{"id":112718,"date":"2019-11-29T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/earthships-hemp-and-hay-the-houses-built-for-off-grid-living\/"},"modified":"2019-11-29T00:19:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T17:19:31","slug":"earthships-hemp-and-hay-the-houses-built-for-off-grid-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/earthships-hemp-and-hay-the-houses-built-for-off-grid-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthships, hemp and hay: the houses built for off-grid living"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThrough careful planning, a commitment to energy-efficient design and sometimes necessity, these Australians have embraced life off the gridKathy Menzel says she used to be completely oblivious to power bills, \u201cjust running along in the hamster wheel like everybody else, you know, busy, busy, busy, spend, spend, spend\u201d. She and her husband Bob, both IT professionals, did have an inkling they wanted something different though, yearning for a serene country lifestyle with no neighbours.When they finally found their dream block in the Adelaide Hills, reality hit home. \u201cWe\u2019d been looking for five years for this great piece of land in the middle of nowhere but still easy to commute to the city,\u201d she says. \u201cBut it was going to cost $450,000 to get on to the grid.\u201d The cost of connecting was far more than the $238,000 for the 10 acre block, which was only 1.5km from a main road. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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