Hi, I'm Jenna with tiny house, giant journey.
We're here at Cypress Valley just outside of Austin, Texas.
We already have another tree house tour that you should check out,
but right now we're going to go see the Loft Haven designed by artistry.
Hi.
This is Will. We already have him in our other video of the tree house called the nest.
And this is this other tree house they have on the property called the Loft Haven.
Thank you.
So this is more like a Yurt style, isn't it?
Yeah it is a yurt.
We decided to put a yurt up on this tree house cause it was actually what I
lived in as a kid, was a yurt.
Awesome.
And so tell me a little bit about how high up we are and what kind of tree
this is.
We're 35 feet up in a bald Cypress tree and the tree you'll see in a second goes right
through the center of the tree house
and it's actually suspended by the tree.
It's not on poles or anything like that.
So it's a wood trust system connected to steel cables. Okay. Yeah.
And you can see that here. So very sturdy. Let's check it out.
Wow.
Well you can see why it's called the Haven already cause it's very romantic.
And I,
I'm getting the circular tree house vibe getting a lot of circles here.
So the tree does come up straight through the center and I'm guessing this is
for heat purposes and to protect it.
Yeah. And water. So that water doesn't come in here. But this tree house,
we did climate control because the tree is alive and column and the column if
it was heated and cooled with, you know, could cause problems.
So we've taken everything into consideration about the tree and its longevity.
And does the house evolve with the tree? Yeah, it does.
It's designed to grow with the tree.
So eventually we come back and we make small adjustments,
but it's already designed into it so that the tree can grow.
Right. And you have electricity in here. I see.
We do, yeah. What size bed is this over here? Queen size bed.
We love queen sized bed. They're big enough to sleep in.
Was it difficult to get over here? Uh, yeah, it was a little difficult.
We actually, uh,
slid it across the bridge and when we were building this tree house,
we got all the parts in by zip lining.
So we were zip lining each piece of the tree house in individually, uh,
until the bridge was there. The bridge was one of the last things we built.
Right. So you,
you actually put these things together on level land and then you bring them
over piece by piece and assemble them. Correct.
Like a bird makes its nest. Oh yeah.
I get the idea behind your other tree houses name.
The nest in a way is sort of symbolic of that.
So what is the square footage or the diameter?
How can we figure out how big this space is?
This is the interior's almost 350 square feet.
And then the exterior wraparound deck is like 70 to 80
feet. Wow. And what's the height, um, that we have here?
The ceiling is going to be 11 feet tall.
Wow.
And then there's a hammock. Um,
I suppose if you wanted a third person in your party,
although it's a romantic getaway or this is just an area for you to relax and
check out the outdoors.
Yeah. I think it's just an area that people really enjoy to sit back and relax.
Might as well hang in a tree if you're going to be staying in a tree. Right?
Absolutely. And there's a bath house,
I believe on the other side of this bridge, right?
Yup.
One of the reasons we do the plumbing on the ground is just for environmental
reasons because these tree houses sometimes are put in really environmentally
sensitive regions and really beautiful spots. So we want people to enjoy it,
but we're going to keep all the plumbing on the ground.
Yeah. Right. I understand that. So, um,
we should take a walk around I think on the outside of the tree house.
So about how far away are we from the other tree house cause you feel very
private and secluded out here.
I would say we're about a half a mile down the Creek because this property is
actually really beautiful and large and expansive and lashing.
You could really have a lot of structures here. I know you got a couple more,
I'll tease that that you're building on what we won't be able to show today
cause they're not finished but a couple more tree houses. Awesome.
And I, I'm,
I'm assuming they're going to be circular or have some sort of interesting shape
to them. Yeah, they're going to be shaped like a leaf. Right.
And is it a inspiration from the property here?
Yeah, we have a tree called a Texas Ash tree and we're mimicking the leaf or the
design after those leaves.
Awesome. We're going to have to come back for that one and check it out.
So this is pretty cool that you can walk all the way around the loft Haven and
see the whole property from a 30. How high up are we? 35 feet.
35 foot elevation. So pretty cool that you can do that.
Yeah. This area gets a lot of activity for animals.
It's even more protected from all the trees and the rock grottoes on the side
really provide a really good habitat for foxes and different,
different creatures.
And there's a Creek that's running just right underneath the tree house.
So I'm assuming in the summer it's just lush and green. Yeah.
Beautiful. Okay.
Wow. So this is the Bathhouse. It's romantic. Just like the loft Haven.
And is that a hot tub? It is a hot tub. Yeah.
We built this hot tub around this natural rock grotto that was here.
The slab of rock was already here when we built the structure around it and then we
added a waterfall
right at the top of the bath house now just to fall to waterfall.
And this is an area where people can dine? Yeah.
This is like a breakfast bar or a during dinner.
If you want to sit here and look out over on the tree house, we did a,
a Cypress slab right here for the bar local from our property.
And then over here we have a little kitchenette. Yeah.
The smaller area for people to make tea, coffee, store,
anything that they want to bring with them.
We also provide chocolates and some tea.
When did you build this tree house? This tree house.
We started building in 2012 we finished in spring of 2015
and then we have lastly mechanics here.
We have the toilet, which is important and a shower.
Okay. Well thank you so much for taking us through the tree houses here at
Cypress Valley. We might have to come back in a few months.
When you finish those other ones. We'd love to have you back.
Thank you very much. It was nice meeting you. Until next time.
See you guys later.