People like you should have a gold medal for all the work you do to adapt and make o good living in Sweden. Welcome and wish you the best in Sweden. Life is an adventure.
I am impressed that you are making an effort learning the language and joining the community, unlike some youtubers buying houses in Sweden. To each his own, I guess, but I think your life here will be happier as you are clearly already on your way to become Swedish. Welcome! 🙂
@@viktoriaberg8706 thank you and I totally agree! I want to be part of society here, not just live in a commune of foreigners. And everyone's so nice here that we'd be missing out if we didn't make an effort.
Welcome to Sweden! I could recommend you to consider keeping the woodstowe on the kitchen. It is almost impossible to get something as good as the one you have . The thing is even if the electricity goes out (happens now and then) you still have heating. Ask locals about it and see what they use.
@@gunlindblad6816 thanks for the suggestion. We will replace it with another wamsler with the same functions so I think we won't regret it. And unfortunately our water pump is electric so we cannot heat the entire house with the stove if the power goes out. That might be a project for further down the line though :). We also have a 'normal' woodburner upstairs not connected to the heating luckily. We have talked about this with all our Swedish neighbours and friends and they all seemed to agree with us so I feel quite reassured.
Hej ik woon sinds 1984 in Zweden, woonde eerst in het zuidoosten maar tegenwoordig in het noorden (Jokkmokk). Integreren is in mijn opinie het belangrijkste om een nieuwe start in een ander land te maken, en dat lijken jullie werkerlijk te doen. Het nadeel is dat op een gegeven moment je jezelf niet echt meer een NL voelt maar ook niet echt Zweeds. Ik heb zelf jarenlang getwijfeld maar zo'n 10 jaar geleden heb ik de Zweedse nationaliteit aangevraagd in verband met pensioen rechten heb ik besloten om m'n NL nationaliteit te behouden, maar ik voel me meer Zweed dan NL. Zweden is mijn thuis.
I live in Norway, I buy raw wood in the early spring, and keep it in an open garage, it is ready to be used in December. Be careful of storing wood in the house, I only take in what I will burn in a couple of days or so. Wood storage indoors can bring unwanted guests, like wood eating ants and health issues like allergies and mold issues. (All firewood have mold spores) Be sure to have ventilation between the logs and the wall. I have an agreement with a local farmer, he removes snow for me. Cheaper than buying expensive equipment. I do have a Honda snowblower for the smaller jobs here.
Top man. By far the best of all of the 'I moved to the Swedish wilderness' videos I get fed. This guy actually has his head on straight and is doing stuff right and spending right rather than the drifting around in cosplay uniforms to tinkly piano music, sounding vacant and depressed, and moaning about the rot filled, freezing hell hole they'd bought that other videos are filled with. He will do well. Excepting, of course, the fact that he bought a place in Sweden rather than somewhere livable for humans for more than 4 months of the year. Which clearly marks him out as completely out of his mind.
Very courageous!! When we first moved to France I was shopping more in tool shops and DIY stores than dress and shoe shopping. Unimaginable. 🤣🤣Your wood burner in the kitchen is lovely and if your electricity is as temperamental as ours would be a great back up. Your animals seem to love the move Bon chance et Bon courage👏👏👏🤞🤞👌👌
Welcome to Sweden and Värmland. Nice to see more dutch people coming here. Me and my spouse have our summer house not far from yours but in Västmanland
As a person born in Tilburg I have just started watching your channel. I also watch Rambling Wild Rosie, Dutch woman renovating a house in rural Sweden on her own.
Impressive undertaking, with a steep learning curve! We bought a similar homestead 12 years ago and we know the struggle, although we are Swedish, born and raised in Värmland. 😊 I don't want to be a besserwisser, but there is an old saying here in Sweden about firewood that really has logic to it: One fells the trees in winter (the ground is solid frozen and hard, thus avoiding damaging the land), process them into firewood so they are ready by Easter, and then they dry (outside, in piles) and are ready by midsummer. Then one moves the firewood to dry storage in a woodshed (with good ventilation). There are a lot of reasons to this, humidity in the logs and in the air being important factors. Splitting wet wood is preferable and logs from birch will rot really fast if one doesn't split them open the same season. After midsummer the air gets humid and firewood won't dry up in time for winter. Too dry (old) firewood is also not the best. There's a whole science to this really! In the beginning there is so much to learn and too little time, but we learned the hard way that processing firewood like this is the best. Regards from another homesteader 😊
Wonderful. You mentioned keeping the meadows for wildlife so I'd suggest some native fruit trees to attract more wildlife. A small pond would be very welcomed by your feathered and furry friends as well. Watching your puppy grow was an added bonus!
Inderdaad ik verhuisde 40 jaar geleden naar Zweden, de laatste 15 jaar zijn er heel veel Nederlanders naar Zweden verhuisd, de meeste naar Zuid en midden midden Zweden maar een klein gedeelte komt naar het noorden. Zelf woon ik in Jokkmokk.
Not far away from where you live there is an old abandoned mountain facility and a few factory buldings that was used to produce gunpowder during 1940-1945. after the war the facilities there was looked after and put on standby so that we could use them again if needed but in 1981 the military blew up a few buldings and tore out machines and other stuff so its mostly empty. its still very fascinating to wander around the old factory part and especially the mountain facility. since you live so close i think it would be cool for you to discover about what secrets your area beholds. i'll send you cordinates private somewhere if you are intrested.
Oh, I'm Swedish but I'm impressed by you! Just an advise! Buy an Air Heat Pump. For your house you can get one for 30.000 with installation. That will lower your heating costs by 2/3. It adjusts automatically, so when you have the fire burning, it will turn off, and then go on again at whatever temp you want. In the summer you can use it as air-conditioning. Also, in the long run, better insulation and better windows/doors lower your heating costs. Just some advice from a "Nordbo"! Much luck in the future! 👍
Hi thanks for the advice! We have a heat pump in the kitchen but since that's exactly where the fire is, we don't use it that often. Also, it doesn't heat up the rest of the house very well. It's not connected to the radiators or anything so it's OK for downstairs but not for the entire house. We mainly use it for AC in the summer now. To be honest, the electrical heating is not that bad. We have it connected to a smart home system with connected smart thermometers in every room. This way it also only turns on when needed and together with the "vattenmantlad kökspanna" the electric bill isn't too scary.
We need some of you in Norway too. We already have some Dutch people running bakeries etc but Norway have a lot of abundant houses. Greetings from Norway.
You do as you like with your plot but I was surprised you planted trees in the old meadows. That old "kulturlandskap" is on the down, and trees are at an all time high basically. More and more old pastures are lost to more "economic" forestry. Pollinating insects need meadows. The most herbs grow on fields that are grazed and not fertilized, or harvests of hay were taken once a year. This will let lower flowers grow and bloom and not just tall grass. Let a farmer harvest hay or do it yourself to keep the old farming landscape.
You have a good point and since planting those trees I did change my mind. I wouldn't mind some more shading and shelter near the stream but I don't plan on planting any more trees in the meadows, apart from some fruit trees in one small part on the other side of the road.
Have been reading about dutch people moving to Sweden for some time now. In the process of convincing my friend from Almelo to do that now :) Welcome here and enjoy
Nice improvments. By the way... it's not black ice... it's just ice. Black ice is the ice that you almost can't see and usally is on paved roads where it seems like it will have good grip but then when you try to brake or turn you notice that it's actually a thin layer of ice on top. :)
The wood should just dry out for one season, or even just a half year. The wood should NOT be to dry. Having the wood to dry makes it burn out to fast, and the energy doesnt get used as effeciently.
Een beetje een samenvatting maar superleuk om het huis van binnen eens goed te zien nadat er al veel is gedaan. Wat een omgeving en wat ben ik trots op jullie en hoe jullie het daar doen!! ❤
I really enjoyed your video and style as well. You certainly have a lot of initiative and the progress you have made in such a short time is inspiring. subscribed and looking forward to more. A fan from Nova Scotia!
Wat een avontuur. Ik denk ook al jaren aan verhuizen naar Scandinavië. Dank aan het CZcams algoritme dat ik bij jullie terecht kwam. Nieuwe subscriber 😁
@@babalawohrg I am aware and agree up to a point but I believe I also mentioned that we have plenty of meadows that we keep unmowed and we plan on planting more trees and plants in the garden areas, it's just a matter of priorities. And the idea of unmowed land is nice and holistic and everything, but practically it also needs to make sense for 2 people, dogs and cats (who don't enjoy mosquitoes, midges and snakes). So I agree with your point but we need to strike a balance. And now it's too much to the lawn-y bit of that balance, but entirely unkempt would be too much to the other side.
I am new to your channel (new subscriber) and was frantically looking for your previous episodes w/o finding any. Is this your first post? If so, welcome to YT and I eagerly look forward to your future vlogs. Being of "advanced years", I find these types of adventures relaxing (well, maybe not for you all) and fulfilling a 60 year old (I am pushing 81 now) unfulfilled dream of striking out on my own and homesteading up in Alaska. Sigh; wasn't to be due to romance, marriage, kids, career, and the ages rapidly drifting by. Go for it----this Yank will be watching from afar.
@@klazyy641 welcome and thank you for the lovely comment! I do have a few more videos but only 3 are in English. I started in Dutch for friends and family but after a while noticed that other were watching as well so I switched to English. You should be able to click my name and see all my videos there. There's a tour of the property and a new vlog of renovating the stairs with more to come as we keep working on the property. Great to hear you're getting something out of it and hopefully living vicariously through us. Thanks again for the warm comment, it's very much appreciated!
Wat een leuke video. En een geweldige plek ik Zweden. Misschien een idee om ook een keertje nog iets over jullie zelf te vertellen? Bedankt voor de video!
I'd suggest buying a sand spreader so you don't have to sand the driveway with a shovel. They can get a bit expensive but it's worth it since you'll end up using a lot less sand and you can use it with your ATV.
We have to prioritise large expenses and a sand spreader didn't make the list. It would be very good for leveling the lawn as well so who knows, maybe next year...
A regular rotary fertilizer spreader for lawns may work too and is much cheaper. And you can fertilize the lawn close to the house so it gets thick and soft as a bonus 🙂
Dit is een hele fijne video, goed om te zien waaruit de werkzaamheden bestaan en waar rekening mee gehouden moet worden in de verschillende seizoenen, super praktisch en ik denk een goede video om als voorbeeld te gebruiken voor anderen die naar Zweden willen verhuizen. Ik wil dat ook ooit doen en dit is een goede callback naar de realiteit, je gaat al snel een beetje romantiseren haha :p Zweden is fantastisch maar de landelijke huizen daar en het wonen vergen wel veel meer onderhoud die we als Nederlanders niet gewend zijn
Interesting look into your Swedish life. I certainly wouldn't mind more videos in English (or Swedish!), so I'm subbing in hopes of that :D Lycka till!
Ja goed idee maar de grond hier is zanderig en stenig met een ondiepe bovenlaag turf. Dus het is heel zwaar werk en dan moet je alsnog compost toevoegen. Daarom vind ik het het geld wel waard om grond te kopen. Wie weet volgende jaren wanneer onze eigen compost gereed is...
verry nice to watch,i Just to live in australia and kanada.but it looks great on youre propertie all the best.now from cologne. and to old to make new plans
Welkom in Zweden. Nat hout moet je binnen 3 maanden inkorten en splitten. Nat hout best niet binnen in huis laten drogen, tenzij je veel ongedierte wil in huis. Zitten jullie in Värmland of Dalarna? Groeten uit Storfors
@@cedarcanoe hej en bedankt voor de tip! Maar alleen maar omdat iets de beste manier is, betekent niet dat het moet natuurlijk ;). Zolang het hout niet direct op de grond ligt blijft het wel droog genoeg dat het in zijn geheel kan blijven liggen. Dat geeft mij wat meer mogelijkheid om het allemaal in mijn eigen tijd te doen. En we zitten in Värmland, denk zo'n 50km ten noorden van je.
@@Tom_Brouwers ik denk dat ik me niet correct uitgedrukt heb. Eens bomen beginnen op te drogen terwijl ze nog niet ingekort zijn, ga je ze nadien nog maar moeilijk kunnen splitten. Nat hout split veel makkelijker. Droog hout vraagt veel energie en kracht om te splitten
@@cedarcanoe oh zo had ik het niet begrepen inderdaad. Hmm daar gaan we dan achter komen, want ik heb onlangs het hout ingekort dat hier al lag van de vorige eigenaar. In de herfst gaat dat gespleten worden dus we zullen zien 😅
Fields are always in high demand in Sweden. Why not earn a bit of money of that land? You could charge for having animal owners letting their animals out for grazing during the summer. Especially horseowners often let their horses be at rest grazing for a few weeks during the summer (sommarbete) and usually pay well.
@@erikaeriksson9840 makes sense, but I wouldn't know how to go about it and I honestly don't really want fencing there. We know some people that have sheep and have offered our land but so far they've managed fine on their own. We'll keep it in mind but I'm not instantly charmed by the idea. Thanks for the tip though 😉
@@Tom_Brouwers Sheep are a great idea if the neighbours change their mind. They will keep the meadow perfectly in shape , and they are also less bulky to bring back if the run off, rather than cows :) Also very nice to be around.
If you collect the chainsaw saw dust and get a wood pellet machine...you could make your own pellets and a adapter for your wood stove to burn the wood pellets, that way you wouldn't have to cut down as many trees to heat your home during winter.
Good idea, I might consider that. Although I don't think a few buckets of sawdust will make such a big difference, but I was looking for a way to make use of it so if it's not too expensive, I might go for it.
@@Tom_Brouwers It would be something that one would gradually accumulate over time, but you can also is other organic matter like dry leaves to make pellets. You can aquire sawdust from any company that makes wood products.
You will do good, your priorities seem sound and you seem to embrace your new culture. Have you looked into mounting a detachable plow to the Amarok? Allt gott och lycka till!
@@kpetterss hej! I have thought about it and looked into it briefly but I couldn't find anything that made sense or was readily available. I do think that if I stay on top of it and not let the snow pile up too much, the quad should be able to handle it. Especially if I mount a higher plow, but we'll see in a few months 😁
You can buy a snow plow or can you hire a snow ❄️ plow driver to plow your driveway once a week ? Im in the upper midwest in the US , I hire snow plow guy he plows it once a week 👍
This is my first time seeing your vedieos. I have several questions I hope you can reply to sometime. How far are you from the Netherlands? What do you do for a living, job? Is Sweden a lot different from your home country? What do you like best, worst there? How far are you from grocery store, gas station, other necessitates?
That's a lot of questions, feels a bit like a job interview ;). We live in the Värmland region of Sweden and Google maps can tell you the distance. Probably about 1600km. I don't work but Nathalie does. We live a 7 min drive from a village with supermarket and half an hour from a bigger village with more shops. The rest of the questions we'll maybe answer in a video in the near future.
Nice videos you make❤ Iam sure mane of us Are very interested in hov big is your property, and in what range was the price? Do you work outside in society too?
@@babalawohrg yes, but I was hoping our quad could serve that purpose. And for the most part it does. I'm just missing a digging and lifting function really. But hey a small tractor brings other challenges, like where to store it and that it runs on diesel with isn't great with -20. But who knows, maybe in a few years' time.
I took it in Karlstad but I hear there are places nearer as well. They just don't give courses that often. A neighbour is starting in Lesjöfors in November I think. And yes we live close to Lesjöfors 😊
@@agrolin wel, omdat dit een samenvattingsvideo is een geen "normale" vlog. We hebben hier ook meerdere Zweedse kennisen die het leuk vinden ons te volgen en op deze manier is deze video dus voor een wat breder publiek.
Buy a tractor 🚜 w snow ❄️ plow or hire a snow plow guy to do it once a week 👍👍 I hire snow plow guy once a week. I live in a snowy ❄️ state in the US 👍
@@Kim-J312 thanks for the tips! But money doesn't grow on trees unfortunately so that's why we bought a quad and not a tractor (more expensive to buy and maintain). And to hire someone here is also quite expensive since we live in a village with 600 people and not much else. The guys who do the roads have such big equipment that it will sooner destroy our driveway than just plow it. And what if he comes on Monday and you get heavy snow on Tuesday? You just stay home all week? So if I can do it myself, I prefer that.
Your kitchen is so typically mud century swedish and looking great! If I had such a kitchen with those cupboards I would just do the most necessary: raise the bench to a better size and deplace the stove, fridge etc.
Ja Nathalie werkt hier vanuit huis met hetzelfde werk dat ze in Nederland ook deed. Maar omdat we ons huis in Nederland hebben verkocht met winst en hier nu geen hypotheek hebben, kon ik stoppen met werken. In elk geval voorlopig.
@@Tom_Brouwers gelukkig dat ze kan thuiswerken, ik ben blij voor jullie, er zijn vele kanalen op CZcams van mensen die een huis in Zweden kopen en renoveren ❤️
@@jongroves5838 I think you mean Swedish bank account? And no, that seems to be a prerequisite here to buy a house. I've heard it can be different for holiday homes, but before we had a bank account here we were told by the realtors that they wouldn't even consider our offer if our money wasn't at a Swedish bank. There are some legitimate reasons for that, but that would be going too far for here and now.
@@Tom_Brouwers thanks for quick reply, and yes I meant Swedish 🤦 I assumed you wouldn't have been able to obtain a bank account, as that seems near impossible.
@@jongroves5838 haha yes it was quite a challenge and took us about 6 months but we've had a bank account for a while now, including BankID and Swish which is really nice 😊
@@jongroves5838 if there's no mortgage on it, and the owner/realtor are OK with it, it can be possible without a bank account. But the rules for anti money laundering are so strict that with any transfer over a certain amount (not sure how much but smt like 5k euro) that it's quite some red tape whichever way you do it 😢. Good luck!
The only snake you have to worry about is the fully black one (huggorm) that one can be deadly to pets,kids and elderly people. The other ones are nothing to worry about.
People like you should have a gold medal for all the work you do to adapt and make o good living in Sweden. Welcome and wish you the best in Sweden. Life is an adventure.
Do not dry wood inside your house unless you are insect friendly.
Welcome to Sweden.
Agreed. The barn would be a perfect place to season wood since it's already built for airflow for drying grass.
I am impressed that you are making an effort learning the language and joining the community, unlike some youtubers buying houses in Sweden. To each his own, I guess, but I think your life here will be happier as you are clearly already on your way to become Swedish. Welcome! 🙂
@@viktoriaberg8706 thank you and I totally agree! I want to be part of society here, not just live in a commune of foreigners. And everyone's so nice here that we'd be missing out if we didn't make an effort.
Great video, we need more people like you in the swedish countryside.
Does that also include Stockholm fancy men?
Välkommen till Sverige! Roligt att se att någon vill ta över gamla hus som annars kanske hade blivit obebodda 👌
Lycka till med projekt husrenovering, skogsbruk och väghållning och må gott här i Sverige 🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪
Välkomna hit! Roligt att ni är här! Vilket jobb ni gör, och hur snabbt ni lärt er svenska! Hoppas vi får se mer!
Welcome to Sweden! I could recommend you to consider keeping the woodstowe on the kitchen. It is almost impossible to get something as good as the one you have . The thing is even if the electricity goes out (happens now and then) you still have heating.
Ask locals about it and see what they use.
@@gunlindblad6816 thanks for the suggestion. We will replace it with another wamsler with the same functions so I think we won't regret it. And unfortunately our water pump is electric so we cannot heat the entire house with the stove if the power goes out. That might be a project for further down the line though :). We also have a 'normal' woodburner upstairs not connected to the heating luckily.
We have talked about this with all our Swedish neighbours and friends and they all seemed to agree with us so I feel quite reassured.
Hej ik woon sinds 1984 in Zweden, woonde eerst in het zuidoosten maar tegenwoordig in het noorden (Jokkmokk). Integreren is in mijn opinie het belangrijkste om een nieuwe start in een ander land te maken, en dat lijken jullie werkerlijk te doen. Het nadeel is dat op een gegeven moment je jezelf niet echt meer een NL voelt maar ook niet echt Zweeds. Ik heb zelf jarenlang getwijfeld maar zo'n 10 jaar geleden heb ik de Zweedse nationaliteit aangevraagd in verband met pensioen rechten heb ik besloten om m'n NL nationaliteit te behouden, maar ik voel me meer Zweed dan NL. Zweden is mijn thuis.
I live in Norway, I buy raw wood in the early spring, and keep it in an open garage, it is ready to be used in December. Be careful of storing wood in the house, I only take in what I will burn in a couple of days or so. Wood storage indoors can bring unwanted guests, like wood eating ants and health issues like allergies and mold issues. (All firewood have mold spores) Be sure to have ventilation between the logs and the wall. I have an agreement with a local farmer, he removes snow for me. Cheaper than buying expensive equipment. I do have a Honda snowblower for the smaller jobs here.
Very helpful, thank you. I'll keep it in mind.
Top man. By far the best of all of the 'I moved to the Swedish wilderness' videos I get fed. This guy actually has his head on straight and is doing stuff right and spending right rather than the drifting around in cosplay uniforms to tinkly piano music, sounding vacant and depressed, and moaning about the rot filled, freezing hell hole they'd bought that other videos are filled with.
He will do well.
Excepting, of course, the fact that he bought a place in Sweden rather than somewhere livable for humans for more than 4 months of the year. Which clearly marks him out as completely out of his mind.
He could have located further north in Sweden. Still 1100 kilometers to go..
Welcome to Sweden and well done work at the house!😊😊😊
Very courageous!! When we first moved to France I was shopping more in tool shops and DIY stores than dress and shoe shopping. Unimaginable. 🤣🤣Your wood burner in the kitchen is lovely and if your electricity is as temperamental as ours would be a great back up. Your animals seem to love the move Bon chance et Bon courage👏👏👏🤞🤞👌👌
Welcome to Sweden and Värmland. Nice to see more dutch people coming here. Me and my spouse have our summer house not far from yours but in Västmanland
As a person born in Tilburg I have just started watching your channel. I also watch Rambling Wild Rosie, Dutch woman renovating a house in rural Sweden on her own.
@@mariejosevandelangerijt5112 roaming wild Rosie makes nice videos, we watch her channel too :)
Impressive undertaking, with a steep learning curve! We bought a similar homestead 12 years ago and we know the struggle, although we are Swedish, born and raised in Värmland. 😊
I don't want to be a besserwisser, but there is an old saying here in Sweden about firewood that really has logic to it:
One fells the trees in winter (the ground is solid frozen and hard, thus avoiding damaging the land), process them into firewood so they are ready by Easter, and then they dry (outside, in piles) and are ready by midsummer. Then one moves the firewood to dry storage in a woodshed (with good ventilation).
There are a lot of reasons to this, humidity in the logs and in the air being important factors. Splitting wet wood is preferable and logs from birch will rot really fast if one doesn't split them open the same season. After midsummer the air gets humid and firewood won't dry up in time for winter. Too dry (old) firewood is also not the best. There's a whole science to this really!
In the beginning there is so much to learn and too little time, but we learned the hard way that processing firewood like this is the best. Regards from another homesteader 😊
Thanks for sharing this journey!
Looking good. You’re a hard worker!
Wonderful. You mentioned keeping the meadows for wildlife so I'd suggest some native fruit trees to attract more wildlife. A small pond would be very welcomed by your feathered and furry friends as well. Watching your puppy grow was an added bonus!
Thanks for the tips! Check out the new video about our garden where we talk about stuff like this! 😊
Welcome to Sweden! Hope u enjoy ur new house here in sweden, and hope that u will have a good rest of the time here :d
Veel Nederlanders die naar Zweden vertrekken, ik snap wel waarom. Dank je voor deze video
Inderdaad ik verhuisde 40 jaar geleden naar Zweden, de laatste 15 jaar zijn er heel veel Nederlanders naar Zweden verhuisd, de meeste naar Zuid en midden midden Zweden maar een klein gedeelte komt naar het noorden. Zelf woon ik in Jokkmokk.
Not far away from where you live there is an old abandoned mountain facility and a few factory buldings that was used to produce gunpowder during 1940-1945. after the war the facilities there was looked after and put on standby so that we could use them again if needed but in 1981 the military blew up a few buldings and tore out machines and other stuff so its mostly empty. its still very fascinating to wander around the old factory part and especially the mountain facility. since you live so close i think it would be cool for you to discover about what secrets your area beholds. i'll send you cordinates private somewhere if you are intrested.
This is how you become a part of Sweden for real.
Congrats and welcome!
AMAZING work! Awesome effort and results! Reminds me of my early days moving here. Keep on keeping on!!!
1. You should try scything.
2. Meadows are great for biodiversity. I would leave them be as much as possible.
Thought the same thing. Especially better keeping open grasslands than planting spruce of all things
Oh, I'm Swedish but I'm impressed by you!
Just an advise! Buy an Air Heat Pump. For your house you can get one for 30.000 with installation. That will lower your heating costs by 2/3. It adjusts automatically, so when you have the fire burning, it will turn off, and then go on again at whatever temp you want.
In the summer you can use it as air-conditioning.
Also, in the long run, better insulation and better windows/doors lower your heating costs.
Just some advice from a "Nordbo"!
Much luck in the future! 👍
Hi thanks for the advice! We have a heat pump in the kitchen but since that's exactly where the fire is, we don't use it that often. Also, it doesn't heat up the rest of the house very well. It's not connected to the radiators or anything so it's OK for downstairs but not for the entire house. We mainly use it for AC in the summer now.
To be honest, the electrical heating is not that bad. We have it connected to a smart home system with connected smart thermometers in every room. This way it also only turns on when needed and together with the "vattenmantlad kökspanna" the electric bill isn't too scary.
@@Tom_Brouwers 👍
We need some of you in Norway too. We already have some Dutch people running bakeries etc but Norway have a lot of abundant houses. Greetings from Norway.
You cant know how helpful this is to me today , thank you so much !!! I'm also coming back to Sweden really soon to farm in some way . ❤ Skyval ❤
Looking forward to seeing what next you guys will be doing.. New subscriber here from Growing My Own.
Mooie ideeen voor de toekomst. Ik ben benieuwd naar wat er komen gaat. Geniet ervan!!
You do as you like with your plot but I was surprised you planted trees in the old meadows. That old "kulturlandskap" is on the down, and trees are at an all time high basically. More and more old pastures are lost to more "economic" forestry. Pollinating insects need meadows. The most herbs grow on fields that are grazed and not fertilized, or harvests of hay were taken once a year. This will let lower flowers grow and bloom and not just tall grass. Let a farmer harvest hay or do it yourself to keep the old farming landscape.
You have a good point and since planting those trees I did change my mind. I wouldn't mind some more shading and shelter near the stream but I don't plan on planting any more trees in the meadows, apart from some fruit trees in one small part on the other side of the road.
Have been reading about dutch people moving to Sweden for some time now. In the process of convincing my friend from Almelo to do that now :) Welcome here and enjoy
Oh Gosh, all these must have been expensive. Congrats on your achievements 😊
Nice improvments. By the way... it's not black ice... it's just ice. Black ice is the ice that you almost can't see and usally is on paved roads where it seems like it will have good grip but then when you try to brake or turn you notice that it's actually a thin layer of ice on top. :)
Ok, noted. Thanks for the feedback. 😊
You know how it is, genieten met volle teugen 🎉❤
lou got a new sub.. :D loved this
Vid plantering av skog . Tänk på att Älgarna älskar Tall , Så skyddar du den inte så käkar älgen upp plantorna .
The wood should just dry out for one season, or even just a half year. The wood should NOT be to dry.
Having the wood to dry makes it burn out to fast, and the energy doesnt get used as effeciently.
gratulation new swedish members!
Wat is dat mooi geworden nu wordt het zomer dus dan gaat het beter om op te ruimen .
Een beetje een samenvatting maar superleuk om het huis van binnen eens goed te zien nadat er al veel is gedaan. Wat een omgeving en wat ben ik trots op jullie en hoe jullie het daar doen!! ❤
Fantastic! So happy to watch your progress and I wish you all the best in Sweden.
Hugs and love from Karlskrona! :)
good luck! great vid!
I really enjoyed your video and style as well. You certainly have a lot of initiative and the progress you have made in such a short time is inspiring. subscribed and looking forward to more. A fan from Nova Scotia!
Good work
Beautiful and great progress! Love your dogs and kitties. 😊
I really enjoyed your beautiful video!
Congratulations for your purchase.
Wat een avontuur. Ik denk ook al jaren aan verhuizen naar Scandinavië. Dank aan het CZcams algoritme dat ik bij jullie terecht kwam. Nieuwe subscriber 😁
Love your Dogs
Wat zijn jullie goed bezig daar! Leuk om te zien!
Welcome and enjoy our as now yours new old country of the north.
Please reconsider having a huge mowed lawn. Insects need long grass and flowers so your plants can get pollinated. Its all a cycle.
@@babalawohrg I am aware and agree up to a point but I believe I also mentioned that we have plenty of meadows that we keep unmowed and we plan on planting more trees and plants in the garden areas, it's just a matter of priorities. And the idea of unmowed land is nice and holistic and everything, but practically it also needs to make sense for 2 people, dogs and cats (who don't enjoy mosquitoes, midges and snakes).
So I agree with your point but we need to strike a balance. And now it's too much to the lawn-y bit of that balance, but entirely unkempt would be too much to the other side.
I am new to your channel (new subscriber) and was frantically looking for your previous episodes w/o finding any. Is this your first post? If so, welcome to YT and I eagerly look forward to your future vlogs. Being of "advanced years", I find these types of adventures relaxing (well, maybe not for you all) and fulfilling a 60 year old (I am pushing 81 now) unfulfilled dream of striking out on my own and homesteading up in Alaska. Sigh; wasn't to be due to romance, marriage, kids, career, and the ages rapidly drifting by. Go for it----this Yank will be watching from afar.
@@klazyy641 welcome and thank you for the lovely comment! I do have a few more videos but only 3 are in English. I started in Dutch for friends and family but after a while noticed that other were watching as well so I switched to English. You should be able to click my name and see all my videos there. There's a tour of the property and a new vlog of renovating the stairs with more to come as we keep working on the property.
Great to hear you're getting something out of it and hopefully living vicariously through us. Thanks again for the warm comment, it's very much appreciated!
Wat een leuke video. En een geweldige plek ik Zweden. Misschien een idee om ook een keertje nog iets over jullie zelf te vertellen? Bedankt voor de video!
I'd suggest buying a sand spreader so you don't have to sand the driveway with a shovel. They can get a bit expensive but it's worth it since you'll end up using a lot less sand and you can use it with your ATV.
We have to prioritise large expenses and a sand spreader didn't make the list. It would be very good for leveling the lawn as well so who knows, maybe next year...
A regular rotary fertilizer spreader for lawns may work too and is much cheaper. And you can fertilize the lawn close to the house so it gets thick and soft as a bonus 🙂
Dit is een hele fijne video, goed om te zien waaruit de werkzaamheden bestaan en waar rekening mee gehouden moet worden in de verschillende seizoenen, super praktisch en ik denk een goede video om als voorbeeld te gebruiken voor anderen die naar Zweden willen verhuizen. Ik wil dat ook ooit doen en dit is een goede callback naar de realiteit, je gaat al snel een beetje romantiseren haha :p Zweden is fantastisch maar de landelijke huizen daar en het wonen vergen wel veel meer onderhoud die we als Nederlanders niet gewend zijn
@@violentbob zeker! Vooral als er nog wat gerenoveerd moet worden. Dan is het misschien niet een fulltime job, maar zeker een flinke parttimer.
Super!
Thankyou 😊
Interesting look into your Swedish life. I certainly wouldn't mind more videos in English (or Swedish!), so I'm subbing in hopes of that :D
Lycka till!
@@Jon.Alexander there will definitely be more videos in English. Not sure about the frequency yet though. Thanks for the sub! 😊
I think please point that roof chimney it totally needs repointing ,love the house and land and your animals .
Haha yeah there's a lot that needs doing but we can't do everything all at once unfortunately 😅
get a manuel subaru forester with nokian tires, tip from norway
and dont buy the diesel
Tip, gebruik je eigen bosgrond voor het vullen van de moestuinbakken
Ja goed idee maar de grond hier is zanderig en stenig met een ondiepe bovenlaag turf. Dus het is heel zwaar werk en dan moet je alsnog compost toevoegen. Daarom vind ik het het geld wel waard om grond te kopen.
Wie weet volgende jaren wanneer onze eigen compost gereed is...
verry nice to watch,i Just to live in australia and kanada.but it looks great on youre propertie all the best.now from cologne. and to old to make new plans
Oh, I hope you like it here. Is that close to Lersjöfors? I work in Persberg
17:18 Bro has a serious gaming rig
That what I call a handy man 😂
Welkom in Zweden.
Nat hout moet je binnen 3 maanden inkorten en splitten. Nat hout best niet binnen in huis laten drogen, tenzij je veel ongedierte wil in huis.
Zitten jullie in Värmland of Dalarna?
Groeten uit Storfors
@@cedarcanoe hej en bedankt voor de tip! Maar alleen maar omdat iets de beste manier is, betekent niet dat het moet natuurlijk ;). Zolang het hout niet direct op de grond ligt blijft het wel droog genoeg dat het in zijn geheel kan blijven liggen. Dat geeft mij wat meer mogelijkheid om het allemaal in mijn eigen tijd te doen.
En we zitten in Värmland, denk zo'n 50km ten noorden van je.
@@Tom_Brouwers ik denk dat ik me niet correct uitgedrukt heb. Eens bomen beginnen op te drogen terwijl ze nog niet ingekort zijn, ga je ze nadien nog maar moeilijk kunnen splitten. Nat hout split veel makkelijker. Droog hout vraagt veel energie en kracht om te splitten
@@cedarcanoe oh zo had ik het niet begrepen inderdaad. Hmm daar gaan we dan achter komen, want ik heb onlangs het hout ingekort dat hier al lag van de vorige eigenaar. In de herfst gaat dat gespleten worden dus we zullen zien 😅
Fields are always in high demand in Sweden. Why not earn a bit of money of that land? You could charge for having animal owners letting their animals out for grazing during the summer. Especially horseowners often let their horses be at rest grazing for a few weeks during the summer (sommarbete) and usually pay well.
@@erikaeriksson9840 makes sense, but I wouldn't know how to go about it and I honestly don't really want fencing there. We know some people that have sheep and have offered our land but so far they've managed fine on their own. We'll keep it in mind but I'm not instantly charmed by the idea. Thanks for the tip though 😉
@@Tom_Brouwers Sheep are a great idea if the neighbours change their mind. They will keep the meadow perfectly in shape , and they are also less bulky to bring back if the run off, rather than cows :) Also very nice to be around.
If you collect the chainsaw saw dust and get a wood pellet machine...you could make your own pellets and a adapter for your wood stove to burn the wood pellets, that way you wouldn't have to cut down as many trees to heat your home during winter.
Good idea, I might consider that. Although I don't think a few buckets of sawdust will make such a big difference, but I was looking for a way to make use of it so if it's not too expensive, I might go for it.
@@Tom_Brouwers It would be something that one would gradually accumulate over time, but you can also is other organic matter like dry leaves to make pellets. You can aquire sawdust from any company that makes wood products.
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You will do good, your priorities seem sound and you seem to embrace your new culture.
Have you looked into mounting a detachable plow to the Amarok?
Allt gott och lycka till!
@@kpetterss hej! I have thought about it and looked into it briefly but I couldn't find anything that made sense or was readily available. I do think that if I stay on top of it and not let the snow pile up too much, the quad should be able to handle it. Especially if I mount a higher plow, but we'll see in a few months 😁
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When it comes to heating, you can definitely do better energy efficiency and environmentally wise. You could at least install a heating pump.
You can buy a snow plow or can you hire a snow ❄️ plow driver to plow your driveway once a week ? Im in the upper midwest in the US , I hire snow plow guy he plows it once a week 👍
Never ever remove a woodstove if you're not gonna replace it. You will want to have it when there is no eletricity for a few weeks.
@@Dunken88 but I did say we want to replace it. It will only be removed at the time the new one has arrived.
Its close where I live.😅
You are doing a lot of work improving your house and plot, but what are you doing for a living (income)?
Interesting video and a beautiful property ! Did you find a job in Sweden or do you have another source of income ?
dont ruin the pasture with spruce trees its not good for the soil
You really invested in a proper road, how much was that work? For how long strip?
This is my first time seeing your vedieos. I have several questions I hope you can reply to sometime. How far are you from the Netherlands? What do you do for a living, job? Is Sweden a lot different from your home country? What do you like best, worst there? How far are you from grocery store, gas station, other necessitates?
That's a lot of questions, feels a bit like a job interview ;).
We live in the Värmland region of Sweden and Google maps can tell you the distance. Probably about 1600km.
I don't work but Nathalie does.
We live a 7 min drive from a village with supermarket and half an hour from a bigger village with more shops. The rest of the questions we'll maybe answer in a video in the near future.
Sedan kan man va snäll mot djuren och placera ut en Saltsten på ett strategiskt ställe :-) Nära ett jakttorn
Haha det här vi precis gjort med jaktlaget för tre dagar sedan. Vi bor mitten i vildvårdsområdet så vi har flera jakttorner och saltstener i närheten.
Nice videos you make❤ Iam sure mane of us Are very interested in hov big is your property, and in what range was the price? Do you work outside in society too?
Property is 8 hectares. Might do a video about costs at some point so I'll keep that to myself for now. Nathalie has a conventional job but I don't.
Swedish countryside works best with a small tractor.
@@babalawohrg yes, but I was hoping our quad could serve that purpose. And for the most part it does. I'm just missing a digging and lifting function really. But hey a small tractor brings other challenges, like where to store it and that it runs on diesel with isn't great with -20. But who knows, maybe in a few years' time.
@@Tom_Brouwers quad is good for some things, tractor for others. Life can be expensive lol :)
Also, where are you getting your hunting license? Ive been looking for a place
I took it in Karlstad but I hear there are places nearer as well. They just don't give courses that often. A neighbour is starting in Lesjöfors in November I think. And yes we live close to Lesjöfors 😊
Hej, mag ik vragen waarom de vlog ineens Engels is?
@@agrolin wel, omdat dit een samenvattingsvideo is een geen "normale" vlog. We hebben hier ook meerdere Zweedse kennisen die het leuk vinden ons te volgen en op deze manier is deze video dus voor een wat breder publiek.
@@Tom_Brouwers Exactly, people like me !!
@@Tom_Brouwers Helder ;-)
Buy an real tractor 🚜 or pay someone to plow your driveway in winter? Välkommen till Sverige!🇸🇪🙏👍👏
Possible. But we'll see how it goes this winter. I might just buy a larger plow for the ATV and then I believe we'll be fine.
Buy a tractor 🚜 w snow ❄️ plow or hire a snow plow guy to do it once a week 👍👍 I hire snow plow guy once a week. I live in a snowy ❄️ state in the US 👍
@@Kim-J312 thanks for the tips! But money doesn't grow on trees unfortunately so that's why we bought a quad and not a tractor (more expensive to buy and maintain). And to hire someone here is also quite expensive since we live in a village with 600 people and not much else. The guys who do the roads have such big equipment that it will sooner destroy our driveway than just plow it. And what if he comes on Monday and you get heavy snow on Tuesday? You just stay home all week? So if I can do it myself, I prefer that.
@jonasmagnusson2099 my neighbor have a small one , it's called a "bobcat" cheaper that tractor 🚜 but way better than 4×4 . Good luck 👍 !!!
Your kitchen is so typically mud century swedish and looking great! If I had such a kitchen with those cupboards I would just do the most necessary: raise the bench to a better size and deplace the stove, fridge etc.
Hallo, hebben jullie daar ook werk? Rentenieren?😊
Ja Nathalie werkt hier vanuit huis met hetzelfde werk dat ze in Nederland ook deed. Maar omdat we ons huis in Nederland hebben verkocht met winst en hier nu geen hypotheek hebben, kon ik stoppen met werken. In elk geval voorlopig.
@@Tom_Brouwers gelukkig dat ze kan thuiswerken, ik ben blij voor jullie, er zijn vele kanalen op CZcams van mensen die een huis in Zweden kopen en renoveren ❤️
Hi,
Did you manage to purchase without having a Swedish bank account?
@@jongroves5838 I think you mean Swedish bank account? And no, that seems to be a prerequisite here to buy a house. I've heard it can be different for holiday homes, but before we had a bank account here we were told by the realtors that they wouldn't even consider our offer if our money wasn't at a Swedish bank. There are some legitimate reasons for that, but that would be going too far for here and now.
@@Tom_Brouwers thanks for quick reply, and yes I meant Swedish 🤦 I assumed you wouldn't have been able to obtain a bank account, as that seems near impossible.
@@jongroves5838 haha yes it was quite a challenge and took us about 6 months but we've had a bank account for a while now, including BankID and Swish which is really nice 😊
@@Tom_Brouwers Well done. At least it's possible. I'd better start looking into it. Seems a bit mad, when the price of the house is less than a car.
@@jongroves5838 if there's no mortgage on it, and the owner/realtor are OK with it, it can be possible without a bank account. But the rules for anti money laundering are so strict that with any transfer over a certain amount (not sure how much but smt like 5k euro) that it's quite some red tape whichever way you do it 😢. Good luck!
Great video and thank you for taking us along. Wa State USA. Are there venomous snakes in Sweden?
@@hanksbud2544 yes there are adders here
The only snake you have to worry about is the fully black one (huggorm) that one can be deadly to pets,kids and elderly people. The other ones are nothing to worry about.
Hej, yes I know. The one in the picture was an adder (huggorm) though and was in the middle of our lawn so they do live around here.