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What can this land actually support? Find out before you buy it.
Enter any US or Canadian parcel and get its free Off-Grid Score in about a minute: water, legal, energy, hazard, food, and buildability, read from the records at the exact coordinates, not from the listing. The $79 Property Report then shows the data behind every number, what the land will cost to develop, and what to confirm before you commit.
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The six readings
weighted, 100 pointsWater 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: 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 Property Report
Deal-breakers identified and explained in plain language
Well, septic, solar, road, and 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
Re-open or re-download the report any time
How it works
- Enter the address or coordinates. We read the parcel: rainfall, wells, sun, soil, slope, flood and wildfire maps, road access, zoning authority. About a minute.
- The free Off-Grid Score arrives on screen and in your inbox: the 0-100 number, what it means, and how many risk flags were found.
- If the parcel is worth a closer look, unlock the Property Report for that parcel. Permanent link, PDF included.
Bought the report and then bought the land? The Homestead Plan for that parcel is $49 instead of $99.
The score is a screening tool, not a substitute for a site visit, a test well, or a survey. How the readings are weighted and where the data comes from is on How It Works.