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14 Years Living Off-Grid in a Self-Built Cabin #Video


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Stephanie and Joel share their 14-year journey of building a home from reclaimed materials, living off-grid with solar power, and growing a lot of their own food, from fruits and veggies to milk, meat, and honey.

They built their home on shared land using materials they salvaged from the dump, wood from a building they took apart themselves, and whatever free stuff they could get their hands on. They had no electricity in the beginning so they only had candles. Eventually, they got a solar panel and a battery to run lights, and the systems have evolved from there.

They now have a wood cookstove for heat and cooking in the winter, 5 solar panels and 4 lithium batteries for electricity (plus a generator to supplement on cloudy days), a washing machine, a propane fridge and stove for summertime cooking, and a thermostat controlled propane stove so they don't have to get up in the middle of the night to stoke the fire. For water they have a quarry on the land which they draw from to fill a reservoir in their loft. From there, the water is gravity fed into the kitchen and bathroom. Their drinking water comes from a well on the property. The toilet is an Airhead urine diverting toilet.

The cabin has a master bedroom in the loft and a main-floor bedroom that's split into two sleeping spaces for their kids. They have an open-concept kitchen, dining and living room area, and the bathroom is closed in with a beautiful bottle wall. There's also a sunroom they recently added to the front of the house to bring in natural light, passive solar heating, and to grow food in the winter (with the help of LED grow lights).

For work, Joel owns a tree service business, and Stephanie runs an off-grid Airbnb business. You can check out the awesome Pickalotta off-grid cabin here:
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/53201098
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  • Yolanda Added I love all your videos, but particularly videos of this nature. These folks make me want to go out there and stay at their bnb to show them how much I admire what they've done.
  • Dee Added I love this story and think that more should learn what to do when there is no electric or heat and how to live off the land. This couple is doing a great job and I hope they continue with their dream. Good Luck and God be with you
  • gazza Added what a great story good luck to the future.
  • CharMaine Added I admire their perseverance. I can minimalize, actually I have to a great degree, but I am just too seasoned to be doing some of that stuff and a widow. For me, it would be a lonely life.
    But I'm happy for them that they created their happy place. May they live long and prosper.
  • Mary Jane Added Interesting, but not for me.
  • [email protected] Added Congratulations to these two hard workers - what a beautiful place it turned out to be. May you relax some and enjoy it. I think it is exquisite.
  • Jim Thies Added What a wonderful story! I can identify with some of the discussion as my family lived in a tent by a lake when I was in high school. My father and I built a one room building out of savaged materials that we recycled. Truly, I miss a great deal of that experience. I hope this couple stays happy for their entire life, it is a good life.
  • mimi Added congratulations to Stephanie and Joel. they are a marvelous inventive couple.
  • Kathy Added They have been so resourceful through this very arduous journey. Now they can sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
  • Vincent Spiaggia Added Delightful and Appreciated !!! WELL DONE ~ BLESSINGS !!!
  • Marty Added Sometimes we think that we cannot live without some of our "necessities". Some people would go crazy if they couldn't have some of the things that we take for granted every day. Too many young people just can't imagine having to build something when all they know is to take a credit card down to Walmart and buy it. I am as spoiled as anyone, and I find that I take a lot for granted. These guys have learned how to appreciate the things that they have because they have LABORED to build it. This is very interesting.
  • Lynda Added I appreciated the honesty of this couple. I can imagine there are plenty of difficulties and LOTS of hard work!
  • Lola Added Certainly different living!! BUT......you just watched some of the olden days!!
  • Patricia Yager Delagrange Added This is amazing
  • [email protected] Added NOW if they will build a space off of it for me, I could move in and teach the children. I am a retired preschool teacher and tutor, a writer too. I play piano, write poems, do pencil artwork and design and make jewelry. Use to do art and craft shows but with this economy they are NOT doing well these days. I own a travel trailer and could live in it on their land haha. OKAY well all of this is dreaming but gee it sure looks like a nice peaceful life and my doggie, and I would love it out there. Good job they did. Bet it took a while for all of that and lots of labor/hours. Nice to be young and able to do all of that. But I need to be adopted so I am always looking for a place lol... I wish them well !!!
  • Randy Ferguson Added Amazing young couple! Really nice video!
  • Dixie Added What a wonderful life they have made! May the Blessings continue to surround them!
  • Bev Added Such a wonderful life & they have done a fabulous job.
  • Sher Added Really nice job! Kudos to them.