Moving from Suburbia to Off-Grid Country

As my husband and I work towards self-sufficiency, going off-grid, we are now looking for a min of 5 acres albeit preferred acreage for 10+
Currently in NH and while we are looking within the state, we have ventured looking into ME, as we lived there the first year we were married, 45 yrs ago.
We have found a few options, but since the market is competitive where what we find can be quickly swept up, we are keeping our eyes opened.

Looking to move to a healthy community, where like-minded individuals desire to work together when necessary, yet where one can live independently with respected privacy, while we can further enjoy our homesteading skills and desires. We currently live on a 1/4 acre lot, where we have chickens, gardens, herbs, fruit & berries, etc.

Other skills: sewing (ran a seamstress business for over 20 years), accounting/budgeting (16 yr accountant), 10 years studying herbalism in a method to heal with nature (teas, tinctures, soaps, lotions, etc), albeit will see a MD when medically necessary (there can be a balance if there is mutual respect with their acceptance of our living a healthy lifestyle), Food prep and preserving, and always learning more gardening skills and using every piece of available land to grow. Recently started learning to weave rugs while repurposing materials. I do currently have a YT channel, but I find myself at times so busy with "life" it can be a few days to post.

My husband is a woodworker/craftsman (built our chicken coop, shed, deck, lean to, inside cabinetry work and converted a gazebo fallen by a tree...took the pieces and supported with a wood structure, to create a green house, etc. We have both worked in woodworking when we were first engaged and into our first few years of marriage, where he went from wood working, to machine set-up, and now working as a machine operator.

We do a lot of repurposing, with the goals to extend the life of natural fibers and resources. We are empty nesters, living our current lives working and learning together to enhance our current stage in life. We are DIY's and are old fashioned, hard working, down-to-earth Christians.

~ Laura

Welcome to the forum!  

Are you looking for raw land or something with a house.

If you are looking for a house looking into fixer uppers might help open that market up for you.

Anne, we prefer acreage with a home, a fixer upper is fine, more so if it does not need major repairs, allowing us to move in.
We can paint, fix & repair most things, but if it needs extensive work such as a sill for structure & stability, it might be more than we are willing to take on.
We are in our mid-60's, still able to get things done, but a little slower than we were when we were in our 20's, yet others have shared we get more done than they would expect.

Welcome to permies, May God bless your search for the right piece of land for you and husband to grow and thrive on.  You have some really great skills.

Welcome to permies!
   

A friend's comment when we did this some years ago "You'll be too busy to get any spinning done and you'll become an expert on animal print and poo identification"  And what do you  know, she was right  (not about the spinning though).   Go for it, you won't look back

LOL yes, there is much to learn when you move out beyond. We used to camp and hike, and although we are outdoor type people, I am finding I learn so much. Even in our current place, as a result of making our yard more eco-friendly than other neighbors, we find all sorts of life in our little oasis. But, we are sincerely ready to move.