Small House Tour & Our Scotland Home Buying Experience

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Published 2024-06-23
Ep: 6 – Subscribers: 5,046

Thanks for joining! Today, we are outlining our house buying process in Scotland and comparing it to what we went through with our first home purchase in California. We’ll be including things such as the infamous blind bid system, offers over, solicitors, and so much more! We’ll also be giving a very “rough” house tour and sharing some of our BIG plans for this small family home (956sqft). Keep in mind the average family home size in the U.S. is ~2,000sqft. Get ready for plenty of future DIYs as we’ll be finding creative ways to increase our storage and to make our home function for us! We hope you enjoy this slightly slower pace video. If you’re interested in our moving to Scotland journey, please check out our previous 5 videos. We’re loving our new life so far and can’t wait to share an up to date house tour once we get settled! Thank you for all the support.

1:55 Home buying websites
3:56 "The House"
5:21 In-person viewings
6:16 Real estate agent vs. Solicitor
9:30 LBTT
10:38 Offer over/asking price
12:01 More real estate agent info
12:39 Blind bids
14:18 No chain
15:40 Mineral clause
18:15 Seeing our house 1st time
19:53 Initial pre-reno house tour
25:49 Updated home tour

All Comments (21)
  • I was always amazed at the size of everything when i moved to Canada from the UK 30 years ago. Houses/Kitchens and such were just monstrous in size. Life in North America is not that great to be honest, even though I have been very successful in life living in Canada. I just miss the closeness of small town UK, where you know everyone and see everyone at the local pub. Walking in the countryside with the dog, quick trips to the beach and such. Canada is such a vast place, with nothing to do. I am in Houston for work for 3 weeks and it is boring as heck. Hoping one day to move back to a more simple life of walking to the pub for lunch and rolling my groceries back home in my shopping trolley!!!! Enjoy yourselves over there, looks like a wonderful house and place to live a quiet life with less stress.
  • I love to hear your Scottish accent is coming back so quickly Zach. I Hope you both have a wonderful time settling in to your new home in Scotland with your family.
  • @weepair2
    You will be cosy in the dark days of winter. Welcome from Fife.
  • @Chrissyhappy
    Respect for keeping the kids and their spaces private.😊
  • @ducatiman1309
    You are a lovely couple - I do hope you will be happy here - Scotland is beautiful and we do need folks like you X
  • Your home looks like it will be a cozy, and warm space to raise your family! I love the sage green you have chosen for the wainscoting and wood trim, stair railings, etc...! The chevron terracotta tile is very pretty too! Every home with more than one person really needs a second toilet, and you will never regret making that decision. Congratulations on your new home!
  • Found you this evening on YouTube and you have distracted me from watching the Italy vs Croatia football on the BBC because these videos are brilliant, such a fun, happy and smiley couple, I have subscribed and am looking forward to seeing so much more of your life journey. Hope that you travel around the UK when time allows and you get to Wales at some point so you can share as much of our 4 countries in Great Britain with all your viewers around the world. Good luck and thank you for making this journey shareable. 😊😊
  • Well it's certainly going to be cosy in a small house BUT nothing beats having your own space & a roof over your head. Best wishes from Nottingham 😊
  • I think that colour looks pink because of the reflection from the kitchen. It would be nice and more like the way it looks above the green piece of furniture.
  • @Sarah__H
    Love the renovations you’ve done, looks amazing. So glad to have found your channel
  • That's scary, buying a house without actually seeing it but it paid off. The house is lovely and what you have done so is great. Deffo going to be a cosy home for your family.cant wait to see the next video.
  • @george150799
    Living in Liverpool, it's not to far to drive, seeing as my son got himself posted to RAF Lossiemouth it's a real treat driving through Scotland, it truly is an amazing place, might take the plunge ourselves as not too far from retirement, enjoy your lovely new home.
  • @saul9357
    Loving the content guys ! We are 1 month away from packing up our home in Hampshire down in England and moving to St Andrews . Much like you we just feel that Scotland offers one of the few peaceful and most beautiful places on earth to raise a young family . The nature , natural beauty and the people make Scotland so unique . Only 33 days to go 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
  • @PaulMGleeson
    Lovely cottage a very liveable space. You nailed the colour scheme. A very enjoyable video.
  • @TwinMumDiary
    Omg I love the panelling and colours in the hall😍😍 stunning 🤍
  • Loving your videos , please keep us updated when you have time , thank-you for sharing with us , wishing you all the best best in your new home and life in Bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, take care x
  • @Jon-gk5yn
    Glad your channel came up as a recommendation. Your engagement with each other is great to watch. Look forward to seeing future chapter's in your Family journey.
  • @jcash3535
    The plaster wall in the half bath is perfection the way it is. It’s stunning. I would seal it and leave. It looks so beautiful with those tiles.