How To Build a 400sqft Solar Powered Off Grid Cabin for $2k-Mortgage-Free Future

[singular_me]

who says that the total mortgage bust will mean mega gloom and doom ? Here are a few ideas that will fly right in after the bust.


16 year old Austin Hay built this tiny house for only $12,000! This should be an inspiration to us all.
http://www.offgridworld.com/16-year-old-builds-tiny-home-to-guarantee-mortgage-free-future/

http://www.offgridworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tiny-house2.png


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXDu2U-CmkI

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Macy Miller built this awesome tiny house for only $11,416.16. The siding is reclaimed pallet wood. She worked for 2 years to build this gorgeous 196 square foot home. Anyone would be proud to live in a home like this.

http://www.offgridworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tinyhouse.jpg

http://www.offgridworld.com/woman-builds-mortgage-free-tiny-house-for-11k/
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more wonderful ideas....

https://www.google.com/search?q=cabin+wood+off+the+grid+house&client=firefox&hs=Y9G&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&imgil=F78-MVpVc8IBGM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9 GcSRKZPwycNNdfMQozw2g78x0CAUnVroXUEmSNIL-21H_m7yUYcMrw%253B630%253B420%253BQaQWpoVsuQ5qYM%2 53Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Finthralld.com%25252F20 13%25252F05%25252Fa-14x14-off-the-grid-new-york-cabin%25252F&source=iu&usg=__qCzGPoTT-fgrWDR_hZG2WNSbE_E%3D&sa=X&ei=5aJGU9-uLMONygGXnYCACQ&ved=0CDAQ9QEwAA#facrc=_&imgrc=F78-MVpVc8IBGM%253A%3BQaQWpoVsuQ5qYM%3Bhttp%253A%252F% 252Fcdn.inthralld.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2013%252F05%252FA-14x14-Off-The-Grid-New-York-Cabin-2.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Finthralld.com%252F2013% 252F05%252Fa-14x14-off-the-grid-new-york-cabin%252F%3B630%3B420

especially this one, I like
more pix: http://www.offgridworld.com/scott-newkirks-cabin-in-the-woods//

Scott Newkirk’s Cabin In The Woods is absolutely cabin perfection! It’s open design makes it feel HUGE at only 196 square feet. Wow! Just wow!
http://cdn.inthralld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/A-14x14-Off-The-Grid-New-York-Cabin-2.JPG
http://www.offgridworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/New-York-Cabin-in-the-Woods-2-Scott-Newkirk-Humble-Homes.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H8yWZABvwhE/UNNjVXH9hsI/AAAAAAAAJ1I/t1QX9Di37zQ/s640/http-::nymag.com:homedesign:greatrooms:34728:.JPG

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Wonderfully Affordable Treehouse in Tennessee Built for $1500

http://www.offgridworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_9751-409x614.png

http://www.offgridworld.com/wonderfully-affordable-treehouse-in-tennessee-built-for-1500/

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Cozy Log Cabin Built For Less Than $500
Wonderful example of cabin building and craftsmanship from an amateur builder. Who I might add, is no longer an amateur. This build took some time, but you can’t beat it for the price.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkml0yavPvA

http://www.offgridworld.com/cozy-log-cabin-built-for-less-than-500/

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How To Build a 400sqft Solar Powered Off Grid Cabin for $2k
How to build a nice small cabin powered by solar panels. Lamar Alexander built this cute little 400 square foot cabin for approximately $2000, and powers it with a 570 watt solar and wind power system. The whole system is very inexpensive, and the best part is he is mortgage free. Very cool little cabin. I’d be proud to build something like this myself, and call it home.

http://www.offgridworld.com/how-to-build-a-400sqft-solar-powered-off-grid-cabin-for-2k/


http://www.offgridworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/How-to-build-a-14x14-solar-cabin.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qghZ2ao7GKM

[singular_me]

more ideas to develop now, for after the crash


Off Grid Solar Powered Tiny House is Completely Self Sufficient “Out-Of-The-Box” Cabin – This tiny house can be moved anywhere and is not only a beautiful example of a tiny home, but it’s completely self sufficient out-of-the-box ready to go with power and everything you need to live. It also has practical applications in natural disaster relief, and emergency shelter scenarios.
http://www.offgridworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/solar-powered-tiny-house-1.jpg

http://www.offgridworld.com/off-grid-solar-powered-tiny-house-is-completely-self-sufficient-out-of-the-box-portable-cabin/
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Cozy 200sqft Tiny House Built for $600
A lot is being said about tiny houses these days so I thought I would show everybody mine. It’s right around 200 sq’. Total cost to build for me was about 600.00. One or two could live in it, but one would be ideal. This will be our home when the SHTF .
http://jjwaltersblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/dscf0026-e1392663232664.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziHqmch2k-k

http://www.offgridworld.com/cozy-200sqft-tiny-house-built-for-600/

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Enchanted Forest Treehouse: Would You Live Here?

http://www.offgridworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/enchanted-forest-tree-house.jpg

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Awesome Tiny House in The Woods Built for $11k

Man builds a tiny house in the woods from salvaged and reclaimed wood for about $11,ooo. It took about 1 year to build, and has a loft, wood stove, and beautiful wooden staircase. This is what living off the grid is about. Simple and easily sustainable, homes like this are becoming ever more popular in the green movement. Sustainable living is growing, expanding and becoming more mainstream. I predict we’ll be seeing lots more homes like this as people downsize their debt and spend more time with family. Living small is, in reality living BIG!

http://www.offgridworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Brian-Schulz-Tiny-Japanese-Forest-House-1.jpg

http://www.offgridworld.com/awesome-tiny-house-in-the-woods-built-for-11k/

[Ponce]

I love the ones in the forest with no real footprint to make them almost invisible......I see that one guy using the solar panels from Harbor Freight.......had mine now for 2 years with no problems.........using two sets with one set in reserve.

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[Horn]

Are they designed specifically for humans, or termites?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2b9MQ7vGL4

[Serpo]

Building on a tandem trailer is a good idea for certain reasons,

but if you are going to build then build big and cheap......straw bale ,adobe /mud brick , my house is made of mud bricks all hand made by myself.

My house took 7 years to complete .And its not for sale ever.

If cant afford it ,start small with plans to add on as you go and everything you need seems to turn up out of thin air, that is over time of course. Nothing I love more than building stuff.

[mick silver]

get some sand bags , dig a hill side out fill bags with dirt start placing the bags in a row keep placing bags on top of one other till it ready for a roof , cheap way of living and building

[Serpo]

get some sand bags , dig a hill side out fill bags with dirt start placing the bags in a row keep placing bags on top of one other till it ready for a roof , cheap way of living and building

http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/


people cant do this ,what about the huge mortgage the banks would miss out on ......you know they are in trouble..................................

seriously......great way of building

[Horn]

Buy these things with some rebar, and toss your mud bricks inside of them.

http://www.nudura.com/en/insulatedconcreteforms.aspx

Is how we roll with concrete. Fire proof, insulating, seismic, hurricane, mold and sound resistant.

[Serpo]

not fond of concrete myself as it is cold and hard compared to the mud brick, but Im sure its a great idea.

[Horn]

not fond of concrete myself as it is cold and hard compared to the mud brick, but Im sure its a great idea.

Do worms grow in your mud?

the native's here have bought the foam blocks and just filled with what they call lastre, is like a light slurry cement.

so there is a test case that is still standing.

[Horn]

http://www.materiaapplicata.it/lastre-in-cemento-traslucente/

[Serpo]

worms? my bricks are seemingly as hard as concrete and dropping one on your toes would prove that.

secret to mud brick is a veranda all around the house so they stay dry always.

[osoab]

worms? my bricks are seemingly as hard as concrete and dropping one on your toes would prove that.

secret to mud brick is a veranda all around the house so they stay dry always.

How do those fair with snow?

[hoarder]

200 square feet should be more than enough for goyim houses. We chosen ones deserve 4000 square foot minimum.

[gunDriller]

that is a great solution to wildfire.

if you get an order to evacuate, you just hitch up your home and drive to somewhere safe !

[Serpo]

How do those fair with snow?


Well it has ever snowed here where I am (OZ) but its not a problem really

if you are talking about the bricks...no problem

if you are talking about veranda.......can be engineered to cope

[Serpo]

that is a great solution to wildfire.

if you get an order to evacuate, you just hitch up your home and drive to somewhere safe !


anything on wheels dosnt need permits ect

[Carl]

Do a google on "tiny homes", you'd be amazed at the stuff out there....


http://thistinyhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/A-Real-Bike-Trailer-House-test-run-600x400.jpg

[Serpo]

Do a google on "tiny homes", you'd be amazed at the stuff out there....
http://thistinyhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/camperbike-ed01-537x356.jpg
http://www.selectism.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tiny-homes-book-llyod-kahn-10.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&docid=0i9pu7wxevp8XM&tbnid=dVO5DawJhWrkPM:&ved=0CAgQjRw4GQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.selectism.com%2F2012%2F04%2F1 7%2Ftiny-homes-book-by-lloyd-kahn-small-happy-living%2F&ei=g8dJU8OIPIfMkAXytIGgCw&psig=AFQjCNFAgOmxJdwGJBFHFbYyh7PwjDkfDQ&ust=1397430532030103)

What You Need To Know Before Purchasing A Trailer For Your Tiny House (http://community.tumbleweedhouses.com/tumbleweed-blog/trailer-101/)

http://community.tumbleweedhouses.com/tumbleweed-blog/trailer-101/