How the place runs, system by system. Specs are public; vendors, costs, and where it sits stay private. — Mohave County high desert · ~3,050 ft.
Key
Active — In service now
Planned — Designed, not yet built
Backup — Standby / secondary
Conveys — Included with the property
Power
Off-grid by design — sun in, batteries through the night, generator only when the desert won't cooperate.
Solar PV (existing)
Active
Array2,500 W
System24 V
TypeOff-grid
OwnershipOwned · conveys
Conveys with the property
The system that's already on the ground and runs the place today.
Battery bank
Planned
Modules4 × EG4 Indoor WallMount
ChemistryLiFePO₄
System48 V
Per module314 Ah · 16 kWh
Total~64 kWh
Planned 48 V wall-mount bank — four EG4 modules for roughly 64 kWh of LiFePO₄ storage and real overnight headroom.
Inverter / charger
Planned
ModelEG4 18kPV (hybrid)
Output12 kW continuous
System48 V
PhaseSplit-phase 120/240 V
Solar inputUp to 18 kW PV
All-in-one EG4 18kPV hybrid — same family as the wall-mount bank, sized to run the whole homestead at once with solar and battery management built in.
Generator
Backup
ModelHonda EU7000iS
Output7,000 W · 120/240 V
EngineHonda GX390 · EFI
Noise52–60 dBA
Runtime6–18 hr / tank
RoleBackup only
Conveys with the property
Honda EU7000iS inverter generator — fuel-injected with Eco-Throttle and CO-MINDER, quiet enough for overnight runs. On hand for long cloudy stretches, not the daily driver.
Structure
Owner-built and thick-walled — a straw-bale house that holds its own temperature, plus the outbuildings around it.
Straw-bale house
Active
Area1,120 sqft
Beds1
Baths2
Walls~2.5 ft straw bale
ConstructionOwner-built post-and-beam
FinishStucco out / adobe in
RoofMetal
StyleSouthwestern
Conveys with the property
The heart of the parcel — massive walls that buffer the desert swing without machinery.
Outbuildings
Active
RV siteHookup + 2nd bath/shower
WorkshopYes
AlsoGazebo + shed(s)
Fenced~3 of 10.11 ac
Conveys with the property
The supporting structures — a place to stay, a place to build, and a secured core.
Water
Catch what the sky gives, store it, haul the rest — every drop accounted for in single-digit humidity.
Rainwater catchment
Planned
Catchment target~4,600 sqft
Storage target8,000–10,000 gal
Use target~10 gal/person/day
Sized to capture the monsoon in violent bursts and ration it across the dry.
Hauled water
Backup
RoleBackup supply
Trucked-in backup for the gaps between rains.
RO / treatment
Planned
PurposeDrinking + ice-machine water
Reverse osmosis for quality; reject water captured for irrigation.
Sanitation
An early-phase must on a desert parcel — wastewater is a prerequisite, not a someday.
Septic system
Active
StatusInstalled · in service
Conveys with the property
Already in the ground and working — approved wastewater is a county requirement for RV occupancy, and it's handled. (Permit details kept backend.)
Climate
The desert does the heavy lifting — mass, shade, and the 30–40°F night swing instead of machinery.
Passive design
Active
Thermal mass~2.5 ft straw-bale walls
RoofMetal, reflective
Conveys with the property
Thick walls + the diurnal swing buffer the extremes for free.
Walipini greenhouse
Planned
FormCircular
ClimateUnderground air cycling
GrowingAquaponic garden
Not buried — a circular aquaponic greenhouse that tempers itself by cycling air through the ground (an earth climate battery), holding growing temperatures through the desert extremes.
Site & Land
Ten-plus acres of high-desert bajada — the canvas everything else sits on.
The parcel
Active
Acreage10.11 ac
Fenced~3 ac
Elevation~3,050 ft
SettingMohave Co.
Conveys with the property
General location only — exact address, APN, and coordinates are never published here.
Connectivity
Staying online off the grid — details to be filled as the system firms up.
Internet
Planned
ServiceStarlink (satellite)
OwnershipOwned · conveys
Conveys with the property
Off-grid internet by satellite — the Starlink dish is owned and on hand, to be set up on site.