Off-Grid Living

Rancho Cotage High School students have built an amazing solar-powered off-grid tiny house on wheels. It’s the 98 sq. ft. off grid mobile micro cabin on wheels appropriately named The Independence. (Update: Now SOLD) You can use it as a backyard micro guest house, an office space, or as temporary housing while you build a [...]

This custom built modular prefab home has the most amazing windows I think you will enjoy. Built in 2003 for approximately $60,000 by Geoffrey Warner and his team. A humble little abode is where a violinist of the Minnesota Orchestra finds a peaceful off-grid retreat with her family. WeeHouse Modern Prefab Micro House Exterior of [...]

I just had to show you Tim and Hannah’s off-the-grid 196 sq. ft. micro cabin. They built it themselves completely in Tahoe, California and have been living in it for almost two years. The couple started off with 20 acres and absolutely no blueprints. But I’m sure they had tons of ideas that they had [...]

I thought you’d enjoy this off grid tiny house that’s right on the beach. It sort of has that classic Spanish style which I like. And it’s in an area that’s completely off the grid (surrounded by dunes). Improvements were made by a team of builders and architect Alejandro Gonzalez. Since there’s no electric it’s lit [...]

This is the story of a man named Larry who built a self-sustained and off-the-grid home out of two shipping containers. He wanted all of the comforts of a home and to be able to live in it comfortably up to a year or more if need be. To do this he ordered two sea [...]

This 90 sq. ft. micro cabin is really more like a DIY passive solar cabana. It’s a 7′ x 9′ structure with redwood bark clad from a local sawmill. All but one of the walls open for ventilation (passive cooling). And a living roof up top to make it even greener. The cabana cabin is [...]