20 photos of off-grid homes that will make you want to move to the middle of nowhere

According to a previous article by Business Insider, Johannesburg-based designer Frankie Pappas designed the home to blend in with the natural surroundings, making it virtually invisible beneath the tree canopy.

Some parts of the home, which is officially called the House of the Big Arch, measure just 11 feet wide, giving the house a narrow appearance.

Other features include a wine cellar, multiple courtyards, and an above-ground pool.

According to Business Insider, the pod is fitted with solar panels, a wind turbine, and a rechargeable battery should either of the sustainable energy options fail.

The pod is able to collect water that lands on its surface and filter it for drinking and bathing water. A bed, small working and dining space, shower, and kitchenette fit inside the Ecocapsule.

The Ecocapsule starts at €79,900, or around $106,648, and can be purchased from Ecocapsule's website.

The home, which is part of a community of other "Earthships," is made from recycled bottles, cans, and old tires, and is completely autonomous.

Inside the home are two bedrooms, three bathrooms, and plenty of windows to gaze out at the surrounding desert and night sky.

In addition to the greenhouse and food garden, the Earthship allows guests access to an outdoor fire pit, fish pond, and modern amenities like WiFi and Netflix, which are powered by solar energy.

The home is currently available to rent on Airbnb for $245 per night.

The structure is completely sustainable and autonomous, according to the Low Carbon Trust. Powered by solar energy and water harvesting, the Earthship is able to cool and heat itself.

Work on the Earthship began in April 2003 and was finished in 2007. As of 2013, 20,000 visitors had been to visit Earthship Brighton.

According to The Independent, the home is completely off-grid and runs solely on solar energy, wind, and rainfall.

One of the most unique parts of the Normandy Earthship is that it's buried halfway underground.

However, as The Independent explains, this can make the air inside the Earthship feel quite damp. However, since the Earthship includes a wood-burning stove, this is a quick hack to dry the air out.

The sustainable home also has access to a garden and a nearby grocery store, a butcher shop, and a boulangerie.

The sustainable home is located on Sandhorney Island, which is found in northern Norway. The dome measures about 24 feet high and is made up of 360 glass panels.

Ingrid and Benjamin Hjertefolger began the project in 2012 and moved in with their four children a year and a half later, according to Barcroft Planet.

"The dome is made out of toughened glass and aluminum. It provides shelter from the Arctic Circle, it gives us a longer and warmer growing season for our fruit and vegetable garden and it allows us to use less energy to heat our house," Benjamin Hjertefolger told Barcroft Planet.

Ingrid Hjertefolger says their children even helped build the walls of their own rooms.

"They love the house and they say that they never want to move, they want to grow old here with us," she told Barcroft Planet.

Harbour told Barcroft he built the eco-friendly home from scratch after stumbling across an 18.5-acre plot of land in South Wales on eBay. After selling his two properties and quitting his job, he moved into the home.

"There is some foam installation that isn't natural in the roof. Then just things like screws, some pipes and fittings and things like that," Kris Harbour told Barcroft. "Everything else is wood, sand, clay, straw and that's it."

Harbour used a combination of found and gifted items, including old windows and a glass fridge door acting as a larger window, to complete the home.

The engineer also says that with minimal maintenance the house should last up to 20 years, and even longer with more work on the home.

• Read more:
• Here's what living in a tiny house is really like, according to people who traded their homes for minimalism
• What life is like for people living in off-grid, sustainable homes called Earthships — and why lockdowns have created a wave of interest in the lifestyle
• You and your friends could spend the night in an eco-friendly home in the middle of the desert
• The 10 most popular US states for off-the-grid living, according to HomeAdvisor