One of the best house build stories I've ever watched. Would be nice to see a short review film of how they and the house are doing now after a few years.
I love Earthships - I went and visited them in Taos NM when I lived in Santa Fe. They are beautiful and practical. I love that they are set up to catch water, and grow your own food inside away from chemicals,, recycle the water several times and in extreme hot or cold stay pretty steady. It was an ordeal for them to begin building them with permits and the town's people. And they won and have some wonderful homes. So happy for you folks. Many Blessings.
An incredible house. It was great watching it being built. The people who came to work for the summer are the real "heroes " of this project. They really put their best foot forward and worked very hard.
How awesome are the parents for gifting that wonderful piece of land, for enabling the couple to follow their dream. How cool that so many like minded people from all over this crazy world were willing and able to offer their services and enthusiasm for someone elses dream. I hope the spirit is returned so that they too can build their own homes. Well done Chris, another great show.
If they mix lime into the cob, it will help with the mold. They can source the lime from the shells they were using for the insulation, it just needs to be powdered, and then heated. You can make a box and use a tamper to powder them, heat to 900C, burning off the calcium. then mix it in with the cob, and finally make a white wash with the lime for the exterior.
This is a beautiful build. I'm so happy for this family, they had beautiful ppl come out and put everything they had into this build and I could see it was all made with love and whole lot of muscle. Just wonderful. Congratulations on a beautiful dream come true to Gus and Sarah.
This is the most beautiful Earthship, I have ever seen. I am in love with the concept for natural and off grid living, but not the usual look of the finished homes. I love the way they built it into the hill and blended everything into the landscape.
Bless their Hearts, they have I believe 2 kids too.....and they took this on. Bless you all! Saw the finished House! Love it! Beautiful! Congratulations!
astonishing! beautiful! and a gift back to the globe. well done, indeed! thank God for people like you, your family, the Earthship family, and the entire community who believe so powerfully in the importance of this type of sustainable living. may you enjoy many many years of wonder, joy, beauty, peace, and love!
WOOOWW!! It turned out so gorgeous! I looooove the light shining through those glass bottles! And I was crying a little towards the end when the interns came back to help. That was awesome! A home build with love. And in the end it turned out beautiful! Well done!! The stuff of big dreams! Persistence and positivity pays off!
I personally wouldn't build my house from tyres. I don't think it's a healthy material at all :-( The taxi companies should pay you for this illegal garbage and you would have money for some better material. But I know, life isn't so easy. Well, good luck!
You have to remember that the people working there we're doing an internship. I can't believe negative people out there. Yes oh, they were blessed to have parents that gave them land. I didn't see them ever sitting back on their laurels watching everybody do the work for them. These people worked hard just as everyone else did. This home has much Blood Sweat and Tears pour it into it. It is absolutely stunning and I pray that they continue to have good luck that mold will not set in. What an absolute gift they're giving to their children that they should experience a childhood living in a home such as this one.
I don't begrudge people that have dreams, are appreciative of everyone and everything around them, find uses for man's excessive trash, find people who can afford to pay to travel, learn, share unique experiences, trust in their own power, the power of others, mankind for a higher/ larger goal to honor the earth so it can sustain itself, life in all forms and honor our creator with the same love and consideration that was given every element of our universe. Now if we could only recycle trash talk for housing, affordability, dignity and room for all we might actually get to enjoy more of what family is intended to be. Heaven help us...
I smiled for 45 minutes, it's inspiring, the house, the design, the attitude. But most importantly the beautiful people, doing the right thing for the right reasons. That is how to build a proper home.
Yeah, when they talked about the weather getting cooler, the caption said August and I was super confused for a bit. Then it hit me.
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why do I get the sence that he fucked her? the reporter I mean - this woman (wife?) of this guy.. I mean I get the feeling by how he was greeted by her, and how her husband was very cold - I get the feling, that the reporter fucked his wife. Do you get it too?
Stunning stunning stunning! Kudos to them for their vision in seeing a spectacular home built with lots of love n labor! My favorite parts of the house are the bottled walls n the green house. They truly built a solid retreat to be proud of! May they all live happily ever after!!🏡👏🥰
I absolutely love the build completed by this couple and all of their helpers ... I chose an old abandoned meeting hall , installed temporary glass , built a glass wall along one side and both ends of the building ... installed solar panels , and soon adding wind turbines ... all for less than 50 k , Canadian dollars ... soon the salvaged hardwood flooring / thousands of seeds almost ready for planting / all salvaged materials ... 2.5 years in and tons left to accomplish ... converting generators to run off of hydrogen from solar energy production ... my building started out as a 60 x 30 foot building / added a 22 foot glass sun room / added a 16 foot at the other end / added a 12 x 52 foot glass walled green house on the south side facing the sun / all in all its been a good experience , learning to be 100% off grid ... go for it people ... I love the fact of not having energy bills every month / eating home grown food / and still having all modern conveniences ... I do have to say that it's been a serious venture into determination ... but I do love having no alarm clocks ... buy your equipment from auction houses / make existing equipment function for more than its original purposes .. learn / adapt / live far less stressful lives ... I have lots more to do and state , but all in all , it's a great experience ... so many options for living this type of life style are available ...
Can we see ur journey?? Have u made videos of it by any chance? I am working on my wife now as far as getting her out of the mindset that we must buy a house from the bank that 50 other families have lived in. Im of the opinion that if i buy the land i can build/create a one of a kind custom home for us & our two kids can expand off of ours as they age out of our dwelling. But its been a long 10 years we've been renting houses & apartments so i feel she is almost on board with me.
Beautiful kind hearted people with a community of folks are like the Omnish Culture and their barn raising here in the United States... So happy for this young family who now have a lovely gorgeous Earth friendly home... Congratulations!
An incredible feat from concept to finish build and the vision to even dream it is huge! My favorite part however, as an artist, is the designs and colors in the glass walls. Absolutely stunning!
Wow inside it's beautiful!!!! I love it OMG 😱!!!! How gorgeous 🥰, I love the kitchen, but I would love to have an indoor greenhouse like that. I love the idea of using glass bottles for not only decoration walls but for insulation and the base of a house I have seen a lot of people do.
tinopai, well done and the bro is from Kerikeri, well done, I really love the manaakiitanga (help and togetherness), to the team from all over, you guys are really giving and an excellent example of ""AROHA" awesome whare "TE TIMATANGA"!" MAURI TU!
It comes with people who have a strong sense of adventure and the willingness to pay for hands on education. It's a bit of a sacrifice but you have learned skills and developed friendships with like minded people. It's a plus all the way around.
@@freedomforever1962 Yeah, but 2000$ is a rip-off. Which is the exact opposite of "friendship". I know of these get-togethers, where a group of people together build a cob-house. They contribute a bit to accommodation and food, so the house-owner does not have to pay for everything out of his own pocket. But it's never more than 200$. THAT is a real learning experience. 2000$ is exploiting these people, because their food or accommodation costs way less.
@@anadubar4819If this kind of thing were taught in architecture classes and hands-on labs in more standard universities, the tuition would be astronomical. Tbf, they're already astronomical.
That view from inside the green house over looking the green mountains and rolling hills is so beautiful the thought seeing that everyday from my home literally made me cry... born n raised in a city I've craved nothing more than this type of living. This video taught me alot, and I'm sold on making my own earth ship someday.
Given an environment with high rain fall, it might be better to not build into the side of a hill with run off... Build on flat, with an earth thermal mass built up manually. This would allow for better drainage. Plus, the cooling tubes could run to the back of the house, reducing distance and cost.
@@johnandevefoster3816 that's just good business xD It's not scam because the service they paid for is exactly what they were provided. It's brilliant ngl
Fantastic program. If these are some of the people who are inherenting the earth then I am more optimistic. It would be nice to hear more from the children. Can’t wait for an update.
Was really impressed with the house, and their intentions Gifted land : not their fault if their parents want to help. Asking people to pay to build the house : in a way encouraging other people and providing platform to learn sustainability. Involving school kids to play a part in building the house : kids getting to learn about environment along with free labour. But then you list it on AirBnB for 700 dollars a night. It was just another money harvesting project with sustainability packaging.
Well they may also live in the home when they rent it, I'm guessing its pretty hard to make a decent living in this small remote town they live in, not much industry and NZ is not known for high paying jobs. Maybe they have to stay with Sarah's Mum and Dad with their family for a week at a time while it's rented to afford to live there, you don't know.
@Stephanie Draper what pictures are you referring to? I saw some flying birds and some folk carvings that looked like they were from Bali or Indonesia, but nothing satanic.
Uh, sure, it wasn't just one of their many Tom Sawyer-esque schemes to convince rubes that they're doing them a favor to build their house. Lol, c'mon, the scene before was him lamenting that it's going to take him forever to do it himself. Incidentally, they're renting this out for over $700 a night on AirBnB, so I feel like it's pretty clear that, while not being con artists per se, they were able to finesse people into building them a cheap investment property that's insanely expensive. I would bet almost anything they just used traditional materials and building methods during the months the camera crew wasn't around. They made some pretty big compromises about what materials to use, like just putting in an aluminum roof with polystyrene, and throwing some potted plants underneath to make it look natural. If you think anyone there learned how to make a house for themselves, I've got a bridge to sell you. Actually, I've got an eco bridge that you can pay me to build, I've got a buyer lined up.
Great job! So inspiring to build a house that is sustainable and very earth friendly. Wonderful job done by all those good people who helped for free. God bless all
Je suis admirative de votre amour et de votre ténacité et de toute l'aide que vous avez attirez,so many People! c'est merveilleux: si grand , si beau ! un vrai rêve devenu réalité. ENORMOUS ! so AMBITIOUS, bravo, bravo, bravo! vous avez traversé les épreuves , your house is beautiful as you are ! so Young visionnaires. BRAVO, si beau pour nous tous qui vous regardons et vous admirons. De tout coeur. Domi
❤ It reminds me of the time as teen's we (my siblings, cousins, parents, aunts & uncles) built my grand parents retirement home 🥰. Today, we have become adults. My grandparents decided to retire in the city & use the estate as the family vacation home.
*Beautiful home* that will sustain many generations of people. good to see that the family decided to build a sustainable home that will be integrated into the natural cycles of the sun.
You both have created a beautiful haven, for yourselves and your children. I enjoyed watching everyone working, they put their heart and soul into it. Keep spreading your vision and skills as the human race unites and heals the earth. Thank you, Don't you just love being human, me too!
This video has inspired my thinking absolutely. My organization is working with a town in Ghana to build a Youth Community Center that will serve as an After-School activities center for the youths. This video of an Earthship and the entire team just inspired my thinking and I wish to know more about the technicalities so I can properly plan. Also looking for volunteers who will come along this journey to build an After-School center made from natural materials and recycled materials.
I was involved my whole life around soils, i can tell ya right now that is going to be a problem once the spores sprout they act as a natural wick for moisture, this area will need sprayed . And a very large area needs to have a curtain drain up behind the home and another moisture barrier installed on top and on the lower wall of the ditch and a collection pipe in the bottom with a barrier underneath the pipe. You need to have the pipe lower than the floor of the home. Preferably dig till you hit the imperiable layer where the tear firma begins. And pipe and drain to a daylighted area on both ends with exposed rodent proof caps. Good luck and keep a minfull eye on that wall always , molds can kill your investment in a very short period of time , i personaly would remove the organic mix you put on it and have it gunited with probably aquatic pool grout.
@@allananonimozeta9345 probably yes, I also got very emotional!! That is true love for the planet and determination, and so many people helping doing it makes me believe there is still hope for our planet... At my home country, Peru, we are prohibited to build non conventional houses, but it might change some day hopefully!!
The best was when he stated at the end that they we need more people like the "couple" in this world. I guess that means we need less people like the host...
That always bothered me about grand designs! All the hosts do it, whether in the UK, OZ or where ever. It's part of the show methodology I guess. My wife would then tell me to shut up about it. But yes, it is non stop, failure is around the corner!
Refreshing to see someone's dream become reality. Sure it took family, friends, hard work and a bit of luck. Congratulations to the young couple. Great video!
This was awsome, to see everyone helping. The concept of living with the earth and using the air beneath to heat and cool your home is so good. This was a four bedroom home, but I am sure building a smaller more modest home would be cheaper. Wonderful show.
Wow what a journey everyone who was involved just absolute rock stars thank you for such good content especially in this day and age be safe and stay healthy beautiful home
Soooo let me get this straight: They live on her parents land in a house owned by her parents, while saving up for their own house. Their new house is going to be built on lands she got for free from her parents. They've saved up 320.000 dollars for their new home. They get people from all over the world to come help them with their project. Each helping hand has to pay 2.000 dollars for the experience. Now dont get me wrong here - the house is fucking awesome - but under these conditions even a moron with 10 thumbs like myself could manage to get this build.
If I understood correctly, the participants are more or less, paying for two months for their own food (for I guess caterers that are mentioned that supply food), with 2.000 NZ Dollars (that is 1.282 US Dollars) and experience is reward for their free hard work. That money devided by 60 days (8 weeks) is 21,3 US Dollars per day. I am not sure if that includes some kind of lodgings, but for that amount per day I do not see how that would be managed. Also as the owners have mentioned at the end, in return they also might go and help some of the participants when they build their own earth ship in the future... What I especially liked in the house concept, were a lot of light (including bottles that I did not expect to look that good) and the hallway with plants that can grow food all year round. The rest of self-sufficiency with water and elektricity also appeals to me. Not perhaps that crazy about natural materials I still find them OK, because they have some advantages like warmth from earth at winter, but the concept of the house is amazing.
Eu acredito que foi um dos maiores desafios quê pude assistir daqui do meu Brasil ! Desafio em "trabalho de mão de obra comunitário" ,como em engenharia ! Lindo de mais ! Parabéns à todos !
There is an incredibly old building in St Augustine, Florida built of crushed shell. It compacts a bit like rammed earth. I am quite shocked that Ms cobb expert didn't put thousands of screws into the tires and affix chicken wire, or lathe. That's how you hold mud in place on an otherwise smooth surface. Tyres are meant to shed water, not absorb it.
@ 20:15 - the mud brick are non-toxic...does it bother anyone that the rubber used for tyres is one of the most toxic/carcinogenic petrochemical products made..? Anyone? They are literaly building a house out of toxic waste..how strange!
Yes ! I'm Very Patriotic & appreciate our Soldiers & military. But, we could be doing so much better w our young men & women POWER resources at home building sustainable homes for us older, disabled & low income folks. The Elders that ned help.
Incredible transformation and absolutely stunning result, a really lovely feel to it. I’m a huge fan of earthships! Hope the walls dried out and all is well. Quite expensive 340k plus labor and land normally. But do love them. Best wishes to the fam
Housing is expensive in New Zealand. The average house price in Auckland is around 1 million dollars. This build is in a resort town, so I would not expect their house prices are much cheaper.
@@kittimcconnell2633 🤣 I just looked it up thanks, So they got gifted land, used free labor under the guise of it being a community house, now they are making a profit off it being a rental for $800 a night!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
@@jackmountain8503 Makes you want to puke, doesn't it? Rich greenies doing the hippy dippy thing, and exploiting other people for $2000 per head, for the privilege of building their home. Con artists of the year, for sure.
@@kebabtank the $2,000 was education costs for the inexperienced workers. think of them as students and that payment was their student loan paid in full. now they went away with the knowledge that they learned from their schooling. unfortunately this is not the kind of schooling that could be paid for by government taxes or other kinds of grants because it's a private organization. maybe in the future. but right now i see more ppl in pursuit of living in tiny houses.
"It's a labor intensive process" ... The idea behind earthships is fandastic, but we need a more cost-efficient method if we are going to bring this concept to the general public.
Earth ships aren't meant to be ship up front. They are cheap in the long term. If you eliminate a water, electricity, and gas bill for 10 years, you're saving money. Not spending it. It is a large up front investment for savings in the long term. That's the idea anyway.
Andrew Sanders It wasn’t actually that expensive. Only $240,000 usd or £150,000 bps. That’s really cheap for a four bed. And they got people to pay to learn about how to build a house. The baby-boomers seem to forget that we have been trying to make as many as possible ideas to save the environment they ruined. And they call us lazy. (Soz that was a bit unrelated). Most of this you could make or get from a skip. You could do it by yourself but it would take longer.
@@bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963 If you look into the history properly, you'll find that all of these ideas come from baby-boomers or the generation before them.
Jack Mountain I agree it needs to be less labor intensive. I think of repurposing cargo containers and cover them with the mud. Might need to put a protective coat on it first to keep it from rusting.
Cadence James Andrew Sanders I'm a baby boomer and I totally agree with you. We should have always been doing what was best for the earth and the animals, including ourselves. I never liked the idea of making more & more buildings & all the concrete is terribly sad! Nature & natural is the way to go. Get back to basics. Save seeds for others to grow organic food, instead of throwing seeds away. Start composting. Build in an earth friendly manner using one of many techniques. Now we will get worse & worse tsunamis as we did recently, worse hurricanes & more of them, more storms. Cold climate states will become hot. Hot climate states will become cold. Shores will disappear with nearby houses. Many island will disappear. The planet will actually die without the rain forest-watch the special on the Amazon on Netflix. We must have the rain forest to provide certain things that make vital thing on the rest of the planet function. The ocean has been starting to die out. Seals won't have icebergs to escape polar bears, therefore polar bears will eventually lose their food source. Predictions from the Bible truly are coming true. Just remember that the first anti-christ whom many will believe is the true one, is not the real anti-christ. The second one will really be the guy to look out for and not trust. I am sorry to bring up such stuff on this blog but it is very important. Do not accept the mark of the beast. Do not accept a chip implant. Live each day at its fullest and each day as if it's your last, because some day it will be. Live-Love-Laugh BLESSINGS TO ALL LOVE ❤️ ONE ANOTHER
I can't help to feel a bit envious. When I lost my parents at 18 all I was left with was the debt of their funerals. I hope this family knows the blessing they have recieved from Sarah's parents. They seem like they are a beautiful couple, now with a beautiful home!
its videos like this that reinforces my faith in humanity thank you both for uploading this great video just wonderful in so many ways the humanity of so many people happily willing to help their fellow humans all the kindness and hopes that went into it n in the end a lovely family realizing their dream what can i say but thnks n wish you a very long n happy family life you all deserve it
Lmao ya it might be an original build of sorts but just windows and solar panels are more expensive than an average house in new hampshire.and that's building it out of trash.thats insane,I still have it a thumbs up for getting the kits involved. That's awesome
Getting people to pay $2k to help build your home. Priceless.
One of the best house build stories I've ever watched.
Would be nice to see a short review film of how they and the house are doing now after a few years.
So much love put into the aesthetics. Definitely the most beautiful earthship I have ever seen
Agreed - our shared world needs more of 'them'! (:
I love Earthships - I went and visited them in Taos NM when I lived in Santa Fe. They are beautiful and practical. I love that they are set up to catch water, and grow your own food inside away from chemicals,, recycle the water several times and in extreme hot or cold stay pretty steady. It was an ordeal for them to begin building them with permits and the town's people. And they won and have some wonderful homes. So happy for you folks. Many Blessings.
An incredible house. It was great watching it being built. The people who came to work for the summer are the real "heroes " of this project. They really put their best foot forward and worked very hard.
How awesome are the parents for gifting that wonderful piece of land, for enabling the couple to follow their dream. How cool that so many like minded people from all over this crazy world were willing and able to offer their services and enthusiasm for someone elses dream. I hope the spirit is returned so that they too can build their own homes. Well done Chris, another great show.
If they mix lime into the cob, it will help with the mold. They can source the lime from the shells they were using for the insulation, it just needs to be powdered, and then heated. You can make a box and use a tamper to powder them, heat to 900C, burning off the calcium. then mix it in with the cob, and finally make a white wash with the lime for the exterior.
Brilliant
This is a beautiful build. I'm so happy for this family, they had beautiful ppl come out and put everything they had into this build and I could see it was all made with love and whole lot of muscle. Just wonderful. Congratulations on a beautiful dream come true to Gus and Sarah.
This is the most beautiful Earthship, I have ever seen. I am in love with the concept for natural and off grid living, but not the usual look of the finished homes. I love the way they built it into the hill and blended everything into the landscape.
Heaseba agreed, love the concept but struggle with the aesthetic. It’s the nicest earthship I’ve ever seen.
Heaseba I wish more places would approve this type of dwellings.
So much can be recycled materials and much more efficient.
So with you
I agree! Love the concept but could not cope in a daggy splodgy walled space with no straight lines and even less class. This one is excellent.
Bless their Hearts, they have I believe 2 kids too.....and they took this on. Bless you all! Saw the finished House! Love it! Beautiful! Congratulations!
astonishing! beautiful! and a gift back to the globe. well done, indeed! thank God for people like you, your family, the Earthship family, and the entire community who believe so powerfully in the importance of this type of sustainable living. may you enjoy many many years of wonder, joy, beauty, peace, and love!
WOOOWW!! It turned out so gorgeous! I looooove the light shining through those glass bottles! And I was crying a little towards the end when the interns came back to help. That was awesome! A home build with love. And in the end it turned out beautiful! Well done!! The stuff of big dreams! Persistence and positivity pays off!
I own a piece of land where Taxi companies have been illegally dumping tyres for years. I wanna build one of these houses out of spite.
😂😂
Dang it those taxi company they are giving you free material. Now all you need is rubbish bottle.
I want to help you!!
Does some know where can i sing up for these type of internships?
I personally wouldn't build my house from tyres. I don't think it's a healthy material at all :-( The taxi companies should pay you for this illegal garbage and you would have money for some better material. But I know, life isn't so easy. Well, good luck!
You have to remember that the people working there we're doing an internship. I can't believe negative people out there. Yes oh, they were blessed to have parents that gave them land. I didn't see them ever sitting back on their laurels watching everybody do the work for them. These people worked hard just as everyone else did. This home has much Blood Sweat and Tears pour it into it. It is absolutely stunning and I pray that they continue to have good luck that mold will not set in. What an absolute gift they're giving to their children that they should experience a childhood living in a home such as this one.
its kinda obvious that the host is salty over them having a lot of blessings..
I don't begrudge people that have dreams, are appreciative of everyone and everything around them, find uses for man's excessive trash, find people who can afford to pay to travel, learn, share unique experiences, trust in their own power, the power of others, mankind for a higher/ larger goal to honor the earth so it can sustain itself, life in all forms and honor our creator with the same love and consideration that was given every element of our universe. Now if we could only recycle trash talk for housing, affordability, dignity and room for all we might actually get to enjoy more of what family is intended to be. Heaven help us...
I smiled for 45 minutes, it's inspiring, the house, the design, the attitude. But most importantly the beautiful people, doing the right thing for the right reasons. That is how to build a proper home.
what a beautiful home; every hour of labour is a year of loving memories , congratulations a dream come true kind regards to you all uk
First I was very confused about the northfacing front, with solar panels facing north, then I remembered this is the southern hemisphere xD
Ahh! Lol, excellent catch! Geez, why didn't I think of that?
Plus it’s a hemiplane
When the English migrated, they put they're bay windows on the wrong end too.
Yeah, when they talked about the weather getting cooler, the caption said August and I was super confused for a bit. Then it hit me.
why do I get the sence that he fucked her? the reporter I mean - this woman (wife?) of this guy.. I mean I get the feeling by how he was greeted by her, and how her husband was very cold - I get the feling, that the reporter fucked his wife. Do you get it too?
Stunning stunning stunning! Kudos to them for their vision in seeing a spectacular home built with lots of love n labor! My favorite parts of the house are the bottled walls n the green house. They truly built a solid retreat to be proud of! May they all live happily ever after!!🏡👏🥰
Most stunning of all is Sarah's beauty.
I absolutely love the build completed by this couple and all of their helpers ... I chose an old abandoned meeting hall , installed temporary glass , built a glass wall along one side and both ends of the building ... installed solar panels , and soon adding wind turbines ... all for less than 50 k , Canadian dollars ... soon the salvaged hardwood flooring / thousands of seeds almost ready for planting / all salvaged materials ... 2.5 years in and tons left to accomplish ... converting generators to run off of hydrogen from solar energy production ... my building started out as a 60 x 30 foot building / added a 22 foot glass sun room / added a 16 foot at the other end / added a 12 x 52 foot glass walled green house on the south side facing the sun / all in all its been a good experience , learning to be 100% off grid ... go for it people ... I love the fact of not having energy bills every month / eating home grown food / and still having all modern conveniences ... I do have to say that it's been a serious venture into determination ... but I do love having no alarm clocks ... buy your equipment from auction houses / make existing equipment function for more than its original purposes .. learn / adapt / live far less stressful lives ... I have lots more to do and state , but all in all , it's a great experience ... so many options for living this type of life style are available ...
That sounds awesome Thomas! Do you have any photos or videos of your process? Would love to see your finished home!
wow. oh how I wish I were young again. lol
Well done 👍 I'm so happy for you
Can we see ur journey?? Have u made videos of it by any chance?
I am working on my wife now as far as getting her out of the mindset that we must buy a house from the bank that 50 other families have lived in. Im of the opinion that if i buy the land i can build/create a one of a kind custom home for us & our two kids can expand off of ours as they age out of our dwelling. But its been a long 10 years we've been renting houses & apartments so i feel she is almost on board with me.
Absolutely beautiful.. well done, A beautiful home for all seasons.. bless you and your family..
Beautiful House and it’s nice to see people working in unison for such a labor of love ❤️!
i was just going through the comments. not a single person appreciated the work they have done. its not cheap but still a piece of art. great work
Beautiful kind hearted people with a community of folks are like the Omnish Culture and their barn raising here in the United States... So happy for this young family who now have a lovely gorgeous Earth friendly home... Congratulations!
An incredible feat from concept to finish build and the vision to even dream it is huge! My favorite part however, as an artist, is the designs and colors in the glass walls. Absolutely stunning!
Amazing! It goes to show that anything can be accomplished with help from a community. This is indeed the way forward.
Wow! What an ambitious project! Fantastic! Best wishes to the family.
Wow inside it's beautiful!!!! I love it OMG 😱!!!! How gorgeous 🥰, I love the kitchen, but I would love to have an indoor greenhouse like that. I love the idea of using glass bottles for not only decoration walls but for insulation and the base of a house I have seen a lot of people do.
The finished product is just amazing especially the greenhouse section and walls with recycled bottles.
The most beautiful earthship I've ever seen. Just wonderful.
Watching from Canada. Excellent plan and thank you for sharing it with us. Well done.
tinopai, well done and the bro is from Kerikeri, well done, I really love the manaakiitanga (help and togetherness), to the team from all over, you guys are really giving and an excellent example of ""AROHA" awesome whare "TE TIMATANGA"!" MAURI TU!
5:40 Having people PAY YOU $2000 to build your house!! BRILLIANT!!! Smartest plan to pay for house EVER!
It comes with people who have a strong sense of adventure and the willingness to pay for hands on education. It's a bit of a sacrifice but you have learned skills and developed friendships with like minded people. It's a plus all the way around.
@@freedomforever1962 Yeah, but 2000$ is a rip-off. Which is the exact opposite of "friendship".
I know of these get-togethers, where a group of people together build a cob-house. They contribute a bit to accommodation and food, so the house-owner does not have to pay for everything out of his own pocket. But it's never more than 200$. THAT is a real learning experience.
2000$ is exploiting these people, because their food or accommodation costs way less.
Thats NZ $, though. About USD 1400
@@anadubar4819If this kind of thing were taught in architecture classes and hands-on labs in more standard universities, the tuition would be astronomical. Tbf, they're already astronomical.
The world needs more visionary’s like them and less negative commentaries. Great job all around! Cheers mate!
I love their Ideas of building this gorgeous home for the children.. I hope to do so too.
That view from inside the green house over looking the green mountains and rolling hills is so beautiful the thought seeing that everyday from my home literally made me cry... born n raised in a city I've craved nothing more than this type of living. This video taught me alot, and I'm sold on making my own earth ship someday.
Given an environment with high rain fall, it might be better to not build into the side of a hill with run off... Build on flat, with an earth thermal mass built up manually. This would allow for better drainage. Plus, the cooling tubes could run to the back of the house, reducing distance and cost.
WOW! what a beautiful home! love the corridor with all the light and plants and specially the solar. The glass bottle walls are amazing!!
They are lucky to have been able to live comfortably with parents while saving money and be gifted land to realise their dream.
It's not their dream, it's just an investment. And it's not a home, it's a holiday resort. They rent this out on airbnb.
@@johnandevefoster3816 that's just good business xD It's not scam because the service they paid for is exactly what they were provided. It's brilliant ngl
@@martin8313 Holy shit, they came out all black off this.
@@redmane6468 It is pretty scummy tho.
Exceptionally well done build. Also very much like the process. Nice work with the bottles, too.
A couple that still holds hands with that kind of love is rare to see now a days. Happy for them.
Fantastic program.
If these are some of the people who are inherenting the earth then I am more optimistic.
It would be nice to hear more from the children.
Can’t wait for an update.
This woman is amazing.
Always staying positive and ... oh my
A laughing wife. WoW
Was really impressed with the house, and their intentions
Gifted land : not their fault if their parents want to help.
Asking people to pay to build the house : in a way encouraging other people and providing platform to learn sustainability.
Involving school kids to play a part in building the house : kids getting to learn about environment along with free labour.
But then you list it on AirBnB for 700 dollars a night. It was just another money harvesting project with sustainability packaging.
Exactly. They conned a bunch of hippies out of money and free labor. Lol!
Omg! Really?? They are making money off it?
This world? Smhhh
Well they may also live in the home when they rent it, I'm guessing its pretty hard to make a decent living in this small remote town they live in, not much industry and NZ is not known for high paying jobs. Maybe they have to stay with Sarah's Mum and Dad with their family for a week at a time while it's rented to afford to live there, you don't know.
@Stephanie Draper what pictures are you referring to? I saw some flying birds and some folk carvings that looked like they were from Bali or Indonesia, but nothing satanic.
I love that they used this opportunity to get the school involved and teach the kids about alternative building and design concepts.
Yes, and to spread this knowledge is priceless!
Uh, sure, it wasn't just one of their many Tom Sawyer-esque schemes to convince rubes that they're doing them a favor to build their house. Lol, c'mon, the scene before was him lamenting that it's going to take him forever to do it himself.
Incidentally, they're renting this out for over $700 a night on AirBnB, so I feel like it's pretty clear that, while not being con artists per se, they were able to finesse people into building them a cheap investment property that's insanely expensive. I would bet almost anything they just used traditional materials and building methods during the months the camera crew wasn't around. They made some pretty big compromises about what materials to use, like just putting in an aluminum roof with polystyrene, and throwing some potted plants underneath to make it look natural. If you think anyone there learned how to make a house for themselves, I've got a bridge to sell you. Actually, I've got an eco bridge that you can pay me to build, I've got a buyer lined up.
Great job! So inspiring to build a house that is sustainable and very earth friendly. Wonderful job done by all those good people who helped for free. God bless all
Je suis admirative de votre amour et de votre ténacité et de toute l'aide que vous avez attirez,so many People! c'est merveilleux: si grand , si beau ! un vrai rêve devenu réalité. ENORMOUS ! so AMBITIOUS, bravo, bravo, bravo! vous avez traversé les épreuves , your house is beautiful as you are ! so Young visionnaires. BRAVO, si beau pour nous tous qui vous regardons et vous admirons. De tout coeur. Domi
❤ It reminds me of the time as teen's we (my siblings, cousins, parents, aunts & uncles) built my grand parents retirement home 🥰. Today, we have become adults. My grandparents decided to retire in the city & use the estate as the family vacation home.
Well done. A beautiful home in a spectacular part of the World
This is amazing! It is such a great way to build a self-sustainable home with recycled or natural materials by communal work.
It totally is the best way! It is using recycled materials that would otherwise be polluting the environment!
This is one of the most beautiful and well thought out Earth ships I've ever seen
Beautiful home I love the walls!! Great job to all involved!
I really love the glass bottles in the walls. Such a nice lighting effect.
Cheap looking
@@kdub2025eeeeeee just like your mother
So proud of you. I built a log house in malborough sounds in the bush pretty much the same size......MUCH LABOUR!!!!( of love).
Wow the bottles turned out magical! and the front is brilliant, like it!
This is amazing! Good for them and their hard labour! Wonderful to see all the great folks that put a hand in this home!
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!
I LOVE IT. The Experience of building for a sustainable existence is priceless.
Fantastic project; and so many great people who work together 👏👏👏👏👍✨🌿💚🌿✨
This house is spectacular !
Wsl
*Beautiful home* that will sustain many generations of people.
good to see that the family decided to build a sustainable home that will be integrated into the natural cycles of the sun.
You both have created a beautiful haven, for yourselves and your children. I enjoyed watching everyone working, they put their heart and soul into it. Keep spreading your vision and skills as the human race unites and heals the earth. Thank you, Don't you just love being human, me too!
Excellent video.
Truly stunning! Many blessings to you Sarah, Gus, and children.
Possibly my favorite Earthship ! Hope you are all well. Thumbs up if you have watched this many times.
Cheers from the USA !
What about the concrete on top of the earthen floor? Won't that block those positive ions (where he mentions it's like a walk in the forest)?
This video has inspired my thinking absolutely. My organization is working with a town in Ghana to build a Youth Community Center that will serve as an After-School activities center for the youths. This video of an Earthship and the entire team just inspired my thinking and I wish to know more about the technicalities so I can properly plan. Also looking for volunteers who will come along this journey to build an After-School center made from natural materials and recycled materials.
I was involved my whole life around soils, i can tell ya right now that is going to be a problem once the spores sprout they act as a natural wick for moisture, this area will need sprayed . And a very large area needs to have a curtain drain up behind the home and another moisture barrier installed on top and on the lower wall of the ditch and a collection pipe in the bottom with a barrier underneath the pipe. You need to have the pipe lower than the floor of the home. Preferably dig till you hit the imperiable layer where the tear firma begins. And pipe and drain to a daylighted area on both ends with exposed rodent proof caps. Good luck and keep a minfull eye on that wall always , molds can kill your investment in a very short period of time , i personaly would remove the organic mix you put on it and have it gunited with probably aquatic pool grout.
Absolutely stunning. I hope to build something similar in Canada soon. Thank you so much for this video.
There´s a guy who built something similar in Canada, check this out: th-cam.com/video/ZZmWfvLGjVw/w-d-xo.html
i have to say it is beautiful and it literally brought tears to my eyes
:Krystal-Mare Of-The:Nymann.-Family like...literally tears?
I've watched a lot of Earthship videos, and this is the only one that made me cry. Great storytelling!
@@allananonimozeta9345 probably yes, I also got very emotional!! That is true love for the planet and determination, and so many people helping doing it makes me believe there is still hope for our planet... At my home country, Peru, we are prohibited to build non conventional houses, but it might change some day hopefully!!
Best Earthship I’ve seen, well done everyone involved in making this beautiful home
Que lindas casitas thank You for sharing this dream for many of us Que hermoso es New Zealand blessings to all of You
most cynical host everrrrrr hahaha. The couple is so happy and optimistic and every 48 seconds the main guy says "I still have my doubts" LOL
i thought the same thing, a payed shill and a douche wrapped up in a single package
The best was when he stated at the end that they we need more people like the "couple" in this world. I guess that means we need less people like the host...
@@wilhelmdekock2637 The host is just building up the suspense and tension so you won't get bored. He's just overdoing it
Truth. Have a little faith man!
That always bothered me about grand designs! All the hosts do it, whether in the UK, OZ or where ever. It's part of the show methodology I guess. My wife would then tell me to shut up about it. But yes, it is non stop, failure is around the corner!
It's called community. What a beautiful home, congratulations.
Refreshing to see someone's dream become reality. Sure it took family, friends, hard work and a bit of luck. Congratulations to the young couple. Great video!
This was awsome, to see everyone helping. The concept of living with the earth and using the air beneath to heat and cool your home is so good. This was a four bedroom home, but I am sure building a smaller more modest home would be cheaper. Wonderful show.
Wow what a journey everyone who was involved just absolute rock stars thank you for such good content especially in this day and age be safe and stay healthy beautiful home
Soooo let me get this straight:
They live on her parents land in a house owned by her parents, while saving up for their own house.
Their new house is going to be built on lands she got for free from her parents.
They've saved up 320.000 dollars for their new home.
They get people from all over the world to come help them with their project. Each helping hand has to pay 2.000 dollars for the experience.
Now dont get me wrong here - the house is fucking awesome - but under these conditions even a moron with 10 thumbs like myself could manage to get this build.
totally agreed!!!!
Eartships are awesome in concept but the business is a fucking racket
😁😆🐱 you're right ! 😀
If I understood correctly, the participants are more or less, paying for two months for their own food (for I guess caterers that are mentioned that supply food), with 2.000 NZ Dollars (that is 1.282 US Dollars) and experience is reward for their free hard work. That money devided by 60 days (8 weeks) is 21,3 US Dollars per day. I am not sure if that includes some kind of lodgings, but for that amount per day I do not see how that would be managed. Also as the owners have mentioned at the end, in return they also might go and help some of the participants when they build their own earth ship in the future...
What I especially liked in the house concept, were a lot of light (including bottles that I did not expect to look that good) and the hallway with plants that can grow food all year round. The rest of self-sufficiency with water and elektricity also appeals to me. Not perhaps that crazy about natural materials I still find them OK, because they have some advantages like warmth from earth at winter, but the concept of the house is amazing.
thats what you assume and if they do or don't why do you hate watch the video or move on simple...
Eu acredito que foi um dos maiores desafios quê pude assistir daqui do meu Brasil !
Desafio em "trabalho de mão de obra comunitário" ,como em engenharia ! Lindo de mais ! Parabéns à todos !
So in love with this Earthship wish I could get the plans I want to build one . Beautiful.
Awesome amazing beautiful people amazing beautiful places
There is an incredibly old building in St Augustine, Florida built of crushed shell. It compacts a bit like rammed earth.
I am quite shocked that Ms cobb expert didn't put thousands of screws into the tires and affix chicken wire, or lathe. That's how you hold mud in place on an otherwise smooth surface. Tyres are meant to shed water, not absorb it.
At 03:06, the secret to affordability is revealed: FREE LAND!!!!
LOL. Everything seems possible until...I GOT THIS LAND FOR F R E E THAT SPELLS FREE
Somebody still paid for the land.
@@schwags1969 The obvious need not be stated
Yes, its the lifestyle for everyone.
Oh, wait, its in NZ.
Are farmlands free in NZ?
@@DellFreaks Yes, the land was gifted. The people who gifted it paid for the land and gave it to their daughter. Why is this hard to understand??
@ 20:15 - the mud brick are non-toxic...does it bother anyone that the rubber used for tyres is one of the most toxic/carcinogenic petrochemical products made..? Anyone? They are literaly building a house out of toxic waste..how strange!
Just imagine if all the armies on our planet spent their time created homes like this rather than destroying homes and towns.
Yes ! I'm Very Patriotic & appreciate our Soldiers & military. But, we could be doing so much better w our young men & women POWER resources at home building sustainable homes for us older, disabled & low income folks. The Elders that ned help.
Everyone would each have 3 homes
Liberals would lose their minds if more people thought and built freely.
A very nice earth home. I love the windows, the plants inside. Great❤
The bottle wall looks amazing! Then again a number of features in this home look awesome! Thumbs up!!!!! Looks great!!!!
Incredible transformation and absolutely stunning result, a really lovely feel to it. I’m a huge fan of earthships! Hope the walls dried out and all is well.
Quite expensive 340k plus labor and land normally. But do love them. Best wishes to the fam
Housing is expensive in New Zealand. The average house price in Auckland is around 1 million dollars. This build is in a resort town, so I would not expect their house prices are much cheaper.
I would love to have an update as to how this house is doing. Any issues? Is there a follow up video somewhere?
The house is now an Air BnB if you want to visit.
@@kittimcconnell2633 🤣 I just looked it up thanks, So they got gifted land, used free labor under the guise of it being a community house, now they are making a profit off it being a rental for $800 a night!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
@@jackmountain8503 Woooh seriously?!
@@jackmountain8503 Makes you want to puke, doesn't it? Rich greenies doing the hippy dippy thing, and exploiting other people for $2000 per head, for the privilege of building their home. Con artists of the year, for sure.
@@kebabtank
the $2,000 was education costs for the inexperienced workers.
think of them as students and that payment was their student loan paid in full.
now they went away with the knowledge that they learned from their schooling.
unfortunately this is not the kind of schooling that could be paid for by government taxes or other kinds of grants because it's a private organization. maybe in the future. but right now i see more ppl in pursuit of living in tiny houses.
"It's a labor intensive process" ... The idea behind earthships is fandastic, but we need a more cost-efficient method if we are going to bring this concept to the general public.
Earth ships aren't meant to be ship up front. They are cheap in the long term. If you eliminate a water, electricity, and gas bill for 10 years, you're saving money. Not spending it. It is a large up front investment for savings in the long term. That's the idea anyway.
Andrew Sanders
It wasn’t actually that expensive. Only $240,000 usd or £150,000 bps. That’s really cheap for a four bed. And they got people to pay to learn about how to build a house. The baby-boomers seem to forget that we have been trying to make as many as possible ideas to save the environment they ruined. And they call us lazy. (Soz that was a bit unrelated).
Most of this you could make or get from a skip. You could do it by yourself but it would take longer.
@@bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963 If you look into the history properly, you'll find that all of these ideas come from baby-boomers or the generation before them.
Jack Mountain
I agree it needs to be less labor intensive. I think of repurposing cargo containers and cover them with the mud. Might need to put a protective coat on it first to keep it from rusting.
Cadence James
Andrew Sanders
I'm a baby boomer and I totally agree with you. We should have always been doing what was best for the earth and the animals, including ourselves. I never liked the idea of making more & more buildings & all the concrete is terribly sad! Nature & natural is the way to go. Get back to basics. Save seeds for others to grow organic food, instead of throwing seeds away. Start composting. Build in an earth friendly manner using one of many techniques. Now we will get worse & worse tsunamis as we did recently, worse hurricanes & more of them, more storms. Cold climate states will become hot. Hot climate states will become cold. Shores will disappear with nearby houses. Many island will disappear. The planet will actually die without the rain forest-watch the special on the Amazon on Netflix. We must have the rain forest to provide certain things that make vital thing on the rest of the planet function. The ocean has been starting to die out. Seals won't have icebergs to escape polar bears, therefore polar bears will eventually lose their food source. Predictions from the Bible truly are coming true. Just remember that the first anti-christ whom many will believe is the true one, is not the real anti-christ. The second one will really be the guy to look out for and not trust. I am sorry to bring up such stuff on this blog but it is very important. Do not accept the mark of the beast. Do not accept a chip implant. Live each day at its fullest and each day as if it's your last, because some day it will be. Live-Love-Laugh BLESSINGS TO ALL LOVE ❤️ ONE ANOTHER
How did i miss this?
Watching from India❤️
Everything from nature... Gifted
Goes back to the nature... Life cycle!!!
........Noro! Lep navdih in projekt💪
Hvala Vama za prikazano!!
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Lep pozdrav
I can't help to feel a bit envious. When I lost my parents at 18 all I was left with was the debt of their funerals.
I hope this family knows the blessing they have recieved from Sarah's parents.
They seem like they are a beautiful couple, now with a beautiful home!
It's not their home, they rent this holiday resort out on airbnb.
Beautiful home. Lots of hard work must make the result even more rewarding.
It's truly beautiful, that's the only positive thing I can say. These people are master con artists.
This is so worth the struggles and delays... man, just don't forget! When it's all over, you'll have the house of your dreams. That's just amazing.
What a world of difference it would make for the narrater/interviewer to be positive. Project is AMAZING! AMAZING people too!
Gorgeous home! Nice people. I would have started with a smaller project and continue in stages year after year.
I was thinking the same. Maybe a 20 x 30 square feet. I have a similar idea to build my retirement home.
That is good thinking! Also, build the roof first, and build the rest of the house under its protection.
its videos like this that reinforces my faith in humanity thank you both for uploading this great video just wonderful in so many ways the humanity of so many people happily willing to help their fellow humans all the kindness and hopes that went into it n in the end a lovely family realizing their dream what can i say but thnks n wish you a very long n happy family life you all deserve it
And now it is a hotel. It never was their dream, but a business.
I stumbled upon this earthships while looking at tiny houses. This is amazing.
Lmao ya it might be an original build of sorts but just windows and solar panels are more expensive than an average house in new hampshire.and that's building it out of trash.thats insane,I still have it a thumbs up for getting the kits involved. That's awesome
Wow! Amazing. Yes, none of us can accomplish so much alone as when we have caring people to share the load.
This was a fabulous vid.
Except for the creepy, negative commentator, .........always putting a downer on everything, yuk ! Whoever gave him the job on this program.