ONE YEAR (in 15 minutes) RENOVATING OUR JOSHUA TREE AIRBNB 2023
In this episode, Kristen and Michael take you through the our entire year of 2023 and all of the projects we DIYed to make our airbnb the best it can be. From getting a hot tub at our short term rental to building a patio cover by hand and even an epic circular stargazing platform, this year was full of projects.
We are so excited to ring in 2024 with this video and bring you tons of amazing videos moving into this new year.
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New to our channel? Well, hi there! We're Kristen and Michael, a couple embarking on a wild adventure of transforming our dream desert home into a short-term rental biz!
As crazy as it sounds, we decided to ditch our beloved Los Angeles (which we called home for 7 years) and chase our wildest dreams of owning a piece of land in California. And guess what? We did it! We finally bought our desert house in the summer of 2021, and we've been DIY-ing our hearts out ever since!
We're talking about an (almost) complete renovation, from top to bottom! But that's not all! We're also building our business from scratch, with the goal of sharing our little oasis with our family, friends, and even strangers from all over the world.
So come on and join us on this crazy ride! We promise it'll be full of laughs, tears, and lots of DIY fails (and wins!). Welcome to our channel!
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Our favorite monday night dinner show, appreciate all the work yall put into pumping out these vids! 🙏❤️
Thank you so much for watching, means the world to us!
Thanks for opening up and sharing, love the community!!
Thank you for watching :)
Well done guys. I admire you. My family and I have an airbnb in Thessaloniki, Greece. You are my main inspiration to stay creative and always make the place better and better. You are the best! ❤ Wish you a happy new year and lots of happiness because you truly deserve it! ✨🥰
Thank you for your kind words. We hope we are all here to hold each other up to do bigger and better and to keep going! We got this! Best of luck to you all in 2024!
Great job! Your dad is talented how wonderful!
We are so blessed he's taught us so much!
Love your channel! My husband and I have been doing Airbnb since last August. We are definitely learning! We are in a college town, and football season was incredibly good to us. Now, we are in a lull and figuring out what is next. Our goal is to break even for the year in 2024!
You can do it! Best of luck to you guys! Thank you for being here.
Happy & blessed New Year!! 🎉❤🎉
Same to you & yours :)
Love you guys we plan to make our RV - campsite - cabin going this year for sure. No excuses I quit my job so now I have to get it started. I am also starting a cut flower business to add to our farm so excited... Thanks for the positive info. Dena HYH farms
Hello from Antigua. I have an Airbnb here and just love watching you guys for encouragement! Love the creativity, and I can't wait for the completion of your super secret fun project! I am also just making major and minor improvements in between guests, so I understand the challenge. Keep up the good work, and thanks for being an inspiration to others (even those of us outside of the US).
Over xmas break I've been binge rewatching your content from the beginning, very inspirational! Although there's not much we can do to work on the glamp site in NY winter, we are thinking of renovating the bathroom in our house:)this would be a complete gutting, tear down a wall to expand, thanks for all the content and Happy New Year! I hope 2024 is the best yet!
Oh wow, thank you for going through and rewatching out content. We are definitely going to need to renovate our bathroom someday in the future so we feel you. Happy New Year to you too!
You guys have done such an amazing job!
Thank you!!
Can’t wait to hear about your stay in Idyllwild
been such a treat following your journey with your airbnb! I've learned so much for my future business and also got to know two incredible humans. wishing you all the best in 2024!
Awww thank you so much for following along on our journey. So happy we could help in some small way.
I’m always so impressed with you guys’ projects. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with in 2024!
Thank you so much, excited to take you along the journey!
Once again!! Love your videos!!! Our Airbnb, A Shore Thing - Long Beach is still going strong. I do see a slow down, I’m usually booked out a good 3 months. Now it’s just 1 1/2 months. Still over 80% bookings. Yep competition is tough right now. Far more good competitors. We recently painted our front deck with granite grip from Home Depot. Love it! Cost was $1,000 and took 3 days of us diy painting the whole thing.
Thank you so much. So happy to hear it's going strong for you guys! Sounds like a great DIY project. :)
Happy New Year! Have you guys done a video on what to ask for or expect from a cleaner for turn over? A basic list?
Happy New Year to you too! We touch on some of that in this video: kzhead.info/sun/YN2tgsyngqeLnZ8/bejne.htmlsi=86P-61dbPJlcSskE
@@kristenandmichael Thank you!
Thank you both for all the tips and sharing your journey. I have been doing Airbnb as well it's not going to good for me these last two months we are in Long Beach, CA just trying to figure all this out.
Oh no, what's going on in LB? What are the main type of guests in that area?
I think with 5 acres you guys could build a home or an ADU structure and have everything in one location . I had a contractor friend build a 400 sq ft ADU in lake Arrowhead and people love it . Small but perfect for singles and couples . Easy to clean. California cannot prevent you from building them and they are supposed to fast track them according to recent codes , however you may need a separate septic system ? You can place a cool looking fence between the homes Great for housekeepers and easy for me All repairs on same property You guys have awesome attitudes and appear honest unlike many video blogs
Love your house and the continued improvements! Awesome job! Do you increase the price with each upgrade?
We're always ebbing and flowing with the market and what's around us but we definitely have!
Honest Question, if you guys couldn’t make money from KZhead and Airbnb referrals would you still have a bought a place out in Joshua Tree ? Also really appreciate your guys channel!
100%, we love it out there. Having a place to getaway that doesn't cost us anything extra is worth it for us.
We stayed in yucca valley Thursday - Saturday and when we go past flamingo heights I always wonder if yon Guys are west or east of the 247 (I think that’s the hwy number) Barstow to yucca
East :)
I have a AIRB&B in Peeples Valley Arizona. I watched several content of youtubers, and you both are my favorite. I look forward to seeing your journey. I don't know why, but I felt I needed to protect myself and my guests. I bought an info red spy camera detector. I haven't used it yet. I have had guests. I would like to know your thoughts on this issue if you have had any thoughts at all? I saw the KZhead video where the guests had complained about a unmentionable and claimed it wasn't them. I thought about this for a long time, and this kind of person could set up an ugly situation for you and other guests. I will keep you posted if there are any issues or results on my find.....
Have you gotten any attitude from the locals? It seems like a lot of people talk about how much they hate people doing the short term rental thing in Joshua tree, but I am curious if you've actually experienced any of it?
I mean yes, that does exist. One thing we learned pretty quickly is that the way you dress makes you stand out, we used to dress in a lot of black and white and people that live out there don’t. So we like to try and blend in and not act like a tourist, that helps a lot. Also, the people out there are actually really nice, just don’t say where you’re from and treat them with respect and it gets reciprocated.
@@kristenandmichael that's good to know, thanks! I'm selling my house (Ojai) and cashing out my equity and I'm going to move down there and should be able to almost pay cash for a decent home. I want to be a good neighbor and member of the community and I will live there full-time.
@@user-ke9yk5qp3uoh wow! We love Ojai too. That’s awesome you’re able to use the equity to pay for your new home. There are so many cool people in the area and with every area there are also some not so cool. You’re going to love it!
@@kristenandmichael that is super encouraging, thank you so much! I can't stay in Ojai because my mortgage payment is $3500 per month and I want to retire in about six years and I will be nowhere close to having paid off my mortgage! If I move down there I will have a mortgage of less than $100,000. And I have a super good job working from home and I love the desert. Have fun you guys! Take care!
Kristen and Michael, as I mentioned previously, I used your host referral link to create my listing. I met all the criteria but never received the $40. I contacted Airbnb, and they said there was an issue with the link, but you would have to contact them. On one of your previous videos, I posted the message they sent me for you.
Unfortunately it looks like we hit our max limit with Michael’s account. Working with Airbnb to figure out how we can resolve it and try and become ambassadors.