Building vs Living: Our Off-Grid Dream Home (7 Weeks vs 9 Months)

Описание: Seven weeks into building our off-grid home in the Philippines, we were full of optimism.

Fast-forward to now… we’ve been living here for nine months in our $84k dream home — through storms, flooding, heat, earthquakes and everything in between.

In this video we go right back to the very first Grounded Nomads upload from December 2024 — a video that now has over 160,000 views — and break it down chunk by chunk to compare:

• What we thought during the build
• What surprised us once we moved in
• What worked better than expected
• And what we’d design differently if we were doing it again

This isn’t a disaster story — it’s an honest look at what it’s really like going from plans on paper to living full-time in an off-grid house in Bohol, Philippines.

If you’re researching building abroad, sustainable housing, off-grid systems, or relocating to the Philippines — this video should save you a lot of guesswork.

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