What’s the worst thing you can do to a teenager? Right. Take away their internet access. The prospect of living with the family in a Tiny House without connections and therefore without WiFi will spark many a teenager in screaming and pounding protest. The Internet has become a basic necessity of life. Are there any […]
Water – soft as velvet
In my Tiny House I only use the rainwater that falls on my roof — as long as it rains, that is. During long dry spells such as we’re experiencing right now, I fall back on jerry cans that I fill at my friends’ homes. I have lived this way for almost four years and […]
Under the sheep’s wool duvet
As you know, I live off-grid in my Tiny House, without connections to the electricity grid, water supply and sewerage system. I don’t even have Wifi ;) I have written about how I organized it many times; you can read about it all in my blogs. But the subject of heating in wintertime is still […]
Safety first
Every year I have my chimney cleaned and my fire extinguisher tested. I also disinfect my water tank and water pipe once a year. But my gas installation? I had never checked it since I came to live in my house, now more than three years ago. So, it was about time! In fact, you […]
Water, the big picture
Although we’ve barely had any winter so far, I’m already longing for spring. Even more so now that I’m lacking running water because my water pipe has been frozen solid for a week. Showering isn’t a big problem; I just take a shower at a friend’s every now and then. But having to use a […]
What’s going on with…
It’s been a while since I’ve written about life in my Tiny House, or what’s going on with my animals. At some point you’ve covered just about everything, life goes on and things become ‘normal’. For me, that is; for you it’s not and I tend to forget that. You might like to read about […]
Simple living = more free time?
Some people seem to think that you have plenty of free time when you live in a Tiny House, and that it’s easy and simple. That’s what I thought too! But actually, living off-grid isn’t that easy. It means you have to spend more time organizing and maintaining basic utilities compared to a regular house. […]
(Water)saving angels
In the meantime, three Tiny Houses are already placed at our little piece of paradise in Alkmaar. It’s a lot of fun! Three houses that are each inhabited by one person. We are living off-grid so aren’t connected to any public utilities. Marloes arrived in late March and Marja in late April. We haven’t had […]
Click on, click off
The winter is over, last weekend was a delight! Saturday was the warmest April 7th since we’ve started recording the temperature. We’re breaking more and more temperature records lately; you would think there’s climate change going on…But I remember the winter, and especially the Siberian Bear, still very well. It brought along an annoying problem… […]
Preparation is key
It seems that we are going to have a real winter in the Netherlands after all. A stream of cold air will be creating temperatures below -10 degrees Celsius, from this weekend onwards. This ice cold air from Siberia is being called the Russian Bear. During the daytime, the temperatures won’t even get above freezing point. […]