LIVING IN A $1.5 MILLION DOLLAR TREEHOUSE (Full Tour)

Foreign.

It's chilly. This treehouse in the middle of the Colorado wilderness might just be the most expensive treehouse ever built. The bill cost $1.5 million, and we are the first people to ever stay here. So we're going to be giving you a full tour of this incredible place. Plus, we'll show you what it's like to live here for a couple days. But it's not just going to be us having all the fun.

Are you the winner? Yeah. Oh, my go.

If you've been following along with our loosely planned out 3,000 mile road trip that will take us all the way from Texas to the tip of the Baja peninsula, then you know that we spent the last month living out of this van as we've explored some of the best ski resorts across Colorado and New Mexico.

Don't get me wrong, the last month has been absolutely incredible and full of moments that we will remember for the rest of our lives. Oh, that's a snow blow.

I didn't like that.

But anytime you spend four weeks living out of your vehicle full time, you're bound to face a unique set of challenges. The bottom of the PE funnel froze.

I felt it running down my leg. So when someone invites you to their brand new $1.5 million treehouse, you don't.

Turn them down, even if it means backtracking. Four hours across the state of Colorado.

Denver, here we come.

In a snowstorm, most of eastern Colorado under either a winter weather advisory or winter storm warning. Snowing more every second.

All right, how much bummer would it be if we didn't make it to the treehouse?

That's not an option.

The road is getting very white.

We're still 34 minutes away.

As we know from previous experience last year, a lot can change in 30 minutes.

You're telling me?

Doesn't look like it in the camera, but it is steep. This is where things could become very interesting.

Oh, now we're going.

Oh, shoot.

Oh, shoot. Oh, shoot. Oh, shoot. And we are already stuck.

What do we do?

See if we can back down.

Crap.

Crap.

Uhoh.

Think you pull me out.

Austin. Thank you so much.

Wow. Our first time.

I knew the van was going to do it. Let's see what's going on out here.

Oh, bummer. Yeah, it's. It's really in there. That's where things went wrong. It's honestly not a big deal. The van should be totally fine. I'm just a little embarrassed.

How's the look?

I think we're stuck.

We feel very sideways. We are there's our new best friend.

It's our first time using one of these.

Stick it through that.

Put it in reverse. Don't spin the tire. Give it a little gas, but don't spin it. Okay, ready?

Hold on. Don't run over my rope.

I think it's working.

Okay.

Here we go.

We're on the road.

Is there anything else we can do for you? No, no.

It was fun. I saw it and I'm like, let's go pull it now. She's like, you just want to play with your winch. I'm like, yeah.

Thank you so much.

Yeah, thank you. Well, that was an exciting start to the treehouse adventure.

What a nice guy.

Hey, Peter. This is Nate. Hi, Nate. How are you? Good. We almost made it. We almost made it. We're currently driving back towards the main road with our tail between our legs, but hey, it makes for an adventure. That's right.

Peter graciously picked us up at the bottom of the mountain, and he was even nice enough to lend us his four wheel drive car for the rest of our stay. Once we arrived at the treehouse, Peter and his wife Delinda gave us a quick introduction to the property.

And told us the backstory on what it took to build this place.

It was a dream. You know, the dream started basically when I saw an Airbnb. Number one Airbnb in Atlanta probably five years ago. I saw that and said, I can build a treehouse in Colorado that's better than that. And that's what got the dream going. The engineer had to put a lot of cross bracing because this house is sitting so high up before they got the cross bracing in, you could kind of feel it wobble a little bit.

After a slightly stressful afternoon, we decided to just put on our robes, pour ourselves a glass of wine, turn on YouTube, and enjoy the comforts of our new home that we almost didn't make it to.

Gross Play.

Good night.

It.

Sam.

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Let me show you why your eyes look so good.

Really? I'm gonna start in the main bedroom and then we'll work our way across the treehouse. First things first, Peter told us last night that this is one of the best mattresses that money can buy.

If somebody gets up in the middle of the night and you're over there and he's over there, you can't feel.

Him, you can't feel the movement.

There's no movement.

Which is pretty cool. As opposed to the van where the whole.

And I can confirm that it is right here on the nightstand. I have a remote control that goes to the fireplace. You can turn it on and off right here from bed. You can also set a timer. So if you want to fall asleep to the golden glow of the fire, but not let it run all night, just do that right here. And next to the fireplace we have these super cute cozy chairs that just feel like a soft teddy bear. This will be a perfect place to have morning coffee next to the warm fire with a beautiful view. But I already have my morning coffee in the bed, so this will be my afternoon coffee spot. The best part of this treehouse, in my opinion, is that the whole front face of it is just a giant window wall. Including here in the main bedroom, you also have your own private balcony. If it wasn't full of snow. We would probably enjoy some time out here, but I think for now, we'll enjoy the view from the inside. We were told on a clear day, you could see up to 50 miles of the mountains, but instead, we have these beautiful snowy views, which I would not change. Over here, we have a giant closet where we've stuffed all of our junk. But the most exciting part in here is really soft robes. And I love knowing that no one's worn this before me. I can't wait to put that on. And I'm pretty sure while I was sleeping this morning, Nate showed you this feature. This teeny, tiny remote turns all of the curtains down to complete darkness. Then to open it back up, you just sunshine. And moving on to the main bathroom.

Oh, I already showed him this.

Oh, he did a lot while I was asleep. I absolutely love smart toilets. The seat is warm. I almost said heat. Cedar. The seat heater.

Nope.

Heated seats.

You can adjust all the settings, and you can even save your preferences. This little button even has a bidet that, like, moves like this, like, up and down. It feels super weird. But the coolest thing on here that I haven't seen before is, obviously, the lid opens when you walk in, but if you're a boy and you need the second lid to open, instead of touching it, you just press this button.

And it comes up. Love that. And the shower is big and beautiful. I love the natural light that comes in. They have Aveda products. Oh. You may notice that I'm not wearing socks. And that is because all of the floor in this treehouse is heated. You really don't appreciate it until you step on a tile that's, like, in between heaters.

For some reason, it doesn't heat right here. And it's so cold.

It's so cold. So you're like, ah. And then you go right back to the warm, and it feels so nice. And that brings us into the kitchen. I'm very proud to say that the first thing you see when you walk in the door was inspired by us. Peter saw our video in Whitefish. We stayed in a treehouse on the slope, and they had this digital welcome screen that had the WI fi password, restaurant recommendations, an entire welcome letter. And he loved it so much that he found it, and he got one for his treehouse. So that's just really fun. The kitchen, as usual, is my favorite room in the entire house. But I feel like I can just appreciate it all on a whole new level. Since we've been living out of the van for A month. Unlimited hot running water and a giant sink, a dishwasher, and all of the appliances. Appliances are so beautiful. It's a brand called Cafe, which I've never heard of before, but they all match. They have these bronze details. There is not one, but two different ways to make coffee. Because Peter has his priorities straight. We have two different ovens, which is two more than we have in the van. Okay, Come over here. I'm not gonna move. It doesn't know I'm here yet. Come here quick. We have a drink fridge right here that.

Hello.

What in the world?

The light comes on when you walk by first try. So you can see what drinks you want before you open it up. And not only is this refrigerator freezer combo beautiful and giant, but they added a bottle of rose in here for us. Is this not the prettiest bottle you've ever seen? We obviously drank this last night. But also, there is a wine cooler in the middle. Peter and Delinda own wine bars in town, so they've stocked it with their favorite wine for us. Great touch. And the floor plan in here is very open. So the kitchen just spills into the dining room, which is set with six different placemats. A nice little thank you note. Plus, we get to be the very first people to sign the guest book, which is a lot of pressure. So the center of the treehouse also has its own private balcony. You can literally just walk out there with no clothes on. Like, we're so free up here. I just love it.

What made you want to walk out there with no clothes on?

Because you can. So whenever it doesn't have five inches of snow, there is a fire pit that we can enjoy. And here we have the living room. I think the highlight of this room is the television, which I don't think I've ever said before. We typically don't turn the TV on a single time when we stay in a nice place or any place. But this one is special because it's called a frame tv. When you're not watching it, it displays artwork. So you don't just have this big black box on your wall. And there is also a remote controlled fireplace in here, too. If you follow me into this hallway, it is lined with really cool artwork done by Delinda and Peter's son. And that brings us into the guest suite. Now, it's not exactly cheap to stay here, but the good news is, if you came here with another couple, you have two separate wings of the treehouse that are very private. And this side is just as Nice as the main bedroom. So by the time you split the price, it's pretty much like paying for a nice hotel. Except for this one's way better. So the first thing in the guest suite that you see is your very own drink refrigerator. And the holy grail for all van lifers is in this closet. Washer and dryer. We'll definitely put that to use before we leave. They did not skimp at all on the guest bedroom. Once again, we have a purple mattress and you have your remote controls, both for the blinds and the fireplace. Except for this fireplace, in my opinion, is even better because you can smell it. It's like this nostalgic smell for me. Like when your parents turn on the heater for the first time all winter. Just that, like, cold, warm smell. I love it. And you can do it from bed, of course. You have your own private balcony, beautiful window views. Another great touch is there is a Bluetooth Sonos speaker in every room of the entire house. And once again, your own bathroom with.

Ow. Smart putty. And I think that does it for the indoors. Now let's go outside, where I'm going to show you the most exciting but also the most sad part of this treehouse.

It's still snowing.

Look at this.

It is so fluffy.

Wow, that's satisfying.

Oh, my gosh. Beneath the treehouse is what they call the relaxation deck, which includes a jacuzzi, a barrel sauna, a grill, and a second fire pit. The best part about being the first people to stay here is that no one has used any of this. No one's worn the robes. No one's peed in the hot tub. No one's naked butt has sat in the barrel sauna. But also the worst part about being the first people to stay here is that none of this works yet.

So if you come stay at the Zen Treehouse, please enjoy this extra for us or send us an email. We'll meet you here. We'll stay in the guest bedroom.

It smells so good.

And it could have been my naked butt.

Hopefully by now you see why I would choose this place as my forever home. But I'm curious out of all the places we've stayed, like the treehouse in Norway or the treehouse in Whitefish, or the bolt farm tree houses, or the.

New York penthouse, or the Las Vegas penthouse, or the domes in Jordan.

Ooh.

The floating glass tiny home in the Philippines or the private island in the Philippines. That's pretty remote though.

Let us know in the comments below which one you would choose.

So we weren't sure if we were gonna get snowed into this place. It's on the way here. We got way too many groceries.

So. We love ramen in this family and I made this new recipe the other night and this they told me he likes it better than my self titled Kara's. No. Yeah, Kara's. What is it called? Kara's Famous One Pot Peanut Butter Ramen. Which says a lot that recipes are really good. This ramen recipe is straight out of our great friends Eamon and Beck's cookbook. So if you want to know how to make it, you should definitely check it out. They're also going through an extremely difficult time right now. So if you've never supported them before, now is the the time. We love you guys and I love your ramen. Oh man, I hate that I'm the first person to use this cutting board. It just feels so bad. I am about to change your life. I saw this on TikTok the other day and it actually works. You take a glass jar and whole cloves of garlic. So I've done zero peeling on these. Put them in the jar, put the lid on and shake it really hard.

Oh gosh.

Colin, I was just gonna say.

Oh, I'm scared so bad. I did before the hair. You can be here to prove that I didn't make this up. Ready?

It's been edited. No.

All of these garlics, the peel just comes right off. Look. Oh, shoot.

So now you've seen a video about a magic mouse and learned a new cooking hack. You're welcome.

It blows my mind. Ow. Oh gosh.

Ow. Edamame is not in this recipe, but I love edamame.

I think I'm gonna rename this Cara's Mean Green Ramen Machine cuz I added lots of green stuff. It's not very soupy anymore either. I don't know what happened. Isn't it pretty?

Nice job.

She always does this. Wow. Good work. I'm gonna say 10 of 10.

Shut up.

It's really good.

For real?

Yeah.

Don't let me down in the back.

I was so excited. Also, I can't believe we're leaving.

Today. We are trying something that we have never done before but that I think is going to be really fun. We are giving away two free nights at this tree house through a scavenger hunt with all the clues being given out on Instagram.

If you are in the Denver area, stay tuned. We were inspired to give away a stay at this treehouse because the whole reason we get to do cool stuff and stay at places like this treehouse is because of you. So we thought it would be kind of cool to reverse roll a little bit and give one of you the opportunity to do something awesome. Because of us.

The real win of today is that we made it down the mountain without wrecking Peter's very nice car.

We just drove about 30 minutes to this random coffee shop right outside of Denver, and I just posted on my Instagram story for people in the Denver area to get ready. The first person who shows up is going to win the two free night. I am so excited.

Hey, how's it going? We would like some coffee. And we also have a very weird question that was.

Any nervous? No, no, no. It's exciting.

So we have a YouTube channel.

Okay.

Thank you for being open to this idea.

Yes. I'm excited. It'll be fun. Clue number one. We are at a local coffee shop within 40 miles of downtown Denver.

This person looks like she's here with a mission. She just checked her phone.

This coffee shop has 4.8 stars and 232 reviews.

Somebody just said, hello, coffee. We are 30 minutes away. Wait for us. Somebody knows where we are.

I really thought this was going to be a lot harder. Now it's just down to who gets here first. I also have huge coffees that's actually as big as my head.

What's up? I want you guys. Really? Are you the winner?

Oh, my gosh. That was so fast. Congratulations.

Thanks.

This is so exciting.

Oh, my goodness.

When did you see the Instagram?

I don't follow you guys on Instagram.

So I don't know if I count. Disqualified. No, you don't.

Yeah, you count. You count.

No, we saw you guys and I was like, oh, my gosh.

I watch these folks.

Well, that was a lot of fun. I feel kind of bad about the people who are coming in after that didn't win, but we gave the barista $100, and so we're just buying the people coffee who show up now.

Whoa, baby. I'm pretty sure we just did our first ever meetup. There had to have been at least 50 to 100 people who showed up at that tiny coffee shop. We completely overwhelmed the sweet owner who was working the cash register and making all the coffee all by herself. Today was also her birthday, so thank you to the sweet owner of hello Coffee for being patient with us and for making coffee for all of our new friends. Thank you to everyone who came out. We so enjoyed meeting y' all and talking to everyone. I wish we had a hundred tree houses to give away, but hopefully you enjoyed your coffee. Also. Thank you to Trisha and Randy, who couldn't make it but called the coffee shop and ordered these pastries for us. Thank you to Peter and Delinda who enabled us to do this giveaway in the first place. If you want to stay in the Zen Treehouse, we'll leave all the links in the description below. And last but not least, congratulations to Chim and Cindy for winning the two night stay. They told us they were in town because they were changing Cindy's last name because they just got married. So hopefully this is a fun delayed honeymoon celebration for them.

I just thought I was done with my ski clothes.

Whose idea was this? Yes, it's 12 degrees. Ice skates are harder to get on than hockey boots. Hockey boots? I meant ski boots. Oh, come on. I'm already warm from shutting my ice skates off.

Whoa. This is so scary. This is so much more slippery than the ice skating rink we went to the other day. I feel like I'm gonna fall back backwards.

Don't do that. The town of evergreen, that's about 30 minutes away from the treehouse, has the largest outdoor Zamboni maintained slipperiest. I know. That's a lot of qualifiers outdoor skating rink in all of North America.

It's not a skating rink though. It's a lake.

And it may seem a little forced or a little random that we brought ourselves back out into the cold away from the treehouse, but there is a purpose. I may or may not have signed this up. As we're out here on ice skates, this feels even more ridiculous to say for an ice skating ultra marathon in Finland.

So we're here to train. Watch out, everybody. Look at this giant crack. This is terrifying.

Alright, Kara, show me your best skate.

So, yeah, we thought we would come out here, get some training in and figure out how much trouble we're in. The goal is to track this on Kara's watch and see how long it takes us to actually like ice skate a mile or two in the middle.

Of this big lake. All right, Ready?

Yeah.

Set. Go.

Wow, she's flying. I honestly thought it would be easier than this.

This is really hard.

I think it's these skates.

Yeah, skates.

We still got a little time to practice. Yeah, it's the snow.

I feel like I'm going to enter Drew myself. Yeah.

This hurts.

I feel like we're getting back.

These are the dangerous cracks we were talking about. Look at that. How do you stop on ice skates.

Okay, 12 minutes to do one mile. It turns out I run faster than I ice skate. You know, the ice marathon was not that expensive. And we haven't booked our point tickets to Finland yet. Look at your hair. Wow.

Second time in a month.

I'm glad we did that. We have some stuff to think about.

Yeah, okay.

Oh, my gosh.

Nate, I'm telling you, something was wrong with my ice skates. That and my toes.

I thought you were just making excuses.

That hurts so bad right there.

Whoa.

Nice.

This is so pretty.

Negative 9 degree weather won't stop us from enjoying a fire.

Cheers.

We we don't have any sticks, so we're going to attempt to make s' mores by roasting marshmallows on forks.

The flame is a little unpredictable.

A tornado. This went way better when we did it over the stove last night. Cheers.

Okay, that was a nice little memorable moment. But it's freezing and we're going inside.

YouTube ice skating tips.

Don't run skate.

Careful when you first.

Get the ice skating.

I genuinely think these ice skates are broken. Someone that knows something about ice skating. Tell me if they're supposed to be pointing this out. Far out. Oh, that hurts.