Homes Off Grid
Traditional narrowboat moored to the towpath on an English canal in autumn

Continuous cruising or a permanent mooring?

Condensation on the inside of a campervan window on a cold morning, a sign of damp in an off-grid home

Damp and condensation in an off-grid home: why it happens in vans, boats and cabins, and what stops it

Composting toilet inside a small timber outhouse with its door open and the lidded solids bucket on the step

Where can you legally empty a composting toilet in the UK, and how often?

Portable inverter generator and a fuel can on gravel outside a timber off-grid cabin with solar panels on its roof

Do you still need a generator if you have solar? And what size?

Permitted development rights - stone barn in field

Permitted Development: How It Can Help With an Off-Grid Project

Camper van parked by a beach

Living in a van in the UK: what it really costs each month

Public footpath sign by a field gate and a muddy farm track running along a dry stone wall on the edge of rural land

Restrictive covenants, access and rights of way: the small print that can wreck an off-grid plot

Wood stove with a back boiler and copper pipes feeding a hot water cylinder in an off-grid cabin

Heating water from your wood stove: back boilers explained

Starlink Mini dish on a suction mount on a campervan roof by the Scottish coast

Starlink Mini in a van or on a boat: is it worth it, and what does it cost to run off-grid?

Micro hydro turbine housing on a hillside stream with the intake pipe running downhill

Could a stream power your home? Micro hydro in the UK, explained