Mistakes teach you more than successful achievements

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

So true!

This is really awesome and very inspirational! There aren't many videos showing women building their homes. I want to do the same and have been studying for years, and it helps me to see women doing what I hope to do soon. Thank you for sharing.

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I got help for most of the physical building, but the project management is 100% mine. Let me know if you have any questions or have a topic you'd like to know more about.

This is really great! I absolutely love that there's so little fluff in the video. So many people don't think to write a script or think that they need to give a history of cob construction before talking about their own experiences. This is invaluable and I'm certainly subscribing for more stuff like it!

@The_Jen_Reilly

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! My life has been chaotic, but I definitely will be doing another, hopefully before the end of the year.

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently live through a drought and contemplating building a cob house.

🎉I "officially" declare you a WOWZA WOMAN Jen, an inspiration to all others seeking autonomy over their life's journey. 💪👍😘. Me, a retired 70 year old nurse who had a lot of similar dreams but failed on the follow-through. Now your subscriber #196.

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

Aw! Thank you! I'll let you know when the follow-through is through. It's not been my strong-suit, either

Thank you so much for noticing your errors. That is super helpful for those of us who are planning a cob house. Beautiful glass lights 😊

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

I have more errors to share. Stay tuned. Send me a message if you're ready to start, and I haven't added any more videos. I'm happy to go over your plans with you to see if I can spot any places you may want to revisit.

Thank you so much for this video. I’m planning my first cob home and the mistakes are the most valuable things you could have passed on. 😊. I will be building in Kenya and although the climate is different, on the plus side they have been building with natural materials forever. Thanks again.

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! That's the biggest reason im making these videos. I have more mistakes to pass on. Stay tuned! Also, you can ask me anything, and if I have experience with it, I'll 4 pass it on, and maybe make a video on it.

@jennyhoman195

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Jen_Reilly thanks! I sure will. I’m so excited about this new journey I’m on. I can’t wait to get started.

thank you!! there's not much info on this yet so its so helpful

@The_Jen_Reilly

4 ай бұрын

I'm so glad I you've found this helpful.

Oh this is so awesome! I’ve been hoping to build a cob house on my land. By the looks of your photos I think we are neighbors.

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found the video helpful!! I'll be posting more like this.

wow! thank you so much for sharing this!!

Very well done video thank you immensely

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful.

Amazing work. Including the mistakes is so valuable.

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really hope so!

Brave Lady... My experience with contractor's makes me mad even after twenty years. Men who sit in there trucks talking on their phones, lining up their next job while charging me fifty dollars an hour, and being told that that's how business is done... Not on my dime! Now my son's are grown and guess what they do for a living?

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

Oh boy! I was blessed to find an electrician and plumber (after I did the rough-in) who were respectful of me, my efforts, and my time!

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You dont need a roof to collect water. You can start with poles and tarps. I have no roof but 1500litres of fresh water 😊

@The_Jen_Reilly

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I've just been overwhelmed with the whole project.

@terriegym

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Jen_Reilly I totally understand I'm in limbo. Need $5000 for my own land. I'm not allowed to practice cob techniques where I rent as I'm not allowed to use the earth on the land unless I climb up into the jungle which I physically can't do. So I have to find simpler and cheap ways to do things.

Jen, great informational video. After getting your plans reviewed and approved, did they tell you that you must get every step approved? You say that you did the plumbing and it failed. Does every step require an inspector to check your work? I’m sure that adds a lot of $$, am I right?

@The_Jen_Reilly

10 ай бұрын

Yes, for the most part they required ongoing/process inspections. Definitely electric, septic and plumbing. A lot of your needs will depend on your governing agencies. There are places with no code enforcement. My county has very homeowner-friendly code for everything except plumbing and electric, which are state supervised. The delays and re-inspections weren't terribly expensive. I basically discovered that if you're nice to "the man" and play by the rules, it's not awful. Ask informed questions so you don't overburden the clerks and inspectors. For me the biggest aha was to realize that the system is "mostly" in place to protect you and FUTURE homeowners. If you only think about your needs and capabilities to live with your construction, owners after you may not be informed or capable of what you find a funny little idiosyncrasy.

Seems the cost wasn't much of a concern for you. The idea behind cob is to have low cost housing. Mostly saving on DIY labour. Same time i guess for yhe house to be practical and lasting, the technicalities need to be catered to. Its a beautiful house Mashallah

@The_Jen_Reilly

11 ай бұрын

That's one angle of why to build with cob. As an artist, I love the sculptural nature of the medium. The community of cobbers from around the world is amazing. I have made friends from every continent on this journey. I don't regret the house or its design. Sure, there are things I would do differently now, but it provided a learning experience that was different from what any other construction method could have provided.