《入住阿拉斯加》第1季1-7集 P6 - Living Alaska_S01E06_The Waites_ Talkeetna.UMMU.NET

Alaska, it's been called the last frontier A place where only the most adventurous Come to live on the edge in a vast, unspoiled wilderness Woo, this is what I'm talking about right here This is awesome So you think you want to live in Alaska Oh my goodness Where your nearest neighbor Might be waking from hibernation Wow Where the real amenities are outside And on the right here you have your second bathroom With a million dollar view And the views change round the clock And where every day is an adventure Fish on The only thing you can expect is the unexpected If you plan on living Alaska Look at here, Alaska Everything about Alaska is extreme The mountains go straight up and they go straight down The rivers, they don't have to have a nice gentle flow They run The weather is extreme The largest but least populated state Alaska is home to 100 different mammals There is truly nothing like hunting in Alaska It remains one of the two ultimate Hunting destinations in the world Ah, chill out No Shelly and Dave Wade have spent a lot of time in Alaska And understand its inherently wild nature They've been cooped up in a car But due to a family crisis This couple found themselves living About as far away from Alaska as you can get We moved to Florida Because my dad had some health problems He had cancer He is now in remission They decided to move the 4,500 miles To their dream destination This time for good She wants to go in You've been in Florida too long Everything in Florida Crawls, slithers, stinks or bites I'd much rather live up here And deal with wolves and bears and wolverines Yeah I think our year in Florida gave us perspective About how incredible Alaska is And we're never leaving again Alaska is special to Dave and Shelly Because it's where their life together began He proposed to me in the Kenai River We were fishing and I asked for eggs I reached into the bag and grabbed the ring And put it on a hook Much better than salmon eggs It's a good thing she didn't throw it out in the water He caught me The couple can't wait to embrace The Alaskan outdoor lifestyle I'm big into the outdoors Snow machine and hunting, fishing There's so many opportunities up here To do what you want to do And you're not all penned in Like I think you are in the lower 48 Although they enjoy the same outdoor activities They couldn't be more different When it comes to the type of house They're looking for I want a home near museums And entertainment and restaurants I want the city And I want a recreational property Where I can go out in the woods And act like an idiot Located 130 miles north of Anchorage The town is a jumping off point For those climbers who are tackling Denali Also known as Mount McKinley Oh my gosh, that's huge Awesome Talkeetna Roadhouse is where all the climbers come They're from every part of the world You will hear 10 different languages spoken At the same time in the same bar Although a small town Talkeetna is a lively hub That hosts a large artist community We have a lot of talented people here Artists and musicians It's a very social little two blocks of main street Live music in the KTNA listening area At the Fairview Inn Tonight, Ukulele Russ and Dr. Jones Because Talkeetna is a destination It can be pretty expensive Oh my gosh, these are good Real estate agent and 20-year Talkeetna resident Jason Trout is helping Dave and Shelley find their home Talkeetna is actually a great place to live year-round Plenty of hunting during the winter You can shoot your dinner from your front porch If we find you the right place Hang the barrel up on the wall Gun rack over the fireplace That's not gonna happen What kind of cabin house are you looking for? Price range, what? Between $100,000 and $200,000 But try to keep it on the lower end Indoor plumbing That's important to me No outhouses It's gonna have road access year-round What about acreage? At least 5 acres Is that enough to get you started? That'll get me started, absolutely I have my work cut out for me First stop, a house on Wolf Creek Just 4 miles south of downtown Talkeetna It's not that bad It's back here a bit That's not too far We're coming up on it right here Oh wow, look at that That's wide open That's nice Oh man Detached garage shop This house is awesome, look at that So this is a 3-bedroom, 1 1⁄2 bath The house is just under 1,800 square feet And the property is just under 5 acres I like it from here Let's go take a look All right Okay, here we are Keep your mind open Wow Rustic How long has this place been empty? 6 months to a year Okay It's cold It looks it, it feels it I'm assuming the carpet is original I don't know if it's original It's obviously not brand new Okay This is a good size though It is a good size It's a great living room So here you have a wood-burning stove Is this the only source of heat for this house? No, there is actually oil heat to this home Okay Right in here we have the full bathroom and laundry room What the heck is going on here? I don't know That's the access to the crawl space Oh So I'm not going to find a dead body in there No, I wouldn't bother going in there right now If there is one down there, we don't want to see it No, I don't want to see it So here we have the dining area and kitchen We have another stove And this is the oil one you were talking about This is oil It is a big kitchen Yeah, and it's all open To give you that Alaskan feel Watch your step, it's a pretty steep staircase These are vintage Yeah, that's definitely not to today's code This area here is basically Could be an office or this could be your study Right, right Here is your half bath for the upstairs Okay You would have to go downstairs to shower There is one shower in the house There is one shower in the entire house Okay Here is your master bedroom Okay What is going on over here? This is a vent to allow the heat Being that we do not have a four-stairs heat system here So this is allowing the heat to rise So we just cut holes in our floor Yeah, it's not the way that it should be done Not the way I would do it Not the way No This doesn't seem safe at all So where is the nearest hospital? Okay, and this is the third bedroom upstairs Okay Again, we have another heater vent here Again with the vents Yeah Okay Again, no closet Yeah Legally, a bedroom needs to have a closet That's what I thought Two ways to exit Door and floor Yeah, the floor And the floor The floor is the other exit You can just jump right down Yay I'm just gonna tell you that flat out I will never live here I won't come here I won't visit here It ain't happening I don't think I could do this as our main house As a recreation property I could see fixing it up a little bit Making it a little more cozy No, there's no fixing this Mash could fix this For some people, it'd probably be all right But I think I could do a better job of construction With the Swiss Army knife I'm sorry, Jason Next Next house Oh, my God Oh, my gosh This is what I want Good morning It's 35 degrees outside the studio It definitely takes a sense of adventure To live in Alaska I think if you love the idea That you can be living on the edge of the frontier Then Alaska is really a good place for you Are you ready? Uh-huh Dave and Shelley Waite are just that sort of folk Good Got it That was a good one The couple is moving to Talkeetna, Alaska But can't come to terms on exactly what they're looking for He wants to shoot dinner from the front porch And I just would like to have it delivered I'm not sure how this is gonna work Look at that right there They're actually constructing a cabin They've been searching with real estate agent Jason Trout For over a month with absolutely no luck This is far enough out I can deal with it This house is pretty Those are nice Is this too far for you yet? Yeah That'll be the property Yeah, right there on the river You're not gonna get sick on me, are you? Today, Chris is taking them To see a house in Tropper Creek The home is close to a snow machine trail But a 10-minute drive into downtown Talkeetna This is right where you like to go snowshoeing Right down there, 10 miles Hint, hint Look at that place right there That's pretty, I like that Oh, wow That's not it, is it? That's it No, that's the house? Absolutely Oh, my God Oh, my gosh Oh, wow Jason, I think you hit it out of the ballpark Oh, my gosh That's the trail right there Wow, look at that Beautiful That's stunning Look at the logs We've got two bedrooms and a loft Two and a half bathrooms About 1,440 square feet And then it's just under three acres You have a two-car detached garage And then you have your wood shed over here Let's go inside All right Wow Look at this Holy crap Look at those logs Oh, my gosh That's beautiful This is gorgeous Oh, my gosh Look at this door Look at the door Look how thick this is That is like a bolt I don't even think you can shoot through it There's no bears getting through there No, they'll just come around and go through the window Oh, there's that So this house is all built with Alaskan wood You notice up in the rafters the knots Oh, man Awesome workmanship they put into this Good job So how old is this cabin? It was built in 2001 So it's all done shrinking It's all settled where it's gonna settle Shrunk where it's gonna shrink All right So over here we have your wood fireplace This will heat the entire house But also it's heated with oil Okay That is cool This is what I want This is what I've been looking for forever I'm glad I nailed it We just need to make an offer on this one Maybe we should look at the rest of it first We don't need to look at our houses? Let's check out the kitchen All right Oh, wow This is brand new New cabinets, countertops Use some local wood to do trim underneath Maybe change the countertop a little bit That's no biggie Yeah What is this? What is this called? This is actually how they seal the logs They call it chinking it Okay And our Alaska winters are very cold So this is You want the bigger logs This is important You can actually tell, you know, the craftsmanship The person that built it Just by how tight all the joints are Yeah Okay, let's go check out the loft Not much room in there No? Yeah, it's not a huge space But you can use it for a bedroom, an office You know, a crash pad for your snow machine buddies Okay Oh, you got a real good look at the wood there, too Yeah, look at the size of that knot Big old knot All right All right, come into the master bedroom Okay I love this view Oh, my gosh Yep, this is where the snow machiners Are gonna be riding back and forth in the winter Okay And I love the steel supports here on the balcony That'll support as much snow as Alaska can supply And Alaska supplies a lot of snow And they do, absolutely Okay Here's the master bathroom Go ahead and check that out Oh, my gosh, honey Come look at this Look at this bathtub I could come out here for this tub Cool Wraparound deck This is beautiful Rockin' chair, cup of coffee Blanket on the lap Watching the sun go down Northern lights It would be epic There's enough snow in the wintertime You can just... Yeah, absolutely The reliefs out here, you just take your snow machines Right out your backyard I guarantee I could get a moose off the porch Absolutely It is pretty I know, right I'll give you that much I love this place It is awesome It's not Anchorage No, it's not Anchorage That and the price I mean, I'm not convinced that this is what I want for my home Yeah Chicken coop's got a better roof on it than the cabin What the hell is that? All right, I'm out of here, I'm out Have you lost your mind? What? Dave and Shelley Waite have been searching for a home in Talkeetna, Alaska where the year-round population is less than a thousand people Huge state, but community-wise, it's really small It's really easy just to unplug and unwind here Dave and Shelley have spent the last six weeks looking for a place to hang their hat but with no luck Oh, and here's the VFW The couple needs to find a place now so they agree to look at a few smaller recreational properties to see if that's their ticket to Alaskan living With this change in strategy the guys try to open up the playing field Jason and I are scheming a little bit We found a nice spot off the grid and we're going to see if the media can't get her out there, check that place out They're heading 15 miles south of Talkeetna to a backwoods cabin Are you excited to see this one today? I don't know, how much further is it? Not too much further This is what it's about to live remote in Alaska Got another hole Straight to the next one, we got this Here's the river Okay, where do you cross? There's a bridge right up here Where? What the hell is that? It's the bridge, it's fine All right, I'm out of here, I'm out Let me out, let me out Here, we'll get out and look at it real quick Have you lost your mind? What? No, no, this ain't happening I can watch you guys as you drive off to your death I'm not staying out here, David, I'm not, no I thought I could actually get you to the cabin No I think that was a little bit pushing too far Let's go on to the next one A little bit closer to town It'll be closer to town There's no bridges involved Doesn't require 4-wheel drive to get there No That's my kind of property They're heading to a small cabin Just a 2-minute walk from Talkeetna's main drag And this is the house right here Old Trapper John's cabin Yikers Really, it's not as bad as it looks That's rough That looks pretty rough This is an Alaskan cabin I don't know, Jason, you think this thing is safe? Oh, yeah, this is solid logs Built in 1902 No bedrooms It's just one open area 800 square feet Just under an acre of land Oh, my God, this is so cute Come on This is rustic This is rustic Alaska Right here This is what the trappers put up and lived in Whether they were trapping or gold mining This cabin actually used to be two different cabins And the owner, yep, they moved them Put them together I like it What about plumbing? Full-on plumbing It's got a bathroom with a door They got a chicken coop And they do have an outhouse That you can send him to Wow You have a bathroom for you I have a bathroom for me Let's go see the kitchen Nice and cozy Yeah I mean, you really don't need much more I mean, it's just an Alaskan recreational property Come out of the cold Go snowmachining all day Eat a hot meal That's what I'm talking about All good to go It's just a small bathroom, but check it out How cute I like the clawfoot bathtub This is all I need I don't really need anything else That's a pretty good piece of land there Yeah, it's bigger than I thought So here's your roof We got a few metal shingles missing Those shingles look like They're the old 5-gallon tins They cut the top off And rolled them out And just made them into shingles Looks like they had a lot of them Yeah So you got your outhouse over here Northernmost outpost This is my room I'll take a look at it first Check it out You can have that It's all yours, baby Old vanity calendar up there Oh, wow That's actually a little electric heater in there That would be cozy Well, enjoy Oh, that's a great idea There's your chickens Chickens Wanna go check out the chickens Yes, I do wanna go check out my chickens Okay I'm counting my chickens before they're bought The chicken coop's got a better roof on it Than the cabin I was thinking the same thing, actually So maybe we could have Whoever built the chicken coop Come help us fix the cabin Yeah, absolutely It is a piece of history Yeah It's like restoring an old car Yeah, it's cool Until you start paying the bills And then you're like What did I get myself into You know what I mean Yeah, I know I know Talkeetna's mayor has been in office for the last 16 years He's the mayor Stubbs the Cat, Morty the Moose or Bob Johnson The current mayor of Talkeetna is Stubbs the Cat Come on, baby Shelly and Dave are desperately looking for a place to live in Talkeetna, Alaska A quaint little town near Denali National Park Just living in Alaska is awesome, isn't it They've been searching for nearly two months And have narrowed the options down To three very different homes Holy cow I know, I'm freezing Winter is upon us And we need to make a decision We've got to consider the price So what about the fixer-upper You mean the take-or-match to it The take-or-downer Okay, well No I think we should just go ahead And take that one off the table Which leaves two, right Two The downtown cabin Yeah, and Trapper Creek Cabin I could be in the mountains in 20 minutes Okay There's plenty of room It had plumbing Yeah However, the price on that one Was a little bit more than I think I'm willing to spend Okay So let's buy a cheaper house in Anchorage And we can still afford that one The downtown cabin in Talkeetna The Talkeetna cabin is awesome The big concern for me is How old that cabin is We might be inheriting A whole bunch of problems That we'll have to fix later However, the property value of that place Never gonna go down Yeah You know what you want I think I know Oh, I know which one you want Well, I know which one you want Hey, Jason Hey, guys, how are you Good Yeah, it's good coffee You ought to grab a cup I will in just a second Did you decide on a property Yeah Yeah, we did Great, what did you decide on Downtown Talkeetna Yeah, I think it's gonna be a good financial investment later It's gonna be a great investment Got an awesome deal on it The couple wanted 115 for it I made them a $100,000 offer And they actually agreed to it So I'm real excited to get that place It's exactly what I was looking for It's got the charm It's got the log cabin appeal It is the ideal Alaska family cabin You ready Yeah, I'm ready Nothing better than hunting in Alaska Yeah