After 10.5 years in a steady career, I walked away from an upper management role, and Jenny and I left life in the big city to chase a dream. We are officially living off-grid in our RV on our raw Alaskan land, where we’ll be building our dream cabin from scratch. But with winter right around the corner and temperatures already dropping below freezing, we have a lot of work ahead of us. Our first priority is getting our RV ready to survive the brutal Alaskan winter.
Our ultimate plan:
We recently bought raw land here in Alaska to build our own off-grid cabin. We have little to no experience, and every challenge is a learning experience for us!
Throughout this cabin build series, we’ll be documenting every step from untouched forest to a finished off-grid cabin. We’re doing this out of pocket, paycheck by paycheck to avoid going into debt. We’ll also be sharing the costs with you along the way, so you can see what it actually costs to build an off-grid cabin in Alaska.
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A little background for anyone just finding us. Jenny and I have lived here in Alaska for over 11 years, including three winters in Fairbanks where the temp can regularly reach 50 below zero. What’s new for us is living off-grid full-time on our own property.
For clarification on me quitting my job, although I quit my upper management job in the city for us to be able to live on our property full time (up to this point, every trip to the property was a 7+ hour round trip for a weekend of work), Jenny works remotely and I will be working remotely from home with a new company in a MUCH less stressful position 😊. As much as I’d love to stop working forever, we need health insurance and money to build our cabin. 😂
We’ve already put in the driveway and cleared the cabin site throughout the summer before moving the RV onto the land. The RV is our temporary home while we build the cabin. With winter coming, getting the trailer ready for freezing temperatures was our first priority after the move. That’s part of what you’re seeing in this video.
Thanks for watching and following along. We’ll keep sharing what works and what we learn as we go.
You're doing something that I've always wanted to. Now I'm too old
Love watching you… At 70, we were THINKING about the same. I could fix anything! But then fate intervened! My wife fell in kitchen, broke her foot an ankle, I went to pick her up and destroyed my back by fracturing half of my vertebrae, until they come up with a NEW surgery, will enjoy your channel!!! Keep em coming kids!!!
good for you guys! 😎👍 all the best! 🙏
Fun video – cute couple – And both awesome on camera. What am I doing this weekend. Im missing my wife whos back in the phillipines till February so hoping your channel will see me through.
Stay safe and have a blessed adventure and build.
Love you from Canada
Hey just a heads up. You want to let that plumbers antifreeze go down your drains to prevent your p-traps from freezing too. In fact after I’m done winterizing, I always pour a little down the drains for peace of mind.
Great vid. Cheers!
You F ed up bad to be in that situation pal.
Sometimes I just want to get up and go and just do this so bad man, honestly I’m more worried about the unknown then actually doing this. Anyway, thanks for the motivation. One day I’ll get the nerve to get out and go live the way I want too. God bless you 😊
Good luck but that set up wouldnt last 2 years in WV much less Alaskian winters.
I found the answer,sorry!
Looking forward to following your great adventure! Good luck,stay safe!
Who's property are you using,mate
Now that you drained your water system for the winter, what's the plan for showering,, sponge baths?
My question is how do they use thier water in the winter if its all full of anti freeze?
I'd build me a enclosed porch/airlock outside the entrance door…maybe put a small woodstove in it too…for storing and drying stuff….
Stay Warm and have a nice Winther out there. You look like you can make this happen. I wish you the best. Greatings from East Germany ! Stay warm and stay safe !
You guys are awesome, respect. Looking forward to the next episode xx
Made me laugh to see her hand…..that was funny….wifey support ya man.
I saw where it is estimated that over 6 million men are no longer looking for traditional work earning a weekly paycheck. A good number of them have decided to purchase land away from towns and starting Youtube channels. Much harder work but could become a good living.
What a likable dude !! I really enjoyed watching you handling business. Best of luck to you both this winter. I think you prepped as good as you could.
Be careful!!! When it hits -45f the vents can and will freeze shut and you can run out of oxygen or get carbon dioxide poisoning. Ask me how I know? I was in a camper all winter than it hit -50f I was lucky my guardian angel started screamed at me when I was sleeping. I lost time, I argued with him for some time I dont know if it was 24 hours or 15 mins. The voice told me to "wake up" he was very demanding. I wake up and say in my head nah im tired Ima go back to sleep. Over and over again. This went on forever. I finally sat up after like 4 to 20 hours of back and forth now the voice says open the door, I start for the door and think, nah its too cold to open the door, The commanding voice says open the door like 4000 times. I finally do and the brain fog went away immediately than I realize how close to death I was. I had two C0 alarms brand-new they never made a peep. It was like being on Everest i was hypoxic I have never been more tired in my life and i slept like 30 hours without knowing it. I do remember looking at the candle flame wondering why its so small? Tiny flame? Be safe good luck.
Thank you both for sharing your experience with us..
I love the outdoors, not it’s not the right time for me, I still have kids . Once they are out of the house, I’m going to live my outdoors dream.