This book is a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to build a second unit on their property. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxzaRUJNcbypw-fRBDbqqz43ULIa-1EGP- It showcases various types of houses, such as garage apartments, with photos, videos, and floor plans. The book provides the square footage and the dimensions of each house, as well as the option to order the plans or customize them according to your preferences. You can choose from a range of styles, from ultra modern to cottages and A frame lake houses. The book also offers suggestions for sheds, pool houses, and office studio buildings. This book is an ideal resource for the aspiring home designer.
It's so rare to see off-grid homes also turned into a work of art. With the carvings, detailed woodwork, flowers and white pigeons, it's so idyllic. It's not all about cutting costs and saving energy, the soul needs beauty.
Native indigenous america is the peoples who lost their homeland from White European settler or Causian European , what clan of native are you, is it Apache, komate, Cheyenne, Navajo or how the proper name of your Clan? I respect your native communities❤❤😊🙏🕊✍️
this should be the future for humanity, close to the land, respect for nature and animals and being grounded in a small community that supports each other and then sharing yr knowledge and skill and helping other communities develop yr experience and skill.
Absolute bloody nonsense it is the polar opposite of what needs to be done, With the exception of respect for livestock, and the greens have little of that!
I am fully impressed! It’s just a complete ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxGqOCINHE0Z0E5gxzSdNi9NWGugRY5Hm2 plan with the best resources and step by step instructions . These shed plans are so satisfying as if the sheds build themselves on their own. Worthy work Ryan!
Wales is a wonderful place. People are so friendly, a family atmosphere. The sheep and the mountains are so peaceful with a mild mist. Beautiful. I am so glad that my Aunt and Uncle took myself and my daughter to see the beauty. God Bless
" I never felt rooted". You have answered a question that I couldn't formulate on my own. I have felt uneasy and lost for a few years, but I never knew what it could be. Thank you.
This is just peace, a sense of Ambience, balance, knowledge, characteristics, flow, raw clean energy. May you continue to thrive everyday on this piece of mother earth 🌎 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I wish I could live this way I need it for my health. The fact you have to get permission to live on a piece of land seems very wrong to me though, all I want is to live off grid with my family not bothering anyone or anything. Living in peace. But government won’t allow that they want us all enslaved to their wicked system. I hope one day I can truly break free.
I feel quite the same way :( My plan now is to get my house in the town ready to sell and with the proceeds buy some land and to do what these people have. We can do it :)
@C Bee L.O.L. right. We had a fellow here with similar ideas, he purchased land 700 K'ms from the city, established his home and lives off the grid. The local council sent him a bill for his rates, he blew up. The local council does not provide him with anything, he provide his own water, sewerage,rubbish disposal, electricity. So he's no drain on the council. It went to court, and he was stuck with his share of building and maintaining the road that provides access to his home.No matter what you do, one way, or another, they will screw you.
I realize the time and work involved, but with that, you've created a dream environment. It's obviously worth every bit of your love and energy. I wish you continued success.🌞
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING! SPRING WATER, SELF SUFFICIENT GARDEN, SOLAR POWER, THAT'S THE WAY WE'E MEANT TO LIVE! RESPECT TO YOU BOTH, INSPIRATIONAL. SOUND HEALING TOO! WOW THANKS FOR SHOWING US YOUR LIVES!
Almost neighbours of mine (~7-8 miles). Great progress. I visited the site - a field at the time, the day Lammas got the permission. Well done. The house must be a tardis.
I tried to get planning on my land for years to live on site, simply and ethically, I had to sell up in the end as I was losing money constantly. Fair play to your guys for securing a sustainable, and peaceful future for you all.
Where? Because if it's England lol they really don't care about that sort of thing , they are all about money. It seems only Scotland, Wales and Ireland are more supportive. It's truly sad
I’ve had the dream to be off grid in wales for the past 15 years but couldn’t afford even the land. I knew that having your own land represents freedom, but freedom isn’t cheap, so then I started a new plan to raise the money I needed to do this. The process isn’t finished yet as I’m still not where I need to be but at least now, I can see light at the end of the tunnel regarding my financial prison. What you’ve done is amazing and an inspiration. God bless you 🙏
I can't afford to buy anything in England but saving towards buying land somewhere cheap and sunny abroad. However, apparently there's free land scattered about England that you can claim but you have to make sure it's unregistered and no owner and that's the bit I'm clueless about lol but maybe that's something you could look into for Wales. If they have such a thing. Good luck with your plans
@@IndieButterflyWarrior yeah, I’m aware of that but the trouble is you have to 7 years Incase someone comes forward as the rightful owner if I understand it right which I can’t do with a young family.
@@TheNinja691 how you getting on with your search? I've been out driving about today asking a couple farmers would they sell any land 🤣🤣 these farmers got too much
Ahh, so wonderful to see this Tao and Hoppi! I was there visiting at the time the animal barn was being constructed, I even knocked a few nails in the wany edge timber and applied some plaster to the lath by hand! It was wonderful to revisit a few years ago and stay in the beautiful visitor accommodation (years previous we camped in a field in a very wet week!) and see all of the incredible progress you have made. I genuinely can't wait until the next time I can visit. Two authentic and caring humans you'd be blessed to meet. Go to Lammas! 🥰🙏
I love the way that you started building the big structure for your selves and then changed it to be for everyone and that the guy teaches at every chance ❤
@@Onlinesully Yes. Grew up and lived much of my life in cities. You learn, one step at a time. It is so much fun to learn, and a lot of people are happy to share their knowledge - and that was before all these people teaching on UA-cam!
It's how everyone should live, nothing ridiculous about it.. what's ridiculous is working dead end jobs we hate to pay for crappy little flats piled on top of each other
Love it. I can really see the attraction to this lifestyle. A very knowledgeable couple to boot. Thanks for uploading this to see what's possible. I Can feel the calmness reverbing from where I am sitting. Best wishes to them in there endevours.
What an absolutely beautiful homesteading community! I loved everything that you all built and resourced. It seems like a very healing environment too. Peace & Namaste, Jenny
Not only is your place AMAZING but your voices and who you are made me subscribe IMMEDIATELY. SO HAPPY you have the little piece of heaven and I'm sure DESERVED.
Soulmates?....Beautiful....love and light!!! May The divine continue to bless with such a sweet kind Bond..You my Lady have a sweet Light about you! and you Kind sir are the Hero in her sky! Carry on!
What an amazing couple !!! I so resonated with not feeling rooted. I’ve never til I have now moved into a little hunters shack in a tiny hamlet of 170ish people with a 1/4 acre of land. We wanted to be in the country someday, but this is our roots. We’re putting in a garden this year, and have solar panels for electric we will be putting in after we get our roof redone as it’s leaking badly. We’re retired early and are onto our next adventure. Thanks so much Dylan. Peace and big love 🔆🧘🏻♀️🕊💕🪔🧚🏽♀️✨🌸🔆
This is the EXACT direction in which we are taking our very modern home in our village, here in Midwest America. Beautiful work and best wishes from America.
@@AaronLyons It varies by state, and is a fairly long answer, but here we go. For a home mortgage where we live in the Midwest, closing costs are about 2-3% down on the homes sale value (around $2600 or so and that could even be negotiated to have the sellers pay some or all of closing if needed) and then another 2-3% down for the home itself (we had to save about $6k to $7k set aside in total for our house costing $164k before sales tax, leading to a total of $167k after taxes tied into our mortgage). We also do have our insurance built into an escorow account. Plus a home inspection (about $40-$100 will need to be put in place before purchase. Your realtor (I do suggest using one with good reviews and experience) will go over all of this with you as well as which bank or credit union your mortgage is approved. Our bills are always budgeted to the highest bill ever paid for each bill are they are laid out as follows. Mortgage $1216.89 Apr. P Internet $23 Mar P Insurance $63 Mar car+home Electric $200 Mar P Life Ins Aaron $33 Mar. P Life Ins Ashlie $24 Mar P Water $164.15 Mar. P Car Payment $166 ($7000 total: 6 payments made) Apr P Total cost of our monthly bills being: $1890.04 or $945.02 Bi-weekly. excluding other costs ie. food, vehicle fuel, maintenance) Expect to budget another $100 monthly for those and "unexpected" costs, which is where having a bank layout is just as important and ours goes as follows. We have 5 Checking accounts for 5 specific reasons. Checking 1: Weekly Spending Checking 2: Monthly Bills Checking 3: Emergency Fund Checking 4: Investment Transfers Checking 5: Credit Card Fund Bills and transfers can take up to 5 business days in order to transact and setting accounts up this way ensures no overspending and the credit card is only used for cash back. We never pay interest because once the card is swiped, we transfer the funds used on the card from our weekly spending account to our credit card fund and and we never spend more than we have. My wife and I both work (myself being fulltime "$17 per hr at time of purchase" and her being part time "$12 per hr at time of purchase" so we can both watch our son and still see each other while paying the bills) in order to pull this off and have a paycheck come in once weekly, currently. We do not drink alcohol, smoke, or party in any way and we are very frugal on spending. We do have an outing about once a month or so in order to go out to eat, or do something fun currently and that can increase in the future when we are less reliant on grocery stores for food, and our investments grow etc. We do not trust anyone to watch our son, so the life insurance policies you see (of $1M each at time of death) and the way this is orchestrated is really our only option at the moment. At time of death, it will be split between assets of index funds in the stock market and lived on 4% of the total (about $40k annually) will cover the bills forever) How we save for retirement is through my employers (401k with a match of $0.50 for ever $1 we throw in, up to 15% per paycheck). We are aiming for growing all of our food this year (savings of about $200 weekly) and saving for solar panels to be placed on our home as well as a wood burning stove. (Which will raise our home owners insurance slightly but worth it). To purchase land in itself, in most cases, it will need to be paid for in cash (no mortgage). To note: all of this is the base/ground work of home operation and ownership. Each home will vary due to up front and operational cost. I realize this post is very long, but I do hope it answers some questions to home ownership that you may have had.
@@valerieann2751 Thank you for asking and we are not currently looking for lots to rent as that too is a complicated answer. We live in a suburban area of our township and own 1 acre of property, so with building a tiny home here, plus food growth, etc. a tiny home, due to building codes, etc. would not work. If it were more rural, (about 10 min from our city) we may have gotten more away with it. We were looking in that direction as well, but placing land under a mortgage is not going to happen. In order to go that direction, the property would need to be paid for in cash, or a personal loan would need to be put into place and those come with different protections and interest rates than that of a standard home mortgage.
@@thedoubleboiler6971 Thanks so much for typing all that. I'm amazed you got a house with land big enough to grow on for just 167k. Where I live (Ireland) the prices are way more expensive
My Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Friends Tao And Hoppi, I Can't Explain How Much I Love You Guys, This Video Was Breathtaking From Start To Finish, Love You Wonderful People So So So So So So So So So So Much. Ted.
Really Really humbled and grateful by this. LOADS of hard work, sweat, tears, sore muscles, I am sure. Worth it. This is a sense of freedom, and it's hard going against the grain. Much Respect. Many Blessings you guys! 🎶🌈🌎🌷🙏🏽🙏🙏🏿✨ Namaste.
I have a questions? When you are old and one of you is left and there is no one else to look after you what is your plan for survival? What happens if you have mobility issues and can no longer tend to goats and chop wood and grow food? What's the plan?
Thanks for sharing this couples wonderful alternative way of living, I'm sure it's hard work at times but very rewarding! Love, light and happiness to them both😎✌
I visited some years ago. It is lovely, but it is hard work and maybe not suitable for people with health issues whether physical or mental. It is also a lot of work to complete the paperwork that is required by the welsh authorities. Definitely not an easy option but I hope a lot more OPDs are granted. These people were the pioneers.
I like what you have done. Trying to do something like that where I live in the US is not possible. But we are slowly getting off the grid. Create 90% of our power needs right now.
Love this story. Great Job all around. I can only dream of such a place but the calming effect of just the video was refreshing. I wish more people around the World would so this and save our Planet.
The peaceful light in Tao's eyes tells you these folk are onto something, something that a lot of us know we have lost in our overly industrial societies but all too many of us have no idea how to re-find it. My missus and I kicked around the idea of trying to see if we could get into Lammas a few years back but, in the end, sad to say, decided we were too old for all the work that would be needed.
How wonderful,what a lovely way to live,you seem to have it all in order,and beautifully designed and organised,good luck to you,and good health and happiness.
Just wow! I cant tell you how much i feel a longing to live like this. I've grown my own food and herbs for a few years now and the more i do the deeper the connection to the earth gets. This year I'm going to make tinctures and learn more about herbs for medicine. Your home is truly beautiful and amazing and incredibly special. I live in Saundersfoot, Pembs. So not far from you! I'd love to come and visit your beautiful home someday.
Would you like to meet a truly off grid woman? She lives in Wales and she has no electricity, no running water and no gas. Her name is Emma and she's been living like this for 20 years. Now that is real off grid living.
@@bellebramwell1232Not sure how you can contact her, but I think there's a video about her on the YT channel "Living big in a tiny house". Unless it's somebody else living the same kind of life--I can't remember her name right now.
Awesome place , grew up in Pembrokeshire but find myself getting drawn back more and more as I get older . This is like my dream , thanks for the inspiration
I'm so jealous of people in Europe, especially the UK. Here in the US, every square foot of land is burdened with so many building rules and regulations that it's impossible to build anything like what you have. I want to move to Europe, but it's so hard to immigrate there without some sort of job or family tie or a load of money in the bank if you're retired. I have none of that, so I'll spend my "golden years" here trying to make my tiny little over-regulated corner of the world as nice as possible.
What state do you live in? The US has extremely varied local laws regarding building allowances. There are many states that are more accepting of off grid living. From everything I've seen of Wales/UK they have just as many laws as we do.
the rules and regulations in the uk are WORSE than in the us. only wales has a scheme for sustainable living and people have to fight local government to get the permission, the land is expensive and a business has to be run from it and every year the productivity and ALL money in and out both personal and business are audited to check targets were reached. its a big hassle basically and all these videos only show the good side of it.
I know what you meant about ‘not feeling rooted’ ….i live on the spanish campo with solar panels for hot water and wood burning stoves for heat. Huge plot and 130 olive trees that I can harvest for my own olive oil. Well done guys
Self produced food, water, hot water, heat and electricity is awesome and definitely empowering! Everything you can produce for free are future costs eliminated. Straight in the pocket...financially and emotionally. Nice lifestyle!
Very nice! Will be staying tuned to see how the temple and sound healing spaces come into being over time! The temple is already looking pretty fantastic as it is in this video! Thank you for the tour and inspiration!
Looks nice, as long as there are people outside who are prepared to work the 9 to 5 to produce solar panels, LED displays, fridges and windows to recycle.
This book is a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to build a second unit on their property. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxzaRUJNcbypw-fRBDbqqz43ULIa-1EGP- It showcases various types of houses, such as garage apartments, with photos, videos, and floor plans. The book provides the square footage and the dimensions of each house, as well as the option to order the plans or customize them according to your preferences. You can choose from a range of styles, from ultra modern to cottages and A frame lake houses. The book also offers suggestions for sheds, pool houses, and office studio buildings. This book is an ideal resource for the aspiring home designer.
It's so rare to see off-grid homes also turned into a work of art. With the carvings, detailed woodwork, flowers and white pigeons, it's so idyllic. It's not all about cutting costs and saving energy, the soul needs beauty.
I’m Native American and I love this! ✊🏽 stay true to our beautiful earth!
Native indigenous america is the peoples who lost their homeland from White European settler or Causian European , what clan of native are you, is it Apache, komate, Cheyenne, Navajo or how the proper name of your Clan? I respect your native communities❤❤😊🙏🕊✍️
this should be the future for humanity, close to the land, respect for nature and animals and being grounded in a small community that supports each other and then sharing yr knowledge and skill and helping other communities develop yr experience and skill.
Totally agree with you.
Absolute bloody nonsense it is the polar opposite of what needs to be done, With the exception of respect for livestock, and the greens have little of that!
They are totally apart from the surrounding community, not a part of it.
Completely 'Agree' 🙋💜
Sadly the human race had this but wanted more.
Look at us now 😥
I am fully impressed! It’s just a complete ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxGqOCINHE0Z0E5gxzSdNi9NWGugRY5Hm2 plan with the best resources and step by step instructions . These shed plans are so satisfying as if the sheds build themselves on their own. Worthy work Ryan!
Wales is a wonderful place. People are so friendly, a family atmosphere. The sheep and the mountains are so peaceful with a mild mist. Beautiful. I am so glad that my Aunt and Uncle took myself and my daughter to see the beauty. God Bless
" I never felt rooted". You have answered a question that I couldn't formulate on my own. I have felt uneasy and lost for a few years, but I never knew what it could be. Thank you.
So, what are you going to do?
The uneasiness is the heart searching for the creator. Isaiah 49:23 Deuteronomy 4:29. Luke 11:9-10. Jeremiah 29:13
@@nanaobx Thank you. I believe you are correct.
read the quote & thought the following comment would say something very different lol
Please don't move to Wales
This is just peace, a sense of Ambience, balance, knowledge, characteristics, flow, raw clean energy. May you continue to thrive everyday on this piece of mother earth 🌎 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mother earth? New Age piffle
What a wonderful world they've made. They've set the bar rather high! ❤️
I wish I could live this way I need it for my health. The fact you have to get permission to live on a piece of land seems very wrong to me though, all I want is to live off grid with my family not bothering anyone or anything. Living in peace. But government won’t allow that they want us all enslaved to their wicked system. I hope one day I can truly break free.
I feel quite the same way :(
My plan now is to get my house in the town ready to sell and with the proceeds buy some land and to do what these people have.
We can do it :)
@C Bee L.O.L. right. We had a fellow here with similar ideas, he purchased land 700 K'ms from the city, established his home and lives off the grid. The local council sent him a bill for his rates, he blew up. The local council does not provide him with anything, he provide his own water, sewerage,rubbish disposal, electricity. So he's no drain on the council. It went to court, and he was stuck with his share of building and maintaining the road that provides access to his home.No matter what you do, one way, or another, they will screw you.
What hell hole do you live in?
Go live in Spain or Italy then.
amen
I realize the time and work involved, but with that, you've created a dream environment. It's obviously worth every bit of your love and energy. I wish you continued success.🌞
ONe man's dream..........
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING! SPRING WATER, SELF SUFFICIENT GARDEN, SOLAR POWER, THAT'S THE WAY WE'E MEANT TO LIVE!
RESPECT TO YOU BOTH, INSPIRATIONAL. SOUND HEALING TOO! WOW THANKS FOR SHOWING US YOUR LIVES!
Almost neighbours of mine (~7-8 miles). Great progress. I visited the site - a field at the time, the day Lammas got the permission. Well done. The house must be a tardis.
Is this wales or somewhere ?
@@Onlinesully yes, Wales.
judyofthewoods
it's a very nice site.
Are you also homesteading or living in a similar way ?
@@judyofthewoods Well, Wales is definitely a good place to start looking for things that are bigger on the inside ;)
Well, please do forward my thanks to them for sharing with the world. Their home is very inspiring 😊
I tried to get planning on my land for years to live on site, simply and ethically, I had to sell up in the end as I was losing money constantly. Fair play to your guys for securing a sustainable, and peaceful future for you all.
you played by the wrong rules
Where? Because if it's England lol they really don't care about that sort of thing , they are all about money. It seems only Scotland, Wales and Ireland are more supportive. It's truly sad
I’ve had the dream to be off grid in wales for the past 15 years but couldn’t afford even the land. I knew that having your own land represents freedom, but freedom isn’t cheap, so then I started a new plan to raise the money I needed to do this. The process isn’t finished yet as I’m still not where I need to be but at least now, I can see light at the end of the tunnel regarding my financial prison.
What you’ve done is amazing and an inspiration. God bless you 🙏
I can't afford to buy anything in England but saving towards buying land somewhere cheap and sunny abroad. However, apparently there's free land scattered about England that you can claim but you have to make sure it's unregistered and no owner and that's the bit I'm clueless about lol but maybe that's something you could look into for Wales. If they have such a thing. Good luck with your plans
@@IndieButterflyWarrior yeah, I’m aware of that but the trouble is you have to 7 years Incase someone comes forward as the rightful owner if I understand it right which I can’t do with a young family.
@@TheNinja691 also looking to buy land Pembrokeshire way, house is going up tomorrow. Where you looking pal 👀 🤔
@@dk6317 mid to west wales but I’m not ruling out the north or south, so basically anywhere in wales. 😄
@@TheNinja691 how you getting on with your search? I've been out driving about today asking a couple farmers would they sell any land 🤣🤣 these farmers got too much
Ahh, so wonderful to see this Tao and Hoppi! I was there visiting at the time the animal barn was being constructed, I even knocked a few nails in the wany edge timber and applied some plaster to the lath by hand! It was wonderful to revisit a few years ago and stay in the beautiful visitor accommodation (years previous we camped in a field in a very wet week!) and see all of the incredible progress you have made. I genuinely can't wait until the next time I can visit. Two authentic and caring humans you'd be blessed to meet. Go to Lammas! 🥰🙏
An earth mother. Help.
Ahhh how beautiful the sentiment!😇🤗 Love and LIGHT 💛💚💖💙💜❤🏌️♀️🌈💎
I love the way that you started building the big structure for your selves and then changed it to be for everyone and that the guy teaches at every chance ❤
It's really nice, this takes a lot of skill and knowledge.
All learnable, fortunately! Start soon!
Janina Fisher
Hi
Are you also living on a homestead or a farm ?
@@Onlinesully Yes. Grew up and lived much of my life in cities. You learn, one step at a time. It is so much fun to learn, and a lot of people are happy to share their knowledge - and that was before all these people teaching on UA-cam!
Janina Fisher
What part of the world Janina? And have you been doing it many years ?
This is indeed , the good life in motion.All the very best from myself in Scotland.
Greetings from Australia from a welsh girl from Neath. Congratulations on your achievement ❤️❤
Just love the feel of freedom. I wish I could live like this with the trees and animals
My parents say I'm just ridiculous 😂
It's how everyone should live, nothing ridiculous about it.. what's ridiculous is working dead end jobs we hate to pay for crappy little flats piled on top of each other
@@Peanut_Arbuckle69yes. It’s ridiculous to me that so many just blindly accept that life.
Then just don’t listen to your parents, live as you wish and as you can :) Whatever makes you happy, as nobody will live a life instead of you :)
Wow Granny so Hootie 😂😂❤
Wonderful Living Off Grid edition 🎉🎉🎉
May Good luck happen to All Of Us,
Hip hip Hooray hip hip Hooray...
wet soggy wales ...they always show these in summer..................well done to all of you.............xx keep on going.
Love it.
I can really see the attraction to this lifestyle.
A very knowledgeable couple to boot.
Thanks for uploading this to see what's possible.
I Can feel the calmness reverbing from where I am sitting.
Best wishes to them in there endevours.
What an absolutely beautiful homesteading community! I loved everything that you all built and resourced. It seems like a very healing environment too. Peace & Namaste, Jenny
Hello Jenny
Really inspiring couple who are living a beautiful and sustainable life. P’shire in Wales is stunning!
This is what I want to create in my life one day
Not only is your place AMAZING but your voices and who you are made me subscribe IMMEDIATELY. SO HAPPY you have the little piece of heaven and I'm sure DESERVED.
Soulmates?....Beautiful....love and light!!! May The divine continue to bless with such a sweet kind Bond..You my Lady have a sweet Light about you! and you Kind sir are the Hero in her sky! Carry on!
What an amazing couple !!! I so resonated with not feeling rooted. I’ve never til I have now moved into a little hunters shack in a tiny hamlet of 170ish people with a 1/4 acre of land. We wanted to be in the country someday, but this is our roots. We’re putting in a garden this year, and have solar panels for electric we will be putting in after we get our roof redone as it’s leaking badly. We’re retired early and are onto our next adventure. Thanks so much Dylan. Peace and big love 🔆🧘🏻♀️🕊💕🪔🧚🏽♀️✨🌸🔆
That sounds so very lovely, which part of the country? (Assuming it's in UK)
We’re in northern Alberta in Canada. It’s mostly wilderness and we’re in heaven. Be well 🔆
The correct way we all should be living! Awesome work you have done 💯💯
This is the EXACT direction in which we are taking our very modern home in our village, here in Midwest America. Beautiful work and best wishes from America.
And are you looking for more people to live there with a tiny home? Lots for rent? I am in the Midwest and have been looking for a very long time.
What's the budget needed to do this?
@@AaronLyons
It varies by state, and is a fairly long answer, but here we go. For a home mortgage where we live in the Midwest, closing costs are about 2-3% down on the homes sale value (around $2600 or so and that could even be negotiated to have the sellers pay some or all of closing if needed) and then another 2-3% down for the home itself (we had to save about $6k to $7k set aside in total for our house costing $164k before sales tax, leading to a total of $167k after taxes tied into our mortgage). We also do have our insurance built into an escorow account. Plus a home inspection (about $40-$100 will need to be put in place before purchase. Your realtor (I do suggest using one with good reviews and experience) will go over all of this with you as well as which bank or credit union your mortgage is approved.
Our bills are always budgeted to the highest bill ever paid for each bill are they are laid out as follows.
Mortgage $1216.89 Apr. P
Internet $23 Mar P
Insurance $63 Mar car+home
Electric $200 Mar P
Life Ins Aaron $33 Mar. P
Life Ins Ashlie $24 Mar P
Water $164.15 Mar. P
Car Payment $166 ($7000 total: 6 payments made) Apr P
Total cost of our monthly bills being: $1890.04 or $945.02 Bi-weekly. excluding other costs ie. food, vehicle fuel, maintenance) Expect to budget another $100 monthly for those and "unexpected" costs, which is where having a bank layout is just as important and ours goes as follows.
We have 5 Checking accounts for 5 specific reasons.
Checking 1: Weekly Spending
Checking 2: Monthly Bills
Checking 3: Emergency Fund
Checking 4: Investment Transfers
Checking 5: Credit Card Fund
Bills and transfers can take up to 5 business days in order to transact and setting accounts up this way ensures no overspending and the credit card is only used for cash back. We never pay interest because once the card is swiped, we transfer the funds used on the card from our weekly spending account to our credit card fund and and we never spend more than we have.
My wife and I both work (myself being fulltime "$17 per hr at time of purchase" and her being part time "$12 per hr at time of purchase" so we can both watch our son and still see each other while paying the bills) in order to pull this off and have a paycheck come in once weekly, currently. We do not drink alcohol, smoke, or party in any way and we are very frugal on spending. We do have an outing about once a month or so in order to go out to eat, or do something fun currently and that can increase in the future when we are less reliant on grocery stores for food, and our investments grow etc.
We do not trust anyone to watch our son, so the life insurance policies you see (of $1M each at time of death) and the way this is orchestrated is really our only option at the moment. At time of death, it will be split between assets of index funds in the stock market and lived on 4% of the total (about $40k annually) will cover the bills forever) How we save for retirement is through my employers (401k with a match of $0.50 for ever $1 we throw in, up to 15% per paycheck).
We are aiming for growing all of our food this year (savings of about $200 weekly) and saving for solar panels to be placed on our home as well as a wood burning stove. (Which will raise our home owners insurance slightly but worth it). To purchase land in itself, in most cases, it will need to be paid for in cash (no mortgage).
To note: all of this is the base/ground work of home operation and ownership. Each home will vary due to up front and operational cost.
I realize this post is very long, but I do hope it answers some questions to home ownership that you may have had.
@@valerieann2751 Thank you for asking and we are not currently looking for lots to rent as that too is a complicated answer.
We live in a suburban area of our township and own 1 acre of property, so with building a tiny home here, plus food growth, etc. a tiny home, due to building codes, etc. would not work. If it were more rural, (about 10 min from our city) we may have gotten more away with it. We were looking in that direction as well, but placing land under a mortgage is not going to happen.
In order to go that direction, the property would need to be paid for in cash, or a personal loan would need to be put into place and those come with different protections and interest rates than that of a standard home mortgage.
@@thedoubleboiler6971 Thanks so much for typing all that.
I'm amazed you got a house with land big enough to grow on for just 167k.
Where I live (Ireland) the prices are way more expensive
This is beautiful. The peace and tranquility. This would be ideal home.
My Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Friends Tao And Hoppi, I Can't Explain How Much I Love You Guys, This Video Was Breathtaking From Start To Finish, Love You Wonderful People So So So So So So So So So So Much. Ted.
Really Really humbled and grateful by this. LOADS of hard work, sweat, tears, sore muscles, I am sure. Worth it. This is a sense of freedom, and it's hard going against the grain. Much Respect. Many Blessings you guys! 🎶🌈🌎🌷🙏🏽🙏🙏🏿✨ Namaste.
It's worse to follow the crowd!!!
I have a questions?
When you are old and one of you is left and there is no one else to look after you what is your plan for survival?
What happens if you have mobility issues and can no longer tend to goats and chop wood and grow food?
What's the plan?
Thanks for sharing this couples wonderful alternative way of living, I'm sure it's hard work at times but very rewarding! Love, light and happiness to them both😎✌
Am i the only one to say it... 😕.. i couldn't keep my eyes of poppy's puppies 😍
Now calm down .!!!.... did you also stop the video to look more closely at her fruity bits ...???
You have created a piece of heaven there guys well done keep it up.
Imagine if everyone was like this on earth it would be such a nicer place
Definitely revisit them in 5, 10 years to check on their progress.
And see how the poop is aging. I have used horse and sheep composted manure but using human waste is disgusting.
Absolutely wonderful, really love and respect what you're doing with your lives.
Seems so peaceful and calm. I love it!
I visited some years ago. It is lovely, but it is hard work and maybe not suitable for people with health issues whether physical or mental. It is also a lot of work to complete the paperwork that is required by the welsh authorities. Definitely not an easy option but I hope a lot more OPDs are granted. These people were the pioneers.
I like what you have done. Trying to do something like that where I live in the US is not possible. But we are slowly getting off the grid. Create 90% of our power needs right now.
Love this story. Great Job all around. I can only dream of such a place but the calming effect of just the video was refreshing. I wish more people around the World would so this and save our Planet.
It is good to see that there are still beautiful souls. I wish you all the best!
Sincerely, Marco (a Dutchman)
The peaceful light in Tao's eyes tells you these folk are onto something, something that a lot of us know we have lost in our overly industrial societies but all too many of us have no idea how to re-find it. My missus and I kicked around the idea of trying to see if we could get into Lammas a few years back but, in the end, sad to say, decided we were too old for all the work that would be needed.
love the calmness coming from you both.
looks an amazing place and even though you sound so chilled i bet you work really hard 🙏❤️
How wonderful,what a lovely way to live,you seem to have it all in order,and beautifully designed and organised,good luck to you,and good health and happiness.
Living the dream. I am in N.Wales and hope to do this very soon with our own village with eco houses and earth ships.
Just wow! I cant tell you how much i feel a longing to live like this. I've grown my own food and herbs for a few years now and the more i do the deeper the connection to the earth gets. This year I'm going to make tinctures and learn more about herbs for medicine. Your home is truly beautiful and amazing and incredibly special. I live in Saundersfoot, Pembs. So not far from you! I'd love to come and visit your beautiful home someday.
Admiration and awe for what you have created. Love the EMPOWERMENT. Beautiful serene and so wonderful. Thank you Bless you guys.
You are so inspiring and really show what life is about with simplicity.
Hello hope your having a good time today
Lovely idea but as beautiful as Wales is, the rainfall and general weather makes it trying.
Adding a visit to my Bucket list. Maybe one day. One could hope and dream.
FLORB this is one of your best videos so far, thank you ❤️
Beautiful place, well done!!
Life, Love & Peace to ALL.
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Would you like to meet a truly off grid woman? She lives in Wales and she has no electricity, no running water and no gas. Her name is Emma and she's been living like this for 20 years. Now that is real off grid living.
@carlaportocarrero64 I would love to meet Emma and chat with her, I am living in Pembrokeshire
@@bellebramwell1232Not sure how you can contact her, but I think there's a video about her on the YT channel "Living big in a tiny house". Unless it's somebody else living the same kind of life--I can't remember her name right now.
@@LonesomeCowgirl Thankyou x
How can we contact her is she have Instagram or tiktok or UA-cam too??
How can we contact her is she have Instagram or tiktok or UA-cam too??
What beautiful work, a job well done! Love to come visit there one day ♥
Love the opening comment that defines how liveable a place is to Hopey, "It didn't even have...wifi."
And she also said that it was a bad feeling😅
You cannot se me laughing then!!!
How wonderful!! I hope your still happy, thriving & growing with your creation⁉️ Well done, amazing!!!🌻
i think she said everything. Modern technology can give you confort and still be together with nature.
Awesome place , grew up in Pembrokeshire but find myself getting drawn back more and more as I get older . This is like my dream , thanks for the inspiration
you`ve done an amazing job on those buildings, the place looks gorgeous and so calm.
Absolutely mystical and magical! Just lovely!
Hello Andrea
DEFEND IT WITH YOUR LIVE'S
Good luck with what's coming
I'm so jealous of people in Europe, especially the UK. Here in the US, every square foot of land is burdened with so many building rules and regulations that it's impossible to build anything like what you have. I want to move to Europe, but it's so hard to immigrate there without some sort of job or family tie or a load of money in the bank if you're retired. I have none of that, so I'll spend my "golden years" here trying to make my tiny little over-regulated corner of the world as nice as possible.
Try yoga and various positive energy plants,green vegetation snake plants,bamboo,lavender plants peace and positive energy to you
It's the same here regarding over the top planning permission and regulations, you just gotta play the game and hope you don't get caught.
What state do you live in? The US has extremely varied local laws regarding building allowances. There are many states that are more accepting of off grid living. From everything I've seen of Wales/UK they have just as many laws as we do.
the rules and regulations in the uk are WORSE than in the us. only wales has a scheme for sustainable living and people have to fight local government to get the permission, the land is expensive and a business has to be run from it and every year the productivity and ALL money in and out both personal and business are audited to check targets were reached. its a big hassle basically and all these videos only show the good side of it.
Maybe we'll all go back to this one day as a species. This is how humans should live, in close harmony with nature and each other.
Very smart and efficient setup....very harmonious...good going guys! Loved watching this video!
I know what you meant about ‘not feeling rooted’ ….i live on the spanish campo with solar panels for hot water and wood burning stoves for heat. Huge plot and 130 olive trees that I can harvest for my own olive oil. Well done guys
Self produced food, water, hot water, heat and electricity is awesome and definitely empowering! Everything you can produce for free are future costs eliminated. Straight in the pocket...financially and emotionally. Nice lifestyle!
I enjoyed Tao's thoughts on roots. Thank you for that!
Hello Jennifer
I've got to be honest with you the thought of living off grid is amazing 👌🏻well done luv 😉👍🏻
A Credit to you both.lovely home .
This is true to our heart! Great to get inspiration from across the sea
You make it sound so easy, but it's very hard in the UK to get land with planning permission
They don’t have planning permission for all that. It’s in Pembrokeshire where there’s allowances for these things.
I pray daily for a life like this
Beautiful wood treatments! A very resourceful couple. Best Wishes to them!
Very nice! Will be staying tuned to see how the temple and sound healing spaces come into being over time! The temple is already looking pretty fantastic as it is in this video! Thank you for the tour and inspiration!
Living in solitude is something which is always draws attention of mine. You guys are doing incredible job there .
I would love to live there. It's beautiful. I am really impressed that the even the animals have a nice place to live.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Hello Carol
Hello Carol
Such a peaceful and beautiful homestead. I would lOVE to live there. Thank you for sharing and opening your home.
Thank y'all so much dearest 🌹
Y'all such an inspiration 🥰
Appreciate y'all from the bottom of my heart 💖
Be Blissful Eternally 🙏👼🌈
Neat little piece of heaven they have there!! Love their home. I would love to live there! It’s so pretty. Enjoyed the video!
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Veo como líneas muy suaves, redondeadas en objetos y construcción, me gusta mucho.👏👏💕💕💕
That's beautiful and rustic and very earthy.
You have a beautiful home
How inspiring, so very impressive. Would love to visit, meet you both and to take in the experience!
Simply Amazing...Much Love and Peace.
Sustainability with style. Congratulations.
Amazing place and amazing people...Congrats and thakns for sharing your experience.
Such a lovely homestead!
Hello Stephanie
Great work, Dylan! Keep on truckin'
This is the life I long for can I come and live with you beautiful people
Its a nice idea, unfortunately I never found a place that felt like home.
"Being rooted in the land"...yes. Lovely.
This is so peaceful and beautiful
Looks nice, as long as there are people outside who are prepared to work the 9 to 5 to produce solar panels, LED displays, fridges and windows to recycle.
The pond looks like a big eye. Beautiful place.
Thank you. Such a peaceful sense. xoxo
Hello Denise