She built underground cabin in remote Arctic for $200 as cozy Stealth Home

[@marxxthespot]

“The less I needed, the better I felt,” no truer words have ever been spoken 🙏🌞

[@kirstendirksen]

Indeed!

[@Jesus_Saves_Believers]

Yes!

[@50millionmillilitremansion]

Word

[@christopherd.winnan8701]

This is only true until you need the toilet.

[@elizabethmorton4904]

@@christopherd.winnan8701 You did a hole, then cover it when you are done.

[@atlasiroh5095]

I'm happy that this worked out for you, particularly that the landowner gave you permission to keep the cabin. I was on a similar quest for freedom 10 years ago. I built several primitive homes in secluded spots in the wilderness over the years and lived in them, but every time people eventually found out, they came and destroyed them. "Foxes have their holes, and birds have their nests, but the son of man has no place to rest his head."

[@Happyladybug143]

@@atlasiroh5095 Last Quote ,Beautiful Said.

[@londonbabe2467]

@@atlasiroh5095 100%, We all want to be free. I’d very much like to have a little home like this. I’d love to live like Tarzan & Jane ( me being Jane ) or would love a man like Grizzly Adams to live with who’d look after me. What a dream life.

[@irishfruitandberries9059]

An unfortunate circumstance of modernity is the concept of ownership whereby every inch of the planet (land, sea, and air) is owned by something or someone.

[@YoniBaruch-y3m]

Landowner gave permission?! Gotta be Scandinavian.

[@meredithheath5272]

Individuals can be haughty and mean to not leave you alone. (However, perhaps, they were afraid that there would, eventually, be a development of similar dwellings, and did not want a development on their land?)

[@kevinmcgrane4279]

“I wanted to see if it was possible to live on this planet without paying just to exist.” Wow; that bowled me over. Amen. ❤

[@darkstarprojekt]

You pay bills because someone had to work their ass off in the cold to keep the electricity on. If you don't want to partake, gladly go seek a hermit lifestyle. It's hard work, but maybe you have the skills to make it work. Living like this, especially Alaska, brings the threat of bears, as well as rodents stealing from you. Modern amenities like plumbing and electricity also vastly reduce the chance for plague.

[@e.l.france5136]

@@darkstarprojekt well, that "someone working their ass off" doesn't sound like a happy camper. "Paying just to exist" is far too real for far too many people these days. Just look at the cost (alone) for a simple roof over our heads. And true that we should always be grateful as well as mindful for modern conveniences.

[@Dirt-Fermer]

@@darkstarprojekt make a tiki torch walking stick so you’re a walking danger

[@TheStarBlack]

​@darkstarprojekt that's only a small part of the story though isn't it. A vast amount of what we pay is unearned profit that goes straight into the ultra rich shareholders' pockets. Corruption and shady business practices have brought us to where we are, exploited at every opportunity with no power over our own lives.

[@gary4983]

I love how movingly Franciska describes her relationship with the wilderness around her home. After a while, living in such a place, you find it taking hold of you in a connection that is as real as anything in life.

[@francoisg1393]

Seeing this beautiful woman thrive in living this minimally reinforces my belief that there are millions of recipes for a successful life, not just the one we're told to have.

[@meredithheath5272]

🎯🎯💗

[@lenwenzel7440]

Magical place. I recommend you make your door open inward so snow or ice can't trap you because then you can always get out.

[@mr-steve-kuling]

I recommend keeping the door opening outwards. It never snows so much that you can't get out if you shovel once a day. There's a reason exterior doors should open outwards. In fact, it's even required by law in some countries. In case of a fire, it’s much safer to evacuate with the door designed this way.

[@lenwenzel7440]

@@mr-steve-kuling In my opinion while you make some good points your decision would be wrong. Here is why... If you watched the video the young man states thank god the woman who had stayed here had a charge on her cell phone and was able to reach me so that I could come and rescue her because the door which opens outward was blocked by snow. Most people who visit may not have a cell phone, and would risk dying of exposure. Its also common building practise in northern heavy snow, long winter environments that have door open inward. You can't get locked in to starve, die of dehydration, or from exposure. A few winters ago in New Brunswick I found a house that had snow up to the top of the second story roof. If they had a door which opened outward they would have all died. It opened inward and they could carve their way out. When snow blocks ventilation, chimney, window, and door hour choice is to die by carbon dioxide suffocation, or exposure. Which would you choose? Or are you smart enough to have a door that opens inwards? BTW there is no such building code in far north climates that doors must open outward. That is a code to prevent fire deaths when people panic. While that may be a real risk in northern climates, the greater risk is being blocked in and suffocating, starving, or freezing.

[@lenwenzel7440]

@@mr-steve-kuling Have you even woken in the morning to find its snowed heavily while you are sleeping. Shovelling daily may help for a while, until it doesn't, and then friends and family wonder why you were so silly to let yourself get blocked in.

[@meredithheath5272]

​@@lenwenzel7440Excellent point!

[@meredithheath5272]

Excellent point!!!

[@serenakoleno9338]

You're ending 2024 with a bang! This is so great. A community of students building a secluded retreat in the mountains for a few hundred dollars. It's magical. Happy New Year!🎉❤😊

[@raymondo162]

NEXT: they build a toilet !!

[@kage68]

Norwegians seem like really gentle, good, salt of the Earth people who are in touch with nature. Such beautiful human beings. Thanks for sharing

[@k.h.7575]

I long for this freedom too. Sadness in my heart of how the world is, everything is upside down. I long for simplicity, silence, beauty and nature..and freedom. I live as a minimalist in the city in the same amount of space as she does...but this is what I dream of ❤

[@drunkvegangal8089]

Me too. I have always wished for a very small home (found out they were called 'tiny home' decades ago) on a bit of land where I could grow some food and flowers. Just me and my cat. I'd be drinking coffee and sitting in the sun. Sadly, I have always been relatively poor (in Canada) and soon will be over 60. Lived in a van for 2.5 years in my 50s (no cat) and that was as close as I ever got.

[@ridingboy]

If it's your dream, realize it. You are born free.

[@drunkvegangal8089]

@@ridingboy Money, tho. Property is very expensive on the West Coast of British Columbia - even inland these days :D

[@oscarinacan]

I too wish I can just build a home on someone else's property

[@rene-pu5yv]

Neanderthal r still around. People call them Big foot. They could be good neighbors.

[@Itsmemaiteg]

I am blown away by how mature and deep these young people are. They’re like old souls. I could never do what they’re doing but I take my hat off to them.

[@kitchencarvings4621]

They are smart because they haven't bought into the programming that you have to have a lot of stuff to be happy. I'm getting old now and I feel like I have everything I need. It's a wonderful feeling.

[@jody-annesullivan4547]

They have a very different educational strategy and system. Google it, it’s very interesting.

[@The_CGA]

@@Itsmemaiteg Scandinavia raises them different. Its not a race thing, its something about the culture that places a high value in cultivating fortitude and well-roundedness

[@raymondo162]

@@kitchencarvings4621 do you need a toilet tho ??

[@d4mdcykey]

This was an amazing and inspiring journey, I am very impressed by this young lady!

[@d4mdcykey]

@@JamesWoodring-mu2iz Get to work, accomplish at least this level of remote build, show your work, and THEN get back to me, otherwise you are just a typical sad inept troll.

[@carolewarner101]

So jolting hearing her comment, "I wanted to see if it was possible to live on this planet without paying, just to exist." I thought, Wow. That's what we've come to. Everything and every place is owned by someone or some power...and everyone who doesn't "own" has to pay someone who does...just to exist. And yet, this young woman built a cozy home that cost "almost nothing." A cozy, peaceful, inspiring place that she and others are drawn to and inspired by. She lived in it while she pursued her studies, which freed her up not to have to work so many hours at a job just to pay for rent. No lights or power. No plumbing. Just wood and earth that she built herself into her home, and a stove of iron to stay warm by and cook on. Candles for light. Peace and security. What else do you need?! Beautiful.

[@YUDNSAY]

Primary need...A stable landowner.

[@HarveyMillstone]

What a contrast. I'm watching this video and then interrupted by an ad for Disney. Capitalism has its claws everywhere :(

[@alterego157]

Well the answer is an obvious no. Even if we ignore the land ownership, and already produced building materials... she's still paying for everything with her work.

[@Romsimeo]

@@alterego157 your comment doesn’t make sense.🤔

[@JohannaVanWinkle]

Yes.... this statement resonated with me!

[@tinahardy9361]

This piece of paradise is just breathtaking. The quote in the film "The Less I need the better I felt". Wow. I could not put it into words, but there you go. Absolutely love your beautiful paradise. Stay safe, so you may come home and reconnect and enjoy.

[@Jesus_Saves_Believers]

Sheer and utter awesomeness, one of the most amazing things I have seen in 2024. One of your most amazing videos. EXCELLENT camerawork. You should be winning prizes for your camerawork.

[@TheRubytulip]

This way of life resonates with me so much. I have been living off the grid in a tiny house made from reclaimed wood for the past almost 10 years. The more time that passes the more I want to delve even further in this way of life. The peace and freedom that comes from living a minimalistic and close to nature way of life is immeasurable.

[@mikevictor5945]

@@TheRubytulip sounds fun can I join you!!. I have a camper I am fixing to sell my house and move into

[@Grizzmakes]

10 minutes in and I’m writing a comment. What a woman. An amazing spirit. I’m in love with her and her outlook. I would love to build something here in England but of course the rules are different. Living vicariously through my KZbin videos and my own channel is good enough for me.

[@edwarddomain6745]

This was an amazing story, and a brilliantly done video. I’m an avid outdoorsman and now I’m daydreaming about staying the gamme I absolutely loved it ❤

[@mytakeonhowto]

So inspiring and yet so ancient. People have lived like this for eons. That’s the true meaning of sustainability.

[@360.Tapestry]

ah.... as soon as her voice started... so much serenity

[@tupackilla8405]

I literally love this channel so much , alternative living is so intriguing and also to me it’s so peaceful watching these late at night before bed … I start to fall asleep and not because it’s boring ! Because it’s so relaxing and peaceful ❤🎉

[@kirstendirksen]

Thanks! It's great to hear you find it relaxing, that's kind of the intention.

[@runcamyt]

I love your content! Thanks for posting!!

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. I hope the young lady is able to know freedom. Very atmospheric, even just viewing on KZbin.

[@katek1017]

By far my favourite in all the years I have followed you....thanks.

[@elizabethcarrington5819]

So awesome! I absolutely love this channel. The woman who built this is so bold and impressive. Now sailing the seas? Even more badass. Thanks for sharing!

[@kirstendirksen]

Thanks, we agree, she's quite an inspiration! And Henrik too!

[@BrandanLee]

It's amazing what someone with no debts can do.

[@batwood]

Very moving. Thanks for covering her story. Happy New Year everyone.

[@indigowendigo8464]

It just takes time, effort, skill, and courage. No wonder it's so rare. These qualities have been lost in modern times

[@TheStarBlack]

And a benevolent wealthy landowner who allows you to live rent free. Yeah that's definitely a lack of skill and effort 😒

[@indigowendigo8464]

@TheStarBlack can you try to rephrase that so it makes sense

[@meredithheath5272]

So interesting to realize that people and families have lived in those natural dwellings in the past. Photos prove this! 👍💗

[@StormWarningMom]

Stunning... she is an adventurer at heart. Not surprised to find she and Henrick knew each other either. Thank you.

[@AuntieBrendaWashington-tp5mq]

Thank you, Kirsten, for this breathtaking gift. Happy New Year to you and yours.

[@e.l.france5136]

And to think how we've been reduced to playing YT videos of rain and nature sounds. 😢 I love the places and styles in living that you so beautifully showcase. Thank you 🙏

[@ridingboy]

What an amazing space to be. We need more exploration and experiments like those presented on this channel. However the oppressive building regulations - as an example here in Germany where I live at the moment - are a big hinderance to anything vaguely outside the box.

[@shirleygardner5483]

No truer words spoken. From NC, USA

[@gingerwilliams4718]

Bathrooms, septic systems, leach beds, all required in the state where I live.

[@elizabethmorton4904]

What a wonderful home Franciska has created; thank you for sharing it with us. I also very much enjoyed the video of Henrik's little hut - I thought I recognized him, and I was right! Delightful.

[@TheCloudStick]

the "you-know" guy strikes again with another stunning hideout

[@OBieWolfMan-v5g]

The actual dream, with a nice garden and some hearty chickens; Heaven on Earth

[@katheyjames4751]

Wow What a great place.

[@WatZ-In-Ur-Head]

That is the most beautiful place I've ever seen.

[@mamemckee2190]

You find and bring such a great variety of ways to live! Thank you.

[@50millionmillilitremansion]

Always in awe of who you find.❤

[@bluewhaleadventures152]

A truly impressive accomplishment for a master of their craft. For a first timer, whilst studying, a feat beyond description. Bravo. And your description of the thoughtful reasoning behind the project…. Amazing. ❤

[@GatorLife57]

I love it ! I would live in it full time for sure. 👍👍👍👍

[@C.Chandler_May]

This, was Beautiful.

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

So inspiring! Talk about an Earthship!

[@AaronHendu]

Very inspiring video to wake up to. Thanks for sharing.

[@olliesear1151]

Thanks for yet another inspiring film! Happy New Year! 😁

[@kirstendirksen]

Same to you!

[@braxtonperry1981]

Modern Walden 😊

[@jeanniek]

I made it most of the way through this video before I realized I'd been smiling the whole time

[@tailgatecarpenter26]

An old saying I just made up is "If it hurts to smile it is time to change your life".

[@daviddjerassi]

Great admiration for your build and your pluck to follow your heart God keep you safe DD.

[@togatampubolon5948]

I wish I could have done like this when I was young.

[@obsidianjane4413]

Seems like the hermit lifestyle would be a waste of youth. I'm glad she left and went out adventuring.

[@smørpåflesk]

my granfater built one hut like this in 1945 there they lived with 1 cow and 5 kids 1-10 years old as all houses was burned down in that area. "karasjok only one church survived as the germens retreted from the rushiian trops in late nowember 1944 and burned down everything "

[@wilcox91169]

I feel like a bomb was dropped at the end. She said "mutual friend" at the beggining. The whole time i am like, "it is so strange henrick knows Franciska, how do they know eachother?" Then Henrick says my former partner. The tea spilled at the end. Love the house. Both Henricks house and Franciskas tiny houses are equally amazing.

[@Timejumperk9000]

Stay safe watch out for Wild life. Mike from Wyoming United States!😊😊😊

[@izabelabhering7041]

Very impressive journey. I wonder how you managed food supplies, and other practicalities. Best wishes💐

[@AreHan1991]

Beautiful. I am Norwegian, but has never been to see that nature up north (only a bit of the coast)

[@PT-Wash]

so peaceful and calming

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

It’s great being a rich kid, frivolous whims and all that good stuff

[@marcoprolo1488]

Yes, in these hippy communities you very quickly understand there are 2 types of people. Those that spend time having fun but knowing they have a plan B because of family wealth and the others that are misled and will end up badly scattered with no safety net.

[@obsidianjane4413]

What makes you think she was rich? The video emphasizes that she built it from scrap with volunteer help and hitchhiked across the Atlantic.

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

@@obsidianjane4413 You know what grown ups are doing while she's doing whaever takes her fancy? They're working. Stop being so naive. Anybody you see on youtube, "doing what they want" "following their dreams" is someone in zero finanical danger

[@obsidianjane4413]

​@@MrGenedancingmachine She built this while a university student. So she was working. There are lots of YTers who aren't "rich", many who are obviously not well off, or they make their income from making YT content, you know,... Working. Stop being so hateful. Oh and take your pills.

[@TheStarBlack]

Have to agree. The landowner wouldn't have let her live there if she wasn't middle class and pretty.

[@silverlicious2086]

Kirsten, wonderful story and presentation. I Love all your work this past year and look forward to more in 2025. Happy New Year to you and family. Cheers from Loveland, Ohio - just NE of Cincinnati

[@reverands571]

I live on a $1 sailboat. Almost ready to become nomadic, again, in le Nomade (a 1983 Hunter 34) after 2 years work (not really that long. Months of health issues, along the way).

[@reverands571]

Waking to the first bird calls, enjoying my morning coffee listening to fish break the water to snatch a water bug, as the sky lightens up, announcing a new day. Hoping to leave the dock in January.

[@youWILLknow_iffi_123]

@@reverands571 ahoy

[@PlanetEarth3141]

​@@reverands571 Sounds great and you have earned the journey. 😊

[@e.l.france5136]

​@@reverands571Happy trails to you!

[@lapsedluddite3381]

@reverands571 - Fair winds!

[@help4healing]

Incredible thank you for this!

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Amazing story, beautiful place thanks for sharing

[@becca318]

Really love this! ❤

[@persvedberglinden4514]

Love this story! This is something I want to do too..

[@8Folge.Deiner.Intuition8]

Beautiful! Thanks for the video - and love from Hamburg!

[@OldNorse75]

Oh i just love my butiful contry. Hope you find the peace you want. Take good care off it❤

[@jwebbw]

That was a lot of work even to build that small structure because they had to haul materials to its isolated location. And the hut doesn't appear to be getting the sun's southern exposure like the opposing lit up mountain to the north that I saw. It's very creative of them while keeping with tradition...until the next one...travel on !!

[@kirstendirksen]

Yes, the location is quite remote, and so is the cabin. It’s in Norway, above the Arctic Circle, quite to the north.

[@jwebbw]

@@kirstendirksen Hello, I enjoy you and your significant other's work and have a great new year !!

[@hillarybanks8]

This was Lovely. ❤

[@kitchencarvings4621]

The vast majority of people trade freedom for comfort. You have a big house, you have lots of comfort but very little freedom. You have a tiny, primitive cabin you have a small amount of comfort but an incredible amount of freedom.

[@OscarRodriguez-jx4ft]

... y además de todas las cosas lindas y justas que dijeron los seguidores y amigos, el chico tenía un prendedor de un país muy necesitado de ayuda en su mochila, je. Gracias, gracias, gracias!!!

[@uzaytakip7221]

YOU ARE SO nice person man.. thank you..

[@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS]

Love it. Can’t grow on roof though. Lolol The country my Grandmothers family came from… She was Sami.

[@kaleygoode1681]

Some of Slartibartfast's finest work

[@mattyaustin336]

What an amazing project! Beautifully simple and cosy. You could never have something like that in most areas in the UK... wouldn't be long before some idiots trashed it or burnt it down.

[@bosse641]

....or the landowner or government came and threw you out.

[@Antoine-h5b]

Construire discrètement et garder la cabane secrète

[@campbellcustom]

Currently reading "the $50 & up underground house book" by Mike Oehler. And this vid shows up. Excellent timing and great info. Your vid has inspired me to look up that way of building even more. Thank you.

[@nicolasboullosa]

We feel so fortunate that we got to meet Mike. He emailed us with encouragement words and wise words during the winter holidays years ago. He passed not long after. We also got to meet Bill Mollison in Melbourne many years ago. But some legendary friends are still alive and inspiring us. Their work is inspirational and evergreen.

[@campbellcustom]

@nicolasboullosa that's cool to hear. One of Bill Mollison's books is also on my stand. Thanks for replying. Happy New Year

[@nicolasboullosa]

@ Same! Thanks for watching

[@speliotis]

what an inspiring woman...

[@RPRosen-ki2fk]

Happy New Year Kirsten and best wishes to the Boullosa-Dirksen team/fam in 2025. Thanks for all the interesting and heartwarming films you've shared this past year.

[@kirstendirksen]

Thanks for your kind words. Happy New Year to you too!

[@psycherevival2762]

I admire the industriousness, vision and boldness of Francesca. I also love to see such natural homebuilding practice practised…. What a gem. I don’t think that the air between the wood and the soil portion of the wall, crease insulation, but what does a gap where the temperature of the frozen soil isn’t directly transferred to the wood portion of the wall, which keep it warmer.

[@raktoda707]

Peaceful, much needed in this world of ours 🌲Peace and Good health to you in 2025

[@3bouldersurban653]

That sentence hit the nail on the head for me: you need to spend to exist …😮

[@obsidianjane4413]

Everyone does. Either in money or time and effort. Living off grid you spend a lot of time cutting firewood and foraging/growing/hunting for food. Nothing is free.

[@BrandanLee]

@@obsidianjane4413 -- the concept that "nothing is free" is a fallacy. If you count labor as capital, self-exploitation renders nothing free. That is what is true in your assertion. If you are not selling your labor and instead living a non-monetary lifestyle, as isolated and remote from the methods and means of monetary culture -- everything is free. Life is free, death is free, and all the in between. The air falling into your lungs is a non-monetary transaction. Until they find a way to cut off your oxygen supply and sell it to you, too. What we mean when we say freedom is the voluntary ability to choose your engagements, either because you believe in the effort or feel persuaded to engage in the effort. When you are forced to pay to live, be it because you're evicted by the dependency on parents early in life or forced into debt and rent by the inexorable slide into negligence as an adult -- *you are not free.* The tricks of evicting children when they're old enough to move out, despite parents owning their own inheritable property, and pushing children into debt through college, and debt for homes, and debt for marriage & weddings, debt for vehicles and debt for tools, debt for childbirth, debt for health maintenance, debt for food, debt for childcare -- *they built an entire civilization in an ant-lion nest, an inexorable slide into debt, with a culture that worships the fall.* The gravity of this situation cant be understated. The default state of humanity is homelessness, living on the land. They made that functionally illegal. They left nowhere to go. When nature has been replaced with an artificial life support machine, when they unplug the power, we all die. Climate control, transportation, agriculture, and life itself, is enslaved to this artificial ecosystem. There is a gun to our heads in an open air prison, a space ship parked on the ground, isolated from nature. If you think you're free, just walk out the door and find true freedom. See how long it takes til you're removed.

[@kimhobby8136]

Beautiful!

[@beebjnu3906]

the wind will take it down in a heartbeat

[@joanneganon7157]

Nicely Done 🎉. Happy New Year 🎆🎇! JO JO IN VT 💞☃️🇺🇲

[@kirstendirksen]

Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you too!

[@bjorn8854]

the way to go absolutely 💚

[@kitchencarvings4621]

I used to work to help build houses, and I always thought about all the wasted space just to make the house large to impress people. It is so hard to clean and take care of, and of course, you are tied down by mortgage and property taxes. You have to work all the time to afford to live in it, and don't get started about heating it! Contrast that with this home “that (s)he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that, if an enemy take the town, (s)he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.” That is freedom. ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

[@Nerd3927]

Existing without paying only works when the authority that owns the land, allows you too. I am convinced that animals can talk. They are just wise enough to keep their mouth shut, otherwise they will have to pay for their nest location too. 🙂

[@ridingboy]

I've heard that some of the two-legged authorities are not wise as the rest of the animals..

[@troywhite6039]

Authorities are predators too lazy to manage their own lives so they take from others by threats, demands, and scammery.

[@alterego157]

Animals are wise indeed 🤣

[@ikoino]

So, many levels: her voice, what she is saying, where we are, the motivation. Am deeply moved. Thank you so much ...

[@MainelyNormal]

My skoolie cabin in northern Maine has that same vibe. We gave\sold 95% of our belongings. Closed my business and we now live not only poor on purpose but purposefully poor. We live by, “Do,not have” ❤❤

[@Robert_Hermigua]

Many years ago a friend of mine said, when I was broke and told him I'm poor, "You are not poor. Poverty is a state of mind. You don't have this mindset. You are broke.". If you live with very little by purpose, it is not poverty. It is a conscious restriction. You are probably more rich than all the people with 2 SUVs in front of their way too big house with an even bigger mortgage on. Rich in choice, rich in inner peace.

[@MainelyNormal]

@ love that.I do feel incredibly rich!

[@nightskylights4501]

In the US, the local Mafia, I mean the local government, will never allow these kind of homes to be build. Because then they won't be able to suck every penny out of you in form of building permits and tons of other taxes and fees! I was interested in a property for sale that was on well water. But if it was sold, the local Mafia would force the new owner to connected to the city water, for NO other reason that making money! It would cost the new owner about $85,000 in Mafia extortion money, I mean "connection fees" to connect the city water to the front of the house, which was only 50 feet, or about 15 meters, away!!! And then thousands more, to connect the line from in front of the house to the actual house!!! And that was over 12 years ago! With outrage increases in inflation, that amount must be at least trippeled by now! And that was just one "fee." And people in the US are under illusion of thinking they have "freedoms" and "democracy." Which is both laughable and sad at the same time. But the parapanda machine, I mean the corporate media in this country, has done it's job well. They have successfully brainwashed the modern day slaves to think they are free, so the billionaires can get richer!

[@BrandanLee]

It's amazing watching the ways reasonable protections for homebuyers and renters were transformed from sensible fire & anti-slum protection.... into a nonsensical extortion racket which keeps property values artificially high using contrived standards that keep things artificially and unnecessarily expensive. Amazing how that works.

[@serhandurmaz900]

Beautiful...

[@debbralehrman5957]

Old ways are some of the best ways.👍🏼

[@janesmith9024]

Wonderful of FE - such a warm house. Here it the UK it would be harder as even if with landowner permission you would almost never obtain planning permission to build on land which is not already rural, or not easily,not least because we have 67m people here now and 900,000 more a year (1.2m gross immigration) and more than anywhere on the planet wants to come to the UK except for USA which is first.

[@reneharkamp4309]

Amsterdam, calling 📞 Touched by admiration, incredibly.... ❤😊

[@janeysiegrist5061]

Another truly beautiful video. It was interesting watching her narrate.The first part.. Then having it finished with your tour

[@JustMe-dd5ou]

I honestly long for the days when I was a child in the 70s. Life was definitely a little less complicated.

[@ZodiacGiggles]

This one hit me so hard. A friend of mine, he had lost everything, ended up homeless, and was leaving in the forest in a mud and wood hut he built (similar to Franciska's here, but way less fancy). Thing is, he never told us anything. He was too proud... Long story short, the police found his dead body, in December. Imagine the horror when we realized that we could have helped from day one. Anyway: wanna do something good this year? call that one friend that might be in need, but is too afraid to ask.

[@kimhorton6109]

Scandinavians took this hut building to the northern plains in America when they had learned to live with the Indians. Tales of people starting out this way are there in Nebraska and South Dakota during the period when settlers were homesteading

[@agnieszkakowalska6352]

what a story!

[@shirleygardner5483]

Happy New Year!

[@ridingboy]

Happy New Year from 80.000 km east of Australia :)

[@kirstendirksen]

Happy New Year to YOU ALL too from the Boullosa-Dirksen team/fam!

[@nicolasboullosa]

@@ridingboyVery “close” to us all as community indeed! A mere “thousands of miles” away indeed! Though Franciska is sailing across South America, she may emulate the Normegian Kon-Tiki and visit you LOL

[@jackieow]

It is okay for grass to grow on the roof, but make sure to pull up any little trees that get started. Otherwise they will penetrate down through your waterproofing layers and the roof will leak badly. The book cases above the stove could have something fall (for instance if a mouse knocks something loose). Onto the stove it could start a big bad fire fast when you are asleep. If the door is challenged with a large snow drift, you could be trapped unless you are set up to get out the big window fast. This door opens outward, which is easiest to block off with snow drifts and so is the most dangerous kind. In the Iowa pioneer days, lots of people in frontier cabins died because their cabin caught fire and they couldn't escape fast enough with six foot drifts piled outside the door that wouldn't open. Here is what happened to a friend at his cabin in Northern Minnesota. Make sure it doesn't happen to you: he fell asleep in the cold of winter, and woke up to find his hair was glued to the wall in a block of ice. Family members had hot water to get him free, but if he had been alone and there was a fire he would have been in great danger. He had fallen asleep with his mouth close to the wall, and accumulated exhaled lung vapor bit by bit grew the block of ice to create his problem. If nobody is around to help, it pays to have scissors handy instead of waiting a month for the ice to thaw.

[@IzzyZon]

@@jackieow seems you only see problems, taking away any capability to see possibilities.. Dare to dream and dare to live, life is short enough.. not to love it.. ❤️

[@jackieow]

@@IzzyZon The problem is not preventing fire and getting yourself killed when a cabin catches fire. You need to study up on the Darwin Awards. You can't enjoy life if you're dead. Google "died in cabin fire" and you might learn about it.

[@jackieow]

If you solve problems before they happen, they aren't problems. To enjoy life, it pays to not be dead.

[@BrandanLee]

@@jackieow -- This is all fantastic advice. It's good to dream, but always experiment before we set a course. Trust, but verify. The core of survival is preparation and proactive maintenance.

[@jackieow]

@@BrandanLee Everything I said is based on experience and not dreams. But if you want to learn the hard way about tree roots, getting burned to death, etc. etc. that's up to you. Just don't risk the lives of innocent people. For instance, you can google "died in cabin fire" and get a feel for what the risks are.

[@forestfairness12]

aloha kirsten, another great video from you.... reminds me a bit of me higher elevation ocean view land, which i invited you to check out when you were in hawaii, and you hinted you may come back some day and check out....

[@kirstendirksen]

Yes, I’d love to come back to Hawaii. It's really on the list!

[@shasa8223]

I knew it was possible!

[@MichaelMartinussen]

She's sooo brave !!!