Leaving the Prius for a Shipping Container!? (
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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gahh im tearing up watching this!!! Just the best visit ever :) you THREE are welcome here anytime! thank you for all your help and for all the laughter. Sending you all our love and hope the trip back to Canada is going smoothly! xx Dana (Lou and Max)
🥹🥹🥹 You guuuuuuuuuys! It was so great getting to spending that time with you. 🥰
Heading over to check out the video from their end now! I am a sucker for shipping container content LOL
What great fun you two had on this vlog!!! The last picture is definitely priceless - 4 adults and 1 baby lying down in a Prius. Maybe you should submit that photo to Prius and offer to sell it to them for advertising! It would be a great advertising tool. xoxoxo
A few of us up here in rural Canada had looked into container homes .. developing is not economically feasible for our climate.
Consulted an engineer. They’re not designed to support weight once openings are cut so they have to be re-engineered for weight and strength. They have no breathability for heat, cold, moisture. Moving them is not cost effective. Etc, etc … In the end it’s cheaper and easier to build a small house. That’s why the trend hasn’t caught on in a bigger way.
Nice channel … prefer your other one 😊
Lovely video. The photo of you all in the back of the Prius was really beautiful. That's definitely a keeper. Enjoy the rest of your trip. Thanks to Dana, Lou & Max for sharing their home with us all. 🙂
Thank you so much! 🥰🥰🥰
@@LeahandLevi 😁
Nice, informative video on alternative living! The baby was the cherry on top for this video! It was so cute smiling and pointing at you haha
We love max. Such a fun kiddo to hang out with 🥰
I just recently found you. So fun to see you and your friends in your tiny homes. I subscribed.
Great collab with WWR!
I've actually followed Dana and Lou regularly since they bought the sailboat awhile back -- Imo those were some of the most seriously amazing videos, especially their first (and alas last) big crossing! If you haven't seen it, it's EPIC and ought to take first prize at the film festivals.
Container homes can make a lot of sense, but so can other kit build homes which might be nicer in many ways and might even end up being more economic, especially for off-grid(ish) living. Myself, being older (or maybe just not up to that much work), I'll probably take the easy way and buy something modest in Mexico or Ecuador someday soon-ish. Hopefully my old, not-too-large compact SUV gets me everywhere I want to go....
Cheers!...from North Vancouver
Sounds like you’ve got it all planned out Adrian, I’m sure you’re gonna love it. Thanks for leaving a comment 👍🏼🙏🏼
Loved this but the money shot was the picture with all five of you in the hatchback of the Prius. Shipping containers for homes. Gave me a few ideas and that insulation is something I am checking out.
It's insane that people in US need to leave in a container.
I know that some may do it because it looks fun, but most just don't have enough money to buy a real house. And it is sad.
Btw, there are a bunch of videos where they proof with numbers that building a house from containers doesn't make a lot of sense
Well I'd do it in a minute....it bests paying all your money out all the time.....gobs of people are doing it
They make a good home ....nice n sturdy , nothing wrong with it
Numbers, as in financially it doesn't stack up, or environmentally it doesn't stack up?
I don't know the logistics of it but they seem to be making it work for them. Probably depends on the circumstance of course
I could totally see you both living somewhere like this! Not sure how the Canadian winter would be though!
The 5 of you fitting in the Prius was a sight, kinda actually impressed how well everyone fit, point for the Prius. Last day in America already? End of a journey but welcome back home!
YEs sadly we're already at that point! 🥹🥹🥹
If you're going to consider buying an older home be sure to do research on lead and renovation precautions esp with a baby. The dangers are far understated and sadly most professionals want to do things the cheap and easy way which means higher danger. My daughter ended up with lead poisoning when our contractor said it was fine to replace windows on our 1920 home without precautions and we didn't even know enough to question that.
Such a great cap. Welcome home almost💗
OMGOMGOMG I wasn't expecting this crossover but HECK YEAH WILD WE ROAM!! 🤩🤗👏👏👏
HECK YEAH! 😜🥰
Congratulations 👏🎉👏🎉 you are one lucky man. Hello Leah 😗
Amazing colab!!! I love Wild We Roam!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
The four(5) of you compliment one another's sense of humor, a delightful video!
Right!? We were vibing 🥰🥰🥰
@@LeahandLevi Yes you were..
Buy an Amish built shed and turn it into a tiny home! It will be around the same cost and so much easier to work on.
Fun. Wild We Roam are such a sweet family... lovely you me up with them.
I look forward to your videos every Saturday! 😊
Now I want some land and shipping containers 😂
I would love to have the land and money to build a container home! I would definitely want more than one container too!
It was so cool to visit a dream spot like this!
I can’t justify missing my train to watch this now, but I’m oh so tempted!!!!!!!!!
Hahaha well we will be here when you get to where you're going too 😂
So i know of a family up in the North woods that pretty much have become addicted to building with shipping containers…. It started out with a single container up on blocks … from there to something like what you see here…. Wood heated, powered by a battery bank charged by either generator, or by tractor with water pumped from a local creek using a sump pump into giant pallet size containers…. When the decision came to run electrical , dig a well and attempt to live there year round they moved the three containers into a triangle into a foundation of piers , adding connecting yurts at the three corners and a set of sliding doors on both sides of one of the containers.
AFTER rhat the added two more containers to make a diamond with a central hall. The following couple of years found them adding four more container two at a time making first a rhombus than a giant triangle of four smaller traingles , moving the three yurts back to the far corners and covering over the central triangle with similar material you see here. After this they added three more containers atop the original triangle with a staircase in a corner of the inside triangle leading up to it, shifting that rain cover up one level with window holes with hinged shutter to create a three sided look out deck.
After that they roofed over the central triangle with a glass pyramid, sealed the upper level turning the central area into a temp controlled greenhouse with each container upstairs becoming its own bedroom.
Few years later one of bedrooms upstairs was sacrificed to so that the outer triangle it faced could be decked over. The triangle under it was sealed and turned into living space illuminated by a skylight that was actually a picnic table built into the deck above.
It was at this point that the lower levels outer walled were banked with gravel along most of the edges and made into terraced flower and vegetable beds with just casement windows. The two remaining remaining triangles were made into a pool in one and a hot tub and sauna in the other.
The last container builds involve slicing two container in half at opposing angle.. swapping the pieces and reconnecting them then hoisting them up onto the second level to make ^ shaped bedrooms that have their back ends hang out in midair so now the house has two yurt shaped bedrooms on the back corners…. , a yurt shaped front entrance that flows into a living space with a skylight coming through the deck above. Its back wall flows into the kitchen container and through it into the central courtyard to the left of the court yard is a pass through into a hot tub and Sauna area, to the right is a pass through into a pool area with the back corners of each opening into a yurt style bedroom …. Two stairwells in the corners of the courtyards lead to one straight and one bent bedroom, plus opposite sides of module that is a the room that overlooks both the inner courtyard and the outer second floor deck.
(Much of the original first floor containers have since been repurposed into bathrooms, utilities office , etc
The last addition was a giant rolled like what you see on the side of an RV that rolls out from atop the second level NON BEDROOM on cables to two large timber poles in the yard . This can provide both shade and rain cover to the deck ….
The original couple that started building it are retired now and spend the bulk of their time traveling or visiting the families of their children that live out of state. However the property is still owned and occupied by two brothers who married best friends wives and they are building a new guest cottage out of shipping containers, but using right angles this time
It’s a very popular technique so I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw more in the future. 👍🏼🤓
it is very idyllic but I would imagine it could also be very isolating, espcially for a child that will grow up with no neighbours or friends nearby, not to mention how they would go to school and such
Yeah there’s challenges with everything and that’s definitely true. 🤓🧐
The bump is definitely there!!
one of the best collabs
What is the benefit of building in a shipping container? It seems like there are a lot of downsides (loss off structural integrity since they were not built to have windows and doors cut out, you dont know what was shipped in there and if there is residue from hazardous materials). Not meant in a mean way, I always enjoy your videos, just curious.
Also, cute overalls Leah
I have no idea! They’re way more ware of the challenges for sure so if you wanna see more check them out!
I lived in a shipping container. That was in Syria during a war. Interesting that you are doing this but what are you doing?
My dream home one day!
Will see if it ever come true 🤷🏽♀️
Great video!!! Will you be passing through Winnipeg on the way back?
Yes we will! We have family there to see 🥰
@@LeahandLevi That’s awesome! You’ll have personal tour guides! But if you want some recommendations of places to go I’d be more than happy to share some of my fav spots with you folks. 😀
Wegmans kombucha!!!
Not the car hammock…
Wholesome is good.
We are going to need to see your parents place
Go see Tyler and Todd!!
We wish! Sadly they're a little off the beaten path for this trip 😢
They are awesome!
Nice… but, they dont live there
Not yet!
So cool to see you guys with wild we roam. I adore all of you. Can’t wait to see what comes next
Thank you! We're pretty excited for the next chapter!
All of you in the Prius is just adorable! What a lovely family, and you all seem like friends already!
There is nothing romantic about a outside toilet there is nothing romantic about going outside to use the bathroom in the middle of the night.
But the view tho... 😍
@Levi & Leah lol lol lol amazing but no Boo
Nothing romantic, but doable. I had an outside toilet when I lived in the country house back in Russia. It was NOT compost one. In summer time, we had to put chorine powder in it to avoid the odor that attracted the flies. It was rather cold to use it in winter time. So at night we used pots and had to empty them in the morning. Definitely much more work. Life has changed, it is difficult to go back to more primitive ways after experiencing all the comfort of modern life style.
This was such a cozy watch. Keep up the great work 👊🏿
Thanks for always being here! 🙏🏻
Wonderful video, can't wait to see where your adventure goes from here!
Thanks you!
Protip for hanging insulation overhead…. Swimmers goggles
Seriously haha should have done that. 😜😅
@@LeahandLevi if you have standard shop safety googles, tape (duct or electricians, not scotch) and a garbage bag, you can make yourself a hood to keep the fibers out of your hair and skin….redneck OSHA
That property is really beautiful! Where I live, there's no land left for something like that. Very 😎 cool.
Of course I’m dorky & have followed both channels for years…
The surroundings are indeed stunning! But I assume they rely on a car for every little thing, from groceries to seeing friends or visiting a café, or preschool. And their son will have to get driven everywhere until he's old enough to get his own license and probably car. It's certainly peaceful but I think I myself prefer a city with all the amenities.
It's hard to find a middle ground, the video you made before your great adventure about the little island with public transport, privacy and being close to a city seems like the perfect combination of everything.
And you can see Leah's little bump when she's standing outside the car in the clip folding clothes. Exciting!
Yeah we feel the same way. Being so car dependent isn’t really what we want for ourselves but the reality is that there’s a trade off with everything. Do love the little island idea too 🥹
So do we take it you're not happy to go back to your apartment/no car/walkable everywhere life?
That’s not off the table! We love that lifestyle too!
Yay! The start of your parenting community!
Yes! It's definitely the next chapter 🥹👀
By far my favorite video. I am always researching alternative living in a blue state off grid.
It was really interesting to live the life for a little bit and see how it felt. Definitely something special.
@@LeahandLevi I am 64 and travel and sleep in my Prius with my dog. It is so freeing and when he drags in ticks its cramped.
Ticks?! 😬 Lyme disease?? 😅😅😅
😬😬😬
@@LeahandLevi Glad to hear that it wasn't! That was a close one... 😅
So did you drive back into canada via QC or ON?
Ontario! We have family there we are going to be visiting for a while 🥰👍🏼
@@LeahandLevi Ontario is so lovely, so much to explore and see. Definitely hope you get to come back once you have your baby to explore it more.
Can’t wait to travel to Ontario through you guys! And i hope you’ll be able to come back to explore QC in the future :)
The entire country is lovely tbh