Thank you for providing this video. I am a concrete fabricator, beginning a company mimicking the look of classic home designs utilizing self-made limestone block building products. People such as your Father, inspire me to bring this "art" into the affordable mainstream. Considering structural integrity, heat/cooling benefits (R value), safety/security, and non-existant building up-keep issues, it makes me proud to view and appreciate the items your Father shartes. BEAUTIFUL - just BEAUTIFUL.
way to go.would like to be able to do that in here in new zealand somewhere but our middleman(currently national)would charge us at least that in permits.let alone materials,permits,rights,permits,privilages,permits,etc etc.
Good to see stuff like this,if a little depressing.Keep up the good work.
yes it does hold water out ....... i should know frank was my step dad and i helped builed it :) frank has died a few months ago ..... but my mum still lives there ....
Another popular alternative in western Canada is buying farmhouses on the cheap. Usually well built, solid construction. The main cost is the moving. Depending where you live that isn't too bad right now. However with greater demand the moving costs are going to go through the roof.
The video posts keeps you hooked up to the end. The colors of the site do not stress the eyes thanks for such calming colors. The photos are related and help understand the ideas effortlessly.
Great Job on the Home, I plan to build myself a home the same way, as dirt cheap. Good motivator video for those who may not have that much or want to spend that much, but want their dream home to come true. Perfect good job, good going.
Nobody else can build your house with as much effort and as much love as you yourself can. But boy it is a lot of effort and time I'm sure. Hat's off to you!
I agree - it's crazy - i wanted to build a no load bearing strawbale house, wasn't happening. Some state allow it some don't . NC doesn't. Now i want to build very cool and light (windows, skylights and totally self contained (we got the technology)..and very small home and lease the grounds. Love the habitaflex idea!!! on the back of a trailer.
@loytube1 you're missing the point. if this house was built and you bought it on the market, or hired a contractor to build it, it would probably cost about a million dollars. he build it himself out of concrete for $35,000.
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While the house might have "million dollar" views, its not (by far) a "million dollar" house. This is more like a collection of odds and ends slapped together - a frankenstien house.
If it made Mr. Fekonia happy, then more power to him - but just beacuse it made him happy doesn't make it a great house.
Hez lucky that his country let him do that, our country NZ is really strict on building codes and regulations, and you have to be fully qualified to do everything frm building to plumbing, and to the house being earthquake proof. :L
@JordanGauger - Concrete is a great insulator actually. Billionaires build most of the structure of their mansions out of concrete these days. I know of a huge mansion just completed near Jackson, WY that actually used more concrete than their high school did.
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Wow, this is amazing. I have been looking for info on the most economical way to build a house. Thanks to Frank for his inspiration. I'm sure he inspired many including me.
God took this man to soon, makes me sorry he wont be around to enjoy his passion. He sure left something nice for his family. Sorta looks like he has a mini volcano as part of the view but looks can be decieving.
Great video. I ran across a company that is based out of Orlando.I happen to pass by them while they were demoing a house in our neighborhood. So I stopped and talked to the GC for a minute. He said from that demo they recycled more than 70% of it which I was impressed with. I went his website that was on the site and it's pretty refreshing as well. The companies site is turningleafcoDOTcom if you are interested in checking it out. This isnt an advertisement either. Just thought was interesting
love it! see that's the problem with todays people, they're too worried about looking cool, with all the new stuff, with the new fancy house, then they go broke as fuck cus they can't keep up with the payments, people are more impressed with stuff YOU'VE done on your house then if you were to do the generic hire tradesmen...love this guys house, its a work of arts, bits and pieces from other things come together, and THAT VIEW!!! for $35,000!!!!!!
@nanaimoto1 Do you want to spend every cent you'll ever earn on a home, Second you look at these ten year stick homes with a 30 year mortgage. I would rather my family live in a home I own, and built rather then one the bank is going to put your but on the street the first time you miss a payment! I would rather not be homeless!
@troybrownrigg Even if you have the money for permits or own the land. Either way think it is cool that he built that house. Website says AU so maybe he is in Australia. If one were to move there don't have to worry about those pesky inspectors.
@troybrownrigg Building inspectors and inspections are the reason why America doesn't look like Peru, Nigeria, and North Korea, where buildings collapse because inspections aren't required and building aren't engineered to hold up to earthquakes. But keep up that mentality, it's what is keeping honest and reputable contractors around the world busy and rich.
@muthafuckindevilsson Busy and rich? More like unemployed and in the welfare lines! Keep that mentality going when the rich move to Costo Rico or somewhere where there is no rich contractors!
The keyword in my response was HONEST and REPUTABLE
While the rest of the contractors around the world suffer due to the economic downfall, the very small minority of reputable contractors out there still have business because their work has always been quality. Not to say the recession hasn't effected all of us.
@muthafuckindevilsson Yep, no homeowners insurance for homes that haven't passed inspection either. I was involved in building my bosses house, he bought lumber from salvage companies, it's left over stuff from jobs that's never been used, but you can use reclaimed lumber too. If you use good sense and have the knowledge you can save a lot, many buy hardwood floors that was removed from old homes, they're better and longer planks than the new stuff, far cheaper.
that's the truth. We are basically paying people huge bucks with our stolen tax dollars to make it impossible for us to do it ourself. Thene they let all the ass-crack brigade contractors get away with shoddy work. Is insane tbh
Unless you can pay $150 an hour each for a team of laywers there's no way you'll win a lawsuit. So 99% of the time it's the guy who can through the most money at a lawsuit who will win, not necesseraly the one who's in his right.
Oh right, I should mention that both knifes are made to the same spec. of course. Both are dangerous, just one has approved stamped on it. lol. Ya, this is about Authority. Who are you to say anything that I do actually. Authority directly takes away from your freedom. Using safety as a excuse, a cop out to control your life. This is not a achieving safety, there so many other ways to effectively ahieve this. Its about providing some prick with money. Or else the law takes away, never gives!
Trouble is in CAnada, is defending yourself is strictly against the law with any weapon. Getting off topic but we really don't even have the right to defend ourself these days because of authority. Authority takes away from your personal freedom because someone needs money, thats the ugly part. They use safety as a excuse to control your life and its usually Money based. There are other ways to achieve safety, using the law against the people directly takes away and never gives. Money=Slavery
Its a nice Idea, codes are there for a reason. Treating people as if they are liers or stupid, cheaters or incompitent or something. What about telling that to people a few generations ago when there where no codes to follow. That they had to deal with ass@oles or else. They would be grabbing there guns on the first Authority that tried to bully them on what to do.
Not in North America, here in CAnada you have to get permits for everything. Mainly because people need a job, and you have to pay them. The Government here has direct control over you, and when you build you have to do everything they say with the materials they say when they where they say how who what etc. You have no choice either, and if you don't they just stop you from building or worse they just take it from you eventually. Fines, or some jerk serving court papers! Oh CAnada Slavery
@frontview1 Most building codes are there for a reason. By you saying you have a right to effect others is you being self serving. Unless you are building in the center of a 100acre plot with nothing else on it, what you build effects others more than you seem to realize.
So your whole arguement is about being self serving and having the right to effect others? Come on this is about money and authority. The price of Authority never pays through slavery! Or does it? Look, If I walk down the street with a dangerous pocket knife that I personally made, because it wasn't make to Industry spec. Do I need to go through a bunch of permits just to find out that it is safe to carry around my fellow man? Its really dangerous, more than that house I built.
@frontview1 Lol? A house is a bit more dangerous, actually. For one, you can't expect code inspectors to believe "Oh, I'm never selling this house, I don't care if it caves in." They can't allow you, firstly, to build a dangerous house that 10 years down the road is just gonna basically fall apart. Secondly, soil/ground condition. Yeah, go ahead and build your basement 20foot into the ground in an area near the coast, watch as your house slowly sinks into the ground. Not to mention
If I wanna spend MY time and money on MY house that's gonna fall apart in 10yrs, that's my problem.
If you wanna buy a house like that, do your due diligence. Have a structural engineer asses it first, even when it's build under code! I can buy a piece of land for $10.000 (5acre+), build a house of strawbales and mud and it will last for decades. But no, I have to pay big money for a permit, tradesmen, materials that will outgas toxics in my house 'cause the allmighty code says so?
@pauluminous That's the interesting thing, because it's unlawful for any party to condemn or destroy your own property. Let's say, i go build a home without a permit and document all of it. Nobody can come along and demand that you tear it down. They can try to put a deed on the property, which that won't happen.
Personally, whenever i build, the inspector usually says "you're over doing it." Then i say, "i know. I don't like the building code." lol
@frontview1 The amount of power outages and cable, etc, from people thinking "this is my land, I can dig where I want to." Who cares if you can't take the time to check with an inspector to see if there's an underground utility run (water,electricity, natural gas, etc) you need to dig YOUR hole!
You seem to think that I am against safety? I never said I am against safety, I am against Authority. These judges have direct control over your life, who the hell do they think they are. God? REallly those pricks, or else. This is the kind of world we live in, one man with a pair of nuts is GOD over you if you will. I have no problem having someone helping out, with advice. To say Authority is the best way makes me sick. I can't believe you support Authority.
Many other ways to build a house with safety in mind, without shooting yourself in the foot! What about a refering to a Associations vs the Law? Does it have to be the Law, only lawyers win in these battles. Has to be leagal, and if you don't they take and never give. Its about CAsh actually, then authority. There are so many other ways to deal effectively with safety in mind, without supporting the very entities that directly take away from you. Go ahead and let them, I won't.
Those are deeded easements, you don't need an inspector, just some common sense and read your deed.
The fact that some people don't have that common sense, shouldn't allow for some dick on the 25th floor with a goverment paycheck to make up a 150 page law, that's not even in English but in Legalese so no1 understands. How about education, punishing the stupid, (you break a power line, you pay, plus all costs indured by people affected).
Most people can't even wipe their own butts today never mind build a house. Great at shuffling paper though! Excellent work on the house...impressive!
I have built alot of houses that were really cheap to build and its a secret how to find the junk.My last one was going to be out of auto doors gotten from any junk yard.I got a million of em...
I have built alot of houses that were really cheap to build and its a secret how to find the junk.My last one was going to be out of auto doors gotten from any junk yard.I got amillion of em...
dude thats like a nice big ass house that looks like shit at the same time if you know what I mean... not really trying to talk crap either.. hes happy with it thats great.. im just sayin...
WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW HE DID THIS WORK ON THE HOUSE. THE FLOORS, THE WALLS, THE CEILING. WHO DID THE ELECTRIC, THE PLUMBING, THE SEPTIC. TO BAD HE DIDN'T FILM WHILE HE WAS MAKING THE HOUSE. SO NEAT!
Seriously, who cares what it looks like. It's not for admiring, it's for living in. Some people aren't so superficial that they care about appearances.
Concrete material has a really solid and sturdy foundation. However, I question about the insulation of home, since hotter temperatures tend to make the inside of the house heat up during the summer and vice versa for winters.
@NatureGreenChic Here in Denmark alot of houses are build with concrete, but we most houses are build with bricks. Here we have an wall inside and a wall outside with isolatione in between. This makes the house cold in summer time and hot in winter time. We do need heat in winter time, but fewe do have aircondition in the summer. I am worried about the houses in the south (Tyrkey, Italy, France) The don´t use isolation, the don´t have the winter time, but the use ac instead, an thats not good
Great job..Concrete where i live is about $200+ a metre..Lot of concrete in this house..Did Frank haves shares in a concrete plant?
nurtsurt 4 days ago
Awesome! Nice to be happy.
lmtbla 6 days ago
Thank you for providing this video. I am a concrete fabricator, beginning a company mimicking the look of classic home designs utilizing self-made limestone block building products. People such as your Father, inspire me to bring this "art" into the affordable mainstream. Considering structural integrity, heat/cooling benefits (R value), safety/security, and non-existant building up-keep issues, it makes me proud to view and appreciate the items your Father shartes. BEAUTIFUL - just BEAUTIFUL.
mpauza 1 week ago
way to go.would like to be able to do that in here in new zealand somewhere but our middleman(currently national)would charge us at least that in permits.let alone materials,permits,rights,permits,privilages,permits,etc etc.
Good to see stuff like this,if a little depressing.Keep up the good work.
tfr128 1 week ago
What is the square footage and how many bedrooms and baths are in the house?
absgawd 1 week ago
Oh and how much did it cost to buy the land? What are the zoning/housing regulations for building it?
absgawd 1 week ago
YOUR THE MAN COOL THANKYOU GHOST!
eye2eyeize 2 weeks ago
If a million dollar house is less than a million dollars, is it a million dollar house?
IWantThePs3 2 weeks ago
@IWantThePs3 Easy, the view and air are better than in LA or NY ;)
burtonchalmersnumb1 1 week ago
@IWantThePs3 Well if someone is prepared to pay a million dollars to own that home, the answer would be yes.
nurtsurt 4 days ago
building your own home like the good old days
DragonRoLo 2 weeks ago
Its a LEGO house for OAP's ??
mark24875218 3 weeks ago
yes it does hold water out ....... i should know frank was my step dad and i helped builed it :) frank has died a few months ago ..... but my mum still lives there ....
MrJay121jay 3 weeks ago
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@MrJay121jay she still lives there, but, where do you live? I'd like to see the house you built for yourself too!!!!
absgawd 1 week ago
does it hold water out?
designerhell 3 weeks ago
WOW,I am very impressed,That is AWESOME! Hello,from America!
ilililhy1 1 month ago
Very inspiring..wow!
KnowYourRealEstate 1 month ago
Another popular alternative in western Canada is buying farmhouses on the cheap. Usually well built, solid construction. The main cost is the moving. Depending where you live that isn't too bad right now. However with greater demand the moving costs are going to go through the roof.
tarnsand 1 month ago
Good for this guy, but I'd rather build it with hempcrete, then your heating/cooling costs are close to nothing and it's all natural and cheap.
blackhog42 1 month ago
11 people tried it and they ended up with a lump of concrete at the bottom of the mountain!
onlinebills02 1 month ago
I love the laugh at the end, I'd wake up every morning with that laugh if I owned that house for $35,000 :)
anglo1saxon3 1 month ago
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The video posts keeps you hooked up to the end. The colors of the site do not stress the eyes thanks for such calming colors. The photos are related and help understand the ideas effortlessly.
sitetrafficsite 1 month ago
Great Job on the Home, I plan to build myself a home the same way, as dirt cheap. Good motivator video for those who may not have that much or want to spend that much, but want their dream home to come true. Perfect good job, good going.
aikeem101 1 month ago
wooow! he's lucky!
Baraquiel62 1 month ago
you're amazing.....
robbin520 1 month ago
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Shipping containers dont seem to have a strong enough stucture to me....when it thunders I like to not hear it. I want my home insulated from noise!
absgawd 1 month ago
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absgawd 1 month ago
Little money and A LOT OF CONCRETE?, Shit does he know the price of concrete here in the US ?.
surrynet 1 month ago
@surrynet This is a thing of the past ne way , its all about shipping containers now
mrswizzful 1 month ago
@mrswizzful I knowall about shipping containers, but did you notice that this video is about CONCRETE?.
surrynet 1 month ago
Nobody else can build your house with as much effort and as much love as you yourself can. But boy it is a lot of effort and time I'm sure. Hat's off to you!
RonAlmeida 1 month ago
Gorgeous! Much respect.
Souljahna 2 months ago
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Probably be in jail if you tried this in the USA.
mikebblack 2 months ago
I have the utmost respect for this man. Lord knows my house would be lopsided and a safety hazard if I ever thought about doing this.
taleeni 2 months ago 2
rest ond peace you did great job you wear in haven here and you are in haven their.
houdanouhaili 2 months ago
I thought this was a minecraft video. xD
MrMinecraftPlays 3 months ago
Yes my friend imagination and your great brain, We could all learn lessons from you
Thank you
Rob from Canada
llew777 3 months ago
Sorry to hear about Franks passing. I really enjoyed this video! I always love a "can do" personality.
hoseaj 3 months ago
God I could never EVER live so high up DX I want to live in the ground.
MrToastOmnomnom 4 months ago
you are my hero
MrBrucelee09 4 months ago
so he took his live biulding it
potagua 4 months ago
I agree - it's crazy - i wanted to build a no load bearing strawbale house, wasn't happening. Some state allow it some don't . NC doesn't. Now i want to build very cool and light (windows, skylights and totally self contained (we got the technology)..and very small home and lease the grounds. Love the habitaflex idea!!! on the back of a trailer.
trexlergreen 4 months ago
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LOL! how is this a million dollar house if it cost 35 thousand? i love these titles! people don't speak english anymore.
loytube1 4 months ago
@loytube1 you're missing the point. if this house was built and you bought it on the market, or hired a contractor to build it, it would probably cost about a million dollars. he build it himself out of concrete for $35,000.
skaman852 4 months ago
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While the house might have "million dollar" views, its not (by far) a "million dollar" house. This is more like a collection of odds and ends slapped together - a frankenstien house.
If it made Mr. Fekonia happy, then more power to him - but just beacuse it made him happy doesn't make it a great house.
mrfunkington 4 months ago
that guy seemed to be a man of complete and total awesomeness...
samehamsandwhich 5 months ago
Hez lucky that his country let him do that, our country NZ is really strict on building codes and regulations, and you have to be fully qualified to do everything frm building to plumbing, and to the house being earthquake proof. :L
garcondeplage 5 months ago
aw amazing
exitre 5 months ago
I love videos like this, It's really suprising what you can do if you think outside of the box,
Like other comments have said, Frank Feonia has left something truely inspiring to the average guy. his family must very proud of him. RIP.
mattf1986ut 5 months ago
Awsome Tower House.
MrCandew 5 months ago
To think that the rest of us pay 35 grand on our cars...
NOZblast2 5 months ago
"what? You're stiII fiImink?" What a cute guy. God Bess you, feIIa ! ! !
bRadicalmagic1 6 months ago
Very cool!
bigdad06 6 months ago
Bravo Franci, pravi Slovenec do konca.
jcjaka 6 months ago
Good idea but concrete must get hot in the summer.
JordanGauger 6 months ago
@JordanGauger - Concrete is a great insulator actually. Billionaires build most of the structure of their mansions out of concrete these days. I know of a huge mansion just completed near Jackson, WY that actually used more concrete than their high school did.
CmdrGendoIkari 6 months ago
@CmdrGendoIkari Concrete is like R-1 per foot, insulator it is not. Alot of thermal mass, but crap for insulation,
HomeEnergyNow 5 months ago
well ya if u have time & money & know the Construction talent to do..so why NOT..
BUT NOT everybody have that these modern days .most people working pay check to pay check
Bk94541 6 months ago
italian ... XD
Remontay 6 months ago
Wow... wish he made a video documenting how he did it. The guy was a creative genius. Sorry to hear of his passing. May he rest in peace.
Annahealthseeker 6 months ago
Eight people have brain diarrhea
IntegrityContracting 7 months ago
Just wondering, from which auction did you get the concrete from??
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mrlitte 7 months ago
he's crazy....crazy as a fox!!
yappertrap 7 months ago
Concrete is not the cheapest material to use, soil is.
machintruc313 7 months ago
He used to have lots of neighbors, and then he took up the acordian... (just kidding, you'd have to be a musician to get it, I think)
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 8 months ago 2
awesome the is a bit of information to gain from you to us all use your hands and you save huge.
thedragonfarm 8 months ago
@thedragonfarm i guess this applies to sex as well
dcfixusa 7 months ago
Yeah, a blight on that beautiful landscape. Your just putting junk into the wilderness.
rikkyb84 8 months ago
@rikkyb84 Didn't you know talking junk does noone any good? You sound like a spoiled rich kid with nothing useful to offer.
donsjuand 7 months ago
what about water?
Reload25 8 months ago
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1jonjon1jonjon1 8 months ago
Wow, this is amazing. I have been looking for info on the most economical way to build a house. Thanks to Frank for his inspiration. I'm sure he inspired many including me.
JmoRee7 8 months ago
RIP Frank! :(
bessstrini85 9 months ago
What a great house and such an enthusiastic man. Rest in peace Frank.
HunterMann 9 months ago
watch out for mudslide
Incrue 9 months ago
wow, i think i know exactly where this house is. i think i've driven past it on the gympie highway going south toward brisbane.
That is a lovely house.
easrth 9 months ago
Sorry to hear about Frank I hope his family can enjoy all his work!
plalelal 10 months ago
Rest in peace Frank. Please send me some of your creativity from heaven my way :)
rickyready 10 months ago
good man
danielames 10 months ago
he looked happier than a pig in shit.
storsy 10 months ago
Ohhhh, God Bless. What a great soul and spirit. Love this video and house!
anewtattoobynancy1 10 months ago
rest in peace
fullfist 10 months ago
amazing , u r my kind of a guy
dustybegum 10 months ago
Genius! RIP Frank!
MrSockoOck 10 months ago 5
R.I.P Frank!!
leah75022 11 months ago
R.I.P Frank!!
leah75022 11 months ago
God took this man to soon, makes me sorry he wont be around to enjoy his passion. He sure left something nice for his family. Sorta looks like he has a mini volcano as part of the view but looks can be decieving.
RetroFishman 11 months ago
Frank Fekonia quietly passed away in Noosa Hospital last
Sunday evening at 8.30 pm on February the 27th.
He had been ill for a long time and he is now finally at peace.
flashtoons 11 months ago 86
Bless him. xXxXx
4543563 11 months ago
@flashtoons The house is beautiful, looks like a true Artist built it. What an Inspiration.
candylady1625 7 months ago
@flashtoons Yo this guy built his house then died only a few years later?
UFCritical 7 months ago
@flashtoons may Allah rest his soul at peace,
youandi012 6 months ago
@youandi012
Allah may fuck a camel!
Dovenpeis 5 months ago
@Dovenpeis You're an asshole. What the hell did youandi012 do to deserve such a remark?
MonickerL 5 months ago
@MonickerL
Youandi012 used the passing of Frank Fekonia to promote a religious belief in a camel fucker.
Dovenpeis 5 months ago
@Dovenpeis say that to someone's face you cum guzzling turd nugget
exitre 5 months ago
@flashtoons thats terrible he seemed like a wonderful man, my condolences to his family
tattoolover100 5 months ago
Great video. I ran across a company that is based out of Orlando.I happen to pass by them while they were demoing a house in our neighborhood. So I stopped and talked to the GC for a minute. He said from that demo they recycled more than 70% of it which I was impressed with. I went his website that was on the site and it's pretty refreshing as well. The companies site is turningleafcoDOTcom if you are interested in checking it out. This isnt an advertisement either. Just thought was interesting
stabl1057 11 months ago
love it! see that's the problem with todays people, they're too worried about looking cool, with all the new stuff, with the new fancy house, then they go broke as fuck cus they can't keep up with the payments, people are more impressed with stuff YOU'VE done on your house then if you were to do the generic hire tradesmen...love this guys house, its a work of arts, bits and pieces from other things come together, and THAT VIEW!!! for $35,000!!!!!!
low72 1 year ago
Building inspectors the biggest problem for doing anything in America. The Government doesn't want anyone doing anything.
troybrownrigg 1 year ago 23
@troybrownrigg Inspectors are meant to protect the homeowner. Do you really want you and your family living in an unsafe building? I'd rather not.
nanaimoto1 4 months ago
@nanaimoto1 Do you want to spend every cent you'll ever earn on a home, Second you look at these ten year stick homes with a 30 year mortgage. I would rather my family live in a home I own, and built rather then one the bank is going to put your but on the street the first time you miss a payment! I would rather not be homeless!
troybrownrigg 4 months ago
@nanaimoto1 I can decide what I want rather than big brother making decisions for me. Ron Paul 2012.
GirlNotes1 4 months ago
@troybrownrigg Yup, the free market is being stomped on. Ron Paul 2012.
GirlNotes1 4 months ago
@troybrownrigg Even if you have the money for permits or own the land. Either way think it is cool that he built that house. Website says AU so maybe he is in Australia. If one were to move there don't have to worry about those pesky inspectors.
ReporterWorldNews 3 months ago
@troybrownrigg Building inspectors and inspections are the reason why America doesn't look like Peru, Nigeria, and North Korea, where buildings collapse because inspections aren't required and building aren't engineered to hold up to earthquakes. But keep up that mentality, it's what is keeping honest and reputable contractors around the world busy and rich.
muthafuckindevilsson 3 months ago
@muthafuckindevilsson Busy and rich? More like unemployed and in the welfare lines! Keep that mentality going when the rich move to Costo Rico or somewhere where there is no rich contractors!
troybrownrigg 3 months ago
@troybrownrigg
The keyword in my response was HONEST and REPUTABLE
While the rest of the contractors around the world suffer due to the economic downfall, the very small minority of reputable contractors out there still have business because their work has always been quality. Not to say the recession hasn't effected all of us.
muthafuckindevilsson 3 months ago
@muthafuckindevilsson Yep, no homeowners insurance for homes that haven't passed inspection either. I was involved in building my bosses house, he bought lumber from salvage companies, it's left over stuff from jobs that's never been used, but you can use reclaimed lumber too. If you use good sense and have the knowledge you can save a lot, many buy hardwood floors that was removed from old homes, they're better and longer planks than the new stuff, far cheaper.
Maples01 3 months ago
@troybrownrigg
that's the truth. We are basically paying people huge bucks with our stolen tax dollars to make it impossible for us to do it ourself. Thene they let all the ass-crack brigade contractors get away with shoddy work. Is insane tbh
RoberTastic 3 months ago
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sarahwambocheer1112 1 year ago
Damn,,, Gotta respect that
detroitMC313 1 year ago
I could go on for hours why the Law sucks for everyone. Only the very Rich benefit from the law. Are you Rich? lol
frontview1 1 year ago
@frontview1 What do you mean the rich benefit from the law?
redrooster241 1 year ago
@redrooster241
Unless you can pay $150 an hour each for a team of laywers there's no way you'll win a lawsuit. So 99% of the time it's the guy who can through the most money at a lawsuit who will win, not necesseraly the one who's in his right.
pauluminous 1 year ago
@pauluminous Oh I get it. Thanks.
redrooster241 1 year ago
Oh right, I should mention that both knifes are made to the same spec. of course. Both are dangerous, just one has approved stamped on it. lol. Ya, this is about Authority. Who are you to say anything that I do actually. Authority directly takes away from your freedom. Using safety as a excuse, a cop out to control your life. This is not a achieving safety, there so many other ways to effectively ahieve this. Its about providing some prick with money. Or else the law takes away, never gives!
frontview1 1 year ago
Trouble is in CAnada, is defending yourself is strictly against the law with any weapon. Getting off topic but we really don't even have the right to defend ourself these days because of authority. Authority takes away from your personal freedom because someone needs money, thats the ugly part. They use safety as a excuse to control your life and its usually Money based. There are other ways to achieve safety, using the law against the people directly takes away and never gives. Money=Slavery
frontview1 1 year ago
Its a nice Idea, codes are there for a reason. Treating people as if they are liers or stupid, cheaters or incompitent or something. What about telling that to people a few generations ago when there where no codes to follow. That they had to deal with ass@oles or else. They would be grabbing there guns on the first Authority that tried to bully them on what to do.
frontview1 1 year ago
Not in North America, here in CAnada you have to get permits for everything. Mainly because people need a job, and you have to pay them. The Government here has direct control over you, and when you build you have to do everything they say with the materials they say when they where they say how who what etc. You have no choice either, and if you don't they just stop you from building or worse they just take it from you eventually. Fines, or some jerk serving court papers! Oh CAnada Slavery
frontview1 1 year ago
@frontview1 Most building codes are there for a reason. By you saying you have a right to effect others is you being self serving. Unless you are building in the center of a 100acre plot with nothing else on it, what you build effects others more than you seem to realize.
Zem0nkey 1 year ago
@Zem0nkey
So your whole arguement is about being self serving and having the right to effect others? Come on this is about money and authority. The price of Authority never pays through slavery! Or does it? Look, If I walk down the street with a dangerous pocket knife that I personally made, because it wasn't make to Industry spec. Do I need to go through a bunch of permits just to find out that it is safe to carry around my fellow man? Its really dangerous, more than that house I built.
frontview1 1 year ago
@frontview1 Lol? A house is a bit more dangerous, actually. For one, you can't expect code inspectors to believe "Oh, I'm never selling this house, I don't care if it caves in." They can't allow you, firstly, to build a dangerous house that 10 years down the road is just gonna basically fall apart. Secondly, soil/ground condition. Yeah, go ahead and build your basement 20foot into the ground in an area near the coast, watch as your house slowly sinks into the ground. Not to mention
Zem0nkey 1 year ago
@Zem0nkey
If I wanna spend MY time and money on MY house that's gonna fall apart in 10yrs, that's my problem.
If you wanna buy a house like that, do your due diligence. Have a structural engineer asses it first, even when it's build under code! I can buy a piece of land for $10.000 (5acre+), build a house of strawbales and mud and it will last for decades. But no, I have to pay big money for a permit, tradesmen, materials that will outgas toxics in my house 'cause the allmighty code says so?
pauluminous 1 year ago
@pauluminous That's the interesting thing, because it's unlawful for any party to condemn or destroy your own property. Let's say, i go build a home without a permit and document all of it. Nobody can come along and demand that you tear it down. They can try to put a deed on the property, which that won't happen.
Personally, whenever i build, the inspector usually says "you're over doing it." Then i say, "i know. I don't like the building code." lol
trybal007 11 months ago
@frontview1 The amount of power outages and cable, etc, from people thinking "this is my land, I can dig where I want to." Who cares if you can't take the time to check with an inspector to see if there's an underground utility run (water,electricity, natural gas, etc) you need to dig YOUR hole!
Zem0nkey 1 year ago
@Zem0nkey
You seem to think that I am against safety? I never said I am against safety, I am against Authority. These judges have direct control over your life, who the hell do they think they are. God? REallly those pricks, or else. This is the kind of world we live in, one man with a pair of nuts is GOD over you if you will. I have no problem having someone helping out, with advice. To say Authority is the best way makes me sick. I can't believe you support Authority.
frontview1 1 year ago
@Zem0nkey
Many other ways to build a house with safety in mind, without shooting yourself in the foot! What about a refering to a Associations vs the Law? Does it have to be the Law, only lawyers win in these battles. Has to be leagal, and if you don't they take and never give. Its about CAsh actually, then authority. There are so many other ways to deal effectively with safety in mind, without supporting the very entities that directly take away from you. Go ahead and let them, I won't.
frontview1 1 year ago
@Zem0nkey
Those are deeded easements, you don't need an inspector, just some common sense and read your deed.
The fact that some people don't have that common sense, shouldn't allow for some dick on the 25th floor with a goverment paycheck to make up a 150 page law, that's not even in English but in Legalese so no1 understands. How about education, punishing the stupid, (you break a power line, you pay, plus all costs indured by people affected).
pauluminous 1 year ago
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youngmarkus 1 year ago
I Love design and i want to build my own house too.
OmcComputersStudio 1 year ago
One day he gonna get tired of his house n build a concrete bat n knock it down an buy a 350,000$ house
TheDyingCamels 1 year ago
Most people can't even wipe their own butts today never mind build a house. Great at shuffling paper though! Excellent work on the house...impressive!
vegaswolf 1 year ago 3
I want to build my home too. this guy is great I want to give him a hug. May Allah continue to bless him and his fam. : )
Jenntasnim 1 year ago
HE SURE LIKES CONCRETE! Lol!
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MrPappyjim 1 year ago
I built my own house! All you need is few skills a some money.
Step 1: Buy some bricks, and cement
Step 2: Pour a cement floor
Step 3: Lay your bricks so that you have a nice 1 story 4 sided house.
Step 4: Do some stuff for the roof and voila! you have a house.
Step 5: Do all your interior stuff;
P.S. you won't have any electricity, plumbing, or gas. But hey! there's nothing wrong with living like a medieval peasant! :)
xenomann442 1 year ago
dude thats like a nice big ass house that looks like shit at the same time if you know what I mean... not really trying to talk crap either.. hes happy with it thats great.. im just sayin...
richardxx9011 1 year ago
ah fuck
omega4chimp 1 year ago
WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW HE DID THIS WORK ON THE HOUSE. THE FLOORS, THE WALLS, THE CEILING. WHO DID THE ELECTRIC, THE PLUMBING, THE SEPTIC. TO BAD HE DIDN'T FILM WHILE HE WAS MAKING THE HOUSE. SO NEAT!
1000Sunni 1 year ago
how did you aquire the land?
alphafirstoneyou 1 year ago
@alphafirstoneyou
He... Bought it..
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MrTrn90 1 year ago
cool dude
enemyofhumans 1 year ago
What a view!
AudioCase 1 year ago
What is this accent? I can't recognize...
adrianorat 1 year ago
@adrianorat
It´s an austrian accent. Arni Schwarzenegger has the same accent, so I think he´s from around Steyrmark in Austria.
falawifsl 1 year ago
haha what a happy guy
cadw600 1 year ago
wow!!! this guy is an inspiration to the common person... money don't buy happiness - hard work does!
penguin422 1 year ago 34
with no planing and clearly no clue how long before the council tell him to pull it down
coechees 1 year ago
@coechees why would they tell him to tear it down?
bryguyflorida 1 year ago
xaxaxa..king..respect..
MrGile77 1 year ago
That guy is the MAN!
drumlord420 1 year ago
I wonder though how long it took from start to I suppose when they filmed this.
ConcuringCouture 1 year ago
^.^ My hero
bishonenboy 1 year ago
damn what a view
ihmesekoilua 1 year ago
What a lovely and delightful man. I'm glad he is able to enjoy his days in such a wonderful home!
RSCII 1 year ago 2
haha he the man
LavishHighRoller 1 year ago
A ghetto king in a slum palace. No offence, good job:)
zipacna1980 1 year ago
Johnny cash, "I'd get it one pice at a time, and it wouldn't cost me a dime."
Dethclops7 1 year ago
@RandomConcepts omg i live in west texas and i feel yah
getalifeplz210 1 year ago
hahaha, awesome! What a guy!
MsLahdeedah 1 year ago
If you build in Malibu, it would still cost a couple of million due to regulations.
Zavatari 1 year ago
Ta je pa zihr z Dolenjske ušel :)
DrOkeb 1 year ago
@perfectshot77 hahahaha i kno!!!!! thats what i was thinking
GWALTNEY92 1 year ago
epicccccc
GWALTNEY92 1 year ago
awsome!!!!
cheechwizzard101 1 year ago
Seriously, who cares what it looks like. It's not for admiring, it's for living in. Some people aren't so superficial that they care about appearances.
eggtime27 1 year ago
that is crazy how he thought that stuff up. well done.
apacnts 1 year ago
recycling to the max and well done! talented guy.........but at the end of the day, it looks like crap and he wont be able to EVER sell it.
BboyFiZiX 1 year ago
@BboyFiZiX Why would he sell with a view like that.I built my own place,Maybe its more to your liking.(my setup ceiba PuertoRico)
mosaicmaster1 1 year ago
the guy gots talent
taliewacker2007 1 year ago
Concrete material has a really solid and sturdy foundation. However, I question about the insulation of home, since hotter temperatures tend to make the inside of the house heat up during the summer and vice versa for winters.
NatureGreenChic 1 year ago
@NatureGreenChic Here in Denmark alot of houses are build with concrete, but we most houses are build with bricks. Here we have an wall inside and a wall outside with isolatione in between. This makes the house cold in summer time and hot in winter time. We do need heat in winter time, but fewe do have aircondition in the summer. I am worried about the houses in the south (Tyrkey, Italy, France) The don´t use isolation, the don´t have the winter time, but the use ac instead, an thats not good