I live in America and have no running water (I collect rainwater for the garden and haul water 20 miles from a well in town). I am not hooked up to the electrical grid either. I have a battery bank and a generator. Later this year I will upgrade from a generator to solar panels. I also do not hook up to any sewer or septic system. We (gasp!) don't even have indoor plumbing! We have an outhouse that we use. We have our cellphones for internet and phone, but that is the only 'grid' service we use.
Are you worried someone from local council may come along and tell you it is illegal?
What you sound like is very much like a lot of rural Australia. Most of those people have very, very large properties and, well dunno if they consider themselves middle class but they are well off in terms of property at least.
No, where I live (Interior Alaska) my situation is fairly common. Our long term plan is to get a well after we get our solar set up installed. That might be 2-3 years down the road, but we're comfortable enough without it for now.
I live in America and have no running water (I collect rainwater for the garden and haul water 20 miles from a well in town). I am not hooked up to the electrical grid either. I have a battery bank and a generator. Later this year I will upgrade from a generator to solar panels. I also do not hook up to any sewer or septic system. We (gasp!) don't even have indoor plumbing! We have an outhouse that we use. We have our cellphones for internet and phone, but that is the only 'grid' service we use.
Also, we consider ourselves solidly middle class.
Are you worried someone from local council may come along and tell you it is illegal?
What you sound like is very much like a lot of rural Australia. Most of those people have very, very large properties and, well dunno if they consider themselves middle class but they are well off in terms of property at least.
No, where I live (Interior Alaska) my situation is fairly common. Our long term plan is to get a well after we get our solar set up installed. That might be 2-3 years down the road, but we're comfortable enough without it for now.