Author Topic: Anyone here live off grid or in a cabin?  (Read 4370 times)

nara

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Anyone here live off grid or in a cabin?
« on: March 20, 2017, 09:50:52 AM »
Curious to know if anyone here has bought some land and built their own home? Whether it be a small house, cabin, yurt, etc. A few years back we met a man in Nova Scotia who built himself a cabin deep in the woods. Does anyone else here live in a similar way?

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Re: Anyone here live off grid or in a cabin?
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2017, 10:19:00 AM »
This guy did. It's a great book.

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Re: Anyone here live off grid or in a cabin?
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2017, 12:30:50 PM »
My husband and I built our house ourselves, which is entirely off grid except for internet (via local dish).  We're planning on building another, larger one, which would also be off grid.

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Re: Anyone here live off grid or in a cabin?
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2017, 04:39:06 AM »
Something funny about reaching out on the internet for people off the grid

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Re: Anyone here live off grid or in a cabin?
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2017, 09:38:46 AM »
This guy did. It's a great book.

This was a fascinating documentary. You had the feeling the guy could do anything he wanted to with his hands.

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Re: Anyone here live off grid or in a cabin?
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2017, 09:43:33 AM »
Something funny about reaching out on the internet for people off the grid

That was my reaction to this thread too.

It even caused a slight mouth twitch that could've been a smile in the right light (as opposed to a LOL, because seriously, who really LOL's these days?).

On topic - Props to anyone who does live off grid. I would love to do it myself, but it would probably take the zombiepocalyse for me to actually do it unfortunately.

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Re: Anyone here live off grid or in a cabin?
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2017, 09:21:04 PM »
I don't live in mine, but I have a off grid one small room cabin with a small wood stove. It's on 20 acres in the mountains with no electric, or water. There's a lake with public access 3 miles away. We built a great outhouse. I love getting away there.

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Re: Anyone here live off grid or in a cabin?
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2017, 09:36:57 PM »
...because seriously, who really LOL's these days?

ME!!!!! :)
Multiple times, almost every single day!
Many things are hilarious or joyous to me.

OP, I've lived off-grid in several locations, and co-built one conventional home for someone else, but have not yet built my own, off-grid home. Just clicked here for the happiness of discovering which Mustachians have.