We Bought an Abandoned Alaskan Cabin | Full Tour
We Bought an Abandoned Alaskan Cabin | Full Tour
When we purchased our piece of Alaska, we ended up buying a homestead that had been abandoned for nearly 20 years. We had a ton of cleaning up to do when we arrived at the property, both inside and out. After removing everything from inside the cabin and fixing part of the roof and floor, we have a great place to use as storage and a workspace…
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Wish I can find something like this
Sometimes it is better to rebuild from scratch and they will be keeping some of the original owners wood to reuse in their build if no bugs or mould. You forget it has been standing 20 years now abandoned. Your channel came into my recommendation. Look forward to watching your journey.
It’s a shame the previous owners left it in such a mess. I don’t understand how someone could do that.
a jack and concrete blocks and you can fix that foundation in 15 minutes. I was going to subscribe but when I found out your plans to tear it all down i lost interest.
I’m In Pennsylvania and have always wanted to move to Alaska. I couldn’t agree more. I don’t know what part of Pa but I’m in NEPA and would leave in a heartbeat. Good luck guys. So glad I found your channel. Until I move I’ll live through y’all.
Hope you didn't pay too much !!!! Yikes 😮
This is awesome! I walked through that place when it was listed. What a small world.
Is this close to your other land or y'all's house going to be that close by or what y'all doing with this I see there's chickens I'm glad to see them babies
I wanna bet the Cabin is haunted, it does look bit Creepy tho. I would pay 1k maybe 1,2k max. As you said, lots of work and Cabin is in bad Condition and most important, wanna bet bad Public Transportation, long way walk to nearest Busstop LOL
Did I see a birch tree on that property ,I really enjoyed the bonfire stoke, Stoke it
нихрена димон бороду отрастил, на юге не жилось чтоли?
You don't have to trash the cabin two hrydolic jacks jack the house using sonic tubes you can pour cement pillars
Good luck….please stop talking with your hands so much
How much something like that cost ? If you don’t mind me asking?
Hi, i have no job.have in Alaska any job for builder, bricklayer and stone make wall?
Normally I'm all about saving structures but I understand wanting to tear this one down. It's too bad there wasn't more attention paid to the foundation when it was being built. So much work went into harvesting, moving and processing those logs. I can't understand why you'd put that much effort in only to put it on such a horrible foundation. Awesome that you'll be reusing the logs for another build though. They deserve better 🙂
So happy you’re saving the logs and not burning them! U can use a battery powered or corded electric disc grinder and grind the first layer of aging off the logs. Then use a propane torch and burn them then broom 🧹 them off and paint them with Australian Timber oil. Then use the Cabin logs to build a nice size work shop with or on your house for that matter. If you used that Japanese burning method on them logs whatever you build would be there when your grand kids are old. The burning & Timber oil makes them insect & rot resistant. Definitely don’t throw them away or burn them because someone has already took out a ton of work for you by having those logs already in place. Even the ones that are a little bit rotted you can cut the bad part off and use the rest of the log. That’s a lot of work cutting down logs stripping all the bark and letting them dry, so that part is already done for you. It’s amazing how well those logs will clean up with a disc Sander, lightly burning, brushing 🧹 off the char off and treating them with oil. They’ll then be good for another 100 years or longer. Yeah you guys definitely have a lot of nice usable logs in that cabin that’ll save you time and money to be ready to be used again.
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That’s awesome I’m so happy for you guys
👏🏼😁 Guys I haven’t gotten a notification from Youtube for your videos in 90 days + so I’m playing catch up. Crazy right ?
you should pressure wash the outs walls. You might find some of the logs are still usable.
So smart to reuse the wood. Someone spent a lot of time preping those logs and still a ton of life left in them. Wood will last for generations if it is kept dry and bug-free. So nice to see you guys doing all this hard work. I'm envious. I enjoy watching you guys so much!!
WHY…..
Why did you buy this house. If you are going to dismantle it and build sheds with all that lumber.
All the power to you guys that’s amazing. I’ve worked in construction for a good many years as a bricklayer. To be perfectly honest, I think I’d write up by just a normal piece of ground and build what I want on it. Might spend having to do all that cleanup. I would’ve built about a 4000 square-foot home in the time I spent just clearing all that crap. I’d write up by a blank canvas with some planning permission and start from there.
Looks like you had some 'squatters"…
How much land came with the cabin?
You could jack the cabin up and put footers underneath it. It's done all the time.