How To Build a 400 Square Foot Solar Powered Off Grid Cabin for $2,000

[Westcoastnavy]

Originally Posted by kygman

Just saw this on facebook.

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Pretty cool idea, maybe not for California because regular brick buildings fall down here, but cool idea anyway. Not sure how You would want to run electrical and plumbing though. I wonder what the code enforcers would say when they roll up on a 2000sqft home made from plastic bottle! That I would want to see in person.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Dakster

That's a great story and I had read about them before. I a happy for them and that they were able to do what they did. The below is NOT meant to detract from that.

The thing is - obviously they have a bunch of money to do things. A lot of people looking to build a dry, remote,cabin don't have those type of funds. Look a the motorhome they first lived in and brought over to the property.

I have friends who built a passive/active solar straw bale home in CO. They did most of the work themselves and with friends. In the end, they realized that it was more cost-effective to hook up to the electrical grid and pay for grid electricity, then sell their own solar-generated power to the grid, so that's what they're doing. It was built as a model house, and it's open for tours. The female half of the couple is an alternative energy systems engineer; she designed the whole thing.

[InterestedOne]

Originally Posted by John1960

How to build a nice small cabin powered by solar panels. Lamar Alexander built this cute little 400 square foot cabin for approximately $2000, and powers it with a 570 watt solar and wind power system.

The whole system is very inexpensive, and the best part is he is mortgage free. Very cool little cabin. I’d be proud to build something like this myself and call it home.

How To Build a 400 Square Foot Solar Powered Off Grid Cabin for $2,000 | Earth. We are one.

Good for him. $2,000 I think a tad understated though. Today's prices are higher. I got a kick out of the hurricane straps for the rafters, expecially considering the home sits freely on blocks.

Nevertheless, kudos to him!

[Westcoastnavy]

I saw that as well. Nothing ties the tiny house down to the foundation, but the tiny house is tied into the tiny roof. I am waiting for a real life wizard of OZ moment.