Keep the original owners heart somewhere on the new build. This was his passion before you. Remember we don’t live for ever, and one day a new person could be looking at your build the same way as this.

The cabin has great craftsmanship and some shady craftsmanship all in one. No way I could tear it down.

One man's dream ends, so shall another's begin. Enjoyed you sharing your dream and how respectful you are of what came before you. Thank you

Such a shame this super cool cabin will live only in this video after you dismantle it, it looks so neat and I think it would be nice to see the foundation shored up and repaired

I’m In Pennsylvania and have always wanted to move to Alaska. I couldn’t agree more. I don’t know what part of Pa but I’m in NEPA and would leave in a heartbeat. Good luck guys. So glad I found your channel. Until I move I’ll live through y’all.

So smart to reuse the wood. Someone spent a lot of time preping those logs and still a ton of life left in them. Wood will last for generations if it is kept dry and bug-free. So nice to see you guys doing all this hard work. I'm envious. I enjoy watching you guys so much!!

Thanks for tour guys !! A lot of good temporary storage! Stay safe and warm 😊

At least you could use it for the tent. Then some of the timbers can be salvaged. What a job cleaning it up. It might have been easier if there had been no buildings. But the property has so much potential.

Amazing how much work you two have done in such a short time , having fuel storage in a remote building is a great safety measure stay safe healthy and warm ,can’t wait to to see you build this summer

I like how well you inform us of what you see etc. It does add to the feeling of being there. Looking forward to future projects!!

This is awesome! I walked through that place when it was listed. What a small world.

Beautiful place, looking forward to seeing the transformation...

Thank you both for the update! The place certainly has an interesting history! Your work so far has been amazing! Looking forward to your next episode! 😊

Wow, and to think I was complaining about what stuff the seller left in the above ground basement in the place we bought up here in Alaska. We only partially filled up a roll-off dumpster, you guys had a whole lot more than that, not including what was outside 🤯. At least you are able to use the building as temporary storage for now. Thanks for the tour & before/after pictures.

It seems that it was a pretty nice cabin back in the days. Such a shame that it was abandoned for so many years. Definitely you will need to tare it down and salvage what can be used in the future. Looking forward to all your new projects. Love and be safe!😘🤗🌼🇻🇪

Sometimes it is better to rebuild from scratch and they will be keeping some of the original owners wood to reuse in their build if no bugs or mould. You forget it has been standing 20 years now abandoned. Your channel came into my recommendation. Look forward to watching your journey.

Good luck. Lots of good materials in that cabin. Nice that you can utilize the space for now. Thank you for taking us on a tour. Take care✌️🇺🇸

Thanks for taking us along.

UT seems like you could've jacked the house up and put new supports under it

Wow guys! What an arduous task you have before you. I feel like this will be on of those situations where the mission was to drain the swamp and found it was full of Alligators. You are so correct to leverage what enclosed space is available for storage of items and housing your Chickens. You guys continue to amaze me with your willingness to work hard and make good things happen for your homestead!.

You could jack the building up and replace the foundation posts. A totally new build would be better.

You have made a lot of progress! Hopefully there is an early and dry summer ahead of us!

whoop, cool video series comming up! can not wait to see you guys wchange this in an awesome place!

You guys are living my dream I love what you're doing

Maybe when you dismantle the old cabin you could save one of the largest logs or the most unique log and incorporate that some way into your new cabin in a central location, as a passing from one generation to the next. I initially was thinking just burn the old cabin, but you are correct there is a lot of log, lumber, and plywood value in what is there and lumber is only getting more expensive. Great that you want to upcycle what is of value.

Good morning how are you folks doing this morning hope everybody's doing okay out there keep up the good work I'm proud of both of you keep up the proud of you help that water thing still working for you guys and then take it easy

That will be one massive project. Best of luck in future.

Loved the journey thank you.

Lots to clean, your young and well make it all look beautiful. ❤

Quite the building - Yes, you should be able to salvage many useful logs ... Will be a hell of a lot of hard work - All the Best to you both and stay warm and safe - (I'm a lab lover - hope to see more of your gorgeous pup....)

WOW, you two did an amazing job of clearing..... good use of the stable parts of the build to use for storage and looks SO MUCH better when it was cleared out! (14:51) GOOD LUCK with Winter and look forward to your new house build~~

Wow! It’s a good thing that y’all are young and energetic. At my age, I would probably burn it down and start over. Good job!

Wow what an amazing project you have. Excellent video

Can’t wait to see what y’all get accomplished this summer.

Enjoying your tour and much good luck in you endeavors!!

Love your videos, very relaxing and informative

So glad you are going to try to reuse the old cabin

So interesting. Thanks for sharing

Hey what a cool video. Seriously thanks for making it! I remember being younger and seeing abandoned buildings and just itching to know the stories. When you get older you learn to google but by then it’s usually torn down or collapsed to explore! Taking video “evidence” for future generations is very honorable/entertaining since it’ll look completely different in a few years!

Great to see you guys again I so agree about doing thing s right the foundation is everything anyway glad you guys doing well had my knee surgery in time as recover be so glad when I get back to Alaska have great time and good luck be safe 👍🔥

We know someone who tore down a home, used the lumber to build a three car garage attached to their home with matching vinyl siding. It was great,even poured a full cement floor. It takes a lot of time and patience. You can do this!

Congratulations, Nice find. You are young enough to where you can make a nice home.

You didn’t go into detail on the fireplace, but at first glance it’s a cool looking build. Would it be possible to disassemble the cabin around it, than use some of the salvaged logs to build a Gazebo style building around it? It would make an awesome outdoor covered space with the fireplace!

Sweet

WOW! Y'all have been busy!!!! Lots of clean up in that cabin.

Wow lots of work

A BIG project but you have a great started a the vision to keep moving forward. I wish you well as you work toward your goals together!

Thats a good thing for storage when you started and maybe give you something back later. Good for you guys

So happy you’re saving the logs and not burning them! U can use a battery powered or corded electric disc grinder and grind the first layer of aging off the logs. Then use a propane torch and burn them then broom 🧹 them off and paint them with Australian Timber oil. Then use the Cabin logs to build a nice size work shop with or on your house for that matter. If you used that Japanese burning method on them logs whatever you build would be there when your grand kids are old. The burning & Timber oil makes them insect & rot resistant. Definitely don’t throw them away or burn them because someone has already took out a ton of work for you by having those logs already in place. Even the ones that are a little bit rotted you can cut the bad part off and use the rest of the log. That’s a lot of work cutting down logs stripping all the bark and letting them dry, so that part is already done for you. It’s amazing how well those logs will clean up with a disc Sander, lightly burning, brushing 🧹 off the char off and treating them with oil. They’ll then be good for another 100 years or longer. Yeah you guys definitely have a lot of nice usable logs in that cabin that’ll save you time and money to be ready to be used again. 😁👍🏼

Awesome!!!!

That's quite the project , Good luck

So glad you guys are going to salvage some of those logs and wood. It would be a shame just get rid of it. Looking forward for the build to start. Peace ✌ and Love ❤.

We've bought several properties and cleaned them up. It's amazing how much equity you can build just with a good cleaning.

Salvage what you can and have a nice fire to stay warm perfect time do it with the snow. Cold here in Pennsylvania now. Good luck

Awesome video and Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍💯💯😊

All the power to you guys that’s amazing. I’ve worked in construction for a good many years as a bricklayer. To be perfectly honest, I think I’d write up by just a normal piece of ground and build what I want on it. Might spend having to do all that cleanup. I would’ve built about a 4000 square-foot home in the time I spent just clearing all that crap. I’d write up by a blank canvas with some planning permission and start from there.

Awesome!! I've had to clean out some estates like that! Its a lot of work!!

I immediately like this guy the second the video starts!

Hey Chris and Katie, greetings from Baltimore County.....We just got a HUGE snowfall with a whole 3 inches of snow!!!!!! Everyone is paralyzed and loosing their minds, don't you miss that? Eyeroll. Keep up the good work.

we jacked up my cabin the correct way and replaced rotted posts with new ones.

Chris would be great at narrating westerns or documentary movies! He just has that perfect voice.

New subscriber Enjoy the tour Lots of work But enjoy the journey And we'll catch you another one to stay safe stay healthy stay happy

Great storage for you! Too bad it’s not salvageable. Thanks for sharing

Good luck up there you crazies 👍

Was a nice looking place at one time

Thanks for the tour! Pretty neat! I’m from P.A. to, Oxford. ❤

I appreciate your ambition.

Beautiful dog!!!

Nice spot, I'm sure you guys will clean it up and get it together, very good investment

Image the original homesteader's journey building and living there. Congratulations on your journey with this property. Hopefully you have saved some of those papers that showed the history to build a scrapbook or journal of the property including your journey as well. 👍💪🛠🎥📺 Just found your channel. Will have to binge watch a bit this weekend. Hello from Florida 🏄‍♂️ 🏖 🌞 🐊 🐬 🦩 🦞🌊🍊🌴

Thanks for the tour! I’ve been curious what the old cabin looked like inside. Quite the clean up project there.

I like your idea of reusing some of the logs from the cabin on your future build.

Wow that is a large cabin, i can see its not great but the foot print can be altered when you finally get to it, cant wait to see your cabin now and then this one when youre ready, love your channel xx

we all have health fail.. my advise is plan ahead & steps become limits. i am looking to put ramps to our home entry ways 🏡

Ha, I lived in Alaska 30 years and that sure looks like an Alaskan build. Good stuff for young people.

I’m curious but I believe I saw an extra set of tracks for your snow blower? Looks like it’s still really cold up there. I bet you guys can’t wait till spring. I’m excited to see how your new house comes together & thank you for posting videos on your journey. I believe some people have the dream and never get to live it. I imagine it could be stressful on a relationship if you don’t have a partner willing to take the dive with you. Psalm 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but stays for ever.

Did I see a birch tree on that property ,I really enjoyed the bonfire stoke, Stoke it

Hi...please remove snow from the roof the cabin and record full video and share...thanks

That’s awesome I’m so happy for you guys 👏🏼😁 Guys I haven’t gotten a notification from UKposts for your videos in 90 days + so I’m playing catch up. Crazy right ?

Awesome a new video.

I would like to do that but I'm 72 yrs old now and it's out of my sphere of things I recently bought some rural property With an old house on it and a really big metal building ,Had my Son and his construction crew fully upgrade it before we moved in New Everything . But I'm Older and had some money to pay for it all , Had my own Contracting Business myself . But I can't even get out of my own way now days.Did the type of things you're doing when I was younger .So stay positive and keep pushing .

nice larger logs still, just jack up and replace that their rotted foundation log with filled concert blocks!

If the logs are in good shape you could use them to build a livestock shelter. It would save a lot of time since building season is so short up here.

Hi, just subscribed ,enjoying your videos from england 🇬🇧

I'd say the person who built it did a good job with the construction. To build something by yourself that can last 20 years in that climate without any maintenance is quite the task. Its sad they only got to enjoy it for a short time.

That the original builder's stuff held up for 20+ years after he died shows that his building quality was at least adequate. It seems he lived a far more rustic life with simpler things and tools.

10:47 I LOVE that little decoration 🥹

Greetings from Cordova Alaska

Great video!

Wish I can find something like this

I bet you could disassemble the cabin and rebuild it on a better foundation. May have to replace some of the logs but it looks like most of the logs are still good.

I’m feeling a lot better about the barn I live in after seeing this cabin……lol

An interesting tour and a big challenge ahead. I would be nice if you could repel the Yurt building, erect a new roof and at least restore this part as a future guest house for example. The Skidsteer is an invaluable tool and I wish you both all the best.

What an amazing opportunity to make improvements. Considering the sketchy staircase to the second floor, how did they get the bed up there? It looks too big for the opening. Could you get bottle jacks to shore up the foundation and level the walls.? Thanks for sharing this portion of your life journey. Wishing you a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings together. Peace

you should pressure wash the outs walls. You might find some of the logs are still usable.

Hey guys, cool old cabin. Too bad it’s beyond repair. At least you can use it for storage and I’m sure the chickens don’t mind the crooked floors 😂. Stay warm

They will make more off that building replacing logs! It's not like they have too buy much lumber.

You could jack the cabin up and put footers underneath it. It's done all the time.

I bet the man used to own the cabin was proud of the cabin when he finished it.

I think you got some awesome ideas, and absolutely salvage whatever you can. You should check in to a birth ship, they are completely self-contained and even has a greenhouse inside them it has a ecosystem that would blow your mind away, maybe you're familiar with the real good ones are out in the desert and they have local community. I think the guys name starting not sure but I think Rick. Unbelievable these homes are completely self-contained and grow your own food all away around the seasons. Produce your own water your own bathroom you gotta check out if you have not got too far into your log cabin