Students design tiny, cheap, off-grid homes for others to copy. A prototype image of University of British Columbia Sustaingineering’s SMRT budget- and climate-friendly housing project.

Off-grid homes are becoming increasingly popular as people look to live self-sufficiently and more sustainably. Building an off-grid lifestyle can be as cheap or expensive as you make it.

I built an entire off grid tiny home for just £4k – I have to shower in a bucket and wee in the woods, but I’m so happy. Scroll down to find out whether tiny homes are legal in the UK ...

I built an entire off grid tiny home for just £4k – I have to shower in a bucket and wee in the woods, but I’m so happy. Scroll down to find out whether tiny homes are legal in the UK ...

The worst states to try to go off grid, according to the Elliots, are California, Oregon, Washington and New Jersey, because of high property taxes and what they say is more intrusive governmental ...

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