Want to Leave The City to Homestead? Let Me Give You Some Help!

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[IAMCelinaNicole]

Hi Alex, thank you for this information. I'm trying hard to move my two boys and myself out of the city and to the country. I'm interested in your training. 🙏🏽

[inthegarden]

You're right about everything being so expensive and continue going up. I've been wanting to take a permaculture class near me but it's so expensive. It seems they make these courses for wealthy people but they're not interested in it. Even the online courses are astronomical.

I'm very interested in rammed earth building. What is better and easier for a passive solar home, adobe, cob, or rammed earth?

[ct]

I've built many houses and have been interested in building a cob home off grid for quite a while. I'm currently looking for the right location. The main issue I have is finding a location where I will be "allowed" to build what I want. I plan to work with a structural engineer prior to finalizing my plan, but I've found local building departments to be intolerant of anything they're not familiar with. Cob isn't a stick built home, so they literally don't know what to do wifh it. I never realized just living simply off the grid would be so terrifying to government trolls. Even when the parcel has no zoning, the local building department still wants to dictate how everything gets done. And they don't know what they're talking about. I'm not trying to build some cheap structure. My goal is to build a rock solid home that will last for generations. I've ruled out almost a dozen parcels already, because the locals all seem dead set againat this. I have enough work to do without having to educate these children on how to do their job. I'm almost at the point of not even asking permission and just building without a permit. Never done that before. I'm in Indiana where we have a statute called The Log Cabin Rule, which exempts you from needing a permit if you're building your own home for your own occupancy. The only issue is, local government peons don't know the law and I'm afraid they'll still try to shut me down after breaking ground. Any advice or insight into this issue is much appreciated.

[gemininimeg]

Didn't seem like you were rambling. Nice view. Thank you. 😊

[elizabethjudy]

Hey Alex! Peaceful scene. Very zen. Thanks!

[wandadavis]

Thank you for the almost Free workshop material...I just bought it. Thank you for all your hard work.

[meachienyghn]

I love the chimes in the background...they sound amazing!

[GemintheMud]

Hi there, I'm based in the UK and have read the literature of Ianto Evans and Kiko Denzer regarding building in cob and the communities springing up surrounding that. It made my heart soar and it's very 'me'. I'd love to build my own cob house and homestead outside of the UK. I don't know how possible that will be given that I have no money, but I've made a good start in learning bushcraft and survival skills and have built my own tarp shelters for overnight solo wild camps in the woods. I ran allotments for nearly 10 years so feel I have had quite a good foundation. I've just bought your course which I'm really looking forward to getting my teeth into. Thank you very much.

[Antimasonicparty]

This man and his channel have been crucial for opening my mind from buying a home, to investing in a more self sustainable living environment. Keep pumping em out!

[rachelmathieu]

Great video! The homestead is looking great!

[Space_Trucker]

Thank you for this! I just bought your course. I've been thinking more and more about starting a homestead, and you have inspired me to get more serious about this idea.

[jaymelang]

Community will replace currency. Sharing our skills, our tools, our hard work, and good times with good people are becoming more valuable than dead presidents.

[jimmyjohnny]

I’ve been meaning to buy this for ages, thanks for the reminder and all the great work you do ❤

[dianecarrick]

Despite being a Realtor and connecting people with some amazing homes, the “homestead” lifestyle has been appealing to me. For many years I’ve been interested in learning new applications of old techniques in building. I participated in a workshop with Alex a couple years ago and it was amazing on so many different levels. Even though it was during the pandemic, all the participants worked together—everyone was easily able to translate what we learned in the class sessions to the building project—it was one of the most satisfying experiences to work TOGETHER with a group of seemingly unrelated individuals from so many parts of the country who had such diverse life experiences toward a single goal. It was physically engaging, as everyone’s efforts were visible and able to be measured and appreciated. Additionally, it was soul satisfying from the standpoint of being connected with others during the process, with the earth as we transformed it into a home, and with ourselves as we set technology aside to quietly contemplate as we worked.

Alex is a very knowledgeable teacher and has so much experience to share with others. Do yourself a favor and buy the teaching materials, participate in a workshop and create your own project. It will transform you on many different levels.
Thanks Alex for so generously sharing your expertise!

[joschmoyo]

I've done free cob workshop's.
Twice. But everyone is afraid the building code will trip them up. I always tell them. Draw it up, keep it simple. Follow the basic rules and let the engineer do his calculations. He will find it comfortably exceeds building standard minimums.
If your struggling financially all the more reason to go with Cob. It's easily the cheapest quickest way to build IF you start small then extend later.
Forget the concrete. RUBBLE TRENCH, stone plinth wall, cob, timber roof. Use lots of straw if you can afford it. If not, just use bramble or any woody plant material.
Times are hard and set to get worse. To hell with building approval if you must. Shelter is a right, not a privilage. Stop giving your power away to local government.

[angelacampbell]

Hey Alex thank you for what you do. Looking to build a compressed mud brick house in Ghana Africa, any insights on that? Thanks

[oseikonadu]

I bought your coarse because of rammed earth
You said you teach that too but there is no information on there

[oseikonadu]

I bought your coarse because you mentioned rammed earth building
But there is no nothing on your courses in rammed earth
Any help?

[oseikonadu]

I bought your coarse because you mentioned rammed earth building
But there is no nothing on your courses in rammed earth
Any help?