Would You Ever Live Off Grid?😊🌱

Mary_Scope
Mary_Scope Posts: 6,181 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

I've fell down a Youtube rabbit hole and I have been watching a lot of homestead, off grid and tiny home channels lately.

A definition of off grid is "is setting up a home that is completely independent from public utilities like electricity, municipal water, and sewer system."

I would in theory like to live off grid. I do like the idea of the security of having my own water system and electricity etc in case anything went wrong with the public systems. However I think in practice I would find it very difficult and too time consuming!

I do like the tiny homes though😄They look much easier to clean!

What about you? Would you like to live off grid?

Comments

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,797 Online Community Team

    I think I'd struggle! If I could live somewhere where I could generate enough energy to at least heat the water then maybe… But I rely quite heavily on being able to keep warm and be clean. I'd need a decent outside space if I was going to live in tiny home too. I'm way too clumsy for small spaces 😄

    I can get on board with growing veg though and making things from scratch in a homesteady way! Probably not enough to live off everything I grow or make, but enough to supplement outside purchases.

  • Dynamisante
    Dynamisante Community Member Posts: 240 Contributor

    I would 100% live off grid, I was bought up living from the land, we ate everything we grew and bred, from head to toe, we grew everything (except oranges, lemons and bananas) but my father owned a fruit and veg shop so we still had all that, my absolute dream would be to go off grid even though I’m older now !

  • egiste2r
    egiste2r Posts: 285 Connected

    Do you think you will be able to avoid paying a TV licence?🤔

  • Anhedonia2
    Anhedonia2 Community Member Posts: 456 Empowering

    If I could, I would. But I know I don't have the skill, knowledge or patience 😅

    I love the idea a lot though.

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,775 Championing

    No - I love my home comforts too much !

    I rely on my internet connection, my Sky TV, My heating and hot water on tap, my freezer full of food - my electricity and gas, my phone line !