One Mans Off Grid Dream Home in Costa Rica - A Short Film

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  • Опубліковано 5 бер 2022
  • This is a short film I did for a client for him to submit to an architectural contest. This was his dream home he built in the jungle of Costa Rica built with shipping containers, bamboo, and other sustainable materials. It is ran by solar and hydro power and has incredible ocean and jungle views. This house is what you dream of living in when you where a kid. Think the lost boys in the movie Hook or Swiss Family Robinson. This was a really amazing project to work on and help create an immersive experience of what it's like to be in this space and what it means to the creator. These are the types of client projects I absolutely love and I really enjoy working with other artist's with their own set of creative ideas. This was truly a collaborative project.
    If you would like to stay at this house while visiting Costa Rica, reach out the owner at studioxyzdnainc@gmail.com
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  • @Brahman369
    @Brahman369 2 місяці тому +7

    🕉💪I'm 22 and am doing this asap love this

  • @Lucy-ie8qw
    @Lucy-ie8qw 3 місяці тому +9

    This home gave me such feelings of pure calm and freedom. This is how we should be living.

  • @annearsenault7168
    @annearsenault7168 3 місяці тому +12

    Its hard to believe, looking at my place, that we live on the same planet. That was Magic!

  • @playinglife9198
    @playinglife9198 3 місяці тому +15

    This made me emotional to watch and it speaks home. My parents raised me in a house they dreamed up themselves, my father designed it and went to work.
    He always says he lives in his sculpture.
    Your house, the dream you materialized, speaks to me a lot and I thank you for sharing it with us.
    I know one day I will do the same, I always felt it in my heart that I would build an unconventional house one day, in connection with Nature, as we are meant to live.

  • @user-sg5hw3zt9u
    @user-sg5hw3zt9u 3 місяці тому +7

    this IS LIVING...Beyond breathtaking

  • @enough1494
    @enough1494 2 місяці тому +3

    Just WoW…encouraging Thanks for sharing your self made paradise!

  • @walterwine
    @walterwine 2 місяці тому +2

    Paradise!!

  • @IAMinfiniteandfree.
    @IAMinfiniteandfree. 4 місяці тому +5

    Wow, you did it! Amazing job. I wish you all the joy, peace and luck in the world! I love the nature and the home, you built from scratch. Very impressive.

  • @mylesanthony8672
    @mylesanthony8672 Рік тому +12

    Yeah this is insane, I think you sound tired and dreary yet your soul comes through in your art/building. One does become this way after a life of service. Awesome to see you taking it all into your own hands now and creating something undeniable to anyone, unique and distinctly beautiful. These videos are nice because you enjoy the fuits of labour not seen. I'm sure this was a challenge.

    • @hoon_sol
      @hoon_sol 7 місяців тому +4

      He doesn't sound tired or dreary at all. He just sounds relaxed and at peace. Maybe you just don't understand the difference because you think the anxious and neurotic people of "civilization" are what humans are supposed to be like.

    • @mylesanthony8672
      @mylesanthony8672 7 місяців тому +1

      lol that's an interesting observation, I think you could be right@@hoon_sol

    • @erinosborn5954
      @erinosborn5954 4 місяці тому +2

      @@mylesanthony8672what a lovely way to respond to what might be read as a slightly confrontational comment. …With gentleness and openness and reflective wondering. Bless you. 🙏🏽✨❤️

    • @mylesanthony8672
      @mylesanthony8672 3 місяці тому

      Hahahah a valid observation, I think you can say almost anything without offense if youre aware it's about the way you say it@@erinosborn5954

  • @febsign6110
    @febsign6110 4 дні тому

    Great outcome to break away from the system and live your life the way it should be free. I’m coming down to see if Costa Rica is for me since I want out of Canada.

  • @reginafromrio
    @reginafromrio 3 місяці тому +2

    What a beautiful story! Congratulations making your dream come true ❤❤

  • @Goldifarms
    @Goldifarms 3 місяці тому +2

    Beautiful. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼

  • @alvintercero7613
    @alvintercero7613 Рік тому +7

    Beautiful place surrounded by pure Nature! Family And the dog partner is a peace gift! Greetings from Nicaragua 🇳🇮

  • @sugeysanches7716
    @sugeysanches7716 2 місяці тому +2

    Love.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ricknico2577
    @ricknico2577 3 місяці тому +25

    The mosquitos ruin every illusion of paradise, sad but true.

    • @Brent-wb3tk
      @Brent-wb3tk 3 місяці тому

      zzz

    • @enough1494
      @enough1494 2 місяці тому +3

      Really? Hum……for some, yes. In reality for some, too. I live wide open like he does, truly a delight and seasonal annoyances, but paradise for 80% of the time. Now when I am in NOLA, other things ruin my illusion of the good ol days!
      Everything in life is perception and perspective, I prefer the price of paradise…to the sublime American Dream. Hugs from Lares, PR

    • @ricknico2577
      @ricknico2577 2 місяці тому +3

      @@enough1494 there is always a snake in every paradise.
      Hugging you back from my jungle garden in the Bolivian Amazon.

    • @enough1494
      @enough1494 2 місяці тому +1

      @@ricknico2577 Bolivia! Preciosa!

    • @MJibco.
      @MJibco. 2 місяці тому +1

      Experienced that as well. Bugs bugs bugs…😣

  • @ambercrystal419
    @ambercrystal419 3 місяці тому +2

    Beautiful

  • @solartime8983
    @solartime8983 2 місяці тому +1

    MAGNIFICENT 🌻🌅 Impressive harmony with jungle ...but interior protection (Containers for tropical storms). Neat container lappool with camera dive segment !🏊
    Bugs can mostly be controlled by natural means (bat houses , plants than repeal, etc. & mosquito nets we see🧐 Great music, filming & Thanks for sharing your private secluded 'Hut+house' 🏝️

  • @dg-qn5mi
    @dg-qn5mi 5 днів тому

    Loved this & can totally relate ❤

  • @angelface889
    @angelface889 Місяць тому

    Love this ❤

  • @SteveDinnes
    @SteveDinnes 2 роки тому +8

    Great story, great dream realised! Congrats! ♥🙏

  • @HistoricMetals
    @HistoricMetals 7 місяців тому +2

    Well done, I have just completed my land deal, but Im also bringing a 40 foot RV bus from a local ex-pat friend who just finished using it while finishing their own house on the same road as my land. (next door in fact), so I embark on my minature version of this as a 55 year old single man, in January, when my lease ends here in the states and I'm done with the next 6 weeks of final preparations to embark on the journey to my little home on the side of volcano Miravelles, in Bijagua de Upala. Your video was inspiring, and aspirational, to say the very least.

    • @fakename5405
      @fakename5405 4 місяці тому +1

      Wow that's awesome. How's it going??

    • @HistoricMetals
      @HistoricMetals 4 місяці тому

      @@fakename5405 really well thanks. I've already been in Costa Rica for a month and everything is going great.

  • @puravida5683
    @puravida5683 Рік тому +3

    Awesome! I have lived near the beach in Guanacaste for 13 years. I can enjoy both the beach, and drive a short distance to the Central Valley.

  • @CJ-gv6bq
    @CJ-gv6bq 3 місяці тому +2

    What about poisonous snakes, spiders and scorpions? This house is completely open to these potentially dangerous creatures.

  • @onechristianwallace
    @onechristianwallace 11 місяців тому +1

    So beautiful am green with envy!

  • @timothyhannahan4135
    @timothyhannahan4135 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful place!

  • @justmara9111
    @justmara9111 Рік тому +3

    This is absolutely breathtaking ❤

  • @minashanti
    @minashanti Рік тому

    Beautiful inspiration... i dream of this kind of simplicity.

  • @ethanatkinson
    @ethanatkinson 3 місяці тому +1

    absoutely gorgeous.

  • @Jenny19Fer
    @Jenny19Fer 2 роки тому

    Amazing ... Beautiful

  • @cameronmackey6068
    @cameronmackey6068 Рік тому

    Pure Inspiration!

  • @AmorFatiPR
    @AmorFatiPR 8 місяців тому +1

    You really are a inspiration

  • @Dimitri.Schepens
    @Dimitri.Schepens 3 місяці тому +1

    amazing! this is just art! so cool! what an epic home!

  • @fernandobreneszamora222
    @fernandobreneszamora222 Рік тому +1

    Saludos desde San Ramón de Alajuela costa Rica,que bueno que lo lograste,Dios te bendiga🙋🇨🇷

  • @authenticlifechannel
    @authenticlifechannel 2 роки тому +5

    So loved your video dear Nils. Its wonderful and such hard work all coming together. A beautiful home and a wonderful dream come true. Wishing you every joy and hope to visit when I get back 😘🙏

  • @marjory62
    @marjory62 Рік тому +1

    Amazing place! I love how the spaces especially the outdoor areas are designed to welcome people and enjoy with friends (the bar, the ciné…) Awesome video! Salut from Jacó

  • @Yael97149
    @Yael97149 3 місяці тому +1

    I love this!!

  • @lewchaney2138
    @lewchaney2138 3 місяці тому

    What a great story. Congratulations.

  • @Venusbeauty1111
    @Venusbeauty1111 2 роки тому

    You’re living the dream 😍

  • @oldworldchris4187
    @oldworldchris4187 3 місяці тому +2

    Fantastic vid!

  • @ramirmitra661
    @ramirmitra661 Рік тому

    Truly inspirational

  • @seasonschangin
    @seasonschangin Рік тому +1

    🎼i feel the joy down in my heart💚

  • @rckindkitty
    @rckindkitty 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful, congrats!

  • @weedismyreligion
    @weedismyreligion Місяць тому

    This is the good good life

  • @Fenderson50
    @Fenderson50 Рік тому

    Carl Ray Johnson is like Carly ray Jepson! thanks for this nice video!

  • @FBA-Renaissance
    @FBA-Renaissance 7 місяців тому

    It's a BEAUTIFUL ECO PARADISE WITH GROOVY MUSIC 😎

  • @jeremyashimine6113
    @jeremyashimine6113 2 роки тому +2

    Yaaaaaassss Brother!! What great cinematography! Beautiful! I can see you are dreaming..Thank you!

    • @CarlRayJohnson
      @CarlRayJohnson  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks bro, glad you enjoyed! Much love!

  • @Humanprototype-wh8qr
    @Humanprototype-wh8qr 2 місяці тому

    dreamlike. unreal. well done

  • @brunodunshee8937
    @brunodunshee8937 3 місяці тому

    - Congrats for the Beautifull acomplisment!

  • @epicroadtripwithpiotrgorski
    @epicroadtripwithpiotrgorski 3 місяці тому

    Wow 👏that’s amazing!

  • @bobbiecannon3234
    @bobbiecannon3234 2 місяці тому

    Big ups this was so awesome I could of kept watching ❤what a dream house

  • @eduardodiaz1017
    @eduardodiaz1017 Рік тому +1

    BEAUTIFUL PURA VIDA VIDEO,

  • @peterwhitney3210
    @peterwhitney3210 Рік тому

    Well done video Carl. I love the music near the end. Makes me miss Domi

  • @tamkid70
    @tamkid70 Місяць тому

    Living their best life 🎉❤

  • @natasadimsic3224
    @natasadimsic3224 Рік тому

    love it

  • @dc1674
    @dc1674 Рік тому

    points for creativity!

  • @MrCleanOC
    @MrCleanOC 4 місяці тому

    Great video love watching people living off the grid from the comfort of my sofa with a Starbucks coffee 😂

  • @user-bw8vy4qf4c
    @user-bw8vy4qf4c 7 місяців тому

    Great success 👊🏼

  • @sheanfarias
    @sheanfarias 3 місяці тому

    Love the video, the voice of the Arch. and his narrative of his background and life choices/decisions to partake in in the journey of having a dream home, the shots done by Carl to immerse the viewer in this magical home and it's surrounding.
    Would like the credits of music/soundtrack chosen for the video

  • @princesszhorne
    @princesszhorne 3 місяці тому

    Hello, beyond beautiful ❤ from Atlanta Ga ❤

  • @TobinOsusky
    @TobinOsusky Рік тому

    Cool video! Best of luck Carl Ray

  • @juancarlospereiraquesada4907
    @juancarlospereiraquesada4907 2 роки тому

    It seems like you found paradise

  • @kalyemototv1147
    @kalyemototv1147 2 роки тому

    Great.thank for sharing.just starting filming.

    • @CarlRayJohnson
      @CarlRayJohnson  Рік тому +1

      Good for you, what type of things are you filming?

  • @lifeandlemonade_
    @lifeandlemonade_ 2 роки тому +4

    Very nice man... I watched the whole thing. Lots of nice drone and gimbal shots... i woulda been super nervous flying through the trees like that haha.

    • @CarlRayJohnson
      @CarlRayJohnson  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks, yea there were a lot of close proximity flying shots. I hit a tree at one point but ended up being ok.

  • @peaceenjoyer
    @peaceenjoyer Рік тому

    well done

  • @Goodgoogle5647
    @Goodgoogle5647 2 місяці тому +1

    The mosquitos 🦟 and the big cats! What do you do about jaguars? Looks too open if you leave food out arent you concerned about big cats?

  • @philipmarchalquizar7741
    @philipmarchalquizar7741 Рік тому +1

    Real Tarzan 👍👍👍

  • @wjavier4041
    @wjavier4041 2 роки тому +1

    ✌️👊🙏🏼🇨🇷from Heredia

  • @sudirmannico5729
    @sudirmannico5729 3 місяці тому

    Like,good👍🤝🙏

  • @veronikapilnik8998
    @veronikapilnik8998 6 місяців тому

    WOW my dream

  • @aidenplayz42069
    @aidenplayz42069 Рік тому +1

    This is my dream to build my house like this

  • @sonjaveda9832
    @sonjaveda9832 3 місяці тому

    Im spellbound. Its a dream

  • @user-uq9ew6vb6z
    @user-uq9ew6vb6z 3 місяці тому

    I wish I was there 😊

  • @iah1
    @iah1 2 місяці тому

    👌

  • @janetpattison8474
    @janetpattison8474 2 місяці тому

    My kids spent 6 weeks in Costa Rica years ago. I checked out the government website, and it states that squatters have 17 years to live on your property, or in your home if they move in. Wild right? that is a long long time. Then this sad fact was confirmed by a coworker (I’m in FL), who said her partner is Costa Rican and he lost his Costa Rican property to squatters bc of this law. So indeed, it’s def true.

  • @utube091116
    @utube091116 3 місяці тому

    XXLnt !

  • @user-no5uc2om1z
    @user-no5uc2om1z 3 місяці тому

    Brah unreal 😎🤙
    10 Star ✨ off grid ALOHA 🌺

  • @thetravelingtrio4544
    @thetravelingtrio4544 2 роки тому +4

    Dig it.
    Me and family are working out way down there.

    • @radfem28
      @radfem28 Рік тому +3

      Don't

    • @tubbyrainbow111
      @tubbyrainbow111 Рік тому

      @@radfem28 Why do you say that?

    • @marjory62
      @marjory62 Рік тому

      Gentrification

    • @Indomita506
      @Indomita506 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@tubbyrainbow111it's not that easy. It's not that safe. And it's not that affordable

    • @dg-qn5mi
      @dg-qn5mi 5 днів тому

      Don't listen to the naysayers- DO IT - take the risk

  • @MindofMakulu
    @MindofMakulu Рік тому

    This is beautiful how much did this cost?

  • @portugypsy
    @portugypsy 8 місяців тому

    The dream! Congratulations ❤ thanks for sharing it on film.

  • @hartronstadt
    @hartronstadt 2 роки тому +1

    How did you find a property like this?

  • @donTeo136
    @donTeo136 3 місяці тому +2

    People never talk about the quantity of insects in places like that particularly ants..sometimes millions of army ants come through a house..literally millions.

    • @acinamatata6342
      @acinamatata6342 Місяць тому

      Yes i wish they did talk about the downs. I'm so scared it's gonna be full of ants, mosquitos, tickd, spiders

    • @donTeo136
      @donTeo136 Місяць тому

      @@acinamatata6342 tripocal forests are full of insects,,,lots of spiders, lots of ants,,super abandance of ants..dpending on mosquitos...which is why the natives make clearings

    • @acinamatata6342
      @acinamatata6342 Місяць тому

      @@donTeo136 clearings?

    • @tedwrigley2768
      @tedwrigley2768 Місяць тому

      Yes, well in the tropical mountains people usually live on ridge tops, most trees get cleared. There more mosquito s the lower U go towards the creeks. Of course a little breeze there as well. Planting fruit trees right.. and a vista.
      This can make water a problem. Water by gravity. Roof water is great but what do do if U have a week without rain?
      In the Amazon flat lands they'd live right next to rivers on stilts.
      This will depend of course, but insects and wind are considerations.
      If u can stand spiders consider changing plans.
      Snakes are not a issue.

  • @COR3YBOREALIS
    @COR3YBOREALIS Рік тому

    Beautiful job! I want one in CR also. Any good land connections?

  • @jonmilstein373
    @jonmilstein373 Рік тому +2

    Very inspiring as I’m planning something similar on my lot. Ive loved the idea of building with bamboo but I’m unsure of how it’ll hold up in the central pacific zone. I’d love to connect and talk about your build if you are willing and able. Pura vida mae

    • @Rick-gy8fz
      @Rick-gy8fz 5 місяців тому

      No response from the guy, that's b.s.

    • @acinamatata6342
      @acinamatata6342 Місяць тому

      I'd love to connect over this topic though. Sharing that dream too

  • @frankgjr
    @frankgjr 2 місяці тому

    Do you have a mosquito problem? Or how did you handle it?

  • @contemplating1015
    @contemplating1015 3 місяці тому

    ❤🌟✌️

  • @souravbhadra9301
    @souravbhadra9301 11 місяців тому

    I know an Island
    They provide all amenities real cheap as hell
    You can even live there with little to no cost.

  • @peterlowe7654
    @peterlowe7654 21 день тому

    Any chance of some plans and sections?

  • @SuzeleyJorgeMensagens
    @SuzeleyJorgeMensagens 5 місяців тому

    Eu ouvi falar que a Costa Rica está com problemas de insegurança e desisti de ir á Costa Rica. Gostava de ver um video que falasse com transparencia e honestidade sobre o que pode se tornar perigoso quando vamos à Costa Rica. O que devemos fazer para tudo correr bem na viagem á costa rica?

  • @brucegelman5582
    @brucegelman5582 10 місяців тому

    Pulling a curtain on your shower in the jungle🤣.

  • @brianpulliam8206
    @brianpulliam8206 2 місяці тому

    Beautiful place if i lived there i would be naked half the time like iam now Bill skinnertt is a friend of mine in costa rico do u know him or heard of him he could be dead but last known home was in costa rica

  •  3 місяці тому

    ITS ALL STAGED

  • @subsound4471
    @subsound4471 3 місяці тому +1

    what about mosquitos ?

  • @wellingtonsouzaneves9669
    @wellingtonsouzaneves9669 3 місяці тому

    show

  • @lindsayrollin4291
    @lindsayrollin4291 2 роки тому

    Nice , what`s the closest town or city to your home ?

  • @rastafari3972
    @rastafari3972 Рік тому

    What part of cr is this?

  • @frankgjr
    @frankgjr 2 місяці тому

    That Chica looks amazing! Haha

  • @bbsara0146
    @bbsara0146 3 місяці тому

    US planning and zoning has entered the chat. This is impressive, but I think a ton of people in USA would build something like this. except its illegal to build this in usa.

  • @Brahman369
    @Brahman369 2 місяці тому

    We all have our own purpose but we are sucked into this rat race and don't think about our why that much why where here why where doing the things we do. Peace to my secret searchers

  • @navyxxl6697
    @navyxxl6697 2 місяці тому

    Mosquitoes not an issue....

  • @BeautifulAlaska
    @BeautifulAlaska 5 місяців тому

    I've been to Costa Rica. It is a little cheaper then the usa but more expensive then most places. I like the wildlife in Costa Rica but the beaches are not that pretty. Looking to find land in Hawaii it's much nicer

    • @Indomita506
      @Indomita506 5 місяців тому

      lol Hawaii is more expensive. And I don't think you visit the right beaches