus McFarland, would be fun to see him come by and fix that lawn with huge potential.
You need to have someone come in and professionally insulate that house. Blow insulation into all of the crawl spaces, attic spaces, make sure you have roof vents (to vent the hot air properly), etc. You also need to make certain the outside unit has been cleaned (you turn the system off, pull the HVAC breaker, take the top off of the unit and set it to the side, then use your hose to spray it from the inside out). If your attic spaces are getting extremely hot, then your AC is never going to keep up. Spray foam insulation to the underside of the roof is the best way to combat this, because then your entire attic is insulated from the outside, and the ducting and unit itself aren't having to fight all that heat to keep your house cool. Next, because it's such an old house, are air gaps and leaky windows and doors. You need to go around to every door and window and make sure they're properly sealed. New seals can be installed throughout.
You either don’t own your own home or you’re a millionaire and I don’t believe you’re a millionaire. Homes built before the 2000’s are way better than any homes built after. Newer houses are built the cheapest way possible with inferior products.
Freddie - one thing you may want to do in the future as the central units fail, is look at ductless mini splits; you can remove all the ducting from the house over time, and zone the units for each portion of the house(s) over time. There are DIY units from Mr. Cool that you can do yourself with an electrician's help. Biggest challenge for you is the brick walls, which will be a bit of a challenge to drill through compared to a wood/vinyl exterior house. Also depending on your state, there may be mini split rebates for you; also, they use less power than the central air units.
For your yard that has dead patches, sometimes the soil is missing certain nutrients in it, try buying a couple bags of soil of your choice, and start topping it with a semi thick layer of soil, throw some grass seed and water it daily for about a week! once it starts raining again you should see a HUGE difference
So so cool to hear you talking about Periphery! That signature 7-string is a sick model. What kind of bands are you in to then? Stuff like Animals As Leaders? Periphery? Maybe Chon?
You don't need to replace the entire AC. The compressor is about $1500 and $500 to replace it with refrigerant recharging etc. The contractors love to sell you a while new system, but that's about it
You got a lake, run a line with sprinkler to water the patches. GRASS does not die, it's just browns and goes dormant, it is very resilient and bounces back once watered. Save your money!
"Grass does not die." I'm truly baffled by how you came to that conclusion. Grass can permanently die if deprived of water for as little as 2 weeks. It depends greatly on the type, location, heat, and other factors. Several of my neighbors have had to have their lawns re-sodded due to the high heat in the Virginia/DC area right now.
$4000 for a ******* tree? That is ridiculous. Can someone explain the high cost? I got a gardner that does all sort of things for me. Then again I live in Mozambique
The tree is near the middle of the property and will require very expensive equipment and professionals to operate that equipment safely and without damaging the house or other parts of the property. Equipment like a large crane for slowly dropping sections of the tree to ground after being cut from the main tree. You wouldn't want to just saw off 10 feet at a time and let it fall wherever. Probably a crew of 4-6, too.
@@armandoubisse3506 No doubt, it’s an expensive service. But there are too many examples of homeowners trying to do their own tree work and ending up in the hospital or worse.
This is why u don't buy a home above your means just because it's a good deal or a fixer upper Honestly u have an addiction to buying bad deals but hey it makes you money Just make a construction channel and start getting sponsors to fix ur house etc Love u anyway But plz to the kids watching this dont copy him
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I can bring my boat out and teach you how to do boat stuff ;)
let's do it!
Don't forget the soapy water!
Are you going to motorboat him? What a way to finally do your face reveal!
@@dizzy_derps I've seen Chris fix face there is a way
@@mishopetkov7633 same
15:20 I'm actually kinda happy to hear you speaking about your girlfriend a bunch in this video. I know you had a tough time well, just around when you bought your home, or maybe before, but anyway, I'm really glad to see you seem happy Freddy. Like.. you seem happy man, that's wonderful.
Agreed now I just wanna see him get in shape so we can see him for a long time to come
This video has convinced me that if I ever come into a lot of money, I'm buying a small, very nice house in a normal climate rather than a mcmansion in Florida.
All I want in life is a small house, a 15 car garage, and 15 cars In a even climate area.
Also... keep about five or six feet between outside a/c units. If you have them drowning in each others heat, they just don't do well. The absolute worst setup I have seen in my life was a place with four units - all a foot apart and maybe a foot from the wall, and on a roofed side porch [which served as a heat trap unless wind came from the right direction...which was generally in winter]. You could not full charge all units or they would trip offline on high head pressure. Undercharged, head pressures ran about 25psi over normal [for the refrigerant used]. Evaporator temp [derived from suction pressure] ran near 34/35 degrees to cope with the horrible arrangement. And undercharged is under capacity - collectively, the place was missing 2tons of cooling as evaporation was finished about 60% into evaporator coils. You can tell by where the condensation stops. All outside units were replaced [each with an extra 1/2 ton capacity] and a vent fan installed to clear out waste heat.
But if buying anything these days... the realtor tour is a warm up act. Find out if a)property is in a 100 year flood plain [fema maps are handy] and b)better get ahold of architectural drawings with all details - home inspection services are cursory. Outside wall stud thickess matters in hurricane country and also... insulation details. After buying, I discovered that behind my brick cladding was styrofoam with taped joints and... no wrap/no shear wall of any type [plywood or osb]. To correct this, I am going to have to remove brick, fill framing with rockwool [it stands up instead of collapsing like fiberglass], sheath with plywood & wrap, insulate again [using XPS foam and jointed using foam adhesive - 1" is about all I have room for as framed], then I get to reinstall brick. If I could build my own home today... I would frame outside walls with minimum 2x6, and setback would allow for 2" XPS foam plus drainage mat to go behind brick.
Bonus: NEVER install vinyl wall paper on an exterior wall, wherever you live.
This isnt even a mcmansion... this is a straight up mansion on a lake....
Of course everything is exoensive.
Video feels like a flex
Yeah, ideally don't spend anything for at least a month or so until you come to your senses 😅
I'd be happy with a double-wide or manufactured home on 2 acres with a 2 bay shop with lifts and a small range.
I work as a mechanical engineer in the MEP industry. I would say that you should hold off the replacing your AC. Do a proper sizing. Your insulation and glass mighve deteriorated over time and now would need more cooling load to cool your house. I would also suggest that you switch to a VRF/ VRF heat recovery system. Since you have a big house and you don't use all of it, it will be easy tocreate zones and save some money in the running costs. VRF systems are mostly ductless so you don't need to bring any ducts in from outside(unless you need fresh outside air for air quality requirements). I worked in NYC and a lot of the buildings are switching to VRF/ VRV as they are efficient, fully electric and easy to install. Taking care of insulation is expensive due to the initial cost but is worth it in the long run. You might also need a dehumidifier integrated to your ac system to take care of molds and drippings. (Edit: normally vrf means vrf heat pump which can either do cooling or heating at time and not both at the same time . A vrf heat recovery system can do both heating and cooling at the same time)
I was going to say that the company that replaced the middle outside unit should have sized the system. If they didn't and installed a system to small then it sounds like they scammed you.
@@jasonfabrick9308 First clue to what is wrong with his AC; the house was built and had HVAC installed that was "relevant" to the building codes of that time, so it isn't going to meet today's codes at all. Changing just part of the twenty or so tons- 240,000 btu of cooling equipment- won't much effect the rest. Salmon, you are on the right track but the price to do this means changing virtually the entire system, may involve serious duct changes and structural problems- try 30 k is not an unreasonable sum for such a task for a house this size. I'd say junk the entire system he has and much of it's duct work and go with the mini splits; there are five tone versions that will run four or five different inside evaporators, as well as in ceiling ton evap units to recuse the architectural effects, and there are many that are heat pumps to boot. And, at a guess, this might need a budget more like under $20 K. But that is a guess and I don't work in Florida, so lots of salt on that.. The windows and closures are definitely suspect in a house that old, but may need to be handled as more of the house is remodeled/ renovated.
or heat pump? And he has wayyy to may A/C units. No way his house needs that much.
Bro I can even tell you how many people buy way to heavy of a AC unit for there tiny house just because they don’t wanna check there insulation. Example I wanted my garage to be warmer and cooler so instead of a mini split I cut off the drywall checked the installation and it had “fallen out” and wasn’t insulating anymore, added the proper thickness and R rating insulation and the temp dropped 10 degrees in the summer and about 15-20 degrees warmer in the winter
He should change to a heat pump from daikin. That way he can use it for cold. And also heat up the water for showers. So with 1 amazing system you can solve all the problems. I use that in a hospital. Also you can aplly solar panels, your cost with eletricity will go down a lot
Need more house build videos. Wondering where the updates were.
YES!!!! -- Really refreshing and a new and very interesting side to the Tavarish Channels! Would definitely watch!!!
such a cool property! He has a lot of content ideas and I think he should just do them. I feel like he stresses over what he thinks we want to watch. I think he should just create what HE feels like.
Doesn't look like he's been doing much house building. I'll pass on pool and lawn maintenance 😂 😂
U guys cam't sell the trees? I would guess them to be worth something....
With the McLaren build...i hope TH-cam is cutting him BIG checks. Because the home alone is a expensive fever dream....this is the expense of buying a Florida home in basically a remote area. And not even including the possible build violations the last owner probably jerry rigged.
I did the real estate photos for this property! 😂 I remember thinking damn this home has potential but seems liked needed a lot of money to upkeep
in a year, I want Ed to go to both Freddie and Tyler's home and see who spent more money making their dream home and roast them the entire time...
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu eds house doesn't seem that cheap either, I think tyler might actually have the cheapest house (at time of purchase)
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@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu Didn't Ed buy his house years before Freddie & Tyler, considering he's the oldest one out of the 3?Initial pricewise I believe Hoovie got the best amount of land per $ but overall off of land, location and house Ed is probably the most well rounded
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu Freddy's house is over 5 acres and cost around that much. The thing is prices haven't changed much, it's just that houses have gotten way bigger. A normal house now is 3k square foot, whereas in the 80s a normal house was 1k square foot. In China it's 400 square foot.
Duuuuuuude I’m so glad you and misha are homies like that. I’d die to have that signature!!
Drought conditions? Run a hose line out into the lake and pump water for watering the grass. Should be much cheaper than using potable water from municipal supply.
Exactly buy a damn sprinkler for $5 and a hose, problem solved 😂😂
That swamp water is the best water you can provide for the garden. It has all the minerals and nutrients .. unlike tap water.. and it's free
THAT IS A VERY BAD IDEA ........ LOL do u know what diseases the water may have that could infest his lawn ??? he would need legal permission an wud probs have to pay legal fees overtime to be legally alloed to pump water to his lawns
@@zippyTT LOL like how a water from a lake can "infest" a grass :D Dude what are you smoking?
I agree with pumping out of the lake but two things first: This is central Florida and the water in that lake could be brackish, salty, enough to kill the lawn. It just needs to be tested. Secondly, this is central Florida where Home Owners Associations make up all kinds of ridiculous rules about what you can and can't do with your own property and the community property - the lake. He doesn't say, he's in a HOA but upscale "communities" in Florida are famous for restrictive HOAs.
Keep the tree, change the wall. Old trees take a long time to grow, and they cool things off a ton and block the wind
I agree don't cut down any trees, try to keep as many as you can as they provide shade and cooling for your home... Trim them underneath and cut the branches out inside so air travels thru... With Your Spa or Hot Tub, first find out if its connected to Your pool as some are... There is pool mode which diverts all water from the Hot Tub back into the pool.. The water you are filling it with may well be draining back into your pool... Most of the time leaks are cause by a circulating pump... It can also be o-ring seals at the drain plug , a leak around the unions and fittings.. the diverters or check valves... Pour some dyed water or water with food coloring into the Hot Tub and have someone below watch for leaks...
ultimately the roots will mess up the foundations
@@almondnine Tree roots will take the path of the least resistance, often growing along the side of the foundation... They can't penetrate the concrete directly... The trees main root system got under the concrete wall and tipped it over because the tree was planted right beside it, but it didn't crack it because there was no weight on it... Freddie's said His house has a basement... Tree Roots would have to dig down and get underneath the basement wall 8 to 10 feet... The only reason they would do this is if there was a leak or a water source underneath the foundation... A foundation breaks or cracks when the roots loosen the soil up and make it shift. This shifting can create huge air pockets where the foundation is basically resting on nothing.... It is the weight of the house which cracks the foundation... Concrete has great compression strength at 2500 to 5000 psi but has a much lower tensile strength at around 300-700 psi... If large tree roots grew underneath the foundation the concrete could crack because it's being placed under tension from the weight of the house, not compression.... It is the same principle if you put a stepping stone down you drive a car over it as long as it is on something flat, hard and level it won't break, but if you place a stick underneath it of a similar thickness the stone will break right in half...
Freddie, don't take down the tree if you are just going to build a huge access ramp/slope - take down the wall. It will be cheaper and you retain the shade of the tree too. The tree roots will also stabilise the access ramp/slope.
Tree roots kill foundations, tree roots kill retaining walls. The tree has to go with a lot of others.
Yep, agree. Keep the tree.
@@user-tu1ee6dc5fdepends on the tree
@@amazulu3401 NO, tree must go!
That pool area with a working outdoor kitchen will be so worth it. Such a great set up and having friends and family to share it with, even better.
Docks can be floating, you know (and are *very* common where I live, in part because our lakes can freeze). No need to worry about supports. Just get it anchored properly.
Yep, just adding a cross brace on the upright would solve that wobble
There are plenty of floating docks in central FL as well.
Hurricane area, it would fly awoy or worse get thrown up and in to the house.
Needs to be concrete where he's at. Florida hurricane season will demolish a floating dock.
@@Dukes3677 I'm nearly 50 and a FL native, I've seen a lot of floating docks survive hurricane season. The only fail I saw was one that used Styrofoam because it got waterlogged.
Teflon tape on the connectors. Anytime you get new hoses, taps etc... use 7 wraps of Teflon tape it also helps keep the connectors from corrosion
Welcome to the wonderful world of home ownership. I just spent a ridiculous amount of time dethatching, re-seeding, and laying down new ground soil for my lawn in April/May only to have it all die in this Tennessee heat wave. We need rain so bad!
Maintaining a lawn is the most time-consuming thing in the garden. The lawn constantly requires work, watering, fertilizing, mowing, scarifying, aerating... In addition, grass is the least ecological option in the garden. I suggest making a beautiful flower bed with shrubs, you will have less work, more fresh air, lower temperatures, a nicer view and pollinators will be happy. Hire a landscape architect, let him design a beautiful garden with less grass, pay more, but then maintenance will be easier and cheaper.
what about weeds, more weeds than anywhere in Florida
those guys that mow lawns in Florida hate weeding, so it's hugely expensive to maintain flower beds.
GRASS is best in Florida, mow it weekly or more
@@ed_cetera Before planting, we put agrotextile, preferably one that decomposes biologically after a few years. Then we cover it with a layer of bark. No weeds grow through this layer. Of course, the bushes need to be trimmed or fertilized twice a year, but it is much less work than a lawn. I say this from experience, I have a very nice lawn, but that's because I work on it at least twice a week... such fun is not for everyone. I'm starting to limit mine by planting more and more large plants.
@@Babun448 I had a lawn business in Jacksonville for 15 years. The biggest gimmick in the landscape industry is weed mat. I don't care what you lay down , anything that ends up on top of it decomposes and turns to soil. Weeds then grow on top. Weeds grow in cracks on concrete. Grass is the cheapest landscape to take care of in Fl. Water , sun weed&feed when it's a temp below 85 degrees and decent soil and really important, change your mowing pattern EVERY time you cut so you do not develop ruts where the mower runs.
Astroturf . Fake grass. Zero maintenance
@@simoncullen7960 fake grass = fake man.
Don’t apologize for sharing your passion of guitars, it’s fantastic to see you enjoying them!
That house is a tear down. You’re throwing good money after bad. It reminds me of the movie The Money Pit.
dare him to lean against that big tree by the retaining wall
Nothing wrong with that house, most likely. Probably has drainage that would not be permitted today. Might looks for better pricing on the duct replacement. Or if he wrenches everyday, why can't he wrench on his own place or at least GC the job?
He definitely bought it for the land, but yea, that house needs to be completely gutted
It is someone's dream home from decades ago and it is tired
The breaker rule is. If it tripped once you are safe to turn it on again in a few minutes. If it trips again right away or something catches on fire then call an electrician.
Fire bad. Got it. 👊🏼
If it doesn't have a hard start on it, throw in a supco spp6. They're like $12, sometimes the old compressors have a really hard starts and the draw is tripping that breaker. A cheap hard start capacitor sometimes can salvage old AC's for a year or more. Also checking the capacitor, contactor and compressor with a multi-meter is a good thing to do before calling your local HVAC guy who will either charge you an arm and a leg or try to convince you to replace it.
Turn off all appliances before you turn it back on.
All those HVAc guys especially when they see those houses, first thing they're going to do is try to sell you a new unit especially because of the new EPA rules and such. I bet I could get that thing running no problem
You need to watch Matt Risingers The Build show so you can learn what is needed to make your house legitimately energy efficient. I’m not talking windows and high see HVAC.
I’m talking properly air sealing and insulating your entire building envelope. We built a house in the hot humid south and I barely have to run my AC due to using the latest building science principles. It’s 97 today and 95 humidity. You need to do a total home energy retrofit. I’ve done that before too.
I watch Matt's show and for the most part, and at least for the past couple of years, it's a giant commercial. Seems like every episode is sponsored by whatever he's installing. He seems pretty on top of things but I have no faith that he'd give an unbiased opinion.
@@Ed-ui2qe Just like anything do your due diligence. Im speaking specifically about the building science though. Not just what products to use. Get an energy audit. Air seal and insulate to the best of your ability. Use exterior insulation and radiant barriers if possible. Get a competent HVAC person that will work with your engineer to prowl;y size a system for a properly air sealed and insulated house. Not easy to find. I worked with an engineer to do a total home energy retrofit on my last house and then we did one from the ground up on my current home. It was the smartest decision of my life solely based on comfort. It is of course great to have energy bills that are less than that of homes that are 1/3 the sq ft of my home in surrounding areas.
@@johndavis4564 what building science features you used on your new built?
The part they leave out of all those videos is the cost. Nobody does it because spending you end up spending $50,000 or way more on all that and save $100 a month on your power bill. Same with windows... you really don't end up saving any more unless they are really old and bad.
I bought an 880 square foot house last year in Wichita, KS and my A/C died a few months later (of course) and they wanted (4 different companies) $6000 - $7000 to replace it. I opted to buy 3 window units at Lowes's for $780 total and installed them myself and they work just fine. Electric bill was the same for June compared to last year's.
HVAC stuff cant get out of control $$$$$. Way to go
don't even bother with grass Freddy, plant native fruits and vegetables, no maintenance, creates shade, provides food, all wins.
I live in Florida
If you were to ignore the grass and plant fruit trees with no maintenance, in 1 year in Florida your yard would be 2 foot or more deep grass and Mimosa trees with blighted and not fruit bearing fruit trees.
Fruit trees take alot to keep neat. Prob more than grass. Not to mention cleaning the fruits up when they start smelling from spoiling.
It's Florida. If you don't maintain the yard, this is what it looks like. At one point, I'm sure this was a beautiful property, and now it's all Freddie's playground of disarray.
So u would he hated in the neighborhood by everyone and always wonder why. It brings insane amounts of wild animals onto the property and surrounding, it smells like absolute garbage when u let them drop and not pick them up, and I’m sorry but if u look at the people who do those “natural lawns” there whole house is a mess and falling apart with tells me everything I need to kno 🤣
And it looks like trash.
The BBQ / Grill can be rehabbed rather than be replaced... Find a good patio shop that specializes in LP/Gas grills - they likely can get parts and bring things up to like new...
BBQs are cheap as- don't know where he got $5k from. I live in Australia and a nice built in one is like $2k max and that's Aussie dollars, so probs $1k USD
@@BigDavoNorriwong i just walked by something around that size today (standalone) in home depot and the price tag was a cool $3800
@@vinylcabasse That's crazy for just a built in. High end ones don't make sense when a mid range unit does the same job
just my thought
yea, they don't build stuff like that anymore. It probably just needs new burners. That stainless hood would probably polish up real nice
Installing SOD without an irrigation system is essentially a one legged chair.
He should just do astroturf... no watering no cutting!
Yeah, or accept drought spots...
@@cigarsgunsanddiesel8032 because fuck nature I guess?
@@EinfachFredhaftGaming I mean, where I live that IS the eco friendly solution...
@@EinfachFredhaftGamingnatures aggressive in florida. Its part of the trade off for the climate and easy access to open seas. Astro turf is a good option in many cases, and its pretty good looking. You see it a lot in California Arizona, most are smaller yard areas, but its just not economically viable for acres. Making a boundry with say the pool and future garage area then with plants, decorative construction, and retaining walls etc to limit viewing would be a great application.
You need to install an irrigation system to take care of your lawn when it does not rain. After so many years of doing my own lawn, I finally got a automatic irrigation system and the grass looks great even when I growing new grass. Let me also add that you are using the cheapest hoses for outside water stuff. The green hoses such and leak like crazy whereas the flex-yellow is the best out there plus there are the black flex and weather proof hoses.
The tower is for a televison antenna. Back in the day, this antenna was used to receive over-the-air televison signals. Growing up in a rural area, our antenna had a rotor so we could point it toward the source of the TV signal.
Its a bunker antenna
feels like a million years ago right? We had a satellite dish that was 12 feet tall and would move when you wanted to change programming.
What do you mean "Back in the day?" Mine works as it should TODAY. Watching programming for free. Class dismissed.
It's not ham radio, that would be way bigger and closer to the house.
I had to take one out of my back yard. We cut two poles with a sawsall and pulled on the third remaining pole and it slowly bent down. It doesn't weight much at all 8)
Hey I’m 13 but when I’m older I would love to come out and help get jobs around the house done. I love fixing things and doing jobs to help people. ❤
Thanks Freddie! Great to see your home!!! Good luck with the restoration!
Looking forward to seeing how it goes here on the second channel!
As an hvac tech, that ac that you think is “too small” is most likely not, it looks like a 3 ton, and those older houses with large additions and renovations are super difficult to work with, the ventilation and the way the duct is ran, sizes, static duct pressure and layout, and duct sealant has a huge effect on the efficiency of the heat it pulls from the house. It will be an expensive ride along I can sense, good luck!
I'm tech also and the old duct in that house would be a nightmare. Do you think it may be all square duct? I couldn't see any taps off the plenum.
I'm just stunned how he has a US style 'thin plywood, then dark thin slats' roof but he's wondering why it's warm in there. 😆
Trying to put AC into an overglorified wooden shack like this is like putting a bigger bilge pump into a boat that has a dozen holes beneath the waterline.
@@Enemy172 old underground duct was normally always square, still is common but it needs 3 inch cement surrounding with insulation sandwitched, or special (i believe double walled) round duct that is galvanized, has flanges and gaskets like commercial. All of this duct needs to be pitched toward one of sometimes many drain locations for condensation drainage. If not done properly, rust and deterioration most likely will form allowing air leaks and critters
@@nvelsen1975 Wood is actually a decent insulating material if there are decent enough insulating materials to go through with it.
@@unconventionalideas5683
Uh, no, just no. A US code-complaint double plywood wall has a Rc rating of around 1, 1.5 if you're lucky.
For reference, the minimum value of any surface here is 3.5, more than twice as good.
A wall must have a value of 4.5, more than three times as good.
So his wall lets in heat about 3x quicker than a code-compliant wall here.
His roof lets in heat about 6x quicker than a code-complaint roof.
Meaning if the house was done proper, he could remove 3 of his ACs and still have better cooling than he has now.
I love this stuff! You should definitely be doing a full renovation and build series! I mean more videos means more money for improvements. It’s a no brainer.
Ya know. My first reaction was 'rich people problems" Then I was able to relate as a homeowner myself (just not that nice of a house). Then I realized I was just being jealous. You worked HARD for what you have, you deserve it. So I pray you find a compitent company to fix your stuff. That's the biggest hurdle I have found. Most of them are incompitent and ripoffs.
Yup, $4k per tree is a ripp off in my experience. I had 1 acre of tall pine cleared for $5.5k
Holy fuck this. This. Just being a home owner is fighting off rip offs.
@anonymouse7074 if they're oaks, they're going to be that price.
@@anonymouse7074 This is why aka Scammed GreeqSquad bought a kuboto by scamming their viewer into debt
You probably bought a house to your needs.
This is clearly oversized for 1 guy. Even for a couple with a pair of kids.
This seems like he's flexing, and I've been following him for years, but this is first world problems. The housing crisis is real in America and in Europe there is middle class people living in very hard conditions, seeing this video is a bit revolting.
But.. we are all here for the entertainment.
Loved the “guitars” 🎸 I’m a lucky caretaker of a ‘Gibson 62 ES 335. Best part is I traded a set of skateboard wheels for it. With a 150 watt amp. Now all the neighbors enjoy good music
Loved the update too lots of work to do yet. Best wishes on all the troubled areas. 🙏❤️😎😎🎸
Thats one hell of a trade.
Damn 🔥
Trade of the century!
Calling a headboard a backsplash makes me think that bed gets a lot of action lol
Outdoor kitchen. Built ins are expensive. Modern smokers & grills are portable & IMO perform great. I’d Avoid built in. Built in Fridge, skip it & go full-size. Function vs pretty. It can be done tastefully
The guitar & gaming PC part was a pleasantly surprise & interesting part of you. Thanks for sharing!!!
I'm totally in for the best in ur life. 🎉🎉
If you don't mind watching old tech, there's a PC build video out there of Tavarish and Greg Salazar (?).
Freddy, I hope continuous best. You deserve it. The way you treat people, friends etc. is great!
Man, you can rebuild a McClaren, fixing your outdoor kitchen, should be a piece of cake.
Tavarish, Outdoor kitchens are simple... and way expensive if you let a company do it for you. Watch some youtube videos and go to town. You can even make videos on the work. You already have the plumbing for the sink which is usually the pricey stuff.
Rich people like to blow money and it all comes back as a tax right off. That's why these guys make the videos. Half the stuff they show is free.
@Tony wrong
Yeah exactly. How hard can it be to re-furb a gas grill. $4000 my arse.
I'm a GC in South Florida. If you think it's going to cost $500k, budget $750k. Things will come up during construction in a house that's 60 years old. Especially a florida house that takes a beating from our weather and salt from the ocean.
I love your home “project”! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Mate - I've been in my house since 1996. It's over 400 years old. Parts of it are livable, other bits are a bit dubious. Exactly like my cars. And my cooking. Love what you do - adore how you think, and possibly how you feel. Thanks for sharing - your make a massive number of folks feel happy. ❤
People complaining he's not building the P1, we're just lucky we get to experience this beautiful person, he doesn't owe us anything! You've got it right.
Where the hell do you live? Transylvania?
@@243wayne1 Europe, somewhere in Europe.
Tavarish is genuinely honest and a real classic guy!
This property looks like it has great potential to do what you want it to do. All the best!
Been waiting for a house update - but was hoping it would be all GOOD news!
Heck yeah after all this time we finally got our guitar tour you made one really happy fan today man and especially finding out that you're a periphery fan that makes it all that much better I feel like we could actually be friends
The more I watch videos like this with you Freddy, the more I warm to you and enjoy you being honest, open and telling us about what you enjoy as you clearly enjoy things like this, which is the same as myself. I end up buying more cars, more projects both home, garden, electronics, cars, etc, and I love every minute of it all, despite them all falling apart or never getting finished! Keep doing it and keep making the content we enjoy.
The one thing that shocked me was the AC units running hard, up here in MN AC barely ever runs. My parents unit is 35 years old, runs fine. Stay strong on the house project, fun to watch.
Florida, much like where I live in Louisiana, it’ll be super uncomfortable inside within an hour or 2 when the AC goes out, especially this time of year.
Mine had a capacitor issue last September, and it was 82 degrees in the house within a few hours, and my house is only a few years old.
Small difference between Minnesota and Florida in terms of climate..
Just sounds like he got bad advice on the size of the unit. Maybe some problems internally causing this, dirty filters etc.
Greets, Freddy. While my home and property are not the size of yours, I feel your pain. I bought my 2 story, 4000sq ft. home in 2016, and right when we moved in it got a new roof and new water heaters. My home has two AC units; both of them have been updated to new Trane units. All our fences have been replaced, and we replaced rotted trim on the back of the second story. We also needed to have our gas fireplace refurbished. I have replaced most for the under sink values in the house. Now, my front lawn is very patchy, so I will be seeing what Sunday can do for it. Yep, homes have projects to keep us busy.
I love watching house renovation stuff. Can't wait.
Freddy, I’m into buying big cool odd houses too. I’m so happy you bought this property and are giving it what it deserves. You are in your dream house already, you just need to catch up on 25 years of maintenance. More house content though please!
😂😂
I can't believe it has been two years since you bought your house. How time fly's!
Regarding your AC. I had the same issue with my outside unit. Decided to open it up. It would spin when I bridged the gap with a screwdriver, so I knew it was good mechanically. Ended up being a $35 capacitor that had blown. Went from blowing warm air in PA August heat with 50% humidity to being so cold that snowmen shiver.
Exactly! And he can even change it himself even without knowing what negative and positive areas some even come with a universal capacitor
I hope you got the property for a good price cos it looks like it’s not been very well looked after in the past. Good luck with your renovations and upgrades going forward the place will come together eventually. 😎
He did get a deal and I think it was pre-pandemic which means even if he did nothing he's doing well. It only takes a short time in FL for things to deteriorate rapidly. If you don't keep things you're going to spend a lot more to replace....
Timing. Just as I open TH-cam one of the best content creators post. It's a good day.
Edited now ive watched the whole thing. Freddie i think its fair to say lots of us enjoy watching the videos on this and you fixing it up and getting it the way you want it. Always enjoy what videos you bring and you work hard. Keep doing you bud
I was so stoked to finally see a home update!!!!
I live in Georgia we do a drought also one thing that you might want to consider is getting a large cistern somewhere on your property and saving your rainfall. I have a 10,000 gallon cistern at the top of the Lake House property and it collects water when there's rain and then when there's drought I've got plenty of water on hand.
I'm thinking that hooptie bomb shelter would make a perfect cistern to use for irrigation.
Check your attic insulation. If you touch your ceiling drywall and it’s warm add more blown in attic insulation. It will help your ac out.
"Blown in"? Mate, that roof needs to be ripped off and rebuilt entirely. It's one of those plywood&glued ones. For when the builder asks "And how would you like your roof sir?" and the previous owner went "I would like it to be a giant oven please". 😆
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Freddie, I moved a little while back and I am glad to know that I'm not the only one that struggles to get all the things done right away. It takes time, but a little every day and it will transform into your dream! Just like with cars, got to wrench everyday! Keep up the good work! Also the Agile's are underated, I love mine!
So we can’t see the inside of the house because it smells? Not sure my phone will pick up the scent.
Yeah, wtf - it's not smell-o-vision
That hot tub looks ancient why rebuild it when you can demo and get a good outdoor kitchen and hot tub put in for less than trying to rehabilitate that.
Enjoyed the little guitar segment. I also had a BC Rich Warlcok with the widow headstock as my second guitar (mine was a platinum series though, very little difference). I agree theres something about a guitar which makes it hard to ever get rid of or sell, just like a car.
Grass will come back once watered regularly. It goes dormant in dry spells.
you can geek out on guitars as much as you want) this soviet guitar is literally a legend - Ural. It was terrible back in the day, to the point that it became a meme in Russia, but with modern strings and jigs you can have a more or less playable instrument with a ton of history and legacy behind it
More please! Guest house is a huge selling point, such a cool space.
Freddy, I'm sweating just watching you run around outside in that Florida heat and humidity while wearing a BLACK shirt!
I once had a similar "dead animal" problem in my house. Looked high and low, figuring that it must have been a dead dog or raccoon or at the very least a cat to cause that much stink. Lasted an entire summer before the overpowering stink simmered down. Couldn't find the source. The next year I was doing some kitchen renovation, and pulled up some weak flooring underlayment, and finally found the source of the stink: One tiny, little, dead mouse.
You can get a lot of stink from a little animal.
Especially in humid conditions.
I bet you didn't find the real perpetrator yet.
@@Giedrius00 - Sadly, that house was demolished almost 10 years ago, so whether or not it was that little dead mouse that stunk up the place is a mystery that will never be solved.
@2varish I don’t know if you will read this, but look up dehumidifiers. If you live in the south, they are golden. They can dry the air in the house which not only decreases the workload on your A/C, but makes warm air more tolerable. I use to keep my A/C at 72 max before I bought one, and was still sweaty. Now it is set at 75, and I’m dry. It actually decreased my electric bill.
Love that you were able to purchase something like this, and I love that you share it with your friends and family. I'm glad you were able to purchase something like this. No house is perfect, and I'd rather have something a little older and more solidly built than the new construction cardboard that they sell everyone just because it's "New," lol. This house has character like everything you own.
Have you tried cleaning the filters on those AC units? I had the same problem, I took the front off of the unit and hit it with a water hose. That fixed the circuit breaker tripping problem.
Cleaning the condenser fins(outside unit) there are products you can buy to spray on the fins that will dissolve the muck and then just hose it off with a garden hose. It's worth having a yearly maintenance contract for the units as well. As to sizing of the system..when I had mine installed, I went through 5 contractors before I found one that walked me through sizing the system for my home. All the other ones just wanted to install a system.
Really love the blue theme of your guitars. I've played my whole life, even professionally and don't have a guitar as nice as some of those! Definitely understand cherishing gifts tho. Super cool. I lost a finger on my fret hand so I play less than I used to, but I need to get a nice setup again. Seeing stuff like that reminds me haha.
The tree removal costs are way out of line. Unfortunately everything else sounds about right. I suggest jack-hammering the hottub and add a stand-alone salt water spa. You can have it recessed. Add some solar to reduce your energy costs.
That house looks like a money pit.
It's because it has so many things. Pool area, huge house, outside grill area. Really makes you wonder why would someone want a house where even cutting and maintaining the grass needs to be done by a gardener because there's so much of it.
@@lehelzelenka207 me personally I would demolish the house and build a small modern house which I would make sure it is going to be easy to maintain, and just like that I am going to be having a lot of free land where I could add anything
@@adamtazgui6283that seems extreme.
But I haven’t finished the video yet.
@@westmcgee9320 trust me it would be more cheaper on the long run to demolish it and build a new home and it is also going to be good for your tranquility of spirit knowing you do not live in a leaky, musty and humid dump that is falling apart
@@adamtazgui6283it would just be better to buy a smaller house.
I definitely appreciated the guitar collection tour. You have some good ones!
Loved the guitar tour!
The guitar tour has further pressed the issue that we need a misha/freddy crossover.
Freddy needs to djent for us
25:00 That's just a regular, old TV antenna on a mast. Nothing to do with ham radio. From this video we can clearly see the UHF and VHF parts of the antenna. At the time this was built you'd get the local channels with this, in good old analog NTSC, nowadays you'd get HD ATSC if you plugged a TV to that. No need to pay for cable if you just want the local channels :)
A lot of times when those ACs go out it’s the capacitor that gives out instead of a $2000 repair, It can be a $70 repair.
Or the contact, fan etc. I used to service them.
Yeah, but a replacement might be more reliable and efficient too.
Two fun ideas that came to me watching this:
The board over the crawl space needs to say DEAD INSIDE like at the beginning of The Walking Dead.
For the bomb shelter, you should send a drone (with a light or lowlight camera) down and explore it that way - because sending a person down there is way too dangerous.
Freddy, you need to get ahold of Allyn Hane with The Lawn Care Nut. He’s a TH-camr who specializes in Florida lawns, and he works with Cleetus McFarland, would be fun to see him come by and fix that lawn with huge potential.
You need to have someone come in and professionally insulate that house. Blow insulation into all of the crawl spaces, attic spaces, make sure you have roof vents (to vent the hot air properly), etc. You also need to make certain the outside unit has been cleaned (you turn the system off, pull the HVAC breaker, take the top off of the unit and set it to the side, then use your hose to spray it from the inside out). If your attic spaces are getting extremely hot, then your AC is never going to keep up. Spray foam insulation to the underside of the roof is the best way to combat this, because then your entire attic is insulated from the outside, and the ducting and unit itself aren't having to fight all that heat to keep your house cool.
Next, because it's such an old house, are air gaps and leaky windows and doors. You need to go around to every door and window and make sure they're properly sealed. New seals can be installed throughout.
Man, in 1970 this house was the sickest thing ever
Someone was living large AF in the 70s
it still is
You either don’t own your own home or you’re a millionaire and I don’t believe you’re a millionaire. Homes built before the 2000’s are way better than any homes built after. Newer houses are built the cheapest way possible with inferior products.
Freddie - one thing you may want to do in the future as the central units fail, is look at ductless mini splits; you can remove all the ducting from the house over time, and zone the units for each portion of the house(s) over time. There are DIY units from Mr. Cool that you can do yourself with an electrician's help. Biggest challenge for you is the brick walls, which will be a bit of a challenge to drill through compared to a wood/vinyl exterior house. Also depending on your state, there may be mini split rebates for you; also, they use less power than the central air units.
Big house, big problems!🎉
money money money, and more money
Remember when you got it, you promised restoration vids 😜. Still time 🤷🏾♂️😂
And you kept the slide 😅
Yes. Keep the slide 🛝
For your yard that has dead patches, sometimes the soil is missing certain nutrients in it, try buying a couple bags of soil of your choice, and start topping it with a semi thick layer of soil, throw some grass seed and water it daily for about a week! once it starts raining again you should see a HUGE difference
I felt that "This is my gaming PC but all I do is edit" in the depths of my soul.
My kids use my gaming/VR PC...
You should look at mini split ac units... Once you use one you will never go back to traditional ac units...
So so cool to hear you talking about Periphery! That signature 7-string is a sick model.
What kind of bands are you in to then? Stuff like Animals As Leaders? Periphery? Maybe Chon?
19:46 making the garage as featured on Ferris Bueller’s Day off 😂
So you bought an old person's neglected mansion.
Pretty much, $$ pit big time but in a few yrs it'll be nice & someday it could payoff.
The proper term is dead grandma's house
Best summary
really loved the bit on guitars. cool to see other content creators with collections(I’ve just got a Strat I built, a few LTD’s and a SR50 from SBMM)
You don't need to replace the entire AC. The compressor is about $1500 and $500 to replace it with refrigerant recharging etc. The contractors love to sell you a while new system, but that's about it
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The house is so big you should just rent some rooms to people.
Edit: for the bomb shelter, call Colin Furze. He knows underground stuff.
On the hot tub, raise your drains 2", lay a polyethylene mat cut to fit on existing bottom, and pour concrete to level of drain covers.
hey finally a house video again
You got a lake, run a line with sprinkler to water the patches. GRASS does not die, it's just browns and goes dormant, it is very resilient and bounces back once watered. Save your money!
"Grass does not die."
I'm truly baffled by how you came to that conclusion.
Grass can permanently die if deprived of water for as little as 2 weeks.
It depends greatly on the type, location, heat, and other factors.
Several of my neighbors have had to have their lawns re-sodded due to the high heat in the Virginia/DC area right now.
Nice going with York one of the best names in the hvac business
You missed such a DAD joke opportunity that tower is not 5g it is “O”G
$4000 for a ******* tree? That is ridiculous. Can someone explain the high cost? I got a gardner that does all sort of things for me. Then again I live in Mozambique
Yea in my country lumberjack works whole month for that money. And it is not Africa or some 3rd world country, it is country in Europe.
The tree is near the middle of the property and will require very expensive equipment and professionals to operate that equipment safely and without damaging the house or other parts of the property. Equipment like a large crane for slowly dropping sections of the tree to ground after being cut from the main tree. You wouldn't want to just saw off 10 feet at a time and let it fall wherever.
Probably a crew of 4-6, too.
@@cmiller6352 ahh ok, that makes a bit more sense but still expensive.
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No doubt, it’s an expensive service. But there are too many examples of homeowners trying to do their own tree work and ending up in the hospital or worse.
It can easily cost $4000. They have to rent a huge crane, about $2800 a day. We went through that 20 years ago for one tree and it was $3500.
Thanks for the tour around the house and your plans. The guitar section was interesting....I am a muso though!
This is why u don't buy a home above your means just because it's a good deal or a fixer upper
Honestly u have an addiction to buying bad deals but hey it makes you money
Just make a construction channel and start getting sponsors to fix ur house etc
Love u anyway
But plz to the kids watching this dont copy him