'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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Winning a complete solar package changed this whanau's life!
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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An Off-Grid Family 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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Tom's & Caro's Off-Grid Tiny House
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...
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Orchard Valley Glamping - An Off-Grid Passive Income
It seems like it's the new Kiwi dream to find your own slice of paradise and live off the land. Even better when you can make it a business. That's...
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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...
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Stacey's Converted Off-Grid Ambulance
One of the things we love about the opportunity that we have being grid free is that we can just get up and go. We don't have to go to...
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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...
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Stony Batter Tunnels with Tim
Part of the constraints on the site as they've indicated is no electricity. So sure I could go and spend a vast amount of money and run cables to the...
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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...
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Leah in Pipiwai, Wins Off-Grid Solar!
The Bach Kit is life changing. To have a fridge, a freezer, lights, being able to charge my phone - I've flattened so many car batteries! Being able to have whānau around, you know...
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Karen + Hayden's Off-Grid Cabin
Karen and Hayden (@TravellingK on Youtube) were originally planning to get a Starter Kit for Karen's vintage caravan, but after buying a patch of land in Taumaranui, their plans changed....
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Peter's Bach Kit in Marlborough
Our property is in the Pelorus Sounds boat access only, with no mains power. Prior to installation of the Bach Kit, I used a small Hydro unit to provide my...
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Stacey's Campervan
Stacey's running our Weekend Warrior Kit in his converted ambulance camper. "I installed the kit myself. It was my first effort with all things solar, but the kit was quite...
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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!
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Karen's Bach Kit near Taumarunui [VIDEO]
Recently Karen purchased a Bach Kit to power their new cabin they've built on a patch of bare land near Taumarunui, and she videoed the process of her and her...
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Off Grid Solar with Two Weekend Warriors
Looking to power your caravan or weekend get-away? The Weekend Warrior Kit gives you off grid solar power anywhere, anytime, so you’re free to go wherever the road takes you with our DIY...
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