Simple off grid Cabin that anyone can build & afford

In this video my wife Brooke and I build a very simple, very affordable cabin. With a simple single pitch roof and only 2 windows. While I was filming this building project so was Brooke. You can check out her first video featuring this cabin by clicking the link below. I'll see you on part 2

Brooke's video

[michaelharris]

Thanks for your video. At 67 years old and only a little building experience, I built your cabin successfully and added a nice deck to boot. It took me three months, but it was worth it. It is sitting on 32 acres near Nashville. Wish I could add a picture. Thanks again for the inspiration.

[Catsnellandbogen]

Hey Guys I did it! I bought the land, 2.6 acres, and built your cabin, well, close, a few design alterations. I just finished closing it in, good thing too as I'm in Canada. I really need to thank you. Your words, and I'm paraphrasing, "Everybody needs an out of the way place of their own..." resonated with me completely, and now it's reality. Thank you for all your time and effort in producing your videos.

[montheist_tv]

A wife that's willing to do all this with you is a massive blessing

[drodiebeatz]

I’m glad to see that I’m in a long list of people that decided to build this cabin, I lived in my van for 600 days before I found land out west & built a nearly identical cabin with an 8 foot picture window. Thanks Dave!

[bunnychacha]

18 years old and saving up to buy a small plot of land and to build a small home. This really helped thank you

[laragreene]

when I was around 18-19 yrs old I worked part time at Home Depot. A young married couple came in every weekend to buy building materials....they took one of their paychecks every week to pay for them and worked on building their home every weekend. The point was to build as they go and have their home paid for when finished with it. I thought it was a very good idea for a young couple! Everybody has their different ideas of how to do things! There are many ways to get it done! I remembered that while watching your great video!

[elleglaspy]

I want to thank you for your simple explanation of how to build a cabin . I'm a 62 yr old woman who tackled this build by myself . I modified a few things but yours is the shed that I used as my model. Thank you for the inspiration! I wish I could share my shed pictures

[ShaneCrockett]

Thank you for notching your foundation posts! So many people on YouTube building cabins relying on nail sheer strength, friction, hopes and dreams.

[drexldog]

Between the music, proper editing, narration and production, I felt like I was watching a building show on PBS. Awesome video

[NorthSideNorm]

My wife and I built our cabin/home by ourselves. I milled my own beams and floor joists from the trees we removed. All other materials we purchased at the local mill. We ended up with a 400sqft cabin in the forest of northern New Brunswick for under $5000.

[prairieprepper]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate your teaching us how to do this. I sadly don't have a relationship with my dad, who is a builder, anymore. He taught me some things while we built our houses growing up, but he wasn't a patient teacher, so a lot of it was left to the imagination for me. This has given me hope that I can do this, and teach my kids to, too.

[staceyzwiefel]

If someone wanted to make this same cabin could you make a supply list of all that went into it? Your videos and Brookes are encouraging me to build my little cabin in the woods that I have been dreaming of.

[EgbertWilliams]

I appreciate this guy's attitude. He's encouraging without being condescending.

[vivianevans]

This a Great example of a husband and wife working together to creat
something they both can enjoy and know they equally shared in the cabins creation...

[gerardhiggins]

I love your videos Dave and Brooke. I had retirement plans, of building myself a get away cabin like this, but cancer had other ideas for me. That said, your videos have given me so much enjoyment. Thank you both so much.

[DumAzzFairy]

I'm 23 your videos inspired me to start homesteading. I'm taking two years to learn about cabin building and bee and chicken keeping after that wish me luck!

[alexhawkhead]

I was already enjoying this video but really loved seeing what your grandpa means to you and how you look after his tools - I'm sure he'd be proud of you both :)

[vincentwise]

Possibly one of the most straight forward, informative how to videos on YouTube. Great job!

[alanbarnosky]

I too built this cabin! Thanks for the video that inspired me to take this leap. I finished mine out to use as an office and workshop as an outbuilding and am excited to have a space for my work. A word of caution to those who start this: if you use standard dimensional lumber (not rough sawn like the video shows), build your floor with 2x8s, 16” on center, and double up around the rim. I did 2x6s not doubled like the video shows (but I did 16” o.c) and my rim and joists sagged, leading to a lot of extra work at the end to stabilize and straighten it out.

[nuggt.z]

you’re a big inspiration in times like right now. with the housing market rising and rising this gives me hope i can build a home for myself even if it’s a little cabin