Las Vegas couple sells home to live off-grid in Arizona
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- A Las Vegas couple sells their home and moves to build an off-grid lifestyle outside of the valley. Down a five-mile-long road off Highway 93, in a remote part of Whitehills Arizona, one will find Richard Macmahon and his wife, Karimah. The couple is in the middle of building their off-grid existence.
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Happy for this couple! Enjoy your peace and good luck with everything ❤️
Untill escaped prisoners come by and make them slaves
This looks so cool! I bought land in Sandy Valley a few months ago, hoping to build my own place out there and escape the big city life. Not as off-grid as this couple, but still I'm loving it.
Sandy valley is just as off the grid as White Hills, AZ. It's about the same distance with nothing but small bars and stores like the old days. I've been looking at land in Sandy Valley and It's definitely not the best option for living on the outskirts of Las Vegas. The land is really cheap out there and I see why because the good land is not for sale or priced a lot higher.
@@AllTruthYouMad what’s wrong with the land in Sandy valley? There are 2000 people out there !
@@AllTruthYouMad also Sandy valley has electricity. My land is 300ft from the wires. I will have solar but I still want grid as a backup. No need for gas anymore. Water from well and septic. All set ! So I don’t know what you mean when you say the land is “bad” in SV. I’m not a farmer.
I have great respect for these folks!!! And wish them the best time in their new home.
That’s awesome! Sounds very peaceful
I’d love to do that! No drama with people and do whatever we want with no complaint’s
No drama with people is the part I like...
Rain water catch in White Hills AZ???? It rains around 6" per year 😂😂😂
lmao. Arizona is cheap af tho. 2 people with careers. water is not their problem
Right and a garden in the desert!
6 inches if you are lucky.
No effing way it averages 6" per year there, look how dry it is. More like half of that
@BrownBomber92181 spoken like someone who has never been to Arizona. Its literally raining today.
They'd better be packing heat and have a good surveillance system with guard dogs if they're going to try this
True. Now with millions of illegals roaming around, I don’t think it good idea to live isolated like that in the US anymore.
@@Pencil-o1p It's the home grown junkies they'll have to worry about, but they're not illegal so they don't count.
And than an inspector comes and tells them this is illegal. 😂
Shut up hater
You will love Alaska!
Raised there. Loved it! I was privileged to some things NOT many people experience!
This is what living in Nevada will make you do.
😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not me I live in Henderson Nevada I love it but too each it's own
"Being self-sufficient with food..." Look at that place. You tell me: what exactly are they going to grow there?
Many similar videos and it's always the same... store tags still on the fruit trees. In the ground less than a week. And you never ever see a follow up video. The house lasts longer, but most people get tired of it and move on. And for couples... virtually none make it. Looks great on social media. Lot's of people love the fantasy.
Probably pot plants
They got scammed from watching videos online. Lots of money wasted. In 5 years or less it will be another abandoned building in the desert.
Rattlesnakes and scorpions I guess.
its a fad, same thing happening in my area small town and people with money buying up the land to build a get awaythen you see it for a stupid price for sale in a year or 2 hahaha
Sold my Vegas home 2.5 years ago at the top of the market and moved 100 miles west. No regrets. City dwellers will have their challenges in the coming years as the system crashes down.
2.5 years so you're still in the phase of hoping for world collapse in order to look like a genius. It's a common belief and for centuries people have hoped for the world to end around them while they'd do well. There's even a term for it, "Crab mentality". Seems an unhappy way to go thru life.
I love this story but there is no way I would let the internet know where I live, even generally.
I mean the fact that you have commented on multiple Las Vegas news stories signals to the internet that you probably live in Las Vegas. So you have indeed told the public generally where you live....
@@eeayquetting5963 HA! Nice try. But have fun.
That's not off-grid. That's the retirement plan, commuting an hour still working and he ain't going to grow much on that property
No power or water that is off grid
Good for u guys! I love it ❤
This is a real man. I lived off grid with much less for 1 year with more primitive water engineering. This is a real ranch. This Man and Wife are Amazin'! I wish them well.
wife and i bought 2.27 acres in NE Nevada.. going off grid next April.. property tax? $47 a year! putting a shed and 2 RV's on it.. 20 min. from nearest town with everything we need.. paradise.. cant wait!
I live in north central nevada……would never consider anywhere else
Till you cant get water delivered because the companies go out of business from restrictions placed on local wells. Then your RVs will be abandoned just like all the others you see out in the desert.
@@billping2633 plenty of water everywhere in nevada, except the Vegas region which I don’t consider nevada
She gonna leave after 4 months. She's think she gonna be some big time influencer doing this haha
They will be back in a year or so. The off grid stuff isn’t all it is built up to be. Everything you do now that you take for granted is more difficult to do.
Plays very well on social media.
@@waterbug1135Especially the fact that these so-called content creators, many of these types are basically handymen cause you must end up becoming one at the end for this type of endeavors, so they film hours, days and weeks of footage but then edit everything to 5 mins or so of for Insta, RUclips Short fame making people ignore all the rest, especially the boring, hard, tiresome, difficult process and parts 🥴
yup few people can actually do it and they look like they are doing it for the trend.
Definitely not worth the commute. And their still living in hot weather with nothing around. Even worse.
The difference is they don't have to commute, if they don't have a mortgage lol
I know many people who live "in the city" with 60-90 minute commutes one way.
Cute couple, good luck!
I like it!
I love them!
In 5 years it will just be another abandoned place in the desert with bullet holes. They are delusional
People think they like isolation and living off grid but give it a few months you will appreciate living on grid
Doesn't mean you have no contact with the outside world..Let me guess you think the meaning of life is to buy more Amazon
I've been off grid in North East Arizona since 1997. My kids grew up here and now my grandkids are growing up here.
God bless you 2! Make sure to have plenty ammo and love. Awesome.
Brown acres is the place to be
Harsh living is the life for me
Sand spreading out so far and wide
Keep Las Vegas, just give me that dried out life
Haha
If you're commuting to your job in Las Vegas, you aren't self-sufficient.
Agreed
Just isolated is all
In 10 years it will be another abandoned property in the middle of nowhere, covered with graffiti, where photographers bring their models for nude photo shoots. See ya in ten!
10 is generous. They have already survived longer than most, so credit there. Driving to LV every work day is no doubt making this possible. Almost 1/2 their waking hours are off property. If they get to the point of quitting their jobs is when reality comes.
If anything ever happens to that woman's it was her husband. Idk why he would mention his friends statements of killing their wives but it definitely turned this segment from cute to a bit, concerning.. can we get frequent wellness checks for her.
Agreed
He won't do that then. Who would do the work for him?
What?
Please.
I've lived in a rv for the past 14 months with my wife and 4 dogs while we build. Let me just say.... I understand.
He was just goofing. It's called sarcasm
Growing tthier own food?? NOPE.
Even if they could...which is impossible beyond prickly pear, basil, rashes and some leafy greens for maybe 2 months of the year...but even if a variety of vegetables could be grown...and she said she'd be fine just living on vegetable which she didn't appear to be doing so far... that get's old. I think most people think a garden is like the grocery store. Go into the garden everyday and pick the foods you feel like. Nah. When the tomatoes are ripe you're eating tomatoes at every meal for weeks. Green beans, cantaloupe, corn and everything else all go ripe at the same time. So then you're canning and freezing. Most of that isn't pleasant to eat. Getting good quality canning and freezing is hard.
@@waterbug1135 I live in the Mojave and do grow some veggies, but no way could you be "self sufficient" out here... Even for the stuff I have, you need raised beds, drip irrigation, and compost every year etc etc.. Even a small farm would be difficult to manage on just rainwater catchment....
@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 you need to drill a deep well and a lot of solar to run everything. a couple isn't going to deal with this and the lady seems like she is in it for the trend.
@@Ap_twsh She said they were planning to sell this, once a couple more houses were built here, do the same thing in Tennessee, and then Alaska. Her hubby is a developer. Did you not see the entire video? They are certainly not there for the long haul.
Depends how far out it is away from civilization, seen many homes like this get abandoned and ramshackled in California because of the very remote location. You can't leave these kinds of places unattended in such remote areas.
Correct. These are hobby homesteads. The fun is in the dreaming and building. I did it. Great fun. Living there after everything is built... boring AF.
yup might have to forcefully evict squatters. That ain't fun.
People should understand what they’re building there is actually very expensive. The house, the finishes, the solar panels, the water well, etc. They still driving to Vegas for 1 hour, the gas cost would be insane. Where self-sufficiency is? 😂
The guy even claims that he can't just drive to home depot to get stuff for the house but he literally drives to the city everyday? Lmao what a clown
No mortgage. Basically no property tax. No debt. No Utility bills and you’re bitching about buying gas ?
@@Trashman702 Valid point. I live in Phoenix and many people who live "in the city" have a 60-90 minute drive to work one way.
Building in the boonies can be reasonable. I do assume their cheap prop tax is for the land and will increase when the house is completed. I pay $1660/yr in Phoenix, but I get a lot for that money. In the boonies their tax might only be $300-500 for the house but get almost no services. To me that's expensive.
The biggest expense they'll have is when they throw in the towel. It will start with 1 in the couple not liking this life. So there's maybe a year of relationship crap. They're doing really well so far. Living in a trailer, building, not many couples survive that. Divorce risk is super high. And then the abandonment of the property entirely. So to me the total cost amortized over maybe 1 or 2 years of actually living in a house is extremely high. Selling that property will not be easy and the $300-500 prop tax continues. Once abandoned the trashing begins.
Maybe they pull it off. Ever see a video of a couple who have lived like this in the a US desert for more than 5 years? I haven't. There are a few single men living like this for years, but no couples I see online. Assume there are some, but the risk seems high.
Update: The government got mad and took their land..
Pay cash…..was my parents lifelong motto and they lived a very happy fulfilling life
I envy both of them.
Not me...that looks post apocalyptic.
I did that three years ago. I have to go back to Las Vegas for doctors appointments but I don't hear the cars on the freeways or have to drive on them too.
I can imagine VERY Satisfying. NOT an easy life. Usually for the young and very fit. Great story. Best of luck!
Live off grid then consume 20 gallons of gasoline every single day to get to work! That's not living off grid.
sizable amount (and $$) , for the equipment room.
Great kids,nothing like being " debt" free! You worked so hard, you deserved it all. God Bless ❤ you! Maybe Grandma will get to visit before I cross- over to the other side 😂.
Alaska would be a dream . I can see then getting to Alaska.
I love the desert
Well… At one time everyone lived off grid. Probably a reason no one does anymore.
I hope you never get pulled over by the Arizona PD. They are animals protect your buetiful wife brother!
Beautiful scenery ❤️❤️❤️
$50,000 for that dirt patch, No way.
yup these city dweller arent too bright, AZ land ain't worth 50k
I'm happy for you both.i have a couple tips on gardening in the desert.i was watching a RUclips channel of this man in a wheelchair.he use to travel the world and researched deserts gardens.he said he never rototilled the soil it destroys it.he made a pitchfork with 2 ft long machetes on it.he punches down with the pitch fork and rocks it back and forth loosening the soil.he also puts charcoal down in the soil it holds moisture to water the plants.he uses wood ash on top of the soil to keep ants off the plants.he also plants meen trees .the seeds are a natural bug repellent.
You think you're using that washing machine and dryer on solar panels and using other electronics?😂😂
$30-50k solar system could do it. They do have the sun. Just a question of how much you want to spend. Here in central Phoenix I spend about $700/yr on electric, full electric home. If instead of buying $40k solar I invested that money I'd earn $2000/yr @ 5%. Solar is expensive power compared to grid.
I run the same appliances on solar all day long with no issues. I spent $5000 dollars on the complete system and live full-time off-grid, retired. Easy peasy😊
Say what? Growing fruit trees in the desert? Where are they getting all that water?
Water can be gotten. Apparently they're driving to LV a lot so they can transport water back. The heat is the problem. Impossible to survive. Note the plants in the video were all newly planted.
300+days of sun. No hurricanes. No tornadoes. No earthquakes. No fires. No crazy storms. Just heat and plenty of it.
Theft and vandalism would be my biggest worry 🤔
Good luck to ya!
If I was younger I would love to do the same but now 73 with medical issues, good luck to them 🙏♥️🙏♥️
I don’t see how the couple can live off grid in Arizona. It hardly rains there. Weather is too hot. The soil is also bad. So they can’t really plant anything there naturally.
Self-sufficiency isn’t easy as people may think. It’s tremendous work. If you weren’t raised with it, it will take a big toil on you.
It is possible. Around the world there are many places where people have lived like this for centuries. I live in Phoenix and I'm learning to live without AC. Americans have a choice so the question is would a person want to live like this for life? I do it just to see what it would be like. I have no plan to do it for life.
The soil isn't really the issue, or even water. It's the heat. Vegetable plants just can't take up water fast enough and cells aren't protected enough so they cook, plant declines and dies. Prickly pear can be grown, basil maybe. Fast grow things like some leafy greens and rashes for a couple months, so maybe a week of actual harvest. Not enough to survive on imo even if you had to.
You make it sound so basic haha. My daughter sold her home in socal at peak for a pretty penny, bought a prop in AZ, raised chickens, goats, etc. Produces cheese. Has bees, and also does honey. She lives in a 12x44 tinyhouse on hd axles and a 5th wheel based trailer. Similar to indigo river tinyhouses. It goes under an rv port of her shop building. Which houses a lift, her old music car, a new muscle car, her lc79 landcruiser which is a 2006 with a 1hz diesel motor...she has a 2022 daihatsu hijet she imported as her micro rig instead of an atv. She has a F550 reg cab shorty, diesel. A '12 tacoma with a 5.3L v8 LS swap. she builds, welds, does what she wants. She smiths her own stuff too.
Lastly she works at nearby hospital, shes a nurse. To much cookie cutter housing and to many restrictions for housing. To expensive too. Good for folks getting out of the rat race and also out of conventional over priced housing.
Happy for you guys, good luck
Beautiful couple
I'll buy it!!! The main thing he is missing is dirtbikes man!!! If your going to be outdoors embrace it.. dirtbikes, guns, off road cars.. he ain't living the way I would .but that's ok because it's his life..but I would have dirt bikes side by side cars and more
That is so sweet. You both have more courage in your pinkies than I ever would. The first thing I thought of was snakes. Then I thought of crazy people. Lol! I'm behind you 100%, but I will be back in Las Vegas!❤
Courage? To run from civilatazion and live on a dirt farm alone? That’s not courage, that’s paranoia.
Rattlesnakes out there, ssssssss
No Step On Snek 🐍
What aggravates me about being on the grid is that I went to my friends for a couple of months from my house and didn’t use any gas or water, yet those two companies charged me a minimum service fee of $75 for using NOTHING.
❤ Great job you did that...
Interesting project. I hope it works for them. During our travels over the years, we saw enough of the country to know that there’s no place can hold a candle to where we already were… the Northwest high country of Wyoming…. population density 2 per square mile… 4 seasons… gun friendly…. privacy friendly… freedom friendly… trees… wildlife… no spiders, scorpions or California carpetbaggers. No need for air conditioning.
Good for you. Freedom friendly? Put a Harris bumper sticker on your truck. Invite all your neighbors to a flag burning party and see how much freedom you have. You think you have freedom because everyone around you looks, acts and thinks like you. That's comfortable, but isn't freedom. Conversative areas have this constant push into your personal life trying to control how you pray, what you do in your bedroom, etc... You agree with all those intrusions so you don't see it as other people telling you how to live. You call that freedom. OK, whatever. Just don't ever step out of line. Dick and Liz Cheney sure are feeling that form of "freedom".
Get it guys! Love it
Will those solar panels be enough in summer, specially for the AC?
Oh the peace.......😊❤.
Love this ❤
1% self sufficient, 99% more to go !
An acre is now 50k? For what?
That gun couple from Tremors lol 😆
Off grid within sight of an interstate and a windfarm. Ok then.
Do what makes you happy! 👍🏾
I notice when I'm down south the overhang of the roof keeps the windows in the shade... I didn't see this with this house. It keeps the mid-day sun out of the house (while the blinds are down) and takes less energy to cool the place. I think we need to be better job building for the environment.
I love it!
Excellent idea imo, i believe that space will be extremely valueable now and even more in the future. Companies will want that land soon if not latrr on
Good for them.
$50k an acre? I don't know how many acres Richard and Karimah bought, but add all their building costs and power and water and this is no low budget undertaking. He is a small time home builder who hopes to cash out in a few years, go to Tennessee and do it again, and then finally build his off grid dream home in Alaska. Alaska is littered with these kinds of crashed dreams, its a harsher and more unforgiving environment than Whitehills AZ.
This is the dream
They will last two years tops!!!!
@@randyg.7940 not really i know people.living this way already for over 10 years. If you really want it you will achieve it.
Sorry, you're not " self sufficient " if you're spending 2hrs a day in a vehicle and burning the necessary fuel to do so. People are used to ignoring the time and cost of all that driving.
How much money do they have another home move 2 Tennessee
Hopefully they have their permits or they gonna get hit by the County eventually.
Is there quality of life better is the question. We simply assume life in cities is better. In Australia scientists took a group of aborigines who were having all kinds of health issues since moving into the city and had them go back to living off the land. After 6 months there health issues cleared up completely or go better. Change in environment and diet.
They are only about 30min south of Las Vegas , for those that don’t know .
Both my Mom and me and my family, left Vegas in the last few years. My mom is living off grid in AZ, and my family moved to the sticks in NC. We are all ranching now.
Vegas became unlivable for my family. Crime, drugs, high prices.
Good for them
Thats beautiful! 900 Sq Ft isn’t bad accommodations for a couple
Awesome
Las Vegas sucks it’s not exactly what people make it out to be.
Reminds me of the song, green acres with zsa zsa Gabor! 🤔👍✌️😘
Look into Anker for backup to your electric. You will be blown away by the price
Will go live off grid in Nevada. We have enough people here in Arizona we don't need some more coming over here to ruin our state more.
True Independent Americans. God Bless
Independent? That's the current bar? Driving to LV to work is independent now?
@@waterbug1135 someone is mad, you can drive from anywhere these days... And I respect your freedom of speech...
Alaska is a reallly good idea, we get pfds for each person including children in the household, the more ppl in your house the more the pfd money stacks up, plus if you do it somewhere down chena hotsprings rd just out of town you can live just as you are out in the desert, but the winters are long and harsh
Who cares honestly? Not even an accurate or truthful story, nothing self sufficient about what there doing
Right on
"I love it!" umm give it a year and report back
3:20 “Funny” now Foreshadowing later!
How do they survive the heat
I do love the view. But commuting 1 hr to work is not self-sufficient. You are just living in a cheap house.😂
Great view. But 24/7/365?
Now you need about 5-10 more to build houses around that one and you can become a town and be eligible for state and federal aid. It would be like winning the lottery!
Ill do it everyday. I live in fl and drive a hr to work. I wont trade my living for nothing. I drive to close to ft lauderdale which is city and drive to the country with my donkeys and my farm animals 😊
They are gonna be bummed when i move in next door for 50K and a septic tank. Actually a cool story and wish them all the best.