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Six months ago, we bought five acres of land in the Canadian woods with zero construction experience.
What we thought was vacant land turned out to be an abandoned off-grid camp, complete with a dilapidated cabin, old bunkies, and years of forgotten junk and materials.
In this video, we recap everything we’ve done so far as first-time builders. Clearing and developing raw land, operating heavy machinery, and starting construction from scratch on a tiny house, all with the goal of building our own home.
With housing prices out of reach, we chose a different path: buy land, learn construction by doing, and try to build a home ourselves.
This is the real story of building on raw land with no experience — mistakes, lessons, and all.
Chapters: 1:18 - The Land Had A Past 10:09 - Turning Chaos Into Access 19:05 - Chainsaw Confidence 26:22 - From Preparation To Building 32:32 - Framing Broke Our Confidence 41:17 - The Roof Almost Broke Us (Twice) 53:51 - Roof, Proof and Winter __
We’re Colin and Paige. We couldn't afford a home so we had to get creative, so with zero building experience, limited funds, and questionable confidence — we're building a home ourselves.
Subscribe and follow along as we figure it out, one step (and mistake) at a time.
