Can you actually live off-grid here?
Screen land before you buy it. Get a step-by-step build plan for the land you own. Learn what matters before you commit. Everything from your first question to a working homestead.
Get the parcel's 0-100 off-grid score, free. Water, legal, energy, hazard, food, buildability. Results in about a minute, and in your inbox.
Starting is free, for any US or Canadian parcel. The $79 Property Report adds the costs, the risk flags, and the checklist, if you want it.
What do I build, in what order, and what will it cost? The Homestead Plan reads your land from public maps (the aerial, tree cover, water, the parcel line) and sizes solar, water, garden, septic, heat, and buildings from your parcel's own data, then orders the build.
Start with the data, then the laws, then the checklist. Everything we publish is written from the same government records the tools read.
What we read about the land
the same six, for every score and planEvery Off-Grid Score, Property Report, and Homestead Plan starts from six readings of the parcel itself, taken from FEMA, USGS, USDA, and NLR records at the exact coordinates. Water and legal weigh the most because no amount of effort fixes land you cannot get water to or cannot legally live 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.
How each reading is weighted and where it comes from: How It Works →
Property Report
After the free Off-Grid Score, the full picture of one parcel: what the land can support, what it will cost to develop, and what to confirm before you commit.
Deal-breakers identified and explained in plain language
Well, septic, solar, road, and clearing, budgeted with local rates
Where the property is strong and where it falls short
What to verify on-site for this exact parcel, in priority order
Starting is free: the Off-Grid Score for any US or Canadian parcel. The $79 Property Report adds the costs, the risk flags, and the checklist.
Homestead Plan
A step-by-step build plan for your exact property: what to build, in what order, and what it will cost, sized from the parcel's own data rather than a national rule of thumb.
Array kW, battery kWh, inverter, generator, sized for the darkest month
Daily use, roof catchment against 30 years of rainfall, the well question answered
Growing area by season and soil, carrying capacity, drainfield screening, cords of firewood
What comes first and why, phase by phase, with cost bands that sum to the total
The aerial, tree cover, the ground's rise and fall, streams, and the county parcel line; you place the house on it
Starting is free: you see the shape of your plan before you pay. The $99 Homestead Plan sizes every system and orders the build. $49 if you already bought this parcel's Property Report.