https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBfKrLcxiAU
I do not want to be a slave to utility bills, rent, or debt. It is insane to think that most people are wasting their lives slaving away to pay bullshit like that all because conventional homes in Canada are all built in an inferior and wasteful way that completely ignores the requirements of building in harmony with this environment. Who the hell wants to work every day of their life just to pay never ending expenses like that? How do we advance forward to better things if we intentionally build millions of homes and sell them for a half million dollars each at the minimum and enslave the people to debt and all those homes are fucking shit and falling apart in just 30 years and the people still haven't even paid the mortgage off yet and they need to repair their energy-inefficient nonsense homes?
I am buying some land that happens to be surrounded by national park. I have about 10 acres that is my land and then on all sides it's surrounded by endless trees; so I basically have 10 acres to build on but then the benefit of being surrounded by thousands of acres of trees. The water is so pure here that you can see very deep into the water also I drank it without boiling or filter and at first I got a little sick (still could work and stuff, just felt a little odd in my stomach) but I kept drinking it and after a period of adjustment my body adapted and now I can just drink the water and be perfectly fine. Doesn't even matter if there's some mud or what have you in it. That said I'm planning to make a well and have a proper water filter and all that. I just wanted to take my chances and see if I'd die drinking the water or not and I lived; I saw a dog drinking it multiple times and thought to myself if a dog can drink it then I'm a sorry excuse for a mammal if I can't do the same.
I have for a long time been wanting to live off-grid and researching different building styles. I will have about 30k, maybe more like 20k, to build a house here. There already is a "house" of the exact style as in the youtube video I have posted for this thread. It however uses glass bottles for letting light instead of big windows and it has a shingle roof. So more expensive roof, less expensive windows. Inside of it is 2 bunks and some rusted cookware. The place has apparently been abandoned for 10 years with nobody living in the area. It seems that whoever owned the place before became too old and has decided to let it go so they're selling it to me. I'm a young man of 24 years old so I'll be able to do much more there.
For me right now I don't know too much about how to install things like pipes, water-tank, and electrical. I have built shacks before on my own for fun. I'm watching this guy's videos for clues on how to do that stuff that I don't currently know. My land is in a very harsh climate where settlers came only in the 1800s and then their farms failed and they went into debt and left or died. Of course back then they didn't have electricity, solar panels, led lights, and other technology we have today; also I don't really care about farming, I have quite the garden I should show you guys and will probably garden out there too, but I mostly just plan to buy and stock up food to live on with garden, forage, and hunting only to supplement my diet.
My main objective is to be completely independent of the grid, able to stay warm and have water and food and all the essentials, but with no bills and stresses. The taxes on my land right now are literally only $300 a year. There is no proper road to my land, only a "road allowance". It is impossible to connect to the grid. I am a Fringe Wizard and practice and study Hermetics, Chaos Magick, and various other paradigms on this site. That takes a lot of time of course and I don't want mundanes with their toxic black energies and all the troubles they bring constantly interrupting me, disturbing my sleep, creating problems for me, etc. that stunt my development. By becoming independent I will not have to worry about any of this shit. A great big happening could take place and I would be fine. Months and months I will be able to study and practice magick without interruption.
If anyone here is curious also to live with me out here you should come (just talk to me and I will see if I want you here). When I am done building we will have every convenience we need; food, warmth, water, comfort, and even internet… but also pure air and dark nights. A truly healthy way of life. The only thing I'll have to give up living here is online gaming, as I will not be able to get WiFi here and will have to rely on data which would be laggy as fuck, but I already gave up gaming long ago and pretty much never play games or take much of an interest in them anyways, plus I also have linux on all my computers. So fuck gaming. Chances are that in the coming years some method of getting high-speed Internet out here might become a reality anyways who knows.
In this thread I will be posting whatever I am researching at the moment and I would like for you all to share building techniques, tips, etc. for off-grid living in the far-north.