Published May 18, 2023, 1:20 p.m. by Naomi Charles
We found our UK dream home, but there's a problem… emotional by The ohana adventure.
It was love at first sight. We knew we had found our forever home. We put in an offer and it was accepted. We were thrilled!
However, there was a problem. The house was in need of some serious renovations. We were not prepared for this emotionally or financially.
We had to make a decision. Do we walk away from our dream home or do we take on the challenge and renovate it ourselves?
We decided to take on the challenge and renovate the house ourselves. It has been a lot of work but it has been so worth it. We have created our own little piece of paradise.
If you are thinking of renovating your own home, here are some things to consider:
Renovating a house is not cheap. You need to be prepared financially for unexpected costs. Make sure you have a realistic budget and stick to it.
Renovating a house takes a lot of time and effort. If you are not prepared to put in the work, it is probably not the right decision for you.
Renovating a house can be a very emotional experience. There will be ups and downs. You need to be prepared for the roller coaster ride.
Make sure you have a good support system in place. family and friends can be a great help during this time.
If you are considering renovating your own home, we hope you find our tips helpful. It is a lot of work but it is so rewarding. Good luck!
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today we fly across the world to find
our dream home in another country and we
also get some really bad news
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you guys we are tired
we have not good seats on the place
first time in my life I've had like
legit bags under my eyes we just shoved
a bunch of stuff back into our bags so
that we can get going and here we are
back at the airport
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it was such a long flight Jay slept
really good it was great as much as you
can while you're sitting straight up
with a numb butt I know we have one
house that has replied we are on the way
to go see it and we confirmed a few more
hopefully we'll get back to us on
showings all we're here doing here is
just looking at houses
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would you like to come to my putting
green thank you
look at this place
sorry I'm walking the putting green and
I'm looking at this home she said I was
building 1860
1863 time period and I'm having the
hardest time because I never in my life
thought
that I would be looking at a house
that was owned by the Earl and she said
Earl of Lincolnshire or something like
that but it hasn't really gotten into my
brain that I could own
it's called Ishmael
like I'm in my own fairy garden photos
are deceiving rooms are a little bit
smaller than I anticipated the kitchen
was huge I loved the kitchen there are
more sitting rooms quite more sitting
rooms there's quite more sitting rooms
so what do you guys think I that was
really cool I love all the plans
it was cool the putting green oh my gosh
I definitely love the house if I didn't
look at any of the other ones that's
definitely number one the rest of the
yard was on a hill but then it had a
massive green area next to the side yard
yeah but then like 30 different hiking
and biking trails from its parking lot
definitely definitely like something to
consider I think this one might be
making it into our tops
every room had its own bathroom because
it was an Airbnb that was that was a
little bit weird that every room had a
bathroom so that's the amazing heck of a
water bill from you kids yeah
okay we're coming up on house number two
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this possibly be a boys room homes are
so amazing I don't even know how I'm
gonna choose but keep watching because
we have a big announcement and some
really bad news coming up and another
boy's room maybe
like
tree with the calendar
oh my goodness you can you can't see all
the cows oh my goodness
do you love it
I'd like to go out and see the garden
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um we love I'm in love and I don't care
who knows it this is going to be the
hardest decision ever ever take all my
money
that was super cool
that goes around all the like but light
Windows oh my gosh yeah much bigger yard
that was really nice and a huge pass
through next to it too super far away
from anything like the teeny little
one-way roads to get into it
yeah yeah it was detached really nice
with like a climbing tree that went over
onto the river
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we're at house number three we don't
have an appointment they won't get back
to us and so we just decided to drive by
and see it I think the number one
downfall is it's on this main road
lots of traffic back and forth so this
house we threw in it is top of our
budgets it's bigger than any other house
eight bedrooms like five baths or
something yeah I don't I don't love the
street honestly
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rebuilding that garage that was built in
1820 and putting a very funny and doing
all that would be such a cool project
and the house is amazing it's grandiose
I don't think either me or the dogs
would like to live on me yeah I don't
like me yes it was like really fair if
we bought it I would turn it into a
haunted house
because
I'm not feeling this one
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all right
house number three four four more
bunnies Okay this one has bunnies
there's bunnies everywhere you guys this
spells and smells like Adventure
this gazebo in the back is really cool
something wonderful about this house
look at this park right across the
street
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I totally forgot to film I'm starving
and I want to talk and decide okay lots
to take back to the kids we're gonna get
their opinions next
across the house is really cool yeah
that was super awesome yeah but it's
because it had zero yard yeah
I didn't like it the Gazebo is pretty
cool actually like it had that like rope
swing thing yeah it was nice the house
was nice but I didn't say we we now we
won a yard we want a yard yeah that's
true our own personal space yeah
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yeah so darling but it looks like it
needs a lot of work oh this must be the
utility room yep okay goes into the
kitchen kitchen okay this might be one
of the biggest kitchens that we've seen
whoa
whoa welcome you're in heaven
I think we found our dream home I sure
hope we can get this one oh my gosh we
have wanted a yard and a course Jace is
like
dying over the river I'm sure holy cow
okay
look at all these views
my goodness oh another Lounge look at
this this is gonna be the living room
um there's some wear and tear we're
gonna definitely if this is it we
need and we need to get some wood for
that thing if we do yep wood burners I
like this one a lot it has a yard it has
a river and it has enough bedrooms it's
not huge it's in the middle of a
beautiful Farm like a huge beautiful
Farm but it's only a couple of minutes
away from a big town from town I like
that one a lot yeah it's awesome not as
fancy yeah as that first one when it
makes up in River but it has a river and
there's a room and a room in a room
I love how it has like so many big
living rooms and like big oh my gosh I'm
in love with the outdoors but it has
less bedrooms so you guys are gonna also
have to share we may not have any room
for like guests so whereas the first
house had so many rooms and a paddle
boarding while fishing though oh
sauce I'm looking at you but I'm talking
to them
you guys guess what we have some really
bad news it's not about our move is it
so the visa application got turned down
there is a little bit of a bright side
to this
we're still allowed to go for one year
but not three
so even more bad news we cannot purchase
a home we don't feel that we should
purchase a home if we're only going to
live there for one year and that kicks
out my favorite home yeah because it's
only a purchase I'm not gonna buy a home
if we're only there for a year but
luckily one of the houses that we looked
at did have an option to rent
and was one of the two houses that you
guys really love so that's good that's
really good bad news
we have to put in an application
we have a lot of family or we're
International those types of rental
applications don't get accepted very
often so you guys are gonna have to like
do some praying some fingers crossed
that we can get a vehicle that allows
the dog not out of the woods yet
yeah yeah
right thank you very much
wonderful
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okay yeah
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go talk to the kids Shea looks very
interested because we have a camera out
and it's late at night and you call it
off the call I got off a call
and
you know that house with the river in
front yes
in the UK yes do you know Evie kind of
kind of yeah you boys know right yeah
you see pictures right we saw they just
accepted our application
and months and months of searching
and is a river that we can fish there's
a record and there's a huge yard we can
bring the dogs yes
and we can stand up paddle board the
river yeah oh my gosh we've been
stressing over this so much
glad we got this but now
a lot of work to do now we leave you for
a week and we have to fly back out to
get the house ready because it is not
furnished
here we go
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