Simple off grid Cabin that anyone can build & afford

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Published 2020-11-30
In this video my wife Brooke and I build a very simple, very affordable cabin. With a simple single pitch roof and only 2 windows. While I was filming this building project so was Brooke. You can check out her first video featuring this cabin by clicking the link below. I'll see you on part 2

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All Comments (21)
  • Thanks for your video. At 67 years old and only a little building experience, I built your cabin successfully and added a nice deck to boot. It took me three months, but it was worth it. It is sitting on 32 acres near Nashville. Wish I could add a picture. Thanks again for the inspiration.
  • Hey Guys I did it! I bought the land, 2.6 acres, and built your cabin, well, close, a few design alterations. I just finished closing it in, good thing too as I'm in Canada. I really need to thank you. Your words, and I'm paraphrasing, "Everybody needs an out of the way place of their own..." resonated with me completely, and now it's reality. Thank you for all your time and effort in producing your videos.
  • @drodiebeatz11
    I’m glad to see that I’m in a long list of people that decided to build this cabin, I lived in my van for 600 days before I found land out west & built a nearly identical cabin with an 8 foot picture window. Thanks Dave!
  • @ShaneCrockett
    Thank you for notching your foundation posts! So many people on YouTube building cabins relying on nail sheer strength, friction, hopes and dreams.
  • @bunnychacha7358
    18 years old and saving up to buy a small plot of land and to build a small home. This really helped thank you
  • @drexldog
    Between the music, proper editing, narration and production, I felt like I was watching a building show on PBS. Awesome video
  • when I was around 18-19 yrs old I worked part time at Home Depot. A young married couple came in every weekend to buy building materials....they took one of their paychecks every week to pay for them and worked on building their home every weekend. The point was to build as they go and have their home paid for when finished with it. I thought it was a very good idea for a young couple! Everybody has their different ideas of how to do things! There are many ways to get it done! I remembered that while watching your great video!
  • @staceyzwiefel3516
    If someone wanted to make this same cabin could you make a supply list of all that went into it? Your videos and Brookes are encouraging me to build my little cabin in the woods that I have been dreaming of.
  • @tribalelder3645
    His biggest motivation is having a wife who is totally committed to their shared vision.
    Which is priceless. He is a lucky man
  • @EgbertWilliams
    I appreciate this guy's attitude. He's encouraging without being condescending.
  • @elleglaspy
    I want to thank you for your simple explanation of how to build a cabin . I'm a 62 yr old woman who tackled this build by myself . I modified a few things but yours is the shed that I used as my model. Thank you for the inspiration! I wish I could share my shed pictures
  • I love your videos Dave and Brooke. I had retirement plans, of building myself a get away cabin like this, but cancer had other ideas for me. That said, your videos have given me so much enjoyment. Thank you both so much.
  • @MikeMaxwell1961
    This is what a real husband and wife look like. Working together, hard, and as a team. It must be very satisfying. Kudos to the both of you, and I wish you much happiness!
  • @NorthSideNorm
    My wife and I built our cabin/home by ourselves. I milled my own beams and floor joists from the trees we removed. All other materials we purchased at the local mill. We ended up with a 400sqft cabin in the forest of northern New Brunswick for under $5000.
  • @nugg3t.z
    you’re a big inspiration in times like right now. with the housing market rising and rising this gives me hope i can build a home for myself even if it’s a little cabin
  • @alanbarnosky5566
    I too built this cabin! Thanks for the video that inspired me to take this leap. I finished mine out to use as an office and workshop as an outbuilding and am excited to have a space for my work. A word of caution to those who start this: if you use standard dimensional lumber (not rough sawn like the video shows), build your floor with 2x8s, 16” on center, and double up around the rim. I did 2x6s not doubled like the video shows (but I did 16” o.c) and my rim and joists sagged, leading to a lot of extra work at the end to stabilize and straighten it out.
  • @boblee8024
    A life partner who has the same wants as you is the most important lesson I got :)
  • @justinflott5133
    “Start late in the day and work slow” damn that’s inspirational!
  • I watched this video and was inspired to build my first cabin behind my property. It's not completed, nor is it perfect, but its mine and super fun to work on. My next one will be better from the errors I've made. Thank you for your videos!
  • I'm in my 60's and have done a lot of building...you taught me a few tricks in this excellent video! Such a quality vid....background music is firmly in the background, voice over is calm and soothing...simple knowledge passed along simply. And Brooke is wicked good with a hammer! Thank you.