This Spring I bought 16 acres of land in Northern New Mexico in the foothills of the Manzano Mountains, then I bought an old ( late1950's) small 14x40 (560 sq feet) "junk" mobile home from a mobile home park that the last tenant had trashed for $500 and then threw my buddy who has a 1 ton truck a tank full of diesel and a case of beer to move it for me. Then I gutted it back the studs pulled all the tin siding off squaring all curved ends u, put it on a 4 foot concrete pier foundation and used the tin to build a new pitched roof and I painted the roof with truck bed liner. I framed in the new windows, I used the 12"x18" Playhouse/Shed Windows because they are built just like a regular house window just smaller and in a tiny house/cabin you need wall space not windows, Then bought one of those cheapo chainsaw milling sets from Amazon to mill my own siding out of Engelman pine on because that's what was available on the land and then I stained it with Navajo Red stain. I haven done anything with the inside yet but the plan is to to build a little bit bigger bedroom, and a smaller bathroom and kitchen, It's just me and my gf now, her daughter just went off to college in august and my 3 kids are grown and out of the house. Were going to live completely off grid also but our solar is going to be bigger, were not going to have a range/oven, we have one of those 9 function countertop ovens and since the step-daughter has left we haven't used the oven at all, between the air fryer/oven, microwave, crock pot and electric skillet we don't need it plus that saves space, were just going to build a couple live edge open shelves to store them with, there was already a well on the property that the people we bought the land from had just dug 3 years ago in order to move there permanantly but when Covid hit there's jobs and 401k's went bye bye. the inside is going to be spray foam insulation with drywall to save money, we bought all used cabinets, sinks, toilet and bathtub. The Cabinets we bought from a garage sale from a couple who had remodeled their kitchen, $50 for an 6 foot bottom and 5 uppers, so we have an extra one to put in the bathroom to used as a medicine cabinet/storage in the bathroom, the sinks, toilet and tub we bought from the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore and were just going to repaint everything to make them look better. I found and old pie safe/china hutch that I'm going to put simple legs on to get it up to counter height for a kitchen island/ eating bar. and the top we're going to use as a in the wall mounted entertainment center for our t.v. and some knick knacks and book shelf. After the house is done I'm going to mill some more wood and used the left over tin I have to build a chicken coop, I'm going to use rain collection system to water the chickens and the garden we are going to plant.
Good job . I'm 6 years offgrid now . My cabin is on a slab 20x36,12x20 is the veranda. Well ,septic,solar,lpgas,woodstove. 4ft deepfreezer. I built a solar- power shed ,it has solar panels on top ,batteries and contols inside, genorater, wood shed ,tool shed,south side is salvaged picture windows for green house, starting plants and winter garden . Generator for well pump,pressure tank . I will change the pump out oneday to run off my solar . Someone gave me bad advise on that . I built the cabin myself , I'm very proud of it . Modern kitchen and bathroom, flush toilet . The veranda could be made into a room,but i don't need it . Nice for summer . Wish i could share a picture of it ,guess I'll have to do a youtube vidio one day .
What a wonderful special place especially with all your personal craftsmanship! Very nice! Wishing you many years of enjoyment there. It shows we really don’t need the “MacMansions”. Just enough is content enough. I am in my 40th year in my cabin. You keep making little changes and modifications as you see fit and your life evolves. Great job!
It really is a blessing and a labor of love. I have felt compelled to get this up and running so that no matter what happens in the techno world, we have a long term place to live.
Thanks for the tour from the uk 🇬🇧 I could feel every nail being driven, screw being turned and wood being cut in that place. Building your own place is like having a fitted suit where you are the tailor. Epic!
Nice place ..... I have a 20’ x 24’ cabin on an old farm. It’s not quite finished but it keeps me warm and dry when hunting. I do have electricity but no running water. I repurposed lumber and metal off an old barn on the property that was falling down....
Nice setup! Your cabin has the same floorplan as our full-time house. Our house (in Maine) is 16' X 24'. My only regret is our roof doesn't have as steep of a pitch as yours. Our loft is only 44" at the peak. I love your "yard". It would make a nice private airstrip. :)
Yeah, we lease the front yard to a local farmer. Your low roof is probably better on heating, although our loft in the winter can get smoking hot with the wood stove.
I worked for a company that built highways, about 4 yrs. they sent Me, and another guy out to set out markers using GPS on farm land look about like this it was so peaceful there wasn't long heavy equipment started rolling in dozers, trachoes, dump trucks ect. hated to see it and so did the people living there but they had no choice they were forced to sell though they were paid well. now there is a 4-lane highway running right through it.
Great set up. I noticed though you have mold in the shower may need some ventilation in there as mold can get out of hand and may cause illness. ( retired RN.. sorry can't help myself when I see preventative measures that can be used.) Cheers.😁
I live off grid in an 8 by 20 tiny house love the setup the only thing I would do differently in which I did was food with my main concern with my tiny house and you have a tiny refrigerator I would and I understand your own solar but I would probably use a chest freezer and then have separate ways to turn around and freeze bottles of water and use them as your Refrigeration and the freezer would use probably less electricity is that little fridge you have and you get double the use for one electrical item cuz you can use the freezer the freeze up bottles of water that you can then use as Refrigeration and it will give you way more food storage
The fridge has a freezer in it and we do freeze bottles for extra cooling. Going to upgrade to a low wattage 7.2 refrigerator freezer that actually uses half the electric as this mini fridge.
I purchased a Midea 10k btu window unit. I can run it wide open all day but it needs a generator after dark. I find I can cool it down plenty during the day and just use a box fan at night.
Great set-up when you want to get away from it all. Adjustable solar frame is a neat concept. Have you used a metal detector around the old homestead yet, might find some valuables?
hey buddy just asking what size cabin is at I mean it looks good and everything I'm just trying to figure out what size it is it looks like the perfect size let me know please thank you
This is so awesome! I think the one major downside for me would be the lack of air conditioning. I could even survive the sweating all day, it's just that I can NOT sleep when it's hot. I don't know where you are located, but how is it in the summer?
I added a Midea window unit, which can run wide open all day but would need a generator at night. I just turn it off and use fans after dark and if I leave the windows closed it won't warm up much past 70 even on the hottest days.
No, it's a second home. We spend about 40 days a year there. The area is great hunting and salt water fishing. There are also lots of historical sites. If you're a city person then it wouldn't be for them.
@@lbrown6859 it is brackish. We have white perch, stripped bass, red fish, cat fish and now even the snakeheads have showed up, and blue crabs later in the summer.
@@offgridwithalexanderthegre5157 wow. Those blue crab are some fine eatn'!! I like most any kind of fish if I am being honest, but I tell you what there's something kinda special about mullet when they are fresh, hard to beat. And they really like that brackish water, here in Florida anyway. Y'all have a beautiful place btw!
Depends on your latitude, but for central U.S., 30 degrees/ winter, 55 degrees spring and fall, and 80 degrees in summer will get you more than close enough.
The well is solar with 24 volt battery back up, and is self contained. It's not on my main solar system and runs on d.c. power. Check out my water vid.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4lTG579r2aQ.htmlsi=XD7V-L354GUXke9j
The on demand water heater will freeze quickly. I usually drain it if it's going to be well below freezing otherwise I put a light bulb on it. They now have ones that sense the freezing and automatically turn the burner on. The well storage tank is in an insulated box and I also wrap the pipes with insulation so it's not a problem. I could also put a light bulb in there if it was calling for extended extreme cold.
