I moved to Maine in 2019 and live on top of a hill in central Maine. We live on a private road and all together I own 12 acres now. We love it here and it seems like everyday is like being on vacation. I glade I found your channel keep plugging away my friend
We bought our property in 2019 but didn’t move here full time till 2021. Been here almost 3 years and still feel like we are waiting for vacation to end. It is a beautiful state and the people are amazing!! We are glad you found our channel too! Thanks for the support!😊
I am very happy for you all. Just a quick note with your fans... you will or should have better circulation if one of the fans was on the ground. Meaning hot side fan in the upper is a great spot, but the other from colder cabin should be on the ground. You will get a stronger exchange of air flow. Anyway I am glad you guys can do what you do.
Thank you! 😊 I see what you are saying but typically we put the fan on depending on the stove we have going (pulling from the kitchen or den). We would need an upper and lower going both ways (and keep the hallway clear). So far the way we have it setup works well but if we need to push cold air out we can turn on ceiling fan in that room and it moves the air around enough. It is something to look into if we have issues in the future! Thanks for the tip!👍
Hello from Rhode Island. I just found your channel. I have been binging on your videos. My husband and I just retired. Our dream is to move to Maine. We have camped in Maine and NH. Love it up there. …I watched one of your videos with all the animals… they visit at night, and, the beautiful views when you both were snowmobiling. It brought tears to my eyes. Just Gorgeous!!!…You look so happy. This has been our dream for years as well. Thank you so much for sharing. Robin.
Hi Robin! So happy you found our channel! Hope you are enjoying the videos. We love looking back at them and seeing how far we have come. Maine is a beautiful state and the people are amazing! We are very happy to be able to be living our dream! We hope that you and your husband achieve your dream and find that little slice of heaven here in Maine! We are rooting for you! Take care!😊
@robinbrown205- Hello from our working farm in Central Lakes New Hampshire. We have a 350 family farm. You are probably better looking in Maine as our property prices have gone through the roof! Both states are great places to enjoy the countryside and I wish you the best of luck.
Noticed some Marine Corps pictures on a wall in your cabin! I always take interest in anything Marine Corps as I’m a Marine myself! 1962/66, 0811/8511. Great video. Semper Fi
Just found your channel and I love it! We live in Illinois and my husband is disabled. I have been researching off grid living. You have given me so many ideas. Everyone thinks we are crazy for wanting to live this way. We are currently looking for land in Arkansas. Thanks so much for sharing!!
So happy you found us!! 😊 We are from Northern Illinois! Everyone thought we were crazy too. Thought we would be giving up so many things. We moved here in 2021 (right after the Big C shutdown). When it came time, we had all those people asking if they could come with us! 😂 Best of luck finding your land and following your dreams!! Any questions don’t hesitate to reach out!! Thanks for following our journey!♥️
You are so nice!! Thank you!! Unlike Y'all I don't really have a clue what I am doing or really where to start but I am doing my research as much as I can. Thanks so much!!
The open concept is a great idea for ventilation/heating/cooling! It's also not necessary to have normal walls and doors because it's just the two of you!! Also... walls and doors cost money!!🤣🤣
New Subscriber! I too like an open concept for the same reason. Years ago my son asked me what my dream retirement home looked like. I told him it would have four exterior walls and no interior walls. He said, "So it would be an open floor plan"? And I said yep wide open. He said, but you would have bedroom walls? And I said nope, wide open. He said, "But you would have bathroom walls..." And I said nope, wide open. I went on to say "I want my company to know there will come a time when they need to leave"!!
So happy you found us! We love the open floor plan. Between that and the cathedral ceilings it makes it seem larger than it is!!😊We may have to steal that line when we have visitors come by!!😂
I was curious about the name "Hanbleceya" ? I may be wrong but is that the word Native American Indians use when praying for dreams or visions. I had a friend who was part Lakota and she mentioned a word like that once and it stuck in my brain for some reason.
@DanB-ei8br Hanbleceya is a vision quest for Lakota Sioux. We were married on the arm of the CrazyHorse memorial. Since that was where it all started we wanted to honor that by naming our homestead and our animals Lakota names. This is our vision quest!😊
Very Nice..I just Pick up 5 Acres in Maine..Thinking on buying one of the Shed to house..Good Job Guys Enjoy the retirement out there ...Next Month I will be Cutting some trees down to make room for a home
You can get more insulation going shed to cabin than a log house. 5 years ago I built my last regular log cabin down state. Code requires a R 20 now in wall. You can get logs split and insulate and glued back together but price is higher. And never has anyone asked about them. Nice stove. I like shelves better than cabinets.
We have no building codes in our town so we were able to do our cabin the way we wanted it. If we had R 20 in our walls we would have to open all the windows when the wood stove is on. Bet that splitting the logs is expensive! We love our stove, it works great for us!! The open concept throughout the cabin is exactly what we were looking for!!😊
I did the same thing with the little fans near the ceiling. I'm in a small 1930's built house with original metal kitchen cabinets, and no central air. I use a small a/c and Mr. Heater in the living room. I have a little fan at the top of the doorway aimed at the kitchen, and another fan at the top of the bedroom. I heat and cool this 800 sq ft place with just those two. It works even better now that I have insulation under the house (with landlord's permission) that I paid my neighbor to do.
Hi from a fellow mainer beautiful place,im in southern maine,lil town of lebanon outside a city. So in the country.. glad to have found u guys, ill keep following
First video I have seen of this and I am from Chicago so you know I had to subcribe LOL....looking forward to checking out the old ones and all the ones to come in the future!
We were both born and raised in Chicago!! We still have family in Illinois. So glad you found us and we appreciate the support!! Now the big question….. Cubs or Sox???? 🤣😂🤣😂
Things are coming along nicely, and I like the open concept! It’s nice and roomy too. Nice set up! Thank you for sharing! My husband and I are in the Southern part of the state. Been here all our lives and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, however my daughter moved to Chicago a few years ago to be with her boyfriend.
Thank you for the kind words. We love to openness of the cabin and it’s so much easier to heat and cool. Maine has been a blessing to us. We love it!! Our kids are still back in the Chicago area. We had been born and raised there….we were happy to leave. 😊
Looks fantastic!! You have a beautiful property and some great ideas. My wife and I live just a short distance south of you. Best of success with your future projects.
Hi Jason n Jen, Wow!! Your home is really awesome looking! Of course my fave is the kitchen lol!! I love open shelving, and the cabinet curtains are soooooo awesome looking! So country, primitive and cabin!! Love them, good job Jen! The Island sounds like it’s gonna be wonderful too. And pantry will be so nice, wow you guys have done so much nice work. Yeah a wall will definitely look good to hide your hanging clothes from the den, but hey if it works now, no rush, right? 👉🏻Jason, get her done before summer 😂😂😂 Kidding! Well kinda lol The porches is another one of my favorite, I’ve told ya before I’m a porch freak, lol. Love ‘em! But I think I’d take the front porch to the end of bathroom corner, so the middle could be wider/deeper for a table n chairs 😜 I know, I was just saying! Lol Gosh y’all have a Beautiful place inside n out. So proud of you both for working so hard and following your dreams. Stay safe, warm and God Bless ❤
Hi Pam!👋 Thank you so much!♥️ The kitchen is probably my favorite too. Jason did a great job on it!!😊 The island and pantry will be nice additions to it! Right now the clothes act as a wall but it will be nice to have one there. Not that it matters since it’s just the two of us in here!😂 The porches are gonna look great when they are done. Somewhere to sit after a long hard day of work!! Can’t wait for the sunroom on the back of the cabin. Will be able to grow and plant seeds for the garden!! Thanks for all your love and support on our journey! Take care and God bless!♥️🙏♥️
First time seeing one of your videos. Looks amazing. Only suggestion is to move your co meters down closer to floor level. By the time those go off you may not be able to hear it. Enjoy.
Nice set up man. My cousin and I picked up a 14x40 Amish cabin probably from the same builder, judging from the trim work around the window and how the inside looked as a shell.
Just found this channel. Excellent content! I don’t know if you have seen ant of Boss of The Swamps vds, but he has some excellent vds on insulating the bottom around the skirting. He is a wealth of info. Been watching him for years.
So glad you found us!! 😊 We appreciate the kind words! Boss of the Swamp is my husband’s idol!! He’s been watching him since before we came out here!! 😉
This is the first video of yours I have watched. I noticed the name of your ranch is taken from the Sioux word for the vision quest and your animals are given Lakota names. I am an 81 year old American woman who currently lives in France. However, I am a native Coloradan and for about 12 years is was a member of a group of individuals who studied and practiced the Lakota Sioux culture and red road. We went for about 8 years to the Cheyenne River Reservation to attend sun dances at Green Grass under Grandpa Sidney Keith and I attended two lowampi ceremonies at Eagle Butte. All of us did hanblecya at one time or another and several of our men sundanced for 4 years. I am curious as to where you got your relationship with the Sioux.
Welcome to the channel!! You are correct…all of our animals and our ranch are Lakota names. My husband and I were married on the arm of the CrazyHorse memorial back in 2010. My husband had been to the memorial with his father (who had passed away) and it always had a special place in his heart. We had planned a family trip out there and decided it would be the perfect spot to get married! When we were trying to think of a name for our ranch we decided that since it all began on the arm of the memorial we would continue honoring that and it continued with the animals we have brought into the family. We feel this homesteading journey we are on is our hanbleceya! ♥️
Another excellent video. I like how you describe yours and Jen’s thought processes for why you chose to do something the way you did. It seems like you get a lot of natural light in the cabin too. Oh and tell Jen this is my second winter over wintering some pepper plants her in MA.. It really does work lol
Thanks for the tour, nice job! Can you share with us what if any land use regulations you were/are required to follow in order to live there? Thank you.
If it were me, I would make a hinged screen to hide your utility corner. You could make it from a couple used doors, or make a wood frame and cover it with some type of cloth.
Just found your channel on RU-vid, it’s funny cause I have a camp in the western mountains in Maine, it looks a lot like your, only mine was a big mobile home with a 24x24 cabin built in the middle lol it was my moms that we built for her in the late 80s up on Indian land, it’s been handed down to me, so I need to get up there and get it back into shape, my brothers and sisters keep an eye on it for me, but there getting a little to old to be climbing up on things, I’ll keep watching your videos, and watch out dem dear moose A 👍🏼😎
We are so happy you found us. Your camp sounds amazing!! We don’t have many mountains in our area but it’s beautiful nonetheless!! Hope you enjoy our videos and we look forward to hearing more from you! 😊 The moose are the main things we keep an eye out for around here! Everything else keeps its distance! 🫎
Really enjoyed this. If/when I retire I'd like to be somewhere with 4 seasons. One thing I missed on the tour was your electricity source. Do you have solar and/or use a generator?
Nice job! Maine is Beautiful !!! I’m originally from Cape Neddick Maine. You can practically live off the land in Maine so happy for you.two ! Who is the young man serving are country in the Photo ?
Thank you!! It is a beautiful state!! You were right on the coast!! Must be beautiful there!! You can definitely live off the land out here! 😊 Our son is currently serving in the USMC. ♥️💛♥️💛 Have a great night!!
Just a friendly fyi ...your carbon monoxide alarm should be down low, by the time it reaches up there means you have already been breathing it in and we all know what that means. And I love your place!!!
I like the interior design, wood work. Seems very cozy inside. Wondering about the propane wall heater, a larger unit like that is it vented & powered (fan)?
Thank you so much! Yes, the heater is vented and does have a fan! Keeps the cabin very comfortable and as we said helps it from freezing if we are gone for a bit! 😊
I was born and raised in Maine my husband and I seriously thought about moving back to Maine. But, it’s just too cold, too snowy and the politics have gone so far left insane we just decided we couldn’t live under that oppression. We’ve lived in relative freedom to live without unnecessary laws.
A work in progress and if you like it that is all that matters. It is very easy to fix your right ear by the way..just a matter of getting it drained..not to be done at home but it should be addressed....
It is a work in progress and we love it!! As for the ear…wrestling in high school caused that. It was drained numerous times and has since hardened. Think of it as my battle scar and it’s a great conversation piece!!😊
Nice video, it takes a lot of guts to show off ones home (inside) thank you, it looks cozy. So question, my husband and I have a lot in Lincoln Me, we need a well and septic...do you have a video of the well going in? How deep did they have to go?
Thanks for the cabin tour, looks good. As for the internet, I assume it's a satellite disk? How's the signal? Hopefully, it's under $100 per month. I'm paying $55 per month now and I'm hoping that be will the case when I'm in Maine. Thanks.
Thank you!! We use Starlink. We rarely have any issues. We had a local service but it never really worked. We couldn’t barely upload videos and if we got lucky it would take hours to do.
Great video! i Love watching your channel. have a wicked good day. i Love the Amish built buildings. i have learned that a little bit here and a little bit there does add up to a Lot done! i Love your home. you might try a heat tape for roofs on your hallway roof. :)
Loved your video and your way of life but why don’t you share the board with the army 26:22 photo and medals 🎖️ I would love you to share the story behind it ,now I am watching this over in Scotland I have stopped over in Maine many years back and it looked lovely I know I would like it because I love trout fishing and Maine has plenty but love from us over here and I will keep watching your videos,God Bless 👍❤️🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸
Thank you for the kind words! 😊 That’s our son’s wall who’s a US Marine. We’ll do a story time on that in a future video. We fell in love with Maine the first day we stepped foot here. Thanks again and God Bless 😊
I'm not sure if it's been said, if it has, sorry for repeating. Your smoke detector is correctly placed, as smoke from fire travels up. Your CO2 however, should be placed at the lowest point as CO2 is heavier than air and travels down vs up. By the time co2 makes it to the ceiling, the cabin, and all living creatures in it, have passed from CO2 poisoning.
Hi Jack, so a lot of folks have said this to me but honestly, I’m not quite sure where that information is coming from. Based on the EPA, the location of a carbon monoxide detector should be in every room, outside of bedrooms, and placed a minimum 6 inches from the ceiling, and a minimum of 5 feet up on the wall. Alternatively they can be placed on the ceiling 6 inches from the wall. I do appreciate the concern that you and others have commented, but we’re pretty confident with the location of our detectors. Thanks again for the concern and the comment. 😊
@@HanbleceyaRanch That's good to know. The gas company says CO2 is heavier than air. Therefore, fixed CO2 safety monitor sensors should be mounted approximately 12 inches (30 cm) off the floor. At any rate, you at least have one available.
Just to let you know that your carbon monoxide alarm is not installed correctly. Your smoke alarms are fine where they are because smoke rises. However, carbon monoxide is heavier than smoke or air so it falls to the floor. Please, please install your carbon monoxide alarms correctly. Thank you, Sincerely it will make me feel better knowing that you and your wife and pets are safe. SybilG 😊
Hi Sybil, 👋 Thank you for the comment and your concern. This seems to be a hot topic. Our alarms are installed correctly per the EPA. In a nut shell, within 6” from the ceiling (or within 6” of a wall, on a ceiling). Have always been installed in this manner every place we’ve ever lived. Thanks again for your concern!!! 😊
I just retired, I live in Iowa. I really enjoy the cold and snow. Iowa has a nontax on social security, which is a benefit. But, we dont get the snow as we ised to. So I am looking at different states that would fit what I like. I need to ask how did you decide on Maine? What are the benefits for livi g there? Thanks
Depending what route you want to go , you can Buy land reasonably cheap the further north you go $1500 an acre . Do you want off grid? Do you want to live in a place closer to hospitals? Millinocket, Houston , presque isle , of closer to ocean Down east as they say ?
Ya, I'd prefer off grid. I've lives in Alaska before, but it's just to expensive anymore. I want to take the snow machine out to the lake and do ice fishing and take the boat out during the warmer time of year. Within 30 minutes of a town with resources as groceries and such. That's a quick description of what would work for us. Any advise, is appreciated
I live in southern Maine and would love to buy some land up north and put one of these shed/cabins on the land. How do things like building permits and insurance work with these?
Well I suppose it depends on where your land would be. In our area there are no permitting. As for insurance, it’s as easy as calling any one of the insurance companies up here and setting it up. Hope that helps and best of luck!!! 😊
What is your wrestling background! I am thinking of buying a cabin in Maine to start my homesteading journey, looking to leaving Commifornia. So many states to look at, hard to decide
