Ian's Home in Auckland
The kit is working well for us. We had a few teething issues with panel location early on but since sorting that we have had no issues. There have been...
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Stephen and Jill's Music Studio
"Easy to install, powers everything we need, and makes us independent of Power companies...how good is that!!"
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Wendy and Brett's Cabin
"I’m very happy with the GridFree kit. It easily runs a fridge, lights, waterpump, power tools etc."
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Rob and Louisa's Off Grid Office and Bach
If you're thinking about doing an off grid office or cabin, what you probably don't appreciate at the time, is the freedom that comes with it that at any time it...
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Nicola's Honey House
The kit is running 5 LED lights, 4 powerpoints and at the moment a fridge freezer, a honey extractor and power tools to finish off the inside furnishings of the...
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Rick's Lifestyle Block
"I am Rick and together with my wife Hanlie, our five dogs and our cat, live on a lifestyle block in Central Hawke's Bay. We live on the property and...
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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...
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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...
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Kokako Outpost
We have a weekend warrior kit and a bach kit. Installed the bach kit over the holiday break, great instructions and easy to follow. The weekender has been amazing, easily...
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Dan and Kelly's Off-Grid Housebus Conversion - Freedom Kit
"I've always thought that idea of the kind of mid-life crisis is just such nonsense. It's not a crisis, it's just an awakening of just like 'you've lived half your life!...
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Murray's Bach in the BOP
"We are based in the Bay of Plenty and are very happy with our kit. We have the setup with two pods and the system runs all of our necessary...
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Louisa's Off-Grid Office and Bach
I love love love my office and knowing that I’m using sustainable off grid solar energy just lights up my heart.
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Customer Photo Contest Winners
At the start of last 2023, we asked our customers to send in their best pictures of their GridFree life. We had loads of awesome responses and it was really hard...
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'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...
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Sharron and Scott's Lifestyle Block in Northland
The realities of off-grid living are often not as glamorous as we make them out to be on video, so today we're going to dig a little deeper into those...
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We Gave Away a Solar Kit to Rob
Last year to celebrate and give back to our growing GridFree community we gave away a Bach Kit to Leah in Pipiwai. After seeing so many deserving entries and the...
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Wade's Lifestyle Kit in Northland
"I have just completed my build and I am totally off grid. I would like to say a big thanks to the guys at the GridFree store I purchased their...
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Colin's Freedom Kit in Opotiki
"I had my Freedom Kit installed 10 Oct and it is running beautifully with no issues at all. We've had a couple of times where there were 2-3 days in a row...
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Travelling K's Off-Grid Cabin
"I couldn't go back to Suburbia after this, no. I'm proud of the fact that we did this and we had a baby. I'm going to find it interesting that I grew up with...
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Revisiting Leah in Pipiwai
Last year to celebrate our growing off-grid community, we decided to give away one of our most popular kits, the Bach Kit. We had a lot of entries and the...
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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...
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Morgan and Jessica's Yurt
Dreaming of more space, warmer weather, and a slower lifestyle, Morgan and Jessica left suburban Wellington for a bare acre in Waipu. During one of their first nights on the land with...
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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...
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