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Why HN readers recommended it

HN users recommend the Spec House series as a free, extremely detailed education in how a house is actually built.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Essential Craftsman

Topic

home construction

Format

tutorial

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Doesn't the author actually mean postmodern ? "Modern home" architecture is from the early-mid 20th century. If you're looking to build a home, do yourself a favor and watch Essential Craftsman's Spec House series ( [VIDEO] ). Your eyeballs will grow wider and wider with …

• If you're interested in this sort of thing, there is a youtuber called "Essential Craftsman" who did a lengthy (multi-year) series going through, in exquisite detail, the process of building a house. He is a general contractor who did or oversaw almost all of the …

• I have no affiliation with this YouTube channel, but here's a guy who does an entire in-depth series on how to build a house from scratch[0], from surveying the land, to getting permits, to pouring the foundation, and so on. Good way to spend a …