Off-Grid LOG CABIN BUILD | Building a HOMESTEAD 

Living the dream.❤

Love that wood you chose! So fitting to your setting.❤

Great video kids what a cracking idea to use all those off cuts for a rustic look, I would never have thought of that. Brilliant

Hi you two, well you should be so proud of yourselves, the cladding looks amaziiiiiiiig. 🏆 You make a great team together. Still worried as you both need to wear hats when outside in the sun, believe me sun damage is not a nice thing, and once you get it there is not a lot you can do. Keep up the good work, love your videos and look forward to seeing them each Wednesday. xx Tony

Wow! Your outhouse looks amazing. Great job. Please do consider treating the wood to prevent woodwork and protect it . It would be a shame to see your beautiful work nibbled away, or rotted in a couple of years.

Actually, the most common word to say "wife" is precisely "mulher", which also means "woman". Most people, when referring to their wifes, will say "minha mulher", literally "my woman". If you're referring to the wife of whoever you're talking to, you could say "a sua mulher", literally "your woman". The most elegant way to say wife, also very common, is "esposa" (similar to the english word "spouse", from the same root). You could say "a sua esposa", also meaning "your wife". From these examples, you also probably noticed that we use articles ("a", "o", both equivalent to "the") when referring to a person, something that isn't done in English. For example, you just say "John is fat" but we would say the equivalent to "the John is fat" ("o João é gordo"). Hence "a sua esposa" ("the your spouse").

You two have accomplished so much! 😁

Out house looks amazing.

Wow although it is so hot you two accomplish alot in a weeks time. The outhouse looks great

I love the look of your outhouse! It has loads of character and blends perfectly with the location.

The progress you both are maintaining in this heat is amazing. Your outhouse is dead canny, reminds me when I was a youngun .Your an inspiration to Adults and bairns . We wish you all the best and will continue to watch your achievements. County Durham sends you both lots of love and blessings x🍾🥂

In our part of Scotland those “slats” are called “backs” and are usually used as firewood, so it was good to see them being used in a different way.

Well Done Laura and Dan. It's amazing what can happen when you reach well beyond your comfort zone and create the life of your dreams. You two are testimony to this and will be inspiring so many others on your journey. Much love and blessings to you both.

How exciting!! I know you must be so proud and satisfied to have a little covering to do your business and stay clean and healthy. Good job!!

It's so nice that you make videos like this, I really like it❤️

You will have to take the bark off. Leaving it on attracts all the wood boring and eating bugs. Well Done you two! 👏

Good wood working Knowledge & Skills, the male is experienced. I can distinguish between skilled & unskilled .

I have to give it to you. I know I couldn’t to this so hats off to you both

How cosy, gritty and rustic outlook the outhouse has, so lovely 🥰 It's so nice,that you used that board because it zero waste and eco-friendly. Can't wait until next week!

Out house looks good. Roof needed overhang at the sides and the walls could do with insulation. That said there are many gaps in the walls, you could find mice and other critters taking up residence in there..

Salada de tomate azeite e vinagre,,,,,,,muito bom e refrescante

You two are working hard in the heat,the outhouse is looking really good, x

Watching from the Caribbean,love your videos,very innovative,good luck and God'blessings to you all,will continue to follow.

It’s nice seeing what like minded people are doing across the pond. Greetings from the deep backwoods of West Virginia.

Your outhouse looks amazing. Please treat it with a woodworm preventative or keep it from falling apart too quickly. And I'm impressed at how prepared you were before you moved to Portugal, all the items you brought in your van. You've made a lot of progress on that part of the gully/dry stream.

So amazing guys 🤗 wowowowow!!

great job every bit helps

The cabin is looking great and so cheap, well done.

Never thought I'd use *awesome* to describe an outhouse, but I will for this one.

Great team work, I’m so very proud of the both of you! Looks wonderful! You will certainly enjoy this new addition in your daily life… Blessings be with you! Great Job! 😃🙏 Love your videos, Thanks for sharing!

I've been watching both your experiences moving to Portugal to live off the land and another UK couple's same experience. I stopped watching them as they had money, bought a beautiful, old house and completely modernized it in a ubiquitous way. I appreciate very much your humbleness, creativity and ability to see the beauty in it all.

Love your shit'n'shower house!! (that's what we call ours at the camping land) It turned out really great! I especially love your thrifty solution for the siding!

Lovely video, thanks! Rickard 🇸🇪🚐

Remember to treat the wood , you get a lot of wood beetles in Portugal 😊

The outhouse looks bloomin’ ace! Can’t wait to see the finished results 🙂

Great job guys, it's all coming together. Looking forward to seeing your next project. Lots of interesting content.

Another awesome video. Well done guys 👍 The outhouse looks amazing. I’m looking forward to seeing it all complete & up and running. Take care guys & we’re looking forward to next weeks video already

You guys have made such great progress on the out house. the stone gully is amazing. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

The outhouse / shower house is really looking very nice. I like that rough wood look. And you certainly can't beat the price. Congrats on a job well done.

Wonderful job! Can’t wait to see the next video! ☀️☀️☀️

Love it ! Well done! Well thought of!

Love the stone work on your property.

That is amazing! Well done both of you 😎

Wow, you have both done an amazing job on you shower/toilet shack, I love the rustic look & great job on the clearing of the street, the rocks look lovely 😍 xxxx

I loved your project. The fact that you both planned it and brought some things with you before coming to your land was brilliant! Looks rustic and very appropriate for the homestead. Can’t wait to see more videos. Lots of love.from Florida❤

Wow that cladding is amazing. You two are so hard working. Looking forward to your progress. Hugs!

You are both making amazing progress, it is clear how much planning has gone into your project over the years, it seems like you know what things you need to do, what you need to do to make them happen, and what order to do them in! You must have been using your time back in the UK well to prepare! The cabin is looking great and the videos are awesome. Down to earth, fun and very watchable!

Hi Dan and Laura, your videos are so humbling and inspiring at the same time. Thank you for sharing your journey with us, and sending you both love from the Philippines.

Another great video! I am glad to see your privy almost done and ready for service! As already mentioned, don't forget to put some sort of wood sealer on it or all that hard work will be gone in a couple of years. If you are set on leaving that bark on the oak wood around the shower area make doubly sure to treat that area. Bugs and other creatures LOVE to hide under bark. That area being damp will attract a LOT of them. If the budget allows get a garden bow rake or a straight rake. It will make keeping your culvert clean and running smooth. It will help a lot with keeping your other areas clean as well. That leaf rake will just piss you off and make you tired!

Will you need to insulate for the winter time? The wood planks are very rustic and beautiful and the out house is really coming along! Take care of each other, Laura 🍻🍻

doing a great job guy's impressed with your money saving ways and quickly becoming one of my Fav off grid channels!

Fantastic Vlog great engaging content and fabulous results with the Out house AND The Stream...well done guys!!!! Looking forward to next weeks episode!!😉😉

Great improvements

Great job on the bathroom I like the look of trees looks siding

Great work Laura and Dan and videos are getting better and better as you both seem more comfortable in front of the camera. Much love from County Durham xx

Looks great 👍

Looks great guys. Well done.

Well done young people👏Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴

The outhouse is looking good, impatient for your next video.

It looks amazing!😍

Looks amazing

Beautiful

Great job guys. In the Winter it gets chilli, you could install some isolation fabric in between

Love d outhouse beautiful...should plant some beautiful flowers around its

Well done, nothing like working together to get a good result. All the best for your next step. Blessings Philippa Australia

es bueno ver gente joven con ganas de hacer un futuro en el campo.

This is such an awesome creativity and art coming together and making something special and unique. This is truly something I needed to see from you, myself I have been thinking, dreaming, and wanting to make the steps towards creating something like that. However, life kinda kept getting in the way or better to say I made poor choices and mistakes and paid the price, but finally I am on the right track to regain all the control over my life which I am very proud of :) Your videos are helping me to be inspired, pushed, and acknowledged about the ups and downs which is a huge benefit, and I'd like to thank you for it. Wishing you the best on your journey :)

Wonderful success on projects finished. Enjoy this channel.

The big tomato is a very popular kind here in Portugal and it's called "Curaçao de Boi" which means "Bull's Heart".

Excellent work although rustic it's all usable and clearing some land is brilliant, just makes your future space look more doable. Well done with what your achievement this far. 🇬🇧🗣🔉🔊

Well done both..looks great 👍

Hi D&L, another great video, the cladding on the outhouse has added much needed strength to the framework, as has been mentioned, as the building doesn't have a very solid foundation u can always secure it with wire rope or straps cemented on the 4 corners, just a thought b4 the weather hits unexpected and ur outhouse takes of with the wind and or rain, great effort from u both, luv this channel, (ps) don't think i would fancy tomato bread tho, u will have to let us c what it looks like 👍, take care of each other

Muito bem! 👏👏

Great video guys! AMAZING JOB!!! ...Cant believe how cheap that timber was! You should use a circular saw from the flat side of the planks to square them up along the length so that fit nice and tight as the top edge will be covered by the natural edge of the board above it but will make it easier to lay flat! Also cutting from the back side the circular saw will cut teeth upwards so won't chip out the exterior bit will give you a nice straight edge along one side of each board. Just an idea for any other projects or for the interior etc. Hope that helps you get em up fitted more easily make more use of the wood that's a bit more crooked on both edges you can still use it by flattening the edge to be covered by the next board.. Cheers from London 👍😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

So beautiful guys ❤️

Oh I thought you would have saved the windows or at least 1 for the .barn. Looks good

Lovely build of outhouse.... the oak planks u got should take bark off and clear stain it for interior 😁👍

You can put the solar panels on the roof of that beautiful outhouse

awesome vid!!!!

You are going to use your outhouse very soon, nicely done

Very good job

You were right without even knowing. Mulher means not only woman but wife as well.Enjoying your content ,well done 👍💕

Fazendo um banheiro 👍👍

Cool! :) Keep at it.

nice

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🌀💚🌀 Progress! 🌀💚🌀

Well done! And yes, 'mulher' is a word that can be used for wife. The more formal word is 'esposa'.

Marvelous work there. .i have a similar self built Van and I'm driving down to your area in a month. Looking for a similar project as yours so its very educative to watch your videos, thank you. Regards Rickard from Sweden 🇸🇪

Hi from Cape Town South Africa I love watching you guys.You are such a cute couple xx

Save that debris put in a pile kind of spread out and cover with grass clippings and local soul in layers. You can use that as you garden next year it is kind of a compost are but will be use directly as a garden area.

Hi guys! No news for a while. Hope everything is ok. Cheers!

My first tool was a butter knife didn't buy a screwdriver for years

Enjoying the progress you two are making. Perhaps you could use Google translate in communicating with your neighbour. Cheers to you both.

It's important to anchor that aluminium shack really well, I've seen many all banged up because they fly away with the wind, when not anchored....

Lovely video guys, quick question, why did you not insulate the cabin?,❤️

I know it's a bit late now, lol, but you never used wood glue. Would have tightened up things. Well done to you both, though.

Very. Nice. Hom

would have added a membrane to help preventing bugs in. Well done guys.

In Australia we call them flitches..you are building what we call a flitch-hut.