The first time I picked up a hammer, I think I was around 12 yrs old on school vacation. My dad and two brothers, known as The Three Swedes were renovating an old home, had me straighten out bent nails. When I finished, pick up a broom and sweep, keep the job clean and neat. When all is finished come watch and learn which I did. That was the beginning of my career in the home improvement business. I was able to retire early, now my son is carrying on the business name.

As an electrician, the appreciation for a builder that actually cuts out flush boxes 🤤🤤🤤

No pencil marks is one of my favorite things you have said. It reminds me of my grandfather and things he said to me while growing up. He was a self taught carpenter and Jack of all trades by choice as a side. His paying job was a metallurgical engineer. I like your videos and your work ethic is amazing. I have my own construction business in the US and only wish I could work with someone like you.

The final "Dad" question kinda caught me off-guard... 🙁 Coming from a large irish family, nobody ever followed my dad into his trade, cabinetmaker, I became a self-employed machinist... & I think he was proud of me, his oldest son, yet in later years I felt a need.... an urge.....to express my love for my father by becoming "reasonably" proficient in working with wood as opposed to steel ... I like to think I succeeded in that... wherever you are Da... I love you... ☺️ 😎👍☘️🍺

Like everyone else here I love your videos mate! I reckon you should start a gofundme page. If all of your 280k subscribers put in $1 each, you and Jess will have your 20% deposit for a house. Then we can all kick back and watch you reno your own place. Food for thought. From across the ditch (Oz)

As an ex-pat Kiwi now in the USA, I love that I found your channel. Helps me stay connected to real people stuff in NZ. Keep up the great work!

Humble legend, channel’s like yours is why I don’t watch tv anymore! As long as you’re making videos, I’ll be watching 👍🏼

Really fun to see Jess with you on this one. Seems like this is the most I've heard her talking. Passivhaus (or some form of it) is the way to go if you're building from scratch. Liked the Q&A format.

Nice one Scott. I used to be a joiner, my first job when I left school. I have had several careers since being a joiner. Being a joiner is still the most rewarding job. To rip out an old kitchen and create a new one is awesome, brilliant job satisfaction!

I just binge watched all your videos in 3 sittings and it’s crazy to see how far your editing has come. Keep up the hectic work cuz

Scott Brown Know this: paper filters capture compounds in coffee that would otherwise affect your cholesterol levels. I use stainless filters too, and have to keep that in mind. Wife had to go back to filters.

Nice to get some background about how you started and lovely to hear from Jess, you are a lucky man Scott Brown.

James Hoffman X Scott Brown would be the collab of a lifetime :)

Love your videos! Bought my first house about a year back, total renovation project but liveable. When I bought it I knew nothing, but now I've redone a outer wall(edit: it was the whole wall, framing windows everything) cause rot and lots more! Soo rewarding

I live in the west coast of U.S.A in the central coast of California and home prices are outrages same goes with rental units astronomical monthly cost, and like there in NZ there’s a housing crisis going on here also. Love your channel Scott (SBC)…

I wish I could have seen Paerau's face as you described it, when the materials came flying down the roof! I'm dying 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Thanks Scott, love the channel. You have helped me so much. Due to covid I lost my job and was forced into being a handy man. Now I'm doing bigger jobs like decking and garden rooms. You have taught me so much. Thanks bro. Dan from Christchurch England.

Hey Scott! Long time watcher first time commenter. I’m a 35 year old sparky from Auckland who had his own business. My wife and I were in a very similar position to Jess and yourself. We spent about 8 years struggling with the Auckland housing market but eventually opted to give up our profitable business and move further south so we could get on the property ladder. If owning your own home is your main goal and Auckland is unobtainable, look elsewhere. Our generation and future generations are at a huge disadvantage being unable to attain home ownership earlier on in life.

@tjinnes

2 жыл бұрын

Good advice Lou.

@dobbymcallister1735

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, you called it...! I watched today's video and then recalled your advice to Scott! kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5t907evYM3ZZdo.html

@home-space

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is that it has now pushed teh house prices in other parts of NZ up as well, as it is a ripple effect. Many Auckland investors are buying in places like Christchurch etc, and many of the places outside Auckland have had the most growth.

Really enjoy your Q and A sessions Scott. A lot of good information and wisdom in your content. Go well

I have no idea why I find videos about building across the other side of the world so relaxing !!! Keep up the good videos ! Top quality !!! Will your merch ship to England ? Thanks !

Hello from Denmark , first of all discovered your channel the other day and oh boy i just cannot stop watching your videos, as for the short and the long i am half way into my apprenticeship in a also quite pricy part of denmark, and also looking for a house myself but prices went up aswell , but one day hopefully. Wish you the best of luck Scott. Alex

As soon as I saw you using an Aeropress, I wondered if you had ever watched James Hoffmann. Glad to hear that you've found him, too. Love the Q&A session. If you don't have "regular" episodes to shoot, I think we'd all be very happy to have you post these. It's great to get a view into your life.

@Titantitan001

3 жыл бұрын

Idk if its the autism but I’ve never understood videos like this or want for them. Becomes sort of an idolatry thing. Who knows though theres a lot of things I see on the internet that I don’t understand. Like tiktok or Facebook. Never understood those.

Brilliant Q&A Scott. Keep them going! Well done SBC. 😎🛠🪚😎

Exceptionally well done. We trust that someone will help you get a house.

Thanks for answering my questions both. Scott, there's never a right time! :-) Good luck with the house goal. Can't believe the house prices are that mad, you should have stayed here in Edinburgh.

You done well lad, what a Great Lass! You both so genuine and great on camera together. Informative video too. Have a great weekend… PS more Jess and Scott when possible please. #TeamSBC

Second episode in a row with James Hoffman vibes hahaha :) glad you mentioned him. Quality KZread talking about quality KZread.

Scott, I love your channel and have for years. I have never commented but I want to tell you that I really enjoyed this ep. If you’re ever in Melbourne let me know and I will happily shout you a coffee. Keep up the great work.

We’re currently 3 months from finishing a Passive House in the US. Great to hear the shout out to this standard. Go for it!

Love the q and a episode. Thanks for the insight into nz at the moment.

Yeeeeessss passive house! Please build one Scottie!

Love the voice with carpentry tips and tool reviews, mixed in over a well-used easy listening track.

this was really an exciting episode, thanks for letting us participate a little bit of your live. And I hope, Jess will appear more often??

Hi Scott!! Love your videos! Passive house and housing issues - I am an architectural draughtsman, although lived in Europe for the last 18 years (back in NZ for only 2 years) and also love everything about passive homes and alternative energy. It has been a hobby of mine for many years to follow and learn about the technologies etc. I would be more than happy to help and consult for you on the subject for no charge as it is my passion. I am currently renovating a 130 year old miners cottage (for ourselves) and converting it into a passive house in the process but within a much smaller budget than you would imagine. I also have land and will be building 3-5 passive homes to sell. For the renovation, I have decided to apply myself and am doing all the building work myself, including the installation of all the important passive home technologies such as heated floor, ventilation heat exchange, airtightness, solar. The project has a building consent and owner builder exemption. Would love to share what I have learnt. My goal by the way for the new builds it to make them affordable for first home buyers and a possible solution for state housing, while also being the healthiest homes on the market. Have you thought about moving (even just temporarily) to the South Island, where homes and land are half the price or less to get onto the ladder and there is a shortage of builders and heaps of work atm? Could be a great way to get in the buy-renovate-repeat, do it several times and then you could afford to live anywhere. It also doesn’t rain as much 😉 We live in Otago. Our first doer-upper was around $100k with 1000sqm section and 45sqm garage. Folks recently bought a much newer home in good condition on 1000sqm for $250k. And many others we see daily for $250-350k that would make great reno projects. Once we finish our renovation, the property will have quadrupled in price, half of that being profit (which is an excellent income for my time I feel). Food for thought. Feel free to get in touch if anything I have said hits a cord.

@ScottBrownCarpentry

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, that sounds really interesting. Would you please send a message through the contact form on our website. Would be good to stay in touch! www.scottbrowncarpentry.com/contact

Great video Scott, just wish you all the success possible m8, from a gnarled old landscaper in Sussex! I've enjoyed all your videos too!

You nailed it on doing things you've never done. My work is very similar to yours, only I work alone with occasional help. The variety of new and challenging tasks is what keeps things so interesting. Problem solving is a daily basis thing. Really enjoy all your content! Keep it up, keep it fun!

Yes to the passive house. That's the dream.

@luckyal_syd

3 жыл бұрын

Second this! Would love to see you build and talk about passive house Scott!

@TheMelbournelad

3 жыл бұрын

Love that here in Australia. However Ild be happy with a neural/carbon positive house. Mostly cause I like wood fires and opening my house in summer/beautiful days.

@Jaeger04

3 жыл бұрын

Scott should build a tiny house

@jamesbailand4311

3 жыл бұрын

Until the power goes out..

@TheMelbournelad

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbailand4311 what passive house wouldn’t have a solar array and a home battery

Great video Scott and Jess, keep up the great work👍🏻👍🏻

That's the same dream house I have in mind, to be self-sufficient and a small shop on the side (and it has to be portable as well). Love your videos, I've been inspired by you!

In regards to the question about pricing your work before knowing you're dealing with before ripping old stuff out; my wife and I are currently having a company doing a bit of remodeling in our house, so I can speak as a client. The company gave us a price assuming no major issues, and if there are any issues it'll be an extra cost. That seems to be pretty standard here in Norway!

Thanks for sharing and being so honest. Love your videos !

Thanks Scott! Great episode.

Man You never have a boring video! Keep up all the great videos.

Great to see Jess on, great sense of humour. On a serious note, I hope to move to NZ one day so thanks for the info. Love from the UK.

@Sulu-sw3zo

3 жыл бұрын

You and over half the world want to move here. Our border will be closed for years and years.

@josephking6515

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sulu-sw3zo And even more and more years after that.

We need a public Scott Brown Carpentry playlist on Spotify!

Scott. Thank You. What an insight! Jess too. Passive House build. Yes please! That would be fantastic! Stay safe.

It's about time you got some "no pencil marks" merch!

Great 👍🏼 video Scott! Big fan here in Brooklyn, NYC!

Really good/honest answers. Gotta put a ring on your gal - doesn't need to be a big/expensive ceremony. A nice celebratory dinner with close friends and family is all that's needed and won't break the bank. As a builder, surprised you don't buy some land and build a home yourself. Small, simple home to start.

@jackgibbons6013

3 жыл бұрын

He mentioned it in the video. House prices. But the real value of the house is almost all in the land. Anywhere that would have a reasonable commute to work is wildly expensive, even if you want to spend 1.5 hours in your car each way every work day its still largely 6 - 8 hundred thousand dollars for a small plot. Anywhere with good access to the core of Auckland, isthmus area, eastern bays etc, its all much more expensive than that. And like Scott said, 20% deposit usually. So unless you’ve got a cool 200 - 400 grand for the deposit around then you’re out of luck (let alone servicing that kind of mortgage).

The neighbours “deck” got knocked over😂 love the accent Scott!

@sigmundsound

3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen Schaeffer's deck oil? Search it! 🤣

You guys are awesome! Love your work uce

Yah, please do a passive house series, or more info on how you approach that in NZ!

Next exciting episode!!! 👍

Hey was nice to meet Jess. Lovely couple - stay safe :))

Hey Scott. I am a DIY enthusiest and for the past year i have been building my own house. I have no building experience and learnt pretty much everything i know off youtube. I have watched your channel since the very start and learnt heaps from you so thanks alot! My project is in a tropical rainforest in Fiji with great views of the sea and surrounding forest. Its a multi story building using a variety of materials but in short its first level is reinforced concrete and masonary block and the top floor will be timber framed. My house was architectualy designed with passive cooling methodsin mind as well as efficient rainwater capture and solar gains. The window and door openings are huge to take in the views and there is a high level of detail such as cantilevered beams etc. The building is also Engineered to resist cyclone and seismic risk. Its fair to say my project should be something and experienced builder should be doing but due to a shortage of professional trades here i am doing this myself. In regards to the question of building your own house, it is definately doable and is extremely rewarding but i often reflect on how long things take! Im sure a professional builder would do things in half the time it takes me. So one taking on this task needs to have the time and be paitence. Get help where possible and enjoy the journey. I also started making videos for youtube but it was too much work for me amoungst everything else i was doing. Your videos are awesome and i can apreciate the work you put into them. I look forward to when you take on your own dream project one day. Cheers bro

Nice Q&A session Scott. 👍🏼

Hi, Scott it's a really nice video, and awesome job. keep it up and thank you for teaching lots of technical stuff..really helps a lot..cheers

Great chat. Enjoyed it immensely.

Love the honesty. Brilliant

Wicked! Yeah so keen to one day build a passive home. Love the idea of them

Thanks for sharing of your experiences.

Another HB fan here. Love your vids. Keep up the work.

You're my most favourite carpenter in the whole world x

You guys are awesome! Greetings from Saskatchewan

The 40v is amazing. I have had it for 1 month and everyone wants to use my tools

Sub contracting through existing businesses has been a great way to save time and keep isolated during covid spikes for me here in Ontario Canada

I have been in IT my entire life going back to the early 80's. My other half and I decided to build our own house. We did everything from design to actualy building. We did all the gas and electric. The only part of that we didn't do was connect uptop services which was left to the proffesionals. Everything we did from brick laying to ring mains waslearned from KZread videos. 3 years on I am a qulified high voltage electrician and my other half is a qualified plasterer

Another great video...as a fellow kiwi and a 1st year builder apprentice I'm about the same age as you I feel for you in your goal to own property..you deserve ur own place but don't hold out for Auckland if you carnt afford there real soon get on the property ladder eles where

Thank you Scott

GRANDE SCOTT,SALUDOS DESDE ESPAÑA

+1 for the apprenticeship video 🙏🏻 awesome Q&A

Been a huge fan since day one. I am 45 years old single mother living in CA I am hoping to retire at 50 if things keep going well for me. Bought my first house last month paid in cash and I can't be proud more that I am rn. I'm so happy i made good decisions about my finances that changed me forever:;):❤️❤️

@georgiawilliams3682

3 жыл бұрын

Congra tulations Sandra 🎉❤️

concerning passive house, have a look at earthships. Love these houses.

im always grateful that i found Scotts channel as a 16 yo now im 18 u bring alot of light to what i should be thinking about if i want to start a trades career and you are main figure that pushes me to do so, love the vids and your character too!!!

Hate coffee, but lots of people at work use aeropress. Several suggest paper is way better taste than reusable metal one, don't have a clue myself all tastes like burnt to me. Also, they often turn upside down, and put water in, then add in filter and filter cap after the hot water is in the unit. And turn it over when ready, and press in to cup. UK also has quite a significant housing crisis.

Great video and a lovely couple .

You are both great Scot!!

The housing situation here in Toronto is exactly the same so I feel your pain

"No pencil marks!" needs to be on your merch :)

Just to clarify for any non-Kiwis: the average housing price being a million dollars is only in Auckland and possibly Wellington. This isn't to say that housing prices in the rest of the country aren't also going crazy (because they are) but that the problem is orders of magnitude worse in Auckland (which also has a ton of infrastructure problems to deal with as well).

@GustavoAndresHerrera

3 жыл бұрын

and to add to that, the quality (and size) of the houses is not what you'd expect for a million dollars.

@islandbay

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Dustin, in Wellington too

@scottstewart6624

3 жыл бұрын

and to add to that, (according to a quick google), the average wage is about NZD$70k - 80k. So that's an average house price 12.5x average wage. With that 20% deposit being 2.5x your average wage.

@GustavoAndresHerrera

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottstewart6624 and to add to add to add to that... the Council will make your life miserable as soon as you want to make any improvement to the house.

@bruce-le-smith

3 жыл бұрын

@@GustavoAndresHerrera bloody paper pushing rule watchers :)

Brilliant video mate, 👍👍

I must have played with the first second of this video 100 times (with left arrow) good stuff Thumbs up!!!

Hi Scott! How far away are you from rural land? With all your tools and know-how I would highly recommend buying out in the bush and building your own homestead. You will live like a king for a fraction of the price. You can rent in the city during the weekdays for work and you can store your tools and materials at your homestead on the weekends! You can even Airbnb your place for extra income. Think of all the outdoor garden makita tools that you are yet to review!

Great work Scott, it makes such a difference making the movies a bit longer, I did email you a week or so ago so if you need any help I’d love to help. Gerard

Great episode Scott! Very honest and seem to see things the same way I do as a one man band Aussie chippie!

i hope you and your better half get a comfy home.

Hi Scott, I have my own house, a workshop and a cat not a dog (I do not have my health now mainly due to old age and an accident) and because of that I cannot exercise a dog and I think a dog deserves exercise and plenty of long walks. My cat drives me crazy at times bringing me dead mice and birds that I prefer they were alive and flying around outside. But that is the nature of cats; the mice are feildmice and not the type that occupy a house.

If you do make it over to Scotland anytime soon, feel free to come help me with a renovation job 👌. I’m only an hour from Edinburgh. Keep up the good work bud

Passive House! Yes!

hi from colorado im a old trim carpenter love the chanen wish this was around when i started i worked for 30 years i the trade

Hi Scott, a fan from Pokeno New Zealand (yes its a growing metropolitan people living away from Auckland is becoming the norm). Love your channel keep going I think the KZread revenue may very well one day surpass your business

Move to Christchurch, not a lot of rain and the houses are still relatively cheap (compared to Auckland).

I mean, 1 million is only in the main centres e.g Wellington and Auckland. I bought my first house in New Zealand in a town of 40,000 people (only an hour and half away from a main centre town too), it cost me 190k, 4 years ago. I bought my second house on a half acre section, and it came with a stand alone flat + garage and it was only 375k, purchased this year. Not worth living in places like Auckland and Wellington.

I can tell you all about passive houses and the pain I feel when one of friends and family back home in Germany built another one; while I’m chipping away renovating my glorified tent here in Melbourne … also almost coughed up a mill for it 😒🔫

@ScottBrownCarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Painful, same issue here. You pay a crazy sum to get a place and the building still needs a lot of work.

9:07 hot tip, if your learning to build a house, maybe start at the bottom and work your way up, that gravity stuff is tricky...

Great video Scott and Jess,you pair are a fit. Nowadays getting married should never be a pressure thing,do it when it’s right. Thanks for the video Scott.👍👍

@sigmundsound

3 жыл бұрын

"If" It's right. 😉

@nialstewart8263

3 жыл бұрын

Terry, it was meant as a cheeky windup rather than a "When are you going to make an honest woman of her" type question. 👍

@terrytopliss9506

3 жыл бұрын

@@nialstewart8263 I didn’t see your comment Nial, it was just my thoughts.👍👍

9:40 There is a channel I watch every week, “Life uncontained” it’s an excellent series and they built it for the ground up just from KZread and research.

Melbourne and Australia’s major cities have same housing issues. As a chippy and cause you touched on cabinet making and furniture as side hustle, have you thought about modifying a business estate/industrial estate small factory whatever you guys call it, local council permitting? Something I have toyed with here where get a small modern factory the ones made out of prefab concrete slabs two stories high. Add a mezzanine level so can have work shop/business on the bottom and build a residence up top maybe out of sip panels or similar.

The Shed! I think a few of us just wanted to see , so we could DIY our own.....there isn't a decent NZ made video on how to do this that i have seen.You'd have an instant hit with a video showing how i reckon...even if you talked us through it with pen and paper for those of us with basic or general skills, that would be more than enough....

I got an apprenticeship in Dublin by asking every trade if they knew anyone that wants an apprentice, even on a trial run. It helped that I had a good few tools aswell