This Tiny House Community Could Be The Coolest Place On Earth To Live!
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- In this weeks episode we visit Franko, a rockstar musician turned festival organiser who has built himself an incredible house bus, which is parked up in an amazing community of which he is a founding member.
Looking at this community, it's easy to wonder if it could be the coolest place on earth to live! The community, named Tūmanako Hope, was created when a group of people, bonded through a music and wellness festival, decided to create a community and with it a new way of life. The result is incredible.
And Franko's bus is just epic! Totally DIY, and designed to be an on-road apartment for this touring musician, the Unschooled bus is an amazing home on wheels. I’m often surprised by Skoolie conversions and the potential to take something at utilitarian as a bus and turn it into something so homey.
We hope you enjoy the tour of this amazing home and community! To find out more about the tiny house community, you can find their website here: / hopetumanako
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Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston
Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston
Editing: Sarah Binder & Rasa Pescud
Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: / brycelangston
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As the tiny house movement continues to grow, the need for community grows with it. This is such a cool concept. A huge bit of land and a group of like minded people coming together to create a new way of living. I'm so excited by what this community offers and I can't wait to see it grow and prosper! We hope you enjoy this episode. With Love, Bryce & Rasa
Amazing! Planning on doing the same ♡
Your videos offer a bit of peace that is truly needed. 🙏 thank you
Thank you for having me on the show!! ❤🎉🚌
Yes it's cool..like living in a big park when you can just run around and play with your friends kids and adults anytime of the day😃👍
This is what happens when “two tall” “really cool” guys like the same things; long hair, tiny homes, community, music, zen. AND they have the same dialect. 😂😂❤❤😮
Kia Ora everyone! Thank you Bryce and Rasa from LBIATH for sharing what we are doing at NZ Spirit! We’ve just finished our last festival of the summer and we look forward to you all coming to the farm and festivals in the future! Let’s change the world together ❤🌎
I absolutely LOVE what you are doing and it is my life's dream to do something like it where I live. Do you know if there are any such communities in the US?
I love this idea of having festivals on your property, but I have to live in a quiet place because of auditory issues... I want the same concept, except we'll do natural building, food forest, unschool courses and offer family camping instead of the festivals.
This is amazing, well done!!! I can't wait to join you all at a future spirit festival. The band you used to be in was it 48 may?
Your place looks awesome! And your festivals!
Thank you for sharing your life & home with us!
I think Bryce has found a brother from another other. These guys were so comfortable and in tune with each other. It was fun to watch.
Oh, and that bus was amazing too!
Right!
His hair really approves their lost brotherhood😂
Yes I agree, loved listening to these brothers, so in sync with each other. They could do a series together. Both have amazing hearts
As a child of the 60’s I love seeing this community and the harmony they live with. Drug and alcohol free. Amazing build on the bus! The egg was the greatest laugh. Love your videos.
We need more tiny house communities around the world
I so agree!
Yes! I’m in the US. Are there communities like this?? Hopefully in my kids and grandkids generation it will be more accessible and commonplace. We need to do something about the lack of affordable housing. These are beautiful homes. Love this. ❤❤❤
@@julies5400 I also live in the U.S., communities like this are very rare.
@@levibates I know of a few tiny home communities that are nice but most are manufactured housing type communities not like this
We do. It's called the trailer park. They're everywhere
Franko is a visionary and we need more of his type to change the world.
I think having lots of small communities cooperating is the best way to go forward. This bus is so cool and the concept is inspirational!
that is how it all started...nothing better than going back to basics 🤗
Made me want to sing John Lennon's "Imagine" as I watched this video. Sooo amazing! 🥰🥰🥰
This one warmed this old hippie’s heart ✌🏼
Been staying in Franko’s bus during cyclone Gabrielle and I loved it so much. I’ll build my own motor home soon 😊
That must be the most wholesome musician tour bus ever! Hope the community stays true to its values and prospers for a good long time.
This guy gave me a best ideas to build a tiny house 🏠 in my country Ethiopia 🇪🇹❤️
good luck !
@@francesco5581 thank you bro
Awesome!
Make sure to use sustainable mud.
You and Franko were like long lost brothers and your philosophies were in sync too...thanks Bryce and Rasa for bringing us to him and his outstanding house bus and the sharing of his communal ideas and values...absolutely love it all! arohanui ki a koutou :-)
This is the future... living in community, sharing resources and expertise, growing food for our community. The current system is totally backward, and the rules and regulations in most countries are intent on keeping the old rules, which do not lead to a sustainable way of living, in place. Thank goodness more and more people like Franko are pushing the old boundaries!
Love love love love this episode. My takeaway is when Franko hinted on the fact that communal sufficiency is sustainable as opposed to individual sufficiency which is an illusion. Thank you Bryce and Rasa.
The fact that everyone in the community owns the land they are on is amazing. Better than making someone else rich by renting out a lot on a monthly basis. Love it ❤️
Franco and his friend did a phenomenal job on this bus. Wish they were in the states so I could hire them to do a regular tiny house. This is some of the best design/layout/construction I’ve seen.
I am reminded of communal living in the 60’s…maybe that dream can come to fruition on a larger scale. The planet and humanity need this,🙏🏻
Wow, Franko what a beautiful home. congratulations on what you are creating. Light and airy everything has a place and no clutter...Bryce we need a tour of Frankos home.... I like the fact that that the shower 🚿 is separated from the rest of the bathroom...the girl's bunks are very nice and spacious....Lot of luck in what you do.. Bryce and Rasha that you
The egg laid on his daughter's bed had me cracking up. That's a new take on having your groceries delivered.
Awesome episode! I have Known Franko for many years, and had an amazing New Years experience on this property this year. Great to see inside the bus! Beautiful space with some amazing people.
He is so flipping cute and chill. I love the bus. It is so clean and uncluttered. The bathroom with the mirror truly tricks the eyes. The children's bunks feel like it is enough space because the rest of the bus allows space to move and breath in. The community idea is fantastic providing that each person has there own space and then can come together when they want to. The idea of sharing what is grown and raised is appealing. The outside living space looks planned without being side by side or row spacing. I like the overall vibes a lot.
I’ve watched a few videos of tiny houses that I thought were “the best ever,” and I love this bus too. But in another sense, this video tops all of them because it’s about building a community that’s striving for community self-sufficiency. It sounds pretty amazing and like someplace I’d love living.
If only more people in the world were this generous with their time on this precious earth!!!
What an amazing young man I love how he's turned the land into a tiny home community...his bus is lovely so very spacious I really love that bedroom he's flipped the mattress sideways which makes so much sense to me...brilliant build he must live an exciting life being a musician who travels in style...thankyou Bryce and Rasa for another wonderful tour...I wish I lived in New Zealand and that I was about 30 year's younger because that looks like a beautiful place to call home 💜🇦🇺
That. Was cool. Nice addition to your videos. The focus on community and land sharing with tiny homes being a vital piece in that is so sweet. This inspires me and gives me hope that more of this is possible globally. The lifestyle, the leadership, the community, the forward and alternative thinking and the work to get to this point is very commendable. Nice work!
This is the way of the future! Self sustainable living means less dependence on outside sources! Love this video and this young mans vision and love of life, a happy, healthy life!! Thanks for sharing!
I love Franko's voice just as much as the bus. They're both beautiful 💯.
Wow! Franko has created a very beautiful, open, bright and cozy space for himself. The windows on both sides gives an illusion of more space. Love the minimalist bedroom and the view from it. Must be really fun when everyone gathers for the camp and lives together!!!
And last but not the least, it is such a treat to watch two very handsome men on one screen taking you through an amazing tiny house, located on a beautiful piece of land😍😍
Yes, agree.... incl the 'two very handsome men'!!!
@@wakingtheworld ✔️💯
@@ps... I thought I was the only one thinking just how GORGEOUS these two guys are....oh yeah the bus is cool as well 😅😅😅
@@AlexWilliams-qf3rp ikr😅😍
Bryce's hair is a beautiful thing ... and when we follow the journey of these luscious locks - we never really know where it's going to lead us ...
Yes Frankos hair approve 😄
Absolutely love the bus and all the wood features. He is wise to realize that what we own will sooner or later belong to someone else. Yes, let's take care of our planet. Thanks Bryce for another awesome episode. ❤
This tiny house bus is amazing. I am blown away by how neat and clean the inside is. The toilet and the vanity is awesome. Amazingly built and maintained. This is such a jaw droping project. Love love it.
One of the best homes I've ever seen. What a beautiful human too; his kindness is palpable (confirmed when he said "animal refuge"). Thank you for sharing, and wish you and your community all-the-best in your endeavours!
Love seeing such an inspirational episode of tiny house living! These ones really make a difference you know, not just a tiny house 💖
Bring on more sustainable small communities! The bus is the tidiest, comfortable, house that I've seen. Well done.
Wow so incredible, I love the look of that bus and it is so wonderful that he has started a tiny community for many other people and I am looking forward to seeing more of how it is going to grow as well. Thanks so much Bryce and Rasa for a wonderful video, I hope that you have a blessed and wonderful week, sending love and hugs, bye! 🤗👏🙌🙏👍💜💜💜💜
Another wonderful interview Bryce and Rasa🙏🏾👍🏾
This will surely grow and prosper into a very happy self sufficient community. Franko truly has the right idea, being that he has helped make this happen he will continue to reap the fruits of his labour(literally)
Please keep updating us on this community because there should be more of these out there all over the world. Governments need to start opening their eyes and minds to these communities, so people like Franko can help others like him have somewhere safe to go when they build their own tiny homes.
Two of my favorite NZ people together in one video ! Wow what an amazing bus, thanks for the tour, can't wait to come to Resolution next year!
Love to you all from Switzerland
What a wonderful place to life 🙌🏻🌍🌱
And the bus for driving around the extremely beautiful country is amazing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Hopefully, there will be more inspiring projects like this in more countrys in future 🤗
What a project,what a guy and team what a totally fantastic Episode 🌼
Thanks you for your work 🙏🏽
They could totally be brothers and they're both gorgeous!
By the end of this video I was welling up with tears, altogether such a beautiful video! The focus of caring for ourselves, the earth and the greater community around us, is the perfect model for life today. (And the bus home is stunning!) Thank you Bryce, Rasa and Franko- for sharing your passion!
Woah...it's a tiny house Nirvana! Franko and his bus, are the bomb! It must feel good for you guys to know that you've had such a profound influence on this movement. I feel inspired and moved every time I watch one of your videos! Thank you!
Awesome!!! Nice use of the pallet wood and copper. I love the gift the chicken left. 🥰
This is so cool. Hopefully this type community grows all over the world!
Best episode yet!! I love Franco’s approach. That bus is so functional….loads of space to be comfortable. Now I want a bus!
He's right, New Zealand and the world need more community, it's the way forward to a brighter, healthier and happier future. It's our past and it needs to become more of our present and future. I actually moved to Europe and found community, through my relationship and I literally never want to leave it as a result. I never truly understood what it meant to have community until I found myself openly welcomed by all here. He's absolutely spot on, community is everything and we need to build trust more. I feel so blessed to have found community somewhere, as my experience in New Zealand and Australia lacked it sadly. I am so unbelievably happy to see someone restoring what has been lost in New Zealand for a very long time. I will keep this festival in mind when I visit New Zealand again in the future. Fantastic video, Bryce and Rasa - really unique pick! Keep inspiring others, Franko!
In my experience, te ao Māori prioritises relationships and community. When I’ve worked with Māori communities, I’ve really appreciated the time taken to truly know and understand one another, and how invaluable that is for making our work a success. I’ve experienced similar working with Pasifika communities. These are sizeable and important communities in NZ that are too often erased when we talk about NZ from a Eurocentric perspective. Best of luck in Europe, sounds like the best place for you.
@@maddiek1980 Firstly, I never disclosed my ethnicity so please don't assume. Secondly, the thing with the word 'community' is that it should be taking ethnicity and race right out of the equation. Therein lies the problem. Your comment just totally factored it in. If the division is still that evident, there is a lot of work to be getting on with to build those bridges still and therefore the heart of the problem still exists. While I appreciate the meaningful viewpoint, no New Zealand born person should feel like they don't have community and leave the country just to acquire it and think it simply doesn't exist like me. Period. It should not matter what ethnicity, race, gender etc anyone identifies with to experience a sense of real community. Where I live, if you live here, you are part of the community. It doesn't matter where you were born or what blood runs through your veins. Everyone is a part of that community. So there's still more inter-ethnic community value sharing and understanding that clearly needs to happen in NZ for everyone to be part of it. All the best with your work, I hope you can contribute to this for future generations in New Zealand. It sounds like you dive deep in your involvement which is admirable. We all deserve to feel like a part of a wider community without the strong division of and constant reference to ethnic differences. No one deserves that. No one. People are people. :-)
I love how paired back it is 👌
The layout is also 👌🏾
I'm at a lack of words when trying to describe how impressed and encouraged I feel about this project. It's true, learning never stops.
good for you Franko, living your best life and helping others do the same.
I loved that bus. So open and airy. Too many are cluttered. But this seems to have every mod con. Loved the pull out bed. The whole thing is wicked. But OMG. The egg on the bed? That cracked me up (pun not intended)😂 Good luck to Franko, his family, and the community he is inspiring.
Yes, egg on the bed is hilarious. Chicken freedom.🐔
I'm so glad you did this one Bryce!
I was at resolution for NY and the land is truly special, not to mention the amazing community inhabiting it 💚💛 So much goodness.
And Franko's bus is awesome, so well done and clearly a cool journey between mates.
I absolutely want to live in this place. Like right now ☺️☺️
Me too!!
Meeee to ❣️
I SO Love this! Wow! I would love to live there! His philosophy and self awareness are beautiful to witness, along with his creativity, drive and love for life and people. I hope more of these types of communities will grow and be allowed all over the world. Love love love it!
You were shining in this one Bryce with purpose and synergy! A series of more shows dedicated to tiny house communities and the ecologically inspired?
This is the most beautiful and best-feeling bus conversion I have ever seen. I love it. ❤
“There’s an egg?!” I was crying laughing 😂
Good show great message about independence being an illusion.
Well thats certainly not a stealth camper :D Looks amazing...I'll go put a coffee on and settle down for this one. Cheers Rasa and Bryce.
Definitely the coolest place to live on earth. What a concept. Positively placed for a futuristic community lifestyle template. Bravo👏
I literally gasped with happiness when Franko said alcohol and drug free. Right off the bat!
Same. It’s good stuff.
What a fine man! And his home is stunning. So clean and organized. I love his clean lifestyle as well. Thank you for sharing this.
Franko I love your bus, land and community. Auguri. Bryce and Rasa thank you for showing us this house on wheels and the land it sits on. Absolutely beautiful. 😊🙏🙏😊Franca.
Love the starry night paint job on the outside: Resolution! Growing a community takes a lovely personality like Franko has. Bryce, thanks for outdoing uniqueness, week after week.
Oh great - I met Franko on bali - he was playing epic kirtan music - I’ve followed his journey and love that you are both connected - you are same humans - we are all part of same tribe - love your show Bryce!!!
You two really hit it off... Such an animated vibe between you. Love Franko's bus and his ethics... So true: The most important r'ship is the one we have with ourself... We resonate with others according to our frequency, so we have to sort that first... to enable us to connect with the right people. The wonderful community you have created is doing just this... Did I say, I loved the bus conversion? I loved this bus conversion!
The bus is really beautiful .. I love the layout .. there is a lot of balance ..
The whole concept is awesome. Franko & company has shown what is possible when folk come together ..
Thank you for sharing
💕🙏🏾
Such a beautiful peaceful yet sociable living space 😍 I loved that the chicken had laid an egg on the bed 😂😂 Mine used to come into my cottage and make themselves at home on the kitchen and living room floor! Or the sofa and the cats would get fed up with them as they then couldn't get on the sofa 😂 I Loved the how the loo and sink were done there, the shower looked fantastic and the girls bunk beds amazing too! The whole place was absolutely Amazing ❤️ And that's before you take the whole community into account, amazing place, amazing fella 😊
This gives me hope for the future. I always knew that the young people would come up with good solutions for the problems that the world faces today. I wish this wonderful community every happiness and success in their future.
Absolutely love that bus, I could happily live there! That natural wood is the most cool thing!!
So beautiful..enjoyable... encouraging.. just what the soul needed on this weekend! Positive powerdude and dudettes and people and plants.. peace.. flowers.. music.. love🌸🕊️🌸🍀🌸💖🌸
Great bus design. Love the cabinet handles. Big shower is a big plus.
I wish there was something like this in the United States I'd be there in a heartbeat. The problem is in a lot of the communities here is his alcohol and there's rowdiness and there's inappropriate unhealthy behaviors. This video clearly indicates that health and communication and self-love and Care are at the center of it! My heart is Impressed💖
Life is a beautiful thing, what a special place Bryce. It's dazzling like the morning sunshine
Yet another reason that makes me want to move to New Zealand! Excellent job Franko and community!
You don't want to come to NZ. The country is on it knees economically and socially. It's expensive and you can't do a thing without having to obey all the rules and regulations. Our infrastructure can't support the people who are already here. Look to your own birthplace to make a good life for yourself.
@@10AntsTapDancing lol hahah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@10AntsTapDancing , THAT'S SAD& THE USA IS THE SAME WAY BUT, PEOPLE SEEMS TO BE DYING TO COME HERE !!
I never cease to giggle when Bryce mentions the deck.
I would love to live like this. When you have Peace in your soul you have peace all around you,...Something to be said about that. Love this!
This has to be the first episode where I've seen a chicken lay an egg on someone's bunk bed, and I laughed at that, but why not! They free range! I love the look and feel of the community Franko and other like minded individuals have created. What a place to raise children where they are surrounded by nature, nurture and love. The bus is great, the gardens are amazing and I hope that Bryce visits again and Franko allows us a look into his home because I'm sure that it's stunning! Many thanks from NSW, Australia.
While this is by far one of my favorite episodes I have to say he got me when he picked up the book Th Artist Way! This book that changed my life! On so many levels! Well done by all!
WOW ! That mirror trick is FANTASTIC !
WOW the bathroom mirror is so clever. it really opens up that corner beautifully. such a sick build all around.
That was one cool bus. Loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely love this converted bus!! All the natural elements. Very spacious too!!
Wow, this guy is amazing! What a fantastic way of life....makes me wish I was 30!!!
I love this bus , simple functional.
Reminds me about my youth in the late 60's early 70's SF Bay area in Marin Co
This was breathtaking and I experienced awe countless of times. Thank you to Franko for sharing his bus space and this wonderful community.
This guy is totally onto something ~ working with lawyers and govt to help create tiny living communities. Totally support him and his ideas, well done mate
Another inspiring video. Not only for tiny houses but for huge hearts for our planet
Franko has done an AMAZING job with his school bus conversion. It is simplistic yet beautiful & functional. I love the use of pink inside & out. No clutter, I wish I could get rid of all my clutter & live a simple life like you.
The property & community you have created is such an Awesome Idea.
I live a very lonely life here in South Africa.
It would be a dream to live in such a beautiful bus or environment.
Franko, you seem like an awesome person, close to nature, your mental well-being & spirituality being so important to you.
WELL DONE ... AWESOME JOB & BUS 🚌
Dream home, gorgeous work of art. Love it all s'much.
Amazed to know that people are coming together on a serious level for the cause of the environment. So lucky to be on earth in these times. And Franko's not just a handsome performer but also a socially responsible revolutionary. He's brought together the best things of the world on one platform - good music, farming, drug-free and alcohol-free zones, meditation, tiny house movement, relationship-orientation self-sufficiency, community-sufficiency,... -Just what the world needs today! Kudos, Franko and Living Big Team!
super cool and honestly one of the most inspiring videos i have ever seen on your channel :) !
Thank you for this episode - what an inspiration! Well Done Franko and everyone belonging to the community🙏🌏♥
I absolutely love this whole thing - his bus, his way of thinking and lifestyle, and the festival/community project. Such an inspiration! Also, I admire that NZ has so many tiny houses - in Germany where I live I've never seen a single one, and I think it is so hard right now on the legislative side to even get all the permissions etc. to build and park a tiny house here - so that almost no one even tries to I guess. I know you've visited Nessa in Germany already, which was cool to see, and yet the difficulties for building tiny houses in Germany showed up. I hope this changes very soon, because as Franko said, tiny houses are the future! And I also see people longing for community, so this is a trend I definitely love! :)
Amazing..simplicity back to basics…we all need each other…simple as that..love each other more in order to be happier and survive…no matter how small we can all contribute to protect our beautiful earth
Oh my. Love all the wood, branches and beautiful piping! Truly looks magnificent with the clean white.
Thanks for being there for the community!
Wow, Franko is FANTASTIC. His visions are amazing, as this type of off-grid tiny house community-living is optimal living & should be the way of the future.
Wild. Love it. Kudos to his positive, healthy and creative attitude
Super interesting guy. I love his way of thinking and what he's trying to create. What's going to be a challenge is, as the community grows there inevitably will be conflict because human beings are complicated with different points of view. But, it certainly is worth striving for. On a separate note, I loved the outro capture of the alpaca looking out onto the land. Really great. Kudos to Rasa on that choice since I believe she does the camera work.
What a beautiful Unschooled" bus and greater tiny house bus community. Love the woodwork, colorful pillows, and details of the bus. Also the llamas as well as the chickens, community gardens, and wonderful acreage of land to gather, do yoga, music, or whatever. Thanks for sharing! Jenny