"I'm living in abandoned barn in -20 temperatures while renovating my dream ranch
A woman is living in a "drafty" abandoned barn in -20 degree temperatures so she can have financial freedom while renovating her $610k ranch. Amanda Schmidt, 31, from Alberta, Canada, has been living in the 50ft by 100ft building for the last six months. She bought the 72 acre ranch with an old abandoned dairy barn and main house with the dream of creating a horse training facility. To make her dream a reality Amanda has been renting out the main house so she can put that money into renovating the barn - which has cost her $56k so far.