What an inspiration you are! My husband had to take an early retirement this year, knocking our income in half. We had to rent out rooms in our home to pay the mortgage and other bills. We have been trying to figure out how to get out from under this..and I think we just figured it out. Many Blessings from Oregon! We subbed ya!
Could my Girlfriend and I move in with You?We pay way too much and we have a lot of stuff. A little Chihuahua but he don't bother much.I play in a band so we'll have to practice there.We'll give you $100.00 a month then you'll actually be making money!
I've lived simply my entire life and agree with you about the freedom it brings. So many folks are brainwashed into thinking they need material things and then just end up working for things that depreciate down to nothing anyway.
Live by your own rules and enjoy life and your family! That's the way to go.
This is great..can I ask where this is located? What state? What freedom to have no mortgage..I can't even believe the power of living free with no bills..no more debt slave..Wouldn't a warmer climate be best to grow food?
I got a charge out of hearing and seeing that this is possible. I like seeing this kind of community service you are providing. Thanks for making this vid.
I have experienced huge increase in property taxes in 10 year period in Florida. For some properties I paid more in taxes than I paid for the property itself. But roads and libraries did not change... They were built before property tax...
Thank you so much for these videos!! I think exactly the same way. I'm now starting to build my own place very similar to that one. Just a little bit bigger, since my 4 cats & 3 dogs all eat & sleep inside. :D Cheers!!... And be happy!!! ;))
Holy crap $400? Where I live in Canada they have some ads posted for 1 acre of land with nothing on it in the middle of no where (Perfect) for $99,000 -__-
That is awesome! I'm at the point now where I'm trying to move out of the "folks" house. This is all I need! My first idea was to buy an old camper and rent or buy a small piece of land, but this is so much better. I could save up and build a small cabin, then save up for a metal building for a garage/shop! I'm glad I stumbled on this video. I'll be doing a lot of research on this, moving out doesn't seem so difficult now!
Looks like a sweet place. Much smarter than people who get a million dollar house they can hardly spend time in because they are too busy working crazy hours at the office in order to pay the mortgage on the house!
Exactly right- I have a modest home paid for so I don't have to work my butt off and can spend my money on helping my kids and doing the things I enjoy. That is true wealth!
getting back to americas roots self sufficient beholden to no one. what more can a man want. roof over you head, food on table . rest is just pure luxury
I really like what you're doing and your cabin. Im currently collecting pieces for a cabin that im gonna build up on the mountain on old family land. Your videos inspire. Keep it up.
This is so smart . My problem is cleaning...you have solved this. we r not smart to spend our life paying and working and paying and working as we clean all the time. Good for you....
This looks really neat, like a little hunting cabin. I just wonder if you pay property tax or are you exempt from that because you own and live within a single acre.
I saw the washer and dryer sitting out there. How are they powered? Solar? On rainy days, does the dryer work as well as on drier days? Are they coin operated so that your neighbors can use them?
The washer and dryer are now in my shed and I run them with a generator. If I could get my neighbors to wash my clothes I would let them use them for free LOL!
Amazing!!! I am SO excited!! I am looking for a way to solar generate my home. Is that possible? I understand that i will not be as free as you. Yet, at least i will have partial freedom. I have a 5 year old. And we want to stay close to her school. Can you help us. I suppose what i am looking for is a solar generator. We are blessed to have a bay window on the south side. And boy, does that sun give off heat! Even warming the family room in January in Wisconsin. Any advice? Thx
Thank you for this! I'm stuck in a 30 year mortgage but plan on selling or renting out my home and moving out to the country or another country all together and building a simple house like this. Awesome stuff!
This is amazing. I've been interested in living a more simple lifestyle and this is very fascinating. I love it. I'm tired of paying monthly electric bills and being a slave as you said to the system. Great video.
Hi. I live in Ottawa, Canada. Could I buy land somewhere around Ottawa for cheap that doesn't have electrisity or water and live on it? How do I find out if I can legally do this in Ottawa?
@PEEKProductionsTOR i would skip ont im from there i would highly suggest northen sask or northern BC im in northern bc the game populations are much higher here and i mean substansialy higher. the fur grade is also higher wich means more dollors i just had a add on kajiji looking to high some 1 for my trap line in the gta region had probably 400 hits in 2 days to say i found some 1 is a understantment
@nitroexpress700 Thanks for the info - I was thinking about 600-700 KM north of Thunder Bay - but I was also thinking, thats not far enough north if shit hits the fan - and now youve brought up many more quantifying reasons to leave ontario - Do you suppose northern SK and northern Manitoba are similar with respect to what benefits thei yeild? thanks again for the info nitro!!
I love my traditional home and would never leave, but I truly appreciate this video and the lifestyle you have embraced. Maybe in another lifetime . . .
I wounder why they are broke? made up wedding rings, made up ceremonies, made up titles, made up "urban" standard of living, made up mass-consumer society... If people turned off the TV and learned some trades and skills necessarily for survival they can all have happy and humble lives.
I would add more solar/ wind generators and sell what I don't use back to the grid. That way the property could pay for the property tax and other expenses such as heating as well
@KevinDR1987 thats a good idea, and depending on your legal know-how, you dont always need to pay property "tax", depending on the state/county your in
@UrSoMeanBoss good point. In some areas they are much lower than in other areas. But even if you are in a place where you don't need to pay property taxes I am sure you can find some other good uses for that extra income.
Its also good for poor people to live better and away from apartments ,mine is 16x 30 with room to grow ,but there's no rush also when im old we can sell and get better nursing home .
hey, thanks for posting this! i would like to get something built likke that, but i wish to use brick or concrete instead. it will last longer than wood. i will need a professional to built it for me since i'm a disable veteran.
i wish to leave the city to live on a farm. i have some relatives that used to live in the country. they moved to different parts of the country and the house that they use to live in is locked up.
i live in mexico, and here we build houses of concrete and blocks, but that is very expensive, so i want to build a small cabin, but i have a question. i live in a very humid climate, it rains almost half of the year, can the cabin support that much rain?
Hey, nice video. I did much the same thing here where I live. Got some land and built a small home. Just lived modestly but free and clear always. Now my property taxes are so high it crazy. 2600 bucks a year and I live way out in the boonies.
@1overthehillsfaraway I hate property tax...... It is the only thing in life you have to pay tax on over and over again, It is an issue that I believe Mob rule needs to resolve!
@solarcabin: Ever thought of converting to biogas to save the $200 u pay for propane gas. You generate the waste for the biogas through kitchen waste and other waste products.
We had a "sugar shack" like this when we were first married, didn't ever get brave enough to quit and move out there but sure had fun dreaming about doing so! Its still there as a matter of fact!
Thanks for sharing this! I think pride is probably the greatest hurdle for would-be homesteaders to overcome. "What would the Jones' think?" Chained by pride we become enslaved to a mortgage. Thanks again for sharing this.
Good for you! This is also a great idea for a cabin for summer and weekend getaways. Starting small and adding on when you can afford to is also a great idea. Thanks for posting.
now power run out to that property? whats that light pole? it has a id tag number on it. that empty meter can on that light pole @ 4:41 still live on one side? just saying FREE POWER
There used to be a trailer and power on the property but they took out the transformer and just left the pole and wires. I don't want monthly power bills and having anyone control my power. I use the pole for my wind turbine!
I'm been interested in going off grid for awhile but one the biggest thing that worries me is how do you make money. Granted you don't need much to survive but I would still like to have some food and be able to buy gas here and there. How do you do it?
I own a small local business and two online businesses. If you have a skill or talent start a business or make money from what you produce on your homestead.
@Punchy4ever I have lived off grid before, not hard at all....alot of residencial contruction companies higher under the table, at that point $8 an hour goes along way.
Here in Denmark, the price is about 800 kroner per square meter, which equates to 140 dollar per square meter .. and you need about 4000 square meters to make an acre, so an acre of land in Denmark, zoned for all year habitation, would cost about 560,000 US dollar.
@Jesus45U population density and quality and demand of a particular plot of land is a major factor. you can buy in the middle of the desert for dirt cheap but who wants that? the U.S has 3.5 million square miles Denmark has 16,621so your land is at a premium with a population density 3.5 times ours
yeah, and it gets worse since we don't have any really useless areas, like desert areas, it's pretty much all usable. And then our government had a long think over how much land can be habitable vs how much is farm land ... too little farmland and we won't have enough food. So they limit the habitable zoned areas quite a bit, raising prices even more.
On a sidenote, I'm surprised our pop density is only 3.5 times higher.
And netherlands is 3 times more dense than Denmark.
@Jesus45U well those numbers do not represent the true figures there are plenty of unlivable or no desirable places to live here which dilute the figures. the whole state of Wyoming has less than 600,000 people where as my county in Florida (Broward)having 2/3 of it uninhabitable Everglades has a population of about 1.7 million... Wikipedia puts pop. in US @ 87.4 Denmark @334 and WOW Netherlands @ 1044.7 (all figures per sq. mile)
Real pleasure to watch this video...shame more don't live like this...might be a better world if they did. I've designed a lot of alternative-power-systems for micro cabins, and there's no reason that anyone couldn't get into a total homestead-cabin for land and everything for less than $10k. Great work.
Drilling a well here in SE AZ averages $10K... with no guarantee you will hit water for less than $20K of drilling depth.
A catchment system is possible to live on (not with a roof area as small as this cabin) but water will always be on your mind and affect your lifestyle.
Lots of different ways to get water to your property. Haul it in, drill a well, harvest rainwater, use springs, lakes and rivers. The size of the roof needed to capture rainwater would depend on how much rain you get. We have a high water table here and I hand drilled my well.
I said all these because I had built a nice restaurant with 3-bedrooms upstairs, "in the middle of nowhere" as my ex-father-in-law complained . I ended up with a divorce and my life was finished in 1984 ! Gerorge Wu, AIA 2012-1-14
You could live in a nice house like this in the middle of nowhere, without the money to but the gasoline to go to work to make a pay check, to pay the installment loan of your car, without the money to do the grocery shopping,... So what good is it if you could not get to a job to pay for all these? And how can you live on if you cannot get to work because the car dealer took back your car because you did not pay for over several months?.... George Wu, AIA 2012-1-14
I own a small business and two online businesses. lots of work for people that are creative and you can always start a business. Where there is a will there is a way!
@solarcabin I came to this country to be a waiter, but I worked hard to be a licensed architect. I used my spared time for ten years to build a restaurant around an abandoned gas station, with 3-br with a full bath plus the two public toilets, I could not afford to hire a general contractor, so I used bolts and nuts to build the 3,000 s.f. building.A testimonial from Meryl Streep could not help the business because it is located in the middle of nowhere. So my wife divorced me. George Wu, AIA
I wish I could do that here in Oregon. I would love to live in something like that and I could afford to do it right now. But in Oregon the state and county would probably hit me all kinds of fines and law suits and knowing me I would wind up in a shoot out.
That's awesome man! thanks for all this information!! :) I'm 29yrs old and I'm considering to go that way of owning a piece of property.
romusic82 33 minutes ago
What an inspiration you are! My husband had to take an early retirement this year, knocking our income in half. We had to rent out rooms in our home to pay the mortgage and other bills. We have been trying to figure out how to get out from under this..and I think we just figured it out. Many Blessings from Oregon! We subbed ya!
sookiegirl97381 7 hours ago
What a great way to live!
moishe5740 8 hours ago
No utilities? What's with the utility pole & power meter in the front yard?
nchiker1971 9 hours ago
@nchiker1971
There used to be a trailer with power here but the transformer was removed. The pole now holds up my wind turbine.
solarcabin 9 hours ago
@solarcabin What ya do when they made all TV Digital a couple yrs ago? Did you lose TV?
scumgod13 6 hours ago
Could my Girlfriend and I move in with You?We pay way too much and we have a lot of stuff. A little Chihuahua but he don't bother much.I play in a band so we'll have to practice there.We'll give you $100.00 a month then you'll actually be making money!
scumgod13 6 hours ago
@solarcabin VERY nice!
nchiker1971 4 hours ago
I use to live like that in Mexico but i got greedy jump the fence and now am a Slave living in a bad dirty apartment in NY.
artfrias4 11 hours ago
LOL great video though
wobinga7 19 hours ago
This is a great video.
I've lived simply my entire life and agree with you about the freedom it brings. So many folks are brainwashed into thinking they need material things and then just end up working for things that depreciate down to nothing anyway.
Live by your own rules and enjoy life and your family! That's the way to go.
Thanks for posting this video.
roundaboutwrongway 22 hours ago
I love it. I'm just starting to plan my exodus from the rat race. What about doing laundry? How difficult is it to drill you're own well?
victor4truth 22 hours ago
Hello. Im from Czech Republic and i adore you man. Hopefully i will have this FREEDOM in next couple of years. Good luck to you!!!
hugejoint 22 hours ago
are you going to paint it?
mikertones 23 hours ago
@mikertones
Maybe this year.
solarcabin 22 hours ago
This is great..can I ask where this is located? What state? What freedom to have no mortgage..I can't even believe the power of living free with no bills..no more debt slave..Wouldn't a warmer climate be best to grow food?
LessofmeMoreofJesus 23 hours ago
@LessofmeMoreofJesus
The cabin is in Utah and we have a fairly long growing season.
solarcabin 22 hours ago
Well Hello! From Show Low!
motomech2001 23 hours ago
@motomech2001
Hello!
solarcabin 22 hours ago
BRILLIANT!!!! Nice Video!!
GIGNica 23 hours ago
I like it, I might just have to look into this a little more. Thanks
jstlookn48 23 hours ago
Wow headed home to Colorado in spring...hey will be looking into homesteading.
bedbugsdc 1 day ago
I think you have the right idea. I envy you.
tiedyekris 1 day ago
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rmueller58 1 day ago
what about a hail storm or wind messin up those panels
redbulljustice99 1 day ago
@redbulljustice99
Panels are very sturdy with safety glass and can withstand wind and hail.
solarcabin 1 day ago
I got a charge out of hearing and seeing that this is possible. I like seeing this kind of community service you are providing. Thanks for making this vid.
351cleavland 1 day ago
how much is your property tax?
atango7 1 day ago
@atango7
$170 a year
solarcabin 1 day ago
@solarcabin
I have experienced huge increase in property taxes in 10 year period in Florida. For some properties I paid more in taxes than I paid for the property itself. But roads and libraries did not change... They were built before property tax...
sail373 1 day ago
Nice! but You are still not free when you get a property tax bill every year.
sail373 1 day ago
@sail373
Property taxes are only $170 a year here and that pays for the roads, libraries and schools we all use.
solarcabin 1 day ago
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Good Vid. I liked it. Read my stuff about recipes for under 5 bucks, recycling, gardening, etc at survivalinurbania.blogspot.com
survivalinurbania 1 day ago
Thank you so much for these videos!! I think exactly the same way. I'm now starting to build my own place very similar to that one. Just a little bit bigger, since my 4 cats & 3 dogs all eat & sleep inside. :D Cheers!!... And be happy!!! ;))
zzzooozzzify 1 day ago
What if it rains!!!!!!!!!
samfitzy8 1 day ago
Holy crap $400? Where I live in Canada they have some ads posted for 1 acre of land with nothing on it in the middle of no where (Perfect) for $99,000 -__-
CalcityAirsoft 1 day ago
did you hire someone to hook up thesolor panels would this work with a homemade Adobe/Mud House?
pianosyrup123 1 day ago
@pianosyrup123
I installed the solar and wind and videos of that are on my solarcabin channel. Yes this will work for any style home.
solarcabin 1 day ago
Did I miss it, but what about plumbing and most importantly sewerage?
eastlight 1 day ago
@eastlight
Watch my other videos on solarcabin channel.
solarcabin 1 day ago
That is awesome! I'm at the point now where I'm trying to move out of the "folks" house. This is all I need! My first idea was to buy an old camper and rent or buy a small piece of land, but this is so much better. I could save up and build a small cabin, then save up for a metal building for a garage/shop! I'm glad I stumbled on this video. I'll be doing a lot of research on this, moving out doesn't seem so difficult now!
hmmwv15 1 day ago
Thank you for producing this video. Planning on doing something like this in the future.
soccerintheam727 1 day ago
What state is this in?
ManOfWealthnTaste 1 day ago
@ManOfWealthnTaste
I am in Utah at the foot of the Uintah Mountains.
solarcabin 1 day ago
What a great speaker. Better than most people who try to explain things on youtube. Good job!
MrBigawesome1 1 day ago
Looks like a sweet place. Much smarter than people who get a million dollar house they can hardly spend time in because they are too busy working crazy hours at the office in order to pay the mortgage on the house!
newsjunkie3000 2 days ago
@newsjunkie3000
Exactly right- I have a modest home paid for so I don't have to work my butt off and can spend my money on helping my kids and doing the things I enjoy. That is true wealth!
solarcabin 2 days ago
@solarcabin why is men wealthy? my wealth is in my mind if its was on the bank i woulndt have wealth!
EastStonemason 2 days ago
Not in nj
200xowner 2 days ago
Awesome
ADINNAL12 2 days ago
Love it!!
lindaleecasey 2 days ago
I am ready for this lifestyle.
LollyJK1 3 days ago
right but how do you get land
neonbackpackk 3 days ago
@neonbackpackk some local papers, especially independent ones, have advertisements for land. You can also find ads online.
EquipaPatriot 2 days ago
This is how Jefferson started his house with a small central core
robbiepat 3 days ago
getting back to americas roots self sufficient beholden to no one. what more can a man want. roof over you head, food on table . rest is just pure luxury
belbro62 3 days ago
Love it! I might do something similar one day.
biko77 3 days ago
I really like what you're doing and your cabin. Im currently collecting pieces for a cabin that im gonna build up on the mountain on old family land. Your videos inspire. Keep it up.
Submitguru 3 days ago
Think small. It's the way to go.
Twostones00 3 days ago
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kiiifute1 3 days ago
Liked and subscribed.
My sources tell me that you need 6 acres+ in Colorado to obtain water rights and allodial title. Those are good things to have when homesteading.
What if it only cost a few hundred more to make the cabin powered by water and electricity at say 2400 watts?
BenZeneProject 3 days ago
You inspired me a couple years ago, but I forgot, I'll do it this summer, I promise.
caessarion 3 days ago
This is so smart . My problem is cleaning...you have solved this. we r not smart to spend our life paying and working and paying and working as we clean all the time. Good for you....
jordan04n 3 days ago
This looks really neat, like a little hunting cabin. I just wonder if you pay property tax or are you exempt from that because you own and live within a single acre.
CreatorCade 3 days ago
I saw the washer and dryer sitting out there. How are they powered? Solar? On rainy days, does the dryer work as well as on drier days? Are they coin operated so that your neighbors can use them?
balloonboyCA 3 days ago
@balloonboyCA
The washer and dryer are now in my shed and I run them with a generator. If I could get my neighbors to wash my clothes I would let them use them for free LOL!
solarcabin 3 days ago
@solarcabin I just go down the hall for mine. :)
osityan 3 days ago
@solarcabin That would be a great plan!!!
balloonboyCA 3 days ago
@balloonboyCA silver and gold coins
caessarion 3 days ago
"downstairs" ? Where the hell is the 1st floor anyway ? O.o
cr4yv3n 4 days ago
@cr4yv3n
Well, that main floor is the downstairs and the loft is the upstairs. Short stairs!
solarcabin 3 days ago
@cr4yv3n outside should be everyones main room.
caessarion 3 days ago
You are a genius!!!! I am going to yur site.
killkill120 4 days ago
County or city code enforcement issues???
TheAliciabella 4 days ago
@TheAliciabella
Depends on the county and many rural counties have few or no building codes.
solarcabin 4 days ago
your intelligence impresses me
TheCalikiddd 4 days ago
Amazing!!! I am SO excited!! I am looking for a way to solar generate my home. Is that possible? I understand that i will not be as free as you. Yet, at least i will have partial freedom. I have a 5 year old. And we want to stay close to her school. Can you help us. I suppose what i am looking for is a solar generator. We are blessed to have a bay window on the south side. And boy, does that sun give off heat! Even warming the family room in January in Wisconsin. Any advice? Thx
gg010170 4 days ago
@gg010170
Watch my videos on solar and wind installation.
solarcabin 4 days ago
Enjoyed the video! Has anyone told you that you sound like George Bush?
elvis32z 4 days ago
@elvis32z
Oh God no!
solarcabin 4 days ago
@solarcabin No, he sounds genius!!!!
killkill120 4 days ago
Great video - where is this located? I'm looking on eBay to find land only in TX or AZ..any other good places to start looking for land? Thanks
mattBKER 5 days ago
YOU are so neat! Good job! Very nice.
jetreschau 5 days ago
You should have built an earthship.totally self sustained. Look into it or biotecture.
timothyplumley 5 days ago
All I want to comment about this vid is to say, A-MEN BROTHER!!!!!
TeleTio 5 days ago
Thank you for this! I'm stuck in a 30 year mortgage but plan on selling or renting out my home and moving out to the country or another country all together and building a simple house like this. Awesome stuff!
OccupyUtube 5 days ago
This is amazing. I've been interested in living a more simple lifestyle and this is very fascinating. I love it. I'm tired of paying monthly electric bills and being a slave as you said to the system. Great video.
cocobrownallaround 5 days ago
do you pay tax for your land ?
zibabahadori 5 days ago
Permits to build ?
mba2ceo 5 days ago
@mba2ceo
Many rural counties have few or no permits required.
solarcabin 5 days ago
My Government doesn't want anyone to enjoy life
TZ3z 6 days ago
@TZ3z :'-(
Headoffury 6 days ago
Hi. I live in Ottawa, Canada. Could I buy land somewhere around Ottawa for cheap that doesn't have electrisity or water and live on it? How do I find out if I can legally do this in Ottawa?
AntisocialVirtuoso 6 days ago
Naaa,I would rather have a mobile camper type home.With the land to come home on.
semiLivedj 6 days ago
this guy has got the right idea - my new 5 year goal is to have exactly this in northern Ontario.. Self-Reliance is key! thanks man
PEEKProductionsTOR 6 days ago
@PEEKProductionsTOR i would skip ont im from there i would highly suggest northen sask or northern BC im in northern bc the game populations are much higher here and i mean substansialy higher. the fur grade is also higher wich means more dollors i just had a add on kajiji looking to high some 1 for my trap line in the gta region had probably 400 hits in 2 days to say i found some 1 is a understantment
nitroexpress700 5 days ago
@nitroexpress700 Thanks for the info - I was thinking about 600-700 KM north of Thunder Bay - but I was also thinking, thats not far enough north if shit hits the fan - and now youve brought up many more quantifying reasons to leave ontario - Do you suppose northern SK and northern Manitoba are similar with respect to what benefits thei yeild? thanks again for the info nitro!!
PEEKProductionsTOR 5 days ago
livin the dream!
yourmajesty07 6 days ago
That is cool ;)
413MB 6 days ago
thumbs up for getting out of the system.
ubertser 6 days ago
I love my traditional home and would never leave, but I truly appreciate this video and the lifestyle you have embraced. Maybe in another lifetime . . .
MrBrindlefly 6 days ago
THATS COUNTRY LIVEN RITE THERE
scotty2skater 6 days ago
You know middle class is broke... They tried to find down payment homes.
InvestWebbot 6 days ago
@InvestWebbot the middle class is broke?
I wounder why they are broke? made up wedding rings, made up ceremonies, made up titles, made up "urban" standard of living, made up mass-consumer society... If people turned off the TV and learned some trades and skills necessarily for survival they can all have happy and humble lives.
UrSoMeanBoss 6 days ago
I would add more solar/ wind generators and sell what I don't use back to the grid. That way the property could pay for the property tax and other expenses such as heating as well
KevinDR1987 6 days ago
@KevinDR1987 thats a good idea, and depending on your legal know-how, you dont always need to pay property "tax", depending on the state/county your in
UrSoMeanBoss 6 days ago
@UrSoMeanBoss good point. In some areas they are much lower than in other areas. But even if you are in a place where you don't need to pay property taxes I am sure you can find some other good uses for that extra income.
KevinDR1987 5 days ago
Its also good for poor people to live better and away from apartments ,mine is 16x 30 with room to grow ,but there's no rush also when im old we can sell and get better nursing home .
FrankaDith 1 week ago
im in
supermegabeast9000 1 week ago
great inspiration :-) i hope to do it one day too somewhere here in Scotland UK :D
TracySymington 1 week ago
great lifestyle sir
ganjamerch 1 week ago
hey, thanks for posting this! i would like to get something built likke that, but i wish to use brick or concrete instead. it will last longer than wood. i will need a professional to built it for me since i'm a disable veteran.
i wish to leave the city to live on a farm. i have some relatives that used to live in the country. they moved to different parts of the country and the house that they use to live in is locked up.
Billlovejr 1 week ago in playlist Housing Information
Best video I have ever seen!
josephlathus 1 week ago
i live in mexico, and here we build houses of concrete and blocks, but that is very expensive, so i want to build a small cabin, but i have a question. i live in a very humid climate, it rains almost half of the year, can the cabin support that much rain?
veganskator 1 week ago
@veganskator
Yes the cabin roof is designed for rain and heavy snow. I would use a metal roof and collect that rain for your uses.
solarcabin 1 week ago
@veganskator
Termite will munch your wooden house away in mexico in less than 3 years.
hastious 1 week ago
they ask a fortune for land in uk .they will not let you put any house up nothing
suesill1 1 week ago
Hey, nice video. I did much the same thing here where I live. Got some land and built a small home. Just lived modestly but free and clear always. Now my property taxes are so high it crazy. 2600 bucks a year and I live way out in the boonies.
1overthehillsfaraway 1 week ago
@1overthehillsfaraway I hate property tax...... It is the only thing in life you have to pay tax on over and over again, It is an issue that I believe Mob rule needs to resolve!
changethecurrent 1 week ago
Thanks for doing this for people! Good job!
Oh and RON PAUL 2012
huntingtonbeachify 1 week ago
Now that is a stress free environment, not like the system..with the mortgages leases bills
insurance etc. and really who needs a driveway...your house is simple & brilliant.
iBow2no1TX 1 week ago
You have a great home! If only more people thought like you and I!
ShaneRehman 1 week ago
NOW THATS THE LIFE
trisgilmour 1 week ago
@solarcabin: Ever thought of converting to biogas to save the $200 u pay for propane gas. You generate the waste for the biogas through kitchen waste and other waste products.
czogg99 1 week ago
" A slave to the system"- thats exactly what I dont want. Great video. I wish I had some land now. :) Thanks.
maria9here 1 week ago
Perhaps the mopst important thing you have done is to drill the water well. Well done.
But, the oppressors will be by to steal what you have, one way or the other, but keep working!
CNN911Fakes 1 week ago
wunderbar
blaesse 1 week ago
We had a "sugar shack" like this when we were first married, didn't ever get brave enough to quit and move out there but sure had fun dreaming about doing so! Its still there as a matter of fact!
hollyannblss 1 week ago
I like the cut of your jib Mr.
SavageSanDiego2012 1 week ago
i would love to live like you man my dream
sertox12345 1 week ago
That is the way to go. Be selfsufficient and independent.
Although Ill bet the land you bought wasnt cheap.
BastiaanV2 1 week ago
Thanks for sharing this! I think pride is probably the greatest hurdle for would-be homesteaders to overcome. "What would the Jones' think?" Chained by pride we become enslaved to a mortgage. Thanks again for sharing this.
JKZizz 1 week ago
fantastic! way to go!
Seiosh 1 week ago
Good for you! This is also a great idea for a cabin for summer and weekend getaways. Starting small and adding on when you can afford to is also a great idea. Thanks for posting.
bcsowncool 1 week ago
I want to do this so bad! It would be great to have such a simple and easy lifestyle.
dirtbikemike204 1 week ago
@dirtbikemike204
It really is a great lifestyle and I kick myself for not doing it when I was younger.
solarcabin 1 week ago
now power run out to that property? whats that light pole? it has a id tag number on it. that empty meter can on that light pole @ 4:41 still live on one side? just saying FREE POWER
dwiggs77 1 week ago
@dwiggs77
There used to be a trailer and power on the property but they took out the transformer and just left the pole and wires. I don't want monthly power bills and having anyone control my power. I use the pole for my wind turbine!
solarcabin 1 week ago
I'm been interested in going off grid for awhile but one the biggest thing that worries me is how do you make money. Granted you don't need much to survive but I would still like to have some food and be able to buy gas here and there. How do you do it?
Punchy4ever 1 week ago
@Punchy4ever
I own a small local business and two online businesses. If you have a skill or talent start a business or make money from what you produce on your homestead.
solarcabin 1 week ago
@Punchy4ever I have lived off grid before, not hard at all....alot of residencial contruction companies higher under the table, at that point $8 an hour goes along way.
offenwrong 1 week ago
Man .. you guys have such cheap land over there.
Here in Denmark, the price is about 800 kroner per square meter, which equates to 140 dollar per square meter .. and you need about 4000 square meters to make an acre, so an acre of land in Denmark, zoned for all year habitation, would cost about 560,000 US dollar.
And you'd still need a house.
Yeah, that plan of yours don't work over here. :(
Jesus45U 1 week ago
@Jesus45U population density and quality and demand of a particular plot of land is a major factor. you can buy in the middle of the desert for dirt cheap but who wants that? the U.S has 3.5 million square miles Denmark has 16,621so your land is at a premium with a population density 3.5 times ours
dwiggs77 1 week ago
@dwiggs77
yeah, and it gets worse since we don't have any really useless areas, like desert areas, it's pretty much all usable. And then our government had a long think over how much land can be habitable vs how much is farm land ... too little farmland and we won't have enough food. So they limit the habitable zoned areas quite a bit, raising prices even more.
On a sidenote, I'm surprised our pop density is only 3.5 times higher.
And netherlands is 3 times more dense than Denmark.
Jesus45U 1 week ago
@Jesus45U well those numbers do not represent the true figures there are plenty of unlivable or no desirable places to live here which dilute the figures. the whole state of Wyoming has less than 600,000 people where as my county in Florida (Broward)having 2/3 of it uninhabitable Everglades has a population of about 1.7 million... Wikipedia puts pop. in US @ 87.4 Denmark @334 and WOW Netherlands @ 1044.7 (all figures per sq. mile)
dwiggs77 5 days ago
@dwiggs77
Yeah, it would be neat to see the population density on a per-state basis.
I think those numbers might change quite a bit, with the most northern areas having the least density because of all the farming there.
Jesus45U 5 days ago
How much acres does one person really need?
corndogers564 1 week ago
@corndogers564
Unless you are going to raise large animals you can provide all the food you need for a family of 4 on one acre.
solarcabin 1 week ago
Also, don't you need permit to build anything ?
SunnyMoon2010 1 week ago
@SunnyMoon2010
Depends on the county and many rural counties have few or no building codes.
solarcabin 1 week ago
Building a house/dwelling on a vacant land has a new tax... Impact fee.. That ain't cheap..
SunnyMoon2010 1 week ago
@SunnyMoon2010
Property taxes here are $170 a year. Impact fees are rare for rural land.
solarcabin 1 week ago
You are good man
pepperjack8 1 week ago
building a house is no easy task , i would have to hire someone to do it
woo2fly21 1 week ago
Real pleasure to watch this video...shame more don't live like this...might be a better world if they did. I've designed a lot of alternative-power-systems for micro cabins, and there's no reason that anyone couldn't get into a total homestead-cabin for land and everything for less than $10k. Great work.
MountainDweller67 1 week ago
Drilling a well here in SE AZ averages $10K... with no guarantee you will hit water for less than $20K of drilling depth.
A catchment system is possible to live on (not with a roof area as small as this cabin) but water will always be on your mind and affect your lifestyle.
Just sayin...
edlee1969 1 week ago
@edlee1969
Lots of different ways to get water to your property. Haul it in, drill a well, harvest rainwater, use springs, lakes and rivers. The size of the roof needed to capture rainwater would depend on how much rain you get. We have a high water table here and I hand drilled my well.
solarcabin 1 week ago
@solarcabin People dont want to use their brains anymore, or listen proplery...
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@edlee1969 USe your imaginations.... Im gonna have a moat/pond around my house, with trees for shade to prevent excess water loss from directsunlight.
The moat/pond will be used to catch water, store water, process dirty water( by plant detoxification), sustain fish (raise fish to eat).
So I has water captured and working for me =}
My house design is half underground with a patio green house design to make heating cost cost to nonexistent AFTER BEING BUILT.
Just sayin...
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drzenock 1 week ago
How do you get land for 400 dollars? Here in South Africa you wouldn't get an acre for less than 200 000 Rand.
sphinxart 1 week ago
@sphinxart
I don't know what 20,000 Rand is but sounds like a lot!
solarcabin 1 week ago
@solarcabin Yeah it's a fair amount ;-) the Rand is 8 times to the dollar, so 200 000 Rand is about 25 000 dollars.
sphinxart 1 week ago
you didn`t mention land taxes.
loveisnow2 1 week ago
@loveisnow2
Property taxes here are about $170 a year.
solarcabin 1 week ago
Great Move! You are living the how is meant to be.... Now Farming and Life Stock right? Make your Property Line visible so there's no confusion...
ebutsol 1 week ago
How do you get internet service?
Brie217 1 week ago
@Brie217
I have cell phone wifi and you can also use satellite internet.
solarcabin 1 week ago
@solarcabin How much does that cost a month?
Brie217 1 week ago
I said all these because I had built a nice restaurant with 3-bedrooms upstairs, "in the middle of nowhere" as my ex-father-in-law complained . I ended up with a divorce and my life was finished in 1984 ! Gerorge Wu, AIA 2012-1-14
georgewu5 1 week ago
@georgewu5
I understand- you have to choose the right business for the right place. Never give up or let the bastards get you down!
solarcabin 1 week ago
You could live in a nice house like this in the middle of nowhere, without the money to but the gasoline to go to work to make a pay check, to pay the installment loan of your car, without the money to do the grocery shopping,... So what good is it if you could not get to a job to pay for all these? And how can you live on if you cannot get to work because the car dealer took back your car because you did not pay for over several months?.... George Wu, AIA 2012-1-14
georgewu5 1 week ago
@georgewu5
I own a small business and two online businesses. lots of work for people that are creative and you can always start a business. Where there is a will there is a way!
solarcabin 1 week ago
@solarcabin I came to this country to be a waiter, but I worked hard to be a licensed architect. I used my spared time for ten years to build a restaurant around an abandoned gas station, with 3-br with a full bath plus the two public toilets, I could not afford to hire a general contractor, so I used bolts and nuts to build the 3,000 s.f. building.A testimonial from Meryl Streep could not help the business because it is located in the middle of nowhere. So my wife divorced me. George Wu, AIA
georgewu5 1 week ago
what about land owners tax?
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@kibbles306
Property taxes are about $170 a year.
solarcabin 1 week ago
AWESOME!
lordvelos 1 week ago
I wish I could do that here in Oregon. I would love to live in something like that and I could afford to do it right now. But in Oregon the state and county would probably hit me all kinds of fines and law suits and knowing me I would wind up in a shoot out.
vtcpdx 1 week ago
Love it!!!
Barbarasantiesteban1 1 week ago
great videos and information.. keep it up!
1983mase 2 weeks ago