50 People Who Got Tired Of City Life And Went Off-Grid Show Off Where They Live Now

It is a weekender cabin that we have to visit 1-2 weekends a month. It is very rustic and off grid and thus 3 days here is a good option for my little family ❤️

Bought it this summer. It's a small lot but it borders thousands of acres of national forest land that doesn't have much public access. There is a rough trail that goes upstream from my cabin to some swimming holes. One of my goals is to backpack upstream all the way to the alpine lake. The stuff of daydreams...

House sat vacant for years, It had 2 inches of water in the basement, 18 bats, and 17 piles of trash. Been working the last two years. Extremely remote, 5 mile gravel driveway.
North Carolina mountains.
I drive around remote areas and look for sale by owner signs. I found out about the auction from the county website.
But in all honesty, I had awesome opportunities from for sale by owner properties that in hindsight would’ve been a better option for us.
At one point I consider donating it to the fire department to burn down but I think long-term it will be a great spot.

No road access, 2 hour hike or about an hour on horseback, you can also fly in by helicopter. We have a wet back on the coal range and solar power, have established our property over 20 years, it started as a small kit set cabin.
It hasn’t been easy a lot of blood sweat and tears we even floated supplies (water tanks) etc down the river to save money it costs $600 one way for a helicopter and it’s a 10 minute flight

The current state of our build, started in 2021 officially. Water access property in northern Ontario, Canada.
Mostly built my wife and I but have had some much appreciated help along the way from friends and family at some key points. Lots of planning and plans upon plans mostly in material management, storage and trying to move material as few times as possible. I swear there is more time getting supplies to this property than the actual construction. The cabin is 650km from home, 3km to the closest boat ramp and about 20km from that boat ramp to the closets town.

Lots of snow. If I didn’t have to haul all this beer back here it would be a lot easier. Of course, I gave my buddy my jet sled like an idiot.

As for the cost breakdown. I’m unsure as I did everything as I went along. Approximately $15,000 - 17,000 CAN. The metal siding was the biggest cost for me. Most everything else including solar, wood stove, windows, doors I sourced used on Kijiji/Market place besides the actual lumber. I did hire out the metal siding after noticing my flaws immediately upon my initial attempt at it.

Hi! Finally started a dream and purchased an off grid cabin in Colorado at about 11,000ft with 10acres bordering National Forest and a dang nice view (in my opinion) about 4hrs from where we are currently living in CO.
MIt’s a log cabin from the 80s with minimal maintenance done since so it needs a lot of upgrades/fixes. It’s been one week in so just tried to enjoy the beautiful fall before winter and some minor fixes. Has basically no utilities aside from wood cook stove (from 1920s), generator and cistern.
Goal is to eventually be able to stay full time year round if wanted/needed and take advantage of being a remote corporate worker in the meantime.
Would love any advice you all have! Mainly interested in how to restore the log cabin, installing solar (would love to get tax credit this year but that’s a tight turnaround), and any other ideas how to turn this into a true mountain home/escape. Excited for the journey!

I build this log Cabin and video the process. What else could you build inside?

I broke ground august 2021 to find my ground is actually bedrock. Here and there weekend by weekend I chipped away task after task and headache after headache.
*I had zero building experience.