I Bought My Dream House 2 Years Ago...Now It's FALLING APART

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Today, I show you around my dream house, which is quickly turning into a big nightmare because of huge repair bills, soarings costs, and maintenance. If you think a McLaren P1 is a big undertaking, you ain't seen nothing yet!

[chrisfix]

I can bring my boat out and teach you how to do boat stuff ;)

[AnthonyRBlacker]

15:20 I'm actually kinda happy to hear you speaking about your girlfriend a bunch in this video. I know you had a tough time well, just around when you bought your home, or maybe before, but anyway, I'm really glad to see you seem happy Freddy. Like.. you seem happy man, that's wonderful.

[FlowMichael]

This video has convinced me that if I ever come into a lot of money, I'm buying a small, very nice house in a normal climate rather than a mcmansion in Florida.

[salomonjose]

I work as a mechanical engineer in the MEP industry. I would say that you should hold off the replacing your AC. Do a proper sizing. Your insulation and glass mighve deteriorated over time and now would need more cooling load to cool your house. I would also suggest that you switch to a VRF/ VRF heat recovery system. Since you have a big house and you don't use all of it, it will be easy tocreate zones and save some money in the running costs. VRF systems are mostly ductless so you don't need to bring any ducts in from outside(unless you need fresh outside air for air quality requirements). I worked in NYC and a lot of the buildings are switching to VRF/ VRV as they are efficient, fully electric and easy to install. Taking care of insulation is expensive due to the initial cost but is worth it in the long run. You might also need a dehumidifier integrated to your ac system to take care of molds and drippings. (Edit: normally vrf means vrf heat pump which can either do cooling or heating at time and not both at the same time . A vrf heat recovery system can do both heating and cooling at the same time)

[greggerzthename]

Need more house build videos. Wondering where the updates were.

[balentinp]

I did the real estate photos for this property! 😂 I remember thinking damn this home has potential but seems liked needed a lot of money to upkeep

[andrewbaskett]

in a year, I want Ed to go to both Freddie and Tyler's home and see who spent more money making their dream home and roast them the entire time...

[michaelbennethum]

Teflon tape on the connectors. Anytime you get new hoses, taps etc... use 7 wraps of Teflon tape it also helps keep the connectors from corrosion

[rodneyking]

I bought an 880 square foot house last year in Wichita, KS and my A/C died a few months later (of course) and they wanted (4 different companies) $6000 - $7000 to replace it. I opted to buy 3 window units at Lowes's for $780 total and installed them myself and they work just fine. Electric bill was the same for June compared to last year's.

[markmccallion]

Drought conditions? Run a hose line out into the lake and pump water for watering the grass. Should be much cheaper than using potable water from municipal supply.

[samiraperi]

Docks can be floating, you know (and are *very* common where I live, in part because our lakes can freeze). No need to worry about supports. Just get it anchored properly.

[cafe]

That pool area with a working outdoor kitchen will be so worth it. Such a great set up and having friends and family to share it with, even better.

[Sonictailc]

Don’t apologize for sharing your passion of guitars, it’s fantastic to see you enjoying them!

[Scotty_in_Ohio]

The BBQ / Grill can be rehabbed rather than be replaced... Find a good patio shop that specializes in LP/Gas grills - they likely can get parts and bring things up to like new...

[RadiumD]

Keep the tree, change the wall. Old trees take a long time to grow, and they cool things off a ton and block the wind

[davidestate]

You need to install an irrigation system to take care of your lawn when it does not rain. After so many years of doing my own lawn, I finally got a automatic irrigation system and the grass looks great even when I growing new grass. Let me also add that you are using the cheapest hoses for outside water stuff. The green hoses such and leak like crazy whereas the flex-yellow is the best out there plus there are the black flex and weather proof hoses.

[mikaelbeeche]

I agree don't cut down any trees, try to keep as many as you can as they provide shade and cooling for your home... Trim them underneath and cut the branches out inside so air travels thru... With Your Spa or Hot Tub, first find out if its connected to Your pool as some are... There is pool mode which diverts all water from the Hot Tub back into the pool.. The water you are filling it with may well be draining back into your pool... Most of the time leaks are cause by a circulating pump... It can also be o-ring seals at the drain plug, a leak around the unions and fittings.. the diverters or check valves... Pour some dyed water or water with food coloring into the Hot Tub and have someone below watch for leaks...

[Humblescape]

Installing SOD without an irrigation system is essentially a one legged chair.

[Babun]

Maintaining a lawn is the most time-consuming thing in the garden. The lawn constantly requires work, watering, fertilizing, mowing, scarifying, aerating... In addition, grass is the least ecological option in the garden. I suggest making a beautiful flower bed with shrubs, you will have less work, more fresh air, lower temperatures, a nicer view and pollinators will be happy. Hire a landscape architect, let him design a beautiful garden with less grass, pay more, but then maintenance will be easier and cheaper.

[johndavis]

You need to watch Matt Risingers The Build show so you can learn what is needed to make your house legitimately energy efficient. I’m not talking windows and high see HVAC.
I’m talking properly air sealing and insulating your entire building envelope. We built a house in the hot humid south and I barely have to run my AC due to using the latest building science principles. It’s 97 today and 95 humidity. You need to do a total home energy retrofit. I’ve done that before too.