Incredible Cob House Tour - A Sustainable Green Building
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Tour one of the most famous (and beautiful!) cob buildings in the world! The Unique Cob Cottage is on Mayne Island, BC and is the 4th most wish-listed property on Airbnb.
Unique Cob Cottage on Airbnb:
www.airbnb.ca/...
The Cob Cottage is a fully permitted, 2-storey, load-bearing cob structure that was built by Cobworks in 1999.
Cobworks:
www.cobworks.com/
Cob is an environmentally friendly mixture of clay, sand, and straw that can be used in many different climates to create green buildings with organically shaped walls.
To learn more about cob as a natural building material, check out the video we share a couple of months ago:
• Building with Cob - A ...
This cottage is on the grid with a well, septic tank, and hydro power. They use a woodstove for heat.
We felt super lucky to be able to meet Alexis and her family, and tour their cob cottage. It's an incredibly beautiful space and we hope you enjoy checking it out.
It's nice to see so much interest in green buildings, and to see that this cob structure has been standing for almost 20 years and still looks brand new!
Maintenance on the cob house is done by Bryce from Dreamweavers Collective:
www.dreamweaver...
Thanks for watching!
Mat & Danielle
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Music & Song Credits:
All music in this video was composed, performed, and recorded by Mat of Exploring Alternatives.
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This is my dream. To one day be able to design my own place out in the woods that can cut down on waste and use recycled materials. Then be self-sustaining.
also me
And me
Me too
I think you need some permit or something
humans, are not self sustaining.
I am from Moldova, all the homes în our villages about 100 years ago was made in this way. This home is fantastically wonderful!
no u not
tanyacastro1977 you too are fantastically wonderful Tanya.
How the mud protected from melting in rain ?
farkal nine I think it is sealed and the roof is not cob.
Share few house videos
There is something that feels warm and appealing about this building. It is organic, naterial, stress releasing.
My husband and I stayed here for our anniversary! It was absolutely wonderful, we loved the chickens and the sheep! It was a fantastic stay and the owners of the property are so kind. They gave us milk and homemade bread and eggs from their chickens. Love love love it there!
Chickens that make their own bread? What will they think of next?
@@canadianroot Ignorant remark.
J. Barnard Not at all. Yours was, by definition. Best of luck with your new job as TH-cam’s comment critic.
@@canadianroot It was a very ignorant remark and you know it. 🙄
@@canadianroot they think ,they will use gold denar & silver derham to be their money,then when the currencies collapse they will be the King of the world. & My new job comment on comments hhhhhhhhhh
I love cob homes. I plan to build a cob home for myself in the future.
Vhorsesr
Me too. Build a little village with my kids.
Thanks for watching today! Hope you're all doing well :)
If you want to learn more about cob as a natural building material, check out this video we shared a couple of months ago:
th-cam.com/video/CWuHQOvNRDw/w-d-xo.html
Beautiful home. *Perfect for the peaceful life in nature.*
It's good that the owner is renting out the house to visitors. In this way many more people can experience this home from inside.
Cob buildings with bamboo fiber, or hemp fiber, or carbon fiber would be very strong. Might be even stronger than the concrete that cracks from temperature changes during the winter time.
Reminds me of the smurfs playhouse I had as a kid, so cute!
😄 😍 💖. True 😆😆😆
Whimsy! That's what's missing in today's usual designs. Well done.
I wanna live there, but who wouldn't wanna live in a fairy tale house like that, lol. :3
I guess the owners don't want to live there, or they wouldn't rent it out on AirBNB right?
Its super cute...This house looks like an upgraded Flintstones house in Bed Rock....LOL 😁
THANKS 4 SHARING
Sharron C yabadabadoooooo
Hi, I wish you would have introduced yourself.
This building material in Germany is known as leicht lehm (light loam), except the same material is pressed by hand as a filler between post and beam construction, or pressed as an infill into a woven lattice of branches or slats of wood. That process is called wattle and daub in England.
I love how everything is rounded, feels very mutual very balanced~
I know... Something about rounded is so aesthetically pleasing and soothing.
We have houses in villages built the same way in Kyrgyzstan throughout centuries. Nice houses though...
OMG, this is amazing!
👌👍
I would to, even a earthbag home
That is a great house. So awesome. Greetings from Andreas on Off Grid Sweden
This is hilarious I stayed here in this exact house with my mom a few years ago.
i don't like this house because there is gros caca and we need to walk dedans
I really like this cob house. It looked very cozy.
Have a great day, Chris
do you know how much this cost to build?
Looks so much like a story book house 🏡 and that’s the reason it is loved. It speaks of a simple happier time with less worries fun and imagination makes it exciting to think of actually living there.
So Builders do your best to make more of these always keeping these qualities in mind. They will sell like Hot Cakes
I agree☺ I love all the windows and wood and curvature and how it just seems to flow into the outdoors Almost like an outdoor living space with a roof over it
It's lovely. Looks like a cross between an adobe and an Earth Ship. Creative use of space. I would love to live in one. Kudos.
Hmm I’m going to have to look up what is adobe, I know cob and earthship
This cob home is absolutely beautiful, I’d love to live there.
You guys are great. Love your channel. Thank you for creating it!
Thanks so much Heather, happy you're enjoying our videos!!
This home is so beautiful. The sad part about climate change is that, the elected politicians who drain tax payers coffers don't even watch these videos and see how inexpensive housing can be. I bet we don't have a politicians owning a sustainable home. They are useless for our environment. 🙏❤📚🐼♻️😀
Unfortunately if you don't have the skills to build one yourself you're SOL. Trying the find people that can build alternative housing like this - affordably for the 99% - is like looking for hen's teeth.
Out of everything you have shown us I think this is my favorite!
I need floor plan of this house... Plz help.
Centuries old traditional knowledge rediscovered. To revive this knowledge more designer houses shld be built of this Once common, Indian rural homes were mosly built of this material, though basic not designer such as this one. Villagers believe clay keeps house cool in summer, warm in winter.
In Australian colloquial cob or cobber means friend , mate....And strangely all the cob houses I've seen look 'friendly'.
Vamos! Una casa hecha con adobe , material que se viene utilizando en el mundo desde hace siglos. Mas viejo que Matusalem
How did they get it legally permitted, I think would be a fantastic video.
Sounds like they bought them all.
Beatifull good home türkişh ücret ne kadar bu eve
How much would something like this cost?
Excelente felicidades, gracias por conparti la información, me inspira hacer la mia.
So neat. You guys review some of the most interesting places
Very interesting concept and do remember seeing this type of a large house with similar material in France.
Nice house! I really like your editing and music. Thanks guys!!
Thanks for all the super positive comments Phil :)
A well and septic tank does not mean " on the grid " it means you have sewer and water. If you are connected hydro, you are on the electrical grid.
Off the grid you means you are not connected to public utilities.
You don't say🤔
looks like all the adobe homes in santa fe new mexico.is that considered cob? thought it was adobe? anyone ever notice the beginning of star wars ep 4.they basically live in dome shaped cob houses on tattoine
Kristofer Milhauser
Adobe homes are almost the exact same, except i don't think they use as much straw.
They make them into bricks and once the brick walls are set they layer the exterior with an extra coating of clay so you don't see the bricks.
I want this house!!
Thanks for showing us around.
I want that house, or one made like it to my design.
Good Vibrations
Love this house. What's with the chains? I went to a cob workshop here in Vermont and when the house was finished the Town Lister came to assess for taxes. He asked the question, "how many square feet in your home?" The owner said "none."
Those stairs tho are a piece of art
Beautiful and simple. I LOVE cob!! My dream to one day live in such a home.
Yeahhh....I want something like this.... Everything should be like Elf🧝🏻♂️ world's things 😍😍😍😍😍👍🏻
Ma quando mi piace la vorrei averla tutta per me e fantastica
Thank you for your efforts in bringing such interesting content to your channel! Love this!
Thanks so much Kim :)
Would love to live in a cob house.
Bella casita me gusta quiero tener unaaa!!!
Wow this is one of the nicest small houses I have ever seen. I think the rounded edges and the natural materials really makes this place feel open but somehow pleasant and cozy at the same time. I wonder how much it cost to build something like that? It would be nice to maybe build something like this or something a little bit bigger but similar in the future.
now i know what my dream house would look like :)
Thanks for sharing
I love it so Much! Incredible 🌞
Вы современный Антонио Гауди 🌸✌️💖
How could you dislike something is beautiful and organic? -_____-
I'd be neat to see a time lapse of the builing process.
Yes. I want to see it so bad.
Haha The music made me feel like I was watching an episode of Cribs: Hippy Edition! I like the small changes here and there in your videos!
HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS!?
a great home. so light, so welcoming, so unique. I wanna I wanna I wanna.
Linda casa.
Pena que não dá para construir uma assim aqui no brasil. Não com portas e janelas de vidro. Aqui no brasil só tem ladrão e criminosos. Morando numa casa desta eu correria o risco de ser morto e as mulheres de minha familia serem estupradas se morássemos uma casa assim.
Aqui tem de ter portas e janelas grossas, em madeira ou metal para evitar que alguma bala perdida atinja alguém dentro. Portas e janelas tem de ter fechaduras em aço e as paredes devem ser de concreto mas, devido à extrema corrupção tudo no brasil é caro. desde um prego até um carro, tudo tem preços exorbitantes!! Afinal, somos brasileiros e temos de bancar os salários milionários dos políticos.
Aqui no brasil a lei é: Deixar de luxar para poder comer ou deixar de comer para luxar.
É vergonhoso comentar tudo isso mas.... Por Deus eu juro que é a mais pura verdade!
💚💛💙
Woah, I heard about these homes for the first time a few days ago. Perfect timing! Thank you.
Oh, my gosh. I love this place! It's so cozy and comforting.
Дом замечательный.Но кто переводил на русский язык?переводчику надо просто поставить 1. ужасный перевод на русский!!!
Hello, thank you for sharing. I really love this kind of house. But what about the winter? I live in Québec, so nearly the same winters. I would like to know how it works with snow. Thank you for answer if you read my message
very interesting... 👍
Thanks for watching :)
I've been looking for a home that really grabbed me... And this is it... I will have a cob home...thank u so much!!
Useful: Cob 1 parts water, 1 parts straw, 1 parts clay, 3 parts sand and id throw in a shot of turpentine so the building repels evil.
Wow amazing.Home..... Now in INDIA also we built home like olden days , now the new generation people take over the older methods into New combination... Those houses are looking very pretty...and peaceful....
How much would this cost to build in today’s $$$? The home is wonderful! Exquisite! Thank you for the lovely Look-At!
I love the rounded walls and surfaces. It fits so beautifully into the landscape. Very earthy, very elegant all at once!
( ❤️ from Mississippi in America, much ❤️ and many heartfelt blessings to all. ❤️ )
Cobb houses are whimsically cool 😎
I love you guys, but WAT was that music in the first transition lol?
Haha! It's an old song I made many a few years ago...I guess it's kind of weird :)
Not weird at all. I like it! 👍😊
How much $ , I love it !
Joj kao iz bajke gospodari prstenova. 👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏😘😘😘😘
Hi,I 'm from Kyrgyzstan. We still have such built houses. They are cool in summer and warm in winter. Like passive houses
This is fantastic!! I would love a cob home
This is what I want but more sqft I want 3bedrooms, small office, laundry room. but only 1 level.
Sustainable sure but I'm not mad about the hobbit look of it. Can sustainable do clean straight lines?
How would it not fall apart in sustained rain and storms?
Same way clay pots don't fall apart. Unlike modern homes, structures made from earth and stone can last 100's even 1000's of years.
These are the living many of indian villagers live thats too less fancy, plus many of them dont use electricity, cooking gas (lpg/cng/propane). I was born and brought up in city, but in last year i got chance to visit a village which have this kind of and less fancy very basic house, and i was surprised how (although out of option) the villagers, made most use nature and its ingredients.
I love this little house, it would be perfect for me :)
This channel is so amazing!!
Thanks so much :) :)
That most certainly does not look like 800 sq ft. My 700 sq ft home had larger main living area and two bedroom with large bathroom. What are they doing with all the space?
Love the kitchen counter how it's curved to get bigger toward end. I just love everything about . Only thing missing is a swing!
IMO they only forgot one thing, a comfy sofa. I see the same thing with the schoolies, I would think you could have a nice cushy sofa even if it’s made smaller than normal, it just makes sense because it’s such a cool space.
Cover in the windows....
Empty empty empty emtpyyyyy
OH brother! It's important
Can a 3D printer be applied to this cobb technology the same way they're starting to do with cement now boy that would really be something
Thats beautiful. Why not say you got cob building from the ancient egyptians. They built most of their civilazations that way. In most cases their buildings still stand to this very day. Even the statues they made of themselves were made of those natural material, which still stands today except for their noses being shot off to destroy their true identity
We called this Adobe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, entire neighborhoods were made with it. What's the difference between Cob and Adobe?
Very cute, but I honestly couldn’t live in a place that small for any amount of time. It just doesn’t fit my lifestyle in it. But I admire the people who can pare down to bare necessities, that would be so much simpler.
absolutely beautiful . very warm natural feeling.
It would lift my happiness living here.
Fully permitted? How on earth did they get those railings without balusters through? Maybe it's right for the area, but it sure doesn't look especially safe.
What? I stayed there like 3 years ago. Was really sad cause my dog felt down from the balcony inside and died: he smashed its head against the corner of a small table 😢 not jocking.
What?! That is too sad. Sending you love & good wishes.
I love it...too bad that we can't have anything cool in Texas..anything that would help us save money, is out...
Wonderful natural home! A very cozy and peaceful feeling. I live for that stone floor. :)
Hola; por ahí vi un ojo 2 veces , ¿ qué significa ? Simple decoración o sello ?
10 bucks says it would stand up to high winds, tornadoes, and hurricanes better than the sticks and paper the United States like to use as construction material.
This house is 20+ years old and still looks great. Now compare it to McMansions of the same age...
why isn't this being done in America?
California, Nevada, AS would be the best places for these homes.
It is being done but less knowledgeable people on this particular style of construction
My dream. I hope I can build this kind of beautiful house 🙏🏻🤩
Awesome showing of the cob home Chris. Would have liked to know the builder & how much it cost to buiild.