A Simple Off Grid Cabin You Can Build Yourself - Start to Finish

We built this simple off-grid cabin and set up in the Australian forest starting from a basic garden shed kit — and turned it into a functional, self-sufficient liveable space for our family. In this video, I walk through the full build: the structure, compost toilet, water system. Nothing fancy. Nothing extreme. Just a practical cabin that’s actually doable. If you’ve ever wondered whether building your own off-grid space is realistic, this is our honest breakdown of what it takes — and why we chose this path. A little bit about us... We aim to be a grounded, modern family choosing intentional forest living — while still connected to the real world. Building a slower life without escaping the modern world. 6 years ago we left the city glam with our heads filled with dreams of sustainability, self sufficiency and connection with nature, with kids, to finally settle on a 5 acres subtropical Australian forest, on semi off grid wood cabin. We are now balancing lifestyle, needs, aspirations, family life and long term goals in his lifetime project. Subscribe to follow our progresses, challenges, and new coming up projects to set up from scratch our idyllic little patch of heaven or h... ;-) 🔔 Subscribe: / @libakan A note: some of the ideas — and a few of the phrases — in this video were inspired by BushRadical. His channel along with many others, shaped how I approached this video and think about cabin building in the woods. Go check him out if you haven't:    / @bushradical   it's any amazing cabin building channel. If you want to support our projects ☕️ Buy us a coffee (easy!) - https://buymeacoffee.com/bastienmig4 Timecodes 0:00 Intro and clearing of the cabin site 0:51 Stilla Cabin kit delivery and unpacking 1:54 Tuffblock foundations and floor structure 4:00 Assembly of wall panels and treating wood 5:55 Cabin roof assembly 6:49 French doors, windows and deck 10:35 Compost toilet building 18:51 Cabin in the rain 19:51 Wood floor building 21:21 Bed making from logs 23:25 Water system and tank connection to gutters 25:51 Outro cabin in the night Main cabin kit is the Alpine model (with deck, extra windows, and roof insulation), small (toilet cabin kit is the Windsor model, both from Stilla - https://www.stilla.com.au Instant foundations are tuff blocks from Build Tuff Australia - https://buildtuff.com.au/ Compost toilet system is from Green Loo - https://www.greenloo.org/ Thanks for watching. Give us a comment, we would love to connect! Libakan Living