Inside Wooden Houses that Are Popular with Russian Middle Class / Different Russia 2023 

Это дача, "летний дом", но теперь многие (если не большинство) делают его пригодным для круглогодичного проживания. Получается два дома (обычно городская квартира и загородный коттедж, лёгкий или капитальный). Смешно, знаю даже сельских жителей, имеющих кроме дома на селе ещё и дачу :)

@@Olga-de3ru They look somewhat as norwegian houses.

But Russia is cold, how do you deal with the bath and toilet issues? I kow they used to have saunas, but the toilet issue by minus 50 is not easy to face.

they're cabin, summer houses, nobody live whole year in them.@@annepoitrineau5650

​@@annepoitrineau5650The same way we did before indoor plumbing.......

That was the most racist comment I've read all day

@@stoneyswolf What's racist about it?

Considering most young people's wages are about 300 $ a month (or less), it's not incredible value. Probably some older people from the upper middle class could afford them for a dacha, but it would not be a good dwelling for the entirety of the year. For a comparison, an apartment of a similar size in a medium Russian city would also cost about $30,000 or even $20,000 in a smaller city. At the same time, an apartment has everything you need, including plumbing, heating, electricity and gas (although I would prefer just electricity, honestly, I don't like gas stoves that much because they don't heat the food very evenly). And also an apartment won't just burn down easily as a wooden house would (I've seen an entire street of wooden houses burn in the neighborhood where I live. No way I am going to buy a wooden house like that). Also apartment blocks usually have greater access to public transportation and schools, and you don't have to drive your kids everywhere as you would from an individual house. So yeah, for most of us, a wooden house is a luxury and not a practical dwelling. That is why I like the Soviet urbanism, by the way. The really planned the apartment blocks for the people to live, unlike modern constructor companies that just spam apartments as close to each other as possible, not caring about public transportation, healthcare, schools and kindergartens.

​@@awesomebearaudiobooksfirst learn how much Russian's really own monthly,you know nothing about official salary and envelope salary. In big cities no body will work for less than 1.500$. open jobs in Russia and check how much earn simple bus driver and only after barck about wage in Russia!

Do they not use bathrooms ?

@bdullah1093lol only in Moscow

No water, electricity, heat or cooling, no bathroom. Not such a good deal.

So true.

Even the red one would be plenty for me! I once had a 10X16 feet unit (one floor with two-part loft) from Dirksen, which I was in the process of prepping prior to building out while living in a 14-foot travel trailer. It was red with white trim and with a 4-part barn-style roof. Unfortunately, I sold it while I fled the US 5 years ago to save myself financially. Now, I'm trying to see about building a house here in India on life-time leased land (50-years) owned by a really nice family I know for a long time. The land lease will paid off in a total of 4 months, and then I can build the house as fast as I can pay for it (one brick or part of the house at a time, like the rest of the non-Western world does it).

I don't love anybody without a bathroom or kitchen. Trust me, over the long haul ? Uh uh.

​@@bigbertha4080without a bathroom or kitchen I'm not very loving.

@@user-te4of2fq5d what if the loss of a bathroom and kitchen happens to your loved ones. It's going to happen to a lot more people than you realize in America.

That’s exactly what I was thinking too!!

Not me! Russia is our enemy. 👀

1000% Agree!

@@mrdan2898 Thanks my friend..🤠

These are not homes for the poor. They are sumner vacation homes called dachas. The homes she is showing are not meant to be lived in year around.

@@esmeraldagreen1992 well, i imagine if you re poor enough, like millions in canada and america apparently, you wouyld be very happy with a house like this!

Both houses I have ever bought have been $30,000 and $32,000 respectively. They were not huge, but not tiny. Pretty average for our area (1,700ft² and 1,200ft² respectively, though we did discover a large hidden room in the last house, bringing up the square footage to closer to the first house). There's electricity and plumbing too. These should come down from that. Too small and zero utilities.

Дачи есть практически у всех, но теперь мода их "капиталить", т.е. превращать действительно во второй дом, и СНТ перестали "закрываться на зиму",

Электричество тут есть (оно есть на самых дешевеньких дачах, да и тут нетрудно увидеть), наверняка есть и водопровод для полива (в дачный сезон). Если нужно что-то большее, то бурится скважина для питьевого водопровода, и, конечно, не особо трудно сделать автономную канализацию (под ассенизационную машину).

They aren't cheap. Median Russian salary is ~$500 net.

Greed

so you want an outhouse? no kitchen, no bathroom

These are prefabricated cabins, not actual houses.

@@ehayes7849 So you want to pay 70% of your income on Rent, and utilities for the rest of your life? Outhouse isn't so bad.

If Not Just Bikes saw this video he would probably have a meltdown.

In cold climates, having separated rooms is a more efficiate use of space - and those storage lofts are often actually really impracticable. Good luck getting to your equipment if you've hurt your knee and can't use a ladder...

with a communal outhouse?

In Russia they are not meant to downsize or simplify people's life - they are owned by urban residents in addition to their city apartments not instead of them

@@elenacuskina she’s speaking of America. Not Russia.

It’s basically pretty shed you have to equip with electricity, bathroom, kitchen, furniture to make it livable.

Tiny houses in US are fully equipped and livable. These are just shells.

​@@elenacuskinaYeah we get that lady

No way would a house that small and without any amenities cost that much in Gatlinburg, TN, or anywhere in TN lol. That's a 2 bedroom 1 bath, maybe 700-800 sq ft

@@JCW86 HA! I live in NE TN and houses that small are going for around $200,000. Heck, 1 bedroom apartments are going for $1,200 per month in Johnson City. A friend living in a nearby town in a 2-bedroom small apartment that was built around 1950s-1960s, just had her rent raised to a whopping *$850!* per month! Yikes! Glad I bought my property back in 1998.

@@kalinystazvoruna8702im right next to NE Tennessee in Asheville, we are hoping to move to your area as we love the tri city area. My in-laws are from Bristol but live in Kingsport.

@@shaunalea823 When I first moved to TN in 1998, a friend lived in Knoxville and her husband was from Kingsport. I explained I was looking to move to the Johnson City area, and he told me I'd enjoy it because it's basically a college town, but he warned me to stay away from Kingsport! 😸 I still don't know why, but I'm in the southwestern part of Washington county and am very happy here.

​@@kalinystazvoruna8702 $850? That's amazing from where I come from where rent is at least $1,500 and up a month.

I’m in the USA but I wouldn’t mind to have one of these small houses out in the woods. The cities are becoming so crowded. These are so charming and your dog would love it! We’ve been looking for extra inexpensive land that’s not a target to put a tiny house on. Best wishes to you my neighbor to the north.😊😊😊

No actually we call them tree houses for kids to play in.

They are just fancy sheds.

As a Russian, you should be afraid to go out on the balcony😂

Only sommer house, no toilet, no kitchen, no drain, no isolation, no heating, no electric.

I live in a big house it's been costing a lot to heat this cold winter, however we do have some 'cold rooms', which we don't heat and keep the doors closed. It's a decent solution. But kitchens and bathrooms can't be cold rooms unless you want frozen pipes. Also open floor plans means you can only do this with bedrooms for the most part.

It is not a permanent house.

Apparently the trend is to sell a stripped down [ basic ] house then the owner adds all the goodies they want ,but I imagine with them having their own building crews would lead to much extra time in the build not to mention way higher expense of assembly in coordination of all the plumbing ,kitchen,bathroom, electrical and everything else we would deem necessary and that`s not to mention sanitation lines septic or what ever is allowed where it is built. So I bet that $30,000 Dacha just jumped to $60 or 70,000. Forgot to mention heating and of course A/C.

​@@gunfisher46615к$ за отопление, канализацию с септиком и электричество. Это будет реальной ценой. Никаких дополнительных разрешений получать не надо.

You have to have a good budget to build one not to mention the land you’re going to set it up on. A dacha and if you’re fortunate enough to inherit one, you would never do without it!

Same in USA. The exterior maintains the cabin look while the inside has different colors.

I live in a log home near the Canadian border in Idaho. My house is not painted either, but it is stained and varnished.

I find them quite charming, the painted log houses.

@@annehedonia156 Yes, they look cheerful.

Probably due to the lack of roads back in the day and of course it is much colder there in the winters.

Living in a shed is a great idea?

@@romancetips365 certainly a better situation than living in a tent"down by the river"😷😷

Yeah I agree.