Things we think about differently today: Do we really need a dishwasher in Baja?

The more concrete our plans for our plot of land and our future home become, the more we start to think about things we probably would never have thought about before. In Austria, many things were taken for granted. Water came from the tap, sewage went down the sewer, waste was separated and collected, and with household appliances, it usually only involved the … Read more

Living off-grid – or: How do you actually build a home in the middle of nowhere?

Anyone who has ever seen our property on a map will usually quickly ask the same question: „Wait a minute… there’s really nothing there?“ And that’s exactly what it is. From the last paved road, it’s still about ten kilometers over a sand path to our property. For many people, that would probably be a nightmare. For us, it’s… Read more