We Bought the WRONG Land… Then This Happened

• April 05, 2025 by Sailing Project Atticus |
• Language: EN
• Play Time: 00:17:56
• SAILING YOUTUBERS

My family and I are in the process of building our own mountain home—with no prior building experience.

Thank you to Ritual for Sponsoring this video. Get 25% OFF your first month Go to https://ritual.com/projectatticus25

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Several months ago, we put in an offer on what felt like our dream property near Bryson City, North Carolina. It was everything we were looking for: a large lot with plenty of buildable land in a beautiful area. But just a few days after submitting our offer, we were devastated to find out it was rejected. The owners decided to accept another offer that came in the same day as ours.

So, we went back to the drawing board and in our eagerness to get started, we ended up purchasing this half-acre lot. It’s in a great location with a stunning view—but it’s far from perfect. The lot is much smaller than we’d hoped for, the driveway and front yard are incredibly steep, and after consulting with a structural engineer and an excavator, we realized that the particulars of our build site would make it quite expensive to build our dream home here.

But for the past couple months I’ve kept a close eye on the land market in this area. And recently, several promising properties have popped up on our radar.
So this week, we’re going to check out those properties—and apply everything we’ve learned so far about site prep and excavation to see if we should just commit to building on our land, or if one of these properties might be a better option for our dream mountain homestead.

[ SUPPORT OUR VIDEOS - PATREON ]
Hop over to our Patreon Page where our biggest fans help make these videos possible.
https://www.patreon.com/ProjectAtticus

[ MAKE A ONE TIME CONTRIBUTION ]
http://bit.ly/2Mg0GCN

[ MERCH ]
https://www.projectatticus.com/support

[ GEAR WE LOVE ]
Sunglasses: https://shrsl.com/35iim Discount Code HPATTICUS
Keen Footwear: http://bit.ly/2GSEMjt
Our Mobile Internet Solutions - MobileMustHave: https://mobilemusthave.com

[ MUSIC ]
Epidemic Sound

Sailing Project Atticus

We're Jordan and Desiree! Our newest crew member is Captain Oso. We spent 6 years restoring and sailing on our 30 foot sailboat, "Atticus I". We made it as far as Panama, when we decided to upgrade to "Atticus II", our larger, more reliable family sailboat. We are now heading towards the Mediterranean to start our sailboat family! [ SUPPORT OUR VIDEOS - PATREON ] Hop over to our Patreon Page where our biggest fans help make these videos possible. https://www.patreon.com/ProjectAtticus [ MAKE A ONE TIME CONTRIBUTION ] http://bit.ly/2Mg0GCN [ FOLLOW US ] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheProjectAtticus Website: https://www.ProjectAtticus.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projectatticus

Channel Information:

• Joined: January 09, 2014
• Subscribers: 280,000
• Videos: 478
• Views: 65,395,050
• Latest Video: August 23, 2025
• US
• Language: EN

Social Media Links:

• YouTube