Up North and Off Grid

The first general step towards building any kind of off-grid place anywhere, is to set out the goals you want to achieve, and formulate why you want to achieve them, and the difficulties and challenges you anticipate in how to achieve them. It is important to identify potential issues early on so you can plan to tackle them in time (and budget for them appropriately). You will have to make concessions at some point, and that's ok - just make sure you anticipate these in advance.  

 ... there was an idea. The idea to build a modern, comfortable, family home - off grid, in Finland. It took many years developing this idea into something that was realistically possible. Technological advancements have recently reached the point where it is, and in a cost effective way.