Scott Rawlings and his wife ditched the nine-to-five grind and sold their family home in Yorkshire using the profit to buy land in South America
A dad says he and his wife ditched the nine-to-five grind and flogged their family home - to bring their toddler up miles from civilisation in a DIY 'off-grid' cabin in the wilderness in Chile. Incredible aerial photos show the remote cabin surrounded by endless forest that Scott Rawlings built after quitting his 50-hour weeks as a quarry firm assistant manager.
Dad-of-one Scott says he was inspired to live off-grid after travelling the globe for six years in his early twenties and finding it hard to settle back into the UK working lifestyle. He used the £50,000 profit from selling their house to buy the land and build their new home in Chile but hopes to start making and selling furniture to earn money to support his family - as their costs still total £400 per month.
"It seemed like a waste of life. I don't want to sound rude but it just seemed like a waste of time and life to me. By the time we paid our mortgage and our bills we literally were just looking at your payslip thinking what is the point. "For me the concept of living off-grid is not paying for your utilities and having no mains, water or electrics into your house. So, for me I am living off-grid.
"We obviously struggle a bit when it's cloudy though. Our shower uses water from a tank located at the top of our property, fed by gravity and then it has a little boiler with a gas bottle to hear the water up.
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