How much did it cost us to build our
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Living off grid doesn’t mean free. There’s a lot of expenses involved when turning a desert wasteland into your off grid home.
We break it down for you in this video as we wrap up our 1st season of building and prepare for the next one.
What do you think? Was it cheaper or more expensive than what you were expecting?
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Great breakdown. Money is something that very few homesteaders or off-griders seem to talk about, or when they do it is very vague, and they don't talk about where it is coming from. I know costs are often very relative to the area you are in, but sometimes when you're just starting out you have no idea what the costs will be, so even a general idea is better than none.
Love the video, very informative
Thank you for sharing, God Bless you and prayers for your project.
Thank you for sharing that valuable information! Yes, it was very helpful. I know some things will be more or less depending on the county or my personal plans, but having an idea of prices and processes is extremely helpful. God bless you!
thanks for all the helpful information im looking to get into this and its helpful to understand the general costs
Great video! We live in a strawbale house in the NM desert and love it! Can't wait to watch as you move forward.
Awesome! Thanks for watching & welcome! ❤️
Hi. Thank you for the information on your homestead. It is very helpful indeed. This might be premature, but do have an idea of what your straw bale house will cost ?
For the house structure itself…We’re estimating around 20k, but there’s too many variables like lumber costs, straw bale costs depending on the season, so realistically, it could be a fair bit more.
Yes you can do it.
thanks
Thanks, this is super helpful! Do you have a rough estimate of the sizes of the different things you've built (length of fence, area under carport, etc), so that if someone wanted to build a similar thing of a different size, they could scale the cost accordingly?
Sure! Good question! The carport was 10x20 (under the 200sqft limit for non permit structure) The fence was front & back (2) sections 135Ft & (2) side sections 165ft.. so under an acre.
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Watched a couple of your videos first time today. I am a kindred spirit living on my little 20 acres of Peace in the Desert, about 175 miles to your east, 71 yo retired nurse. The best of luck to you is in making your dreams come true. I am now subscriber #442👍🧓 PS Check out a couple of your Cochise Cty homesteading neighbors channels: Tiny Shiny Home and Our Self-Reliant Life, if you haven't already.
Just saw your comment - Thank-you!!! Hope you are doing well in your own desert paradise. :)
@@Christenhelm 🙏for rain ☔ like all of us, so sad for Mother Earth. There's another Cochise Homesteader, a gentleman on his own, channel is Affordable Desert Living. I believe all of the people who have CZcams channels in Cochise get together to help each other and for fun now and then also. And they all know the best deals for suppliers. Enjoy creating a place to thrive, not just survive 👍. Plant trees for shade this fall ASAP. Top priority. That I only figured out recently. DUH. Morengos are perennial, but in your zone might be annuals and may die every year, but they are are really fast growing from seeds, and will provide you with a lot of mulch. Desert Willows are good, but have to baby them the first few years, protecting from the sun and frosts. I use old T-shirts. I was supposed to have a man in my life to do this with me back when I bought mine in 2001. But that never manifested! Instead I ended up with 6 dogs now. Who are useless at helping me with building anything! 🍻