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RCKCRWLER
11-18-2010, 06:55 PM
Well, my wife and I are finally officially off the grid. We moved in this weekend to a log cabin in a small town an hour north of Las Vegas. The town is on the side of a mountain and has no power anywhere near. (13 miles away actually.) The town always votes against running power up the hill. There are about 80 people that live here full time. Wild mustangs, elk, and mule deer populate the area as well. We also have some chickens that come around everyday, and some small trout in the three small ponds/creeks.

We get our power from a battery bank, solar panels and a backup generator. We need to get more panels but that's down the road. Using wood for heat. We have central propane heat but at $3.00 plus a gallon I am going to use as much wood as I can.

So far so good, it is an hour drive to work everyday but worth every minute driving home. Anyways, it is nice to be back in the trees and out of the city!
Here's a couple pix.

welderguy
11-18-2010, 07:03 PM
Cogrtulations, sounds like your right were you want to be. I don't know if it's just me but I didn't see any pictures.

RCKCRWLER
11-18-2010, 07:17 PM
Finally got one to resize right...

welderguy
11-18-2010, 07:21 PM
Nice looking cabin .

RCKCRWLER
11-18-2010, 07:25 PM
Thanks! I've got my work cut out but will enjoy doing it, well most of it anyways!

Ted
11-18-2010, 07:42 PM
I'm happy for you man! Very happy! That place sounds and looks great! Best to you, in all you do!

Sourdough
11-18-2010, 07:43 PM
Nice cabin, roughly what would a place like that sell for in that location....today......?

smhg
11-18-2010, 08:23 PM
It's a beautiful home!

I know there are many with this dream, so congratulations on pursuing and obtaining yours!!

NightShade
11-18-2010, 08:26 PM
Darn..... Looks like heaven to me.. Congrats....

Rick
11-18-2010, 08:37 PM
Very nice place. Congrats!!

hunter63
11-18-2010, 08:46 PM
Congrats, on the new place!
I think that being off the grid is just about everyone's dream. (at least here).

LowKey
11-18-2010, 09:03 PM
Nice cabin! I dunno about the high dessert though. Your GHB must make you look like a camel!

rwc1969
11-18-2010, 09:22 PM
Sounds great, nice lookin' "cabin".

Camp10
11-18-2010, 09:32 PM
A town of 80, a picture perfect cabin and no power bill!! Very nice! Congrats.

Alaskan Survivalist
11-18-2010, 09:47 PM
That's not a cabin, It's a palace! Nice!

crashdive123
11-18-2010, 10:54 PM
Outstanding! Congratulations.

BENESSE
11-19-2010, 09:46 AM
Congrats on having accomplished something a lot of us are only fantasizing about. That's a really nice place...much nicer than what I would have imagined for an off grid cabin looking like.
I was thinking more like SD's outhouse with a door, type structure.

Winnie
11-19-2010, 01:27 PM
Congratulations on realising your dream, I hope you'll be very happy in your new home:D

RCKCRWLER
11-19-2010, 02:49 PM
Wow! Thanks for all the comments everyone...this is why I like this forum.:thumbup1::D:D

RCKCRWLER
11-19-2010, 02:51 PM
Nice cabin! I dunno about the high dessert though. Your GHB must make you look like a camel!

:laugh:
Ya still working on that one. Basics in there now but winter is coming and it's time to load it up!

RCKCRWLER
11-19-2010, 02:54 PM
Nice cabin, roughly what would a place like that sell for in that location....today......?


Pretty sure the majority of the homes up here are on half an acre and there's lots of chunks of land for sale. Most places start at or around 150k and go on up to 500k. We came in at a little under 2. I know I could get 100 acres and a huuuuge place in NY where I came from for that but...location, location.

BENESSE
11-19-2010, 03:01 PM
Pretty sure the majority of the homes up here are on half an acre and there's lots of chunks of land for sale. Most places start at or around 150k and go on up to 500k. We came in at a little under 2. I know I could get 100 acres and a huuuuge place in NY where I came from for that but...location, location.

Where?!
Seriously, I'd really like to know. (not being facetious)

RCKCRWLER
11-19-2010, 03:07 PM
I am originally from Attica NY in Wyoming county, farm land, there are old homesteads up for sale pretty much all over. The county has more cows than people. If you are serious about looking for a place my old roommate is a realtor I'll pm you his number.

aflineman
11-19-2010, 03:08 PM
Nice looking place and a VERY nice area. Not like Vegas in any way. (Except the lights from Vegas sure do mess up what would be a pretty sky at night).

RCKCRWLER
11-19-2010, 03:14 PM
Ya but not too bad. At least I can see the stars again!

Sourdough
11-19-2010, 04:10 PM
I am originally from Attica NY in Wyoming county, farm land, there are old homesteads up for sale pretty much all over. The county has more cows than people. If you are serious about looking for a place my old roommate is a Realtor I'll pm you his number.

We had a place just 4 miles north of Attica, NY.......very beautiful country, with lots and lots of snakes.

RCKCRWLER
11-19-2010, 05:07 PM
We had a place just 4 miles north of Attica, NY.......very beautiful country, with lots and lots of snakes.

Alexander?

Rick
11-19-2010, 05:21 PM
Curious what kind of communication you have. Phone? Radio?

RCKCRWLER
11-19-2010, 07:21 PM
Curious what kind of communication you have. Phone? Radio?


Verizon cell service and I can actually pull 1 radio station out of Utah. Nothing out of Vegas. I can listen to internet radio to the driveway but if I skip ahead to the next song I'll lose the signal. So, not much service but enough. I will probably end up getting a repeater, depending on wattage used, and place it on top of the house somewhere for a stronger cell signal/internet.

Sourdough
11-19-2010, 08:24 PM
Pretty sure the majority of the homes up here are on half an acre and there's lots of chunks of land for sale. Most places start at or around 150k and go on up to 500k. We came in at a little under 2. I know I could get 100 acres and a huuuuge place in NY where I came from for that but...location, location.


Under 200,K for the land and building, or just the land.....?

beetlejuicex3
11-19-2010, 08:46 PM
How often do you end up in town and do you worry about medical emergencies at all? Also, you mentioned solar panels, why not wind? I thought it was cheaper.

Winter
11-20-2010, 01:48 PM
That's a very nice home. Congrats!

Swamprat1958
11-20-2010, 02:39 PM
Good looking place, do you have a well for water or what?

RCKCRWLER
11-22-2010, 03:36 PM
Under 200,K for the land and building, or just the land.....?

Both, in our case. There is a lot by the creek that the owner wants $250k for it with nothing on it but trees and rocks.

RCKCRWLER
11-22-2010, 03:38 PM
How often do you end up in town and do you worry about medical emergencies at all? Also, you mentioned solar panels, why not wind? I thought it was cheaper.

In town everyday for work. Always in the back of my mind about medical emergencies. Closest hospital is 40 minutes away. Definitely could have used windmills this weekend witht the gusts to 90 mph! There are only a couple of neighbore sith windmills and I haven't had a chance to talk to them.

RCKCRWLER
11-22-2010, 03:40 PM
Good looking place, do you have a well for water or what?


There is a huge water tower, not sure of size, that is gravity feed water for the town. So essentially city water.