I love rewatching this because at 17:01 you opened the mirror and said no secret but you just discovered a secret room behind your mirror. Oh the foreshadowing! 😂😅

I’m 45 yrs old, a widow and live in my mom’s basement. I’ve always rented and never owned my own home. My husband and I were in the process of buying our own home (looking at properties only at that point) when he got sick. So if anyone has hateful things or negative things about this amazing life moment you are having.....tell them to stick it! I’m am so proud of you not only for taking the huge step of buying a house, unseen at that, and fixing it up but sharing it with all of us! Congratulations! Enjoy every second as your dream unfolds around you! God bless!

If an older woman could make a huge suggestion....DONT DO ANY TEARING OUT OR RENOVATING YET!!!!!! You 1st need to get an electrician in and make sure the electricity is SAFE. I probably has not been updated since it was built....especially with a large addition. You can live with the kitchen as it is for the 1st year. I see all the fireplaces are sealed off...that means not usable or reusable. Just forget about them. Get a plumber as soon as the electrician finishes, and get all your water and septic system fixed because that is a health issue. There is probably an old well somewhere on the property. Locate it and have water tested for safety. Locate the septic system to be sure it is in working condition. I really dont mean to sound bossy or preachy, but I am concerned that with you being so young, you could make a mis step and cost you everything. After all that ..and getting a new roof...get a structural engineer out to check the addition. There has to be a reason why they quit and left. It may not be safe at all. or they could have got hurt or too old or too sick or even have died...you just need to know. If there were blueprints ...maybe you could find them. Best of luck and I wish you much happiness. It really is a beautiful and intriguing older home.

Arielle, idk what possessed me but I decided to rewatch this and PLEASE watch at 16:55 where you open the medicine cabinet in your bathroom and say “no secrets” lol it was the biggest secret!!!

I would absolutely NOT complain if you became a house youtuber or made a second channel about working on your house

The unlikes are from the houses she didn’t buy

$65,000!!!!! That is absolutely incredible 🤩 With land too!!!! Your house is beautiful. Congratulations 👏

Sometimes when I have KZfaq on for some background noise, this video starts on autoplay and the "I bought a House! I bought a house I bought a house! I bought a House!" just instantly makes me so happy and excited and I drop whatever I'm doing to rewatch this. And you know, Ariel, it's really weird trying to explain to people why this video - this video about a random Canadian woman, who reads books, purchasing an (at that stage questionable) house - is my favorite video on the internet.

Dying over the fact the kitchen and bathroom have carpet but the kitchens have like linoleum. Oh man. I love this house, she's got a story.

I played this for my dad on our TV and now he’s invested in your home improvement journey! I’m SO excited for this series and so proud of this huge accomplishment 🤍🤍

"I knew I needed to compromise so I was like 'sure, I can learn how to drive a boat!'" cracks me up every time

I love hearing Canadians say "HOUSE" and "OUT".

"I own about two acres" that must've felt so good to say!! Congrats!!

I love your book content, but I am even MORE excited for your house project content. I am also grateful to have an example of someone who is intentionally and joyfully living within their budget and turning their dreams into tangible goals and then reality.

She has soul. You can see it in her bones. Congratulations on your beautiful home

"housing right now is crazy and people my age are completely locked out of the market" Seriously I'm at the same point where I don't know how to get creative and I love that you're showing it! Thank you

I don't know what I love more, the fact that you moved to my home province, the fact that your family is so tight, or the fact that you are helping to break down the barriers for people in our generation to become home owners - heck, a lot of our grandparents built their own homes, why can't we renovate ours from the ground up?

as a teenager with HGTV/ home ownership dreams, I am very excited to live vicariously through these videos!

The comment about how the upstairs bathroom mirror cabinet has no secrets has aged hilariously.

Personally, with experience in fixing houses and renovations. I would start with any area which has pluming. Figure that out first that can become expensive and cause damage to other areas in the house. Just a tip!!!! And have someone look at all the wiring in the house!!! Also you got such a good deal, from looking at the outside! I’m so jelly! Only spending that much on it is crazy! You could flip it around and sell it later for over $200,000 for the size and land it’s on❤️

This house is dying for a secret passage bookcase door 🚪📚🤫 *I hope u know what I mean*

YOU OWN A HOUSE!!! So incredibly proud of you Ariel.

You’ve inspired me to buy a house in a place I can afford! Why struggle for years paying rent to live in a crowded city, when I can relocate, be happy, own a house and live my best life? Thank you Ariel!

17:02 when she says “no secrets in here” little does she know here is a FREAKING SECRET ROOM BEHIND THERE!!! I love this so much.

65k???? omg...what a literal steal. so happy for you, ariel!

You can buy a house east of Quebec for a box of TimBits.

20:32 I appreciate you talking about how much it costs. My parents bought a house in Ontario and it was 800k, and it's semi-detached and still doesn't have enough rooms for everyone. It's crazy

You had the similar experience as me. I sold my house faster than expected, had to move before Christmas. The house I was going to buy, turned out to not be suitable, two weeks before Christmas. I found this one online, the real estate person came over and showed me some features (Art Deco) and I bought it without even seeing it. Turned out it was not one house, there was a cottage also, on 1/3 acre. Cost me $98,000 since it was far from the metro area of Minnesota. Also has hidden rooms and nooks. The cottage used to be a speak easy from prohibition era. Love it.

When you showed the unfinished addition I was chanting “library! library! library!”

I was hoping you'd do videos about it! I love those kind of videos and seeing you fix your doors on your story was very satisfying haha

I just found this channel today -- and loved the title "I bought an old house without seeing it!" I've owned several old houses from the turn of the century, the one I'm living in currently was built in 1910, which makes it 110 years old. They will have some of the best 'craftsmanship' and 'workmanship' ever done, because the people who built them were master craftsmen, carpenters, and builders that came from a long line within their families where the craftsmanship was handed down from one generation to another. I would never buy a house that's not at least 75 to 100's years old -- they just don't make them like they used to. In the early 1900's you had people coming over from Europe that wanted to start a new life in America and with those people came some of the best craftsmen that Europe had to offer. These people were master craftsmen -- in woodworking, bricklaying, and building, they had experience that you just can't find today! These people also spread out into Canada and British Columbia. I live in the U.S. and have owned older homes from California to Texas and I've always chosen to buy and live in early 1900's houses because of all the work that went into them. It's true that the kitchens and bathrooms are almost always outdated, but you either grow to love them as they are (vintage) or you eventually spend the money and update them. I've always loved them as they are because they are original to the house. Your house has probably three to four times the amount of building materials that they use today to build new homes that cost hundreds of thousands more than what you've paid. Quality materials, real wood, not what you see today. If you were to take your old house apart, you could take that material and easily build three houses with it! Your house is solid built to stand another 100 years. *It's truly a precious jewel and worth every penny that you've spent! I can't wait to see what you do with it -- it will all be a 'labor of love'!* I wish you many decades of happiness living in it !! 💘

hello Ariel- there are so many bargains out here in the east coast, my husband and I sold our house in Ontario last September and moved to new Brunswick We had to buy a house sight unseen, but we got a small 2 bedroom house on 16 acres of wonderful forest and meadow for $ 35,000. Yes the house needs some work- but what a deal. Mortgage free for the first time in my life and we are in our fifties. Twenty minutes from the ocean and living rural........with moose in the backyard...........good bye Ontario and good bye high real estate prices. I think we'll get some chickens and a goat.

I have a friend that went through a very similar process, and her number one takeaway was to find a contractor that you can trust and who will help you order projects like electrical, plumbing, A/C! Doing them in the wrong order can apparently mean you end up paying for things twice because things need to be undone/redone/corrected.

you dont have an idea of how much sharing that number means, i know it must be hard to give so many private details into the world but it gives a ton of hope to every single person who think cant afford a place or have fears and struggles. thank you so much Ariel yo are so appreciated and loved im grateful for you

I've just redone our last two houses and I would say the best advice I can give is to get one room totally done that you can live out of while you do the rest. Secondly, tackle the bigger things like plumbing, heating, bathrooms, kitchen next because if there is an issue with say the pipes...it will literally be all connected. If you have to make some changes it is better to tackle that all at the same time and get those things functioning. It's too expensive to redo plumbing twice, fix septic or water issues etc. Those are also your most expensive items so anything after that you can save for. Lastly...get a dumpster delivered for demo. Go ahead and tear out the carpet and anything else all at once. You'll not be cleaning and re-cleaning over and over again. And the dumpsters are usually a fee per week. Hope that is helpful! :) Good luck it is such a cute house!

I came here from your most recent video where you found the secret room, and I can't express how funny it was seeing you open the bathroom mirror cabinet saying "unfortunately no secrets here" and knowing what you will find behind that mirror in some years' time... 😂

I thought a carpeted bathroom was odd, I have seen that before, but a carpeted kitchen is a *whole* new strange

you know, props to you for seeing past the scary parts and realizing how beauitful this house can be once it is given a lot of love! It would be so so cool if you did some renovation videos showing like all the ups and downs of learning how to renovate!

You can still have Wallpaper. Put it on 1 wall, creating a Feature Wall. Then you can paint and decorate the rest of the room, drawing from the colours in the wallpaper.

Did KZfaq just recommend a gold mine of a channel to me?? YES!

I think the first video should be heat, water, and sanitation and preparation for the first big snowstorm.

Ariel, you should totally make your own “wall paper.” I know you like Anne with an E, so you should do the Ms. Stacy potato wall decorating trick!

Definitely feeling the "B.C. is SO beautiful, but SO expensive vibe." My family is from Nova Scotia, but I was born and raised in B.C., and am currently in the process of moving out on my own! Realizing that I can't afford to stay in this beautiful place is so difficult and land prices back in NS are super tempting. Glad to see you've found a place!

I've just watched this after watching your newest video, and you said "there were no secrets unfortunately" when you opened that bathroom cabinet!! Little did you know what was waiting for you behind that cabinet...!! 😆

getting sponsored by a moving company is an absolute mogul move

This house reminds me of Anne With An E on Netflix. You should totally make a huge library!! I love watching videos like this!🏠📚📖

OMG, I'm a new viewer, this is only the second video I'm watching of yours, and watching this after your most recent video about the bathroom surprise and you coming up the mirror and opening it and the VO saying "there were no secrets" is just SO FUNNY

Buying a house is amazing. I cried for two days when my husband and I bought our first home after having to live in a hotel with our kids .

Omg Divine Design!! You unlocked a forgotten memory 🤣

This is exciting. I’ve just looked online for houses under 100k and there are options. You’re so right about our generation being priced out the market. Thank you for sharing the price of the house as well, it gives perspective.

SO FREAKIN PROUD OF YOU!!! just watched this with my mom and we are beaming :) so special to have your own place and one with so much potential and charm. The molding around the doors is gorgeous and I can't wait to see what you find under the carpeting (fingers crossed hardwood floors!!!) sending all my love xx Dana ps your animation game is so goooood :)

16:59 it’s so funny rewatching this video when you open the bathroom medicine cabinet and say that there weren’t any secrets, knowing that there literally was a whole secret room right behind it the whole time!

As spooky as that room is, it looks like it's part of the exposed roof space? Would definitely recommend powering through and having a look to make sure the roof is okay (old properties tend to have little leaks, loose tiles, etc that can build into a bigger problem if not watched). Lovely house! 😊

I know you can work from home, so location wasn't an issue for you, but if I remember correctly, your bf worked in a library. How does your new location affect his job and the jobs of the rest of your family?

New to your channel. Greetings from Wisconsin, USA. Congratulations on your new house. Weird decorating decisions happened in the 1960s and 1970s. I had a house with red carpet and rooster decals on all the cabinets...

I let out a sigh of relief when you said your plan was to restore not renovate. I love when people stay true to the character of these old houses (as much as health codes allow haha). Good luck with this!

It's gorgeous. It's got weird hidden rooms to nowhere like an old house from one of those kids detective books in the 1930s. It's the kind of house you could have a murder mystery take place in. Fantastic place.

as soon as i saw the outside of the house i was like "omg is that nova scotia!?" it was just a weird feeling as a life-long nova scotian ! so excited for you ariel, people in nova scotia are super nice it's ridiculous

Love to see people getting along with their family so well that they are happy to live together! 🥰

Congrats! I bought my own house as well and will be moving in 3 months time. I've been living in a really old rented apartment for most of my life because my mum is a single mother and she couldn't afford purchasing her own home. So the last 3 years, me and brother decided to work towards buying our own home so that we, as a family, and especially my mum could live comfortably in a house that we own. It has been our dream for a long time and I'm so glad that we're able to fulfill it. My house isn't as interesting as yours though. haha. I'll look forward to more videos of you exploring your new home. That secret room have me intrigued. haha

This house is going to be SO MUCH FUN to renovate/restore!

This house has great bones and a lot of character. I’m interested to see the updates.

So I’ve found this creator’s videos out of order. Seeing them open the medicine cabinet in the non-op bath and say “no secrets” made me giggle.

We are 30 with a 2 year old and just bought our first house in a semi-pricey area of the states. This market is No Joke. Watching this made me feel better about all the work we need to do on the home we could afford and gives me hope we can make it feel like home one day but it doesn’t have to happen right away. Seeing others go through the process and the stress and the joy is so nice and helpful! Thank you for sharing!

That house is so huge! And soooo many rooms to play with, plus an extra 2acres. So happy for you Ariel! Can’t wait to follow along with your fixer upper journeyyy 😄😄😄😄

I googled “British Columbia to Nova Scotia”. THAT’S SO FAR FOR CAR TRIP!!! I can imagine how painful it is to moving house.

As someone who lives in Saskatchewan, you picked right. housing is insane in saskatoon. you literally can't buy a crack den in the city for under 200K. Edit: now that i see that a literal cabin the middle of nowhere with no utilities or access to the mainland is $190K, i"ll sit down.

The fact that you open the mirror in your bathroom in this video and you literally say "no secrets" is so hilarious in hindsight!

"The fully carpeted kitchen" °●°

Just watching the empty house tour part reminds me of the beginning of My Neighbour Totoro where they are moving in.

Love that the kitchen has carpet but all the bedrooms have linoleum :')

Hi Ariel, I’ve just found your website & I want to say I’m so proud of you for the love you have for your family and providing house and home for them! It’s rare to see that these days and I’m sure you and your family will build into this home the love and care you have. I’m sure it will be lovely to watch as you progress to make this “old house” your home with your personality and character! There will be many folks rooting for you! May God bless all that you set your hands to, to build your dream home!

You moved from BC TO NOVA SCOTIA ?!?! That’s awesome

I see the potential, the bathrooms are massive, for the price, you can make a beautiful little cottage. Please make a series of the updates on the house, I love those types of vids.

I had to move when covid hit. Landlord sold the neighborhood! 17 families that had lived 20 or more years had to leave and couldn't afford anything (Seattle - Tacoma suburb in WA). I moved in with my son in Ocean Shores, where it rains almost every day. No carport or garage for my diy projects. The warehouse that replaced my neighborhood was still for lease last time I looked. Wallmart, Safeway and Starbucks are 30 miles away on a curvy dark road. Nearest Veterans Hospital is 95 miles away. I'm over 70.

Sold our house in Ontario 14 years ago, bought an old victorian in Pictou NS without a mortgage and never looked back! Welcome to Nova Scotia! :)

Glad this was recommended to me! Make sure to test for lead paint and asbestos before starting your home renos.

Silent night... holy night... all is calm- *lydia bursts into house, rushes downstairs and turns on Ariels first house video*

"nova scotia is the last cheap place in canada" RIP my poor ass who had to leave nova scotia for new brunswick bc ns was too expensive 😭

I loved Divine Design, Decorating Cents, Design on a Dime, Mission Organization! Still my favorites! Congratulations!! 🎈🍾🎊🎉

Yeah, my aunt and uncle and their two daughters got kicked out too because their landlord wants to sell. They haggled for a little more time than the lady was originally giving them. Then by the time the had to leave, still no place to go. They've spent the last month in a furnished airbnb. Their offers for 7 different houses all got turned down. I hope they can quickly move into the one they finally (tentatively) got.

Congratulations on your home! I myself purchased my first home when I was 20 years old for 45,000. It made complete sense and was cheaper than rent. Enjoy the experience...it’s amazing to be a homeowner🙂

I've watched maybe half of these "fixing my old house" videos and I think it is time to go back and watch everything. Thank you for all the vibes!

Animal Farm is one of my top 5 favorite books: "All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others." My dear, make this house a harbor, a haven and a heaven on earth for you and the ones you love. Please keep posting your home adventures.

How exciting!! I really want to recommend a channel: Wabi- Sab E, a couple in Nova Scotia(i think) who is resotoring an old house, smaller than yours. Thr videos are just so COOL and inspiring so please check then out! Happy new year from Sweden! 😊

ariel of green gables? :D

I love that your parents are moving near you too and that your family is close and with you. This is a rare thing but so important for those who get that!

I love that you were so gutsy and bought this house. I'm so impressed by your peppy young wisdom! I love that you are going to honor the house's history. I feel like you were meant to be there for a number of reasons and that the house "energy" itself loves it. Sending all of the refurbishing angels☺.

My brother is currently letting me say in his property indefinitely.. love to see the brotherly love when u talk about him staying with you as long as he likes

That excitement for the Facebook marketplace desk find!!!! We love to see it.

Been a huge fan since day one. I am 42 years old single mother living in CA I am hoping to retire at 50 if things keep going well for me. Bought my first house last month paid in cash and I can't be proud more that I am rn. I'm so happy i made good decisions about my finances that changed me forever::;)❤️🎉

weird obsession of mine but that extension would be perfect for creating a secret doorway (maybe in a bookshelf?) into the hidden part of the house

This is the most wholesome story about how a stressful nightmare can turn into something great. I really needed that right now so thanks for taking us with you. 💜 And your new home is so wonderful!

I so so so hope you're watching Wabi Sabi for a little bit of inspiration! They bought a farmhouse in Nova Scotia and are heading down the home stretch of their renovation/restoration.

One of my dreams since I was a teenager was buying my own house too! I didn't want an apartment or to rent a place, I wanted to buy a house by 25 and I did it! So stressful but soooo exciting. I'm so happy for you!!! Congrats girl!

I don’t know why people use to think that carpet in the kitchen and bathrooms were a good thing. A massive fire hazard and icky, wet, moldy floors. But congrats on owing a house!!!! Such a huge step in someone’s life.

I love your optimism, Ariel! You are so inspiring in your pursuit of seeing the positives of everything around you. Your new house is amazing!! Congratulations on being a homeowner!!!

i also live in Nova Scotia (born and raised!) and it's the most beautiful, magical place in the world to me. i like to travel but i will never live anywhere but here ❤❤

I came here from the Emma living room video! I’m subscribed now and I can’t wait to watch this series from the beginning. Congratulations on becoming a home owner!!!!!!! Can’t wait to see all the rooms 😍😍😍😍

I’ve only just found you and I’m so exited to have got in right in this adventure. Congratulations it’s amazing ❤️