I'm moving to a shack, with no power, on top of a mountain!

**Steam** · 27th July 2008, 19:25

I'm moving to a shack on top of a mountain!
It has no electricity, no phone and it is currently covered in snow...
but it has a huge log-burner, an endless supply of firewood, and the rent is tiny.
It has a gorgeous view out to the sea, huge windows to the north, and plenty of room out the front of the shack for installing a wood-heated spa tub thing for naked drunken frolicking.

Rocking!

It is an old shearers quarters out the back of a friend's farm, he said I should move in and save on rent and stop the place from falling down. Nobody has lived there for about 20 years so it's full of rat shit, straw, and farming implements. Oh, and the old longdrop toilet has fallen down, I have to build a new one. I've got a bit of work ahead of me!

It will mean an end to my posting on Kiwibiker, but oh well, that's a small price to pay for such an awesome place to live. And only 7km from the city, so it's still just a quick commute to work.
It will remain without power or phone, as it's about 2km from the nearest power-lines, but I do get cell-phone reception out there. I think I will be using a lot of candles! or Tilley lamps.

The semi-knobbly tyres will go back on the bike, as there's a muddy 300m track to ride up the hill to get to the shack.

Fun eh!

EDIT: I have added these photos

**JimO** · 27th July 2008, 19:39

Flagstaff, Mt Cargill??

**megageoff76** · 27th July 2008, 19:39

Living the Hillbilly dream eh.

You'll have to change your username to Pa Rug.

**Grub** · 27th July 2008, 19:40

That sounds amazing fun. If you have a laptop, they run on only 12 or 9 volts. You can get a vodem card which runs on the 3G cell network.

Think of the possiblilities ... I'm already scheming about how you could have a little wind turbine and a bank of old truck batteries. Also, for water you can have an awesome hot water system by throwing a coil of black alkathene pipe (all farms have them) on the northern side of a slope. Add a non-return valve and the thing will produce a hell of a lot of warm-hot(ish) water into an old hot water cyclinder or similar. Anything that's well insulated from heat loss will do. Even better if you can cover the alkathene with a clear topped box with a bit of silver buiding paper in the bottom - that would build some serious heat inside.

Then it gets better, you can dress in cammo, play a banjo and become a US-styled survivalist shooting at the city folks who try to come into your teritry.

**tri boy** · 27th July 2008, 20:07

Where theres rat shit, there is rats.
Busted shit house, drafty old shed, no power. He should be paying you.

Lets start a poll about how many weeks you last.
I say 5.

**Headbanger** · 27th July 2008, 20:10

Those rats are going to kill and eat you.

I bet 3 nights.

If you last 5 weeks I'll send you a 20.

**Ocean1** · 27th July 2008, 20:21

Onya mate.

Everyone should have to live like that for a while, rectifies the humours amazingly...

**scumdog** · 27th July 2008, 20:21

Freakin' hippy - you'll love it.

**scracha** · 27th July 2008, 20:23

Don't envy ya mate. We've just had the power reconnected about 20 minutes ago after the weather bomb thing.

Hell, it was frightning.
No telly
No internet
We had to talk to each other