How People Install Solar Power

Marie's Tiny House Revisited

"And I feel like this little skill of having a tiny house and being off-grid and self-sufficient is my way of like having a conversation with someone and maybe I...

Giveaway 2023 - Sarah and Tim

"Having this new GridFree Bach Kit installed, it's exciting cuz we're going to be having ice blocks tomorrow straight out of our freezer! That's pretty cool, and we can we can put...

Josh and Jo's Family Cabin

Off-grid living means being free. I feel like our freedom is something that we've taken for granted for so long now.

Le Workshop Tiny Homes

One of Le Workshop's tiny homes featuring a Bach Kit

Lisa's Tiny House

"We have just moved to Coromandel, which we absolutely LOVE. Our electrician is arriving today hopefully to finalise everything and give us the nod!! Cannot wait. We still have the...

Eleanor's Tiny Home

I bought a batch kit from Gridfree and when I had a problem with it failing to charge properly I was very pleased to find that they offered a very...

'Our Tiny Project' in Raglan

"We've been living off grid for 9 months now, thanks in part to our Lifestyle Kit (which even charges our electric car!) Now we are running workshops to help others...

Steve's Passive Tiny House

A passive house is a low energy, healthy home, which I think is the future of grid free living. Today I'm in the Coromandel where Steve is building one. Let's...

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...

Tom's Tiny House Interview

Living simply and within your means is the most common value when it comes to going GridFree. From living in a compact space, to reducing your consumption and being completely self-sufficient this...

Paul's Tiny House

The freedom of living off-grid and being self sufficient has always appealed to me. Moving back to NZ we wanted to live in Waitakere but didn’t want to rent so putting a tiny...

Bridget's Log Cabin in Twizel

"Absolutely loving my solar kit. I’ve been in my house since Easter 2021 and no hiccups with it. Where I live we get a lot of fog over the winter so...

Marie's Tiny House

Meet Marie. She built her own tiny house, and has been living there for over year! Early in the process she got in touch with us to get her solar...

Tom's Tiny House

We checked in on Tom earlier this year and had a quick chat about how he's finding off-grid life so far! He's running the Bach Kit on his tiny house...

Marie's Tiny Home - Interview

Originally from France, Marie has been in New Zealand for several years, and we first met her in June of 2019, when she purchased a Tiny House Kit with a...

Aidan's Tiny House on Wheels

We're always so stoked to get feedback like this. We know from experience how much of a pain it can be to get a small scale solar set up done,...

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