Can you actually live off-grid here?
Find out whether a parcel can actually support an off-grid or homestead life, before you sink money into it.
- A 0-100 off-grid score. Any US or Canadian parcel, across 6 factors: water, legal, energy, hazard, food, and buildability.
- Free, results in about a minute. The score lands in your inbox.
- Built on the records, not the listing. FEMA flood maps, USGS, USDA soil and hardiness, and NLR-PVWatts solar.
- For off-gridders and homesteaders. Full independence or a working homestead, the score speaks to both.
Screening Dimensions
6 weighted factorsWater access and legal restrictions are the biggest deal-breakers, because no amount of effort fixes a parcel you cannot get water to or cannot legally live on. That is why they carry the most weight. Energy, hazard, food, and buildability then decide whether the land can support the life you want: enough sun to run solar, low enough flood and wildfire risk to sleep easy, soil and a growing season for a garden, and ground you can actually build on.
Water Access & Rights
25%Can you get water here? Rainfall, aquifer, well depth, and water rights.
Legal & Access
20%Can you legally live off-grid? Zoning, permits, road access, and restrictions.
Energy Potential
15%Can you run solar? Peak sun hours, system sizing, and cost estimates.
Natural Hazard Risk
15%What could go wrong? Flood zones, wildfire, seismic, and storm risk.
Food Production
15%Can you grow food? Hardiness zone, growing season, soil type, and rainfall.
Buildability
10%Can you build here? Slope, drainage, septic feasibility, and foundation.
Water Access & Rights
25%Can you get water here? Rainfall, aquifer, well depth, and water rights.
Legal & Access
20%Can you legally live off-grid? Zoning, permits, road access, and restrictions.
Energy Potential
15%Can you run solar? Peak sun hours, system sizing, and cost estimates.
Natural Hazard Risk
15%What could go wrong? Flood zones, wildfire, seismic, and storm risk.
Food Production
15%Can you grow food? Hardiness zone, growing season, soil type, and rainfall.
Buildability
10%Can you build here? Slope, drainage, septic feasibility, and foundation.
Walk into the deal knowing exactly what it takes: full development cost estimates for well, septic, solar, road, and clearing, plain-language explanations of every risk flag, and a before-you-buy checklist tailored to this exact parcel.
At $79 the report costs less than a single soil test, and it covers the ground a preliminary site assessment would: what the land can support, what it will cost to develop, and which problems to confirm before you commit. On a five-figure or six-figure land purchase, that is a small price to catch a deal-breaker early.
What's in the full report
Deal-breakers identified and explained in plain language
Well, septic, solar, clearing, budgeted with local rates
See where the property is strong and where it falls short
Prioritized steps specific to this property
What to verify on-site and what to do before you buy, tailored to your parcel