The Unforeseen Challenges of Living Off Grid: Is It Time to Leave?

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11 ай бұрын

Despite Off Grid life having it's challenging, we truly do believe it is the best way if life for us. If you feel the same way, why not check out the information on our website to help you get started on your own journey: www.theoffgridfamily.co.uk
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Fraser, Rachael, Grace and Albie
The Off Grid Family
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@jamesworldtoys3829 10 ай бұрын

Dont give up, your children are getting something us suburbanites are not getting, an amazing upbringing, they wont be 9 to 5 kids give them something special.

@craigr306 10 ай бұрын

nice to find British people doing this makes me even more keen

@anthonyjacobs6790 10 ай бұрын

From 3 years old to 7 is the best time. Don't blink.😊

@driftingsoul747 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful family! Love what you are achieving and how you are giving your kids the most amazing life. Thanks for sharing your life with us x

@c.jamieson6489 Ай бұрын

Aww what a beautiful family. I love the Scottish woodlands, there’s something quite magical about them. I bet the children were in their element xx

@The_OffGridFamily Ай бұрын

Thank you, we love Scotland ☺️ It is so wild compared to where we live. The children love it too, although they find walking through our Scottish woodland a lot more challenging than the one at home 😁

@lyndarobinson2853 11 ай бұрын

You really have come so far. Anything worth having is never easily won. Everyone has their challenges on or off grid. Just put your best foot forward and little by little life gets easier. But the challenges are ever present. It's just that you will be more able, with all the new skills coming your way, to solve those challenges. All the best while you figure it all out. Look forward to your next vlog 😘

@sahaahmed8064 10 ай бұрын

Do not give up! Youve come so far with valuable life skills attained along the way. Its been a tough ride which will get easier. Im curious as to how you grow your own and plant, etc. I would love to have a tour. Water shortage is a challenge but you'll overcome it. You two are very creative and thats something everyone is lacking now adays. I pray for your family's wellbeing. Love from hampshire

@driftrotor 10 ай бұрын

I just found your channel and have subscribed, having watched now most of your video's its so refreshing to see how you have progressed with a simple aim / view on what you want your lives to be! I wish you all the luck in your new endeavour in Scotland and I look forward to seeing your progress. your children are so lucky to have such a wonderful upbringing and to have such wonderful parents! you should be proud of what you have achieved! I too am looking at off grid solutions as the pinch of corporate looms overhead. keep doing what you are doing, it is inspiring!

@lisalisala117 10 ай бұрын

Why on earth are you using your resources on another plot of land when you have challenges trying to live off grid on your first plot of land..?

@BlueCoyote007 8 ай бұрын

Good luck guys going to be hard but difficult to lose when you create things

@darrenwilson49 11 ай бұрын

Hi both. Well done with all the hard work, your land has come on loads from when i was last there. Totally agree Scotland is the best place on earth, up here myself now, can't get enough of it. Say hi to your brother, mum and dad for me. Looking good Fraser. Keep pushing you too.

@Boney1963 11 ай бұрын

Rachel - Grace is a mini you!! Gorgeous family.

@The_OffGridFamily 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 She may look like me, but her personality is 100% Fraser! Such a determined, strong-minded girl ❤️

@livingoffgridinscotland 11 ай бұрын

You need to get a cabin built on that land!

@The_OffGridFamily 11 ай бұрын

We would love to. Should probably build a house down south first though 😂

@livingoffgridinscotland 11 ай бұрын

@@The_OffGridFamily yes, but the 4 year rule will be around a lot longer in Scotland than England, build a timber forestry building, make it a basic dwelling for holidays…. Then you’ve won

@JoesWebPresence 11 ай бұрын

@@livingoffgridinscotland I agree. At Peaton Glen, we had two log cabins, two teepees and lots of campsites with no permanent foundations. There was always someone in permanent residence, and we were always engaged in woodland maintenance tasks, justifying a permanent presence in temporary dwellings.

@EmmaMG21 10 ай бұрын

⁠@@JoesWebPresenceare the cabins not restricted to very small measurements?

@JoesWebPresence 10 ай бұрын

Not as far as I know @@EmmaMG21 It just has to be a temporary structure, which means no permanent foundations, and being able to remove it when you are done. The idea is that you have a right to dwell on land that you are working on, but no right to change its use to residential, so this way it remains forestry land. You'd find it hard to argue the need for a massive luxury getaway, especially if very little actual woodland maintenance was going on, but It's common for people to use caravans or porta-cabins for this purpose, and building your own log cabin or teepee from timber harvested on site makes a lot of sense. Also, if one is too small, why not just build another? Have a cabin, a teepee, an outhouse and a summer house. Even some on site power generation can be justified, so maybe solar, wind or micro-hydro. Responsible water and waste measures are also completely justified. People are entitled to be there to engage in forestry and woodland maintenance, so they have every right to meet their basic needs while there, no matter how long it takes them. They just can't build a permanent dwelling.

@crystalwaters8852 10 ай бұрын

You really are giving you're family the best start in life!❤ They will never forget those early years!🌳🌲☀️🔥 God bless! I love the accompnying music btw, though im not familiar with the band.

@samuelrobinson9012 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful music choices

@random_g-man9754 10 ай бұрын

What were the songs you were playing? Especially the last one?

@levijosephcreates 10 ай бұрын

Only just stumbled upon your channel after finding a video from a year ago which is cool as I now have a load more of your content to watch, inspiring especially as a fellow UK dweller despite me being too old now to attempt this. Cheers for the content.

@vanessaboman8143 10 ай бұрын

Me too sadly but it's wonderful to watch others achieve the dream isn't it?

@Wingz_Of__Freedom 9 ай бұрын

Why are you too old to do this? If you want to do this i say give it a go. obviously it would be really challenging but if you set your mind to it you can do it.

@Savelochlomond 10 ай бұрын

Omg your new land is just up the road and round a few corners from me! ❤

@The_OffGridFamily 10 ай бұрын

🤩 you’re so lucky to live in such a beautiful area!

@jonethomas3892 10 ай бұрын

Love your vids any trouble with the midges

@lyonscultivars 10 ай бұрын

Love it. Tho be mindfull of sphagnum moss. Its a protected species. Not sure on the laws when its your spagnum moss tho lol

@The_OffGridFamily 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, we didn’t know this and will look into it ☺️

@JoesWebPresence 11 ай бұрын

Is that the Arochar alps in the background? Many years ago I was part of a voluntary woodland maintenance project nearby at Peaton Glen, near Coulport on the east coast of Loch Long. We were off grid there for years. Lots of rhodie bashing,f boggy areas, paths and planting. I believe it's still going in some form, and might be worth a visit, for pointers on how to overcome the challenges of off grid living and woodland maintenance in the conditions you have over there.

@SCULPTURAMAplus 10 ай бұрын

Love your videos. How did you get planning permission for your land and are there restrictions on living there? Thanks, Van

@davidlloyd83 10 ай бұрын

Would love to know how this works as well, me and my girlfriend are thinking of moving onto a friends land in wales .

@staytrue5307 10 ай бұрын

Google it then.

@davidlloyd83 10 ай бұрын

@@staytrue5307 such a clever witty and totally needed response, you must so be so proud of your yourself …🤨

@SCULPTURAMAplus 10 ай бұрын

@@staytrue5307 it’s a shame social skills can’t be googled, you’re going to have to learn the hard way. Unfortunately for all of us someone's personal difficulties and ultimate triumphs cannot be googled unless they've documented it and uploaded the information. Try googling what I had for breakfast.

@staytrue5307 10 ай бұрын

@@davidlloyd83Awwww diddums. Did I hurt your little feelings because you didn't have the common sense to google information yourself. I'm muting you now. I will not waste anymore time on someone like yourself. Goodbye.

@LMC232 9 ай бұрын

No running water is the deal breaker

@mySeaPrince_ 11 ай бұрын

🐾🐾🐾 🐈

@re33ce 11 ай бұрын

I've left You Chris Harbour link Usfel To Your on your new land Well Done ❤️👏👏

@dave72ization 10 ай бұрын

Been watching Kris h for years now,is great what he's achieved

@j.a4982 25 күн бұрын

What an amazing life for your children ❤ please don't send your children to school 🏫 it will ruin their little mind's

@vanessaboman8143 10 ай бұрын

I thought you had a property in Staffordshire. Do you have both now? Your journey might be hard sometimes, but it's the best way. I envy you both very much.

@amwartwork 10 ай бұрын

You have to be wired into nature and have years of innate connection with the land to make it work. Money helps but experience is more powerful

@edwinmeskes645 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your help by means of vlogs. The system I’ve build is pretty much a copy of your system. Victron Quattro 10kw. My knowledge concerning these installations is below sea level. But your vlogs really helped me, and more importantly, provided me with courage to actually do this on my own. We live in Spain, so we definitely do not have a lack of sun, but there are many other challenges to overcome. Unfortunately there are tragic moments in everyone’s life. How to cope with these tragic experiences in life, is so much depending on the individual. What works for one, doesn’t work as well for the other. The same for the impact these tragic experiences have on someone’s life. Some are up and running in the same routine after a short time, and don’t seem to be bothered with the new situation. Others will carry scars for the rest of their lives, and change the way they are living. It seems there is no right or wrong in these challenges, as long as you are content with the choice you make. Only you can decide which way to to go. Just follow your heart, but somehow I have the feeling .that you already did in the past. Just remember that the both of you inspired a lot of people like me to follow a similar path in life. Thank you so much! Wish you all the best! Edwin

@michaeldepodesta001 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for you video. Could you list the source for the music? Thanks Michael

@The_OffGridFamily 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 yes we get all our music from Epidemic Sound 👍

@BritishAnts 10 ай бұрын

I’m so confused! It’s suggesting videos as 11 days ago but I’m sure you got this land years ago unless you sold that are starting again???

@The_OffGridFamily 10 ай бұрын

We still have the woodland in Lincolnshire which we grew ourselves and which is where we live. This is a piece of land we bought earlier this year. We had money left from our house sale and chose to spend it on this land as we felt inflation meant our money was decreasing in value 😩 Fraser is half Scottish, so it has always been a dream of ours to own land in Scotland 😊