See how customers install solar power kits from GridFree, and read all their stories about off grid living in NZ. Whether it's a tiny home, cabin in the bush, architectural masterpiece, or even a glamping business, living off the grid looks different to everyone, and our kits can support all those different journeys.
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Solar power for us means more time, more flexibility, it takes the struggle out of off-grid life.
We can focus on the good things!
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Rory and Paulette's Tiny Houses
"I think the best part of being off-grid and having solar is just the freedom. Both the financial and physical freedom to do what we want and that we can share this with our family. Our minimal foo...
Te Arahi's Home in Rodney
"Our solar systems have never missed a beat since I installed them over a year and half ago, thanks to Zed and Ethan for your help. Also my cousin Gary and his whanau who have never had power on th...
Tom and Maudi's Freedom Kit in Ruatoria
Check out our latest customer install! Tom and Maudi are running the GridFree Freedom Kit on their house in Ruatoria!
Reuben's Freedom Kit in Hokianga
It has been about 9 to 10 months since I installed my Freedom Kit solar power system, and it has been a great experience for me as a first time user of solar power. We are fully dependent on our so...
Martin's Freedom Kit in Dunedin
Our kit is installed on and in our three bay shed high on Mt Cargill, overlooking Dunedin city. We installed the racks and panels ourselves, and had a sparky connect the fancy bits inside the shed...
Marcia's Family Home in Raglan - Upgrading the Bach Kit
We purchased a Bach Kit for our whare back before Christmas 2019. It was great over the summer months and kept up with what we needed it to do. When we purchased it, we always knew that by March 20...
Rebecca and David's Homestead in Owhango - Freedom Kit
Rebecca and David are running the Freedom Kit with the Hybrid Inverter at their family homestead 'Fodder Farm' in Owhango.
Gene's Home in Gisborne - Freedom Kit
Gene is running the Freedom Kit at his family home in Gisborne. After a 6 year journey, construction on the house was finished earlier this year, and he, his wife Chelsea, their two daughters, and ...
Jane's Freedom Kit in Whangerei
We are really pleased with the setup so far. We got the lead carbon batteries and so far have not discharged below 70% with them generally 90 - 100% charged. We installed our system over lockdown a...
Elias and Maria in Auckland
Check out this fully off-grid relocated house, located south west of Auckland CBD.Massive water storage and 10kw of solar/battery capacity using our Freedom Kit. The super-resilient owners Elias an...
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