Everything we Built on 8 acres of Abandoned Land (YEAR TWO)
September 21, 2025 · 35 min · 1.3M views · Puerto Rico
What this video covers
After five years sailing the Caribbean aboard Good, Bad, and Ugly, Matt and Kristen traded the boat for eight acres of abandoned jungle land in Puerto Rico in 2023.0:01 Year one focused on reclaiming the overgrown property: the couple cleared land by hand before calling in heavy machinery to handle the scale.0:51 A hidden natural well surfaced during excavation.0:58 Their first major construction project was a front privacy fence, which became a crash course in block work, concrete, and stucco.1:02 They also cut a main road into the property to open up more of the acreage.1:12 Alongside the heavy work, they started a garden and began raising chickens and goats.1:20 Year two builds on that foundation, though the video covers primarily the year-one recap. The transition from five years of Caribbean cruising to full-time land development in Puerto Rico frames the entire arc — a deliberate lifestyle pivot, not a temporary stop.
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