I was waiting for the 'buying this land and building this house wasn't easy or cheap but you know what is easy and cheap, building a website with squarespace'...missed opportunity 😂
When the Bride and I retired, we bought a nice spread on the side of a mountain in West Virginia. We lived in a 22' camper for two years while we built our "Last Home". Both of us learned the trades, did the work and hired help when we needed it. The two days we had a crew helping stand the attic trusses and sheathing the roof was a genuine joy, with the bride making meals and refreshments for the guys and hearing their lighthearted cursing at my insistence on 5/8" OSB for roof sheathing. 12 years later, we're comfortable in our nest. We built a bunkhouse to accommodate visitors and guests. Life is good...............................
Your mentioning of a bunk house brought back memories for me. My grandparents had a bunk house for us boys at their place in central PA when we used to go for our summer visit. Had actual bunk beds. I always slept on the top bunk as two of my brothers kept rolling off the top so they had to sleep on the lower beds. Great times. Running through the wooded areas around their house. Shooting my grandfather's .22 rifle. Fishing in the lake down the hill at a neighbors farm.
A realization I've had late in life (because I don't have what I'm about to suggest), but every good kitchen should have a walk-in Pantry. I feel like like the real definition of luxury are not things of massive size and expense, but well designed and functional things that add real value to your daily lives.
I totally understand that. Some of the stupid little kitchen gadgets that most folks take for granted, I know how much easier they make life. My mom would have loved them. She is 90 now, so not cooking these days, but something as simple as the strainer I have that hooks on the rim of any pot she is just in awe of because of how much easier it would have made her life.
I think the walk in pantry depends on the person. For some people, they are great. For people like my mom, they allow you to just never get rid of anything! Like food that should not have been purchased, but is kept anyway because we have the space. (Cans of food and dry goods.) Now I have anxiety whenever I visit and she asks me to find something. It's impossible to find anything unless you know where to look.
These homes are usually rural. There are no grocery stores 5 minutes away so extra room for food stores is needed. I have 3 freezers and 2 refrigerators. I can, dehydrate, and freeze dry. I need canning shelves to hold my food jars, room for 5 gallon buckets of bulk foods plus the equipment 2 waterbath canners, 1 pressure canner, the dehydrator and freeze dry w/paraphernalia .Plus all the garden items that will winter over and glass jars ready to use in canning. The bulk of my space needs to be focused on food prep or food storage. I plan to put whatever house we buy/build over a full unfinished basement. Some little walk in pantry is not going to cut it. EDIT What I'm trying to say is suburban home plans are not necessarily going to work for rural homeowners. I have yet to find a modular home that can fit my lifestyle. Over half of my floor space should be kitchen and/or storage related.
Trent, You built your house. My father was a general contractor. He built custom homes. Never laid a brick. Subbed out bricklaying. When he could, he subbed out the sheetrocking, roofing, plumbing, and wiring. When he could not, he did it himself. HVAC, he subbed. You did what he did. You built your house.
@@christopho3255 I grew up in a 20's built house, dad was in the trades so I became his 'apprentice' and worked on a lot of it. Wait till you need to do something inside a wall and realize it's plaster and lath. Electrical a nightmare, plumbing a nightmare. Some modern stuff is nice and the expense to build like back then would be pretty insane these days.
You guys have the creativity and the resourcefulness many folks just don’t get. And you open it all up to the outside so others can be inspired and motivated. Your home is incredible, the land is unreal and how you weave your life into all of it is special. One of one. Well done and thanks for sharing
Jeez it’s been five years ?!? I didn’t even have my private license when I started watching and now I have over 600 hours as a flight instructor. Your videos are always an inspiration to keep moving forward 🤙
Gotta say, very few issues for new construction after 5 years of use. Very nice modern design and a lot of people regret not putting in sufficient storage space or as we call it, “We have too much s@&# for the size of our house”. That Anker dual battery system for your home is awesome. The addition of the solar panels really makes that a viable system for prolonged power outages due to weather or brushfires taking out power lines. A friend that lives in Montana moved his panels from the roof to a mast set-up so his panels don’t get covered with snow as easily and they are easier to clean. Very nice job with the modular design and landscaping!
Compliments to Haley and yourself - you keep an awesome house! Walking into the bedroom with a camera with no warning and it being spotless - impressive!
"She said she was bringing it home as a hangar cat, which is clearly not in the hangar" LOL Absolutely love your whole setup!! you guys did amazing with it.
Thanks for the update. Wish more people would do an update on previous built homes. To see how the homes have held up over time. Great job and beautiful home!!!!
We have the same kit / floor plan (with minor modifications from yours) from ZipKits and was building around the time you were, so we’re right at the 5 year mark too. Like you we wore them out, I think we were a major contributor to them changing away from the single home kits. :) We’re happy with it, it’s held up really well and like you, we’re in a high desert area that gets very high winds. So far so good.
How long did it take to build? My wife and I want to build the Solitude model but can't seem to figure out an estimate on how long it would take to actually build. We are planning to go to the factory in a few weeks and look at the model in person but they look ten times nicer than equivalent price existing homes we have been looking at.
@@thesn00tyfox We built it during COVID and had a self imposed deadline (our daughter’s wedding was at our property!), so we drove contractors crazy and got it done in 6 months from foundation pouring. Took another 3 months or so for it to be done done, but it was really fast. There was some shipping damage and mistakes / wrong components, so it probably could have been a little faster.
I have always had smooth wall finishes in the houses I had in CA. But when I moved to Texas, they have textured walls here and there is a reason. Summers can get hot and if it does not rain, house foundation can settle a little due to the ground drying out which causes small cracks. So they have a very nice texture on the wall so those cracks don’t show.
My sister and her family moved within the last 2 years. Their house is the next street over to the west of you. It is pretty rugged out in your neck of the woods. Four- wheel drive is a must to get in and out. During the summer, not so much, but if you're on a hill, for sure. The place looks great, and the dogs are doing their job keeping the wildlife away from the chickens.
@TrentonPalmer yes. I never was a fan of the desert during the day. But as the sun goes down or comes up, it's really breathtaking. At night, it's great to do the low light out at your place.
Trent, you could quite easily make new doors for your “mechanical room” that look like the ones you have now but are thinner and wouldn’t hit the HVAC system when opening and closing them. A sheet of 1/2” or even 1/4” lightweight plywood for the door and some 1/8” or whatever thickness you need for the panel trim and a few nails and glue is all you need besides the paint and hardware. You could make them half as thick as what you have now and gain 1-1/2” of space between the doors and your HVAC system. Since they’re bypass sliding closet doors they don’t have to a certain thickness and could be as thin as 1/2” - 3/4” each. I have no doubt that you have the skills to make them yourself. Depending on the material you chose you could make both doors and paint them for under $100.
With Lacquer it can be changes in temperature that caused the cracks especially if they are near your windows. The Lacquer is expanding a different rate than the wood cabinets which causes the cracks.
I appreciate both of your honest comments on the house build. Kit or not it has worked out very well with a few kinks that have to be expected when you construct as an owner builder, particularly when in a lifestyle/acreage situation. Not all the fittings ever live up to the manufacturers specs, so give some, so loose some. Well done Trent and Haley, its turned out a brilliant stepping stone.
I think your house is great! I love the variations in texture, both inside, and out, and i really like all the window space. As to kit homes? Sears offered complete kit homes from 1908 to 1940. Some are still standing, and in use today. I think they even qualify as historic buildings now. The level of pre fabrication is the main thing that has changed. You two have really created an oasis in the desert.
I want to build with ICF (Insulated Concrete Form). They like big styrofoam legos that get filled with concrete. Very energy efficient and very sturdy. Plus, being made of concrete, makes it easy to include a gun vault and indoor range.
Wonderful design and Haley is uber talented! Central Florida here, we built roughly 20 years ago and had isonene (spelling) sprayed quite thick on plywood sheeting. Spray foam was fairly new at the time and due to unknowns, shingle company refused to guarantee shingle life. With Florida heat and storms , we felt fortunate to get 20 years from our architectural shingles. While waiting for roofers, two hurricanes came through. Several leaks appeared, one bad enough I feared our drywall ceiling would collapse. Where the water exited was not where the bad shingles were - apparently the water telegraphed and found its way through the isonene. One small leak occurred through the shingles, the underlayment, the isonene and tongue and groove ceiling.
Yea !!!! The chickens. Was hoping to see them. My egg lady got divorced, so no longer can I go out to the farm and get eggs. Watch the chickens run around the yard. Had to find another egg seller - never get to see the girls since they drop them off at my house. Thank you for the tour of the house. Flat roofs don't do well here. One winter we had 140 inches of snow. Even some of the peaks roofs failed that winter. Take care, hope the puppies / kitty and you both are doing well.
I’m new to your videos and I’m not sure your back ground in the Reno area but your home is awesome. Lived in the Reno/Sparks area for 22 years but been in Texas the last eight years. Wish the kit homes came to the Midwest. Im into the overlanding scene but your mode of travel makes me envious, what a way to go camping and fishing! Thanks for the content. Bryan
This is totally off-topic but did anyone else notice the way that they both look at each other? You can so tell they’re madly in love!!! Love it!!!💯💯💖💖
I think I dad said the wrong river .. but oh well .. I bought my first aircraft from Northern California flew it back to Ohio .. with 15 hours of training.. what a blast . I actually bought the plane do to this channel.. now I have 2 aircraft.. thanks !
That is normal for that type of cabinet. The wood expands and contracts with humidity (washing sometimes) usually the cracking happens at the joints on the frame of the door.
I love your guises property the layout everything about it. It’s been my dream to have My Warehouse right next to my house. This is how I actually found your videos Trent. I saw your house build, and I’ve been following you ever since. Keep up the great work, man, I’d love to see some Homestead stuff too
Wow, 5 years?! I took a lot of inspiration from what you guys did, im just now in mid-build, loved to see your house again, was interesting to see that much of your house style is in my design as well. If you ever fly into Chihuahua come and see it your self.
Love your pad, especially the single story modern architecture. Being in SoCal I envy all of the open space you guys have to enjoy. Beautiful home, F150 Raptor etc, life looks good. You are living the American dream that so many people aspire to.
VERY nice abode. Haven't seen your previous house tour video, but almost all the rest for a few years. It's nice that the hanger just looks like a shed from most of the backyard. It isn't setback so far as to block the view or be an intrusion.
Nice Pad. Over here in the UK we have a TV program called "Grand Designs" which follows the highs and lows of home builders. Compared to these guy you have had things easy. Biggest problem they all had? The long delay at getting windows delivered. Regards, Jim the Brit
Great timing for this video I was wondering how everything held up. Its also nice to see more of the family, Honestly the lights and nail pops on the drywall are nothing, just small things. I was more worried about your water I think I remember you had to pull it up hill and have a secondary pump in the crawl space. That has'nt giving you issues?
On the east coast we typically have non textured walls and nail pops aren’t uncommon. So it’s not a huge deal other than after you repair it you need to paint to make it look normal again.
I also live off grid except for my power. I do live deep out in the country but fortunately, I have city power available even though my driveway is over a mile long. I built myself a custom home and purchased my land for 1/3rd of the cost of land at that time in 2012. This was at the bottom of the market. I scored on that and then built the home with my own hands and no hired labor. The land was 83k and the materials to build the home was another 85k. Now the place is worth 1.6m.
I've always loved your kit home and purposely was waiting to revisit it when we are ready to build so I'm very bummed to see they no longer offer that model.
Your place looks great. The landscaping has come along nicely and complements the build. With regard to the lighting issue with bulbs failing, I would assume that you would have solved that now by installing LED lighting. Cheaper to run them and they seem to be more robust.
But they still have to be rated for outdoor use. It also matters whether they can be used in an enclosed fixture. He mentioned a "damp" rating. That means no direct rain or snow on the fixture, so you could put it in a covered porch, and a little fog won't hurt it. But it won't hold up on an outside wall exposed to rain. You also have a choice of LED lighting that does not have replaceable bulbs. Now we have so many choices, but we have to read the labels and understand them.
Oh Wow! What a beautiful & functional spread. So Happy for Y'all just doesn’t seem like it's been that long ago that your bldg series bagan. Thanks appreciate your sharing. Blessings...⚘️ 🇺🇲 👍
...........................G'day from North Queensland. You two have done well; That design would fit right into the tropics here. Love it! I keep thinking "ultra-light" but I am 83 already. (still riding but now in "high-viz") Cheers and God bless, Malcolm. (five years? WOW!)
Glad it worked out, It is absolutely beautiful. I like your taste and choices. My friends with a custom home also did not have enough room for mechanicals. Thanks for sharing. .
All of your wife's or yourself style choices are like my exact style. I guess I gotta watch your first video because I need a cost analysis too, so I can start being inspired, wishing I could achieve this some day.
I'm curious as all get out about something. Sometime roughly 4-5 years ago I was coming south on Sand Pass road on a KTM1290SAR with my wife on the back. We were just north of the hot spring next to lower smoke creek desert playa, and out of nowhere (I just came out of the corners & the brush was high) a plane is coming at us straight on! Whomever it was had landed somewhere closer to the old depot (that is now long gone), and was taking off on the road heading North. Scared us but good, but was pretty entertaining! I'm almost 100% certain it was you, especially since you place really isn't that far away from where I am talking about. Only ever had that happen once so it was memorable, good times!
I should add it could have been slightly further in the past, but not by much. The plane absolutely was a bush type plane that looked like yours. Coordinates were 40.34453, -119.81847 , for our location
Hailstorm and Trent. Ladies first. I just love it when Hails pops up. What a lovely friendly house and mechanical tour. Trent is sometimes too blokey and I like to see Hails drop in some gems. I love you both and this was a bright and breezy, easy peasy, not so squeezy, cute and teasy video. Keep 'em coming. I'm here, looking over your shoulder my wing man. 😅 Captain.
Throw a moisture meter on those screws that are popping through. It might be because the wall is wet and causing the screw to push through. I could be wrong. This is typical near windows that have not been flashed properly. Water gets behind the window and wall.
For the mechanicals, my brother remodeled and included space for handling cables. But since then, at least the Internet and comms have gone pretty much wireless. So how does one plan a building today, for tomorrow's tech? Now we need batteries and heat pumps more than network cables, but the water heater still belongs outside (at least, where it doesn't get down to freezing). I was reminded today of a "new tech" building project in my part of southern California. It was not a kit, but Marriott has been having hotels built modular, in a factory. In 2018 they completed a pair of hotels in Hawthorne, CA (which is considered part of the LAX area). These were built in a climate controlled factory in Boise, ID, then shipped complete with furniture, carpet, drapes, and fixtures in each room. Then the modules were stacked, Lego style, and attached to each other and utilities connected. The reason I was reminded of these hotels is that shortly after midnight on Friday a Piper headed for Hawthorne airport crash landed on the little street between the hotels and City Hall. The plane burned, but the two people survived and got taken to the hospital in critical condition. I found myself wondering if the pilot had not managed to put it down on the street, and it hit a hotel instead, how would the modular, double walled construction have held up? I'm glad we didn't have to find out! The other crazy thing that happened was that earlier another aircraft associated with Hawthorne airport (KHHR) landed on the news just before midnight that same night! The Robinson 44 was on a nighttime sightseeing flight with a pilot and a couple when it lost power and the pilot set it down on the 110 freeway. No one was hurt, though one news article said one of the rotor blades struck a bus. This all resulted in a SigAlert, the helicopter got loaded on a flatbed truck, and everyone went home. I'm happy for you that you live out in the country where things aren't so crazy. Apparently you don't even have raccoons to eat your koi! Here in the L.A. area, you can only keep koi if you raccoon-proof your pond.
Very cool. Very happy for you guys. Looks awesome. I'm looking at buying land and building this next spring. I live in Tornado country where we also get some water weather so I'm building with Insulated Concrete Forms. They are like adult Legos you tie together with rebar and fill with concrete. Can build tornado and fire resistant structures, and they are bulletproof, too. In case there is an apocalypse or something.
Thanks for the follow up. Construction/infrastructure stuff is possibly even more interesting than flying, but all your videos are great. And I know everybody does it, so you’re certainly not the only one, but having built my own 800 sqft garage (designed it from the dirt up, cut every board, drove every nail, installed the windows & doors, insulation, siding, shingles, wiring, and main doors), it’s a pet peeve of mine to hear people say they “built” something when really they just supervised. You definitely built your hangar, so full respect for that, but…yeah. If people can say they “built” something when they never even picked up a hammer, what do they call what I did? 🤷♂️
Your home is beautiful!! great taste. Everything from layout to decor and lighting is stunning. I really love the Koi pond and green grass that really stands out in the desert setting. Great job you guys. Thank you for sharing this with us. I have a video of our home would you like to see it, Trent? let me know how I can share our little video. Thanks
Those drywall fasteners coming loose is from the lumber drying out and squeezing the fastener out… very common. Use a nail set and tap it in and fill the hole and repaint the small spot…
Mate the property is looking awesome , love the landscaping , don’t think we’ve ever seen the full tour👍, the boss is a champion you’re a lucky man. If you don’t mind me asking what is the ballpark figure for the entire build and land . Roughly of course . You’d be looking at 1-2,000,000 here in Australia , depending on location of course, the more rural the cheaper the land relatively speaking.
All in all, it doesn't seem like you're dealing with too many more issues than someone living in a constructed house. I think I'd go the same route for making a house for myself. Cheers!
I was waiting for the 'buying this land and building this house wasn't easy or cheap but you know what is easy and cheap, building a website with squarespace'...missed opportunity 😂
Nailed it!
(See what I did there?)
Hahahahahaha. Good one.
This needs to be pinned up top!
Dang it! I blew it!
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 🤔 👍
When the Bride and I retired, we bought a nice spread on the side of a mountain in West Virginia. We lived in a 22' camper for two years while we built our "Last Home".
Both of us learned the trades, did the work and hired help when we needed it. The two days we had a crew helping stand the attic trusses and sheathing the roof was a genuine joy, with the bride making meals and refreshments for the guys and hearing their lighthearted cursing at my insistence on 5/8" OSB for roof sheathing.
12 years later, we're comfortable in our nest. We built a bunkhouse to accommodate visitors and guests.
Life is good...............................
Your mentioning of a bunk house brought back memories for me. My grandparents had a bunk house for us boys at their place in central PA when we used to go for our summer visit. Had actual bunk beds. I always slept on the top bunk as two of my brothers kept rolling off the top so they had to sleep on the lower beds. Great times. Running through the wooded areas around their house. Shooting my grandfather's .22 rifle. Fishing in the lake down the hill at a neighbors farm.
But I want to stay in the main house 😒😤
A realization I've had late in life (because I don't have what I'm about to suggest), but every good kitchen should have a walk-in Pantry. I feel like like the real definition of luxury are not things of massive size and expense, but well designed and functional things that add real value to your daily lives.
I totally understand that. Some of the stupid little kitchen gadgets that most folks take for granted, I know how much easier they make life. My mom would have loved them. She is 90 now, so not cooking these days, but something as simple as the strainer I have that hooks on the rim of any pot she is just in awe of because of how much easier it would have made her life.
Same
I think the walk in pantry depends on the person. For some people, they are great. For people like my mom, they allow you to just never get rid of anything! Like food that should not have been purchased, but is kept anyway because we have the space. (Cans of food and dry goods.) Now I have anxiety whenever I visit and she asks me to find something. It's impossible to find anything unless you know where to look.
These homes are usually rural. There are no grocery stores 5 minutes away so extra room for food stores is needed. I have 3 freezers and 2 refrigerators. I can, dehydrate, and freeze dry. I need canning shelves to hold my food jars, room for 5 gallon buckets of bulk foods plus the equipment 2 waterbath canners, 1 pressure canner, the dehydrator and freeze dry w/paraphernalia .Plus all the garden items that will winter over and glass jars ready to use in canning. The bulk of my space needs to be focused on food prep or food storage. I plan to put whatever house we buy/build over a full unfinished basement. Some little walk in pantry is not going to cut it. EDIT What I'm trying to say is suburban home plans are not necessarily going to work for rural homeowners. I have yet to find a modular home that can fit my lifestyle. Over half of my floor space should be kitchen and/or storage related.
agreed even some minor things such as having a laundry room on the floor with the most bedrooms, etc.
Trent, You built your house. My father was a general contractor. He built custom homes. Never laid a brick. Subbed out bricklaying. When he could, he subbed out the sheetrocking, roofing, plumbing, and wiring. When he could not, he did it himself. HVAC, he subbed. You did what he did. You built your house.
Yeah, I look at it that way too, funny that I got crap for saying that in our other video
@@TrentonPalmer Always gonna be 'those people' but you know what you did. ;)
with todays laws and regulations sometimes you got to contract work out
Old Craftsman houses are still standing and are some of the most sought after homes in the country. They were kit houses.
Pre WWII houses were better built. Way more structural support than 2X4 on 24 or 16 inch spacing.
better structure but less insulation efficiency.
Craftsman is a home style. Most craftsmen style homes were stick built.
also pre-war steel
@@christopho3255 I grew up in a 20's built house, dad was in the trades so I became his 'apprentice' and worked on a lot of it. Wait till you need to do something inside a wall and realize it's plaster and lath. Electrical a nightmare, plumbing a nightmare. Some modern stuff is nice and the expense to build like back then would be pretty insane these days.
Your wife has excellent taste. The decor is to die for.
I’m 7 months into my Kitfox STi build. I just sent this video to my realtor and said find me a property just like this 😍. That’s my dream home.
Pretty sure the house build video is how I found your channel and I stuck around for the flying adventures and airplane content.
You guys have the creativity and the resourcefulness many folks just don’t get. And you open it all up to the outside so others can be inspired and motivated. Your home is incredible, the land is unreal and how you weave your life into all of it is special. One of one. Well done and thanks for sharing
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Jeez it’s been five years ?!? I didn’t even have my private license when I started watching and now I have over 600 hours as a flight instructor.
Your videos are always an inspiration to keep moving forward 🤙
Good work fella
Agreed Can't believe how long it has been since I started watching you. Before COVID~
Your post made me realize I did the same thing. I started by watching these videos and now I have my ppl!
I started watching before I built my drop shipping empire--I've made $300 million YTD! Thanks!
Was a cfi and now work at a major airline. Keep it up 👍
Gotta say, very few issues for new construction after 5 years of use. Very nice modern design and a lot of people regret not putting in sufficient storage space or as we call it, “We have too much s@&# for the size of our house”. That Anker dual battery system for your home is awesome. The addition of the solar panels really makes that a viable system for prolonged power outages due to weather or brushfires taking out power lines. A friend that lives in Montana moved his panels from the roof to a mast set-up so his panels don’t get covered with snow as easily and they are easier to clean. Very nice job with the modular design and landscaping!
This is the build that had me find your channel, and ultimately reignited my own passion for aviation. So I am glad we came back to where it started.
Ya'll's home and property is as gorgeous as the day you finished it! Still looks brand new after 5 years!
Compliments to Haley and yourself - you keep an awesome house! Walking into the bedroom with a camera with no warning and it being spotless - impressive!
"No warning" 😂
"She said she was bringing it home as a hangar cat, which is clearly not in the hangar" LOL Absolutely love your whole setup!! you guys did amazing with it.
Before this video, I didn't even know they had cats!
Thanks for the update. Wish more people would do an update on previous built homes. To see how the homes have held up over time. Great job and beautiful home!!!!
We have the same kit / floor plan (with minor modifications from yours) from ZipKits and was building around the time you were, so we’re right at the 5 year mark too. Like you we wore them out, I think we were a major contributor to them changing away from the single home kits. :) We’re happy with it, it’s held up really well and like you, we’re in a high desert area that gets very high winds. So far so good.
How long did it take to build? My wife and I want to build the Solitude model but can't seem to figure out an estimate on how long it would take to actually build. We are planning to go to the factory in a few weeks and look at the model in person but they look ten times nicer than equivalent price existing homes we have been looking at.
@@thesn00tyfox We built it during COVID and had a self imposed deadline (our daughter’s wedding was at our property!), so we drove contractors crazy and got it done in 6 months from foundation pouring. Took another 3 months or so for it to be done done, but it was really fast. There was some shipping damage and mistakes / wrong components, so it probably could have been a little faster.
I have always had smooth wall finishes in the houses I had in CA. But when I moved to Texas, they have textured walls here and there is a reason. Summers can get hot and if it does not rain, house foundation can settle a little due to the ground drying out which causes small cracks. So they have a very nice texture on the wall so those cracks don’t show.
Awesome video at the end that shows your whole homestead. Congratulations on the vision you used to build your home.
Dang! How time flies! Can't believe its been 5 years.
My sister and her family moved within the last 2 years. Their house is the next street over to the west of you. It is pretty rugged out in your neck of the woods. Four- wheel drive is a must to get in and out. During the summer, not so much, but if you're on a hill, for sure. The place looks great, and the dogs are doing their job keeping the wildlife away from the chickens.
Where is there neck of the woods? State? General area?
Reno, NV 👍
@TrentonPalmer yes. I never was a fan of the desert during the day. But as the sun goes down or comes up, it's really breathtaking. At night, it's great to do the low light out at your place.
You would have little maintenane things no matter what house/property you would purchase. The home and property is beautiful! Nice job guys!
Trent, you could quite easily make new doors for your “mechanical room” that look like the ones you have now but are thinner and wouldn’t hit the HVAC system when opening and closing them. A sheet of 1/2” or even 1/4” lightweight plywood for the door and some 1/8” or whatever thickness you need for the panel trim and a few nails and glue is all you need besides the paint and hardware. You could make them half as thick as what you have now and gain 1-1/2” of space between the doors and your HVAC system. Since they’re bypass sliding closet doors they don’t have to a certain thickness and could be as thin as 1/2” - 3/4” each. I have no doubt that you have the skills to make them yourself. Depending on the material you chose you could make both doors and paint them for under $100.
TH-cam just recommended this to me so it’s my first video but I wanna say y’all are so cool and I love the way you’ve set yourselves up 🙏
With Lacquer it can be changes in temperature that caused the cracks especially if they are near your windows. The Lacquer is expanding a different rate than the wood cabinets which causes the cracks.
Can't believe it's been 5 years! Remember the first time you went up to the property!! So awesome.
Brother - love the life and family you have built. Doing life well. Great to see Hailstorm in her element. Good job, Trent.
I love how organized your stuff is. I need to work on that. 😅
I appreciate both of your honest comments on the house build. Kit or not it has worked out very well with a few kinks that have to be expected when you construct as an owner builder, particularly when in a lifestyle/acreage situation. Not all the fittings ever live up to the manufacturers specs, so give some, so loose some. Well done Trent and Haley, its turned out a brilliant stepping stone.
I think your house is great! I love the variations in texture, both inside, and out, and i really like all the window space. As to kit homes? Sears offered complete kit homes from 1908 to 1940. Some are still standing, and in use today. I think they even qualify as historic buildings now. The level of pre fabrication is the main thing that has changed.
You two have really created an oasis in the desert.
I want to build with ICF (Insulated Concrete Form). They like big styrofoam legos that get filled with concrete. Very energy efficient and very sturdy. Plus, being made of concrete, makes it easy to include a gun vault and indoor range.
Wonderful design and Haley is uber talented! Central Florida here, we built roughly 20 years ago and had isonene (spelling) sprayed quite thick on plywood sheeting. Spray foam was fairly new at the time and due to unknowns, shingle company refused to guarantee shingle life.
With Florida heat and storms , we felt fortunate to get 20 years from our architectural shingles. While waiting for roofers, two hurricanes came through. Several leaks appeared, one bad enough I feared our drywall ceiling would collapse. Where the water exited was not where the bad shingles were - apparently the water telegraphed and found its way through the isonene. One small leak occurred through the shingles, the underlayment, the isonene and tongue and groove ceiling.
Yea !!!! The chickens. Was hoping to see them. My egg lady got divorced, so no longer can I go out to the farm and get eggs. Watch the chickens run around the yard. Had to find another egg seller - never get to see the girls since they drop them off at my house. Thank you for the tour of the house. Flat roofs don't do well here. One winter we had 140 inches of snow. Even some of the peaks roofs failed that winter. Take care, hope the puppies / kitty and you both are doing well.
That is one beautiful homestead! I watched the whole build series. You have good reason to be proud!
Your home and the whole property just looks amazing! Thanks for sharing with us!
I’m new to your videos and I’m not sure your back ground in the Reno area but your home is awesome. Lived in the Reno/Sparks area for 22 years but been in Texas the last eight years. Wish the kit homes came to the Midwest. Im into the overlanding scene but your mode of travel makes me envious, what a way to go camping and fishing! Thanks for the content. Bryan
Five years later and the place still looks amazing!
This is totally off-topic but did anyone else notice the way that they both look at each other? You can so tell they’re madly in love!!! Love it!!!💯💯💖💖
I've never been inside of a house without drywall nail pops.
My house was just finished two months ago and I'm looking at 2 of them right now 😂😂
I think I dad said the wrong river .. but oh well .. I bought my first aircraft from Northern California flew it back to Ohio .. with 15 hours of training.. what a blast . I actually bought the plane do to this channel.. now I have 2 aircraft.. thanks !
Beautiful property and home. Coincidentally, we have the same floors and kitchen tiles as chosen by my wife. Love it and congratulations.
That is normal for that type of cabinet. The wood expands and contracts with humidity (washing sometimes) usually the cracking happens at the joints on the frame of the door.
Dang it's been 5 years already?? I don't remember a lot of vids over time but I definitely remember this build!
I love your guises property the layout everything about it. It’s been my dream to have My Warehouse right next to my house. This is how I actually found your videos Trent. I saw your house build, and I’ve been following you ever since. Keep up the great work, man, I’d love to see some Homestead stuff too
Wow, 5 years?! I took a lot of inspiration from what you guys did, im just now in mid-build, loved to see your house again, was interesting to see that much of your house style is in my design as well. If you ever fly into Chihuahua come and see it your self.
OMG they have no neighbors. How glorious that must be.
Wow, you two have a lovely home. Thanks for the update. Very interesting to hear your thoughts!
Great Aesthetic! Love the layout and it goes without saying, the hangar and the plane at HOME! Definitely a great crib!
Compliments to Haley's design choices with the furniture, I think it looks a lot better now than in the old video
Love your pad, especially the single story modern architecture. Being in SoCal I envy all of the open space you guys have to enjoy. Beautiful home, F150 Raptor etc, life looks good. You are living the American dream that so many people aspire to.
I really like how your home turned out. I'm still planning my owner build. That rural country life is calling me.
VERY nice abode. Haven't seen your previous house tour video, but almost all the rest for a few years. It's nice that the hanger just looks like a shed from most of the backyard. It isn't setback so far as to block the view or be an intrusion.
I do hvac and that Mitsubishi heat pump is by far the best in the market solidly built and reliable
Nice Pad. Over here in the UK we have a TV program called "Grand Designs" which follows the highs and lows of home builders. Compared to these guy you have had things easy. Biggest problem they all had? The long delay at getting windows delivered. Regards, Jim the Brit
Beautiful home and property! Awesome to see real world experience with a "kit" timeless design, enjoy it!
I like the elbow room you have. Priceless, IMO. The rest of it is workable and adjustable, actually very nice.
Great timing for this video I was wondering how everything held up. Its also nice to see more of the family, Honestly the lights and nail pops on the drywall are nothing, just small things. I was more worried about your water I think I remember you had to pull it up hill and have a secondary pump in the crawl space. That has'nt giving you issues?
This must be my 5 year channel subscription anniversary! This series got me watching the channel 👍🏽
Eely hose reels are the best. I really like the car wash setup. Nice.
Wow! The drone shot of your house and hangar is AWESOME!!!! Color me green with envy!!!
I can't believe it's been five years. Thanks for the update!
On the east coast we typically have non textured walls and nail pops aren’t uncommon. So it’s not a huge deal other than after you repair it you need to paint to make it look normal again.
It's a neat house, Trent...Love it. Great vistas, cool pond. Of course, the best thing is...the HANGAR!
Even though there weren’t any airplanes in the video it is pretty awesome, really nice place!
I also live off grid except for my power. I do live deep out in the country but fortunately, I have city power available even though my driveway is over a mile long. I built myself a custom home and purchased my land for 1/3rd of the cost of land at that time in 2012. This was at the bottom of the market. I scored on that and then built the home with my own hands and no hired labor. The land was 83k and the materials to build the home was another 85k. Now the place is worth 1.6m.
I've always loved your kit home and purposely was waiting to revisit it when we are ready to build so I'm very bummed to see they no longer offer that model.
You know what heck with the critics you two did a great job on everything it's great you love it I love it❤.
Your place looks great. The landscaping has come along nicely and complements the build. With regard to the lighting issue with bulbs failing, I would assume that you would have solved that now by installing LED lighting. Cheaper to run them and they seem to be more robust.
But they still have to be rated for outdoor use. It also matters whether they can be used in an enclosed fixture. He mentioned a "damp" rating. That means no direct rain or snow on the fixture, so you could put it in a covered porch, and a little fog won't hurt it. But it won't hold up on an outside wall exposed to rain. You also have a choice of LED lighting that does not have replaceable bulbs. Now we have so many choices, but we have to read the labels and understand them.
Oh Wow! What a beautiful & functional spread. So Happy for Y'all just doesn’t seem like it's been that long ago that your bldg series bagan.
Thanks appreciate your sharing.
Blessings...⚘️ 🇺🇲 👍
...........................G'day from North Queensland.
You two have done well; That design would fit right into the tropics here. Love it! I keep thinking "ultra-light" but I am 83 already. (still riding but now in "high-viz")
Cheers and God bless,
Malcolm. (five years? WOW!)
Glad it worked out, It is absolutely beautiful. I like your taste and choices. My friends with a custom home also did not have enough room for mechanicals. Thanks for sharing. .
All of your wife's or yourself style choices are like my exact style. I guess I gotta watch your first video because I need a cost analysis too, so I can start being inspired, wishing I could achieve this some day.
I remember seeing the first video! You both have great taste and eyes for design. I love it and love the landscaping and new house kitty 😻
This is awesome! Thanks for the walkthrough!
Hey, thanks for sharing. You got a beautiful home well laid out and I just love the look of it.
Thanks for the update. Congrats on a beautiful home - you guys did well.
Really nice place. I love it when people get what they want and work for it. Great Job.
I'm curious as all get out about something. Sometime roughly 4-5 years ago I was coming south on Sand Pass road on a KTM1290SAR with my wife on the back. We were just north of the hot spring next to lower smoke creek desert playa, and out of nowhere (I just came out of the corners & the brush was high) a plane is coming at us straight on! Whomever it was had landed somewhere closer to the old depot (that is now long gone), and was taking off on the road heading North. Scared us but good, but was pretty entertaining! I'm almost 100% certain it was you, especially since you place really isn't that far away from where I am talking about. Only ever had that happen once so it was memorable, good times!
I should add it could have been slightly further in the past, but not by much. The plane absolutely was a bush type plane that looked like yours. Coordinates were 40.34453, -119.81847 , for our location
I remember when you guys first showed the house and I can say one thing….job well done!!!!!!
Self-performing GC is definitely the way to go so that you can deal with issues as they come up.
Are you happy ? Looks fine as hell tbh, thanks for the update and big loves from Germany
Hailstorm and Trent. Ladies first. I just love it when Hails pops up. What a lovely friendly house and mechanical tour. Trent is sometimes too blokey and I like to see Hails drop in some gems. I love you both and this was a bright and breezy, easy peasy, not so squeezy, cute and teasy video. Keep 'em coming. I'm here, looking over your shoulder my wing man. 😅 Captain.
Throw a moisture meter on those screws that are popping through. It might be because the wall is wet and causing the screw to push through. I could be wrong. This is typical near windows that have not been flashed properly. Water gets behind the window and wall.
For the mechanicals, my brother remodeled and included space for handling cables. But since then, at least the Internet and comms have gone pretty much wireless. So how does one plan a building today, for tomorrow's tech? Now we need batteries and heat pumps more than network cables, but the water heater still belongs outside (at least, where it doesn't get down to freezing).
I was reminded today of a "new tech" building project in my part of southern California. It was not a kit, but Marriott has been having hotels built modular, in a factory. In 2018 they completed a pair of hotels in Hawthorne, CA (which is considered part of the LAX area). These were built in a climate controlled factory in Boise, ID, then shipped complete with furniture, carpet, drapes, and fixtures in each room. Then the modules were stacked, Lego style, and attached to each other and utilities connected.
The reason I was reminded of these hotels is that shortly after midnight on Friday a Piper headed for Hawthorne airport crash landed on the little street between the hotels and City Hall. The plane burned, but the two people survived and got taken to the hospital in critical condition. I found myself wondering if the pilot had not managed to put it down on the street, and it hit a hotel instead, how would the modular, double walled construction have held up? I'm glad we didn't have to find out!
The other crazy thing that happened was that earlier another aircraft associated with Hawthorne airport (KHHR) landed on the news just before midnight that same night! The Robinson 44 was on a nighttime sightseeing flight with a pilot and a couple when it lost power and the pilot set it down on the 110 freeway. No one was hurt, though one news article said one of the rotor blades struck a bus. This all resulted in a SigAlert, the helicopter got loaded on a flatbed truck, and everyone went home.
I'm happy for you that you live out in the country where things aren't so crazy. Apparently you don't even have raccoons to eat your koi! Here in the L.A. area, you can only keep koi if you raccoon-proof your pond.
Very cool. Very happy for you guys. Looks awesome.
I'm looking at buying land and building this next spring.
I live in Tornado country where we also get some water weather so I'm building with Insulated Concrete Forms. They are like adult Legos you tie together with rebar and fill with concrete.
Can build tornado and fire resistant structures, and they are bulletproof, too. In case there is an apocalypse or something.
That is one gorgeous house! Thanks for the walkthrough guys really enjoyed it 😎
I had no idea how long I have been subscribed to your channel until you mentioned that you built your house 5 years ago.
Thanks for the follow up. Construction/infrastructure stuff is possibly even more interesting than flying, but all your videos are great. And I know everybody does it, so you’re certainly not the only one, but having built my own 800 sqft garage (designed it from the dirt up, cut every board, drove every nail, installed the windows & doors, insulation, siding, shingles, wiring, and main doors), it’s a pet peeve of mine to hear people say they “built” something when really they just supervised. You definitely built your hangar, so full respect for that, but…yeah. If people can say they “built” something when they never even picked up a hammer, what do they call what I did? 🤷♂️
I think it looks great and love the decking front and back. Also love the color and contrast.
I'm thinking your next project on the "ranch" should be "mic keyed" runway lights!!! 😃
Your home is beautiful!! great taste. Everything from layout to decor and lighting is stunning. I really love the Koi pond and green grass that really stands out in the desert setting. Great job you guys. Thank you for sharing this with us. I have a video of our home would you like to see it, Trent? let me know how I can share our little video. Thanks
Cool man. Thanks for the update. Building something similar in the mountains of new Zealand late this year.
Those drywall fasteners coming loose is from the lumber drying out and squeezing the fastener out… very common. Use a nail set and tap it in and fill the hole and repaint the small spot…
Better yet, remove the nail and use a drywall screw.
Awesome place Trent, I’m jealous lol, be proud you guys did an great job, not just on the build but all the auxiliary add ons , power back up etc,
Thank you. Beautiful home. Very inspirational
Mate the property is looking awesome , love the landscaping , don’t think we’ve ever seen the full tour👍, the boss is a champion you’re a lucky man.
If you don’t mind me asking what is the ballpark figure for the entire build and land . Roughly of course . You’d be looking at 1-2,000,000 here in Australia , depending on location of course, the more rural the cheaper the land relatively speaking.
All in all, it doesn't seem like you're dealing with too many more issues than someone living in a constructed house. I think I'd go the same route for making a house for myself.
Cheers!
Beautiful house! Very well done....
Nice home. It looks so peaceful there.
It’s a BEAUTIFUL home, folks. Especially the kitchen. Thanks for the tour. 😊🌹🤙🏼