Preparing The Shoe – Part 3

While Project: Red Carr prepares their building drawings, we’ll be uploading footage taken from 2021 from when we all worked together to help the Red Carr family move into The Shoe!

In Part 3, work continues. And we introduce a very, VERY important part of the process we had to look after.


Preparing The Shoe – Part 2

While we’re organizing plans for content to create, here’s some archival footage from July 2021 when we were all working together in Preparing The Shoe.

In Part 2, we do some painting, start setting up the new HVAC system, and show Project: Yellow Submarine’s accommodation for a few weeks.

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Preparing The Shoe – Part 1

While we’re organizing plans for content to create, here’s some archival footage from July 2021 when we were all working together in Preparing The Shoe.

In Part 1, we unload our skid-steer loader, prime one of the kids’ bedrooms, and prepare the utility room.

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Home Design Considerations

Planning has started for each of the teams future dwellings at Papineau Homes.

Bernice and Alain from Project: Red Carr have a rough design that they’re ready to take to a draftsperson for detailed drawings to get approved by the local municipality.

Kevin and Emily from Project: Yellow Submarine, having the benefit of more time, are taking a slightly different approach. They want their home to be entirely off-grid, and possibly incorporate rainwater harvesting. They have been carefully documenting their electricity and water usage to assess the system sizes they’ll need.

Each team will share more details over time, and we’ll continue to produce videos at each significant milestone.

What questions do you have about building a rural home? What about off-grid and rainwater harvesting? Let us know!


Red Carr Moves To The Shoe

Moving day for Red Carr!

The property we secured in Northern Ontario has an existing dwelling on it, which we lovingly call “The Shoe“.

In July of 2021, Alain and Bernice from Project: Red Carr moved into The Shoe, as the first part of the plan to eventually create new dwellings on the property — a process that we expect will take a few years. Project: Red Carr hopes to have approved plans and to start building their new dwelling in Spring 2022.

Papineau Homes – Red Carr Moves To The Shoe

We appreciate the help we received during the move, and we hope you all enjoy following our progress.

Our journey starts here!


Introduction

3 families, starting a new chapter — together. These are our Papineau Homes.

This video introduces the 3 main projects/dwellings of Papineau Homes, the people behind them, and their reasons for pursuing this project.

  • Project: Red Carr: Alain and Bernice
  • Project Blue Kingship: John and Wendy
  • Project Yellow Submarine: Kevin and Emily

While it’s still very early in our journey, we welcome any questions you might have about the kinds of things we’re considering in our dwellings.


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3 families, starting a new chapter — together. These are our Papineau Homes.