The Woodman's Cottage

[rr8151960]

That is a beautiful house and the people seem awesome. Ok is it just me or was 4:04 just a little bit ....umm lets say....... WTFish??

[62rome]

Just bloody amazing.

[MrJoeyBoombotz]

Nice on the surface. I see a bunch of repressed self-justifying-holier -than-thou hippies whose government has taken away their rights to be men. I'm surprised he's allowed to own the tools that would allow him to be self-sufficient.. The skills and work that went into it hopefully would have woken the man up, but lust in time, he found a woman to rock him back to sleep. Too bad. It looks like he really had a chance to discover his real purpose and freedom. Chez ez la femme.

[iivxi]

Oh my gosh it's beautiful!!!!!!!

[chaz706]

that is a right proper cottage. I absolutely love the fenced in garden out front. Cozy little home you have there. Well done.

[saffrin04]

I wouldn't want him sniffing in my toilet like that haha

[TheTexaradoan]

Wow !!!! Very impressive.

[kriztofff]

Build it and they will come.....

[jamescs1969]

Glorious!

[CommentsSurvey]

What a beautiful life these people have created. That is one lucky little child. Great video and so inspiring! Thanks for posting.

[Ecoeurope]

Hardworking man

Jaro

[per1se]

Now this is my kind of natural home! I love how they've used white and beige and wider windows than most natural homes. And it's also more civilized compared to some. I'll try to make mine more like this. When the time comes for my constructing, expect me to flood these topics with specific questions :)

[WhiteStarWoman]

Living the dream! I am so jealous.

[MrNigel1340]

I watched the first programme of the house build and was extremley impressed and would love to have somewhere like it myself, a very organic building and love the lack of any truly straight lines, congratulations on the birth of your son he will lead a lovely life, regards Doc Cox

[LOPEZdJUNGLIST]

pukka gaff u need Solar powerrrrrr

[usmcoth]

Gorgeous. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

[Search4diabetescure]

Ben, it truly is a lovely house.

Congratulations on the birth of your son.

Be sure to have him baptized.

[BiggerThinking1]

@Search4diabetescure why would anyone baptize a child? Ludicrous!

[Search4diabetescure]

@BiggerThinking1 - Thank you for asking a very important question.

Answer: If you are a Protestant heretic, I sense that you are one, if you look in the Sacred Scriptures, when a certain household became Christian by the decision of its Master, the entire household was baptized including servants, slaves, children including infants.

Unlike heretical Protestantism, REAL CHRISTIANITY has been doing this FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. If you don't believe me, please see for yourself.

[bakednapkin]

did he use straw bale for the inner walls

[EKOXMiKO]

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[demerc]

Absolutely beautiful! But, not to be a downer,it totally defeats the purpose of everything this sort of lifestyle step means.That place would cost a fortune and couldn't be built by an unskilled layperson,only a craftsman or professional. Great for some ideas though.

[privatepersonalc]

Brilliant!

[ratarad69]

NICE BRO CAN'T WAIT TO BUILD MY OWN

[DerGeist93]

I am so jealous, I would love to be in your shoes! you are living the life I wanted for myself, congrates

[DaddyOD13]

It's interesting that some people who grew up with the big consumer machine running (& ruining) their lives, are now going back to basics.

While countries like China, who's people lived with so little for so long, are becoming what we were.

[hoffman4506]

ben law is a legend.

really balanced, humble and peaceful.

i'd love to meet him and work with him - i've read all his books.

its amazing how content he is without just pursuing money.

i stayed in a house he built in may 2011 local to where he lives - amazing place and i'd love to live in one permanently with my wife and kids.

ben....your amazing!!!

[persebra]

absolutely gorgeous! how much do you think that house is worth?

[hoffman4506]

@persebra

its worth nothing coz he can never sell it. if he sold the charcoal business and land, he'd have to take it down.

but its priceless at the same time - to him and his family. its so beautiful.

[mattdidit84]

Owwww wow look at your toiler...Lets smell it...LOL.

[RBear20]

absolutely beautiful

[yappertrap]

it blends!

[GratefulMeds]

I praise these people so much!!!!

[Simunye1969]

I love this house. I want one Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase....

[blessedbirthing]

Such a beautiful home !!!!! They will just have to add on to it now that they have a baby. They need a room for the kid. And once the baby is a toddler the steps and the upstairs bedroom will be a little dangerous (too open). But if this guy can build such a dream home, he will be able to figure something out.

Great work!

[ybunnygurl]

Thank you for posting this, I remember seeing something on BBC America right after he had built this house, and to find this fallow up is awesome.

[TheHalloweenHead]

Omgggg I love this

[TheBozoBrothers]

Built like a true man. Well done Ben.

[wildheartmuse]

Lovely!

[DontFriendInviteMe]

I am so incredibly jealous I can't stand myself.

[brickford27]

This is the only true really organic way to live! why does those in power make it so difficult to exist this way??

[JONATHAN3034]

2 people do not like this video.

[stockmag1]

The thing about this story is that he lived on this land - and worked it as a woodsman - for more than ten years, in a tent. This isn't really that possible, though the instructions for the house are very clear and direct. The whole episode is well worth seeing. He has a great website.

[SoldatfurChristus]

What an absolute blessing it was just to see this. I can't imagine how Ben must feel. Pure Beauty!

[dalajlamapeace]

wonderful

[inremembranceofruth]

Also - regarding bureaucracy, permits, etc. Hopefully, with a decline in oil and other resources - a resultant decline in these entities and impositions. I do not see how, ultimately, the latter will be able to be enforced - even as we will have to give up much that we have become accustomed to as well. Overall, acknowledging that I cannot foresee all of what will come, I shall be glad for the withering away of this undue bureaucratic interference/influence/monetar­y profit.

[inremembranceofruth]

Utterly beautiful. Remarkably beautiful. Yet..."extension?" I hope that we are coming to a 'place' of recognition that we humans (in wealthier countries) have become accustomed to far more space than we need - far more than most peoples in the world have ever had. Thus, are we not willing to say "enough is enough?" Let us learn to live with less in order that our ever-growing populations can be accommodated - that there will be space for all of us.

[Rael571]

This was always my favourite 'Grand Designs' story. The house is absolutely beautiful. My fantasy home.

[GreensongOakheart]

No light pollution!!!

[skimbrad]

has anyone got the full episode?  just this part doesnt do this episode justice.

[stockmag1]

@skimbrad you can see the whole thing in the uk on itv's iplayer. Go to programmes and then A-Z.

[skimbrad]

@stockmag1 Thanks mate



[skimbrad]

@stockmag1 Thanks mate

[birdie2219]

Crack out the bong with this bloke..

[frostefruitloops]

Ben's Kevin's stunt double!

[maxwolfeee]

I live in a nest, I love it. :P

[vanityvideo]

@maxwolfeee Wow you're a bird, what kind of a bird are you? :)

[Dharma5383]

Gorgeous home and I admire you both for such devotion to the earth. God bless you both! and Baby

[iluvaoinshou]

Hey,,,i really love this video

but I'm not a native English speaker...):

is it possible that someone could type out the captions?

[ecargnna]

beautifulllllllllllllllllllll.­...................how much the cost build it

[festyxfi]

This is very inspiring. I'll chime in on the bureaucracy issue. I think the argument can be simplified by stating: "a sane, affordable, dignified and self-reliant life is out-lawed in the modern world." I currently live in Northern Minnesota, and know a few hold-outs from a less oppressive era (the 70's perhaps) with outhouses and houses/cabins that don't meet code. IMHO, soon the revenue starved states will hunt them out and tax/fine/regulate them right out of their homes. Resist the globalist!

[MrSchpankme]

@festyxfi .. There is NO "revenue starved STATES", this is the biggest lie.

This is an advanced lesson in government corruption - in legal, organized crime.

/watch?v=XddjM_efnmk&feature=c­hannel_video_title

[4700Thomas]

I would love to live like that, in the wood and in so beautiful house - wauw...!

[hib44]

chestnut

[hib44]

chestnut

[sxtrader]

what kind of wood is the house made?

[Moonessence1]

Everything I want in a house!....well maybe a regular toilet :P

[SensiBleu]

this man barges in and starts sniffing your toilet?

[janel11]

What a perfect place they have build...love it

[adamswift34]

Does anyone know which Grand Designs series this is from?

[ecstaticdancer]

@adamswift34

S03E02

[em1dem]

fantastic house

share the same opinion with u guys/girls from germany and norway

same here in greece u need horrible concrete whenever u re building a house

[hangintreefrog]

without doubt, the most beautiful house in England... built with inspiration and adding to the wealth of the planet....hope one day we can all have one!!!!!!

[mrnimble]

Lovely, why do I live in God damn Germany, here everything has to be tested, and approved. Its nearly unpossible do build up something like that. I wish I would live in a less bureaucratic world, much would be better...

[mrnimble]

@mrnimble impossible of course.

[magua73]

@mrnimble

I hear you brother! I have the same problem here in Norway, I'm the process of building a strawbale house. I bought the lot where I'm going to build my house for over 3 years ago and still I haven't got the building permit to start building it, regulation for this, regulation for that, paper this paper that, I hate bureaucracy. But I'm almost there now, almost....

[sparkanotherowl23]

@magua73 where this guy lives i.e. England is just as bad, he just had special circumstances... how I envy him and his beautiful home!

[dourakigia]

@magua73 I wonder did u actually built it or you gave up?

[magua73]

@dourakigia Well, at the moment it is in standby due to other reasons in my life. But the burocratic nightmare it is still there am I afraid.

[dourakigia]

@magua73 Thank you for replying! I do wish you luck.

[jeremiahsineiii]

@magua73 Luckily here in Indiana (as well as the other States of the US except for the small east coast States, the Codes for building grow more lax when you leave the jurisdiction of the governing Bodies of the Municipalities of the crowded areas.

I live for the moment in Indianapolis where there is no code for outbuildings 18'x12' or smaller. My plan is smaller buildings tight knit forming courtyards. Habitat for Humanity (aka Jimmy Carter cleared the way for Straw bale in Bloomington, IN.

[pahwraith]

@jeremiahsineiii

I read somewhere that if you build the structure completely by yourself in Indiana, it is allowed. Although don't bet on it being insured.

radicalplots.dwiel.net/doku.ph­p/indiana_log_cabin_law

[chriscunanan]

@magua73 umm, here in the US not too much better either...so, what's the answer? all become outlaws overnight? i don't think they're going to "give us permission" to do anything more towards freedom anymore...this is a global clampdown, a boot stomp to the face of humanity...they call it the New World Order

[jeremiahsineiii]

@chriscunanan TRUE! But only outside of Municipal rule! Alas, The NGO's have been hard at work to assure revenue through permits and fees out in rural areas. My statement above should also say: THE 18'x12' BUILDING MUST NOT HAVE A PERMANENT FOUNDATION. I will use railroad ties for posts....scrapped, of course!

[grandad1982]

@mrnimble

It took Ben many years to get his planning permission. The laws protecting woodland in the UK are pretty tough as I guess they probaly are in most European countries.

Sadly we all live in a bureaucratic world. I think its not an entirly bad thing though. If everyone and anyone could build a house were they wanted then our shared natural environment would be a poorer place. Its just a shame the good guys have such a hard time1

[sihutchuk]

For goodness sake don't get carried away with there being no bureaucracy in the UK!!!!

Ben Law (the man in the video) is the ONLY person in the UK to have got planning permission for this type of building in a wood. Since he built it EVERY similar application has been turned down.

The UK is practically the worst country in the world for bureaucracy. It's criminal to set up society to cater to the greedy and environmentally destructive - but, hey, that's what bureaucracy is.

[nevyn1]

@mrnimble

same here in the Netherlands, we have bin building with cob for over 7000 years here (but stopped doing so the last 150 years) and now it's a 'new' way of building and have to be tested, prodded and everything.

the really big issue is it is to cheap... the government is not aided with cheap do it yourself building for you will have almost no mortgage. and that's basically one of the cornerstones of our western economy. without dept we are not 'profitable' and it is pissing me off to

[enigmele]

@mrnimble even thou you live in germany you can live in a house like this

there is a man germany called gernot minke who is building testing and designing straw bale and cob houses

and german law alows this

[dusteroo]

@mrnimble

The same problems are also experienced in U.S.A. as well.

I hope one day the whole world can live as free as the family in this video. So much potential...

From Atlanta, GA ~

[Takiado]

@mrnimble I am in the States and I would love to go back to a world connected with nature... its become a dark world, and what this guy has done to his home seems so humble and peaceful. Its how it should be :) Of course the gov. would get pissed if people everywhere started doing this though because it benefits the homeowner/builder and doesn't benefit the government at all.

[Harlequin374]

@mrnimble It took him 10 years to get planning permission to make that cottage, and it's only allowed to be lived in by him. He can't sell it and if he leaves he has to tear it down. This clip skims over the bureaucracy but it really was a nightmare for him.

[TheDevonblacksmith]

@mrnimble Its the same here in the uk not very many get to do this,this guy slept outside for ten years befor he built this.

[blessedbirthing]

@mrnimble

We live in good old Germany too. And it is possible here as well. Somewhere I actually found a link with pictures of a guy who did build an organic house in Germany. Just cannot remember where the link was.... It will be a fight probably, but it is not impossible. And even in the UK and in Wales people had a lot of fighting before they could build a home like that.

[sdbvideo]

@mrnimble We should be able to deside how we live for our selves. I know i will bild something similair. Im NOT going to ask anyone if i can do this, i will.

I hope many people will join by just doing that and ignore the rules. Its our own live!

Power to the people!

[patrick10001]

@mrnimble And why so man Nederlanders move to Germany xD?

[patrick10001]

@patrick10001 Many ;) Nederlands Dutch :D

[saintrojo]

@mrnimble I wouldn't be able to get the permits to do this. Regulations and time tables on construction force you to the banks nowadays.

[Prohumani]

absolut fantastisch!!! :-)))

autarkie is the way ;-)

[SuperPurell]

i wish i could live in a house like that xxxxx

[viktorijaf5777]

This is a lovely house.

[amica77777]

Thanks for posting this, I have to agree with you this is the best house ever!

[abbylix]

this IS by far the best house ever shown on the series! it's lovely!