The key takeaway here is he’s living his dream, and not financing someone else’s dream. If there were more people like him the world be a better place. Thanks for sharing his story.❤❤❤❤
@christopherbegley87553 ай бұрын
Yep to must also love landscaping, construction and looking in the earth sublayer, ya I'm digging into bedrock under my stream from a Coldwater spring, but it also getting drain off , but I'll divert the contaminated drain wash with a flume and gotta lotta elevation drop if I need to drain the Glory hole , bedrock town
@paulbucklebuckle49213 ай бұрын
Nailed it , pun intended.
@blueman59244 ай бұрын
Super creative tiny homes. The fact you build a home from 95% upcycled materials is so good. 👍👍
@imwrongbutlisten4 ай бұрын
I remember this guy. That style tiny home was my favorite after that episode. Texas tiny homes was the company if I remember.
@tlockerk4 ай бұрын
Classic US Texan ... I want a mountain and lake, so I'll make it. Great job.
@lisaroth75264 ай бұрын
Simply wonderful! He is my age. Graduated high school the same year. Makes me wonder what I can do with the rest of my life.
@johumm4554 ай бұрын
start today, with just a little change...
@johncostello58694 ай бұрын
Go out and grab a shovel Lisa 😁
@Dirt-Fermer3 ай бұрын
Toss native wildflower seeds in your wild areas
@JoshuaShepherd3 ай бұрын
This is the energy I wanna see in the world.
@BradKittelTTH4 ай бұрын
No matter what you do in life, know there will always be haters and people who will trash your dreams as well as your success. They have no standing, but they have a right to an opinion. Let your performance prove your point and them theirs. No worries.
@skehleben7699Ай бұрын
Mark twain said " truly great men make you believe you too can be great!"
@ourmobilehomemakeover6624 ай бұрын
I’ve been there. We stayed in the same tiny house and met Brad He’s got a lot of energy and creativity. The place is amazing.
@elizabethcarrington58194 ай бұрын
He’s come a long way since you last featured him. The spring he’s found is an absolute gold mine in Texas. He’s so excited and invested in his dreams and he’s definitely a man of action. Great philosopher too. I’ll bet he wishes he could clone himself so he could build out his village. The renderings he’s drawn look so cool. Thanks for featuring him again. It’s great to see him healthy and fit.
@3shellyiam4 ай бұрын
I've thought of this place many times since your first visit. I can't believe all Brad has achieved in the last 10 year! It's extraordinary and beautiful.
@cbeaucrawford4 ай бұрын
What a beautiful place! Thank you for sharing it with us
@rebeccaboudreau75894 ай бұрын
A handful more people with a variety of skills like permaculture, animal husbandry and others would really get his community off the charts.
@matthewcain28804 ай бұрын
I met him and unfortunately there’s a huge reason it’s just him, his gf, and one other guy staying on his property. He’s not as cool as he seems on his videos. He’s doing amazing things but his personality type isn’t the easiest to get along with. Believe me I thought the same thing you did..
@treecanopy4 ай бұрын
@@matthewcain2880 Thats your opinion based on your personality type..... some people would love this guy and reciprocate the energy.
@matthewcain28804 ай бұрын
@@treecanopy please go then and visit and get back to me
@matthewcain28804 ай бұрын
@@treecanopy please go and visit him for yourself and get back to me
@matthewcain28804 ай бұрын
@@treecanopy go and see for yourself is all I gotta say
@rebacarmack83354 ай бұрын
Love,love, love the concept. How much fewer landfills there would be if everyone or even half of the people had this same mindset.Fascinating
@darincarlini45834 ай бұрын
Omg, I think about him often! Thanks for coming back to this guy!
@matthewcain28804 ай бұрын
You should go visit him at his Airbnb if you’re ever in Texas. I did, I loved what he was up to but sadly disappointed by his arrogance. Not as of a cool guy as he comes off in his videos.
@BradKittelTTH4 ай бұрын
@@matthewcain2880 Clearly I hurt your ego as you are determined to say the worst you can, perhaps thinking it will bother me or impact someone's opinion of me. I hope it helps you deal with your unhappiness... but I doubt bitching about me will make you feel better about yourself as much as going out and doing something spectacular you can be proud of doing someday instead of hacking on others. Be the example of what you think I should be... that is success.
@matthewcain28804 ай бұрын
@@BradKittelTTH I hope maybe as you sit alone in your “community” you will ask yourself with all the amazing things you have done, why haven’t it flourished with people that wish to stay? As building is a skill, so is how to speak to people.
@leonceboudreauxwolf3 ай бұрын
@@matthewcain2880What's up bro ? This is the 3rd comment that I've seen where you keep telling us what an antisocial guy he's supposed to be. I get it, you met him personally and didn't like his personality but if you would've just told us once I would've had more respect for you but you keep it going, like a nagging wife...it ain't making you look good.
@blbmnm59394 ай бұрын
he's such a character, love kirsten for introducing us to ALL these wonderful people
@socalcruzer4 ай бұрын
I visited this place several years ago when he was starting to dig the cave he mentioned. He is a total trip, full of knowledge but also some "interesting" ideas. The buildings are works of art. His newsletter is wild.
@aurian183 ай бұрын
How do I sing up for the newsletter
@troygoss64004 ай бұрын
Love the spirit of this guy.
@ajnasreddin4 ай бұрын
It's amazing how water can transform a place.
@BradKittelTTH4 ай бұрын
Bravo Kirsten, you capture so much with your eyes and editing, sharing the core of the values I hold dear.
@badapple654 ай бұрын
I’ve enjoyed checking in with your adventures from time to time through your channel and some other places that have featured you. Great job. I enjoy your energy.
@antonjw4 ай бұрын
she's a great editor - and interviewer / prompter, too - for sure
@JWayne-ej4jy3 ай бұрын
@@BradKittelTTH so very fine
@xikano85734 ай бұрын
YEEEESSSSS...Jack Lalanne's finger pushup - HE NAILED IT!!! 👏👏👏
@johngrimble30504 ай бұрын
The energy level of his presence is impeccable
@reallife90363 ай бұрын
When he gets going he starts ascending spoken language and you can feel the manifestation emanating from source through him
@1wolfpup4 ай бұрын
I am so glad that you went back to his place again. He is an original and his place is amazing! I think about his place anytime i think of reclaiming materials. He is really awesome. Thanks for sharing this. 🌷
@lenazoni14 ай бұрын
Love this video. That pit pit looks like she’s living her best life! Warms my heart. So happy to see he didn’t cut off her ears. 🫶🏼
@sherrystone33074 ай бұрын
This is so beautiful ! He has created life from a barren garbage heap and not just for himself but creatures that help him support the land. How working in harmony with nature is a beautiful thing ! This what our Soul needs
@jmccarty4803 ай бұрын
Brad is truly a man with a vision. The world needs more mighty men with strong minds, like Brad. Kudos, Kristen. Another amazing adventure. #aintlifegrand
@bonanza274 ай бұрын
wow!! im so glad we got an update and this fella is thriving!! ❤
@JohnPritzlaff4 ай бұрын
This guy said F all that noise-maximum tillage! It's all a balance and almost anything can work if you do enough of it, or the right combinations. This is so cool.
@lydiarowe4914 ай бұрын
This place has been carved and shaped..the water is the life blood..for humans and nature..the passion is going to bring another level of gardens and like minded living here..well done..❤
@gustlfaller44944 ай бұрын
This guy has a body looking like he dug everyting by muscle and shovel 💪
@amazingtechguy4 ай бұрын
And every 30s there's an ad on how to get fit. The real answer? DIG & BUILD! 😆
@AlecMuller4 ай бұрын
He said he graduated high school in '73. That would make him pushing 70. Wow!
@Grimm-Gaming4 ай бұрын
Yeah hes Ripped!
@Dirt-Fermer3 ай бұрын
@@AlecMuller he does not look 70 at all. We are meant to be builders clearly
@MrPhotodoc4 ай бұрын
"No tax on a hole in Texas". No truer words have been spoken.
@CassieDavis6134 ай бұрын
Let's not give the taxation board ideas.
@Dirt-Fermer3 ай бұрын
@@CassieDavis613 they will stop adding taxes when people get quirky
@matthewcain28804 ай бұрын
I’ve actually rented one of his Airbnb’s on his property and ended up meeting him bc I saw an earlier video that Kristen put up of him and was amazed at what he was doing. I was blown away by the video and cool stuff he was up to, one day on a road trip my wife, 1yr old daughter at the time, and myself stayed at his Airbnb and ended up chatting with this guy and unfortunately I was super disappointed, he was actually kinda rude with his comments he’d make and actually very arrogant and full of himself. I’ll never forget he was showing us that same hole he dug to make that lake, he said “I dug this in three months!” Then turned around to my wife, daughter, and I and was like “what did you do in three months?”. I was so thrown off lol. My wife and I still till this day use that line when we’re joking with one another. With all that being said I was still amazed by the cool stuff he was doing, just bummed he wasn’t as cool as I thought he was gonna be in person.
@thomasduane68214 ай бұрын
Not surprising really. People with big visions can often be full of themselves.
@yingle60274 ай бұрын
Highly productive people often don't have the same social filter as the rest of us. He's probably better person than most people but is social skills aren't as developed. I work with people like this, they are great but don't take anything they say personally.
@BradKittelTTH4 ай бұрын
Interesting view. It should be a question everyone asks themselves regularly... what have you done to reach your life goals in the last three months? Seems like a great consideration for anyone, especially people with kids. I am glad you remember the line. Hopefully as you get older, you will understand why it is so important.
@BradKittelTTH4 ай бұрын
@@yingle6027 Thank you, I do indeed have a problem communicating with many people. I can live with that.
@jackfntwist4 ай бұрын
Not surprising, really. He seems like he's either got severe dementia and / or meth habit.
@jjjjj-y2d4 ай бұрын
This is wonderful. He is so fit and healthy looking. He did really a great job and totally manifested his dream. I would love to manifest something like that.
@jmo7024 ай бұрын
The way he dug everything out but specifically dug around the trees to keep them ❤ Now they’re tiny tall islands with a single tree. Awesome
@laurenraine4 ай бұрын
What an amazing visionary artist! Bravo to this extraordinary man and his dedication to his dream.
@topazdixon20894 ай бұрын
This guy reminds me so much of how my dad did stuff and his things were build all over our property our if salvage material. What an inventive character.🥰
@azsinger494 ай бұрын
This is a human excelling at being human.
@abelincoln32613 ай бұрын
Nah this is more money and time then brains.. Just a big hole and a lot of junk.. not a miracle or amazing at all.
@leonceboudreauxwolf3 ай бұрын
@@abelincoln3261 Well ..what have YOU done in the last 3 months ? 🤣🤣
@reallife90363 ай бұрын
@abelincoln3261 you can talk down all day long to get to the bottom of things to start working your way back up, and at the end of the day how is your dream better?
@Dirt-Fermer3 ай бұрын
@@abelincoln3261 he is happy and healthy and you are here yappin
@Bob_Adkins3 күн бұрын
@@abelincoln3261 It neither suits my taste, nor that of anyone I know, but I admire his energy.
@enough14943 ай бұрын
My kinda guy! At 39 I became widowed with four kids including a 5 month old. We moved to a tiny island went off grid, and had a fantastic 15 year adventure. The place is now a vacation home, we are spread all over this magnificent planet…he is a steward to our home, much love and respect!
@fudogwhisperer35904 ай бұрын
Thanks for the follow up. He's still just as creative and unique as he was in your last video. I think he see's the finish product better than I do.
@joemachine47144 ай бұрын
Blew my mind when he did the splits. I was like "whooooaaaa...!" 😅
@joemachine47144 ай бұрын
Silly duck 🦆
@360.Tapestry3 ай бұрын
@Thelast953 triggered
@Dirt-Fermer3 ай бұрын
@Thelast953 no he’s more muscular than you. Our bodies are meant to be flexible for all kinds of terrain and challenges.
@SherrickDuncan4 ай бұрын
L-O-V-E this guy...!!
@novampires2234 ай бұрын
Thank you for the update on this wonderful creative man, I have hoped he was still doing this. Happy to see him.
@bonilla20224 ай бұрын
Another unique video with one-of-a-kind people. Thank you! 😎
@-jz5mm4 ай бұрын
I'm exhausted!!!
@natebaird4 ай бұрын
I appreciate the fact that every house has a nice little coffee station. It seems like Brad may enjoy his coffee :)
@BradKittelTTH4 ай бұрын
Oh yes, several cups a day keeps dementia away.
@natebaird3 ай бұрын
@@BradKittelTTH 🙂🙂🙂
@drew86424 ай бұрын
This is what freedom looks like and it’s in Texas. This is the future; a high degree of self sufficiency eco villages for a community
@Ryk2544 ай бұрын
Best thing I've watched and inspired me to keep on this path in a while
@yeahyeahyeahyeah11114 ай бұрын
YOOO IM SO GLAD YOU GOT TO REVISIT HIM! HE DEFINITELY HAS NEEDED IT !
@alexisleon234 ай бұрын
RESPECT mister !!! 👏 greetings from Greece 🇬🇷.
@1st1anarkissed4 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the man who single handedly planted a jungle on a barren island in i dia. He created the habitat and now endangered animals are finding refuge in it.
@OldesouthFarm4 ай бұрын
This gentleman is a bit manic. What a great path to create and enjoy life. Very few get to do that and be so healthy. God bless him…
@joemachine47144 ай бұрын
Probably just excited to have visitors 😅 Then again...
@MaximumEfficiency4 ай бұрын
@@tailgatecarpenter26 lol
@mog0684 ай бұрын
He gets a lot done!
@treecanopy4 ай бұрын
@@tailgatecarpenter26 hahaha you wouldnt last a day in NZ then. we all talk faster than that normally.
@jackfntwist4 ай бұрын
To be honest, he doesn't sound or look healthy at all.
@emills14174 ай бұрын
Brad Kittel is an amazing guy. I have the drive to build and have done so but he's taken it to another level. Side note, I hope he tests the interiors of these homes for lead based paint. Especially with exposing older paint underneath.
@I.m-Me4 ай бұрын
@kirstendirksen - This is also a valid concern
@Carol-b1v4 ай бұрын
Mad as a hatter
@rodt.shelton3 ай бұрын
Don't put it in your mouth.
@nissimrandall15354 ай бұрын
I love this guy, god bless Brad ! Thanks for revisiting. Me thinks he has the energy for many lifetimes. Go Brad !
@sophiareygrace66563 ай бұрын
Simply amazing what he has done!
@FrisellFan014 ай бұрын
I think this is really cool ...he has done an enormous amount of work and achieved his own little paradise using recycled materials... love to see more of that
@nick_yt234 ай бұрын
Shaping the earth in order to create a new space for water and life is the ultimate architecture. His determination and stamina are outstanding and inspiring specially in that cool setting with hills surrounded by water and a lovely dog. As from my personal taste view I would like that a good Japanese architect would design in such a place a meditative garden with minimalist tiny homes. Now it looks like a body with lots of tattoos and for many people that is a very attractive aesthetic. Thanks for sharing and best of luck to this courageous man.
@VaxxedStories4 ай бұрын
I once took a load of construction scrap to the large dump outside of San Diego. It was like being in another world. There was a constant line of vehicles driving up to the current drop off area. Once I arrived there I could see that there was enough discarded materials and furniture so that every homeless person in the county could build themselves a decent tiny home and furnish it. If only the government would allow building in a certain area where building codes were not enforced, there could be tiny home villages all over the country, at no cost to the government. Interesting to note that there was a sign at the dump saying removing items is not allowed. I wonder why that is. They are not using it. They are just burying it with bulldozers. They charge people to dump stuff. Why would they care if some people remove stuff?
@ehlava4 ай бұрын
in Maine many of the dumps pull aside or have separate areas for re-usable "waste", everything from building materials to sporting goods. It really should be a national right to pick the waste stream unless there is some downside I am missing aside from the obvious health part which could be mitigated.
@chrisallen70684 ай бұрын
@@ehlava Outside Canberra Australia there is a massive tip/dump. Folks used to scavenge there before the practice was stopped in the mid 1980s An older couple I had a chat with one day, told me the previous year, they had made over 80 grand just from scavenging, huge money for the time, not a bad income even now. It was handed over to private enterprise who allowed a charity organisation to start a recycling facility using unemployed folks. It was Called Revolve, eventually became the Green Shed, amazing place. Maybe there is another Aussie out here who has more info. Brad would have loved it. A wonderful character, with an amazing work ethic and a dream of what could be done. Thank you Kirsten. Best wishes to everybody.
@ruralangwin4 ай бұрын
I worked at a truck scale at the landfill. We could build unending housing with the treasures we throw away.
@HawaiiLimey4 ай бұрын
There are still areas of Hawaii where if you build unpermitted structures on your land the local county won't mess with you. No idea how long this will last though.
@Suzanne-ln7kq4 ай бұрын
It's a hate crime against the poor.They're getting ready to round everybody up in the cattle cars and give him a free trip to the spas, where they get a free shower. They only killed the people that couldn't work
@ANF60004 ай бұрын
So glad you came back to see Mr Kittel. I have watched the last episode 3 or 4 times by now.
@bjdefilippo4474 ай бұрын
Makes me wish I were younger. What an amazing transformation! Love seeing the beavers at work.
@fleafarts35763 ай бұрын
You can’t stop Geniuses like this…His mind doesn’t stop. What an Awesome Man.
@berke2336Ай бұрын
Brad talks about his creations like a 7 year old telling you about the REALLY COOL dream he had about seeing a T-Rex - I love this guy!
@AnMarie7114 ай бұрын
I agree i love the update. He has done so much and has such an appreciation for the wood he salvages.
@MrAlin3114 ай бұрын
What a unique and inspiring character!
@d-rot4 ай бұрын
This guy sounds like George Carlin when he talks calmly and slower. lol.
@maryjeanbabyqueen23544 ай бұрын
I've been watching Kirsten channel since the last time they were at Brett's property 🏘️ He really knows what he's taking about if you can keep up😅 He is a inspiration 🤠 I LOVE BOTH OF THERE CONTENT 🛖🏘️🛕🏯🏰🏠
@richardwisniewski23574 ай бұрын
How cool tiny Texas houses and the first video you did there is how learned about tiny homes .thanks for the sharing of knowledge .
@thuggineternal3 ай бұрын
He is healing the earth. How beautiful. Thank you sir. You are a dragon.
@pasveritas18724 ай бұрын
Yeah, I remember this guy from your first video of his accomplishments. Brad is an awesome creator. Love his amazing results, especially with his land regeneration considerations and repurposing skills. ❤❤❤
@Dboobisyourmaster4 ай бұрын
Thank you elders…keeping the spirit alive🕊
@inthechairwithcloochy81024 ай бұрын
What a joy filled soul!!! Great piece!!
@pytheus4 ай бұрын
Thank you Kristen!! And, thank you Brad for the inspiration and steerage!!
@BigTonyAD4 ай бұрын
I remember and love this guy
@richhoover19054 ай бұрын
Beautiful! ❤
@shawnhawkins61964 ай бұрын
Excellent work! A+
@KingGJT4 ай бұрын
Amazing project! Great inspiration. Also love the autodidact way of building and the use of old materials we throw away but actually we don’t realise this quality we never achieved again! Gives me good inspiration to start my own building very soon!
@801oap4 ай бұрын
Look forward to seeing you return to this place in 10 years.
@Wildnativeedimentals4 ай бұрын
Another inspiration, thank you for sharing🙏🏼♥️
@tim94303 ай бұрын
What an inspiration he is. Thank you for sharing this story.
@bloodywanker2314 ай бұрын
Excellent Property...Very inspiring! Building to a individuals own uses is truly the way forward!
@jongreene43094 ай бұрын
The video you did 10yrs ago with him has sat in my mind all these years, often remembered. So wonderful you paid him another visit.
@Rosiehillview4 ай бұрын
Love this pick up a shovel ❤
@thinkplanetearth29464 ай бұрын
I admire people like this. Someone with a vision and a purpose to create something from nothing, and will stick with it for years and years. I wonder how he sustains himself. Because even though he's doing most of the work himself and a lot of the materials he uses are salvaged, repurposed, etc., there still must be monetary costs
@Erika-gm2tf4 ай бұрын
He sells dirt. Dirtiest money he ever made! He also talked about selling salvaged pipe from his land.
@danamarie87184 ай бұрын
@@Erika-gm2tfI wonder if people know the dirt is likely contaminated.
@freegandavehartman89084 ай бұрын
Is this the Willy Wonka ? Love his style!
@janeysiegrist50613 ай бұрын
It feels like I've been watching this guy since the beginning of my KZbin journey back in 2010
@daniela.93593 ай бұрын
this dude looks genuinely happy and having a great time in life. It motivates me to become creative also and find my purpose or whatever makes me happy. Thank you for the inspiration brotha
@donaldjiruska18084 ай бұрын
This is the first time that I realized how long I have followed you. Your first with Brad was one of the reasons I subscribed. We love your content and how it has evolved. Brad's aesthetic and vigor is both inspirational and infectious! Thank you! Go Brad!
@greenmile42334 ай бұрын
Man he looks like he could be Ted Dansons brother, love what he’s done with the land😊
@RPRosen-ki2fk4 ай бұрын
LOL, Ted Danson was all I could think about while watching him.
@sierra96634 ай бұрын
Very cool. Love his vision.
@KackyMuse4 ай бұрын
This is so exciting. I followed his work after he had bought the land and was salvaging the old houses. Then he started his tiny house village, and now this. Astounding! I am so grateful to get to see it.
@relhakarts4 ай бұрын
Love this guy I’ve been wanting a update from him for years
@butziporsche86464 ай бұрын
Plant papyrus around the shore along with some date palms and build it into an Oasis/fish-farm.
@I.m-Me4 ай бұрын
Don't farm fish in contaminated water
@butziporsche86464 ай бұрын
@@I.m-Me Sell the fish
@I.m-Me4 ай бұрын
@@butziporsche8646 - Note to self: Don't do business with this guy.
@ClimbToGlory10thMntn4 ай бұрын
Wow..talk about boundless energy! He is definitely living his dream and is very happy too😊. I do hope he’s drinking rain water and not ground water. Would be a hard sell for many people to reside due to known industrial waste on property. My fear would be that he has exposed and disrupted heavy metal contamination and reinvigorated what lay undisturbed for many years. Wish him all the best!! Exciting interview and video nonetheless 😊👍
@I.m-Me4 ай бұрын
@kirstendirksen - Please see above comment. The water in some of the shots is a worrisome color.
@raclark27302 ай бұрын
@@I.m-Me Are you refering to the blue tinge.?
@zsdollhaus4 ай бұрын
"GRAB A SHOVEL! " The best quote ever!
@Anythingforfreedom4 ай бұрын
This is every kids dream.
@1st1anarkissed4 ай бұрын
Inremember this guy! Thanks for the update.❤
@johncantu63164 ай бұрын
These works, and the films about them, are always inspiring!, (my grandfather was born in Luling, TX, in the 1890s.)
@360.Tapestry3 ай бұрын
he's living my childhood dream of building cool clubhouses and treehouses and creating an adventure land
@onebridge72314 ай бұрын
Dudes like this are always awesome to listen to. They have the most colorful stories and kaleidoscope’s of life lived.
4 ай бұрын
Wow... just wow. 💗💞🙏
@angelinagalvez90314 ай бұрын
Amazing 👏 ❤ impressive 👏
@ActionJackson3214 ай бұрын
I fucking love people like this.
@amazingtechguy4 ай бұрын
This is my kind of person! Brilliant, creative, & obsessed. 100 million more like him and we'll be OK...