I Bought an Abandoned off Grid Dream Home for Next to Nothing, and it's Going to be Glorious.

You really need to speak to an civil engineer erosion specialist and if there are any University extension offices with erosion specialist and get a plan together on how to stop that erosion… a whole bunch of riprap and deep root plants, sycamore trees etc seems really important to get in there. ( if you’re permitted to )

Wow, that is so close to the river you'll have fish jumping into the cabin. 🥴

Looks like the last occupant had a paper wrap on every meal !!!

Janky is right !!

We are very excited to watch your progress!

Looks like you fueled up at the Shell on Whatcom Road...

i haven't met very many other Dustin's in my life. seems like fate i found your channel. proud of the progress so far!

Congratulations young man love your videos your very own. I'm a little older than you and am trying to do the same for myself. Thanks for sharing and appreciate the encouragement

Yall need a big shovel we jave one that i guess is used for snow or something you cant dig with it its make for scooping up and it makes short work of clean ups i either rake it or sweep it then scoup up with the shevel but whats great is i can kinda go thru atiff ascim dumping it to maks sure things i need to get trowen away

Okay… ya got to tell us bro (inquiring minds need to know!), why is the “Bride’s Pit” called by that name?!?! 😆

The lack of rot on the wood in the cabin is amazing.

Just found you today. Now I have to go binge watch past videos.

Decided to come back and watch again just to look at the change that happened. Keep up the good work, and Great Videos.

Burn the wood

Boy oh boy if I were you I’d get someone out there to secure that drop off to the river - one big ice flow could wash you downstream!

I love your authenticity and transparency. I caught one random video of yours a while back and didn't mind it and then this came across my feed and I actually enjoyed it enough to watch the whole series!!

Congratulations Dustin. Anxious to follow your build.

Enjoyed your video and I subscribed. No doubt this project will take some time, one suggestion, can you consider numbering your videos?

Came over from Gridlessness loving what I'm seeing

Came here from Gridlessness and I'm excited to see you transform the dump into a beautiful homestead. My wife and I have done several over our lifetime and it's very satisfying. Good luck 👍💪👏

MAN I WOULD BE PUTTING THAT CABIN UP ON PILINGS THAT RIVER IS MIGHT CLOSE WOULD HATE TO SEE YOU LOOSE YOUR CABIN. BUT THEN I HAVE LIVED MANY YEARS IN FL, WHERE ANYTHING NEAR WATER IS RAISED ON PILINGS. AND FOR GOOD REASON.

Your top knotch!
I love your documentaries

Are you willing to tell us / make a video of how you came to buy this piece of land? THe price is great, but how did you come to hear/find out about the piece? Was it yours fathers originally?

I thought i saw your rig around mcleese lake area a couple weeks ago

This series is going to be so awesome. I love this. Bc boy living the dream! Well done

That is a dangerous spot mate in the river bend, we lost our house in 1970. It was similar spot like that. The rivers not jocking.

I always say it's a start congrats

Shay checking in from Dublin Ireland thank you ❤❤❤

New subscriber 🎉 I am here for all of it!

"And the second one begins when you realize you only have one" - truer words have never been spoken. When I hit 50 I realized I had lived over half my life slaving away for money and that ended. Now, at 54, I am hyper focused on retiring from my electrical career at 59, leaving IL for TN, and living the rest of my days at a slower pace. None of us know how many days we have left so best to make the most of them.

What a project .

First of all: HUGE CONGRATS, Dustin!!!!
I have been following you for a few years now and I am so excited about this new chapter in your life, you have come such a long way!
It's my dream buying a fixer upper and making it my own. I am really looking forward to this Lot 32 series, I am sure it will look amazing once you're done.

I’m currently on the couch with a cast on my right arm after surgery…long recovery. It’s a real treat to find such a good quality production like yours. Great camera work, interesting content and well placed audio bring it all together. I loved your cynical monologue during the gold panning video…great sense of humour! I’ll be watching all your videos and look forward to more while I wait to get back at our own homestead. Thanks for your work!

It's actually rare that family is as nice as your bro-in-law.
Kudos to him for being such good family and donating $5000 of work to your new home. That's quite a welcome home gift!

Nice!

You are an inspiration, Dustin. Live your best life! 🍻
Just loving this new series. 😁

I wish that someone would donate a golf cart or 4 wheeler to you guys. I thought the trips of trash would never end.

if ti was me i would by like 500 seedlings and plant them on the side of the hill heading down to the river, when the grow it might help prevents further erosion.

You are an amazing storyteller and photographer, I really enjoy watching your art (and buy the way nice renovation project)

Are you kidding? Live trapping and releasing the pack rats at the neighbors just passes the problem on down the road. I speak as someone who lives in an area which has never had pack rats before and now suddenly we do..

good job

Very professional video. Your life has been very interesting already! Good luck with your home! It’s amazing to see the progress!

I am glad you brought up the subject of a "Physical Address" as this subject is rarely brought up. Yes, you absolutely do have to have a physical address, legit physical address at that. There used to be states and places around the Country that would allow you to have such a thing but the government had caught on and now it has to be legit.

Awesome deal - I’m getting to that age where we are looking for other land - cheap but also close to a river or lake but not too close where a flood would affect the property

Thank you my friend for entertaining us with your great adveture of abounded places and homes. I'm from Palau know as Belau Island and I'm watching from Koror. I'm from one of tiny States in the world with population of 300 and 0.6 miles long called Hatohobei State its a State of Palau. Hope you're interested to visit. It remote island with pristine environment and only accessible by ship.

Really looking forward to this build on Lot 32!
Love your videos and happy I subbed.

Brilliant but I think you could have saved money by getting windows from facebook marketplace and the totes you could have got them for 30 each