Ontario couple built this eco-friendly earthship home for $70,000

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

930,000 in labor. Well said. You earned this home Congratulations!

[@edithsymmans3273]

Now this is what I call eco-friendly in my favourite part of the world, so beautiful. Thanks for posting this video. Have a great year.

[@patriciamasci6172]

This is true "Sustainable living"...NOT the Govt's version of it -> we should ALL live like this!

[@TheBowersj]

This was well built, worth every penny spent.

[@eevee2joltyon]

Finally an example in the north!

[@houseofalbey2160]

Exactly, what I was thinking!

[@canterlilyfarm]

I've been watching earthship videos tonight and this is my favorite so far! I love it!!

[@cupbowlspoonforkknif]

That's my dream home!

[@333lunar]

I love this house and its philosophy!

[@hometownusa1]

I would like to visit this house it's like dream house to me awesome!

[@yogawithpriyanka]

absolutely gorgeous....

[@wholesomegirl2889]

I love this house! I have to build one.❤️✌🏻🌍☀️

[@JDM.arcusPolo]

Great work... I find it tough to believe the constant 72 degrees in an Ontario winter without the use of any solid fuel or gas burner. However you did not specify weather that temperature was achieved solely off geo thermal or with the aid of the wood burning stove/propane burner. Any clarification on this greatly appreciated.

[@Gordoniron]

Just research into passive solar you can do incredible things if you can capture a lot of sunlight.

[@runner3033]

@@Gordoniron In my old leaky above-ground house, just a 6' x 6' and a 3' x 6' southwest facing window has enough solar gain to keep my furnace from running all day at freezing outside temperatures.

[@Krisp138]

You'd be surprised how much a fireplace can heat a place !

[@andrewthecelt3794]

Really hard to get planning approval for these in most jurisdictions

[@gondolin12]

Andrew the Celt otherwise those contactors with no education will go out of business as these homes are easy to manage and repair.

[@garyjohnson4657]

That is changing, slowly, but it is changing.

[@dixcup]

That is why in Ontario you find an unincorporated township. No need for permits and following regulations.

[@winewoman224]

Andrew the Celt Not anymore - New Mexico passed legislation to adopt the design into the building codes. They're a lot more safe than standard building materials.

[@gloriatyller4554]

Thank you!!❤️

[@maximus78028]

Nice house earth friendly, still got that speed boat in the back yard though lol.

[@marianne4701]

house is carbon neutral (almost) so why not. still better than most of us hahaha

[@kaydentonita6574]

Balances out! And if you have a 3k sqr foot house for 70k why not buy a speedboat?

[@ripanjeetkaur7401]

totally in love with it

[@rodfriesen4370]

Beauty!! I wanna do this. Hard to imagine for 70g

[@lpmoron6258]

Plus labor!

[@wendysurbanhomestead5011]

Hello. Can you do an update video so we can see how it looks today. And are you still happy living in this type of home.

[@francisbessette7221]

Yes, I stand with Wendy's Urban Homestead on that. For me, to see how the building aged with time is not a matter of trying to discard that prototype, but instead the opportunity to find better solution to unforseen complications that may occur over time. A good exemple of recuring problems with Earthships are related to humidity and the possibility for black mold to appear overtime. Since the house is built with perspirant material, or material that are, in a way, "alive", the whole process of operating the house has to reflect the nature of the material involved in it's built.

[@y0nd3r]

The owners name is listed in the credits underneath. Search YT for "Craig Cook Earthship". There is at least one other video.

[@wendysurbanhomestead5011]

@@y0nd3r ok I just checked and no there isn't

[@DMGendron1]

Love the ''Eco-friendly'' Starcraft boat outside ...

[@MusicMenacer]

longer coverage!!

[@saggyt5496]

You know you are hard core to deal with Canadian winters

[@mickeymcmoore5412]

They're in southern ontario - so the winters are not really "Canadian". :-)

[@MOHAMMATHRASELAHAMATHRAZIBKHAN]

Luxury sprey trade , if need time , customer take it , it so beautiful

[@charlietalbot2072]

Well played that how we should live in generations now👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@EarthAngel1111x]

True living with MotherEarth♥️✨️

[@hiddenrainn]

paradise

[@grandbaycentral5741]

Price of house or condo in Ontario is up to $1million. $70,000 that is like Boxing day deal. Wowsa. Enlist me.

[@ELON7]

I need to build one . I want to build pods !

[@FSM46AND2]

Nicely done.

[@carlagarrett8584]

a beautiful home with so many positive eco choices too.

[@shellanon4212]

Ingenious, eco efficient and pretty. Good on U . I,d want a wall in the bath tho.

[@guiltfreehotwater4354]

ThankYou so Much but after 5 yrs any changes that u would have done?

[@muCephei_]

I was really excited about this house until I heard the labor cost

[@sylmarie6494]

The labor cost is what it would have cost if he were to pay someone to build it completely. That's what he means.

[@offgridwanabe]

How did they get building permits for that now you need engineer to sign off on the structure.

[@iron-farmer]

Maybe they did

[@dixcup]

Ontario has townships that are not incorporated. Which means no permits rule or regulations to follow. Can do what you please. Most are up north not near major towns

[@journalsofathirddensitytra3498]

Amazing!!

[@annr3822]

I am moving in :)

[@BlunderBuns]

Too late, I already moved in

[@robertbugala9667]

Super!

[@thesummoned8590]

Does it have Wi-Fi?

[@RaymondSackenheim]

The soda cans also create dead air space providing insulation.

[@lianegallant4873]

Wow, amazing and beautiful home. How can I find out more information? Is someone able to contact me please?

[@cindylong624]

google earthships in Taos,NM that is where the original earthships were made. They have classes where you can help build for a fee, online courses,books,etc

[@adrianszaj6736]

Dużo rodzin może zamieszkać w takim domu .

[@divinaatibagos2617]

this is great

[@eggmancorp]

Not crazy about the empty bottles and cans in the walls.

[@theelectrician120]

ok you can go get some nice Chinese drywall for your house

[@queen_of_domination]

I agree with you!

[@theuglykwan]

The cans shouldn't be used. They should be recycled. The bottles I suppose is like a cheap version of using glass blocks.

[@janetdw]

@@theuglykwan our recycling center sends the aluminum to the landfill because they can’t find people to go ahead and break them down melt them and start all over again. These are being used again. As far as the complaints about the way it looks when they are finished out properly with grout they are really quite attractive, but I didn’t like the finish that they had

[@waynereiffenstein7153]

Obviously, the cans ARE recycled​@@theuglykwan

[@frenchtreehugger]

Wow beautiful! Do you think a home like this would work in Quebec where our Winters are crazy cold?

[@garyjohnson4657]

Why don't people make better use of the growing space. The vast majority of these homes are planted with ornamentals, with the exception of a banana tree.

[@wendysurbanhomestead5011]

Can you please make another video and show us your Earthship home today

[@wrupzz]

Cool!

[@johngreen8922]

man that labor cost

[@baqcasanke]

sweat equity

[@bookcadenb4584]

While they're jesting about the Labor costing $930K, Earthships are THE most Labor intensive Home to construct. That's why the cost is usually out of reach for the average person wanting to live cheaply. If you are comfortable doing most of the Labor yourself (you, Family, friends, etc) then you could probably do what they did for ~$100K in the States. If Earthship Biotechture comes out to build it for you, with all of their very skilled Crew, that Home would probably cost ~$350K.

[@garym444]

smart idea

[@mikehalpern384]

Looks good to me ... Hippie friendly house too. :-)

[@atomicwedgie8176]

If it's hippie friendly...save money...no need for a shower!!!!!!!!!! lol

[@paulahavens2764]

every one talks about the house expense but know one says how much you paid for the land and how you get it.this video is great but the house is not only the cost is your cost including the cost of buying the land.

[@aaronbrisebois6948]

paula Havens the house cost will be similar everywhere, as for the land it varies.

[@HoIlowtree]

Very true

[@jackcliff5305]

I hear the tires will effect your air quality and breath in chemicals

[@marcoscarajol4837]

How did you do it? Did you built it yourself? I spoke with the earthship community and they gave me an estimate of $350 thousand to built one for myself in Brazil.

[@ZombieSexmachine]

Man your old tires and glass bottles must be expensive

[@gondolin12]

They sell expertise and guidance not tires. it’s ridiculous money for some cans and tires. Marcos believe me if you research this matter more effectively you can build it without paying 3 hundred grands.

[@wheels1969]

What are you putting in your weed man??

[@janetdw]

They are not charging you for the bottles and cans. They are charging you for the incredible amount of labor and 50 years of research and knowledge. You can get the plans and have someone there do the labor, probably for a lot cheaper.

[@ThanhPham-pf3zt]

Đôiis với vùng có khí hậu khô hạn hoặc lạnh lẽo thì kiểu nhà này thật là lý tưởng

[@russguppy8761]

I’m going to make a earth home then I wouldn’t feel so bad in my StarCraft inboard boat. I wonder what other goodies he has behind the camera.

[@elizarobinrobinson4294]

how did it winter? Where in Ontario are you?

[@tlaloc1212]

The bad thing this homes are considered dump sites as per building codes in some cites. Sow this would work out in the desert or away frome any cities

[@dianabayer1624]

Just curious were in canada you live We have property in New Brunswick and Cochrane and am wondering if this would work for us

[@BL4ZIN]

I gotta meet this man. Need tips

[@ukeelady]

What type of stove is that? ✌

[@sylmarie6494]

www.elmirastoveworks.com/fireview/

[@waynepatrick1]

wow

[@narsames814]

70,000 is still a lot

[@gustavdrews1127]

So you think sir about utilizing AC units that produce 50 to 250 gallons of water due to the condensing so running it from 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. versus during the day when there's no humidity solar panels that produce condensation even though there's no humidity in there and utilizing your batteries and putting them in a water trough meaning the batteries are in 3/4 submerged in water which keeps them at a cool 68 to 72°. Therefore there is no heat exchange and where on the battery and for the AC to produce that much water it'd have to be on a humid day but two weeks at 150 gallons an hour you have 50,000 gallons in reserve very quickly

[@drxl34]

who would pay $30k for a septic system? wtf? It costs like $2k for septic tank to get installed and you can run the plumbing yourself. Another $250 to get it pumped every 3 years. I can't imagine why anyone would opt for a composting toilet unless it was a moving vehicle..

[@39knights]

I have an undersized lot and have to use an 'alternative' septic system (no town services here yet). This uses a filtered, re-pumping system. System itself is $20,000cdn and another $5k if they install (plus tax). This was the cost quoted to me about a month ago.

[@theelectrician120]

obviously you have never installed one there is a lot more to it then some pipe and a tank

[@saggyt5496]

Things cost more in canada😢

[@creedstat]

what county is this house in?

[@45shields]

The province of Ontario, in Canada.

[@jenq436]

Cool

[@Leggir]

These are becoming far more common, especially in 3rd world countries.

[@JoRiver11]

Christopher Sabionski ? It's the standard of living in developed countries that is creating the disaster that is before us,

[@Nichen]

Dear Santa...

[@elizabethhoffmann8059]

How to you dispose of garbage that is not reusable or biodegradable?

[@badboybootz8]

Elizabeth Hoffmann burn it

[@drxl34]

take it to the dump

[@jeanettenaumiec7784]

You don’t buy what can’t be composted recycled or reused. ?

[@atomicwedgie8176]

They eat it.

[@CS-by4vg]

They're saving it to make a new addition to the house.

[@best1onearth]

Let's do some math here, labor at $30 per hour, that's 30,000 hours of labour, so for one person that's working for over 8 years doing 10 hour days, with no time off. Not for me, rammed earth is cheaper, faster, looks better.

[@livnluv4u2]

And blizzards ... how are you protected?

[@bernardopatino6819]

All Americans: They believe that the banana plant is a tree. That is not correct.

[@Gurpreetiam]

930000 in labour 70000 in materials. Million dollars for what

[@willowclay3137]

😎

[@garyjohnson4657]

I have seen more edibles growing on an apt. balcony, than you have growing In a structure built to grow food!!!!!

[@janetdw]

It is not a requirement that you grow food in the planters. Even if it’s just decorative plants it provides a lot of benefits as it filters the water and provides lots of oxygen. Obviously there’s a lot more room for growing plants, they just chose not to grow a lot of food plants.

[@filippovincenti]

Viva la topa

[@AS-mq4bv]

👌👍👌

[@queen_of_domination]

How “eco friendly” and “naturally sustainable” is concrete, the potential to run out of water, rubber tires and bricks (as rubber naturally breaks down it dirt, releasing harmful gases), plastic cooling tubes, etc.? Everyone that I knew that purchased one greatly regretted their purchases, and had to take up to a 100k loss, in order to sell it. No thanks. I can build a nice, eco friendly home for half the cost elsewhere.

[@best1onearth]

You a so correct on that. Rammed earth is the way to go. With no old tires in the walls.

[@potrosfvp1]

Which is you Facebook

[@0dyss3us51]

I like this from an ecological and aesthetics perspective it is very interesting, I do not like the wood stove burning it releases massive amounts of CO2

[@hitch-777]

The ruling ghouls don't want these all over the world. Guess why. ❤😂🎉

[@best1onearth]

looks like a typical earth ship house. Unfinished walls with cans and bottles and old tires sticking out of the walls. Almost a million in labor to build this. Try and sell it. Can't live on a few potato's and a bananas. The problem is that people think this is a great idea. go and try and build one.

[@MemoryPallace]

We make passive solar greenhouses and it can be done for almost nothing if you know what your doing.

[@badboybootz8]

they would never allow this in the u.s.

[@cupbowlspoonforkknif]

The Earthship was invented in the US. There are many of them there. It would be difficult to have one inside city limits though.

[@tanyad7894]

badboybootz8 Earthships were created by a man who built a town if them in Taos, New Mexico.

[@ronselliers6951]

@@tanyad7894 Micheal Reynolds

[@tanyad7894]

@@ronselliers6951 - right! My point was that he is in the U.S.A.

[@black_crayon8630]

Um, 70 have been build in New Mexico, unless you don't think that is a state of the United States. There are three in Colorado and at least 1 in Vermont. But whatever.

[@gabbys7163]

Cool