Best part of the video: "A, 2, D, Lastly"

Great video again. Just remember A - It is always better to do it yourself 2 - You grow your skills with the experience D - You give us something the watch. Especially as of late.🙂 9 - If you paid a contractor it would be about 25g's for labor alone. So it is a win win. X - Plus you get to buy more tools! 27 - You did all of this with a job and a new baby too. Keep up the good work!

I see a good many negative comments. We all tend to learn from our mistakes so don't loose heart and keep on posting. Your uploads are still more interesting than anything on the boob tube.

I'm so glad you shared all of this with us . Your home is beautiful so far and I can't wait to see it finished.

I priced out my off grid cabin I am going to build this year and it will come in about $15,000 complete. (totally different style w/solar) I don't think most people realize building is mostly labor costs and if you can bargain buy materials you can save a fortune.

A wonderfully, refreshingly honest DIY cabin build video. Thank you very much. Just the fact that you outlined some mistakes you made, gives me encouragement to tackle larger projects if I wish; we all make mistakes and it's how we learn and if we are too afraid of doing the wrong thing, we won't get anything new done/built.

$ 8000.00 for a peace of mind and relaxation...I love it and the pharma industry hates it ! All the best man !

I really appreciate that you did a price breakdown!.. so many guys build these small/tiny cabins & don't give a guy any idea what it costs!.. I got a piece of land & want an off-grid cabin.. I plan on dying there some day.. my own paradise & last huge project in life as a 50yr old dude.. ya feel me? So, with $15,000 grand left in my budget & doin it myself, I'm gonna have plenty of cash if I'm careful.. even with the extras & I'm gonna outfit it with solar power & water wheel house project comes later as I have a creek running nearby.. even if I gotta spend more down the road, I got enough to get started & I know I'm gonna learn a lot.. I did already just watching you.. btw, I subscribed.. thanks kid.. & lastly, ya did a wonderful job.. you should be very proud of yourself!!

This is, hands down, the best intro segment I have ever seen on UKposts. Totally inspiring. Excitedly subscribing!

I'm here for the windows. Wow and well done! Thank you

Graeme, you do such great work. You just need to step back & admire all you’ve gotten done & on your own! We both love this cabin. It’s just too far from where we live for us to get to enjoy it! Lol. You are an inspiration to anyone tuning into your channel. Take care, be safe, & May God bless!

You can never have too many roofing screws! You may want to start another project down the road ,,and given the experience you have l learned priceless!

Great Work, Can't wait to see the inside finishes, flooring , heating , electrical and overall furnishings, GO ALL OUT! You have a Great Channel ! J... ( Toronto )

Thanks for the break down, I hope to break ground on our cabin in the next couple weeks and plan on hiding the cost, well at least from my wife, enjoyed watching.

Absolutely beautiful cabin! Thank you for taking the time to produce this wonderful video!

Thank you so much for this video! Me and my family are looking into building a lake house/cabin so we needed to start doing some research!

Thanks for doing that, great to know the costs

Nice first build. Having someone industrious like yourself show us the mistakes to avoid is extremely helpful.

Nice seeing you on a Thursday! See how long we have been watching you...6 months!...no wonder I feel like we are friends (sort of). The beginning was really hard work...remember when you almost damaged your 'junk'?! That was so funny! And "say Hi to Tom". I always liked when you got some help...the roof and the wind was tricky. Memories! Thanks for the smiles today!

thanks pard for sharing your xperence ! looks great . I'm just finishing up another cabin build that is a bunch of fun.. I'm a no planer . just going for it.. .... happy trails....

New to your channel, just subscribed. I too just did a price breakdown of the small house I'm building in the woods also. I've spent just a little less than you have on a 20x24. I've been fortunate to have gotten some reclaimed lumber I used on the foundation framing. On the other side, I've spent more on travel as I'm a few thousand miles away from my build. You have a nice looking cabin, I'm loving the windows!

things dope, mate. I'm halfway done with mine, been looking on here for inspiration. hella nice man, and dig the price breakdown... don't forget... screws are expensive

thank you very much for this coolest video on your experience! I am planning to build a similar size cabin in northern thailand, being wet and humid here, I obviously have a different approach BUT your work ethic and honesty to admit your mistakes are huge help and guiding me towards the right thinking and planning ! Thanks !! be well and stay healthy :))

We LOVE your channel!!!! We have less than 7 months to complete the tear down of the old 1840’s home place along with its companion barn, get them packed up and shipped out to Montana to begin the up-cycled♻️, off grid cabin build! We can’t thank you enough for all of the awesome ideas and fantastic content here on your Instagram page- we can’t wait to incorporate some of these ideas into our upcoming build! There is nothing more magical than building a new to us home to live in that was once lived in and loved by someone else so long ago! If those walls could talk! Thanks again for being such an amazing inspiration- April and Jeff

I think i would have enjoyed this cabin build much more had you built it on my property. Lol looking forward to more videos.

Found your channel recently, and I'm already up to date. Been watching a few channels, and like the fact you're tackling this mainly by yourself..good on ya! A lot of the videos I've watched elsewhere don't really give a cost breakdown, and although in U.S currency, I appreciate it. My only thing is, and it's minor, but you didn't include how much you saved on being gifted those awesome windows from your friend...the "Master of Caulk!!!"...it would truly give people a true estimate if they wanted to build something similar. I totally get that you really wanted to use your reclaimed windows from the start, and I felt for you when you had to re-frame everything...I really did...but how much are these NEW (to you) windows worth...even if the company that gave them opted to sell them instead...wouldn't be brand new prices, but in reality they would still be worth something. I wish we all had friends that worked in different fields like this and they were as generous. It looks awesome!!!, and it's truly something you can be proud of...mistakes (corrected, or being corrected) and all!!!

Got the urge to come back and rewatch this video. Loved the whole series.

Great job !...I am in the process of building a "Guest house" at our cottage and has the same "look" and "style" as your project. 3 weeks in and am ready to put the door, windows and steel sheeting which are all on order....waiting. The thing I wanted to do on my project was to use hand tools only, no air guns , miter saws, etc,etc...and do it all by myself. Lost 12 lbs to date, but fun so far. My budget is reaching 5,900.00 including the rest of the materials on order. The interior, which will be done next spring, will be at extra costs. Thank you for sharing.

Nice breakdown and great work! If you hired someone to construct that I would expect it to be around $35,000 - $50,000. Just time, learning, elbow grease and you got yourself a cabin!

Home Depot carries the Grade 4 Cedar Shingles, I used them to clad a wall on my workshop. I gotta get more and finish the rest of the walls as well.

This little cabin is beautiful! I would live there in a heartbeat. This man is so talented!

I just watched all your videos, thinking I could build my own shed room lol ... it's a lot of work, but I could tell you enjoyed building it with your own hands, congratulations!

Cool vid, congrats on the build.. just some things to consider if you build any more, take this with a grain of salt. make sure to glue down your subfloor sheathing with construction adhesive to prevent squeaks. I cant see if your beams are pressure treated or not so no comment there. Your beams are resting directly onto the concrete in the weather, where your beams rest will rot out regardless if theyre pressure treated or not, perhaps next time have brackets with weep hole and some foam gasket. I also dont really see any supports (cripple studs) supporting your headers or (lintels), or even your sills, the weight of the roof will cause deflection and potentially press onto your glass and crack it over time. Your roof system by far needs the most work, your first sheathing/underlayment layer is useless, and if for some reason your roofing leaks, the water has no where to go because well you sheathed over it another time thereby sealing it off having no where to run to, mixed with some heat/condensation, it will just rot out. and if any water were to get out, it would just leak right into your fascia and wick back up. You should have strapped out your roof, you should never put metal directly onto wood like that, it needs airflow. Also the flashing is installed completely incorrect on the gable ends. I dont see a single vent, but i dont see soffit either, perhaps i dont know whats going on but youre going to need some sort of way to dry out your building, specifically your roof because all warm moisture will rise and become trapped in your ceiling (i guess if you decide to insulate/drywall). Perhaps a wood stove to pull moisture out, idk.. All in all I think the architecture is really cool, The windows are sweet and i love the shed style, and cedar shakes are the best. but your roof is too complex and wasnt thought out properly. Sorry to sound like a jerk but Ive seen it before and just wanted to point out some POTENTIAL issues you may face down the road.

I've been able to buy my cedar shakes at a reduced cost from the local cedar mill! If you're lucky enough to have small saw mills nearby, you can save a lot by eliminating the middle man!

Loved seeing the whole building process and looks sweet!

Thanks for sharing. I have been curious about cost. Love the videos. I hope to build a small cabin on my property someday and your videos have been very insightful. I'm excited about starting the inside.

o and the Pride of doing it yourself ...... Priceless!

Incredible. My second video of yours that I have watched. Going to watch your whole series now. 👍

Nice honest video. I am currently in the process of building a geodesic dome shed. Like you, I am learning a lot as I make it up as I go along. I had figured at first it would cost me maybe a grand all in at the max, but I am now into it for more like 3 grand. That was my big learning right there. The dome itself is right in there at about a grand, but I had to build a deck to set it on, and I needed some tools, each of those two things run about a grand each so far.

I’m truly impressed you decided to do this video at this point. First off, thank you, it was a great help. Second: you mentioned your wife watches this Chanel too, so if you need extra bedding to sleep there tonight, let us know.

Thanks for giving me something to watch while I eat my breakfast 👍

I salute your will and courage to learn. And to make the dream a reality! Congrats to you!👍👍

Thank you that would be awesome. I love the build and all those windows. Nicely done

The journey, the journey is worthwhile. Then, the journey hanging there down thru time, priceless. Cool stuff dude.

That's much less than I thought! I have a dream of building a cabin similar to this in the future so it's nice to know a rough estimate! Also "A:, 2:, D:, and lastly" had me laughing!

A quality work. Amazing. Thank you for the construction and cost! Learned something.

This is so excellent, thanks for sharing! I think I could possibly do most of these things !! I am so inspired by your vlog ! ❤️🇨🇦

that wood be perfect for an art studio!!! i need a place with no internet connection so i can focus!!!!

Very pretty place. You will enjoy it. Lovely. Just subbed. 😁

Nice job on the cabin, best of luck with it. Years ago, (many, many years ago)I worked with guy who made camp cabins, he put an under course when using cedar single siding.

Thus late to the partee, but I'm glad I pumped in to your channel, love the break down and build ideas. I'm in the market of building a nice "home away from home" cabin on our property and this build will help me bunches.

Yo, would be nice to add in the description or a further video. The cost of permits and the documentation hussles you've been through. Still great vid and insight.

Money savings is a bonus but the learning of the process is priceless! Thanks for sharing 🤙🏻

Ah man. I love this. As a DIY enthusiast myself - this is amazing.

This awesome, so few construction videos go into the costs. Thanks for posting.

We (me and my husband) are building a similar one in Poland on our allotment. It costs us similarly and we are also at a similar stage. Our exterior finish is almost ready, there is a finish near windows and window ledges to do. We buried the electric cable last Saturday and soon we will start making electrical and plumbing installations - we have already bought part of the cables and water pipes. Our expenses till today: Foundation - $350 Framing wood and screws - $1800 Floor, Sarking and Sheathing boards - $1250 Roof Structure - $1200 Metal Roof second quality- $450 Larch Siding class "B", Furring Strips, stainless screws. - $1800 Second hand windows, external blinds, window ledge and doors- $700 Tools (sow, impact driver, ladders ect.)- 550$ Others (screws, part od insulation, some electric wires and pipes) $1250 TOTAL COST - $7900 Probably the interior wall finish will take another $2000 - 3000 , because we live in climate zone where we need to give at least 6 inches of insulation wool for the walls and 10 inches for the roof, to have warm in the winter and not so hot during summer. We also believe that if we hired someone we would not learn anything and in addition we would not be able to fix anything in the future on our own. It took us 12 months to build this stage, but we only work on Saturdays and afternoons after work, and for some of it it was winter. I will follow your future wideo, we wish you good luck :)

hey, nice job man! I'm really inspired. I just have buy a parcel of land and forest, and i'm thinking about which type of construction is the best and the cheaper, cause i have really small budget. My idea is a tiny house but not on wheels, so a small cabin like yours, which size is approximately your cabin? and do you think these materials are ok for a humid climate (asturias, north of spain, a lot of rain)? i hope you will answer me, and thank you for this awesome video for a nice small home on a small budget! have a nice day (sorry for my english i'm french).

Awesome video! Love the build and everything it’s become so far. And I worked at Home Hardware in high school lol

Hey, nice office building! I noticed at the end you mentioned a fireplace. I know there are various stores like Lowes or Sears that carry fireplace heaters that look realistic and are stand alone. Also there is a UKpostsr named Jared Crocker who has a "Shed to House Conversion, Full Tour" video where he shows his nice home inside and out. I believe for his fireplace in the living room it was like $350 or $450 on Amazon and it was built-in but looked really cool if you wanted to go that route. Anyways good luck with your space and future projects.

I could totally live in this.

Nice job! Just one question: How do you waterproof the floor?

Big respect to you dude! Brilliant project and owning the mistakes - so helpful to many of us! Cheers, a carpenter in the UK

Aside from the host, this video was great to see. I loved the visual breakdown of cost.

Should have put liquid nails on the floor beams before laying the floor down. Locks Together tight and stops squeaks

I'm guessing you only have power to the cabin given the mini split or do you have other services? Did you just run a line from the main house/box to the cabin and if so how much did that cost?

I have land and just put it up for sale literally yesterday thinking I couldnt afford to build. This may have just changed my mind. I just happened upon this your video and I do believe it happened for a reason!! Cant wait to finish watching the rest. Congrats on your project.

How important to know about the cist of such a beautiful construction.It amazes me to appreciate how the inteligente use of materials, shapes and textures, a beautiful and confortable space is achieved. The environment, fabulous too. Congratulations 😊🤓👍👏👏👏👏🥰

41 seconds in and iv subbed. I love channels like this. Im hoping your going to say what country your in USA or Canada. I guess ill find out if it starts snowing through your video lol

Come now, the skills required for the build would need YEARS of experience. Years. I have done my fair share of construction work, so it is totally transparent. Others looking at this slick impressive series, should take note. 6 months!...again, that would need full time dedication as well as the aforementioned skills. Reality bites 😉

Good build. You did a great job. Thanks for sharing.

Videos like this are very helpful to me, because I'm planning something similar. Also, it would really come in handy if I had your knowledge of framing.

I subscribed based on the name 'Woodness Goodness" alone. Hilarious.

I would love to see a total cost breakdown once the project is finished, with an estimate of the cost for the stuff you didn't have to pay for (like the windows).

How EXCITING🤗 LOOKS Beautiful! I'm elated for you & your followers! Ppl are doing some great Projects; ENJOY the Spoils of your hard work🥰 God Bless!

Like the work, the description, the honesty Keep up the good work

Do not put wooden beams on top of concrete foundations! There are special metal footings for that, otherwise the wood will root sooner or later.

“A.. 2.. D.. Lastly..” bro I thought I was having a stroke and couldn’t piece things together correctly... 🤣😂

wow! let watch some more videos before making the decision to "build one" 🖖 thanks for the video!

I’m impressed,, this cabin is really cozy and cute ❤

HOLY SHIT, dude. You just did the Buzz McCallister "A, 2 , D". unreal. im subscribing just for that!

I LOVE how the listing order goes here 11:10: *- A:* "If I had hired someone to do it..." *- 2:* "I've learned a heck of a lot..." *- D:* "If I was not to do this..." *- And lastly:* "If I was to hire someone to do it..." LOL

I’m not a big outdoor person but I do enjoy relaxing with the crew around a campfire

Very nice setup! I think my little cabin cost 2500 or so. Although I used more used materials to keep all the costs down! It always seems easy to do and then the mistakes happen! Good job!

11:10 A, 2, & D. lol

"commercial windows I got for free" = $10,000 that normal people can't save haha

Nice. build, nice price, I'm about two thirds through building a very similar one. I agree about the liquid nails stopping the squeeks, but thats the only nails i use, everthing is screwed together, that way any changes in time are so much easier. I have a thing about nail guns, i hate them, but that's just me Cheers

Awesome. Just subscribed. Love it. I can retire in one, near a creek, few acres... 👍🏼

Just curious about how you obtained "free commercial" windows?

A, 2, D was that a Home Alone reference?

This is what I've been waiting for! Thank you for making this video!

What a great looking build. Awesome video.

watching him do the floor... I hear that house building theme from RDR2

When Can I move in ... You're not only Handsome, But have a sweet lil Cabin. Love to spend Christmas/ Hannukak with you , We can go visit Tyler n his Partner...

Good Job Brotha! I love buildinga nd getting ready to head up to my offgrid property in AZ.

This is killer. One day, I hope I can gather up the courage to go for something like this.

I just realized he is wearing yeezys while putin the roof in lol, nice!

Did I miss something that the cabin isn't actually attached to the foundation columns?

That is so awesome, you did an excellent job 👏 👍

Greetings from the uk sir ,great build may i say .I actually hired someone to do mine and they made a complete mess of the roof ! so its cost me twice ..but like you say i am learning from guys like you "how to do things for my self ! "

you will be rich building them for $8K and selling them for $2 million, wish good luck , lol