"That’s going to be an awesome place." Homeowner shares photos while building off-grid home in mountains: 'Look at that view' first appeared on The Cool Down.

For Gary Beuschel and John Kruse, moving from San Francisco to the northeast side of the Big Island of Hawaii took some adjusting. The couple’s home is fully off the grid. The house, 2,400 sq ft, ...

A Montana native and master builder has revealed how he erected a stunning log cabin on a plot of land in remote Alaska, spending two years battling the elements in order “to turn raw logs into a cozy ...

"You can build cheap houses if you do the hard work yourself." Off-gridder shares breakdown on cost of his home build: 'You ...

The triangular design leverages the surrounding elements while bearing a resemblance to Musubi, a popular type of sushi made with Spam. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space ...

One of the last places you would look for an off-the-grid house is on a cul-de-sac in the Melbourne, Australia, neighborhood of Toorak. After all, the homes there are close together and hookups to the ...

Daryl and Maria Cleary were living in a four-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot home when they decided it was time to downsize. “It was too much house for two people,” Maria said. The couple decided to look ...

In Maine, large swaths of untouched land, coupled with a strong Yankee independent streak, have lured generations of hardy souls to build homes off the grid. Now, rising electricity costs are sparking ...

“If you’re reading these words, it’s because you’re a dreamer. You dream of living where you don’t, and doing things you’ve never done.” Rex and LaVonne Ewing, authors of Logs, Wind and Sun … ...

Mark Smith builds an off-grid modular home perched high on a cliff off the coast of Vancouver, Canada; the pressure is on as even the smallest mistake can result in the home tumbling 85 feet down into ...