Mind blown... this is the coolest and most functional looking house I've ever seen. Creativity is off the charts. Will be watching more videos, I want to build the same way!
@@brandonteq thank you so much for a sweet comment! We’ve learned as we go along… our home is a working project always changing and evolving as our needs changes.
If there's such a thing as a perfect life, yours is it! Love the house, the vegetable gardens, the greenery inside and out, the loungy animal fam, the glass kitchen, the methane, literally all of it! God bless you and your huge family out there in Amazing Nowhere Land!
I just got a shed and it will be delivered in less then 2 weeks.. so im looking for ideas ..and i love all of yours .. thank you for posting this video
I'm so sorry for intruding on your comment like this I'm just fascinated with the fact that you can buy a house and it's delivered to you is really amazing I live in West Africa a country in the West Coast called the Gambia and have been planning to build a house for the past who knows when it is getting more expensive by the day I just wish they I have similar opportunities to just buying a ready-made carben house for the meantime at least at a very minimal cost it is really exciting to see people own homes at least it's a sign of liberation. Is it possible for me to know the cost of such a?
@@haf2567well they aren’t technically houses… they are sheds.., it’s a shell of what could be a house.., and there are a lot of ‘rules’ that make it difficult to do something like this.
This place is gorgeous!!! It’s absolutely stunning, well thought out and beautifully decorated!! I love everything about it!! You all built your own little paradise and I love it 😻 ❤
I would LOVE to build our off grid home using a shed and then expanding on it with a greenhouse kitchen and bathroom - I am a plant freak and your set-up would allow me to have all of my plant friends in our house!! Thank you for sharing - your home is very inspiring!
Thank you so for watching our video. Best wishes for your shed to home journey… with the greenhouses we hope we don’t have to keep moving our plants between indoor outdoor again during the winter. 🌱
I am in Canada and I wish our winters weren't QUITE so cold so that I could have a bathroom like yours! My dream bathroom! That said, I also have no running water, so I don't even have a bathroom, really! I love seeing other folks living simply. So many people have no idea how rewarding it is, even though, as you say, it requires more work. It also requires a lot less money and income, is better for the planet, and keeps us fit! I've subscribed, and look forward to watching more of your videos. Happy Homesteading!
I’ve been following you both on Instagram and it only occurred to me to search for you on UA-cam!😅 I hope that you will continue to post videos of your days and chores needed to maintain your homestead. I really hope to have something similar to your home one day! All the best to you both.💜✨🙏
Hi there, thank you so much for finding us here. We’re glad you did! That was a great suggestion on the daily chores. We’ll get work on it now. Thank you so much again for your support! Happy holidays 🎉
You’ve e done a great job! You must live in a very warm dry climate, without tons of snakes and insects like roaches and crawling things!!! We could NEVER do this in the South East!!!
Thank you 👍🏽👍 We’re above the Georgia Gnat Line so swirling and swarming bugs typically aren’t an issue. For mosquitoes and other flying bugs we have bat houses, certain plants (citronella, lemon grass, basil, mint, thyme & others), larvae eating fish in our ponds, constantly moving water in our ponds, making sure we don’t have any still/stagnant water in containers anywhere outside, our chicken free-range during the day, and some other techniques for keeping the bug population at bay and reducing the opportunity for them coming into our cabin such as a circulating fans (we prefer our Vornado fans) & ThermaCells for keeping the bug population at bay and reducing the opportunity for them coming into our cabin, and John makes his amazing citronella oil lamps out of old fancy bottles he finds at the dump… but of course our biggest pest control technique are our CATS! 😸🐈🐈⬛😸👍🏽👍 During the 12 years we’ve been living in our cabin we have not had anything near like the pests we had in and around our houses in Miami and London. 🙏🏽🙏
Planning on selling my 2000sqft house and doing something just like this. I LOVE your setup. Minus the solar and rainwater collection… not sure if I can manage without power and a well as a family of 4 haha keep up the videos! I’d like to see more
Just found you both tonight and absolutely my favorite channel on UA-cam! You are personable and brilliant making it all work and Fin, a great camera person and much funnier than you show! Lol I just retired and plan to sell my home and move to Oregon. I hope to make your lifestyle as a template to live the rest of my years. Thank you both for sharing your journey! ❤
I am also in Middle Ga. I am about to start my off grid journey. I saw your greenhouse kitchen a year ago and I couldn't get it off my mind. Now it's going to be my main building wishlist
Oh… we have a small washing machine on the deck outside our greenhouse-bathroom… also, over in the community house we have for guests & visitors we have a full laundry room. 👍👍🏽😊
Looked up your solar system and was really impressed. Saw there's a possibility of financing the purchase not sure i could qualify, but the price a month would be about as much as my utility bill on a mobile home. I think the ability to be off grid and have it paid off in 5 years would be a better investment. Do you have any suggestions when it comes to the solar system if new to it? I'm going to be binging your channel in the upcoming months so I'm hoping for some content just about solar tbh.
I love your set up, it's beautiful ❤️ . I want a sun kitchen? I live in TX, winters can be unpredictable I am wondering how to work this design into our shed to home build. Would I need to heat this room as if it's a green house???? Any suggestions would be great. TIA and happy homesteading
Thank you so much ☺️ One of the reasons we intentionally chose to live in AG Zone 8a here in Middle-Georgia 🇺🇸 is due to this area typically having mild winters… and we love the year around growing seasons… in fact we haven’t seen snow here in years and the last time it did snow it melted within hours. (Fun Fact: The average annual snow fall in our area is less than 1” a year.) We also have inside our 304sqft Beloved Cabin a full-house solar thermal heater and a Dutch West high-efficiency catalytic converter wood burning stove that is rated for an 800sqft house… plus our greenhouse-kitchen & greenhouse-bathroom warms themselves during the day during winter when all the leaves drop and the sun naturally warms the inside and we close all the vents (this is why we built our greenhouse-kitchen and greenhouse-bathroom on the south side of our cabin). Also, on extremely cold nights (1 or 2 night a year) we have indoor propane heaters for the greenhouse additions to keep plants healthy. We also replaced the cheap single pane shed windows that came with the original shed shell with double-pane/high-efficiency Anderson & Pella windows we found used/secondhand for either free or super cheap☺️👍👍🏽… and all the additional windows we’ve added are also double-pane/high-efficiency Anderson & Pella windows we found used/secondhand for either free or super cheap☺️👍👍🏽 Inside our cabin, we installed R-13 insulation in the walls & covered with drywall; and we used foam insulation on the ceiling & covered with painted .25” plywood. (We insulated the ceiling between the rafters because we want to see the rafters as part of our design and to add a little more head clearance up in the lofts between the rafters.) 👍 👍🏽 After over 12+ years, we really enjoy the temps and environment we have both inside and around our homestead throughout the year🥰 - John & Fin - 🙏+🙏🏽=❤️
I am so inspired by yalls home. It's like everything I want to build for my wife and I. I really appreciate all the content you post. I adore the greenhouse bathroom!!! ❤❤❤ I am definitely going to keep in mind your design when we build our own
Great question..👍👍🏽😊 There are Many areas throughout Georgia wheee this can be done… it’s not the state, but the county and city where the codes & ordinances… states codes are typically superseded by county codes and county codes typically superseded by city codes… check out our videos about codes and learning how to determine what allowed in your area😊👍😊 Thank you so much😊 - John & Fin - 🙏+🙏🏽=❤️
I love that you have so many critters around. I currently only have twelve cats, two dogs, and two cows. I miss having goats, chickens, and pigs. I think off-grid would be a bit too much work for my health and energy levels though. The FB Marketplace in my area doesn't have nearly as many offerings as you seem to have found. When good stuff comes up there's a high chance its stolen (at least in my area). It's still very cool to see what is possible.
Thank you so much😊 Yes, we have to be quick to find the deals online… fortunately, out here when something is posted it’s typically items that have been in families for a long time🥰 - John & Fin - 🙏+🙏🏽=❤️
Y’all have inspired us!! Would you be willing to talk a little about your foundation? We want to do something similar ASAP so we can escape the rat race 😊
Thank you so much😊 We started out with our shed-to-house conversion leveled on blocks and secured to ground with hurricane anchors. We eventually built our deck around d all fours sides, which is attached to our cabin and it’s also concreted into the ground👍😊😊 - John & Fin - 🙏+🙏🏽=❤️
We had inspections for electrical and for our foundation. Because we have short-term vacation rentals here on our homestead, we are required to have annual inspections from our local fire dept, health dept, and code enforcement👍👍🏽 - John & Fin - 🙏+🙏🏽=❤️
Thank you 😊 Great question 👍👍🏽 One of the reasons we chose to leave Florida and live in AG Zone 8a here in Middle-Georgia 🇺🇸 is due to this area typically/usually having mild summers… During the summer, we have the air circulation vents open on both ends, as well as the air vents running full length under soffit. We also have great shade from the tree canopy & live on a 19K surface-acre lake with 347 miles of shoreline that constantly produces cool breezes. Inside our cabin, we have also have 9KBtu AC unit🥶, but we rarely use it. (In fact, we haven’t used it for all the of 2023.) We installed R-13 insulation in the walls & covered with drywall; we used foam insulation on the ceiling & covered with painted .25” plywood. (We insulated the ceiling between the rafters because we want to see the rafters as part of our design and to add a little more head clearance up in the lofts between the rafters.) 👍 After 12 years, we really enjoy the temps, lack of humidity/moisture inside, and the environment we have been able to create both in our home and around our homestead throughout the year.🥰 - Fin & John - 🙏🏽+🙏=❤️
Great question👍👍🏽 Our Homebiogas System also has their BioToilet attachment, which flushes directly into the system. There is a “sink” on the outside system where we can dump in kitchen scraps and other organic materials manually. Here’s a link to their web site… www.homebiogas.com/ref/2/ Thank you for your question👍👍🏽 - John & Fin - 🙏+🙏🏽=❤️
My husband and I are doing something very similar for our retirement. Could you go more in depth on how your greenhouse kitchen and bath are in winter. We live in the deep south to, but we do get cold in winter sometimes down to 0 degrees. Thanks so much!!!
One of the reasons we chose to live in AG Zone 8a here in Middle-Georgia 🇺🇸 is due to this area’s typically having mild summers & winters and year-round growing seasons… in fact we haven’t seen snow here in years and the last time it did snow it melted within hours. (Fun Fact: The average annual snow fall in our area is less than 1” a year.) We also have inside our 304sqft Beloved Cabin a full-house solar thermal heater and a Dutch West high-efficiency catalytic converter wood burning stove that is rated for an 800sqft house… plus our greenhouse-kitchen & greenhouse-bathroom warms themselves during the day during winter when all the leaves drop and the sun naturally warms the inside and we close all the vents (this is why we built our greenhouse-kitchen and greenhouse-bathroom on the south side of our cabin). During our summers, we have the air circulation vents open on both ends, as well as the air vents running full length under soffit. We also have an amazing shade from tree canopy and live on a 19K surface-acre lake with 347 miles of shoreline that constantly produces cool breezes. Inside our cabin, we have also have 9KBtu AC unit, but we rarely use it. We used R-13 insulation in the walls & covered with drywall; we used foam insulation on the ceiling & covered with painted .25” plywood. (We insulated the ceiling between the rafters because we want to see the rafters as part of our design and to add a little more head clearance up in the lofts between the rafters.) 👍 After 12 years, we really enjoy the temps and environment we have both inside and around our homestead throughout the year.🥰 - Fin & John - 🙏🏽+🙏=❤️
I am in the UK, and this cabin of yours would be my dream place. i love growing my own veg...and love to make own furniture, jewellery, sew my own clothes. But am living in the country in my parents house (i do have a house in london i rent out) but everyone on the street at my parents house are doing it up make it fancy. i don't care for fancy, i just want something cosy, sustainable...handmade and even rough at the seams. i guess when my parents pass i would love to move away to more land and have a cabin like yours
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us here. We’re glad you watched our video. Wishes you the best with your dream cabin… sending you big hugs from across the Atlantic! 😀
DUDE DID YOU JUST NAME YOUR CHICKEN KFC?!?! I’ve been wanting to get chickens and name them different fast food chicken franchises names. Glad I’m not the only one thinking like that 🤣🤣
Thank you for your question👍👍🏽 It really depends on your location and local codes/ordinances. Every state has their regulations, which are typically superseded by county codes, and county codes are typically superseded by city codes. Wishing you great success in your build and tiny lifestyle adventures☺️ - John & Fin - 🙏+🙏🏽=❤️
How do you connect those little solar panels to the lights in the kitchen? The ones I see on Amazon have single plugs … do you cut those off and connect the wires and wrap w elec tape. I have a lot to learn about that stuff. I have tried learning about it, but it’s one of those things I’ve never been able to purchase or set up and play with.
Question is in terms of investment of like the kitchen area ! Is that investment worth what the investment is on your home on value I’m just wondering? This is prettier than any regular house to me !
Great question… we built our home as our final retirement home… we aren’t really interested in the investment aspect, but since we’ve invested/paid so little over these past 12+ years to create everything out here, we’re sure there will be something for our cats when we’re gone👍👍🏽😊😻
Speaking only for ourselves, we started out completely off-grid on day 1 and we started out leading land we did not own… so for us the answer your question would be, Yes.” Thank you so much for your question… wishing you great success on your journey 😊 - John & Fin - 🙏+🙏🏽=❤️
Living in so cal and Phoenix, i work just as hard to maintain a bedroom rental and I can’t save money and I do nothing but work and squeeze in gardening time at a community garden … and my boyfriend seems to hate everything I like… my brothers and I have a rental property that I wanted to sell in 2020 to do what you have done… they finally want to sell and I’m in escrow on a 1.25 off grid farm (former cattle lot w fencing) and a very interesting ramshackle home that is part camper & rv, connected by log cabin. It’s got solar and 275 gal Ibc… I am so ready to give up the glamorous (not) life in the city. The property I’m buying is 25k… I’m planning to buy another 1.25 acre lot catty corner behind it. Hopefully no one buys it before I can get the offer in. But, I’m putting a similar shed on it, like yours… 16ft by 40ft on the second lot, but will use it as a garage initially. I hope I can find a deal on some water tanks… stuff is expensive nowadays.
Mind blown... this is the coolest and most functional looking house I've ever seen. Creativity is off the charts. Will be watching more videos, I want to build the same way!
@@brandonteq thank you so much for a sweet comment! We’ve learned as we go along… our home is a working project always changing and evolving as our needs changes.
If there's such a thing as a perfect life, yours is it! Love the house, the vegetable gardens, the greenery inside and out, the loungy animal fam, the glass kitchen, the methane, literally all of it! God bless you and your huge family out there in Amazing Nowhere Land!
I just got a shed and it will be delivered in less then 2 weeks.. so im looking for ideas ..and i love all of yours .. thank you for posting this video
Thank you so much for watching and congratulations on your upcoming shed adventure! Best wished for your success conversion.
I'm so sorry for intruding on your comment like this I'm just fascinated with the fact that you can buy a house and it's delivered to you is really amazing I live in West Africa a country in the West Coast called the Gambia and have been planning to build a house for the past who knows when it is getting more expensive by the day I just wish they I have similar opportunities to just buying a ready-made carben house for the meantime at least at a very minimal cost it is really exciting to see people own homes at least it's a sign of liberation. Is it possible for me to know the cost of such a?
Me too kinda… im in escrow on a lot right now.., but I’ve already talked to the shed company! Praying my deal goes through.
@@haf2567well they aren’t technically houses… they are sheds.., it’s a shell of what could be a house.., and there are a lot of ‘rules’ that make it difficult to do something like this.
Love the cats and chandeliers
Thank you so much very 😊 Fin def loves finding chandeliers… and we both love all our rescue babies 🐈
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I love the kitchen garden extension. I also like the jumble of stuff that you have acquired to make your home functional and unique.
This place is gorgeous!!! It’s absolutely stunning, well thought out and beautifully decorated!! I love everything about it!! You all built your own little paradise and I love it 😻 ❤
If I could put my dreams into reality, this would be it. I hope to be able to do this soon. You have made a BEAUTIFUL place ❤
Really love the look of the inside of the cabin. Great work!
Thank you so much😊
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Getting a shed and jumping in!!! This is the life for sure!!!
Fin, the chandeliers are fabulous!
You’re so sweet! Thank you so much 😊 I’m a total sucker when it comes to chandeliers! 💡
I would LOVE to build our off grid home using a shed and then expanding on it with a greenhouse kitchen and bathroom - I am a plant freak and your set-up would allow me to have all of my plant friends in our house!! Thank you for sharing - your home is very inspiring!
Thank you so for watching our video. Best wishes for your shed to home journey… with the greenhouses we hope we don’t have to keep moving our plants between indoor outdoor again during the winter. 🌱
I am in Canada and I wish our winters weren't QUITE so cold so that I could have a bathroom like yours! My dream bathroom! That said, I also have no running water, so I don't even have a bathroom, really! I love seeing other folks living simply. So many people have no idea how rewarding it is, even though, as you say, it requires more work. It also requires a lot less money and income, is better for the planet, and keeps us fit! I've subscribed, and look forward to watching more of your videos. Happy Homesteading!
Thank you so very much for your kind and supportive comment 😊
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What a amazing place, just beautiful.
Wow! Thank you so much😊
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This is my favorite ..im so close days away from finding out if i get a piece of land wish me luck !!! Im so close
Thank you so much😊 Congrats on your new land 😻
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🤩🙌🏽🤍🙏🏽🏡Love this soo much, great commentary and beautiful homestead! Sharing!
Thank you so much😊
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Learned so much from this short video thank you both 🙏🪷☸️
I love the kitchen!
Thank you so much😊
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Love your great findings! I love to live that way! It’s the most satisfaction in turning something into something beautiful!!!
IKR? ☺️ Thank you so much😊
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I LOVE this! Beautiful! So very unique and very inspiring. Thanks for posting, I would love to see more of what you are doing! Mahalo!
Thank you so much for the love! Please stay tuned! 😀
Love your home and additions from the last tour ❤
Thank you so very much😊… and thank you for following along with our journey 😻
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NO thank you for making this video and explaining how you all did every thing. I LOVE it. Such great ideas.
What a cool & beautiful place! I was so blessed to grow up on 5 acres in Colorado.
Plan to do this😊
Awesome! We can’t wait see what you create for yourself! 😊
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I’ve been following you both on Instagram and it only occurred to me to search for you on UA-cam!😅
I hope that you will continue to post videos of your days and chores needed to maintain your homestead. I really hope to have something similar to your home one day! All the best to you both.💜✨🙏
Hi there, thank you so much for finding us here. We’re glad you did! That was a great suggestion on the daily chores. We’ll get work on it now. Thank you so much again for your support! Happy holidays 🎉
You’ve e done a great job! You must live in a very warm dry climate, without tons of snakes and insects like roaches and crawling things!!! We could NEVER do this in the South East!!!
Thank you 👍🏽👍
We’re above the Georgia Gnat Line so swirling and swarming bugs typically aren’t an issue.
For mosquitoes and other flying bugs we have bat houses, certain plants (citronella, lemon grass, basil, mint, thyme & others), larvae eating fish in our ponds, constantly moving water in our ponds, making sure we don’t have any still/stagnant water in containers anywhere outside, our chicken free-range during the day, and some other techniques for keeping the bug population at bay and reducing the opportunity for them coming into our cabin such as a circulating fans (we prefer our Vornado fans) & ThermaCells for keeping the bug population at bay and reducing the opportunity for them coming into our cabin, and John makes his amazing citronella oil lamps out of old fancy bottles he finds at the dump… but of course our biggest pest control technique are our CATS! 😸🐈🐈⬛😸👍🏽👍
During the 12 years we’ve been living in our cabin we have not had anything near like the pests we had in and around our houses in Miami and London. 🙏🏽🙏
Planning on selling my 2000sqft house and doing something just like this. I LOVE your setup. Minus the solar and rainwater collection… not sure if I can manage without power and a well as a family of 4 haha keep up the videos! I’d like to see more
Thank you so very much😻 Wishing you success and happiness with your upcoming adventures 👍👍🏽😊
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Beautiful home ,love everything,thanks for the tour really enjoyed it
Thank you so much for watching 🥰
I LOVE your homestead! Beautiful! Sustainable! Conscious living. 💕
Thank you so much😊
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I love the kitchen addition. That goat feeder is genius
Just found you both tonight and absolutely my favorite channel on UA-cam!
You are personable and brilliant making it all work and Fin, a great camera person and much funnier than you show! Lol
I just retired and plan to sell my home and move to Oregon. I hope to make your lifestyle as a template to live the rest of my years. Thank you both for sharing your journey! ❤
Awwwww… Thank you so very much for your kind words😊
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I am also in Middle Ga.
I am about to start my off grid journey.
I saw your greenhouse kitchen a year ago and I couldn't get it off my mind.
Now it's going to be my main building wishlist
Love the lockers. I’m always on the hunt for some…
We love those lockers. We got out of Facebook Marketplace.
Love the lifestyle, not sure about that big mirror next to the toilet but to each their own.
Your home is beautiful
Wow! Thank you so very much😊
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Thank you for sharing all the information and positive possibilities of becoming self-sufficient on your own own land❤😊
I love everything! ❤️
I am totally in love with your home. When you got to the bathroom I screamed YESSSS that's what I want! Gorgeous and Thank You for sharing ❤
Your place is beautiful!
Love your space! It looks so peaceful! Thank you sharing!
Holy cow! $6,000! That’s like 1/3rd of what it is today!
Wow this is amazing 😻
Thank you so very much😻😻
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I love your home so much, subbed as saw you on tiny homes channel.
5th time watching this video !
@@Poppy_love59 awwww! Thank you so much for your 5th time watching our video! 😊😊
I love it ❤️
Thank you so much😊
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I haven't seen a video on how you guys wash clothes. Would love to know about that 🖤
Oh… we have a small washing machine on the deck outside our greenhouse-bathroom… also, over in the community house we have for guests & visitors we have a full laundry room. 👍👍🏽😊
I love all of it
Thank you so much 😊
So proud of you both! What an amazing journey!
Thank you so much 😊
Looked up your solar system and was really impressed. Saw there's a possibility of financing the purchase not sure i could qualify, but the price a month would be about as much as my utility bill on a mobile home. I think the ability to be off grid and have it paid off in 5 years would be a better investment. Do you have any suggestions when it comes to the solar system if new to it? I'm going to be binging your channel in the upcoming months so I'm hoping for some content just about solar tbh.
I love your set up, it's beautiful ❤️ . I want a sun kitchen? I live in TX, winters can be unpredictable I am wondering how to work this design into our shed to home build. Would I need to heat this room as if it's a green house???? Any suggestions would be great. TIA and happy homesteading
Thank you so much ☺️
One of the reasons we intentionally chose to live in AG Zone 8a here in Middle-Georgia 🇺🇸 is due to this area typically having mild winters… and we love the year around growing seasons… in fact we haven’t seen snow here in years and the last time it did snow it melted within hours. (Fun Fact: The average annual snow fall in our area is less than 1” a year.)
We also have inside our 304sqft Beloved Cabin a full-house solar thermal heater and a Dutch West high-efficiency catalytic converter wood burning stove that is rated for an 800sqft house… plus our greenhouse-kitchen & greenhouse-bathroom warms themselves during the day during winter when all the leaves drop and the sun naturally warms the inside and we close all the vents (this is why we built our greenhouse-kitchen and greenhouse-bathroom on the south side of our cabin).
Also, on extremely cold nights (1 or 2 night a year) we have indoor propane heaters for the greenhouse additions to keep plants healthy.
We also replaced the cheap single pane shed windows that came with the original shed shell with double-pane/high-efficiency Anderson & Pella windows we found used/secondhand for either free or super cheap☺️👍👍🏽… and all the additional windows we’ve added are also double-pane/high-efficiency Anderson & Pella windows we found used/secondhand for either free or super cheap☺️👍👍🏽
Inside our cabin, we installed R-13 insulation in the walls & covered with drywall; and we used foam insulation on the ceiling & covered with painted .25” plywood. (We insulated the ceiling between the rafters because we want to see the rafters as part of our design and to add a little more head clearance up in the lofts between the rafters.) 👍 👍🏽
After over 12+ years, we really enjoy the temps and environment we have both inside and around our homestead throughout the year🥰
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you're both seem like such sweet people 🩷☹️ so glad i came across your channel, it gave me so many cool ideas
Thank you so much😊 We’re glad you came across us too😻
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I love the closet with the laundry snd out of the bedroom
Just Subbed🤗 Love your content,Blessings💞
Starting my journey and looking forward to the finish line💯
Thank you so much for watching and subscribing! Best of luck with your shed journey!! Let us know how it’s going😀
@@Belovedcabin, Will do🤗
You guys are an inspiration!!
Wow! Thank you so very much😊
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I am so inspired by yalls home. It's like everything I want to build for my wife and I. I really appreciate all the content you post. I adore the greenhouse bathroom!!! ❤❤❤ I am definitely going to keep in mind your design when we build our own
Thank you so much for the sweet comment. Best wishes for your dream home build. 😀
So beautiful! This is my DREAM! Just need to find a piece of land 😭 and finances to rent and or purchase! Good luck everyone! ❤❤
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How do you go about doing this legally in Ga?
Great question..👍👍🏽😊 There are
Many areas throughout Georgia wheee this can be done… it’s not the state, but the county and city where the codes & ordinances… states codes are typically superseded by county codes and county codes typically superseded by city codes… check out our videos about codes and learning how to determine what allowed in your area😊👍😊
Thank you so much😊
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Do you have plans for greenhouse?
No we don’t… John plans and creates everything he builds in his head… I tell him what I want and how I want it to look and then he builds it. ☺️👍🏽
I love that you have so many critters around. I currently only have twelve cats, two dogs, and two cows. I miss having goats, chickens, and pigs. I think off-grid would be a bit too much work for my health and energy levels though. The FB Marketplace in my area doesn't have nearly as many offerings as you seem to have found. When good stuff comes up there's a high chance its stolen (at least in my area). It's still very cool to see what is possible.
Thank you so much😊 Yes, we have to be quick to find the deals online… fortunately, out here when something is posted it’s typically items that have been in families for a long time🥰
- John & Fin -
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Such a beautiful home. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for such a sweet comment!
Y’all have inspired us!! Would you be willing to talk a little about your foundation? We want to do something similar ASAP so we can escape the rat race 😊
Thank you so much😊 We started out with our shed-to-house conversion leveled on blocks and secured to ground with hurricane anchors. We eventually built our deck around d all fours sides, which is attached to our cabin and it’s also concreted into the ground👍😊😊
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Do you have to get any permits for anything? 🤔
We had inspections for electrical and for our foundation. Because we have short-term vacation rentals here on our homestead, we are required to have annual inspections from our local fire dept, health dept, and code enforcement👍👍🏽
- John & Fin -
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Great video, I live in Jax Florida and know how hot it gets in the area. How do you deal with the hot weather on the homestead?
Thank you 😊 Great question 👍👍🏽
One of the reasons we chose to leave Florida and live in AG Zone 8a here in Middle-Georgia 🇺🇸 is due to this area typically/usually having mild summers…
During the summer, we have the air circulation vents open on both ends, as well as the air vents running full length under soffit. We also have great shade from the tree canopy & live on a 19K surface-acre lake with 347 miles of shoreline that constantly produces cool breezes.
Inside our cabin, we have also have 9KBtu AC unit🥶, but we rarely use it. (In fact, we haven’t used it for all the of 2023.)
We installed R-13 insulation in the walls & covered with drywall; we used foam insulation on the ceiling & covered with painted .25” plywood. (We insulated the ceiling between the rafters because we want to see the rafters as part of our design and to add a little more head clearance up in the lofts between the rafters.) 👍
After 12 years, we really enjoy the temps, lack of humidity/moisture inside, and the environment we have been able to create both in our home and around our homestead throughout the year.🥰
- Fin & John -
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Thanks for the in detail reply. I'm also following you on Facebook. @@Belovedcabin
I have a question for you that toilet that you just showed. Do you have to carry the poop out in a tray or does it fall into a system outside?
Great question👍👍🏽
Our Homebiogas System also has their BioToilet attachment, which flushes directly into the system. There is a “sink” on the outside system where we can dump in kitchen scraps and other organic materials manually.
Here’s a link to their web site…
www.homebiogas.com/ref/2/
Thank you for your question👍👍🏽
- John & Fin -
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My husband and I are doing something very similar for our retirement. Could you go more in depth on how your greenhouse kitchen and bath are in winter. We live in the deep south to, but we do get cold in winter sometimes down to 0 degrees. Thanks so much!!!
One of the reasons we chose to live in AG Zone 8a here in Middle-Georgia 🇺🇸 is due to this area’s typically having mild summers & winters and year-round growing seasons… in fact we haven’t seen snow here in years and the last time it did snow it melted within hours. (Fun Fact: The average annual snow fall in our area is less than 1” a year.)
We also have inside our 304sqft Beloved Cabin a full-house solar thermal heater and a Dutch West high-efficiency catalytic converter wood burning stove that is rated for an 800sqft house… plus our greenhouse-kitchen & greenhouse-bathroom warms themselves during the day during winter when all the leaves drop and the sun naturally warms the inside and we close all the vents (this is why we built our greenhouse-kitchen and greenhouse-bathroom on the south side of our cabin).
During our summers, we have the air circulation vents open on both ends, as well as the air vents running full length under soffit. We also have an amazing shade from tree canopy and live on a 19K surface-acre lake with 347 miles of shoreline that constantly produces cool breezes.
Inside our cabin, we have also have 9KBtu AC unit, but we rarely use it. We used R-13 insulation in the walls & covered with drywall; we used foam insulation on the ceiling & covered with painted .25” plywood. (We insulated the ceiling between the rafters because we want to see the rafters as part of our design and to add a little more head clearance up in the lofts between the rafters.) 👍
After 12 years, we really enjoy the temps and environment we have both inside and around our homestead throughout the year.🥰
- Fin & John -
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@@Belovedcabin Thanks so much for the response!
I am in the UK, and this cabin of yours would be my dream place. i love growing my own veg...and love to make own furniture, jewellery, sew my own clothes. But am living in the country in my parents house (i do have a house in london i rent out) but everyone on the street at my parents house are doing it up make it fancy. i don't care for fancy, i just want something cosy, sustainable...handmade and even rough at the seams. i guess when my parents pass i would love to move away to more land and have a cabin like yours
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us here. We’re glad you watched our video. Wishes you the best with your dream cabin… sending you big hugs from across the Atlantic! 😀
DUDE DID YOU JUST NAME YOUR CHICKEN KFC?!?! I’ve been wanting to get chickens and name them different fast food chicken franchises names. Glad I’m not the only one thinking like that 🤣🤣
Can I build my tiny home without a sanitary permit if I don’t plan to do plumbing? There’s showed and bathrooms about 1 min away from our parcel..
Thank you for your question👍👍🏽 It really depends on your location and local codes/ordinances. Every state has their regulations, which are typically superseded by county codes, and county codes are typically superseded by city codes. Wishing you great success in your build and tiny lifestyle adventures☺️
- John & Fin -
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I wanna cry when i see your orange tabby just lost both of my cats my orange Tabby was very recent i have no cats right now 1st time in my life
How do you connect those little solar panels to the lights in the kitchen? The ones I see on Amazon have single plugs … do you cut those off and connect the wires and wrap w elec tape. I have a lot to learn about that stuff. I have tried learning about it, but it’s one of those things I’ve never been able to purchase or set up and play with.
Question is in terms of investment of like the kitchen area ! Is that investment worth what the investment is on your home on value I’m just wondering? This is prettier than any regular house to me !
Great question… we built our home as our final retirement home… we aren’t really interested in the investment aspect, but since we’ve invested/paid so little over these past 12+ years to create everything out here, we’re sure there will be something for our cats when we’re gone👍👍🏽😊😻
Do you think its completely feasible to achieve an off grid tiny home on raw land you dont own yet within a year?
Speaking only for ourselves, we started out completely off-grid on day 1 and we started out leading land we did not own… so for us the answer your question would be, Yes.”
Thank you so much for your question… wishing you great success on your journey 😊
- John & Fin -
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Did you ever insulate under the floors?
We insulated under our cabin with batts between the skids & framing that are held with insulation support wires. 👍👍🏽😊
How can I find this type of toilet?
HI Susan… thank you for your question. We have the @Homebiogas1 BioToilet… their web site is www.homebiogas.com/ref/2/
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Living in so cal and Phoenix, i work just as hard to maintain a bedroom rental and I can’t save money and I do nothing but work and squeeze in gardening time at a community garden … and my boyfriend seems to hate everything I like… my brothers and I have a rental property that I wanted to sell in 2020 to do what you have done… they finally want to sell and I’m in escrow on a 1.25 off grid farm (former cattle lot w fencing) and a very interesting ramshackle home that is part camper & rv, connected by log cabin. It’s got solar and 275 gal Ibc… I am so ready to give up the glamorous (not) life in the city. The property I’m buying is 25k… I’m planning to buy another 1.25 acre lot catty corner behind it. Hopefully no one buys it before I can get the offer in. But, I’m putting a similar shed on it, like yours… 16ft by 40ft on the second lot, but will use it as a garage initially. I hope I can find a deal on some water tanks… stuff is expensive nowadays.
I saw a 32nd cat.
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Thank you 💗💗😘😘👍👍🏽
- John & Fin -
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So does the bio gas smell? :-)
A great question there! You can’t really smell the biogas…(thank goodness!!) 😁
Not me waiting on that part 2
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Have address?
We are located in Middle-Georgia 🇺🇸 about 1.5 hours outside of Atlanta in AG Zone 8a 👍👍🏽😊
I thought off-grid did not have the address.
@@blackarmouredbeast1989We get mail and deliveries out here 👍👍🏽😊
KFC THE CHICKEN 🐔 CRIS P. BACON FOR A 🐖.🤷♂️
You win, great job brother 💪