[April] This is gonna be the biggest build that we've ever done.
Let's build our watchtower.
Lift.
It's definitely gonna be some blood, sweat, and tears.
Watch out for that branch.
[man] ...a little bit...
[April] Oh!
He's never gonna make it. He's never gonna make it!
Oh, my God!
Gonna be tricky.
Building off the grid is not easy.
It's okay, baby, it's okay.
And we're like 30 feet up in the air.
It's a little scary right now.
It's gonna be a lot of time before we can get help
if someone ends up injuring themselves.
This is-- this is nerve-racking.
- Ernie, you need to go this way. - Okay.
- April, move out of the way! - What's going on?
[narrator] Are you ready to go off the grid?
All right, let's find a spot.
I was thinking, like, somewhere right in here.
As long as we can get to the top
- where we can see both the sunrise and the sunset. - Yeah.
That, it definitely needs that.
One of the reasons why we chose this property is because of the views.
[April] I mean, it is gorgeous up there.
You can see well into Tennessee, well into the Blue Ridge Mountains.
It's really stunning.
- I'm April. - I'm Daniel.
[April] And we are building our off grid watchtower
in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
Take out a few of these trees up here maybe, like, this one and few of these.
That will be so cool.
- You just have to build high enough to see. - Yeah, yeah.
[April] Daniel really wanted to this build,
so he can climb some trees.
He likes heights, he's a squirrel.
We built a tiny house, a tree house, a silo greenhouse.
And this is our fourth build.
So, this is the watchtower. We're just adding another one to the list.
We love the challenge of new and unique builds
and a watchtower has always been one of those creative challenges
that I've always wanted to be able to tackle.
It's gonna be an amazing guest house.
[April] The build site is located in Ringgold, Georgia,
which is just an hour an half above Atlanta.
This is just gonna be a great place for our guests to retreat.
It's gonna be worth it.
We're building a 1,200 square-foot watchtower
on top of 425-foot telephone poles.
When you go up the first staircase,
it leads you to the entertainment deck.
The second staircase leads you to the main living area
with a horseshoe wraparound deck
and a cargo lift elevator to make life a whole lot easier.
When you go into the main living space,
you have a kitchen on your right and a bed and a bath on your left.
And the deck overlooks a awesome putting green and the hot tub.
So, some of the off grid features that we're gonna be incorporating into this
are the solar panel for power
and then we also have a well on the property
that pumps it up into a source tank.
And then we have a booster pump that pumps it
into the actual structure itself.
So, do you think that we can get materials here, though?
No. that's definitely gonna be a challenge.
We're gonna have to cut out some kind of trail going back.
We're gonna need skids here-- up here to clear it out.
Something.
[April] This is gonna be the biggest build that we've ever done.
We're gonna certainly need some help,
so we've called in our friend, Andrew Sanchez.
He has got an amazing contracting company,
and that is the most awesome team.
And we're stoked to have him on this project.
We have never built anything as crazy as the watchtower, which is awesome.
[April] So the terrain is super rocky, it's super steep,
it's beyond a challenge for us.
We'll figure it out, but it's definitely gonna be some blood, sweat, and tears.
The heat's coming, the Georgia heat is pretty brutal,
but we are pushing towards the finish line,
because we know when we get there, it's gonna all be worth it.
Our budget for this build is 55 grand,
and we've got six weeks to do it.
- Make it happen, captain. - Yup.
It's gonna be one of the coolest builds yet.
It's gonna be the coolest build yet.
You're ready, Sehs?
What do you think? You want the watchtower up here, right here?
Wouldn't that be so fun, Seh-seh?
- Let's go do it. - Let's do it. This is gonna be awesome.
[Daniel] So, the first step is clearing the land.
[April] We've had to create our own road,
so we could actually get materials up
to the build site, way up there.
It's been quite the challenge.
We're clearing the land.
Fun stuff.
[Daniel] One of the things that we've had to do
is bring in some heavy machinery
to kind of grade the land and get it ready for a build site.
[April] So we dug these crazy holes
that were difficult in themselves in this rocky soil.
And now, it's time to take the poles up to the build site
and I'm not really sure how's that's gonna happen.
Guys, we got four posts, we gotta take them about 700 feet up the mountain.
They're 30-foot poles, so probably gonna be pretty stout,
around 1,000 to 1,200 pounds, at least.
Sounds fun.
I have scoured the entire area for the strongest manpower.
Unfortunately, they weren't available, so she was stuck with us.
- Let's build a watchtower. - Let's do it!
I'm hoping that these guys can do it, I will jump in there if necessary,
really make it happen.
You arm for me-- You stay, you stay, you stay.
We're good.
- [John grunts] Oh, God. - [man] Pretty sure all the weight's in the back.
[John grunts] Yeah.
Yeah, John's gruntin' pretty hard, I think...
he quite a bit up there.
[April] Okay, it's coming down.
[men grunting]
[April] Drop it.
Don't hurt yourself.
We made it 100 feet, we just have 600 more to go.
And it may take us till mid-afternoon to do it,
or evening.
Lift!
[Andrew] I think we can go to the top guys.
[man] I don't know, it's getting heavier.
[Daniel] We're walking with the first pole and it is harder than we thought.
There's a lot huffing and puffing.
Come on, guys, just 300 feet more.
[April] Break.
Don't-- Need another...
[all panting]
- Y'all, I've realized that I was steering the ship. - Yeah.
And I could easily steer us right off the cliff, and I thought about it.
'Cause there was sometimes that seemed better than what we were doing.
[all laugh]
You guys wanna try do the last leg?
- I say let's run it. - [man] I'd say let's just do it.
- Ready. Lift. - [April] Oh, my God, are we gonna do it that way--
- Oh, my God. - [man] We're good.
[April] It's slick, be careful, be careful.
Aah!
[Daniel] Watch your feet.
- Almost there. - [April] Push.
We got it.
[April] Come on you got this, you got this.
And drop.
[Daniel] Drop to your right.
Eventually, we made it up there,
but I think we're gonna have to come up with another solution.
I don't know if, uh,
we gonna be able to do the other ones.
[April] We gotta figure out something else.
[April] Let's go. Let's go. Push.
Can't handle it.
We're walking with the first pole,
and it is harder than we thought.
[April] And drop.
[Daniel] Drop to your right.
Three more to go, guys.
[April] Oh, my gosh.
Eventually, we made it up there,
but I think we're gonna have to come up with another solution.
I'm gonna make a phone call, see if you can get some help out here.
So, I have gotta call my neighbor Mark,
and I'm hoping that he has his tractor
and we can use that to help get the other poles up to site.
Hey, Mark.
Hey, listen, we are in a bind right now,
we need to borrow your tractor.
You do. Rock on.
Appreciate you, man.
Okay, we'll be waiting for you.
Thanks, bye.
All right, he's coming.
[all cheering]
- Score! - Finally.
He's on his way, so we are looking forward to schlepping these poles up,
not with our strength, but with the tractor.
What a glorious moment, seeing the tractor pull up. It was awesome.
It just felt like my back was saying thank you.
[April] He's our hero.
Come on, a little more underneath.
Watch it out, watch your fingers.
[April cheering] Let's go, let's go!
[Daniel] Hey, I'm liking it so far.
- [April] I know, I can sit on it. - Watch your feet!
Not wise.
- No. - No.
No.
Little easier on the back.
Now it's going great.
[man] She's something else, bro.
8-second ride.
This is the way to move a log, right here.
[Daniel] Mark saved the day.
Now, we're gonna be able to get these poles lifted up
and then get these guys back to working.
We think that the best way to hoist these poles
are with a pulley system.
So, I'm gonna place a pulley about 30 feet up
and then we are gonna use a tractor to hoist the pole up
and then place it down into the hole.
[April] Oh!
Uh, Daniel, you might wanna pick another tree.
Oh, no, I'm just gonna picking another branch.
Okay. All right.
- I'll catch you. - As long as the...
- I will catch you. - Branches stop.
[April] All right. All right. Okay.
He's a dad now, and there's not just me.
So, he definitely needs to be picking his branches wisely.
Is that as high as you're going?
I think that's good.
- You want me to go higher? - No. No.
- One, two... - [April] Come on, baby.
- Hey, that works. - [man] Go ahead and pull it to you.
We're good. Coming down
[Andrew] Awesome.
[April] Daniel, be real careful coming down, bud.
[man] I wouldn't trust those branches too much.
[April] Best scamperer I've ever seen.
[Daniel] Let's get these, uh, posts in the ground and hoist them on up.
- Let's do it. - Awesome.
[Daniel] Guys just be careful. This probably weighs close to 1,100 pounds.
So, if it does start to fall, just kind of get out of the way.
[April] Run.
A lot could go wrong.
The biggest thing is this pole could fall on somebody.
So, we've got all hands on deck,
and we're just praying nothing goes wrong.
Let's do this!
[Daniel] That way, it'll all do, yeah.
[man] Daniel, this is all you.
[Daniel] Slowly, watch out.
Bring it this way.
- Okay. - Got it.
Careful, it's gonna fall into the hole.
So be ready for that.
- All right, that's... - [April] All right.
It's good.
- [April] It went pretty smoothly. - Yeah.
- Good jobs, guys. - That worked out a lot-- a lot better than, uh,
- I thought it would. - Yeah.
[April] Oh, it's so exciting, to see height of it,
like, when you actually see it,
you're like, okay, this thing is mega and it's awesome.
We're rocking and rolling.
[Daniel] Hey, how many bags did y'all put in so far?
[man] Now that's four.
But it's gonna take one more.
[Daniel] We're putting concrete in, then solidify it,
and then later, we're gonna add another, uh,
rock skirt to it, give it some more stability.
[April] The first one went really smooth, honestly,
and I think I'm gonna ask Mark if I can drive the tractor next,
'cause that's look like a job I would like to do.
Let's set the pole. Let's go.
A tractor is the first thing I actually learned how to drive on.
I did run over my dad once...
Mmm, that's not a good start.
In the learning process. But he's fine, he's with us today,
so that's a good sign.
I think I can do it.
[Daniel] Round two.
- Hey, hey, hey! - [Daniel] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Too fast, way too fast.
[Andrew] Too fast, too furious.
- We'll just slide it. - I got a little excited.
- [Daniel] Real slow. - Got it.
I have a lead foot, I told you.
- Here I go. - Go.
- [Daniel] Nice and easy. - [man] My bad, bro, I'm sorry.
[Daniel] There we go. There we go.
I got it, I got it.
- We're gonna lose a branch. - [man] It's goin'.
[Daniel] Pull it that way, Aldo.
- Go that way, Audio. - [man 2] Pull it!
[Daniel] Okay. Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Watch out for that branch.
[Daniel grunting] Pull, pull!
Let's set the pole, let's go.
- Here I go. - Go.
- [Daniel] Nice and easy. - [man] There you go. Just baby it.
[Daniel] There we go, there we go.
Got it, I got it.
- Gonna lose a branch. - It's goin'.
So, I'm driving the tractor,
the pole is moving, everything is going good,
but then we hit a tree.
- [man] Go straight into the tree. - [man 2] Go that way.
[Daniel] Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on.
[April] Watch out for that branch!
Pull, pull.
[April] Pull, pull, pull.
[Daniel] There we go.
All right, we're good, we're good.
It's in.
All right, it's it.
Whoo!
What's up!
[Andrew] April as a tractor driver...
scary.
[laughs] But it's fun.
All right, two more.
We had a little bit of an issue, a little hiccup,
but everything is okay, the pole is up and we're moving on.
[Daniel] Let's go.
- [man] Pull! - [man 2 grunting] More this way.
[April] Be careful.
[man] Pull it, pull it, pull it. Pull.
Hey, there we go.
[Daniel] Way to go, guys.
So, this is our last pole. Looking forward to calling it a day.
[men shouting]
- I got it. - It's going, it's going.
[April] It's it! Whoo!
All the poles are in, Andrew and his team did a fabulous job,
and now it's time to build a watchtower.
You guys are awesome.
[Daniel] All right, we'll sandwich this one.
So, right now we've got a bunch of strong guys, they're lifting up some
floor joists for the very first platform, and it's looking good.
They're about 400 pounds apiece,
so these guys are killing it.
So, It's definitely starting to feel more like a watchtower.
What do you think, Seh-seh?
She's loving it.
[man] There you go, there you go, you got it.
Okay, so it's good.
It's been busy couple of weeks and the first platform is up.
Now, we're gonna be put the decking on the second platform,
it's gonna be really exciting to see what it looks like.
Here we go, guys, let's do this.
- [man] Let's go up. - Going up.
[Daniel] Putting decking on we gotta be very careful
because this is the top platform.
We're like 30 feet up in the air.
Baby, you leave me alone. I got this.
- Andrew, take care of my wife. - I'm good.
Because we're so remote and just kind of the location that we are at,
it's gonna be a lot of time before we can get help
if someone ends up injuring themselves.
So we just wanna make sure that everyone is gonna be safe.
Little scary working up this high,
but you gotta do what you gotta do.
We're gonna lay down the decking and then it's framing after that.
♪ Just go into this piece of wood please ♪
Whoo!
♪ I did it I put the screws in here ♪
The views are awesome.
Working high up until we have railings in a deck is a little terrifying.
It's a little scary right now.
I'm living on the edge over here.
Literally.
So, April, she's the glue that holds the team together,
really kinda doing all the work.
- Stop, stop. - We hired these guys
for, I mean, look it, they're our models.
We actually just bought these tool belts last week
just to make them look official.
- April. - Yes.
I would feel so much safer if you sit your butt up
- on that backside and held on. - But this is so much funner, baby.
[April] You can either ride down the boom
or you can lounge down the boom, and I chose to lounge.
Can't tell me nothing.
- Bye. - [forklift operator] Coming down.
[April] It's been such a great life we built.
I like living on the edge.
- I'm a Phelan, comes with the name. - That's true.
- That's yours, brother. - That's all mine right there.
It's all yours.
[April sighs]
It's a nice ride.
Watch your feet.
[April] So, the biggest challenge for today
is gonna be that platform deck extension
for the deck upstairs. It is 800-900 pounds
and we somehow have to get it 30 feet in the air and install it.
Now I need to let it down.
Yeah, we need to let it down.
[Daniel] So, we're gonna have Ernie in the Lull, we've got April on the ground,
she's gonna be directing him.
- You guys ready up there? - Yeah, we're ready.
Back it up.
Andrew and I are gonna be up top, we're gonna be receiving it
and then hopefully getting it in place.
- [Ernie] Am I good? - It's gonna be tricky.
You got about a foot.
You're good.
[Ernie] All right, guys, I'm gonna lift it.
[Daniel] All right, come on.
It might get a little sketchy, it's uneven on here.
- [man] Bring it. - [Daniel] All right, come on, just nice and slow.
All right, keep it coming.
- I'm gonna try to pull forward and closer. - All right.
[April] I don't know if that's a good idea.
- [man] Turn right. - Ernie!
[Daniel] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- Ernie, you need to go this way. - Okay.
- April, move out of the way! - [April] What's going on?
[Daniel] Easy!
[Daniel] All right, come on.
It might get a little sketchy, it's uneven on here.
All right, come on, just nice and slow.
[April] So, the biggest challenge for today
is gonna be that platform deck extension
for the deck upstairs. This thing is a beast,
and we've somehow gotta get it up.
I don't know if that's a good idea.
- Ernie, you need to go this way. - Okay.
- April, move out of the way! - [April] What's going on?
[Daniel] Easy!
- [man] That was scary. - Yeah.
Terrifying.
[man] Like, legit, your tire was off the ground.
All right, let's center it back up.
It got everyone pretty shaken up.
Not to mention the boom shaking, so we're trying to figure out,
all right, "Is this thing gonna fall over, or what's gonna happen?"
So, we're just glad that Ernie was able to get it under control.
Whoo, all right.
[April] Go slow, Ernie.
[Daniel] Come on, you've got about five inches.
[April] Be careful! I can't.
[Daniel] Keep going, keep going, keep going. All right, now push it in.
- [Ernie] I'm gonna try. - That's it, stop.
[Andrew] There's a ladder over there, isn't there?
All right, way to go, Ernie.
[April] Awesome driving skills, man.
We were able to get it set in, and we're gonna be moving on to now lifting up the walls.
Thank God.
This whole day just took a lot longer than we thought just to get the platform in.
And so we're at least gonna get one wall up
- because... - Yup.
We really wanna see some dimension to this structure,
so we've got it.
All right, let's do it, guys. Raising up our first wall.
All right.
This thing is way higher than I thought it was gonna be.
- [man] All right. - 10-foot wall, look at that.
[Daniel] 10'4.5".
- We got a wall! Whoo! First wall, way to go. - Oh, yeah.
- [Daniel] Three more to go. - And then we'll have some doors and windows.
This thing will like a house.
[April] Work on the watchtower has been moving along the past week.
We've got all four walls up, the roof is getting sheathed,
and we are one step closer to being dried in.
- It's a good day. This thing is coming together. - Yes, it is.
I'm excited to see this glass go in.
We're super excited it's window time,
and our windows are here, we got the truck up the mountain somehow
and now it's time to put them 30 feet in the air,
so that's a whole nother challenge.
Daniel's not here today, he is working on other projects.
It's just me here helping these guys.
And honestly, who even needs 'em when you have me.
- You guys need some extra muscle, I know. - Oh, yes.
I'm here for it.
- Big guns. Yeah. - I mean, they shock ya.
Straight up and drop the bottom down.
All right.
Look at that!
This makes me excited.
It's just really cool to see the structure just coming together
and it looks awesome.
- [man] One, two. - Three.
Awesome.
- There it is. - Oh, that looks great, guys.
- Looks great. - Thanks for letting me be a glazer for a day.
- No problem. - That was fun.
I needed the help.
Listen, you gotta call in the big guns, I'm just saying.
That's right.
Elevator day, it's elevator day.
[man] Going up.
It's very unique to us to have a cargo lift.
It's gonna be super, super handy. We're excited.
These guys came all the way from Texas to help us out.
So, we are going to be able to now lug materials up
and all that stuff, so at the end of today,
our life just got a tiny bit easier.
Better than having to deal with a big old boom and carrying all the stuff up.
This elevator is gonna be exactly what we need.
Pick up on that end, we'll get these bottom wheels on track.
- Okay. - And then we'll run it up.
- All right. - [April] This makes me so happy!
So, I definitely think this thing is gonna work.
There we go.
- Wow! - [April] We have an elevator.
It's working!
It's really awesome, we're building off the grid and we have an elevator.
That's pretty epic, so we're stoked.
So, today is a big day for us, we're insulating this bad boy.
It's framed, it's ready,
but the biggest challenge today is actually getting the equipment,
the truck, the trailer, all of the things up this side of the mountain.
And so it may not happen, I don't know.
- Thanks for coming, man. - Yeah.
- You ready for this? - I think so.
How long is your trailer?
24-foot trailer, 22-foot truck, so...
About how heavy?
- 25,000 pounds. - Hoo!
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- So, this is gonna be pretty tricky. - Yeah.
This is the start of the trail and then obviously when we get up there,
we got some mud, so we'll just see how she handles.
[Jonathan] All right, let's do it.
You're the only one in the world that would do this.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
The driveway is steep, the driveway is also slick, and it's fresh gravel.
We've tried to pack it as much as possible,
but, honestly, that first incline will get ya.
And it, it gets regular four-wheel drive trucks,
much less trucks who are hauling crazy heavy equipment in the back.
Hopefully, we will be able to get her up.
All right, he's doing a wide turn.
He's doing good so far.
- It's looking good-- - [April] No! No--
He's never gonna make it! He's never gonna make it!
Oh, my God.
[April] So, today is the big day for us,
we're insulating this bad boy. It's ready,
but the biggest challenge today is actually getting the equipment,
the truck, the trailer, all of the things up this side of the mountain.
Honestly, that first incline will get ya.
So, it may or may not happen, I don't know.
[Daniel] This is certainly gonna be a challenge.
All right, he's doing a wide turn.
He's doing good so far.
- It should be good. - No! No--
He's never gonna make it! He's never gonna make it!
Oh, my God.
How's this truck in the front, baby?
Oh, God, Jonathan.
Dang it.
So, I'll say this about Jonathan,
he goes all or nothing.
I mean, he came and he knew it was gonna be a challenge
and he gassed it right away and went boom!
And he hit this huge-- the biggest rock on our property,
I feel like.
- We didn't get the best... best luck there. - Yeah.
- Mmm.
Yeah, a mess.
Now, Jonathan's truck is stuck and the only way to get it out is with the Lull.
I think we should pull it with the Lull.
I don't want you to mess up your truck.
Yeah.
We now need to bring the Lull to come down and try to bring him up.
I'm really nervous.
These guys are from out of town,
so we have to get this done today.
I mean, this is kind of the only shot, we're racing against the rain,
we're just trying to get the equipment up the hill.
Honestly right now, it's kind of a mess.
- [Johnathan] We're gonna put all the weight on you... - Okay.
And you just-- you're in control. You got us.
- Keep us from sliding down that hill. - Cool.
[April] We're just hoping the truck can make it up.
[Daniel] Oh, this is-- This is nerve-racking.
The mud, the rain, all of that can create these slippery conditions.
Hopefully, this acts as an anchor, but if he starts sliding
and I'm sliding then we're just sliding down the muddy hill.
[man] All right, let's go.
[Johnathan] Come on. Come on.
How's that tree?
[April] Whoo!
Daniel actually has to back up the mountain with the Lull
while pulling the truck to give it just a little more force in the front.
Way to go, way to go.
Whoo!
[sighs] This is by far been the hardest thing to get up the mountain.
[Johnathan] Daniel did great at dragging us out
and the fact that that Lull didn't drag
allowed us to not drag and we were able to inch ourselves up
and get all the way to the top of the mountain.
- That was nuts. - Yeah.
- Well, we finally got it. - Team work, baby.
Yeah.
Now it's time to start spray foaming, so they're mixing it up...
and we're gonna get started.
After yesterday's fiasco with the spray foam truck,
we were really hoping to move forward, make a lot of progress
with the tower today, at least get metal roof on.
And, of course, here comes a Georgia downpour.
Oh, man!
[Daniel] That rain came in sideways.
There's just not a lot that we can do.
The roof is over 40 feet off the ground,
it's slick, it's slippery, not gonna be able to work today.
We're already working on a tight deadline, we don't need this.
- There's a lot of rain. - We'll try it again tomorrow.
Yeah.
It's okay, baby.
- It's okay, yeah. - Stinks.
[April] I thought today would be the day that we get to install the roof
and now this.
It is quite obvious that the roof does not wanna go on the watchtower
because we had some major struggles yesterday.
And now today, the boom is stuck.
And it's not looking good.
The Georgia mud is real.
Not a good start to the morning.
We're all tired, we've been trying to put a roof on for days.
But that's it.
Building off the grid is not easy.
[April] It's not looking good.
The Georgia mud is real.
Praying we can just get this thing free so we can get a roof on.
We're all tired, we've been trying to put a roof on for days.
Building off the grid is not easy.
Come on, baby.
Come on, baby, here we go.
It's out.
And I think, God willing, we can put a roof on this thing.
So, that's what we're all hoping for.
Hopefully, we're in it to win it now.
Over the last couple of days,
we have finally started to make progress on the roof.
I feel like it took ages to get to this point.
This thing is a beast.
It is super high, it is super steep,
but the roofing team is making it happen.
We're on our last piece over here,
and so we're gonna whoop and holler and rejoice until the cows come home.
It has been a journey with this roof,
but I have never seen a better-looking roof.
[Daniel] So not only do we have a cargo elevator,
but we also found a company that designed a hot tub
that blends in right with the scenery up here on the ridge.
Hoo! Yup.
- Good? - All right.
You want even know it's here which is the coolest part.
It is incredible how it camouflages with the rocks
that we have on-site already.
I mean, you would literally think we took a chisel
and chiseled out a rock for this hot tub. It is awesome.
- How does it feel? - Wonderful.
We'll fill this up and be in it all drinking and eating grapes later.
I can see it.
- Awesome. - Just like that.
It's gonna be a great retreat for us.
When going of the grid,
you're looking at things that you've gotta have on-site.
And of the things is a putting green.
[April] I'm gonna school you a little bit on this putting green, okay.
- You're ready? - Let's see, girl.
All right.
- [April squealing] - Aah!
She made it. Good job, girl. Good job.
That's awesome.
[April] From here on out, it only gets better.
So it's gonna be pretty epic at the end.
Today the interior comes together and that is my favorite part.
Blast off, in three, two, one.
It's slow, but it's epic.
[Daniel laughs]
[April] Our good friend Ryan and Kelsey have an awesome company in town
and they have made some--
- Beautiful cabinets. - Insanely beautiful cabinets.
Delivery, delivery.
All right.
You know you're squealing inside, Daniel.
- I'm just-- I'm taking it all in, girl. - You are squealing, I know it.
- It's a big kitchen for this space. - Yup.
It feels good.
Now, the finishing touch is the countertops
and we're gonna finish this thing of.
[Daniel] Here we go.
[April whooping]
- Nice. Dude, that looks incredible. - I mean, just look at it.
[April] It really brings it all together in here.
We're rocking and rolling. This thing is actually shaping up.
So, the last thing on the checklist today is to install the final earth screw.
[Daniel] Because our watchtower stands about 40-feet tall,
we are installing these gigantic screws
to make sure our structure stays nice and stable.
[April] It's working!
[Daniel] All that's left is to run the cable up to the pole,
back down to the other earth screw
with a turnbuckle in place, we'll tighten 'er down,
she should be good to go.
All right, it's working.
[April] Yay!
- Awesome. - [Daniel] Perfect.
[April] We are in a major time crunch now.
Let's test her out.
Look at that.
We've got a lot of long nights ahead of us,
but we're starting to see the fruit of our labor,
so we're really excited to just keep on trucking and knock this thing out.
We have wrapped this build,
and it feels a little surreal right now.
I think it moved so fast. I hardly remember day one,
and here I am at the last stages
- going, "We have a lookout tower." - Yeah, taking it all in.
[April] It's so exciting.
Andrew and his team were incredible,
and we can truly say that this tower would not have happened without them at all.
Our initial build schedule was about six weeks,
we went a little over about seven weeks.
And then our budget was 55,000 going up to 58.
But it was well worth it, and we are very happy with the finished product.
- Wow! - Hey, welcome, guys.
- Hey! - Hey, guys!
You made it!
- So nice to be here! - Give me a hug.
We are very excited. We have my brother Jeremy and his wife Meagan,
they're gonna be out first guests
to celebrate their 10-year anniversary.
We couldn't be more happy to host them.
[Meagan] Wow!
Holy high heaven.
- How tall is this thing? - It's about 40-feet to the top.
[Meagan] Oh, wow!
- Good job. - Yeah, wow.
- What is this? - [Daniel] It's a hot tub.
Made out of stone?
No, it's just build to look like it, and it's really, really authentic.
Well, I'm excited to try it.
Yeah, because you get to sit here and look at this.
- [April] Oh, yes. - [Jeremy] This is incredible.
You can see the mountains right there.
Bet you it looks even better from up there.
It sure does. You wanna check it out?
- We gotta show you, come on. - Let's go see it.
- [Meagan] Wow. - [Jeremy] What is this?
You have a putting green?
[Meagan] This is like a resort, guys.
That was just for you, Jeremy, just for you.
[Jeremy] I appreciate it.
- [April] I'm anxious to show you the rest. - [Meagan] Yeah.
Show us, oh, my goodness!
I'm wanna climb all these stairs.
No, don't you worry. You don't have to deal with your bag.
- What? - What?
[Daniel] So, we have an elevator.
- An elevator? - Yes.
So, you don't have to carry your luggage all the way to the top.
[April] It sends it all the way up.
[Meagan] I told you, I should have brought more stuff.
- [Daniel] You should have. - [April] Yeah, you could have on this trip.
[Jeremy] Of course, I would have had to carry it to here, but...
You guys think of everything, this is amazing.
- This is super cool. - Yeah, let's see it.
- Touch of a button, bud. - Whoa.
So, it will meet us at the top.
- I'll be really relaxing on this trip. - So, let's head.
This a lot, guys. How do you power everything?
- [April] Solar power. - [Jeremy] Solar power.
- There you go. - [Meagan] That's pretty awesome.
[Jeremy] Well, I'm excited.
Come on up.
- What is on this level? - So, this is the first platform.
This is what we call the entertainment platform.
- Wow! - Yeah, it's cool.
[April] So, you can take the view from the hammock bed.
You can bake a pizza in the pizza oven.
You can watch a movie on the projector and movie screen.
[Meagan] Wow.
- This would be perfect for the kids. - [Jeremy] Whoa!
[Meagan] So, leave the kids here, go up there.
[April] Yeah, so you can watch any movies that you want.
A movie theater under the stars.
- Let's go up top. I wanna show you guys the rest. - Yeah.
[Daniel] All right, guys.
Finally at the top.
- Wow. - Check out that view.
- This is incredible. - Yeah.
[Jeremy] This is so cool.
Look at this.
- That view is spectacular. - [Meagan] It's awesome.
- I feel like we're the highest thing out here. - Yeah.
This is a life-changing perspective.
Yes, so you can sit out here, you can take in the view and...
- Never leave. - Yeah.
- [Jeremy] Absolutely. - Wow, guys.
Let's go inside.
- I'll show you the inside. - Okay, can't wait to see this.
Welcome home.
- Wow. - [Jeremy] Look at this.
[Meagan] There is so much space in here.
This is an oasis, guys.
[Jeremy] I love those countertops.
Oh!
Where does the water coming from?
All the water comes from a well
that's on the property, feeds into a tank
and then we have a booster pump that pumps it all the way up here.
[April] You need a little boost.
[gasps] Look at this bed.
So, that I thought we would stay on the second floor,
but the third floor looks pretty comfortable, too.
[April] You can spend... yeah.
Your days there, your nights here.
[Meagan] You know, we've never been any place like this.
- We're glad you're here. - [Jeremy] This is amazing.
I'm gonna show you guys the bathroom, 'cause that's important, so.
- Here you go. - There's so much room in this place.
- [Meagan] Whoa! - [Jeremy] I love it.
[Meagan] The sink is gorgeous.
You guys have made tremendous use of this space.
[Jeremy] Yeah. I love this.
So we can stay here as long as we want.
- In the bathroom? Absolutely. - Yes. Yes.
The watchtower has an intimidating presence
and it's much bigger than I ever could have imagined.
And I think it's a reflection of Daniel and April.
Not everybody could do what they did.
[April] Here we are.
There you go. You don't even have to tip our sweet valet.
Oh, my goodness.
All right, the adventure awaits.
[Jeremy] I'm exceedingly proud of my brother.
He's wanted to build a watchtower since he was little
and to finally be able to make that dream a reality,
it's just-- I know he's excited and he's worked so hard on it.
And I'm just really excited to see all of his dreams come true.
[all cheering]
[April] Building off the grid certainly comes with its challenges,
but when you see your guests enjoying it,
enjoying the view, taking in a coffee,
just being able to seek restoration at this place,
it's so worth it.
[Daniel] To see this dream become a reality is an incredible experience.
We're eternally grateful.