Off-Grid Tiny House in the North Carolina Mountains
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ธ.ค. 2014
- Laura and Matt built their tiny home on a mountain property in North Carolina.
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This is a great example of a tiny house. When I saw your set up for the shower I thought, "why didn't I think of that?", it is a simple solution for novice builders with small budgets. The entire house is very straight forward and I like that because some of these tiny homes are becoming like over-engineered stick built RVs. This is a very pure example of tiny housing that is accessible to newbies.
With Ryan's th-cam.com/users/postUgkxy_pn55PK60wAV3X_C_RoLS_67mNonoCE plan I was like one taken by the hand and led step by step from start to finish. Thank you very much Ryan!
You really have to love each other to make something like this work.
If it was me it would be The Shining" in two weeks
+MrGenedancingmachine - "It puts the lotion on the skin- ..." Oh, wait. Wrong movie. ... Well! Still applies! :P
I bet sex is awkward
actually smaller spaces "forces" you to solve issues instead of pushing away and each hiding in each your room, with "issues" going on for weeks-months-years
Going back and marathoning this channel’s videos! Jenna is so good at directing a conversation so it feels natural and not forced. No wonder this channel has come so far
I can understand living in a small footprint and wanting to save money. However, if you know that you're not going to move the home as in this case I would incorporate a wrap around covered porch to extend the living and entertaining space. A 12 to 20 foot wrap around porch would do wonders for storage as well as increased livability.
+ JCAR. Did you not see that they did build a big deck?? It was not attached to the house, but set down the hill a bit-I am guessing so they could take advantage of the beautiful. mountain views.
This gave me a lot of great ideas. I never thought of downsizing even further going from a hot water tank and pump to just a sprayer in the shower. What a great idea! That must save so much water. Using a futon also saves so much space. This is just a great looking place.
Gotta love it. This house looks really nice. :-)
No problems carrying water. We used to do that too during the winter at a families cabin.
And it's a good way of getting you outside! No jello muscles on that couple. lol
Wonderful tiny house! And that hand-pressurized spray tank for shower pressure is one of the most ingenious solutions I have ever seen!
I have a relative who lives up north in Michigan. Keeps a number of chest freezers buried in the ground. Even summer time keeps his food frozen...
+ Daniel Tranchida. I have heard of people doing this, but I always wondered how practical it really is. I always think of the danger of bears-a reality in Wisconsin so I am sure in Michigan as well. Don't the animals smell the food in the coolers even if it is buried and try to get at it??
+Geny R. yes but he has more guns and freezers to put the meat
Does frozen food have an odor?
I would enclose that foundation to make it a mini storage basement.
I came to the comments to say this exact thing. Yuck. Cat litter box smell is the worst too.
Pretty house, I'd probably dig a root cellar for some cool storage. I hope they have a carbon monoxide detector with that propane heater in a small space.
These people are living my dream. I love Tiny Houses, and I love Asheville.
I enjoyed watching your video. I live in a small cabin (675 square feet) that is water access only and off the grid. I was interested in the shower setup. We have a tub that we fill with hot water from the woodstove and cold water from the lake during the winter. Where we live, heat is important during the winter, so a woodstove makes year round living possible. Thanks for sharing. - Margy
Margy Lutz do you have, or know any single lady friends, that wants to live off the grid like that???
I like it. Looks cozy inside. Amazing how 120 square feet looks larger inside!
It looks really peaceful and serene 🌈. I have to say I had a wee heart attack as no one took off their shoes when they entered the house😳. I know in the states that is not a custom, but being from Canada it's drilled in all our heads to remove shoes. I saw all the wet snow on her floor and cringed, 😒anyways, enough about shoes. Wonderful little hamlet💖
This TH stood out for me as something I would like as a week(end)long wilderness retreat. Being from the NorthEast I would add a small wood burning stove for heat and cooking. Regarding no fridge, my camp cooler can keep ice for five day, but yeah this would take some adjusting to get used to as an only residence! Thanks!
Very nice design, I like the hidden litter box:)
Love the house. I plan to have mine be both on the grid and off grid livable. My only issue I had was the solar panels work better if you keep them clear. But they did say that the snow came just the other night and it unusual for the area. Outside that I am loving it.
Good job on everything. Nice to see the differences between tiny house with everything and those living closer to the year 1915
I love this tiny house and it's location! Thanks for the tour! :)
I like this tiny house!!! It's so cozy especially in the winter. I like that's this tiny house is close to the mountains and has mountain views.
During this COVID pandemic, it would be nice to live in a tiny house like this. For me it's so peaceful and relaxing.
Dude you tracked snow into the house !
Ronald Carrender yup thought the exact same thing!!! 😳
Ronald Carrender
The WHOLE house....
You could see the lady's face as she looked down at the snow on the floor when they first walked in. I know that look!
Beautiful, basic living at its best!
Thanks for the tour. I am inspired. I am looking for a well built design for a tiny cabin off grid on my mountain, this is a great design.
Ive been doing alot of research on these tiny homes, and your house is so minimal yet very functional. Love the setup from guitar to pint glasses. Ive been wanting to buy one for a vacay spot in the Sierra Nevada's, and through watching your as to everyone's. It gave me alot of input of what im going to do on mine as well, keep it up!
I just realized the t.v show little house on the Prairie was the original growing up in a tiny house show . it was a tiny home the barn was bigger unlike the Waltons who had an over size family living in a farm home
I Am currently putting up a Heartland Gambrel Barn Shed Kit which I bought from Lowes it is a 10x10 (100sq ft) with one loft. HOWEVER.....I am going to add some room making it into either a 10x12 (120sqr ft) or 12x12 (140sqr ft).... if it's even possible. Thinking the 10 wide by 12 long just may be achievable and much easier. This is making me feel SOOOO much better about how much space there is and I just need to do a bit more searching finding more info but so far there's people who've done it. I will be using this as my outdoor Spa work area where I'll be able to do MANY procedures as a Medical/Master Esthetician, soon will be a licenced RN, where I'll be able to do Botox n fillers...CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!! THANKS 4 SHARING~
They sell 4x8 sheets of 1/4" concrete. The face of it is parged. That is what I used for skirting around my pier foundation. Makes it looks like real concrete foundation. Not only looks nice but also closes in for storage and weather protection.
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing. A lot of tiny house people do not have foundations or wind breaks around their homes. The cold winds will sweep underneath these houses and cause cold drafts.
Replace the garden sprayer shower with a military-style 5 gallon water jug, preferably a dark color like black that you can leave in the sun to heat up and a USB shower pump for camping. That will be more like a real shower. You can even pour boiling water into the military water jugs without melting them, just make sure to mix it with cold water obviously.
*Our sink is also a composting toilet. We use a bed pan as a casserole dish.*
Procommenter God damn that was funny. Thank god I wasn’t high when I read it.
These tiny houses remind me of little house on the prairie
I loved the shower system :D thank you for the videoooo!!!!!
The beauty of owning a Tiny House is that you can build it to your exact specifications. I understand why her home is minimalist. Putting it up on a hill makes a minimalist home very inexpensive and practical. They live in Asheville, NC. which means they have access to many city resources, library, gym membership, entertainment, eateries, etc. They do not need to build a home with all the amenities of a larger home because they can just climb down their hill and within a few minutes be wherever they need too.
Anthony Rizzo no one..anywhere "needs" a home with all the amenities
desirable and useful features are selling points because they make life simplier NOT because they are required for life
we live in vastly more than people even 40 years ago with waay more considered needed functions of a home
a home used to be just a place to eat...cook and sleep (and seek shelter ofc)
now we've tried turning them into an all in one thing that we never really need to leave (thank you online retailers and interweb jobs!)
honestly i've yet to see anything as small as the gary don (well not with that much packed into it anyway...)
i'd say a big part of why the tiny home thing is nice is the ability to live sustainably fairly easy
and the drastic living costs compared to a modern home
much the same reason biking is becoming more a more popular form of commuting
i'm sure the mountain was due more to views and laws than anything else
Shed living. Here is an update, when they made this video, neither Laura or Matt lived in the house. They were living in a regular home in Asheville city limits. Laura and Matt only lived in the shed for 1 year. Laura has made a career about her 1 year living in this shed. Good for her, but the video was dishonest in that it presented that she was currently living there.
Yeah. It was more like a "grad" project for her. Totally dishonest impression is left with this video. They live in a stylish bungalow in Asheville. This property is not in Asheville but is West of Asheville. The location is not a big deal but the general impression that she is living off grid is dishonest. She even speaks in present tense when describing the tiny home, like she lived there when the video was made.
Hi Steve. I just read her blog, that's where I found that information. Also I agree with you on the tool reviews on TH-cam.
Wow. with those facts out in the open now, I'm feeling a little like a Bernie Madoff moment. A tiny deception is still a deception. Not cool.
christschool I knew something was off when she said they hardly ever need heat. I lived in the warmer part of NC and you definitely need heat in winter.
She was being honest with that one, she was hardly ever there so the heater was virtually never used.
Just watching this video now.. beautiful tiny cabin!
Amazing tiny house. I love it .
I'm very new to the tiny house giant journey, love these videos, and the different tiny concepts, but this house, couldn't make a go of something like this, it's not the size that's the problem, but rather my clumsiness! Lol! It is beautiful nonetheless, but everything could easily get broken, I look forward to all the videos, this is my second favorite youtube channel! Suggestion, always put a barricade in front of your dishes, just so you reduce the risk of them breaking!
Tiny house is just a newer term for a Cabin, which have been around forever.
No a tiny house is smaller n some of them u can move
@@carmenbuoy5805 yeah the ones that can be moved are on wheels just like a camper or travel trailer or mobile home. Again these are nothing new, they e all been around for a long time. It’s just now they want to add a new name, tiny house.
@@Sparkjumper59 yeah but it’s more of a home then what a camper or trailer or anything else would be that u can move
@@carmenbuoy5805 I’ve seen plea you of mobile homes (trailers) and even RV campers that are just as much or more than these homemade homes call them what you or they want. I say it again the tiny home is not a new idea. And again these have been around for a very long time. Only the new name is new. It’s that simple. You or they can claim a movement or what ever. Tiny Homes are NOT new. They are in no way a recent invention. Get over it.
@@Sparkjumper59 I never said they were new nor the name itself was new I’m just saying that a tiny home is different cause a camper isn’t like a home at all a camper is just something ti sleep in while ur out in nature a tiny home is where u spend ur life and it’s smaller then an actual house so u get over it
nice home but a bit minimal ,so easy to put in running water, a proper oven and stove and a few other items,but i'm sure it is a work in progress thanks for posting
I'm pretty sure it's close to done ;)
I love the little cabin, but I have a bit of advice. Back a century ago when our forefathers built their cabins in the woods, if they built on a hillside like you have there, they might have did something similar to what you have to begin with. Later however, they would make a good footing around the perimeter of the cabin, and then build a stone foundation up until it met the underside of the cabin, making sure that the cabin was resting entirely on stone. Just my two cents worth. I am in the 0zark Mountains of Southern Missouri, and I have checked out many old cabins and houses, and they all are sitting on field stone/creek stone foundations, not just left up on pillars. Love your cabin.
Peace.
I love that little cabin in the woods and especially that its off grid. It's darling.
Cat pan in the closet? Bet those clothes stink!
Yikes. My clothes just over the fuming cat litter box? Not for me.
ditto
+bloodandwinearered I so agree not for me
+bloodandwinearered - Yeah, I pictured that conversation: "He's your cat, the box goes in your closet!"
+bloodandwinearered I thought the same thing.
Hahahahaha, word!
Wonderful! I would love live in it. I am older so the catchment would be nice. Good job!
Sharon Ponti how much older, I'm 59, are you younger than that???
Imagine two of these with a giant deck connecting. Same views same direction just 10-15 feet in between. Great job for 120sf
I love that dog! Looks a bit like an Australian Shepard
Asheville, I once lived there but could not keep up the cost. beautiful area!!!
Love that i came across your channel, we have so much in common, we cover similar topics in our videos, thanks for sharing
so. much. pine
but it's a great argument for a back to basics design. Got most, if not everything, that you need and little more. Would be a great starting off point/inspiration for a first build
I would live in that house in a heartbeat. im jealous.
I don't really feel like using propane appliances goes with the "off the grid" modo. Perhaps electric appliances powered by solar would be more appropriate. Or even wood burning stove for cooking.
With me being tall in my tiny house should I leave my celiing open and put an celiing fan up to work the heat and air around my house
This is really nice! Much nicer than some of the shell models I reviewed on my channel!
Love your place! ❤️
Cool simple off grid solutions
Please do a tour of the purple house in Savannah!
absolutely amazing great respect
Did she say you don't typically need a heater in the South? I'm native to the NC mountains and I'm here to tell you.....the winters are very cold😁😁😁
What are the building codes like in this town? did they have a problem getting a permit or just overlook it?
I'm always curious about getting internet to rural areas. My husband works from home so we would need a good provider at least for that. Any suggestions or reference to a blog post?
Very nice setup.
its very cozy and comfortable
I checked out NC and it seemed building permits did not allow for such a structure. How did u get around all the codes? I gave up on the idea.
Umm. Why not use a 4 wheeler and small trailer to haul things up?
I am very confused. If thee is no refrigerator-what do they eat?? Ramen Noodles in a Cup every day?? I am seriously perplexed-do they use an igloo cooler? Even if you had a garden and grew your veggies-surely you would need to refrigerate some food items??
they said something about 'non-traditional' refrigeration -- not sure if that meant propane powered or a heavily insulated box running with minimum draw from their solar storage system.
I know, right? If you don't have a frig/freezer, then all food is processed or dried. i dint see a food dehydrator. Or storage for dried food. Lots of questions the vid dint cover.
I would have liked more than just the brief visuals of the solar panel and the mechanical systems between the footings under the cabin.
kazoosc It looked liked they have a small 12 volt fridge under the house. You can see it at 9:15
It's pretty cold outdoors half the year there...
no refrigeration? How does one live in a home without at fridge? Beautiful home!
Alli H it's really not all that difficult
ice chests for what you "need" to keep cold
and mostly just living off more..fresh products
fridges are rather modern creations not coming about until about 1920 (not exact ofc)
prior to that ice harvesting was fairly common (iceboxes)
there's also the option of things like salting to keep stuff fresh
ultimately though...this idea that food "needs" be cold is rather new to civilization
most of human history it really wasn't an issue
alot of what we consider important now are rather new items to human history
Alli H
Before ice box
We used the earth cold temp in form of root cellar, spring house etc
Alli H need a flat screen tv for entertainment
You dig a cellar, or find a cave, both will keep the items, at or below the temperature of a refrigerator.
Yeah...I live in the same area. We have many, many days and nights below freezing, and several with single digits and a few below zero. That Berkey would freeze and burst in my kitchen. Fakey McFakerson.
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So I am assuming that in this county whatever county it is the ordinances for these type of houses are allowed. Right?
Love it all!
THIS is a tiny house and totally legit!!! So pretty/. it is what is it....
I love the green countertops
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I thought the batteries needed to be kept above freezing to avoid the buildup of salt, which deteriorates performance/life span?
Very nice little house though.
I couldn't do this one being so small and no way to the house with a car. I would freakout. And no oven oh no. If I can't have lots of options I would need that for breads and stuff.
Hey I live in Virginia. I can't believe that you don't use that heater more often, like every day. It's cold here.
It's been really warm here in the Carolina's and I've only used my heat maybe 3 times this winter so far. It's been in the 70's for the last few days.
I'd like to see a tiny house capable of fitting a family, and being able to transition the child's room/loft as the child grows. That would be incredibly cool.
Emily McEnulty how would you like to live in one for a year, and afterwards, have the money, and the skills and knowledge, of how to live completely off the grid???
Simple living love it
Can you please think in Europa we don't use squeer feed we use m2 so for know your information we need to make numbers. Thanks
You are surprised that it snowed in Asheville in November because it is in "The South"? You are in the mountains of Western North Carolina. It's not like it's south Georgia !
Just perfect!
Where's the big-screen?
From what I understand by reading some of the comments this is more like a cabin for the weekend but Its still cool. The workman ship and the wood inside is just beautiful ! Hell my man cave in my pole barn is 12 x 24 I do not know how people live in something so small. I do believe they should be allowed to if they want to. Our government does not allow this, where I live they do not want you to build without at least 300 feet of frontage and the min size is 1800 sq feet. They want to keep those taxes high.
Captioning would be appreciated.I LIKE this little house.
Nice one!
I wish they'd do upda tes. What's it like living in a tiny house for years?
people as close to most people as 1 generation of grandparents did not have in home refridgerators. You can make it without it, just have to utilizer other methods of storage. Canning, curing, smoking, root cellars, dehydrating and eating what you cook daily instead of refrigerating. This was common practice honestly as little as 60 years ago. There are also other ways of refridgerating without Freon but way to complicated for me to explain in a post, do some research its not as hard as you would expect.
Love it.
A lot of winds in the North Carolina mountains is it fasted down?
this is aweomseee
How large is the property and how much did it cost you?
A cyclone fence would be good addition - Just for security of some extent..
Can anyone do a video on some of the jobs off grid tiny home owners do?
Please
+Larson Shook she has a website selling stuff on this and doing workshops. Be creative anything. Lots seem to go into cities to do jobs that are not regular. It makes this better instead of having to pay rent every month when some months you don't work.
Thank you! I plan to make money street performing once I'm on the road with my off grid bus.
What form of refrigeration do you use?
Beautiful
Just asking because i am thinking about this if this is allowed in this area.
How far out in the boon docks do you need to go to get where the local government will leave you alone and let you do whatever you want ?
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I guess trolls have invaded the tiny house video world. Very cool dog, she just didn't want to 'fetch'.
One of my least fave tiny houses. Spend thousands of dollars to build a house and no running water..I could see camping like that, but hauling of your water by hand all year round for the rest of you life.
They seem to be happy about it, however.
To each their own! We think this is one of our favorites just because of location and simplicity! But I can see how the water situation can be an issue... Or a workout ;)
***** Couldn't have said it better!
***** Have you never heard of water pumps run on solar?
"There is more OF life WITH convenience."...
There, I fixed it.
per sebra It all depends... Not making it easy to get water makes you appreciate its value a little more. You could chose not to have a water pump by choice... Just like not having a microwave makes us cook a little different (and hopefully better), by choice.
Tiny House Giant Journey Makes you wonder. ppl lived for thousands of years without running water. If i lived like this, I'd not mind having to haul water up to the house on a daily basis. Id rather do that than be concerned about water pipes freezing. but ppl today have gotten " soft" so to speak about doing chores like our ancestors have done in this country. Just something .. to me .. that needs to be done, so just do it.
They only lasted a year THANK GOD!!