While getting away from it all is a dream for many, remote homes may also require off-grid energy solutions. We’ve rounded up three properties which offer self-sustainable living for those who would prefer not to see their neighbours.
![This off-grid home is a single-storey detached cottage converted from a pair of railway houses, dating back 185 years. Electricity is supplied via a modern low-maintenance
diesel-powered generator, while the central heating system is powered via a multi-fuel fired back boiler connected to the kitchen stove, feeding radiators. It has private water and drainage, and satellite broadband.](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/28/12/50/Signal-Box-Cottage-Whitrope-Scottish-Borders--Offers-in-the-region-of-290-000.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
5. Signal Box Cottage, Whitrope, Scottish Borders. Offers in the region of £290,000
This off-grid home is a single-storey detached cottage converted from a pair of railway houses, dating back 185 years. Electricity is supplied via a modern low-maintenance diesel-powered generator, while the central heating system is powered via a multi-fuel fired back boiler connected to the kitchen stove, feeding radiators. It has private water and drainage, and satellite broadband. | Cullen Kilshaw
![It is located in a secluded spot, five miles from the village of Newcastleton in the beautiful valley of Liddesdale. The cottage borders the heritage site of Riccarton Junction, an obsolete station stop on the old Waverley Line.](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/28/13/45/Signal-Box-Cottage-Whitrope-Scottish-Borders--Offers-in-the-region-of-290-000.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
6. Signal Box Cottage, Whitrope, Scottish Borders. Offers in the region of £290,000
It is located in a secluded spot, five miles from the village of Newcastleton in the beautiful valley of Liddesdale. The cottage borders the heritage site of Riccarton Junction, an obsolete station stop on the old Waverley Line. | Cullen Kilshaw
![There is an acre of pretty grounds include a large workshop, coal store and generator room.
Contact: Cullen Kilshaw](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/28/16/21/Signal-Box-Cottage-Whitrope-Scottish-Borders--Offers-in-the-region-of-290-000.jpg?trim=0,72,21,71&crop=&width=800)
7. Signal Box Cottage, Whitrope, Scottish Borders. Offers in the region of £290,000
There is an acre of pretty grounds include a large workshop, coal store and generator room. Contact: Cullen Kilshaw | Cullen Kilshaw
![This traditional stone-built cottage is in need of full renovation, with no electricity or mains gas. The last time it was lived in, light would have been provided by gas lamps
and water from a natural spring nearby. But it is a pretty house, in a stunning location and would make an excellent project for the right buyer, but services would need to be off-grid.](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/28/12/33/Brae-Cottage-Torboll-Dornoch-Sutherland--Offers-over-130-000.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
8. Brae Cottage, Torboll, Dornoch, Sutherland. Offers over £130,000
This traditional stone-built cottage is in need of full renovation, with no electricity or mains gas. The last time it was lived in, light would have been provided by gas lamps and water from a natural spring nearby. But it is a pretty house, in a stunning location and would make an excellent project for the right buyer, but services would need to be off-grid. | Monster Moves