I love: the way Ed speaks French then says it in English & the way Ed uses PPE (personal protective equipment) which is rare in DIY videos.

@peterholmesgavleman

7 ай бұрын

For I saw this message, I was thinking that it would benefit someone like me, who is trying to revive his knowledge of the French language, to have English subtitles when you are speaking French. But yes, I had noticed that when you spoke, French, you repeated it in English

@carolleenkelmann3829

7 ай бұрын

Yes, PPE very important. I noticed Ed's PPE as well. Just wish he'd say in the description, what he uses for all his equipment - (Brands and cost). I think his viewers are interested, especially if you are new at it and welcome the instruction as a basis for comparison when setting yourself Up for the first time.

@1967netti

7 ай бұрын

Except the footwear! What on earth?! No steel capped boots?

Absolutely phenomenal Ed! I am enjoying this as much as I enjoy watching Dan renovate his chateau...great and most excellent skills you have. You and Ana are so blessed to have one another!

@stephjezo6470

7 ай бұрын

I would say Dan is rebuilding.....this is a proper gut and reno. This will be another amazing transformation though too. Love seeing hard working folks like this actually doing the hard work and having so much to show for it!

@marielucier7982

7 ай бұрын

Same here. Plus, I just started watching (and am working on catching up on) Martin Djoolaard stone cabin renovation and etc in the Italian Alps.

@Pfukr

7 ай бұрын

Who is Dan?

@marielucier7982

7 ай бұрын

@@Pfukr Dan Preston … Escape to Rural France

Edd, you, Cyril and Louie have the most positive attitude and gloriously happy energy. The next six months are going to exciting to watch for sure!

The spoken French adds so much for my language refresh.

I love it. The neighbours will love you. I am sure it will increase the value of their homes too!

I know this city is pleased with your ability to turn around these dilapidated buildings.

Ngl, Ed is low key inspirational. I like this guy. He’s all action and i have time for it

You must admit it’s creative to put a chair on a scooter. I just love French ingenuity. It is so exciting to see the renovations begin. Great work!

This property is typical of the Bordeaux suburbs, and refered to as an 'échoppe', ie a single story, stone terraced house with generally a (invisible from the street) garden behind. They were economical, light, quickly built properties, fitted to the bad soil conditions of the Bordeaux suburbs.

@mystrength5640

7 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thank you for sharing with us! 🇿🇦🇬🇧

The large door it’s absolutely beautiful. It makes the proportions of the dwelling believable.

Ed was like an excited little kid with a new toy! Nice to see him so excited and a project again to pour all that energy he had into it. Am sure it will be amazing when finished. .😊

Go to the camping store and buy a composting toilet. Tarp some privacy in the small back courtyard, or get one of those pop up shower tents to put over it. You can also get a sun-heated shower for some warmish water. Is there any way to reach the back courtyard from the street? Could you get one of those big square portable water tanks to leave in there so you can at least brew some coffee or tea. Aaah, the joys of long-term camping! I haven't done it for years as there is too much to pack in for one person (my age) in cold weather. Cyril and Louis are great help. It's wonderful they are available to help. I have to say that when you all first arrived in your all-black outfits with a crowbar I might have called the police. All you needed were balaclavas! Was Anna filming?

This house deserves an antique grand wooden door Edd. Maybe in the future, right?🙏👏

@earthmama8384

7 ай бұрын

Preserving French architecture would be awesome.

@brigid6609

7 ай бұрын

I don't understand people buying a old house with so much style and then demolish it into a modern box. 😰

Of all the “Chateau “KZread videos , you’re the best. You have so much more variety, and I look forward to seeing more.

"The rotten tooth in the smile." 🤣🤣 "Cyril, you could be a dentist." 🤣🤣 Yes, Edd, glad to see Dr. Cyril back working with you. And glad to see you're protecting your back with a brace. Add in Louis and three's a charm.🥰 🥰

I love listening to y’all speaking French. Such joy watching the fun interactions between you and listening to your banter.

After seeing how much work this entailed, I will now only consider houses with functioning doors :)

So good to see Cyril back Hope he had a great adventure while he was away he was truly missed 😊

I’m happy to see you have Ceril and Louie helping you. The door looks beautiful, I’m sure Anna will be pleased. This will be an exciting transformation in the making.

@clairetremblay3023

7 ай бұрын

With this architecture this color is perfect. This door is beautiful and elegant.

@sadjaxx

7 ай бұрын

Cyril?

Porta Potti, basin, large bottle of water, soap and hand towel. You can transport the Porta Potti home every night to empty and clean and refill the bottle for the next day. Am sure you’ve already thought of this. Great to see the team together.

@rolo4945

7 ай бұрын

My husband is in construction, he has a small portaloo he has in his van for emergencies

@sharonvitori4101

7 ай бұрын

Great start

Thanks Edd for having us along, I thoroughly enjoyed watching and I'm looking forward to seeing how the renovation progresses, if vilnav is anything to go by ,I'm sure it is going to be something special. Exiting times ahead. Xx

Nice job on the door guys. So nice to Cyril again. Looking forward to seeing how this house turns out. Thanks for sharing 😍😘

The jackhammer and the GAZ thingy is potentially an explosive combination! You are doing a great job and yeah, no doubt the neighbors will be thrilled when that rotten tooth will have been pulled.

Just need lime mortar around the door now! The one step is perfect! I love the color! Keep the weeds scraped off sidewalk and curb an neighbors will be happy! Good progress! Thank you all for making and sharing this lovely video!😊❤

YES! We love to see you going to auctions and going to the antiques market! Such fun. Love watching you both!!! From NC, USA!!!!

Well done Edd and team nice job on the fitting of the door. Plus a nice bit of demolition love it 😁I like the colour of the door ,what a difference already Loved watching. Can not wait to see more, Edd and the handsome helpers🤩😘

This is going to be fun!! The three musketeers at work together again. 🙏❤️

a Juliette above the door would be fantastic, 3 Juliette windows across the front. I love the colour of the door!!

Have you considered putting a composting toilet back in the basement somewhere where it's fairly private? That way when it needs emptying all you have to do is take it home overnight and empty it and bring it back the next day for use. And you don't need plumbing for that. Just get a big box of handy wipes or a dispenser bottle of hand sanitizer in your room business. Won't be forever but it'll last you until you can get the plumbing fixed so it can work. What are you going to do with this building? From the way you spoke at the beginning it sounds like you're planning on fixing it up to live in. Going to be a long hard jog to get it up to the standards of the Château!! But we all have to start at the beginning somewhere. ❤ 😂🎉

When you were putting in the door I wanted to say “pivot, pivot, pivot…😂😂😂”

That little kid was precious! What ingenuity, def needs to be looked at when older.

How exciting to get started! If you choose, I know you can make the second story window above the door seem like it is part of the door. Sort of a transom concept. Demolition is always fun and challenging!

Great first day with the entryway door. I'm glad to see that you let Cyril and Louis have some of the demolition fun. Edd, you should reserve your efforts for the critical bits and let the younger lads do the bulk of the grunt work. Save your back, please! Yes, you need a temporary fix for the toilet situation. After all, Anna can only cross her legs so long before the camera starts to shake...lol.

Good job Edd I like the colour. Good to see the boys back in town 😂 such a great team 👏

Enjoyed very much. Thought...you could put notes on neighbor's doors apologizing for noise and a link to your vlog so they can watch the reno up close and personal. I am sure they are peeking out their windows already.

Great to see you back Ed and more renovating, can’t wait to see the progress. Cheers 🤗👌

So exciting to see this major reno beginning! Well done in getting that door in chaps!

It's The Three Musketeers getting the job done ✅✅✅

Phew! Hanging the front door was, for sure, a cliffhanger! What a clever idea to lower the floor to provide a clear, safe entryway. I enjoyed this episode, thank you.

Edd,Searl, and Louie my construction crew. Very good job of destroying front steps to install new door. I’m very much looking forward to seeing the completed project. Until next time. Please, take care and stay safe. Love ya 🍺🍺🍺🍺🌞❤️🕊🎃😇🌈🙏🇺🇸🧛‍♀️👍🌹🕷️🧟‍♂️

Hi Anna and Edd, all the best for the new project. I look forward to watching it unfold.

Good to know you' ve been dedicating to this charming street house. Looking forward to seeing the final amazing touchs you and Anna always give to.

@AnnieWarbux

7 ай бұрын

Yes! Soap, water, hand/shop towels, at least! Omg! His hands! No gloves! After squatters have been there, I wouldn't be happy about touching anything without gloves. Any cuts or injuries could lead to a quick, severe and deadly infection...

It’s an excellent start and in hind sight it wasn‘t that difficult to remove the stone/concrete or the stairs and you got 2 capable helpers

You don't disappoint Edd, my husband was watching this video with me and I told him that you are an Engineer and that you would get that door fitted correctly and voila you did, great job!!!

So excited to see what you and Ceril and Louie to bring this abandoned property that is decaying back to a glorious new life! So important to save and restore history. Awesome sunrise. lol lol that was funny!!! lol It looks scary down there Edd! The door looks so nice! Very solid looking and secure! All the best.

Is Cyril back for the whole renovation. If so it will be great for you to have Louis and Cyril on your team. Looking forward to it all.

Very happy to see Cyril back along with Louie. It’s going to be a fun time watching you all bring this building back to life. Thanks for explaining what you all are doing too Edd. Nice looking door and the color is good. Nice door handle too. See you on the next one!

That was an excellent start. You hit the ground running. I love the door, great choice. I assume a piece of plywood above to cover the giant hole created when you removed the previous door. I know how quickly you and Cyril work. Welcome back Cyril! Will Louis be working with you throughout the project? This is getting exciting. I can't wait to see it gutted, a clean slate.

Pleased to see Health and Safety in place!

This will be my new addiction!!!😊

Hard hats, eye, ear, hands & lung protection should be (routinely) worn on ALL building sites as a matter of course along with steel insole and toe inserted work boots. Many find the idea incredibly tedious and just want to crack on. But the time taken to don these bits of safety wear is an awful lot quicker (& cheaper) than having to stop a job site where time is money, rush off to hospital for treatment, followed by what is often a prolonged period of recovery at best, and either partial or total loss of function to an injured body part/s with lifelong consequences. Good on you Ed, for taking job site safety seriously. I've frequently encountered the consequences of people not having done so, some of which were relatively lucky, others, sadly, not so much.

Oh Ed! Just when you said your using a chain saw! I thought? You watch he is going to hit a nail or a screw etc. I made the same mistake when sawing of main joists for my decking. I didn’t plan for the angle of huge screws which I caught right next to where they went into the concrete of the pool. One chain ruined. Great to see the work starting mate🙌

Nice Door Burglar Proof 👍👍 great start Boy's 🤗👍🤗👍🤗👍 Love Sue❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

The kid on a chair...on a scooter!! 😂 I'm eager to see what comes next in the demo/reno process... guaranteed to be worth watching. 🛠

I have never seen stone so deteriorated. How old is this building? How will you repair all that stonework, even if it is possible? This will be a very interesting project! I look forward to seeing you work your magic!

Wonderful start to the renovation & it's really good to see Cyril & Louis helping out...great guys! All the best, really looking forward to seeing the renovations! Take care, stay well! Kathy x

So exciting to see the work begin, love the door!

So excited to watch you at the “abandoned” project!🎉🎉🎉

I’m enjoying watching you renovate. You always act like a gentleman. Very pleasant. Good job on that door. It looked perfect!

Wow! That looks great, a bit nerve wracking watching you remove the steps but well worth it. Well done all 💕🇦🇺

This is my first comment to your channel. I commented at 10:00 minutes I enjoyed the soundtrack to your video. I've hung on to your channel for a while now I think it's been a year since I subscribed. I love you and your wife you guys share a beautiful connection. Greetings to you all from Titusville FL!♥️

What a great laugh about kid on scooter! When you said he has a seat in it… I pictured a bicycle seat which I’ve seen on scooters… then you approach and I see one of those folding chairs that were in churches and public buildings in the 60’s. I’m still smiling. Thanks for sharing life in Bordeaux !

An amazing start, great to see the team back together 🤗

I love hearing French being spoken between Edd and his team. I have been working on improving my French, both before I went on a 3 week vacation in France in September and also since I returned to get ready for my next visit. This is such a great vlog ❤

Edd, the door looks great. I love the color. It goes well with that stone. It is awesome that you have Louis and Cyril. You are the three musketeers. You three work very well together and have fun doing it. I am happy you are back to building. Stay safe and enjoy the build.❤

Anna and Ed do you ever take a holiday, you both seem to work all the time?

@leilacristinapereira461

7 ай бұрын

Unstoppable couple. They breath renovation 😅

This is going to be so much fun to watch! Another reno project! Can't wait to see what your ideas are.

I'm voting that you are the best looking work crew in the Chateauverse ... Sorry Amoury, Sorry Simon ... not sorry Dan ❤

And we're off. Exciting times ahead looking forward to the renovations.

Let the fun begin, Demo time, and the gangs all here. 👏👏💋❣️

The neighbors’ home value increases with your build! They should be pleased!

Great stuff, been eagerly awaiting the start of this house. It is such an interesting one, going to enjoy watching your journey unfold.👍

@svitlanakamsha1305

7 ай бұрын

Я тоже ждала с нетерпением❤❤❤

This is my first comment to your channel. I commented at 10:00 minutes I enjoyed the soundtrack to your video. I've hung on to your channel for a while now I think it's been a year since I subscribed. O love you and your wife you guys share a beautiful connection. Greetings to you all from Titusville FL!♥️

Those wooden stairs ripping out so easy made my eyes 👀 bug out. 😂 So nice to see a good crew getting the work done!

Really anxious to see how the door and floor plan look. Can't picture what he's telling us in my mind.

So excited to see this new adventure in process. Can't wait to see the outcome as I love all you do . Great team !

Safety Gloves would be useful during the demolition phase. Best of luck.

Glad to know for the color of the door and windows. One day an entrepreneur I was working in a project for our house told me that doors and windows of expensives houses are always black. He says the color black look more rich with the stone. Maybe things have change since that?

love the demo, I knew Edd loved it too lol

Hello everyone! So glad to see demolition begin! Edd, any chance you can install a stained glass window or decorative iron scroll work over the quasi-transom window? It would be beautiful to see character put back into this building, especially since it’s on a corner and so visible to pedestrians and autos.

A front door 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Great start and already looking good ✅

I’m so glad you’re finally getting to start on this property. Can’t wait to see what you do with it! 🎉❤

I’m happy to the 3 mousqueters and probably Anna as Dartagnan

Have you considered putting ring cameras by the doors to your new build, video evidence if someone is trespassing and surprisingly good quality. Will you be putting a wall or window over the main entrance. I would do a large window so you could see the chandelier in the hallway. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to your next post.

As that front door is so central to the look of the place and now it’s a more normal size you could continue to look for a reclaimed door to complete the look which would make such a difference

I keep thinking those stairs would look great in a garden at a different place. The door looks great .

For our building project I bought a second hand camping cassette toilet from fb market place for £20. Hubby built a toilet room out of plywood. I only had to clean out the toilet twice a week.

I'm sure the neighbours will be pleased to see the new door in place. It's a sure sign that the work has started.

Wow.....great job today and what an amazing team!!! All very exciting.....can't wait to see more.....👏

Hard hats and gloves for everyone. Please. Love seeing Cyril, and Louie with you Ed!

CYRIL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! w00T!!!!!!!!! 👋✌

We love Cyril xxxx

Cyril’s back!

It's good to see Cyril. Thought he was going to be away travelling for a while.

I am enjoying hearing you speaking French with the guys, great for me to see what I can translate. I’m impressing myself ☺️ love the door colour. You have lots of work to do, looking forward to witnessing it ❤️also seeing what has been going on in the building while you were installing the door…. Things were flying out the second floor side window!😊

After the incredible job you did at the passion project, I have no doubt that this house is going to be a stunner. Ed, Anna and the team will do your usual magic. Can’t wait to see it. Xx

Three men and a door 😅 .. ive been waiting for this demo to begin... let's do it 😂 ps luv a bit of eye candy for this old duck

Edd, that was an enjoyable video watching you, Cyril, and Louis work together. It will definitely be a fun renovation. Adding the new door makes it already look light years better. I love hearing you speak French and switch off to English with your British accent! I’m curious about lead based paint concerns. In the United States we have inspections prior to purchasing a house built before 1978 because there was lead in paint before 1978 and the airborne particles are dangerous to one’s health. Just wondering as we watch all of these old buildings be torn apart with dust and paint chips flying around.

@BordeauxLife

7 ай бұрын

That’s one of the reasons why we wear masks.

@helenknowles4692

7 ай бұрын

😊

Thanks Ed, So grateful when you speak French that I can understand so am hoping my French will improve through the revamp. Merci beaucoup! ❤ from South Africa

Great i really enjoyed that door look great and i love the colour looking forward to following this renovation, great to c u 3 chaps working together xxx