Ruby's tiny house is absolutely stunning. Her family connection to this farm is so rare and I love the way in which building a tiny home has enabled her to create her own very special place on the land. I hope you enjoy the video tour! With love, Bryce & Rasa
Bryce & Rasa, you two found a magic corner! Stunning, wise & practical woman, perfect house, garden and outbuildings and wonderful family experience. 10+++!
My husband and I have two hives and we never have to gear up to take care of them. I think that the bees know instinctively that we are peaceful and just there to help them. Leo Sharafskin (Sp. ?) was a huge help in learning what kind of hives to build and how to lovingly keep bees. Take care!!
I love how respectful Bryce always in when he visits peoples' homes. He always asks before entering the house or another room even though he's obviously there to tour the house!
Loved it! So many great ideas! This New Zealand young lady is beautiful and so talented, such an adorable place, I am so jealous! Everything looked so fresh and real, the vegetables looked delicious and I loved the outdoor bathroom, albeit, I would be scared that coyotes would be around at night, it looked pretty remote there. My parents both died and they had 10 acres of land with the house that I lived in from the 7th grade through 12th grade, so special. Unfortunately, 2 huge trees fell on the house and destroyed it and I now live 9 hours away, driving time, from the property. This video has sparked some ideas within me to put some connecting small houses (guest bedrooms) with the raised gardens and an outdoor bathtub, my parent's property sits on a hill with great views too. It would be a great getaway. My husband and I currently have lake houses in Illinois, similar to this concept, that are down a lane and we bought the 2 small cottages at the very end and built a 3rd cottage (guests cottages) in between and have them all connected with wooden sidewalks, lots of flowers and trees, the water views are great and the houses sit near the water, no climbing down steps to the lake, it is an adorable place and so fun in the summer! No outdoor bathtub though! I had a pergola built between two of the houses with wisteria vines growing on it, which I call the grotto, where we have Adirondack chairs and a fire pit for cool nights in the spring and fall; we sit and drink wine overlooking the lake, laugh and talk, watch the boats on the lake, it is fun. This New Zealand home is such a cute place, a great show!
This is the one for me. Not only is the house beautiful but the whole package that she has built around it is perfect. I love that she says she feels like she’s on holiday when she comes home. That’s exactly the feeling I want have when I build my home.
It really is a shame that in America there were certain people and groups that literally planned the destruction of the family. In many parts of the world this has not been lost. The families help each other succeed and stay together and support each other. Research this subject.
Bryce’s enthusiasm as he closed this video was so touching. This home is particularly special. I love the home and the gardens. The bathroom areas are adorable and her life seems to be going just where she wants it to! What a blessing and a treasure!
I agree, he somehow stirred up some emotion from me n I cried. 😁 so magnificent to have beautiful land to call her own! I pray she's able to start that community garden 🍅🥔🥕🌽🥬🥦🥒n make her dreams come true, what a lovely young lady. 🤗
Bryce is enthusiastic about everything. He has never offered a challenging criticism/critical eye, or asked a difficult question. You could show him a cardboard box in a sewer, with a bed made of used condoms, and he'd say "oh this is loveleeeey!". It works for him. People like it. That's cool. But my point is true.
There are not enough words to describe this young woman and her goals in life, her home, her gardens, her attitude...she has it all...I aim to be just like her when I grow up(I'm 71)it is my life goal as well and I am living it too...thank you for this video, I have renewed hope and can't wait to get up in the morning to charter my dreams further...
The place is without a doubt a paradise... She has the forest, the mountain, the waterfall and the beach all in one. Love her house, love her family's land, love the bee hive and she is definitely a loveable person too. Thank you for sharing this
Incredible place! The waterfall & privacy is super along with surfing that I imagine is not too far away. I bet the stars there at night are beautiful.
@@nikkiandy1352 is there many in JA? My partner and I will be moving back (back for him, I’ll be relocating) and would LOVE bc I know most the houses are HUUUUGE
Now that's a stunning home. No ladders! No loft to crawl into at night. A full size dining table and chairs! OMG This is a home I would love to live in. And the land! A waterfall!!! Wow. Just wow.
Yes its called being white. Her great great great grandfather got it for nothing and passed it on. Taken from the natives. That's why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This is the definition of white privelage . No hate to her but just trying to show the context next time someone says white people work just as hard as everyone else for the things they have .... they don't 🙄
Canada has even more undeveloped land than New Zealand. Labrador, the mainland section of our province of Newfoundland and Labrador, has about the same land area as New Zealand, but only 30,000 people to NZ's 4.9 million!
@@sunb5738, I think it has its place, such as how much easier it is to build a foundation below the frostline with poured concrete than stacking randomly shaped rocks. However, it's overused and contributes to sinkholes when there isn't enough permeable ground to recharge the underground waterways.
Peter's Jackson LOTR was the best advertisement for the New Zealand office of tourism : this channel is another one ! Bryce, Rasa, you do an amazing work ! Keep on making this awesome content !
Hasn't gotten more paradisiacal than this on Living Big. I smiled till my whole face hurt. And just when I thought it couldn't get any better she shows the waterfall...
@@livingbig My youngest Brother & his Wife have a place in NZ. A B &B. He has bees & avocados and all sorts of growth. He is from Montana, USA His wife is from NZ. He just loves it there. He used to build violins as a hobby.
@@rondela7341 it’s family land. Many cultures share land. It’s not weird or funny. The West’s obsession with isolated individualism has made people lonely and broke.
@@rondela7341 she’s clearly not freeloading - she’s worked extremely hard to build and maintain her house, gardens and other amenities and has a job. Even if she didn’t have that job, she’s still contributing to the property which is often considered adequate in these types of living arrangements. It’s actually quite smart to share land with family and/or friends - you can share rent, property maintenance/costs and you feel a closer connection to your loved ones while maintaining your own autonomy... cohousing is so underrated, probably because the economy doesn’t want people to band together to be less reliant on its rigged, rich-pandering system
@@carlyh6913 omg I thought I was the only one who caught that 🙄 and to have 700 acres. It didn't do anything but make me feel sad for the natives who I'm sure lived there before her family.
This is hands down the most beautiful location! Its literally paradise....what I would give to live surrounded by all the glories of nature like this! 😍
@@Hare_deLune It does rain a lot,and most of the soil we have,is Volcanic,rich in minerals and enzymes.plants and vegetables grow really well in NZ,but so do weeds. :-)
@@Andy_M986 Sounds like Hawaii. Not sure how much rain they get, but it must be similar. Weeds are plants, the same as any other. We only call them weeds because we don't like them. ~_^
I love when Ruby said, "When my friends come they think its quite crazy having an outside bathroom, I actually quite enjoy it cause when I come out here at night I can appreciate the stars and the moon and what that's all doing, but if you were living in town you wouldn't see that at all" ❤️️❤️️❤️️
A young person giving hope for the future. Debt free, giving herself in service to others. Her family must be amazing, having raised such a wonderful person with such a beautiful heart.
@@mikesbigtank6015isn't that nice of her to give credit where it is due. Building a house costs money, labour, time and converting it to a dream home requires lot of love and support :)
The single women sometimes like to “accidentally” leave out that a former husband or boyfriend built the whole damn place for them. Pretty pathetic. At least this woman mentioned him for a brief second. 😂
Just finished filming today on those very sand dunes. I've been following this channel's content since around 2018. I haven't kept up recently, and Ruby herself has brought me back, with this very episode. I met her today - she was shuttling our production's crew. It wasn't until the last drive back to base when I piped up about the small houses near where our base camp was, how cool they were, and how it's a bit of a dream of mine to build and live in my own. Ruby said she had her own, near the dunes. She asked if I watched tiny house shows on RUclips, and I said "Yes! The one with the kiwi guy - BRYCE." She then told me about this episode. I told her I would go watch it as soon as I could. Wow. What an incredible sense of place. Amazing, amazing work. If you happen to see this Ruby, thank you for shuttling us all around - and sharing this! 👋 And thanks Bryce, Rasa and Living Big In A Tiny House on exposure on alternative living spaces like this!
I love how grounded this young woman is. When she was talking about building her home out of that reclaimed wood at 18 -- wow! She always had a plan, and grew up right.
This is truly freedom living at its finest. Very fortunate that she had family land and a lot of help to build her little compound. The land is everything, especially in tiny living.
I think there's something to be said about generational living, multiple generations of family living on the same property over time as well as together. The further we get through this pandemic the more value I see in it. We're taught to go off and build our own thing alone, on our own, but there's so much value in working together with generations of family to create something sustainable for family communal living. I feel like generations past understood this as well as other cultures. Its quite lonely living on your own when you're unable to see others and living in this way on the same property, with other family members can combat that. As well as being able to take care of older generations in their own home instead of having to send them to a facility to be taken care of because they can't live alone. A lot to think about here.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately!! My 82-year-old, Jamaican grandfather had a FIT when I moved out (he even cried 😞). Now that my apartment has flooded and I’m living back at home, I realize how lonely I felt and I was spending a LOT of money... for whyyyy? It actually makes less and less sense the more I think about it
@@VickiPzxc I’m taking a picture of your comments and sending it to my daughter as I am now throwing the FIT that she doesn’t want to live sustainably on one property with her mommy 🤣 🤯 😜
Excellent viewpoint....my mom and stepfather had this vision when they moved from the U.S. to Nova Scotia. Wanted us all ...the next generation... to come live there with them on the land they owned. But there was little work to be had and we'd have to become citizens too...too many legal hurdles to overcome.
It's a beautiful idea, and wonderful for those who can realise it. Lockdown has definately made me miss my family more acutely. We have pretty humble roots and did not own land until recently, and as such my family is scattered across the globe in search of work and a place to call their own. My husband and I have aspirations to one have a large place with land to be able to host family and always be able to have our doors open to people.
She's fortunate to have the land and her family to support her. Hope her dreams come true. Very nice video. You captured the beauty very well. And a big thumbs up to the camerawoman. :) Thanks.
tixximmi1 Rasa is so in synch with Bryce, and every homeowner they visit, in telling their story through film. She’s brilliant at it - an understated pro!
This one was hard to watch. For the past year, watching these videos have been really bittersweet for me, and this one made the reason for that suddenly click into place in a way I feel like I can put into words. It feels like even a tiny house is an unreachable fantasy financially. I know there are people who can make it work without the family land or the builder spouse, or the ability to sell a traditional house they had purchased or inherited before-- but it feels like it's just as unreachable as any other form of homeownership to me now. And it's probably just plague-depression talking, but it's hard not to feel sad about it. Love your videos, love this channel, I'm happy these people are followin' their dreams, helping the environment, and being financially free.
Its not unachievable. Look for farmland far from the madding crowd and build your shack. Dont let fear stop you. Just do it. I know cos i live in the boonies and built over 10 years on a shoe string
Baby steps. Work hard, save your money, buy cheap land, save your money, build a cheap place, save your money, make your cheap place your dream. It looks impossible to accomplish in a year or two... but if you start today, I truly believe you'll be well on your way to the life of your dreams in 5 years.
Its not hard, its way easier to buy the land and materials to build a tiny house on a rural area than to build a full size house or own an aparment in the city. It just takes a little more effort than most of the ppl in this comment section are willing to put in
not unreachable, but you need some discipline and much of hard work........... its about the persons......and I say say that out of experience, I myself am an architect, and I learned to build so that I can be builder free...... I always did double effort compared to my peers and it paid
One of my favourite episodes, thanks Bryce and Ruby. She seems such a wonderful soul and has created an incredible life for herself. Sitting here in lockdown in Sydney I'm dreaming about a similar future property.
What a down-to-earth, well rounded, hard working, bright and practical girl! Love everything she’s accomplished in her beautiful tiny home. She deserves all she’s worked for, and I’ve no doubt will be caring for her elders in the future.
This woman has such a noble soul! Having all that land and choosing to suffice with a small space that she built, she owned and the grew. Such an inspiring story! I feel so humbled! Thank you Bryce for sharing stories like this! Hrăni
What can you say, this is Heaven on Earth! Nothing I have ever seen could come close to this home with it's views, waterfall, miles and miles of scenery, the ocean, the garden, the cute out buildings. I can't imagine being debt free at her age. I've seen many homes you have shown that I love but this has everything you could want. This is just IT!!!
Wow..what a wonderful plàce to be..welldone ruby..you have connection with nature...wish one time just to feel sorrounded by that place...frm African continent we are seeing alot frm tiny houses..God blessings.
Bryce, you deserve a public service award! You must be the most amazing ambassador for New Zealand. Your realistic living solutions resound around the world, and I hear people say - wish we could live in New Zealand.!
The whole setup is just stunning, but what also impressed me was handling the bees without the hazmat gear. Respect. I'm convinced insects have far more sense and awareness than given credit. I've not tried handling bees directly, but always pick up bumblebees in my cupped hands to escort them out. Never been stung, not even when I had to hold onto one I found on a speed boat out at sea until we got back to shore on a bumpy ride!
@@tutekohe1361 they can sting. I should have been a bit more precise, I've never been stung handling a bumblebee, but I have been stung whilst riding my small motorbike on a warm day when my neck collided with a bumblebee and it got trapped between my neck and collar. That was extreme provocation, as far as the poor creature was concerned. It was definietly a sting and not a bite.
What a delightful young woman! Her work ethic is amazing and she's accomplished a beautiful home. This video was amazing. Thank you for sharing Ruby's paradise with us.
This is by far my absolute favourite I have seen.... beautiful in every way! The land, the home, the bathroom, the toilet, the bathtub with views, the waterfall upstream, the gardens, the layout, the story and history and the beautiful young lady who created it all with her loved ones. What an inspiration 💗🙏🏼
This is my very favorite. Ruby is a beautiful lady with amazing wisdom and grace at such a young age. Thank you for sharing! My favorite tiny house/episode.
true, when he said that she achieved being self-sufficient and mortgage free I just thought, well but she didn't achieve it...she is just lucky to have her parents ... but well....
Exactly, she just had to invest on the building of the house, but as far as the field is concerned, she did not buy the land, just inherited it. Some privileges that not all could have.
It gets so old seeing these types of comments. Somebody had to work for this land, and each generation that followed had to be wise to not lose it. She is making it beautiful and taking care of it. I have no inheritance, and grew up incredibly poor. I was determined to have land, so I sacrificed and now have plenty. You can do the same and still be happy for those whose parents and grandparents thought about the future generations. So petty.
This is the best tiny house I have ever seen! Not just because of the interior, but the way you became self-sufficient and growing all the essentials on your land. You don't have to be slave to your work just to be able to pay mortgages all your life. You really are living the dream!
This is the kind of life I dream of having. What an absolutely stunning location and cozy build she has. I hope she attains that self sufficiency she desires. Real treasure of an episode right here.
A lot of people CANNOT and WOULD NOT stay on topic.....he is a professional and ...it IS about the house ...the land .... can't stop people from interjecting the personal hut can stay on course ... and that is why we watch now ... isn't it...LOL❤️
@@clarkclarke I don't think she can avoid mentioning the ex since it's clear they helped with a lot of the build. Seeing that she started in 2017, it's recent and relevant to the house. I think it would be messed up if she passed it off as being all her own work when someone else helped a ton!
Thank you, Ruby, for sharing your home with us. It was beautiful. I especially like the separate shower and toilet. But the family history and the location, priceless. Stay safe.
This is my most favourite tiny home so far on this channel... no crawl small loft sleeping spaces and ladders to navigate getting there... bees, flowers, enough lawn to relax, great views, and best of all it has ben built sustainably by upcycling and recycling ... and Ruby is still aiming for totally self sufficient.. she has a great out look on life and loving hear by wanting to give back!
I love everything about this episode! She is so talented and I love the fact she is a gardener. Her connection to the land is remarkable. Love this! Thank you Bryce for introducing us to Ruby
@@malekatahcampbell6326 Oh you know them? You know that he got kicked to the curb and not that possibly he decided he wanted to live in the city or maybe got offered a job he didn't want to turn down or they both just mutually decided to part ways. You know nothing about their relationship but still feel free to air our your assumptions. Pathetic.
@@malekatahcampbell6326 Then you should have put "jk" after your comment. People repeatedly come on videos like this and rip the women apart saying that they just used the man. They can be very vicious and I'm tired of it. So, I'm not going to "lighten up" when you make a comment that could easily be an attack on her.
Seen many of these tiny house videos, but this one is one of my favorites. What a great way to live, like our ancestors did. A slower more stress free life. Good job, young lady.
What a beautiful place to live in! I love Ruby’s mindset on being mortgage-free, creating a paradise for herself and using the land so respectfully. Great episode! Oh, and what a big tiny house!! 😄
Hi Ruby, I can't say enough about the life you have created for yourself. Your family property is breathtaking as is your personal section of it. It is also great to see how much respect you have for the farm land's history and your desire to stay there and be debt free living your best life. Thank you Bryce for bringing us such great videos & stories of people living their best life.
This home is my favorite! Not only is the house lovely and charming, but all those gardens and that bathroom! If she ever decided to live a bit bigger, Airbnb would love that listing! This is the best place to live in a tiny house...ever! ❤️🌸
This is the most incredible way a person can live. She is living a life which feels better than a dream for me. I think everyone who watched this video will take a moment to reevaluate his/her current lifestyle. I haven't seen the inside of the house and Putting this comment out of excitement.
I have never been SO jealous! This is beyond exquisite. The house, the gardens and the setting are just incredible. The fact that she’s not in hock to the bank is the most wonderful added extra, smart girl.
What a paradise!!! I lived in Hawaii and cleaned multi-million dollar homes and my favorite one was one of many rooms connected by a deck over koi ponds and it was magical! I bet the stars are amazing at night!!! : )
Ruby is such a talented young woman she owns her own amazingly beautiful home and it's all paid for so she's now just working to provide herself with funds for adventures. Well done Ruby 👍😁❤️
My Lord! This is the most beautiful location I’ve ever seen! The waterfall really won me over! Magnificent! I loved her tiny home with the beautiful wooden tables made by her family! Absolutely beautiful! Loved it all! This is the one for me! Would be my pick!
Ruby has amazing life, she is a luck girl, she has a beautiful home beautiful land beautiful waterfall beautiful beach and deep blue ocean . that is heaven life amazing !
Ruby's tiny house is absolutely stunning. Her family connection to this farm is so rare and I love the way in which building a tiny home has enabled her to create her own very special place on the land. I hope you enjoy the video tour! With love, Bryce & Rasa
Good job you doing
Be well
Your channel never cease to amaze me. I come here to ease my mind. My favorite
What a beautiful place
Bryce & Rasa, you two found a magic corner! Stunning, wise & practical woman, perfect house, garden and outbuildings and wonderful family experience. 10+++!
What are the property taxes a year on her parents land ?
Forget about building the house, I'm impressed that she opened that hive with BARE hands!
So long as the queen does not feel threatened, she is fine. The rest are worker bees doing their jobs. Read up on bees, they are fascinating insects.
Yeah. i believe they are stingless bees. I have one.
LOL 😂😅
My husband and I have two hives and we never have to gear up to take care of them. I think that the bees know instinctively that we are peaceful and just there to help them. Leo Sharafskin (Sp. ?) was a huge help in learning what kind of hives to build and how to lovingly keep bees. Take care!!
😂😂😂😂😂
Being alone and living in tiny house near in beach,forest and mountain drinking a coffee while watching sunset THAT'S HEAVEN ❤️❤️❤️
Yessss!!!!! Heaven on earth ❤️
Don't forget the waterfalls
For a few days sure!!! I for one can't live alone more then a week.
Not alone i guess, she mentioned about her boyfriend few times ? 🤔
@@johnsamuel261 got to get it now and then
I love how respectful Bryce always in when he visits peoples' homes. He always asks before entering the house or another room even though he's obviously there to tour the house!
He is a vampire and needs permission to enter.. hahaha . :)
@@sugeyereynaa3715 ohhh definitely!!
yeah,... yeah
Bryce is a very beautiful Guy , and very respectuous to the privacy of all is visiting . An very good boy !
@@sugeyereynaa3715 my thoughts exactly 😆
This was as good as a therapy session. Am I the only one who feels relaxed after watching this video?
these videos always relax me and i suggest them to people with anxiety or stress
Loved it! So many great ideas! This New Zealand young lady is beautiful and so talented, such an adorable place, I am so jealous! Everything looked so fresh and real, the vegetables looked delicious and I loved the outdoor bathroom, albeit, I would be scared that coyotes would be around at night, it looked pretty remote there. My parents both died and they had 10 acres of land with the house that I lived in from the 7th grade through 12th grade, so special. Unfortunately, 2 huge trees fell on the house and destroyed it and I now live 9 hours away, driving time, from the property. This video has sparked some ideas within me to put some connecting small houses (guest bedrooms) with the raised gardens and an outdoor bathtub, my parent's property sits on a hill with great views too. It would be a great getaway. My husband and I currently have lake houses in Illinois, similar to this concept, that are down a lane and we bought the 2 small cottages at the very end and built a 3rd cottage (guests cottages) in between and have them all connected with wooden sidewalks, lots of flowers and trees, the water views are great and the houses sit near the water, no climbing down steps to the lake, it is an adorable place and so fun in the summer! No outdoor bathtub though! I had a pergola built between two of the houses with wisteria vines growing on it, which I call the grotto, where we have Adirondack chairs and a fire pit for cool nights in the spring and fall; we sit and drink wine overlooking the lake, laugh and talk, watch the boats on the lake, it is fun. This New Zealand home is such a cute place, a great show!
I feel the same way also....this was very relaxing and inspiring
@@clarebaxter777 That sounds lovely ☺️
wow! this was indeed something that deeply cherished my heart and soul.
The house is great, but that place left me speechless. I mean, she has a waterfall! 😍
I know, I thought that is yours? ; )
Insane place she got. Private waterfall what a dream.
I know right
Nope its 700 Meters away. Thats little short of a kilometer.
You guys don't have waterfalls?
This is the one for me. Not only is the house beautiful but the whole package that she has built around it is perfect. I love that she says she feels like she’s on holiday when she comes home. That’s exactly the feeling I want have when I build my home.
I'm in as well, all around. Magnificent
Same here as well, I wanna live in place where nature is appropriated and loved
It's like living in paradise... you have the beach, water falls, trees, farm, fresh air and all the comfort... wow!
This is what a paradise has to be..🌈🕊🌹
And mom & Dad’s house steps away
and she has an out house . we had one till i was 16 and im 67 now. love all of this
It must be nice to have such supportive family and a paradise plot to inherit.
It really is a shame that in America there were certain people and groups that literally planned the destruction of the family. In many parts of the world this has not been lost. The families help each other succeed and stay together and support each other. Research this subject.
House aside, she’s living one of the most amazing life’s I’ve ever seen.
Why is this exact same comment here twice? Suspicious.... (Joanna below)
Bryce’s enthusiasm as he closed this video was so touching. This home is particularly special. I love the home and the gardens. The bathroom areas are adorable and her life seems to be going just where she wants it to! What a blessing and a treasure!
I agree, he somehow stirred up some emotion from me n I cried. 😁 so magnificent to have beautiful land to call her own! I pray she's able to start that community garden 🍅🥔🥕🌽🥬🥦🥒n make her dreams come true, what a lovely young lady. 🤗
Yes.... that was a very touching ending.
Bryce is enthusiastic about everything. He has never offered a challenging criticism/critical eye, or asked a difficult question. You could show him a cardboard box in a sewer, with a bed made of used condoms, and he'd say "oh this is loveleeeey!".
It works for him. People like it. That's cool. But my point is true.
There are not enough words to describe this young woman and her goals in life, her home, her gardens, her attitude...she has it all...I aim to be just like her when I grow up(I'm 71)it is my life goal as well and I am living it too...thank you for this video, I have renewed hope and can't wait to get up in the morning to charter my dreams further...
Good on you mate, I’m feeling just the same way. Wish you the absolute best of luck with your dreams, I have no doubt you can achieve them.
You can do it! One step at a time ✨🤎🤗
@@songforged Sounds like you’ve grown up too much my bro
@@songforged Just because you're already of 'old' age doesn't mean you can no longer grow up. Even after you 'grow up' you're still growing every day.
What a sweet and lovely comment. I dream for this as well. I hope we’ll be neighbors when we grow up🌸
The place is without a doubt a paradise... She has the forest, the mountain, the waterfall and the beach all in one. Love her house, love her family's land, love the bee hive and she is definitely a loveable person too. Thank you for sharing this
@@dannyU2g and the vulcan in action ;)
Incredible place! The waterfall & privacy is super along with surfing that I imagine is not too far away. I bet the stars there at night are beautiful.
Wow she really drank the water directly from the stream and handled the bees without a protective suit on. She's badass!
She is.
@A A She said the land is on sand i'm pretty sure that sand filters out a lot of harmful things but i get cha i couldn't do that.
Or stupid.
Screw multi million cribs and villas, this is the kind of place I would like to live in!!!!
Come to Jamaica. Lots of space for tiny (small) houses and good living,
Totally =)
@@nikkiandy1352 is there many in JA? My partner and I will be moving back (back for him, I’ll be relocating) and would LOVE bc I know most the houses are HUUUUGE
Same
If they ever decide to sell that land they would become millionaires. They set for life
Ok I really need to get some of this generational family farm land... living the dream.
You and me too! What a magical place to grow up.
Start the trend so you can pass your descendants the generational farm.
Now that's a stunning home. No ladders! No loft to crawl into at night. A full size dining table and chairs! OMG This is a home I would love to live in. And the land! A waterfall!!! Wow. Just wow.
He's an ex? Missed that part. Silly man she's a treasure, a keeper for sure.
Doesn’t look like a tiny house. Just small.😊. Extra buildings for the bath and laundry are cool.
yes, beautiful but t he outside toilet is madness for an older person needing to go t here often, particularly at nigth.
She is such a lucky person. Having parents that own such a big and beautiful land and being able to life on that land as well...really really lucky!
Hello Valeria how are you doing!!
Yes its called being white. Her great great great grandfather got it for nothing and passed it on. Taken from the natives. That's why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This is the definition of white privelage . No hate to her but just trying to show the context next time someone says white people work just as hard as everyone else for the things they have .... they don't 🙄
@@habasoosy2202 saying that all whites don't work hard and have privileges is racism as well!
I am envious. I live in Toronto and sometimes the closest I can get to nature is watching the raccoons eating out of my garbage bins at night
@@mikem.2688 😂 at least you got raccoons ☺️☺️
Can`t believe places like this exist. All I see where I`m from is concrete. TY Bryce for showing us a bit of heaven
Canada has even more undeveloped land than New Zealand. Labrador, the mainland section of our province of Newfoundland and Labrador, has about the same land area as New Zealand, but only 30,000 people to NZ's 4.9 million!
Concrete really in the worst thing humanity came up with :(
@@sunb5738, I think it has its place, such as how much easier it is to build a foundation below the frostline with poured concrete than stacking randomly shaped rocks.
However, it's overused and contributes to sinkholes when there isn't enough permeable ground to recharge the underground waterways.
I hope you're able to move one day from your concrete jungle into a real jungle!
@@ChazEvansdale Love this comment. I certainly hope to retire to the Caribbean one day
Peter's Jackson LOTR was the best advertisement for the New Zealand office of tourism : this channel is another one !
Bryce, Rasa, you do an amazing work ! Keep on making this awesome content !
Thanks so much! We certainly are lucky to live in such a beautiful country.
Was just going to make a LOTR reference because that view is Bananas!
Hasn't gotten more paradisiacal than this on Living Big. I smiled till my whole face hurt. And just when I thought it couldn't get any better she shows the waterfall...
After watching this channel, I want to and will visit New Zealand!
@@livingbig My youngest Brother & his Wife have a place in NZ. A B &B. He has bees & avocados and all sorts of growth. He is from Montana, USA His wife is from NZ. He just loves it there. He used to build violins as a hobby.
This woman is blessed from her family.
She must have her ancestors favor....truly blessed...
She is living in the paradise w technology. So better than paradise.
she is living in her daddys backyard!!! hhahaha 😂🤣
@@rondela7341 some people like their family and spending time with them. I know. Mind blowing. If they’re both enjoying it, I see only positives 😊
@@rondela7341 it’s family land. Many cultures share land. It’s not weird or funny. The West’s obsession with isolated individualism has made people lonely and broke.
@@rondela7341 she’s clearly not freeloading - she’s worked extremely hard to build and maintain her house, gardens and other amenities and has a job. Even if she didn’t have that job, she’s still contributing to the property which is often considered adequate in these types of living arrangements. It’s actually quite smart to share land with family and/or friends - you can share rent, property maintenance/costs and you feel a closer connection to your loved ones while maintaining your own autonomy... cohousing is so underrated, probably because the economy doesn’t want people to band together to be less reliant on its rigged, rich-pandering system
@@rheauze jhh5jj
Would be great to see more of the Māori in some of these tours, especially if they have managed to keep their ancestral lands.
This. This girl really tried to call this her ancestral European land... Lol
@@carlyh6913 😂😂😂😂 I was shocked
@@carlyh6913 omg I thought I was the only one who caught that 🙄 and to have 700 acres. It didn't do anything but make me feel sad for the natives who I'm sure lived there before her family.
It was her use of ‘whakapapa’ for me. 😒
@@carlyh6913 Bruh, there's Maori with blonde hair, ginger hair, white skin and blue eyes, stop shaming people over the colour of their skin.
A baker, a gardener, designer...No doubt the list of her talents n knowledge goes on.
She’s brilliant! ✨💯
Very much so
I love how she just gets food right out of her garden and cooks a meal...so rewarding!!
This is hands down the most beautiful location! Its literally paradise....what I would give to live surrounded by all the glories of nature like this! 😍
Cheers Rachel!
and the mosquitos too
Beautiful Wow👀
Unlimited water for the garden without the need to pump it? That's amazing!
Absolutely! Water supply like that is a dream!
If the soil is so hydrophobic, it must rain there all the time, because the vegetation is so lush in the whole area.
@@Hare_deLune It does rain a lot,and most of the soil we have,is Volcanic,rich in minerals and enzymes.plants and vegetables grow really well in NZ,but so do weeds. :-)
@@Andy_M986
Sounds like Hawaii. Not sure how much rain they get, but it must be similar.
Weeds are plants, the same as any other. We only call them weeds because we don't like them. ~_^
I love when Ruby said, "When my friends come they think its quite crazy having an outside bathroom, I actually quite enjoy it cause when I come out here at night I can appreciate the stars and the moon and what that's all doing, but if you were living in town you wouldn't see that at all" ❤️️❤️️❤️️
I’d be afraid of wild animals.
With as many times I get up to go to the bathroom at night,.... that wouldn’t be practical for me....
@@grammasjewels7736 In New Zealand I here the sheep can be ferocious...
@@JEvrist Perhaps some sort of old fashioned bedside potty?
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Living Big in a Tiny House has taught me that everyone in New Zealand is beautiful.
A young person giving hope for the future. Debt free, giving herself in service to others. Her family must be amazing, having raised such a wonderful person with such a beautiful heart.
🙄🙄🙄🙄
Debt free on parents land with stuff provided by exe’s, parents and grandparents! (Guess you weren’t listening!)
I feel immensely happy and proud when women make there own tiny house. Such an inspiration to all the people.
She designed it but sounds like her ex and her dad did all the work!
@@mikesbigtank6015isn't that nice of her to give credit where it is due. Building a house costs money, labour, time and converting it to a dream home requires lot of love and support :)
The single women sometimes like to “accidentally” leave out that a former husband or boyfriend built the whole damn place for them. Pretty pathetic. At least this woman mentioned him for a brief second. 😂
This is one of the most beautiful houses that have been featured in this channel so far. Love it so much
Thanks Tara! So glad you enjoyed the tour.
Just finished filming today on those very sand dunes. I've been following this channel's content since around 2018. I haven't kept up recently, and Ruby herself has brought me back, with this very episode. I met her today - she was shuttling our production's crew.
It wasn't until the last drive back to base when I piped up about the small houses near where our base camp was, how cool they were, and how it's a bit of a dream of mine to build and live in my own. Ruby said she had her own, near the dunes. She asked if I watched tiny house shows on RUclips, and I said "Yes! The one with the kiwi guy - BRYCE."
She then told me about this episode. I told her I would go watch it as soon as I could.
Wow. What an incredible sense of place.
Amazing, amazing work.
If you happen to see this Ruby, thank you for shuttling us all around - and sharing this! 👋
And thanks Bryce, Rasa and Living Big In A Tiny House on exposure on alternative living spaces like this!
Oh hey 👋 nice meeting you
Tiny House FTW
Me Since 2019
Rasa is a beast with them drone shots! The shots of the land and the beach were amazing!
The Drone pilot is Bryce :)
Correction everyone Bryce amazing shots. Both of y'all make an amazing duo! It's a combination of all the shots that make the drone ones look so good!
@@ceez3895 He’s a damn good pilot :).
He definitely is, so talented!
Absolutely amazing. Such a talented resourceful woman and her Dad is a hero! Thanks Bryce and Rasa
Thanks Lesley! :)
Her ex, too!
Ohh to be a gardener living in the tiny house 💫
I love how grounded this young woman is. When she was talking about building her home out of that reclaimed wood at 18 -- wow! She always had a plan, and grew up right.
This is truly freedom living at its finest. Very fortunate that she had family land and a lot of help to build her little compound. The land is everything, especially in tiny living.
I think there's something to be said about generational living, multiple generations of family living on the same property over time as well as together. The further we get through this pandemic the more value I see in it. We're taught to go off and build our own thing alone, on our own, but there's so much value in working together with generations of family to create something sustainable for family communal living. I feel like generations past understood this as well as other cultures. Its quite lonely living on your own when you're unable to see others and living in this way on the same property, with other family members can combat that. As well as being able to take care of older generations in their own home instead of having to send them to a facility to be taken care of because they can't live alone. A lot to think about here.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately!! My 82-year-old, Jamaican grandfather had a FIT when I moved out (he even cried 😞). Now that my apartment has flooded and I’m living back at home, I realize how lonely I felt and I was spending a LOT of money... for whyyyy? It actually makes less and less sense the more I think about it
@@VickiPzxc I’m taking a picture of your comments and sending it to my daughter as I am now throwing the FIT that she doesn’t want to live sustainably on one property with her mommy
🤣 🤯 😜
@@brandnewyorker lmaooo yes! She’ll realize eventually... took me moving out to actually get it, unfortunately
Excellent viewpoint....my mom and stepfather had this vision when they moved from the U.S. to Nova Scotia. Wanted us all ...the next generation... to come live there with them on the land they owned. But there was little work to be had and we'd have to become citizens too...too many legal hurdles to overcome.
It's a beautiful idea, and wonderful for those who can realise it. Lockdown has definately made me miss my family more acutely. We have pretty humble roots and did not own land until recently, and as such my family is scattered across the globe in search of work and a place to call their own. My husband and I have aspirations to one have a large place with land to be able to host family and always be able to have our doors open to people.
this girl is absolutely amazing, first of all, she's gorgeous and to be a gardener and a chef! wow! massive respect to what she built
She did not build it for completely, but inherited the land. So, everyone could build his home of dream.
@@israel1805 agreed you only need a nice piece of land and your halfway there
@@RJ-nd2hf only 350 acres in new Zealand inherited from my grandparents in New Zealand lol
No kids though.
i've been watching this channel for years and soon in God's perfect time we will also have our own tiny house, love from Philippines.
She's fortunate to have the land and her family to support her. Hope her dreams come true. Very nice video. You captured the beauty very well. And a big thumbs up to the camerawoman. :) Thanks.
tixximmi1 Rasa is so in synch with Bryce, and every homeowner they visit, in telling their story through film. She’s brilliant at it - an understated pro!
@@dumptrump8636 Yes I know how it works. That's why I commented on her.
It is what she's dreamed of and suits her and that's all that matters. Looks like paradise for her.
This one was hard to watch. For the past year, watching these videos have been really bittersweet for me, and this one made the reason for that suddenly click into place in a way I feel like I can put into words. It feels like even a tiny house is an unreachable fantasy financially. I know there are people who can make it work without the family land or the builder spouse, or the ability to sell a traditional house they had purchased or inherited before-- but it feels like it's just as unreachable as any other form of homeownership to me now. And it's probably just plague-depression talking, but it's hard not to feel sad about it. Love your videos, love this channel, I'm happy these people are followin' their dreams, helping the environment, and being financially free.
Its not unachievable. Look for farmland far from the madding crowd and build your shack. Dont let fear stop you. Just do it. I know cos i live in the boonies and built over 10 years on a shoe string
Baby steps. Work hard, save your money, buy cheap land, save your money, build a cheap place, save your money, make your cheap place your dream. It looks impossible to accomplish in a year or two... but if you start today, I truly believe you'll be well on your way to the life of your dreams in 5 years.
Its not hard, its way easier to buy the land and materials to build a tiny house on a rural area than to build a full size house or own an aparment in the city. It just takes a little more effort than most of the ppl in this comment section are willing to put in
not unreachable, but you need some discipline and much of hard work........... its about the persons......and I say say that out of experience, I myself am an architect, and I learned to build so that I can be builder free...... I always did double effort compared to my peers and it paid
@@gracenjuguna7292 Well done, but how to make a living?
One of my favourite episodes, thanks Bryce and Ruby. She seems such a wonderful soul and has created an incredible life for herself. Sitting here in lockdown in Sydney I'm dreaming about a similar future property.
This young woman is so connected to the Earth.. She really makes a positive impact. Very inspirational.
What a down-to-earth, well rounded, hard working, bright and practical girl! Love everything she’s accomplished in her beautiful tiny home.
She deserves all she’s worked for, and I’ve no doubt will be caring for her elders in the future.
This woman has such a noble soul! Having all that land and choosing to suffice with a small space that she built, she owned and the grew.
Such an inspiring story! I feel so humbled!
Thank you Bryce for sharing stories like this!
Hrăni
She is very lucky - the land her family owns is amazing and she had a lot of help along the way.
A lovely home. She is a very fortunate person to have the ability to settle in her family’s land and have their support!
What can you say, this is Heaven on Earth! Nothing I have ever seen could come close to this home with it's views, waterfall, miles and miles of scenery, the ocean, the garden, the cute out buildings. I can't imagine being debt free at her age. I've seen many homes you have shown that I love but this has everything you could want. This is just IT!!!
Wow..what a wonderful plàce to be..welldone ruby..you have connection with nature...wish one time just to feel sorrounded by that place...frm African continent we are seeing alot frm tiny houses..God blessings.
minus the mosquitoes!
She’s a luckiest person in the world 😍 True paradise!
A farm and a Tiny home ? Thats living!
Bryce, you deserve a public service award! You must be the most amazing ambassador for New Zealand. Your realistic living solutions resound around the world, and I hear people say - wish we could live in New Zealand.!
The whole setup is just stunning, but what also impressed me was handling the bees without the hazmat gear. Respect. I'm convinced insects have far more sense and awareness than given credit. I've not tried handling bees directly, but always pick up bumblebees in my cupped hands to escort them out. Never been stung, not even when I had to hold onto one I found on a speed boat out at sea until we got back to shore on a bumpy ride!
Bumblebees can’t sting, but they can bite if they feel threatened.
@@tutekohe1361 they can sting. I should have been a bit more precise, I've never been stung handling a bumblebee, but I have been stung whilst riding my small motorbike on a warm day when my neck collided with a bumblebee and it got trapped between my neck and collar. That was extreme provocation, as far as the poor creature was concerned. It was definietly a sting and not a bite.
@@tutekohe1361 Not only can bumblebees sting but they can sting multiple times, they just don't like to.
What a delightful young woman! Her work ethic is amazing and she's accomplished a beautiful home. This video was amazing. Thank you for sharing Ruby's paradise with us.
Love how she says, “ just” sanded the window frames back ... anyone who’s ever done that rolled their eyes and groaned wearily!!!
Great job!!
Hello Kristin how are you doing!!
Yeah my arms started aching with just the memory of the last time I did that when she said that so casually!
Sweet! Ms. Ruby, livin' the dream... good job
My Takeaway from the show.. New Zealand is epic!
Epic if u a citizen😒
We are jealous in a good way. Well done Ruby. You are the envy of many. And thank you Bryce for sharing her world. 🙏
This is by far my absolute favourite I have seen.... beautiful in every way! The land, the home, the bathroom, the toilet, the bathtub with views, the waterfall upstream, the gardens, the layout, the story and history and the beautiful young lady who created it all with her loved ones. What an inspiration 💗🙏🏼
This is my very favorite. Ruby is a beautiful lady with amazing wisdom and grace at such a young age. Thank you for sharing! My favorite tiny house/episode.
Remember kids, the first step to being self-sufficient and mortgage free is to have grandparents that own a large piece of land.
The first step is to develop the conviction to achieve such a goal.
@@adamr5984 haha it was meant to be a joke, we are not looking for politically correct answer here.
true, when he said that she achieved being self-sufficient and mortgage free I just thought, well but she didn't achieve it...she is just lucky to have her parents ... but well....
Exactly, she just had to invest on the building of the house, but as far as the field is concerned, she did not buy the land, just inherited it. Some privileges that not all could have.
It gets so old seeing these types of comments. Somebody had to work for this land, and each generation that followed had to be wise to not lose it. She is making it beautiful and taking care of it. I have no inheritance, and grew up incredibly poor. I was determined to have land, so I sacrificed and now have plenty. You can do the same and still be happy for those whose parents and grandparents thought about the future generations. So petty.
This place is unreal! I would never leave either.
This is the best tiny house I have ever seen! Not just because of the interior, but the way you became self-sufficient and growing all the essentials on your land. You don't have to be slave to your work just to be able to pay mortgages all your life. You really are living the dream!
This girl is the coolest... makes me want to take up even ONE of her hobbies!
Find builder man
@@janetamplin7318 🤣😂
This is the kind of life I dream of having. What an absolutely stunning location and cozy build she has. I hope she attains that self sufficiency she desires. Real treasure of an episode right here.
I love when the people in the house brings up Ex's ..Bryce just keeps it moving on to the house ..well done , Mate!
A rolling Bryce gathers no moss
A lot of people CANNOT and WOULD NOT stay on topic.....he is a professional and ...it IS about the house ...the land .... can't stop people from interjecting the personal hut can stay on course ...
and that is why we watch now ...
isn't it...LOL❤️
I think it would have been somewhat rude if she didn’t acknowledge all the work her ex put into the house though.
@@clarkclarke I don't think she can avoid mentioning the ex since it's clear they helped with a lot of the build. Seeing that she started in 2017, it's recent and relevant to the house. I think it would be messed up if she passed it off as being all her own work when someone else helped a ton!
Such a humble, sweet young lady with a heart of gratitude. Very blessed
This was magical. Absolutely a wonderful and remarkable place.
Having a separate bathroom and toilet is probably such a pain during cold weather, but no doubt those are one of the best in this channel.
Or when it rains too. Camping style i guess ;)
...or when you are sick
To be fair, it doesn't get that cold up where she is. Not like down here when negative temperatures are the norm in winter
@@cheekyb71 I think it get easily below positove 10 degrees in winter, that freezing for were I'm from hahaha.
@@daniell5238 Lol take a tough pill then! It's regularly -5°c and lower down here, I would consider where she is to be WARM in winter
Thank you, Ruby, for sharing your home with us. It was beautiful. I especially like the separate shower and toilet. But the family history and the location, priceless. Stay safe.
This is my most favourite tiny home so far on this channel... no crawl small loft sleeping spaces and ladders to navigate getting there... bees, flowers, enough lawn to relax, great views, and best of all it has ben built sustainably by upcycling and recycling ... and Ruby is still aiming for totally self sufficient.. she has a great out look on life and loving hear by wanting to give back!
I love everything about this episode! She is so talented and I love the fact she is a gardener. Her connection to the land is remarkable. Love this! Thank you Bryce for introducing us to Ruby
Sounds like she and Bo had a lot of good memories together ;D
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Bo did all of the work before he got kicked to the curb 🤣
@@malekatahcampbell6326 Oh you know them? You know that he got kicked to the curb and not that possibly he decided he wanted to live in the city or maybe got offered a job he didn't want to turn down or they both just mutually decided to part ways. You know nothing about their relationship but still feel free to air our your assumptions. Pathetic.
@@jainthorne4136 it was a joke! Lighten up!
@@malekatahcampbell6326 Then you should have put "jk" after your comment. People repeatedly come on videos like this and rip the women apart saying that they just used the man. They can be very vicious and I'm tired of it. So, I'm not going to "lighten up" when you make a comment that could easily be an attack on her.
Bryce is such an appreciative interviewer, this is amazing. She has created a beautiful home.👌💖💕
Seen many of these tiny house videos, but this one is one of my favorites. What a great way to live, like our ancestors did. A slower more stress free life. Good job, young lady.
That table is beautiful with an awesome story to go along with it. I hope they enjoy many meals sitting there!
I think this is the most beautiful tiny house I've ever seen -- inside and out. What a phenomenal spot. So beautiful.
beautiful tiny house & location, her vibe is very centered.
This land is really magical. The way she lives is so in to nature. I love it!
What a work of art! Just beautiful, wonderful how she still lives on the multigenerational family farm.
How fortunate to be born into a well-off family.
What a beautiful place to live in! I love Ruby’s mindset on being mortgage-free, creating a paradise for herself and using the land so respectfully. Great episode!
Oh, and what a big tiny house!! 😄
Hi Ruby, I can't say enough about the life you have created for yourself. Your family property is breathtaking as is your personal section of it. It is also great to see how much respect you have for the farm land's history and your desire to stay there and be debt free living your best life. Thank you Bryce for bringing us such great videos & stories of people living their best life.
Amazing place she has there. Her table reminds me of a surfboard. : )
Ruby has THE LIFE! What a beautiful home and beautiful land.
This home is my favorite! Not only is the house lovely and charming, but all those gardens and that bathroom! If she ever decided to live a bit bigger, Airbnb would love that listing! This is the best place to live in a tiny house...ever! ❤️🌸
This is the most incredible way a person can live. She is living a life which feels better than a dream for me.
I think everyone who watched this video will take a moment to reevaluate his/her current lifestyle.
I haven't seen the inside of the house and Putting this comment out of excitement.
I was wondering why this garden was so remarkably beautiful n then she said she's a professional gardener. She's really talented.
Living the dream, it's alot easier when you can live on the family land, beautiful spot. Thank you for sharing ❤
I admire this young lady...love her life goals.
What a beautiful spot, the garden is amazing and the different houses so cute
This goes beyond living "The Dream" ; This is a fairy tale come true !
Hello Cassandra how are you doing!?
@@larrybill2661 I'm well and you ?.....have we conversed before ?
I have never been SO jealous! This is beyond exquisite. The house, the gardens and the setting are just incredible. The fact that she’s not in hock to the bank is the most wonderful added extra, smart girl.
Holy moly that location is spectacular! 😲
What a paradise!!! I lived in Hawaii and cleaned multi-million dollar homes and my favorite one was one of many rooms connected by a deck over koi ponds and it was magical! I bet the stars are amazing at night!!! : )
Ruby is such a talented young woman she owns her own amazingly beautiful home and it's all paid for so she's now just working to provide herself with funds for adventures. Well done Ruby 👍😁❤️
@@CLW-gc3hr Maori would conquer other tribes and take slaves and the land. Now some want to cry ? You don't know what you're talking about.
@@CLW-gc3hr Always conveniently left out of these very curated shows
I think this is how we were meant to live on earth.....Magnificent!...
My Lord! This is the most beautiful location I’ve ever seen! The waterfall really won me over! Magnificent! I loved her tiny home with the beautiful wooden tables made by her family! Absolutely beautiful! Loved it all! This is the one for me! Would be my pick!
Ruby has amazing life,
she is a luck girl,
she has a beautiful home beautiful land beautiful waterfall beautiful beach and deep blue ocean .
that is heaven life amazing !