I agree, like the woodsman who built his house in the woods where he worked. Not your typical average house but it wasn’t the “we spent 20,000 on the bathtub” kind of a Grand Design house. Having said that, these guys may have saved £137,000, but they still spent over £280,000 and still haven’t finished it. What’s more, where did a couple of 25 year olds find £280,000? From the sounds of it and given I never heard the word mortgage spoken I imagine they come from a relatively wealthy background, ie. bomad. And they may have saved £137,000 by a little skipping diving and buying ex display kitchens and appliances instead of brand new ones, they still ended up building something pretty typical in terms of design. Yes it’s nicer than your average Barrett home, but in terms of architecture this is a pretty typical especially looking at other western countries. They didn’t take any real risks with the architecture, instead they saved money by what is effectively a little freecycling and eBaying when it comes to some materials. £280,000 including the land cost, is good I think. But compare it to something like this: www.arba.pro/realisations/mchamps/ that was built for around £100,000 not including land cost (which even if it was £150,000 for the land still puts it well below Jack’s total build cost) and there’s no comparison.

agreed mark

@@donnageorge6506 oh I B n I’m I. I hihonestly i hiii

Somehow I don't think it was that cheap....

If you look on eBay £2000 does seem to be common rate when someone is done with their kitchen and want an upgrade especially if you look at bidding auctions

@@ToxCcc me and my dad did exactly that, we moved into a house we where renovating and bought a second hand kitchen with appliances for an absolute steal. Its the way to go when on a budget

miele produucts are really expensive, 2k alone are probably it

@@ffab101p121 here in Switzerland people give away kitchens like this one for free, they just want people to go there disassemble it and take it away because dumpsters and trash is very expensive here, nobody wants to bother

I think he would look like that anyway.

lol

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31 and same piece of trash over here lol

He'll pick you up later, don't worry.

@@shinpachithestraight8781 I hope he picks me up too.

I'm 27 and I'm getting on your level, day by day.

@@user-uh9jy7ss4m me too tbh...

you almost married him

Caleb Askie like... adoption??

I thought you were talking about his house and were already giving you a thumbs up. But I guess your wisdom can also be applied in different ways.

@@joeladzim1225 weirdo

IKR!! I'm looking at them rn and honestly if I was going down them I'd feel like slipping of them bloody polished wooden poles Haha.

Working in Building Control he wouldn't get away with them... requires balustrade with handrail and no gaps between the treads as a tripping hazard haha

Also didnt notice any Fire Detection or sprinklers in there

@@0ptimus101 who the fuck has a sprinkler in their house, and one that they are trying to save costs with as well

Because they're not to code because he "didn't hire an architect" smh. If there's one thing you should hire for a house it should be an architect...

Maybe it's time UK consider allowing tiny houses like US do.

Sometimes people want to get creative AND use materials that haven't nearly expired their "shelf-life". I personally know people that throw away perfectly useful materials and things, and it pisses me off because I think of how many things I could do with them if I had the space, either to keep or to sell.

@@VisualGameDev As much as I love the ingenuity of tiny houses I think it's sadly a a sign of the bad times we are in when tiny houses are becoming fashionable. People see tiny houses as hope, freedom from debt. I see bird cages for humans whilst the richest in society live in mansions. We need more balance, the reason tiny houses have become so popular is because normal housing has become less affordable.

@@VisualGameDev I really wish they would!!! I live in Cumbria and want to build one!

@@VisualGameDev The only projects I see with tiny homes are projects that give each tiny home massive lawn space. Seeing as space is exactly the issue in European cities, I don't see these tiny homes making a massive dent in the housing problem.

Where the hell did he get the money from to do that? Most struggle at that age with a deposit let alone £280k cash.

Including the land and cost of building the house. That's a bargain, given what the alternative is.

House and land.

@@abujunayed Yes - considering alternatives. However the sad truth is that £280K is simply out of reach for the vast majority of young people, even with a mortgage. £280K is no bargain.

​@@dxelson Let's say you put a 10% deposit down, (£28,000). And you were able to secure a £252,000, 25 year mortgage for the rest with a very generous 2% loan. In total that's £1,068 a month for the next 25 years of your life. You also have to consider a bank will usually only allow you to loan around 3 or 4 times your salary. If we say they allow 4 times what you earn. The you have to be earning £63,000 a year. That's not what I would call affordable. It is possible of course, say, these 2 are both full time working well paid jobs of around £30K each, however that is not the average situation for most people in UK aged 20 to 30. And even at 30K each, it's at the maximum they can loan. Not to mention, this is a self build, mortgage lenders are not as eager to offer low interest loans on these. I imagine the interest would have been above 2%.

And

look what uk life did to him....

@Lucy Mwangi It's a pretty depressing country.

That’s the stress of building your own house, mate

@ShutTheFuckUpWhore Your comment made my day! Thank u, mister!

😂😂 sounds about right

Muy cierto

No, those dislikes are from building control regulations officers.

@@SpiritOfOrange Agreed. Illegal stairs. No visible fire detectors.

Yes but he aged 20 years while building it

Good luck selling it for a profit when it's not to code, look at the state of those stairs...

That’s right labour isn’t cheap

I don't know how it is in the UK, but in Norway most contractors will add 20% to the cost of any materials on top of their hourly costs. And they will be getting 10-15% off the material costs on top of that through frequent buyer discounts at the hardware stores. That's why I do as much as I can myself. They're all a bunch of thieves.

@@-_James_- yes, if you let other people handle all aspects of it, you will get screwed. As a civil engineer, I can tell you that a small house building is easy, it's like a lego building. You need a good civil engineer to calculate and design a plan so that it is easy to build, structurally sound and cheap. With a little bit of research, you can do most of the work. Material wise, timber is so widely accessible and cheap. But it requires dedication and ambition.

Why not both?

...you're in the US, right?

@@andreaandrea6716 Those stairs don't look up to building regs in the UK, either. I've seen less dangerous ones being nixed on GD for that reason. It will be hard to insure if he doesn't get bannisters.

@@egbront1506 ... it was the focus/context. Not that someone might get hurt, but that someone might get sued. I was curious. (Sociologically. How different cultures see things).

Sorry, this sounds aggressive and I didn't mean for it to be.

I thought I was the only one who thought so!😄, but here he is the only self builder in the village..!

And there’s nothing wrong with that.

.... what??

Nothing is impossible..that pic on my dp I start that 2 years ago never knew how I was gna start now soon finish.

I started working at 25 (now 27) and I'm still a long way from having a family, let alone building or buying a house. I don't even have a car.

92kosta bro believe me wen I tell u nothing is impossible..n it’s never too late..just gwan put in the work n you will see the results..I am the worst of the worst..n if I can do it you definitely can..n if u can try n start a small bizz while u work that wud be great too..just don’t doubt yourself because only you can stop you..n just trust jahjah bless

@@92kosta you will get there bro, we all have different starting and different end points. Comparison is a bitch and the more you compare the more you will feel bad for yourself.

Same here

Only one? Yikes! You're so far behind! I'm only two, and I hav 500 billion of them! God, only one? Are you poor? Yikes.

no plans? did somebody actually check it?

One that walks out of school and into a high paying job. Its very common in Australia's mining sector. Boys as young as 19 are getting 250k a YR!

They don't look that unsafe

Ani Vai ikr at least have some railings

Not sure where the 2nd oven went though?!?

nice for dinner

Not a fucking chance

No. I get them for free all the time. You’re just not looking at the right places!

I know you’re joking but he’s not fucklng 70 lol.

If only the 'mortgaged masses' had fairer and better options ;-)

@@Joni_I If you're on KZfaq and you still haven't unplugged from the Matrix then there is nothing to be said, we are doers.

they have less money than you, they just have good mortgage conditions

He built a custom house to his exact specifications. Yes, it’s cheap based on what he did.

We don’t want to live where you live though 😂😂😂