/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1462906
The property is my mother in laws. She says we can stay as long as we want as long as we keep our area mowed. It's a huge farm, so we still get a good bit of privacy.

Could I not use a generator as a back up? I think it would be 600$ to hook up to a real power line, but I'd prefer to be as close to off grid as possible. Of course if I can not keep my refrigerator or other "necessities" going then I am not opposed to real power.

No water tank yet, I am still in a rental house with real hookups.

Bus security is pretty good, I can lock both doors, but if someone was determined to get in by breaking a window then I could not stop them. I don't think there's a way around that unfortunately.

>>1462918
I'm as far east and south that you can get without being on the coast(hurricane warning this weekend) so it's pretty hot. The windows are already a pain with the intermittent rain, but it's bearable. The heat isn't too bad with a fan, we are planning to get some sort of AC for next year. For this winter we are thinking of a woodstove. Yeah I thought it was pretty much a steal, and rent just seems like a waste so we are trying this. It's definitely feasible with an electrical hook up. We are planning to play it by ear, we pretty much spent our life savings on it so there's only so much we can do for it currently.