Tour our DERELICT 100+ year old Welsh farm + there’s a BIG development for the homestead! (ep.7)

The wheel on the upstairs wall would have had a big band around it to get power up from the ground floor, either from a tractor with a flywheel or hydro, your both doing great!

This Irish Homestead may help 👀

I am about 20 miles north of you, and bought my derelict smallholding 50 years ago. When I pulled up the lino, there were quarry tiles directly on the earth, so you did better than me. I think your buildings are older than you think, mid 1800s, if not earlier, like many around here. The map room in Aberystwyth is brilliant for dating things, especially like most if it belonged to an estate. The wood and chain thing is a swingle tree - that particular one for two horses, and the thing in the roof is either a roller or cutter to make the crop ediable for cattle. Barley and oats were grown, very little wheat, but with room for 12 milking cows, your place would have had more land than it does now. The original house is at the top of the yard and would probably have been thatched.
My rule was if the weather was good - outside work, wet or snow, sort the house out. Still sorting it out!

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No wonder you are undecided as there is so much potential in each building. How cute is your dog. Well done for rescuing. Where are you both from? Love the descriptions Gav and what a shy smile you have lol. Oh and you now need to rescue a cat to ward off any unwanted little furry things.

That dog worships you both already, looks like a match made in heaven.

Once again, thanks for taking the time to show us around and introduce us to your beautiful dog. She’ll be a great asset as a guard and protector. That privvy bench/bog seat, well, it’s begging to be made into an outside seat. Completely useless of course but a source of entertainment and laughter. 😂😂. There’s o many options with your buildings but I do think you are right in thinking business model first, then let your needs to support that business dictate what each is used for. An office in an outbuilding is a great idea but not so much when you need to pop in for something and it’s chucking it down or there’s 3 feet of snow………. Every man needs a workshop……… speaking from experience……. Great fun to watch you both. Best of luck. Wayne

Seren is a very lucky dog you have a lovely property with lots of potential good luck with it all from Pencader Carmarthenshire

Lol at gavs brutally honest description of the toilet!

Had to come back to admire your beautiful wee pupper. Looking forward to hearing about her adventures ❤

Loving your new edition 👍 she’s beautiful xx

Was the piggery a mill originally, with the stream going down the side it does remind me of one. You could potentially tap in to hydroelectric there.

If you feel tempted to spend money on a gym, just go and chop some firewood or mix some concrete....

The way these things go, in about a year's time he'll do 90% of the talking.

Gav is hilariously awkward 😂

Interesting videos,such a lovely holding,,,beautiful dog....Will you be keeping sheep in the future...if so please consider the Welsh Mountain badgerface sheep...

I live in Swansea..... You are living my dream.

Gavin's enthusiasm and excitement is really infectious.... ahem. 😉😅. What a fantastic smallholding. The potential is enormous. Really looking forward to what you do with the place. Good luck!

Nice positive video, thanks 🙏

Nice positive video, thanks 🙏

Thoroughly enjoyed that. All those gorgeous buildings and Seren is beautiful. Xx

cold barn could have been milk store, in churns sat in the trough with water running to keep cool.

What a lovely dog. Glad you adopted her. She looks healthy and happy so a shame she was going to be put down. Big projects and fun ahead.

Gav will soon get into the swing of being in front of the camera and chatting shit I can see him with a second you tube channel in the future when the work shops up and running ,passing on his carpentry knowledge and experience.. we love no nonsense grafters with a good sense of dry humour ,, he’s a top man in my book

Love the doggie!! 🐶🇬🇧

Haha. she's gorgeous. As a staffie lover I could tell instantly she had staffie genes! You've all hit the jackpot!

Look forward to your videos and glad to be here from the start, I actually cried when you said your beautiful dog was about to be put down how can that be legal? You can see how much she loves you both x We have a rescue too called Monty he was badly treated as a pup ❤

Congrats on the new addition!

Just binge watched your videos, it’s going to be incredible when finished and so impressed with all your hard work!!

Serens lovely she looks so well behaved she’ll be a great companion to you both.

Hello from 🇨🇦! You have a beautiful home with so much potential, and having a dog makes it whole!

Awww hello Seren 🌟

love the dog

What is a farm with out its dog.🎉🎉🎉🎉

Very cool. Are you guys going to set up solar? You guys definitely have a project. With a lot of work you’ll end up with a swanky property.

Serene's breeds are all intelligent and stubborn ❤ your going to need consistent training. Good luck 👍

Your dog is lovely and she is almost the spitting image of our Huntaway Collie cross. They will definitely be living their best lives on a farm!

You have smallholding - you won't need a gym :)

Hi. I've been watching your videos and have read some of the comments. I'm in North Carolina, USA and have been doing historic restorations on 18th and 19th century homes, buildings and log buildings most of my 70 years. When I begin a project, for any customer, I begin with a photo log, pictures not video, and detailed written notes on the building followed by research of records of the property. I would then have to follow regulations from our Interior Department. So, I'm curious what permits and rules you have to follow. If you could once in awhile talk about your process, that would be great.

I like the candid, in-person commentary

Love Gavin, he's a star. Love your channel too and love your dog. Thanks for showing us all of your outbuildings, you are very lucky and very brave.Lokking forward to future videos.

Thats a pair of swingletrees. They are part of horse harness ... In this case for two horses. It would hold the straps or chains clear of the horses when they are dragging a plough, harrow or whatever.

Lovely dog!

A fine hound! Groucho Marx once defined the motto of the dog: "You could be lucky all day, but if you didn't try your luck, you'd never know..."

First building: Those're definitely windows, just unglazed. Shutters go on the outside. It's right by a stream with a steep fall on it. Was it the original mill building? You have info that the place was a small fulling mill. That would need a lot of water. Whatever, have you thought of water power? That building and the stream right beside would be a natural for a turbine. I'd say you've lucked out with all the newish roofs and also with the large areas of hard standing.

At first, I wasn’t so sure I wanted to watch this one, but I’m so glad I did!☺️

The machine in the loft is a chaff cutter , probably a bent all’s one from what I can see

All that old horse poop will be gold dust when you come to sorting growing your fruit and veg or flower patches! Binge watched up to here, love your style. ❤

You are as fake as all these channels ... bye bye