What do you guys think about the a-frame? We've been busy renovating and this video is several months behind, but the a-frame is now available on airbnb. Link below and in the description! More transformation videos coming soon! Link to book: bit.ly/3RJFpAO

@ProSkateNate90

2 күн бұрын

Hearing you talking about removing the main source of heating from a northern michigan cabin was insane.

@kbrad198

23 сағат бұрын

Omg I thought the house looked familiar....We just stayed here at the beginning of June 2024! Loved our stay on the lake and would absolutely love to be back again soon!

@tedbear6012

9 сағат бұрын

I love it. I can't get enough of up north. I have a place in lewiston and my family is on black lake

@NorthofNowhere.

Сағат бұрын

@@ProSkateNate90 there is a furnance in the house and we added a fireplace.

That’s my Brother and Sister in-laws old house. Absolutely beautiful spot. Lots of memories there.

@NorthofNowhere.

3 күн бұрын

are you Zach's sister? It truly is such a special spot. You guys will have to come see it now that we renovated it!

That’s almost a small river… That is absolutely gold find… It’s a sandy bottom creek You clean the sides of the creek, remove the trees that fallen on it… you put spikes on both sides, attach a rope and you can put inner tubes and still float on the creek while the water goes past you

That bench on the creek is like a place of rest...a peaceful prayerful place to dream and surround yourselves in gratitude ❤

@riverratrvr9225

Күн бұрын

Just subbed, can't wait to see yall fishing 😊

@NorthofNowhere.

Күн бұрын

it is a very special spot, that's for sure!

Beautiful area and house. We lived in Cheboygan several years ago, we loved the area.

@NorthofNowhere.

2 күн бұрын

love Cheboygan. Nothing like it up here!

@mattberden9326

2 күн бұрын

I live in cheboygan now

Congratulations on the A-Frame! When I saw those orange walls I knew I had seen that house before on Zillow. 😀 My dad started bringing us up to that area in '62 - we usually stayed on Clam Lake at Northaire Resort. Over the past decade or so, the wife and I come up in July for the Boyne Thunder Poker Run; usually we take a day to come down to Torch, to shop in Alden, go to the Dockside for lunch, hit Brownwood Acres and stop for a beer at Short's in Bellaire. You are really lucky to have those properties in what is a truly beautiful region. I'll definitely be following your progress...all the best!

@NorthofNowhere.

Күн бұрын

Mark - thank you so much for the kind words and for sharing your memories! It's amazing how small the world can be-those orange walls really are memorable. It sounds like you and your family have some wonderful traditions in the area. Those are all great spots. Thanks for following along and can't wait to share more updates on the A-Frame. All the best to you and your wife on your next visit!

I grew up on the UP. And there’s no place like it. I love the place !! I’d have horses with the natural creek but that’s just me… you can do so so much with it ! I’m excited for you !!! Thanks for showing me !

@NorthofNowhere.

10 күн бұрын

THe UP is a special place, that's for sure! Thanks for watching!

The Creek and 5 minutes from Torch Lake, you have struck Gold!!

@NorthofNowhere.

Күн бұрын

that's the way we felt too!

It’s a good idea for not having alot of snow on your roof in the winter.

@NorthofNowhere.

Күн бұрын

definitely!

Absolutely beautiful, serene home and setting in Pure Michigan. Kudos to both of you

I had a friend that lived in an A-frame when we were kids. They’re very cool. Congratulations on your purchase!

@NorthofNowhere.

11 күн бұрын

thank you! There certainly is something special about a-frames!

Beautuful! Goid ideas. Love the clear creek. The shoreline seems missing any protective buffer though to keep it clear and clean. There are good brochures and web sites from local government you may like! Your expanding family will have great memories. Thanks!

When we retired I began the search online,I was looking at aframes. My husband put the brakes on that as well as homes on a river. Now I’m in 2.5 acres of woods mind numbingly biring

I have always loved A-frame homes and cottages! Sunning job.

@NorthofNowhere.

11 күн бұрын

us too! Thank you! Excited to put the construction timelapse together to show the full before and after!

Must be typical style for a-frame builds because our cottage growing up in Wexford County had the same look (with vaulted ceiling and loft bedroom). The back of ours (living room) was mostly glass because it faced Stone Ledge Lake (still there for google map purposes).

Anybody remember when Northern Michigan would have 6 to 10 feet of snow??? I do

@NorthofNowhere.

9 күн бұрын

Hoping that we get more this upcoming winter! We're only 8 minutes away from Schuss Mountain. I personally think winter will be the most beautiful season here too.

@jrfmichigian

9 күн бұрын

@@NorthofNowhere. I've worked up bye traverse City and thunder Bay!! I run a directional drill ( underground work) we usually stop for winter! Frost is to deep to dig a hole! We've worked the last 3 winter's! Barley 2 inches of frozen ground!! I grew up here and I'm just not seeing winter anymore! Beautiful area up there! There's sailing and the ski hills have cable slides for summer fun! Lovely little cabin

@mattberden9326

2 күн бұрын

I do

My parent live on Clam Lake and built Belarie Log home in the late 1979 and lie there until my Dad death . My Mom sold and move into the town of Belarie. She live there until her death. I hav many great memories.

Bellaire! I'm just down the road in Central Lake! Welcome to the neighborhood!

@NorthofNowhere.

2 күн бұрын

Come visit sometime! We are always in Central Lake!

I have a great saltbox contemporary on a beautiful small lake in Lewiston Mi..love it!! So beautiful,, and a condo in downtown Detroit, best of both worlds….and its still less $$ than living in asmall place on the coasts…Good luck to you with your beautiful home,,,!!! Enjoy..

@NorthofNowhere.

Күн бұрын

Awesome! Nothing like a small, private inland lake in Michigan. Thank you! Come visit sometime!

You were blessed now you can make the best of your home, Enjoy.

@NorthofNowhere.

5 күн бұрын

That's the plan! Thanks for watching

Congrats on your find. What a dream.

@NorthofNowhere.

2 күн бұрын

thank you!

Love the video. You will make it great and taking us along is a bonus for us.

@NorthofNowhere.

6 күн бұрын

thank you!

Congratulations, I was near this area 2 years ago, I saw a sow bear and 2 cubs

@NorthofNowhere.

15 сағат бұрын

I haven't seen a bear yet, but they are certainly in the area!

A frames are nice. This one needs to be updated a bit. I'm rooting for you both.

@NorthofNowhere.

11 күн бұрын

it sure does. Appreciate the support!

I knew you would. Congrats bro! Happy for you guys!!!!🎉🎉🎉

@NorthofNowhere.

15 күн бұрын

thanks man! Appreciate it!

Grew up on Torch Lake family cottage during the summers on Quin-Sig-Mund Lane. Enjoy your fun.

@NorthofNowhere.

5 күн бұрын

have you been back recently?

Cool project !!👍

@NorthofNowhere.

11 күн бұрын

Thanks!

My great aunt (my grandma's sister) lived in an A frame on the Mississippi River when I was kid. In February I bought a 950ish sq foot 1 bedroom A-Frame with 8 acres on a large lake in East Texas and it has the same lay-out and I'm doing the same thing, bedroom and bathroom upstairs and I'm going to rip it out to vault the ceiling and put my bedroom in the back of the house, put the bathroom back in the front and the area in the front will be my living room, I'm a single guy, my 3 kids are grown and out of the house so I don't need a dining room, I have one in the house I live in now and it's just a waste of space, I eat in my living room in front of my t.v. so why waste the space. The back of my house faces the lake and I'd like to wake up looking at the lake plus there's a deck back there if I want to eat by or hang out looking at the lake then I'll just go out there through my bedroom. Every time I go down to work on it all the childhood memories of going to Aunt Roni's house for week every summer come back, I call it my happy place, I hope to be done with it by Christmas so I can move down there after the 1st of year, I retired from the military in 2010 and will hit my 15 year mark (minimum years for retirement) in November of this year and I'm going to take it and move from Missouri to Texas and enjoy my retirement.

@NorthofNowhere.

9 күн бұрын

Inspiring story and full of nostalgia! It sounds like your new place is going to be an amazing retreat, especially with the personal touches you're adding.Thank you for your service and best of luck with the well-deserved retirement!

@TheREALOC1972

9 күн бұрын

@@NorthofNowhere. Thanks, When I first started my 2nd career I worked for a dealership in the North Houston area for 6 months and fell in love with the area and knew that's where I wanted to retire.

Congrats! And I just checked out your listing on Airbnb and the end product is fantastic. Impressed at the transformation! Very, very inviting. Will be at Torch Lake again this summer staying at a friend’s family rental, so I know how amazing that area is.

@NorthofNowhere.

15 күн бұрын

Glad you like it! We put our heart and soul into it. Hard to beat this area during the summer! Come visit the A sometime!

Congrats its going to be awesome 👌

@NorthofNowhere.

Күн бұрын

thank you!!

Doors swinging to the inside are a big NO NO in northern Michigan. Always have them swing out. Bears can push a door in easily

This sure needs a roof over the front porch. That place has a ton of potentional.

@NorthofNowhere.

6 күн бұрын

that would be nice!

Awesome that you have a detach garage

@NorthofNowhere.

5 күн бұрын

it really is! we needed the storage.

A friend of mine lived in a home that looks exactly like that near Lake Margrethe near Grayling.

@NorthofNowhere.

11 күн бұрын

love Lake Margrethe! There were a lot of A-frames built up in here Northern Michigan during the 60-70's.

That property is beautiful! I grew up in the thumb and we would go “up north” every summer. I currently live in Indiana but would love to move back to Michigan someday

@NorthofNowhere.

5 күн бұрын

thank you! hard to beat it up here. Hope you make your way back!

@croswellianprincess3590

Күн бұрын

The thumb is “up north” to me.

Nice!! 👍🏻

@NorthofNowhere.

5 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Welcome to Michigan. Keep the wood stove, it's cheap, and it's off grid, your surrounded by trees too.

@NorthofNowhere.

5 күн бұрын

we're born and raised in michigan! We'd love to keep the wood stove, but this will be a rental and insurance would be through the roof.

Grats on your purchase i saw this home on Zillow i believe, been looking at property up there recently. Going to be hard to move to a cold state that has like a 4% income tax tho.

@NorthofNowhere.

9 күн бұрын

Thank you! This area has a lot of development and interest right now. Spring, Summer and Fall are hard to beat up here if you can handle the winters!

Congratulations on the new house. I give you one suggestion though slow down on the camera movements. My wife was watching with me and you made her a little motion sickness. So you said it was private but then you said torch lake. Make sure it's off the internet's sites for home listings because then your house is not private. Very easy to find that house if it's still on the site for home listings You don't need some wacko coming around your house.

@NorthofNowhere.

15 сағат бұрын

thanks for the suggestion!

It looked fine to me

BRO!!!! We need you back on guitar tutorials!!!! Hope all is well!

These kind of style houses are actually more common the farther you go up north in Michigan I do t know why

@daretodream...898

Сағат бұрын

Snow load maybe?

Any time you can buy property it's not a bad idea 💡

@NorthofNowhere.

11 күн бұрын

very true!

I want to do the same thing!😅

@NorthofNowhere.

Күн бұрын

it's a lot of work, but so worth it!

❤

I grew up in Bellaire I now live in Mancelona

I grew up at the other end of the lake. :) Whereabouts are you at?

@NorthofNowhere.

3 күн бұрын

Which lake? We are in Bellaire, Michigan, just south of town.

@thedrainjunkie5654

3 күн бұрын

I went to school in Central Lake. Grew up out in pleasant valley. You near schuss mountain - tons of those A-frames up there. :)

😊👍

Looks great. I thought you were going to live in it though.

@NorthofNowhere.

15 сағат бұрын

our plan was to live in it, originally. we will still use it ourselves quite a bit

Hit the go button and don’t look back

l lovee the hoouse

@NorthofNowhere.

14 күн бұрын

thank you!

Can anyone tell me where this A frame is located??

@NorthofNowhere.

5 күн бұрын

it's in Bellaire, Michigan.

@helenrhyne1209

5 күн бұрын

@@NorthofNowhere. thank you

Are you near Atlanta Mi? That looks familiar

@NorthofNowhere.

6 күн бұрын

It's in Bellaire, Michigan.

So old stove area gonna be a sauna ?

@NorthofNowhere.

Күн бұрын

haha possibly!

I’m getting Motion sickness !

@NorthofNowhere.

9 күн бұрын

sorry!

@justmestephanie1269

9 күн бұрын

⁠@@NorthofNowhere.I’m sure you will get better with the camera after a while . Congratulations on the new property , Michigan is beautiful!

Yes a lot of work but you moved to one of the best places on earth for resources ! ie global warming and water supply so I think many people will be migrating to that area in the up coming decades 😂😂 you did greatn😮 you have time it will be fine also that creek needs work but your up for it ! Its going to be a total different place by the time the new baby hits 5 yrs old ! Good luck kids 😮😂😂❤❤

@NorthofNowhere.

10 күн бұрын

thank you!

How much was it?

@NorthofNowhere.

13 күн бұрын

$195K.

@ruyboxe

12 күн бұрын

@@NorthofNowhere. icluding all the propety? Thats rly cheap!

@eonstot

11 күн бұрын

@@NorthofNowhere. whoa what a great find

Any brookies?

@NorthofNowhere.

9 күн бұрын

Haven't seen one yet, but they're definitely are!

Buying an A frame for s rental is the only reason to own one. They are a crap use of space. Viausly very appealing but until you spend alot of time in one there great. I built a gambrel cabin. 20' wide I custom built it my self and the upstairs in that is bad enough. How ever you can still stand up and be 6' in 85% of the up stairs.

@NorthofNowhere.

11 күн бұрын

They certainly are not the best use of space, but you can make the most of it if you're intentional about it. I did almost all of the work myself on the remodel and the complexity that all of the angles add cannot be understated.

@TheREALOC1972

9 күн бұрын

I completely disagree. A-frames are the PERFECT first/last home. They are simple to build, cheaper to build because they require less materials to build, which is a huge deal now because of deforresting and when you get alot of bad weather such as snow/ice and rain they are easier to maintain.

You could not pay me enough to live in Michigan, it like the Florida of the north, of the great lakes region

@pennymcleod3877

11 күн бұрын

Michigan is a great place to live

@SoloClone

7 күн бұрын

We have no hurricanes, no sharks, no mudslides, no real nature disasters and 4 very distinct seasons. And you can drink the water in the lakes. It's heaven.

@helenrhyne1209

5 күн бұрын

And salt free lakes

@shutupshelley1793

2 күн бұрын

Michigan is the greatest state in the nation for more reasons than even an educated person can comprehend, so it's pointless to waste the energy with you. Let's just say here in Michigan we teach our kids not only how to pull together a complete sentence using proper English grammar and spelling, but one that actually makes sense!

@mairwaugus5203

Күн бұрын

U.P. better than down state😂

Congrats, but just to clarify you guys are solidly in troll territory, which is SOUTHERN Michigan. Northern Southern Michigan if you like but definitely not Northern.

@NorthofNowhere.

3 күн бұрын

are you from the UP?

@pamelabalcom5583

Күн бұрын

@@NorthofNowhere. It is considered northern Michigan. It is northern lower peninsula. Upper Peninsula is a whole other place, possibly shouldn’t even be in Michigan, since it is joined by land nowhere in Michigan.😂

@LuckyDogGaming

Күн бұрын

“Up north” could be NE or North or really any where you drive away from metro Detroit to go relax for a weekend. :-)

Great. As if our housing crisis wasn't bad enough...another short term rental!

@croswellianprincess3590

Күн бұрын

Nobody lives around there, it’s mostly vacation homes.

@annieaardvark7683

Күн бұрын

This is just not correct. I live north of here, and work for the public schools. Locals are struggling to find places to live. ​@croswellianprincess3590

@croswellianprincess3590

8 сағат бұрын

@@annieaardvark7683 ohno

Tear it down and build. New house. Seriously

If you’re going to Airbnb that you shouldn’t put in a dead deer head. That will turn a lot of people off.

@NorthofNowhere.

6 күн бұрын

it's not going in the a-frame.

@lwittma

3 күн бұрын

If they're looking to stay in Northern Michigan, then a dear head probably won't faze them.

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