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  • Опубликовано: 29 мар 2024
  • Take a tour of our luxurious Secret Bungalow built inside our shop in Loreto, BCS Mexico! We give you a tour and tell you what it cost.
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Комментарии • 226

  • @paultrevi
    @paultrevi 3 месяца назад +5

    Dooglass your very charismatic, don't listen to haters. When you opened the door I fell in love with your home. You have all the comfort features anyone needs or wants. Thanks for sharing!!

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +3

      Thanks so much for the comment. I wouldn't last long on RUclips if I let the haters get to me. The goal was to make this channel a refuge away from negativity. I try to keep my channel as welcoming and non-confrontational as possible, and don't get into any controversial subjects, but it doesn't matter. Haters always appear.

  • @cryptopeter1
    @cryptopeter1 3 месяца назад +14

    Awesome. I'm near homeless and this is right up my alley! Thanks. Peter in Palm Beach ❤

  • @zeusfloreus
    @zeusfloreus 2 месяца назад +6

    Great place! Love what you did with space! My brothers and I helped mom build a 2 Bdrm, 1 bathroom, living room, dining area, kitchen, Garage and storage room at San Luis Potosi, MX for about 15,000USA.

  • @rickvillelli4652
    @rickvillelli4652 4 месяца назад +8

    The way you jumped on that bed......back is clearly feeling better. Great to see. And, yes, I immediately jumped on Amazon and bought some of those Tillamook Terriyaki sticks. If they're anything like the quality of their cheese and ice cream, pretty sure I won't be disappointed. We will see........
    Congrats on finishing the Hidden Bungalow project. If there's one thing RV living teaches us, it's that you can be happy in very little space. In fact, it's kinda nice and cozy. So much less to furnish, heat, cool and clean.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  4 месяца назад +5

      For me the size of the house doesn't make much difference. I am outside 80% of the time I am awake. The biggest advantage of the bungalow over the RV is the quiet AC. Here where we have to run the AC for 3-4 months 24/7, the loud RV rooftop AC gets annoying.

  • @itsbublepeche7598
    @itsbublepeche7598 4 месяца назад +11

    You guys have my favourite RUclips channel. You’re living my dream!

  • @isamartinez8830
    @isamartinez8830 4 месяца назад +2

    OMG… great job 👏 both of you. Always looking forward what it’s new at Puffer Fish… u are living your dream…👏👏👏

  • @nicolascervantes9611
    @nicolascervantes9611 4 месяца назад +2

    Great seeing you two last week. Thanks for showing me around the place!

  • @soniadominguez4039
    @soniadominguez4039 4 месяца назад +3

    You guys are amazing! Great Bungalow to live in, Felicidades!

  • @stephanievalencia7329
    @stephanievalencia7329 4 месяца назад +1

    Congrats on finishing your project! I also love the spicy, dried mango 🤤. Can’t wait to see what your next project will be! Maybe some more time to enjoy Loredo!

  • @sherrysimpson4167
    @sherrysimpson4167 4 месяца назад +1

    Great job! It’s a really nice Hidden Bungalow! I hope you both enjoy it! P.S. loved the special effects at the end!!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @christinavalerio2423
    @christinavalerio2423 3 месяца назад +4

    All those appliances are taking all the counters' space. Needs a shelf instead. The stove is 🔥 love it!!

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +1

      Thought about that but we have totally enough counter space for what we need. We wouldn't use extra counter space anyways. You get used to very little counter space living in a trailer for years

  • @dianaj3139
    @dianaj3139 4 месяца назад +3

    I love how you give us so many details ... for example the Epoxy thing... I have seen different examples of this type of flooring... it can be beautiful. Anyways I really like how efficient your place appears to be... everything you need in a fairly small but manageable space. I really love your closet areas... Having a place for everything you use on a daily basis is very important! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!! love what you are doing there.

  • @mikecorcoran6834
    @mikecorcoran6834 3 месяца назад +2

    You have everything needed for your needs and comfort. Billions on this earth would copy this as their first home. Plus, you added the cool feature.

  • @minotor7176
    @minotor7176 3 месяца назад +1

    Amazing, well done guys, all the best for your futur projects

  • @EricRobertson-vx3lr
    @EricRobertson-vx3lr 2 месяца назад +1

    Great job looks looks real good. I bet it’s real nice and cool in the summer too.

  • @Iamtherodlight1453.
    @Iamtherodlight1453. 4 месяца назад +3

    So nice. Much love and happiness and peace from Texas.

  • @brandycortez671
    @brandycortez671 4 месяца назад +1

    Looks great and all you need really.
    Very inspiring

  • @OHANA-Beach-Suites
    @OHANA-Beach-Suites 4 месяца назад +2

    LOOKS GOOD GUYS! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @misseskval2686
    @misseskval2686 2 месяца назад +2

    I really like your "Hidden Bungalow". It's a nice place. I don't know if anyone suggested using tension rods and cutting some pretty matching fabric (even from a thrift store) in the areas you want to conceal. I use tension rods a lot, they come in different sizes and thicknesses, as you might already know. You should try them. Thanks for sharing your journey.

  • @jah-jah87
    @jah-jah87 3 месяца назад +4

    -"things we dont like"
    Whats wrong with the build?
    "For starters lets call it failure analysis and blame it on my wife's first touches with the brush".
    😅this guy I can't......😂😂😂😂

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +1

      I actually mixed the epoxy and so I didn't wait the pot time before she started.

  • @givemespan1
    @givemespan1 3 месяца назад +4

    From 80k to just 8k. ¡¡ WHAT.?!! great move👍👍👍🍀🍀🍀

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      Yes it was!

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад +1

      We bought a lot just over an acre with nothing on it. We built everything here. We built a 30x30 shop, two Villas, Laundry/Maintenance building, and pool. Put in all of the utilities ourselves including 6 electrical service entrances, two water connections with underground cisterns and pressure pumps, and a sewer lift station and sewer connection.

  • @montrey123
    @montrey123 4 месяца назад +2

    Heeeyyyy Everrryyyybody! Love the intro on this one.

  • @bajaboy29
    @bajaboy29 4 месяца назад +1

    Nice reveal! We just finished a lot of work as well. We had a custom front door and a large window made. The termite damage was incredible. So we had to replace a large section of rotted wood. But we're good now. On to the next project.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  4 месяца назад +1

      Nice work! Termites can cause a lot of damage if they aren't taken care of right away.

  • @thomastune776
    @thomastune776 Месяц назад +1

    You guys are awsome. Your friend in Texas YEEEEEEHAAAAW baby🤠

  • @Davidwharris69
    @Davidwharris69 3 месяца назад +3

    You have to sand the area thoroughly before applying a new coat, the entire floor not just the area that never cured properly.
    More then likely the area that didn’t cure right wasn’t mixed well enough, sometimes there will be unmixed material on the sides of the bucket and if that gets applied to the surface it won’t cure out.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for the comment. It's definitely not a big enough issue to us to take everything out and sand down the entire floor. Since this is a temporary living condition. We may try to just sand down the edge and patch it and if it doesn't look any better then we'll just live with it.

  • @juliam.2971
    @juliam.2971 4 месяца назад +2

    Fantastic hidden bungalow 💖🐡🌴

  • @iceWaterProductions1
    @iceWaterProductions1 Месяц назад +1

    My best friend did the same thing, but it was only one room in the back of her two car garage. It’s a music room. You would never know that there was a completely cool spot in the back of a simple garage with AC, recessed shelving, etc perfect music/ home theater. She just need to add on a bathroom.

  • @jryland6
    @jryland6 2 месяца назад +1

    I love it!!!!!!!❤

  • @TropicTrdr
    @TropicTrdr 3 месяца назад +1

    Interesting concept. I've considered building a Quonset structure with a shipping container residence inside. I like the nesting concept.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +1

      Building living space inside an existing structure is very inexpensive since you don't have to build a foundation, roof, exterior sheathing, etc. Luckily here in Mexico the law respects property rights and allows you to do literally anything you want with your own property.

  • @varietasVeritas
    @varietasVeritas 11 дней назад +2

    Please put some type of separation between that stove and the couch. It looks like a fire hazard!

  • @iceWaterProductions1
    @iceWaterProductions1 Месяц назад +1

    You can never find people have built a place like this awesome space. I’ve always said i want to build a clubhouse to live in. Not so much a garage apartment, but a clubhouse. I have extreme amounts of records, books, CDs, DVDs, guitars so I’ll need built in shelf’s on another small room.

  • @MyFriendlyPup
    @MyFriendlyPup 2 месяца назад +3

    That is a forever home.

  • @EdwardGarrenMFT
    @EdwardGarrenMFT 17 дней назад +1

    You need to put a sheetrock wall behind the stove. The heat from the stove could set the sofa backside on fire. Possible, maybe probable. The distance on the install should state the distance for a flammable wall. But a sofa is MUCH more flammable, so put up a barrier with sheetrock. Nothing fancy, just something to protect the sofa from the oven heat, or a fire on or in the stove.
    Otherwise, great job !!

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  17 дней назад

      Thanks for the info. We have been using it for several months and monitor the heat. No problems so far. Also the glass top cover when folded up acts as a protector in case of fire. Thanks

    • @EdwardGarrenMFT
      @EdwardGarrenMFT 17 дней назад +1

      @@dooglassandesperanza All good, but I worked for a public gas utility and all gas appliances have installation standards that are in the installation guide. None of those requirements are meant for fabrics, and the fabric on a sofa is much more flamable than say a wooden wall. Sheet rock is generally "fire rated" in terms of an actual barrier, so it is the best, but even piece of plywood between the two cabinets would help. If I was doing it, I would attach one piece of (cut to fit) sheetrock or plywood across the back of the whole set up (including cabinets) and then brace it with three 1 X 2" s horizontally, one at the top, one in the middle and one at the bottom (on the outside) so it looks intentional, but is very low cost.
      Also, with no barrier, you run the risk of accidently damaging the gas line, which I presume is propane. Even a small propane leak might go undetected, but cause a fire. It's your house, I'm just telling you because I don't want you to burn down your lovely casita.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  15 дней назад

      Thanks for all of the info. We may make some changes. We already have a gas detector installed along with a CO and smoke+CO detector. When it comes to gas I am very sensitive to the smell that is added to propane. I once had a 500 gallon outdoor tank in Oregon and I called the propane company because I could smell propane next to the tank all the time. The tech came out and could not smell it or detect it with his fancy detector but was able to find a very small leak on a fitting. He did this while smoking a cigarette the entire time and then demonstrated how to use my wet hose as a flamethrower. It was pretty spectacular but I decided not to try it myself. At my last house in SoCal I could often smell gas around the meter. I called the utility out several times and even tried to find the leak myself but was never able to find anything. But there was a leak because for the 5 years I lived there I could smell it much of the time within a couple feet of the meter. Gas company seemed unconcerned. They told me that a massive amount of gas is needed to ignite outdoors so a small leak outdoors is nothing to worry about.

  • @mrbear3487
    @mrbear3487 4 месяца назад +1

    The place is awesome 😮

  • @juanlopez1973
    @juanlopez1973 4 месяца назад +1

    Hello,from EL Centro, Ca. Awesome bungalow!

  • @kikoprice
    @kikoprice 4 месяца назад +1

    Dooglas! Even the most expensive plumbing fixtures will void your finish warranty if you are on the Coast. Chrome will hold up the best. Use some acetone to clean off the epoxy that didn’t kick off. Then you can recoat. Keep up the good work! Frank

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  4 месяца назад

      True, but there is very little salt spray here and we are far enough from the water that I don't see much salt corrosion on any of my outdoor metal. I believe this damage was caused by using acid based cleaners to try to remove the hard water calcium deposits on the fixture. We will try the epoxy fix. Thanks!

  • @timfronimos459
    @timfronimos459 2 месяца назад +2

    I turn 62 in Luy 2025, I will have my bank pension, a second pension and then my social security.
    Looks like a great place to retire.
    Watching from Michigan

  • @cryptopeter1
    @cryptopeter1 3 месяца назад +2

    Hi y'all.. New epoxy paint will help greatly.. Clean the heck of the existing and create a good surface for it to adhere to. I lived in Rocky point and love Mexican candy! Peter in Palm Beach😊

  • @whitesamurai
    @whitesamurai 3 месяца назад +2

    This has more character than a traditional house, actually.

  • @bethdixon6113
    @bethdixon6113 3 месяца назад +1

    Amazing 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

  • @davefox8948
    @davefox8948 3 месяца назад +1

    It’s called “induction time”. Usually there is specified time in the mixing instructions which should be on one of the cans.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      Mexican chemicals and paints generally have zero instructions on the can or even on the internet. In fact most bottles and cans of chemicals don't even list what is in the can. They will just say "great for removing paint" or something like that. If you want a specific solvent like Acetone, forget it! You will find a dozen clear chemicals that say solvent on them and nothing else. Ask someone in a hardware store for MEK or Toluene or even Lacquer Thinner and they will look at you like you are crazy.

  • @user-uc9jj3yx9k
    @user-uc9jj3yx9k 2 месяца назад +1

    I love your house

  • @Boricuamami97
    @Boricuamami97 2 месяца назад +1

    Your wife & I have the same name 😁 nice job on the garage.

  • @lisapettit4703
    @lisapettit4703 3 месяца назад +2

    Nice! Get a runner and just hide the rough spot lol

  • @joanndegiorgio647
    @joanndegiorgio647 20 дней назад +1

    Nice.😊

  • @zaphodbeeblebrox2911
    @zaphodbeeblebrox2911 4 месяца назад +2

    To have a refuge that that in the summer is going to be kick-ass. AND air conditioning that does not sound like a jet turbofan...

  • @isabella-lp3nw
    @isabella-lp3nw Месяц назад +1

    Pot time is the limit to use the epoxy… sticky epoxy is usually a mixing issue or too much colorant or other added product.. if it’s not too sticky, u can go right over it with better epoxy or even clear spray coat it

  • @rebeccahenson5328
    @rebeccahenson5328 Месяц назад +1

    Dude, that price is awesome. Bring some of that back to the US.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  Месяц назад

      The sad thing is all those materials were from the US and had an added 19% import tariff when they come over the border. Then they are shipped 600 miles more to me and they sell for way less than the US.

    • @rebeccahenson5328
      @rebeccahenson5328 Месяц назад +1

      @@dooglassandesperanza OMG! I would have never figured that. I will be so glad when all this political BS gets ironed out ( if it ever does ) so we can all afford to live on this planet. It looks like you two made it work. Hats off to you both. I’m a woman and would not mind it at all to have the best of both worlds ( home and shop ) under one roof. That’s clever, very clever. I’m paying attention with my thinking cap on, hand on chin and side eyeing all my stuff. You two got it right. If I do what you did I would never have to leave my house. LOL

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  Месяц назад

      Thank You!

  • @BiggeDink
    @BiggeDink 3 месяца назад +1

    Looks good. I'd put a vent over that gas stove.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      We thought about a vent Hood but in reality I have owned houses for the last 30 years and I have never ever turned on the vent hood over the stove in that entire time.

  • @agentofficerthomasa.porter107
    @agentofficerthomasa.porter107 2 месяца назад +1

    IT's Your Journey🛣🛻, What Ever Makes Your Journey Possible In Living, As Our Bodies Were Never Made To Last Forever On This Planet🌎🌍🌏Earth🌐We Are All Visiting Upon!

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад +1

      Thus our motto in every episode " Live Before You Die!". If I died tomorrow I would have a smile on my face knowing I have experienced so much love and happiness in my life!

    • @agentofficerthomasa.porter107
      @agentofficerthomasa.porter107 2 месяца назад +1

      @@dooglassandesperanza Amen To That Brother👍

  • @user-ps8bf5nv9c
    @user-ps8bf5nv9c 3 месяца назад +1

    To have a Profesional look and grade fornthe epoxy floor the folowing is my recommendation. Remove the unset part of the epoxy floor. Do a scratch to surface where the flooring will be painted. Be sure the area is clean and dust free by using a tack cloth on that area and the whole floor prior to putting the new epoxy flooring in the areas that was torn out and a finish even overall coat on whole floor so that it has a even finish without showing any patch lines. BE SURE TO GIVE THE EPOXY FLORING POT TIME AS REQUIRED BY SHERWIN WILLIAMS USA. The same product is available or was available at Sherwin Williams USA.
    My friend's floor turned oit wonderful doing those steps.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      Thanks so much for the comment.
      Unfortunately there are really no professionals here for epoxy. The best you would find is someone who says they know how to paint. We really don't care since it is temporary. After we move out it will go back to a shop floor that is beat up by welding on it and dragging things around and spraying paint on it. This is a working shop not a showcase garage to display my trophy car (because I wouldn't have one) so I really don't care what the floor looks like.

  • @Hammydavis
    @Hammydavis 2 месяца назад +2

    Definitely looks like a Mexican home half done and cramped

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад +1

      That's a good one! Actually a temporary Mexican home. I've been homeless and lived in a 4000 sqft luxury house at different times in my life and I don't like living in a big house. Too much unused space to clean. If you don't use a room every single day then you need to downsize to a smaller house!

  • @10-OSwords
    @10-OSwords 2 месяца назад +1

    Well I wouldn't agree with "luxurious" but I wouldn't know it's a garage unless you told me, so that's a win.

  • @manofsan
    @manofsan 2 месяца назад +2

    How's the weather, though? Do you ever worry about The Big One? (earthquake)

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      The weather is sunny about 350 days a year and rain about 6 days a year. We know that an earthquake could happen, but that has been a reality everywhere we have ever lived. We are only building one story buildings built with earthquakes in mind so we have prepared the best we can. Past that there's no reason to worry about something that may or may not ever happen.

    • @manofsan
      @manofsan 2 месяца назад +1

      @@dooglassandesperanza -- good to hear. What about crime? I always hear things about Mexico, though I haven't heard anything bad about Baha in particular. Is the peninsula isolated/safe from the rest of that?

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      My last couple videos have touched on crime here. We are a small town of about 2000 people in the desert an hour away from the nearest small town and 3.5 hours from the closest city (La Paz). There will always be crime, but we feel very safe living here and very safe in all of Baja California Sur.

  • @DjLifeTV
    @DjLifeTV 3 месяца назад +1

    Sup Dooglass, good channel i've been watching since ya'll were initially moving into and preparing the property, congrats. i always thought bidet toilets are for women only, maybe thats just a florida thing that only women use them, seems like a good way to conserve paper but i dont know if i'll ever use one lol

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      Bidet toilets are pretty much commonplace in all of Asia and some of Europe. I like to explain it this way. If you had a shag carpet rug and someone smeared a big glob of peanut butter into that rug, would you rather try to clean the peanut butter out with dry toilet paper or take the rug outside and spray it out with your garden hose? Or if he changed a baby on the counter and got some poo on the counter, would you use dry toilet paper to clean the poo or would you clean it with a liquid cleaner?

  • @edwardfitzpatrick9363
    @edwardfitzpatrick9363 3 месяца назад +1

    Sometime if you don’t mix epoxy long enough it acts funny and doesn’t cure correctly. I have seen it make a bunch of little circles or never hardened at all.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      Yes, I believe it was insufficient mixing or not waiting for the pot time. Oh well, we will learn from our mistakes and do better next time.

  • @iceWaterProductions1
    @iceWaterProductions1 Месяц назад +1

    How did you run the water and sewage pipes to a garage.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  Месяц назад

      I dug about 300ft of ditches and put in all the utilities myself. I made several videos showing the process.

  • @katherineyanagihara2909
    @katherineyanagihara2909 4 месяца назад +1

    Aloha 🌺🥰

  • @JeffreyQuimby
    @JeffreyQuimby 7 дней назад +1

    You have to scrap it off and reapply

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  7 дней назад

      It has hardened to regular epoxy hardness over time so there is no way to scrape it off unfortunately.

  • @iceWaterProductions1
    @iceWaterProductions1 Месяц назад +1

    Funny thing almost every person who goes out and buys these homes with those 30 year payments don’t need more than 50% of the space. I have huge collection of books, records etc no I only need 450 sq feet.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  Месяц назад

      At one point in my life I lived in a 4000 sqft house and at other times I was homeless living in a shed with no roof in the winter in Oregon. Most of the space in that big house was never used. We raised 2 kids in a 1400 SQ ft ranch house and it was totally enough room for us. Our 500sq ft secret bungalow is the perfect size for us. And the best thing is we have zero debt, no mortgage, and $125 a year property taxes so we can live on $1500 a month.

  • @turnaroundcommunityproject1611
    @turnaroundcommunityproject1611 3 месяца назад +21

    18mins of umm umm umm

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +6

      Yes quite a few umms in this one. I'll work on it.

    • @RyanMrTsunamiBishop
      @RyanMrTsunamiBishop 2 месяца назад +3

      Funny thing is, I said to myself, "I bet somebody said something about the umms" 🤣🤣🤣. This place is awesome as hell tho.

    • @iceWaterProductions1
      @iceWaterProductions1 Месяц назад +5

      I don’t think it was bad enough to make a comment. Go film yourself for 20 minutes and post it. We can come back and critique you.

    • @TheirGrumpy
      @TheirGrumpy Месяц назад +1

      What an Ahole thing to say

    • @RH-rg6il
      @RH-rg6il 12 дней назад

      It's from all the Mexican candy. They supposedly contain lead.

  • @evanickamir2671
    @evanickamir2671 3 месяца назад +1

    purge door!❤

  • @bapluda
    @bapluda 2 месяца назад +1

    where do you get the gas for the stove?

  • @GruenerGummistiefel
    @GruenerGummistiefel 2 месяца назад +1

    Great ! How is the electric wired ? Do you have only 1 main fuse ? I took a shower one in ours and ....kaboom. Out because electric oven went on same time. .we are in Veracruz

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      I used to be an electrician and I wired everything on the property to IEC (International Electrical Code). Of course the locals thought this was overkill but I don't have to worry about breakers tripping or not having GFCIs where they are required. I have two separate 220V 100 Amp services with a 48 circuit panels to my garage just like you'd see in the US. Officially you are supposed to follow IEC when you build here in Mexico but there is no enforcement unless you are getting something like a hotel permit. We had to have the fire marshal come and inspect our property for our hotel license and he checked everything to IEC code. Electrical is one of the most expensive parts of building a house so it is the first place to cut corners when you are trying to save money.

    • @GruenerGummistiefel
      @GruenerGummistiefel 2 месяца назад +1

      @@dooglassandesperanza you are blessed I am going through adventures my girlfriend hired a local when I watched him my own fuse went through we have a cabin actually very nice when it is finished but the electric has to be re done. whereabouts are you ? I had a roofing company in Switzerland using material from Texas at the time . Now we live in between France and Mexico. I am thinking of getting a place in Baja California as the south seems to me too hot and other issues. I would like to talk to you if all possible. Somehow you think a lot like myself.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      We live in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. If you are looking for cooler weather this is not the place to find it in the summer. High temps range between 95-100 from July-October and the lows are 85-90. There are areas on the Pacific coast of Baja that are cooler. We have 116 videos and counting about living and building in Baja.

    • @GruenerGummistiefel
      @GruenerGummistiefel 2 месяца назад +1

      @@dooglassandesperanza thx summer we are in France I just like the Pacific more than Caribbean.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      We are on the Gulf of California side of Baja so the weather and water are very different from the Pacific side of Baja.

  • @marywegrzyn506
    @marywegrzyn506 2 месяца назад +2

    What is the size of the garage?

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      30'x30' with a 14' ceiling at the high point. Block on slab with steel framed metal roof.

  • @Newportioo
    @Newportioo 3 месяца назад +1

    Throw a lil rug over that area voila 😅

  • @MustangGuru
    @MustangGuru 2 месяца назад +1

    Range to close to the couch, grease splatter will ruin the couch

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      We have been using it for three months now with no problem, but we don't cook any meat or fish inside. We have an outside cooktop and BBQ for anything smelly or greasy.

  • @jacquelinestapleton9490
    @jacquelinestapleton9490 3 месяца назад +4

    You two are not the run of the mill types. About to retire, this sounds like a more interesting life style.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      I retired from working a corporate job, but I will never retire from working. I always have to be doing something. I can't sit in a chair for more than five minutes and I get antsy.

  • @col2560
    @col2560 3 месяца назад +1

    That has to be the smallest king bed I've ever seen

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      It's a normal size King from the US. And I know it's normal size because the sheets fit it. So maybe it just looks small on video. It's a regular King out of California King

  • @ExpressionsofAwakening
    @ExpressionsofAwakening 4 месяца назад +1

    Im confused you bought a garage? the garage was already there and no one built a house for it?

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  4 месяца назад +5

      The first thing we built on the property was a 30x30 garage. Then after we completed puffer fish villas. We built a house inside the garage so that we could get out of our trailer. We eventually will build a permanent house

  • @jamesway
    @jamesway Месяц назад +1

    Did you sell your camper?

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  Месяц назад

      Yes several months ago. We are just storing it for the new owners

  • @mondavou9408
    @mondavou9408 2 месяца назад +1

    Do you feel as safe as being in a rural american town? Probably good to be away from the cartel's main corridors?

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      I've lived in a rural American town and I definitely feel safer here. I used to have 20 acres in rural Oregon and in two years we were burglarized 3 times losing $50k+ of tools and other items out of our shop/barn building. In our county the Sheriff wouldn't even come out to take a report. We were told to go online and fill out the report and if we didn't have serial numbers and pictures of every item we had no chance of recovering anything. Their advice was just claim it on your insurance. My agent told me if you claim a burglary of an outbuilding you will be super high risk paying 5x to 10x the rate so I didn't claim anything. Needless to say never recovered a penny and no one was ever caught.

    • @mondavou9408
      @mondavou9408 2 месяца назад

      @@dooglassandesperanza Thanks for the reply. Former NorCal here, sorry to hear about the theft. I know the drill. I didn't lose $50k but had the same experience. Online report, Insurance BS etc. etc. At least there were no false hopes! I can kiss it all goodbye. LOL! At least now I know, what the criminals already knew.
      I just watched your "why we moved..." video. Seems pretty expat friendly (aka the cartel is keeping a low profile). Looks nice there.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      I really think most places in Mexico you won't have any problem unless you are doing things you shouldn't be. Everything here operates in a balance and the bad guys doing bad things to Americans or Canadians would put a big target on them and upset that balance.

  • @djkenny1202
    @djkenny1202 3 месяца назад +1

    I’d prefer it stayed on the down low

  • @richheininger7522
    @richheininger7522 21 день назад +1

    Sow u do you like it?

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  21 день назад

      Like it. Perfect place to live while we save up to build our house.

  • @robertlaird6746
    @robertlaird6746 3 месяца назад +2

    Lasik is so bad. Whistlin Diesel recently did a video about it and is very pissed off about it.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +1

      Yes I am way worse off than before I got it. One of the worst decisions I ever made.

  • @yixnorb5971
    @yixnorb5971 3 месяца назад +1

    For some reason I can't understand my hispanic friends call me Dooglas. My name is Douglas.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +1

      Dooglass came around because when I was working in the US I worked for many years with a team in Guadalajara every day. Everytime I would meet a new person in a meeting (virtually) they would call me Doo-glass. I corrected them at first but soon got tired of constantly correcting people so I just went with it. I asked a good Mexican friend of mine why they called me Doo-glass and he said that is the correct pronunciation for my written name in Spanish. This is very true because now that I live here I still have anyone who reads my name call me Doo-glass. It gets old correcting people so in Mexico, spanish speakers know me as Doo-glass.

  • @storres1368
    @storres1368 4 месяца назад +1

    🙏🙏🙏

  • @kenneth5412
    @kenneth5412 3 месяца назад +1

    *Promosm* 😝

  • @SwerveLord420
    @SwerveLord420 28 дней назад +1

    Uhhhhhhhh

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  27 дней назад

      Yes quite a few uhhhs. I was doing an unscripted video after working for several weeks of 12 hour days to get the job done and I was having trouble thinking of what to say on the fly. I have been trying to minimize filler words on my more recent videos.

  • @montyrayza7220
    @montyrayza7220 3 месяца назад +1

    Where is the garage section, I feel robbed ???

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      We were working in the garage section when we were showing the outside of the house section with the insulation.

  • @christopherpalmer4243
    @christopherpalmer4243 3 месяца назад +1

    concrete roof?

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +1

      No the shop has a metal roof. I wanted free span and a 30'x30' free span concrete roof would have almost doubled the cost of the building

    • @christopherpalmer4243
      @christopherpalmer4243 3 месяца назад +1

      @@dooglassandesperanza yeah, aint cheap

    • @thenixer8968
      @thenixer8968 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@dooglassandesperanzawhat was the cost of the building?

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      $55k USD at the time. The building is 30'x30'x14' concrete block on slab with a full finished bathroom, all windows, doors, and garage door included. Also it is built on sand which raises the cost of construction since we had to excavate and build a 3' thick foundation platform under the entire building.

  • @sueblack1768
    @sueblack1768 3 месяца назад +1

    8000 how

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      Because I am just building a building inside of a shell so I don't have to do any waterproofing. I don't have to build a foundation or a roof. Makes it very cost effective and energy efficient.

  • @davebaker489
    @davebaker489 4 месяца назад +1

    No... That's not what I was wondering. Personally I was wondering why you have what looks like a dog statue? The real ones bring so much joy to your life. Also the tool box just outside the bedroom window ... well let's say it gives me "cause" to wonder. LOL Keep up the good stuff. P n D

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  4 месяца назад

      It's not a dog, it's a donkey statue. And we got that from a recent salvage operation. We love dogs and have had several through the years but it was very difficult for us to travel when we had a dog and it would be even more difficult living down here. We prefer to enjoy all the animals who visit our property.

    • @davebaker489
      @davebaker489 4 месяца назад +1

      @@dooglassandesperanza Well... If you say so... lol PS Have you considered an awning outside the Garage aka bungalow like the ones on trailers. Instead of a solid structure. Just a thought as they can be folded up and secured when hurricanes blow through.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  4 месяца назад

      I hadn't thought of a awning like that, but I don't think it would last long in the sun and wind here. RV awnings get destroyed in just a couple years down here. Plus I know RV awnings are very expensive. We should be able to build a 27x 20 patio cover with all steel construction and metal roofing for under $1,500 US. I doubt we could even buy the fabric for an awning that big for that much.

    • @davebaker489
      @davebaker489 4 месяца назад +1

      OK I bow to your experience.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  4 месяца назад

      Haha!

  • @mikhailmamontov2155
    @mikhailmamontov2155 4 месяца назад +1

    What if Mexican authorities will discover your hidden structure? Is that legal according to Mexican codes and regulations? And, are you the owners of this land with garage in Mexico? Because I thought it would be very difficult for foreigners to own land.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  4 месяца назад +5

      There are no building codes where we are in Mexico. You can build anything you want. We own a Mexican corporation that owns our property and also owns our resort. If we were outside of the restricted zone we could own property directly.

  • @randy1203
    @randy1203 2 месяца назад +1

    I clicked on this video for the content.. But after 5 minutes and I'm hearing ah ah um 50 times, I know I certainly couldnt go the distance hearing ah, um ah. I wished you would have practiced to be ready to hit record button!!! So I left!!!

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад

      Sorry you didn't like the video. I am working on my use of filler words since this video was filled with them. My more recent videos are much better, but they will never be perfect. I don't script videos or rehearse or shoot multiple takes. I just turn on the camera and take you along on whatever I am doing. Sometimes when I am trying to impart a large amount of information, I do tend to use filler words too much.

  • @turnaroundcommunityproject1611
    @turnaroundcommunityproject1611 3 месяца назад +2

    20 mins to show off 525sq ft. Wow

  • @richma1419
    @richma1419 3 месяца назад +3

    UH,---UH,---UH.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +1

      Very true. My videos are very raw. I don't script anything, and I don't reshoot anything. I just turn on the camera and record what I'm doing. Unfortunately since I'm speaking off the cuff I often insert um as a momentary pause for my brain to catch up since I'm making it up as I go. Hopefully now that I am out of the heavy construction phase, I can take more time to polish videos and outline and reshoot scenes if needed.

    • @RH-rg6il
      @RH-rg6il 12 дней назад

      Rude bro

  • @nagersemaj9839
    @nagersemaj9839 2 месяца назад +1

    They moved to Mexico lol

  • @marcusbacosta
    @marcusbacosta 2 месяца назад

    Jesus, I had to do 2x to get through this, no one cares about your tv or your small refrigerator. You would think you would get something bigger in Mexico, this is so small

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад +1

      I've lived in a large luxury home and I've been homeless. Money and stuff and a big house are not important to me. I was a successful Principal Engineer in hi tech and I could have all that stuff if I wanted to, but I didn't want to keep working 80 hours a week to show off my stuff to other people. I'm so much happier and healthier living in a little junky house with crappy stuff.

    • @marcusbacosta
      @marcusbacosta 2 месяца назад

      @@dooglassandesperanza I’m not talking about a big house just somewhere where you have room!

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  2 месяца назад +1

      Well coming from a 210 square foot RV. This 525 square foot apartment is giant! 😂

  • @TEMC8888
    @TEMC8888 3 месяца назад +1

    That's not a pasture lol😂 that's a desert scape....just saying

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад

      I guess more accurate description would be grazing land. I'm not sure what they call land that animals graze on in the desert

  • @kathifailor4660
    @kathifailor4660 3 месяца назад +1

    Yes this is a great place I'd have no problem being there especially if your saving 💰 money 😃but one thing I would have done differently is to put the stove on the other side next to sink you have a window there and just have counter top where stove was and maybe put washer underneath I think using stove will eventually get orders all over the couch...
    Also epoxy is terrible for your health I would not mix up epoxy resin by myself or be around it You have to actually have a air type mask on to work and mix it !! It can cause severe lung issues. I've heard all about these health issues and to put it on my floor !! No way!!! Why? Epoxy on your floor and it didn't even work right. So are you getting chemicals coming out of your floor? You better find out because I'm sure you do. I guess you haven't seen all the RUclips videos on what epoxy resin does to people to be safe. I would definitely have your floor looked at!! But otherwise it's great 😃✌️ and NO more epoxy Don't do it again. I would be getting rid of it period Get on RUclips And search (dangers of epoxy resin) and watch what comes up 😢

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  3 месяца назад +1

      We never cook any meat inside so the only thing the stove gets used for is to make quesadillas and boil water for pasta. That's basically it. Anything that smells we cook on the barbecue or we have an outside cooktop that we use. We even take our toaster oven outside if we are doing anything that's going to make smells.
      As far as the epoxy goes, we have lived with epoxy all over our house for decades. Quartz countertops are made out of epoxy. Terrazzo floors are made out of epoxy. Even all your fiberglass showers and tubs are coated with a thick layer of epoxy. And usually in my research the warnings that they have about using things like epoxy really only apply to people that do it for a living and are exposed to it on a daily basis for many years. Doing it once in your lifetime is probably not going to kill you. Plus we pretty much have our Windows all open 24 hours a days every day of the year here. I don't think it's healthy to live in a modern house where it's sealed as airtight as possible and all of those chemicals inside your house are trapped in there.

    • @kathifailor4660
      @kathifailor4660 3 месяца назад +1

      @@dooglassandesperanza I understand but still mixing epoxy by yourself and doing it yourself instead of using another material for floors.. you know and painting your countertop. That's not good. Painting any area where you're going to lay your toothbrush and things that are wet I don't know. I wouldn't put paint on any countertop but I understand. I just thought I would let you know 👍 😃 But It sounds like You've researched it have a good night 👋

  • @zomisland03
    @zomisland03 Месяц назад +2

    Way to Dangerous.

  • @chadwhitfield6946
    @chadwhitfield6946 27 дней назад +1

    10s of thousands of dollars worth of cabinets. Lmao. You're high if you believe that.

    • @chadwhitfield6946
      @chadwhitfield6946 27 дней назад

      I do like the house, btw.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  27 дней назад +2

      If they were RTA or Home Depot cabinets I would agree but they are custom built solid mahogany. Go quote a kitchen of solid mahogany cabinets at a custom cabinet shop. I got a quote for a standard size kitchen of custom cherry cabinets in 1994 for $68,000. I also used to be in construction and worked in some multi million dollar houses that had $200k worth of custom cabinets in the kitchen.

    • @dooglassandesperanza
      @dooglassandesperanza  27 дней назад

      Thanks!

  • @FunkyBruja
    @FunkyBruja 3 месяца назад +1

    🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

  • @ronhanish
    @ronhanish 3 месяца назад +2

    Die in Jesus and live forever ❤😊 Acts 2:38🔥🙂