Author: Greentie
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The Lizards That Live in the Unfinished Wall
One of the unexpected features of living in a half-finished house is…
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The Sound of Water Tanks Filling at Night
The first time I noticed it properly was around two in the…
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Winter Power Is Different (and the House Finally Told Us)
The first cold morning didn’t announce itself. No drama. No frost. Just…
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Jamie’s Side Hustle: The Solar Panel That Turned Into a Laptop Repair Shop
It started with a bang. Or more of a faint pop, followed…
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Cloudy Tuesday, Small Solar, and the Neighbour Who Swears the Deer Ate His Tomatoes
We live in a half-finished house outside inland Valencia, still more plaster…
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First Month Off-Grid: Cold Showers, Damp Bread, and a Chicken Called Terror
The first thing we learned off-grid is that nothing works the way…
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Things We Brought That Turned Out Useless (and One Thing That Saved Us)
When you move to a half-finished house in inland Spain, logic goes…
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The House So Far: A Tour of the Unfinished, the Unexpected, and the Unwise
“Let’s see the new place!” people say, like we’ve moved into a…
